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AVP Tour
$200,000 AVP NIVEA Tour Hermosa Beach Open presented by Bud Light Lime
July 16 - 18, 2010

(20) 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
2006	Kim Whitney - 17th	Tara Kuk - 17th
2007	Did not play	Wendy Lockhart - 25th
2009	Kelly Wing - 13th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	6/25-27/2010	AVP Belmar Open	17	17th	190	$700.00
AVP	6/18-20/2010	AVP Virginia Beach Open	22	9th	300	$2,600.00

AVP Hermosa Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 7/17/2010

Winner 1

Jenny Kropp / Whitney Pavlik (13)

Lost 18-21, 21-15, 14-16

0:55

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Tara Kuk	Total	18	12	0	0.667	1	7	1	1
	1	9	6	0	0.667	0	4	0	0
	2	7	4	0	0.571	0	2	1	1
	3	2	2	0	1.000	1	1	0	0
Kim Whitney	Total	46	22	6	0.348	2	11	3	2
	1	17	6	3	0.176	0	4	0	1
	2	13	8	2	0.462	1	5	3	0
	3	16	8	1	0.438	1	2	0	1

Sat, 7/17/2010

Contender 1

Morgan Flarity / Meri-de Goltz (29, Q10)

Won 21-14, 18-21, 15-10

1:00

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Tara Kuk	Total	32	19	4	0.469	2	9	3	2
	1	13	8	3	0.385	0	3	1	0
	2	11	6	1	0.455	1	3	0	1
	3	8	5	0	0.625	1	3	2	1
Kim Whitney	Total	25	13	1	0.480	1	7	1	2
	1	7	3	1	0.286	1	2	0	1
	2	9	4	0	0.444	0	3	0	0
	3	9	6	0	0.667	0	2	1	1

Sat, 7/17/2010

Contender 2

Katie Jameson / Tracy Jones (14)

Won 22-20, 21-19

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Tara Kuk	Total	43	24	6	0.419	1	8	1	2
	1	24	13	4	0.375	1	4	0	2
	2	19	11	2	0.474	0	4	1	0
Kim Whitney	Total	17	10	2	0.471	0	14	1	4
	1	9	5	1	0.444	0	10	0	2
	2	8	5	1	0.500	0	4	1	2

Sat, 7/17/2010

Contender 3

Suzanne Barnes / Michelle Williams (11)

Won 21-18, 19-21, 15-12

1:04

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Tara Kuk	Total	36	18	1	0.472	0	11	3	0
	1	19	8	0	0.421	0	5	2	0
	2	10	5	0	0.500	0	4	1	0
	3	7	5	1	0.571	0	2	0	0
Kim Whitney	Total	47	24	2	0.468	1	26	1	1
	1	10	6	0	0.600	0	10	1	1
	2	22	9	2	0.318	1	11	0	0
	3	15	9	0	0.600	0	5	0	0

Sat, 7/17/2010

Contender 4

Lisa Fitzgerald / Ashley Ivy Swift (8)

Lost 20-22, 11-21

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Tara Kuk	Total	21	10	3	0.333	0	6	0	1
	1	13	6	3	0.231	0	5	0	1
	2	8	4	0	0.500	0	1	0	0
Kim Whitney	Total	34	16	2	0.412	0	11	0	0
	1	19	9	2	0.368	0	9	0	0
	2	15	7	0	0.467	0	2	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Tara Kuk	150	83	14	0.460	4	41	8	6
Kim Whitney	169	85	13	0.426	4	69	6	9

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	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	$2,450.00	9	8	52.9 %
2007	AVP	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	1	1	$6,975.00	14	12	53.8 %
2010	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$5,900.00	7	6	53.8 %
Total	AVP	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	7	2	1	$15,325.00	30	26	53.6 %

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
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	$1,375.00	2006	AVP	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	4	$1,525.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	2	1	$4,537.50	2007	AVP	8	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	1	$3,662.50
7	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	0	$5,600.00	2009	AVP
4	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$3,300.00	2010	AVP	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	$3,475.00
36	0	0	0	0	0	7	13	8	8	$14,862.50	Total	Total	23	0	0	0	0	0	4	9	4	6	$8,662.50

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%
2009-2010	2	40.0%	2	40.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	3	37.5%	1	12.5%	4	50.0%	3-5	37.5%	2-4	33.3%	5-2	71.4%	0	0	7-6	53.8%
Against the Field	3	50.0%	2	33.3%	1	16.7%	5-1	83.3%	3	21.4%	2	14.3%	9	64.3%	3-11	21.4%	6-18	25.0%	10-6	62.5%	0	0	8-12	40.0%

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
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 trail the series against the field 8-12 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 6 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Kessy/Ross 0-3
6/26/10	AVP	AVP Belmar Open	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	1	Kuk/Whitney	17	21-10, 21-15	0:36
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 # 5 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
Trail the series against # 8 Fitzgerald/Ivy Swift 0-1
7/17/10	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 4	Fitzgerald/Ivy Swift	8	Kuk/Whitney	20	22-20, 21-11	0:38
Trail the series against # 10 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
Trail the series against # 11 Barnes/Williams 1-3
7/17/10	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 3	Kuk/Whitney	20	Barnes/Williams	11	21-18, 19-21, 15-12	1:04
7/6/07	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Winner 1	Barnes/Williams	16	Kuk/Whitney	17	29-27, 21-12	0:53
7/21/06	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 2	Barnes/Williams	11	Kuk/Whitney	28, Q5	21-12, 21-10	0:35
6/10/06	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 2	Barnes/Williams	12	Kuk/Whitney	27, Q18	21-16, 25-27, 15-12	1:03
Series tied with # 13 Kropp/Pavlik 1-1
7/17/10	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 1	Kropp/Pavlik	13	Kuk/Whitney	20	21-18, 15-21, 16-14	0:55
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 # 14 Jameson/Jones 2-0
7/17/10	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 2	Kuk/Whitney	20	Jameson/Jones	14	22-20, 21-19	0:42
7/7/06	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 1	Kuk/Whitney	23	Jameson/Jones	10	21-18, 21-17	0:35
Lead the series against # 21 Capers/D'Amore 1-0
6/26/10	AVP	AVP Belmar Open	Winner 1	Kuk/Whitney	17	Capers/D'Amore	16	14-21, 22-20, 16-14	1:04
Lead the series against # 24 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 # 28, Q9 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
Lead the series against # 29, Q10 Flarity/Goltz 1-0
7/17/10	AVP	AVP Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 1	Kuk/Whitney	20	Flarity/Goltz	29, Q10	21-14, 18-21, 15-10	1:00