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AVP Tour
$183,000 Atlanta Open
July 6 - 9, 2006

(23) Tara Kuk/Kim Whitney

Tara Burton Kuk

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Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 31, 1977 (47 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 (47 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 Atlanta Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	6/9-11/2006	Hermosa Beach Open	27, Q18	17th	72	$600.00

Atlanta Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 7/7/2006

Winner 1

Katie Jameson / Tracy Jones (10)

Won 21-18, 21-17

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Tara Kuk	Total	12	10	0	0.833	1	7	0	4
	1	4	4	0	1.000	0	1	0	2
	2	8	6	0	0.750	1	6	0	2
Kim Whitney	Total	36	21	4	0.472	0	7	3	5
	1	21	13	3	0.476	0	2	3	2
	2	15	8	1	0.467	0	5	0	3

Fri, 7/7/2006

Winner 2

Carrie Dodd / Barbra Fontana (7)

Lost 13-21, 17-21

0:36

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Tara Kuk	Total	24	12	1	0.458	0	8	2	1
	1	12	5	1	0.333	0	2	1	1
	2	12	7	0	0.583	0	6	1	0
Kim Whitney	Total	22	10	2	0.364	0	7	0	2
	1	8	3	2	0.125	0	0	0	2
	2	14	7	0	0.500	0	7	0	0

Fri, 7/7/2006

Contender 1

Janelle Allen / Jennifer Snyder (24, Q4)

Lost 15-21, 13-21

0:31

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Tara Kuk	Total	24	6	3	0.125	0	2	0	2
	1	11	3	0	0.273	0	2	0	1
	2	13	3	3	0.000	0	0	0	1
Kim Whitney	Total	21	13	3	0.476	1	2	0	1
	1	11	7	0	0.636	0	1	0	1
	2	10	6	3	0.300	1	1	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Tara Kuk	60	28	4	0.400	1	17	2	7
Kim Whitney	79	44	9	0.443	1	16	3	8
Total	139	72	13	0.424	2	33	5	15
Opponents	126	81	10	0.563	3	51	7	12

Head to Head Results
Kuk/Whitney trail the series against the field 2-4 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 4 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 # 7 Dodd/Fontana 0-1
7/7/06	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 2	Dodd/Fontana	7	Kuk/Whitney	23	21-13, 21-17	0:36
Lead the series against # 10 Jameson/Jones 1-0
7/7/06	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 1	Kuk/Whitney	23	Jameson/Jones	10	21-18, 21-17	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
Trail the series against # 24, Q4 Allen/Snyder 0-1
7/7/06	AVP	Atlanta Open	Contender 1	Allen/Snyder	24, Q4	Kuk/Whitney	23	21-15, 21-13	0:31
Lead the series against # Q14 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