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$258,000 AVP Crocs Crocs Cup Championship Kentucky Grilled Chicken Chicago Open
August 27 - 30, 2009

(18) Tara Kuk/Kelly Wing

Tara Burton Kuk

Photo: VolleyShots.com

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

Kelly Wing

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 13, 1983 (42 yrs old)

Home Town:

Murrieta, CA

Height:

5'10"

College(s):

California-Irvine

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (AVP Manhattan Beach 2009)

Career Winnings:

$12,265.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	$10,720.00

Previous Chicago Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Franci Van Zwieten - 33rd	Did not play
2006	Kim Whitney - 17th	Did not play
2007	Wendy Lockhart - 25th	Whitney Pavlik - 17th
2008	Did not play	Suzana Manole - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/20-23/2009	Muskegon Open	16	17th	190	$960.00
AVP	8/14-16/2009	San Francisco Open	18	17th	150	$1,200.00
AVP	8/6-8/2009	Hermosa Beach Open	21	13th	240	$1,800.00
AVP	7/16-19/2009	Manhattan Beach Open	22	9th	300	$3,960.00
AVP	7/2-4/2009	Coney Island Open	22	13th	240	$1,800.00

Chicago Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/28/2009

Winner 1

Claire D'Amore / Jennifer Snyder (15)

Lost 15-21, 14-21

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Tara Kuk	Total	31	12	4	0.258	0	6	1	2
	1	14	7	1	0.429	0	3	1	1
	2	17	5	3	0.118	0	3	0	1
Kelly Wing	Total	18	7	3	0.222	0	7	2	3
	1	8	2	1	0.125	0	3	1	1
	2	10	5	2	0.300	0	4	1	2

Fri, 8/28/2009

Contender 1

Katie Carter / Sydney Donahue (31, Q21)

Won 21-12, 22-24, 15-8

1:14

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Tara Kuk	Total	29	14	2	0.414	2	6	2	2
	1	8	4	0	0.500	2	1	0	1
	2	13	7	1	0.462	0	2	2	0
	3	8	3	1	0.250	0	3	0	1
Kelly Wing	Total	48	22	9	0.271	2	31	0	0
	1	16	7	2	0.313	0	11	0	0
	2	17	7	6	0.059	2	10	0	0
	3	15	8	1	0.467	0	10	0	0

Fri, 8/28/2009

Contender 2

Whitney Pavlik / Nancy Reynolds (17)

Lost 23-21, 18-21, 14-16

1:02

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Tara Kuk	Total	42	21	2	0.452	1	18	1	1
	1	15	10	0	0.667	0	5	1	0
	2	13	8	2	0.462	0	7	0	1
	3	14	3	0	0.214	1	6	0	0
Kelly Wing	Total	42	21	6	0.357	0	13	0	1
	1	12	7	2	0.417	0	6	0	1
	2	13	8	3	0.385	0	3	0	0
	3	17	6	1	0.294	0	4	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Tara Kuk	102	47	8	0.382	3	30	4	5
Kelly Wing	108	50	18	0.296	2	51	2	4

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	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	$6,760.00
Manhattan Beach	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,960.00
Total	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	$10,720.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Tara Kuk												Kelly Wing
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	31	0	0	0	0	0	2	15	5	0	$8,160.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,980.00	Manhattan Beach	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$4,105.00
36	0	0	0	0	0	7	13	8	0	$14,862.50	Total	35	0	0	0	0	0	3	16	6	0	$12,265.00

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	AVP	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	$10,720.00	9	12	42.9 %
Total	AVP	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	$10,720.00	9	12	42.9 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Tara Kuk													Kelly Wing
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
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	$1,375.00	2006	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	2	1	$4,537.50	2007	AVP	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	5	$1,625.00
											2008	AVP	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	2	2	$4,100.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	0	$5,600.00	2009	AVP	7	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	0	$5,840.00
32	0	0	0	0	0	5	11	8	8	$11,562.50	Total	Total	33	0	0	0	0	0	3	14	6	10	$11,565.00

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	7	53.8%	1	7.7%	5	38.5%	8-5	61.5%	1	12.5%	0	0.0%	7	87.5%	1-7	12.5%	7-7	50.0%	2-5	28.6%	0	0	9-12	42.9%
2008-2009	7	53.8%	1	7.7%	5	38.5%	8-5	61.5%	1	12.5%	0	0.0%	7	87.5%	1-7	12.5%	7-7	50.0%	2-5	28.6%	0	0	9-12	42.9%
Against the Field	3	37.5%	1	12.5%	4	50.0%	4-4	50.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	6	100.0%	0-6	0.0%	6-12	33.3%	2-8	20.0%	0	0	4-10	28.6%

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	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	10
Manhattan Beach	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	12

Head to Head Results
Kuk/Wing trail the series against the field 4-10 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 8 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Davis/Johnson Jordan 0-2
8/7/09	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 2	Davis/Johnson Jordan	5	Kuk/Wing	21	21-13, 21-13	0:38
7/18/09	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 4	Davis/Johnson Jordan	3	Kuk/Wing	22	21-18, 21-17	0:41
Lead the series against # 7 Fopma/Hochevar 1-0
7/18/09	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 3	Kuk/Wing	22	Fopma/Hochevar	6	27-25, 21-17	0:49
Series tied with # 10 Jameson/Jones 1-1
8/7/09	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 1	Kuk/Wing	21	Jameson/Jones	12	21-16, 23-21	0:42
7/3/09	AVP	Coney Island Open	Winner 2	Jameson/Jones	6	Kuk/Wing	22	15-21, 21-13, 15-12	0:53
Trail the series against # 14 Lewis/Pascua 0-1
8/14/09	AVP	San Francisco Open	Winner 1	Lewis/Pascua	15	Kuk/Wing	18	15-21, 21-18, 16-14	1:00
Trail the series against # 15 D'Amore/Snyder 0-1
8/28/09	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 1	D'Amore/Snyder	15	Kuk/Wing	18	21-15, 21-14	0:40
Trail the series against # 16 Ferreira/Roca 0-1
8/14/09	AVP	San Francisco Open	Contender 1	Ferreira/Roca	16	Kuk/Wing	18	16-21, 21-18, 15-7	0:49
Trail the series against # 17 Pavlik/Reynolds 0-1
8/28/09	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 2	Pavlik/Reynolds	17	Kuk/Wing	18	21-23, 21-18, 16-14	1:02
Lead the series against # 19 Smith/Van Fleet 1-0
7/3/09	AVP	Coney Island Open	Winner 1	Kuk/Wing	22	Smith/Van Fleet	11	21-18, 21-12	0:41
Trail the series against # 21 Knopf/Zartman 0-1
7/18/09	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 6	Knopf/Zartman	26	Kuk/Wing	22	21-15, 25-23	0:42
Trail the series against # 22 Bryan/Capers 0-1
8/21/09	AVP	Muskegon Open	Contender 2	Bryan/Capers	18	Kuk/Wing	16	21-19, 21-17	0:42
Trail the series against # 23 Allen/Masler 0-1
8/21/09	AVP	Muskegon Open	Winner 1	Allen/Masler	17	Kuk/Wing	16	21-17, 29-27	0:41
Lead the series against # 31, Q21 Carter/Donahue 1-0
8/28/09	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 1	Kuk/Wing	18	Carter/Donahue	31, Q21	21-12, 22-24, 15-8	1:14