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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$190,000 Paf Open
August 28 - September 2, 2012

(3) Simone Kuhn/Nadine Zumkehr, Switzerland

Simone Kuhn
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 2, 1980 (45 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 (40 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

Awards

Most Inspirational 2016

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 Åland Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2007	Lea Schwer - 13th	Did not play
2009	Nadine Zumkehr - 13th	Simone Kuhn - 13th
2010	Nadine Zumkehr - 7th	Simone Kuhn - 7th
2011	Nadine Zumkehr - 17th	Simone Kuhn - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/13-18/2012	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	8	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/28-8/8/2012	London 2012 Olympic Games	11	9th	0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/16-22/2012	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	4	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	7/2-7/2012	Gstaad Grand Slam	8	3rd	640	US$23,000.00
FIVB	6/12-17/2012	Grand Slam Rome	12	1st	800	US$43,500.00
FIVB	6/6-11/2012	Moscow Grand Slam	15	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	5/7-12/2012	Beijing Grand Slam	13	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	4/30-5/5/2012	Shanghai Grand Slam	14	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	4/24-29/2012	Sanya Open	7	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	4/15-20/2012	Brasília Open	14	9th	240	US$6,000.00

Åland Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/30/2012	Winner 1	Jamie Broder / Kristina May, Canada (30, Q8)	Won 21-13, 21-16	0:32
Thu, 8/30/2012	Winner 2	Romana Kayser / Joana Mader, Switzerland (14)	Won 15-21, 21-18, 15-6	0:45
Fri, 8/31/2012	Winner 3	Lenka Hajeckova / Hana Skalnikova, Czech Republic (11)	Won 21-17, 21-12	0:30
Fri, 8/31/2012	Winner 4	Ekaterina Birlova / Evgenia Ukolova, Russia (7)	Won 21-13, 21-16	0:28
Sat, 9/1/2012	Semi-Finals	Katrin Holtwick / Ilka Semmler, Germany (2)	Lost 17-21, 11-21	0:31
Sun, 9/2/2012	Bronze Medal	Ekaterina Birlova / Evgenia Ukolova, Russia (7)	Lost 19-21, 23-25	0:42

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$14,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	21	1	0	1	0	4	0	10	0	5	0	0	$224,800.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	22	1	0	0	1	0	1	6	10	3	0	0	$135,700.00
Total	46	2	0	1	1	4	1	17	10	10	0	0	$374,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Simone Kuhn												Nadine Zumkehr
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00
6	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	$23,250.00	World Championships	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$14,600.00
											World Tour Finals	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$25,000.00
46	1	0	1	0	8	19	6	9	0	$188,300.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	61	1	1	1	0	8	20	18	4	0	$260,575.00
80	1	0	1	4	8	41	14	10	0	$203,485.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	52	3	0	2	1	4	20	7	3	0	$106,125.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00	Challenger
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,700.00	Satellite	4	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	$1,200.00
											U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
137	3	0	2	4	17	63	25	19	0	$417,185.00	Total	126	4	2	3	2	17	41	28	7	0	$407,500.00

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
2009	FIVB	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	3	0	0	$86,150.00	29	24	54.7 %
2010	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	3	0	0	0	$73,550.00	26	22	54.2 %
2011	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	2	5	0	0	$90,900.00	31	25	55.4 %
2012	FIVB	11	1	0	1	1	0	0	6	0	2	0	0	$123,900.00	34	21	61.8 %
Total	FIVB	46	2	0	1	1	4	1	17	10	10	0	0	$374,500.00	120	92	56.6 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Simone Kuhn													Nadine Zumkehr
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00	2000	FIVB C&S
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	$3,500.00	2001	FIVB
10	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	3	0	$16,160.00	2002	FIVB
11	0	0	0	1	3	3	2	2	0	$34,125.00	2003	FIVB
12	0	0	1	1	4	4	2	0	0	$46,875.00	2004	FIVB
14	0	0	0	1	3	8	1	1	0	$49,175.00	2005	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$1,000.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,700.00	2005	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$625.00
											2005	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
12	0	0	0	0	0	9	3	0	0	$32,000.00	2006	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	10	$2,000.00
											2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$325.00
11	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	4	0	$25,250.00	2007	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$1,700.00
13	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	7	1	$20,700.00	2008	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	1	$14,200.00
											2008	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$250.00
12	1	0	0	0	0	8	3	0	0	$43,075.00	2009	FIVB	12	1	0	0	0	0	8	3	0	0	$43,075.00
10	0	0	0	0	2	8	0	0	0	$36,775.00	2010	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	2	8	0	0	0	$36,775.00
13	0	0	0	0	3	5	5	0	0	$45,450.00	2011	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	3	5	5	0	0	$45,450.00
11	1	0	1	1	0	6	2	0	0	$61,950.00	2012	FIVB	11	1	0	1	1	0	6	2	0	0	$61,950.00
137	3	0	2	4	17	63	25	19	4	$417,185.00	Total	Total	82	2	0	1	2	10	29	12	5	21	$207,350.00

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches		By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall		Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	78	69.6%	19	17.0%	15	13.4%	97-15	86.6%	23	23.0%	17	17.0%	60	60.0%	23-77	23.0%	78-60	56.5%	42-32	56.8%	0	0	120-92	56.6%
2011-2012	38	69.1%	11	20.0%	6	10.9%	49-6	89.1%	16	28.6%	7	12.5%	33	58.9%	16-40	28.6%	38-33	53.5%	27-13	67.5%	0	0	65-46	58.6%
Against the Field	15	65.2%	4	17.4%	4	17.4%	19-4	82.6%	6	23.1%	5	19.2%	15	57.7%	6-20	23.1%	30-30	50.0%	20-18	52.6%	0	0	25-24	51.0%

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
World Championships	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	41	22	0	0	19	19	1	1	1	0	1	0	63	42
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	21	1	1	0	1	1	0	52	43
Total	0	0	0	0	46	26	0	0	43	43	2	2	1	1	2	0	120	92

Head to Head Results
Kuhn/Zumkehr lead the series against the field 25-24 (Lead 12 Series, Trail 2 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 1-12
6/9/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool B	Felisberta/Maestrini	2	Kuhn/Zumkehr	15	21-15, 21-16	0:35
5/3/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool C	Felisberta/Maestrini	3	Kuhn/Zumkehr	14	21-18, 21-15	0:38
4/27/12	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 3	Felisberta/Maestrini	2	Kuhn/Zumkehr	7	21-16, 21-16	0:46
4/18/12	FIVB	Brasília Open	Contender 4	Felisberta/Maestrini	2	Kuhn/Zumkehr	14	21-17, 21-17	0:33
7/15/11	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 3	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Kuhn/Zumkehr	13	16-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:48
7/8/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 3	Felisberta/Maestrini	2	Kuhn/Zumkehr	9	21-18, 21-12	0:39
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
Lead the series against # 2 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 3-2
9/1/12	FIVB	Åland Open	Semi-Finals	Holtwick/Semmler	2	Kuhn/Zumkehr	3	21-17, 21-11	0:31
7/6/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 2	Kuhn/Zumkehr	8	Holtwick/Semmler	10	21-18, 31-29	0:48
4/18/12	FIVB	Brasília Open	Contender 2	Kuhn/Zumkehr	14	Holtwick/Semmler	20	19-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:51
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
Series tied with # 4 Barsuk/Vozakova, Russia 1-1
8/1/12	FIVB	London 2012 Olympic Games	Pool B	Barsuk/Vozakova	23	Kuhn/Zumkehr	11	21-17, 19-21, 15-9	0:52
6/15/12	FIVB	Grand Slam Rome	Winner 2	Kuhn/Zumkehr	12	Barsuk/Vozakova	27, Q4	21-14, 21-16	0:34
Lead the series against # 6 Gielen/Mouha, Belgium 2-0
7/7/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Kuhn/Zumkehr	8	Gielen/Mouha	13	21-18, 21-16	0:36
6/14/12	FIVB	Grand Slam Rome	Pool E	Kuhn/Zumkehr	12	Gielen/Mouha	21	21-17, 25-23	0:42
Lead the series against # 7 Birlova/Ukolova, Russia 3-1
9/2/12	FIVB	Åland Open	Bronze Medal	Birlova/Ukolova	7	Kuhn/Zumkehr	3	21-19, 25-23	0:42
8/31/12	FIVB	Åland Open	Winner 4	Kuhn/Zumkehr	3	Birlova/Ukolova	7	21-13, 21-16	0:28
8/15/12	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool H	Kuhn/Zumkehr	8	Birlova/Ukolova	24	21-17, 21-18	0:34
8/25/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 1	Kuhn/Zumkehr	12	Birlova/Ukolova	21	22-20, 19-21, 15-9	0:46
Lead the series against # 8 Baquerizo/Fernandez, Spain 2-1
5/10/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Winner 1	Kuhn/Zumkehr	13	Baquerizo/Fernandez	16	21-19, 21-7	0:32
7/15/11	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 2	Kuhn/Zumkehr	13	Baquerizo/Fernandez	22	21-16, 16-21, 19-17	0:55
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 # 11 Hajeckova/Skalnikova, Czech Republic 5-3
8/31/12	FIVB	Åland Open	Winner 3	Kuhn/Zumkehr	3	Hajeckova/Skalnikova	11	21-17, 21-12	0:30
6/8/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool B	Hajeckova/Skalnikova	18	Kuhn/Zumkehr	15	21-19, 21-19	0:40
8/26/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 4	Hajeckova/Skalnikova	16	Kuhn/Zumkehr	12	21-13, 19-21, 15-13	0:43
8/18/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Contender 2	Hajeckova/Skalnikova	19	Kuhn/Zumkehr	13	23-21, 17-21, 15-12	0:50
8/3/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool B	Kuhn/Zumkehr	18	Hajeckova/Skalnikova	15	21-18, 22-20	0:39
7/8/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 2	Kuhn/Zumkehr	9	Hajeckova/Skalnikova	14	21-18, 21-15	0:37
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
Lead the series against # 13 Bednarczuk/Seixas, Brazil 1-0
7/6/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 3	Kuhn/Zumkehr	8	Bednarczuk/Seixas	31, Q13	19-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:58
Lead the series against # 14 Kayser/Mader, Switzerland 1-0
8/30/12	FIVB	Åland Open	Winner 2	Kuhn/Zumkehr	3	Kayser/Mader	14	15-21, 21-18, 15-6	0:45
Trail the series against # 15 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
Lead the series against # 18, Q2 Banck/Walkenhorst, Germany 1-0
7/4/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool H	Kuhn/Zumkehr	8	Banck/Walkenhorst	24, Q6	21-18, 22-20	0:39
Lead the series against # 20 Goricanec/Graessli, Switzerland 2-0
7/5/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool H	Kuhn/Zumkehr	8	Goricanec/Graessli	9	19-21, 21-10, 15-12	0:52
6/13/12	FIVB	Grand Slam Rome	Pool E	Kuhn/Zumkehr	12	Goricanec/Graessli	28, Q9	21-13, 21-17	0:35
Lead the series against # 23 Giombini/Momoli, Italy 1-0
7/18/12	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool D	Kuhn/Zumkehr	4	Giombini/Momoli	29	21-11, 21-12	0:30
Lead the series against # 25, Q6 Bieneck/Grossner, Germany 1-0
8/15/12	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool H	Kuhn/Zumkehr	8	Bieneck/Grossner	25, Q14	11-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:45
Lead the series against # 30, Q8 Broder/May, Canada 1-0
8/30/12	FIVB	Åland Open	Winner 1	Kuhn/Zumkehr	3	Broder/May	30, Q8	21-13, 21-16	0:32