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AVP Tour
$183,000 Toyota Hermosa Beach Open presented by Bud Light
June 9 - 11, 2006

(27, Q18) Tara Kuk/Kim Whitney

Tara Burton Kuk

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Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 31, 1977 (48 yrs old)

Home Town:

Sarasota, FL

Height:

6'0"

College(s):

Jacksonville University

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

7th (2 times)

Career AVP Best:

9th (4 times)

Career Winnings:

$16,237.50

Kim Whitney

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Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 4, 1977 (48 yrs old)

Home Town:

Clearwater, FL

Height:

6'1"

College(s):

Kansas State

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

$8,662.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	37	Money
AVP	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	7	2	1	$15,325.00

Previous Hermosa Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Franci Van Zwieten - 33rd	Did not play

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

Hermosa Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 6/9/2006

Qualifier 2

Carrie Bowers / Erica Lott (Q47)

Won 21-7, 21-9

0:38

Fri, 6/9/2006

Qualifier 3

Meri-de Goltz / Angela Knopf (Q15)

Won 21-14, 22-20

0:40

Fri, 6/9/2006

Qualifier 4

Elsa Binder / Charnette Fair (Q31)

Won 17-21, 21-14, 15-6

0:52

Sat, 6/10/2006

Winner 1

Dianne DeNecochea / Tammy Leibl (6)

Lost 11-21, 10-21

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Tara Kuk	Total	21	8	6	0.095	2	1	0	2
	1	11	4	4	0.000	0	1	0	1
	2	10	4	2	0.200	2	0	0	1
Kim Whitney	Total	9	5	1	0.444	0	2	0	3
	1	5	4	0	0.800	0	2	0	2
	2	4	1	1	0.000	0	0	0	1

Sat, 6/10/2006

Contender 1

Diane Pascua / Ella Vakhidova (22)

Won 21-16, 21-19

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Tara Kuk	Total	15	9	0	0.600	3	7	2	1
	1	9	7	0	0.778	1	4	1	1
	2	6	2	0	0.333	2	3	1	0
Kim Whitney	Total	31	18	2	0.516	0	7	2	1
	1	12	6	0	0.500	0	4	2	1
	2	19	12	2	0.526	0	3	0	0

Sat, 6/10/2006

Contender 2

Suzanne Barnes / Michelle Williams (12)

Lost 16-21, 27-25, 12-15

1:03

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Tara Kuk	Total	29	16	0	0.552	2	13	1	0
	1	9	6	0	0.667	1	2	0	0
	2	14	7	0	0.500	1	8	1	0
	3	6	3	0	0.500	0	3	0	0
Kim Whitney	Total	52	23	8	0.288	0	14	0	5
	1	15	6	4	0.133	0	6	0	3
	2	20	11	1	0.500	0	3	0	0
	3	17	6	3	0.176	0	5	0	2

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Tara Kuk	65	33	6	0.415	7	21	3	3
Kim Whitney	92	46	11	0.380	0	23	2	9
Total	157	79	17	0.395	7	44	5	12
Opponents	174	84	22	0.356	8	70	14	5

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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	7	2	0	$15,325.00
Total	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	7	2	0	$15,325.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Tara Kuk												Kim Whitney
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
35	0	0	0	0	0	6	13	8	0	$12,882.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	23	0	0	0	0	0	4	9	4	0	$8,662.50
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,980.00	Manhattan Beach
36	0	0	0	0	0	7	13	8	0	$14,862.50	Total	23	0	0	0	0	0	4	9	4	0	$8,662.50

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
2006	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$600.00	4	2	66.7 %
Total	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$600.00	4	2	66.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Tara Kuk													Kim Whitney
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	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2004	AVP
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	$50.00	2005	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$450.00	2006	AVP	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	$600.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	6	$500.00	Total	Total	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	$600.00

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	21	77.8%	3	11.1%	3	11.1%	24-3	88.9%	5	17.9%	4	14.3%	19	67.9%	5-23	17.9%	21-19	52.5%	8-7	53.3%	0	0	30-26	53.6%
2005-2006	6	85.7%	1	14.3%	0	0.0%	7-0	100.0%	1	11.1%	2	22.2%	6	66.7%	1-8	11.1%	6-6	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	9-8	52.9%
Against the Field	7	70.0%	1	10.0%	2	20.0%	8-2	80.0%	1	9.1%	2	18.2%	8	72.7%	1-10	9.1%	14-16	46.7%	4-8	33.3%	0	0	9-12	42.9%

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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	14	2	0	0	0	0	3	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	30	26
Total	0	0	14	2	0	0	0	0	3	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	30	26

Head to Head Results
Kuk/Whitney lead the series against the field 4-2 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 6 DeNecochea/Leibl 0-1
6/10/06	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 1	DeNecochea/Leibl	6	Kuk/Whitney	27, Q18	21-11, 21-10	0:35
Trail the series against # 12 Barnes/Williams 0-1
6/10/06	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 2	Barnes/Williams	12	Kuk/Whitney	27, Q18	21-16, 25-27, 15-12	1:03
Lead the series against # 22 Pascua/Vakhidova 1-0
6/10/06	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 1	Kuk/Whitney	27, Q18	Pascua/Vakhidova	22	21-16, 21-19	0:42
Lead the series against # Q15 Goltz/Knopf 1-0
6/9/06	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Qualifier 3	Kuk/Whitney	27, Q18	Goltz/Knopf	Q15	21-14, 22-20	0:40
Lead the series against # Q31 Binder/Fair 1-0
6/9/06	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Qualifier 4	Kuk/Whitney	27, Q18	Binder/Fair	Q31	17-21, 21-14, 15-6	0:52
Lead the series against # Q47 Bowers/Lott 1-0
6/9/06	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Qualifier 2	Kuk/Whitney	27, Q18	Bowers/Lott	Q47	21-7, 21-9	0:38