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AVP Tour
$200,000 AVP NIVEA Tour Virginia Beach Open presented by Twinlab
June 18 - 20, 2010

(22) 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 Virginia Beach Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

AVP Virginia Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 6/19/2010

Winner 1

Ana Paula Connelly / Tatiana Minello (11)

Lost 12-21, 15-21

0:37

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Tara Kuk	Total	19	6	4	0.105	1	2	1	3
	1	9	3	1	0.222	1	1	0	2
	2	10	3	3	0.000	0	1	1	1
Kim Whitney	Total	22	11	3	0.364	0	8	1	0
	1	10	5	1	0.400	0	4	0	0
	2	12	6	2	0.333	0	4	1	0

Sat, 6/19/2010

Contender 1

Mariko Coverdale / Chelsea Hayes (27, Q7)

Won 19-21, 21-18, 15-13

1:22

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Tara Kuk	Total	40	18	5	0.325	0	14	0	3
	1	20	7	4	0.150	0	7	0	1
	2	11	6	1	0.455	0	4	0	1
	3	9	5	0	0.556	0	3	0	1
Kim Whitney	Total	34	21	5	0.471	0	14	1	0
	1	11	6	3	0.273	0	2	0	0
	2	12	8	2	0.500	0	6	1	0
	3	11	7	0	0.636	0	6	0	0

Sat, 6/19/2010

Contender 2

Erin Gray / Kathryn Piening (21)

Won 21-19, 23-21

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Tara Kuk	Total	18	11	2	0.500	0	6	1	1
	1	9	3	2	0.111	0	1	0	0
	2	9	8	0	0.889	0	5	1	1
Kim Whitney	Total	26	15	2	0.500	0	7	0	2
	1	8	5	1	0.500	0	3	0	0
	2	18	10	1	0.500	0	4	0	2

Sat, 6/19/2010

Contender 3

Jenny Kropp / Whitney Pavlik (13)

Won 13-21, 21-19, 15-11

1:10

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Tara Kuk	Total	26	11	1	0.385	4	10	1	1
	1	6	1	1	0.000	3	4	0	0
	2	12	9	0	0.750	0	4	1	1
	3	8	1	0	0.125	1	2	0	0
Kim Whitney	Total	50	23	5	0.360	0	15	0	1
	1	21	9	2	0.333	0	3	0	0
	2	18	8	2	0.333	0	6	0	1
	3	11	6	1	0.455	0	6	0	0

Sat, 6/19/2010

Contender 4

Angela Lewis / Priscilla Lima (7)

Lost 21-19, 14-21, 10-15

0:52

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Tara Kuk	Total	35	18	4	0.400	3	7	0	4
	1	10	8	0	0.800	1	1	0	1
	2	16	6	3	0.188	2	4	0	0
	3	9	4	1	0.333	0	2	0	3
Kim Whitney	Total	26	13	1	0.462	1	11	1	6
	1	8	6	1	0.625	1	3	1	3
	2	13	5	0	0.385	0	7	0	0
	3	5	2	0	0.400	0	1	0	3

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Tara Kuk	138	64	16	0.348	8	39	3	12
Kim Whitney	158	83	16	0.424	1	55	3	9

Head to Head Results
Kuk/Whitney trail the series against the field 4-6 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Kessy/Ross 0-2
5/25/07	AVP	Louisville Open	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	5	Kuk/Whitney	21, Q2	26-24, 21-12	0:48
4/14/07	AVP	Miami Open	Winner 1	Kessy/Ross	11	Kuk/Whitney	22, Q3	21-12, 21-16	0:35
Trail the series against # 4 Davis/Johnson Jordan 0-2
7/20/07	AVP	Long Beach Open	Contender 2	Davis/Johnson Jordan	4	Kuk/Whitney	19	21-12, 21-15	0:39
7/21/06	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 1	Davis/Johnson Jordan	5	Kuk/Whitney	28, Q5	21-8, 21-15	0:36
Trail the series against # 7 Lewis/Lima 0-1
6/19/10	AVP	AVP Virginia Beach Open	Contender 4	Lewis/Lima	7	Kuk/Whitney	22	19-21, 21-14, 15-10	0:52
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 # 11 Connelly/Minello 0-1
6/19/10	AVP	AVP Virginia Beach Open	Winner 1	Connelly/Minello	11	Kuk/Whitney	22	21-12, 21-15	0:37
Lead the series against # 13 Kropp/Pavlik 1-0
6/19/10	AVP	AVP Virginia Beach Open	Contender 3	Kuk/Whitney	22	Kropp/Pavlik	13	13-21, 21-19, 15-11	1:10
Lead the series against # 21 Gray/Piening 1-0
6/19/10	AVP	AVP Virginia Beach Open	Contender 2	Kuk/Whitney	22	Gray/Piening	21	21-19, 23-21	0:42
Lead the series against # 27, Q7 Coverdale/Hayes 1-0
6/19/10	AVP	AVP Virginia Beach Open	Contender 1	Kuk/Whitney	22	Coverdale/Hayes	27, Q7	19-21, 21-18, 15-13	1:22