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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$1,000,000 FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Championships
June 13 - 19, 2011

(17) Simone Kuhn/Nadine Zumkehr, Switzerland

Simone Kuhn
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 2, 1980 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Emmenbrücke

Height:

184 cm (6'0")

Weight:

72 kg (158 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

137

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$417,185.00

Nadine Zumkehr
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 5, 1985 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Frutigen

Height:

172 cm (5'8")

Weight:

64 kg (141 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

126

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$407,500.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	46	2	0	1	1	4	1	17	10	10	0	US$374,500.00

Previous Rome Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2010	Nadine Zumkehr - 9th	Simone Kuhn - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/6-11/2011	Beijing Grand Slam	16	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	5/17-22/2011	Myslowice Open	16	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	5/3-8/2011	Shanghai Open	14	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	4/26-5/1/2011	Sanya Open	16	13th	180	US$4,250.00
FIVB	4/17-22/2011	Brasilia Open	14	13th	180	US$4,250.00
FIVB	8/24-29/2010	The Hague Open	11	13th	180	US$4,250.00
FIVB	8/16-21/2010	Aland Open	7	7th	300	US$7,600.00
FIVB	8/2-7/2010	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	12	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/26-31/2010	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	14	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/5-10/2010	Gstaad Grand Slam	9	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/3/2010	Stavanger Grand Slam	18	5th	480	US$13,200.00

Rome World Championships Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Mon, 6/13/2011

Pool H

Zara Dampney / Shauna Mullin, England (41)

Won 21-11, 21-16

0:36

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Simone Kuhn	Total	9	5	2	0.333	1	6	1	1
	1	6	4	1	0.500	0	5	1	1
	2	3	1	1	0.000	1	1	0	0
Nadine Zumkehr	Total	31	21	3	0.581	0	10	1	2
	1	13	7	1	0.462	0	6	1	2
	2	18	14	2	0.667	0	4	0	0

Tue, 6/14/2011

Pool H

Chen Xue / Xi Zhang, China (8)

Lost 13-21, 21-18, 9-15

0:47

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Simone Kuhn	Total	14	6	2	0.286	2	7	1	5
	1	3	1	0	0.333	2	1	0	1
	2	9	5	1	0.444	0	4	1	2
	3	2	0	1	-0.500	0	2	0	2
Nadine Zumkehr	Total	40	19	5	0.350	0	6	3	1
	1	14	4	2	0.143	0	2	1	0
	2	14	8	2	0.429	0	2	1	1
	3	12	7	1	0.500	0	2	1	0

Wed, 6/15/2011

Pool H

Bibiana Candelas / Mayra Garcia, Mexico (32)

Won 24-26, 21-19, 15-10

0:51

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Simone Kuhn	Total	43	22	6	0.372	1	5	2	6
	1	14	7	3	0.286	1	3	0	2
	2	19	11	2	0.474	0	1	0	2
	3	10	4	1	0.300	0	1	2	2
Nadine Zumkehr	Total	29	13	5	0.276	0	12	6	5
	1	16	5	2	0.188	0	5	2	2
	2	9	4	3	0.111	0	4	3	2
	3	4	4	0	1.000	0	3	1	1

Thu, 6/16/2011

Winner 1

Doris Schwaiger / Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria (6)

Lost 14-21, 14-21

0:33

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Simone Kuhn	Total	18	8	2	0.333	1	4	0	1
	1	11	5	1	0.364	0	2	0	0
	2	7	3	1	0.286	1	2	0	1
Nadine Zumkehr	Total	25	11	6	0.200	1	8	1	5
	1	12	5	3	0.167	0	5	1	3
	2	13	6	3	0.231	1	3	0	2

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Simone Kuhn	84	41	12	0.345	5	22	4	13
Nadine Zumkehr	125	64	19	0.360	1	36	11	13
Total	209	105	31	0.354	6	58	15	26
Opponents	197	100	22	0.396	8	58	20	28

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2001	World Championships	Klagenfurt	Nicole Schnyder-Benoit - 33rd	Did not play
2003	World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	Nicole Schnyder-Benoit - 5th	Did not play
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Lea Schwer - 13th	Did not play
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Lea Schwer - 17th	Annik Skrivan - 37th
2009	World Championships	Stavanger	Nadine Zumkehr - 17th	Simone Kuhn - 17th
2013	World Championships	Stare Jablonki	Did not play	Joana Mader - 17th
2015	World Championships	The Hague	Did not play	Joana Mader - 33rd

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/25-7/4/2009	Stavanger World Championships	27	17th	200	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/13-19/2011	Rome World Championships	17	17th	200	US$7,000.00

Head to Head Results
Kuhn/Zumkehr trail the series against the field 39-43 (Lead 15 Series, Trail 12 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 1-6
6/9/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool A	Kuhn/Zumkehr	16	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	17-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:48
4/28/11	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 2	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Kuhn/Zumkehr	16	21-14, 21-15	0:33
8/6/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Winner 2	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Kuhn/Zumkehr	12	17-21, 21-19, 15-9	0:55
7/30/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 2	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Kuhn/Zumkehr	14	14-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:52
6/12/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 2	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Kuhn/Zumkehr	13	21-15, 21-16	0:38
7/29/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool C	Felisberta/Maestrini	3	Kuhn/Zumkehr	19	21-17, 26-28, 15-11	1:02
6/29/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool C	Felisberta/Maestrini	3	Kuhn/Zumkehr	27	25-23, 21-14	0:47
Trail the series against # 2 Antonelli/Antunes, Brazil 1-7
5/5/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 2	Antonelli/Antunes	3	Kuhn/Zumkehr	14	21-18, 21-15	0:39
4/19/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 2	Antonelli/Antunes	3	Kuhn/Zumkehr	14	22-20, 12-21, 15-10	0:55
8/19/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 3	Antonelli/Antunes	2	Kuhn/Zumkehr	7	21-15, 25-23	0:41
7/9/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 2	Antonelli/Antunes	3	Kuhn/Zumkehr	9	18-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:56
7/2/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 3	Antonelli/Antunes	3	Kuhn/Zumkehr	18	21-18, 21-8	0:30
5/27/10	FIVB	Seoul Open	Winner 2	Antonelli/Antunes	3	Kuhn/Zumkehr	14	21-15, 21-18	0:36
8/19/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 2	Antonelli/Antunes	3	Kuhn/Zumkehr	19	21-11, 21-17	0:34
4/22/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 2	Kuhn/Zumkehr	23	Antonelli/Antunes	7	21-17, 24-22	0:43
Series tied with # 3 Kessy/Ross, United States 3-3
8/5/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool E	Kuhn/Zumkehr	12	Kessy/Ross	5, Q1	21-18, 16-21, 15-9	0:48
6/30/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool B	Kessy/Ross	2	Kuhn/Zumkehr	18	13-21, 21-14, 15-11	0:45
5/18/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool B	Kessy/Ross	2	Kuhn/Zumkehr	15	21-12, 21-18	0:34
5/6/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	3	Kuhn/Zumkehr	14	21-14, 21-19	0:38
11/1/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Gold Medal	Kuhn/Zumkehr	11	Kessy/Ross	1	17-21, 22-20, 15-13	1:00
8/26/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 1	Kuhn/Zumkehr	19	Kessy/Ross	3	21-18, 21-17	0:31
Series tied with # 4 Keizer/Van Iersel, Netherlands 1-1
5/19/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool B	Kuhn/Zumkehr	15	Keizer/Van Iersel	18	21-11, 18-21, 15-13	0:48
8/20/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 3	Keizer/Van Iersel	11	Kuhn/Zumkehr	19	21-14, 14-21, 15-11	0:50
Trail the series against # 5 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings, United States 0-1
6/10/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Winner 3	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	5	Kuhn/Zumkehr	16	29-27, 21-12	0:37
Trail the series against # 6 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 0-4
6/16/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Winner 1	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	6	Kuhn/Zumkehr	17	21-14, 21-14	0:33
5/19/11	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 4	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	5	Kuhn/Zumkehr	16	15-21, 22-20, 15-9	0:48
4/29/11	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 3	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	7	Kuhn/Zumkehr	16	23-21, 21-18	0:40
4/20/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 3	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	6	Kuhn/Zumkehr	14	21-12, 22-20	0:34
Trail the series against # 7 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 0-3
5/28/10	FIVB	Seoul Open	Contender 3	Ludwig/Niedrig	6	Kuhn/Zumkehr	14	21-19, 21-17	0:28
5/21/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Winner 2	Ludwig/Niedrig	7	Kuhn/Zumkehr	15	19-21, 21-12, 15-9	0:48
7/9/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool H	Ludwig/Niedrig	8	Kuhn/Zumkehr	9	21-15, 21-13	0:36
Trail the series against # 8 Xue/Zhang, China 0-3
6/14/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool H	Xue/Zhang	8	Kuhn/Zumkehr	17	21-13, 18-21, 15-9	0:47
8/20/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 5	Xue/Zhang	3	Kuhn/Zumkehr	7	21-19, 18-21, 15-12	0:42
7/29/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool C	Xue/Zhang	3	Kuhn/Zumkehr	14	17-21, 21-19, 15-9	0:48
Trail the series against # 9 Cunha/Lima, Brazil 0-1
8/26/10	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 2	Cunha/Lima	6	Kuhn/Zumkehr	11	21-15, 21-16	0:31
Trail the series against # 10 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 1-2
8/20/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 4	Kuhn/Zumkehr	7	Salgado/Salgado	5	21-19, 21-15	0:38
7/8/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool H	Salgado/Salgado	8	Kuhn/Zumkehr	9	21-11, 26-28, 15-13	1:13
4/23/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 4	Salgado/Salgado	4	Kuhn/Zumkehr	23	21-19, 22-24, 16-14	0:51
Lead the series against # 12 Fendrick/Niles, United States 1-0
8/4/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool E	Kuhn/Zumkehr	12	Fendrick/Niles	21	21-13, 21-17	0:34
Lead the series against # 13 Cicolari/Menegatti, Italy 1-0
11/1/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Semi-Finals	Kuhn/Zumkehr	11	Cicolari/Menegatti	15, Q8	21-18, 16-21, 20-18	1:00
Lead the series against # 14 Gioria/Momoli, Italy 4-1
7/2/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 1	Kuhn/Zumkehr	18	Gioria/Momoli	27	21-14, 21-17	0:33
10/30/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 4	Kuhn/Zumkehr	11	Gioria/Momoli	16	21-19, 21-15	0:47
8/19/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 1	Kuhn/Zumkehr	19	Gioria/Momoli	14	19-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:53
8/6/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 2	Gioria/Momoli	13	Kuhn/Zumkehr	14	21-18, 21-16	0:34
7/29/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool C	Kuhn/Zumkehr	19	Gioria/Momoli	14	21-16, 21-13	0:33
Trail the series against # 16 Lessard/Martin, Canada 1-2
6/11/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 1	Kuhn/Zumkehr	13	Lessard/Martin	22, Q4	21-19, 21-18	0:41
11/6/09	FIVB	Phuket Thailand Open powered by PTT	Contender 3	Lessard/Martin	16	Kuhn/Zumkehr	8	21-18, 21-19	0:41
8/12/09	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 1	Lessard/Martin	16	Kuhn/Zumkehr	17	21-19, 22-20	0:39
Lead the series against # 18 Bawden/Palmer, Australia 3-0
6/8/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool A	Kuhn/Zumkehr	16	Bawden/Palmer	17	21-14, 23-25, 15-11	0:56
5/19/11	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 2	Kuhn/Zumkehr	16	Bawden/Palmer	15, Q2	14-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:50
7/30/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool C	Kuhn/Zumkehr	19	Bawden/Palmer	30, Q15	17-21, 21-18, 15-9	0:56
Lead the series against # 19 Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani, Greece 3-2
8/6/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Winner 1	Kuhn/Zumkehr	12	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	14	21-12, 21-15	0:37
6/18/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 2	Kuhn/Zumkehr	7	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	10	24-22, 21-18	0:52
5/7/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 3	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	11	Kuhn/Zumkehr	14	22-20, 21-18	0:39
10/31/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 6	Kuhn/Zumkehr	11	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	5	21-19, 21-16	0:41
8/26/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	14	Kuhn/Zumkehr	19	19-21, 21-19, 15-10	0:51
Lead the series against # 20 Kolocova/Slukova, Czech Republic 1-0
8/27/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 2	Kuhn/Zumkehr	19	Kolocova/Slukova	13, Q5	21-11, 21-14	0:31
Lead the series against # 21 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 2-0
7/28/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool C	Kuhn/Zumkehr	14	Nystrom/Nystrom	19	21-6, 21-16	0:28
7/2/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 2	Kuhn/Zumkehr	18	Nystrom/Nystrom	24	21-14, 21-17	0:35
Lead the series against # 22 Hajeckova/Skalnikova, Czech Republic 2-0
4/19/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 1	Kuhn/Zumkehr	14	Hajeckova/Skalnikova	19	21-19, 25-27, 25-23	1:07
7/29/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 1	Kuhn/Zumkehr	14	Hajeckova/Skalnikova	13	21-14, 21-19	0:34
Trail the series against # 23 Baquerizo/Fernandez, Spain 0-1
8/27/10	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 3	Baquerizo/Fernandez	20	Kuhn/Zumkehr	11	21-17, 21-15	0:39
Lead the series against # 24 Kohler/Sude, Germany 1-0
5/19/11	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 3	Kuhn/Zumkehr	16	Kohler/Sude	25	21-14, 11-21, 15-10	0:45
Series tied with # 27 Hansel/Montagnolli, Austria 1-1
8/27/10	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 2	Kuhn/Zumkehr	11	Hansel/Montagnolli	5	21-14, 21-17	0:39
6/30/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool B	Hansel/Montagnolli	15	Kuhn/Zumkehr	18	28-26, 17-21, 15-9	1:00
Lead the series against # 28 Martins/Santanna, Georgia 4-1
5/19/11	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 1	Martins/Santanna	17	Kuhn/Zumkehr	16	21-12, 22-20	0:36
5/5/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Kuhn/Zumkehr	14	Martins/Santanna	19	16-21, 21-16, 15-9	0:43
4/28/11	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 1	Kuhn/Zumkehr	16	Martins/Santanna	17	21-7, 21-19	0:32
7/7/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool H	Kuhn/Zumkehr	9	Martins/Santanna	24, Q1	21-13, 21-19	0:40
7/8/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool H	Kuhn/Zumkehr	9	Martins/Santanna	25, Q1	21-17, 22-20	0:39
Lead the series against # 30 Huang/Yue, China 1-0
6/10/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool D	Kuhn/Zumkehr	13	Huang/Yue	29, Q7	17-21, 23-21, 15-11	0:54
Trail the series against # 31 Banck/Gunther, Germany 0-1
7/8/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool H	Banck/Gunther	24, Q2	Kuhn/Zumkehr	9	21-17, 21-18	0:45
Lead the series against # 32 Candelas/Garcia, Mexico 1-0
6/15/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool H	Kuhn/Zumkehr	17	Candelas/Garcia	32	24-26, 21-19, 15-10	0:51
Lead the series against # 37 Van der Hoeven/van der Vlist, Netherlands 1-0
5/20/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool B	Kuhn/Zumkehr	15	Van der Hoeven/van der Vlist	31, Q31	21-15, 21-18	0:31
Series tied with # 40 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 1-1
5/27/10	FIVB	Seoul Open	Winner 1	Kuhn/Zumkehr	14	Holtwick/Semmler	19	21-19, 17-21, 15-13	0:53
9/10/09	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Winner 1	Holtwick/Semmler	15	Kuhn/Zumkehr	18	21-17, 15-21, 15-13	0:50
Lead the series against # 41 Dampney/Mullin, England 2-1
6/13/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool H	Kuhn/Zumkehr	17	Dampney/Mullin	41	21-11, 21-16	0:36
5/6/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 2	Dampney/Mullin	29, Q13	Kuhn/Zumkehr	14	22-20, 23-21	0:46
11/5/09	FIVB	Phuket Thailand Open powered by PTT	Winner 1	Kuhn/Zumkehr	8	Dampney/Mullin	25, Q1	21-18, 21-13	0:39
Lead the series against # 42 Meppelink/Wesselink, Netherlands 2-0
6/8/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool A	Kuhn/Zumkehr	16	Meppelink/Wesselink	32, Q5	21-13, 21-12	0:31
10/29/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 1	Kuhn/Zumkehr	11	Meppelink/Wesselink	22, Q4	21-13, 21-15	0:36
Trail the series against # 44 Novakova/Tobiasova, Czech Republic 0-1
7/28/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool C	Novakova/Tobiasova	30, Q20	Kuhn/Zumkehr	14	21-18, 21-19	0:39