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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$350,000 Otera Open Kristiansand
August 25 - 30, 2008

(17) Muriel Graessli/Nadine Zumkehr, Switzerland

Muriel Graessli
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 23, 1987 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Zürich

Height:

176 cm (5'10")

Weight:

61 kg (134 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (FIVB U21 World Championships Rio de Janeiro 2005)

Career FIVB WT Best:

7th (Marseille 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$64,863.41

Nadine Zumkehr
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 5, 1985 (41 yrs old)

Home Town:

Frutigen

Height:

172 cm (5'8")

Weight:

64 kg (141 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

149

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$438,411.92

Awards

Most Inspirational 2016

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	41	Money
CEV	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	0	US$3,485.48
FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	2	1	US$28,400.00
FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$1,150.00
Overall	17	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	2	5	2	2	1	US$33,035.48

Previous Kristiansand Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/28-8/2/2008	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	19, Q5	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	7/21-26/2008	Gstaad Grand Slam	9, Q7	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	7/14-20/2008	Marseille Open	31, Q11	7th	300	US$7,000.00
CEV	7/10-12/2008	European Championship	26	17th	160	€ 1,000.00
FIVB C&S	6/27-29/2008	Laredo Satellite	3	7th	10	US$500.00
FIVB	6/16-22/2008	Paris Grand Slam	Q30	41st	24	US$0.00
CEV	5/28-6/1/2008	Dutch Masters	Q1	17th	120	€ 0.00
CEV	5/22-25/2008	Swiss Masters	12	13th	180	€ 1,200.00
CEV	5/8-11/2008	Austrian Masters	Q8	21st	60	€ 0.00
CEV	4/17-20/2008	Spanish Masters	Q11	21st	60	€ 0.00

Kristiansand Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/27/2008	Winner 1	Maria Prokopeva / Evgenia Ukolova, Russia (16)	Won 18-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:43
Wed, 8/27/2008	Winner 2	Maria Antonelli / Vanilda Leao, Brazil (1)	Lost 21-18, 12-21, 13-15	0:45
Thu, 8/28/2008	Contender 2	Angelica Ljungquist / Karin Lundqvist, Sweden (15)	Won 21-14, 19-21, 18-16	0:59
Thu, 8/28/2008	Contender 3	Susan Blundell / Anna Harrison, New Zealand (24, Q3)	Won 21-12, 21-19	0:33
Fri, 8/29/2008	Contender 4	Susanne Glesnes / Kathrine Maaseide, Norway (6)	Lost 14-21, 21-23	0:39

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	$7,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	$21,400.00
Satellite	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,150.00
U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00
Total	12	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	3	2	1	$30,550.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Muriel Graessli												Nadine Zumkehr
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	$8,600.00	World Championships	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	$14,600.00
											World Tour Finals	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$25,000.00
28	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	8	17	$21,600.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	61	1	1	1	0	8	20	18	4	8	$260,575.00
26	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	7	11	$23,350.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	52	3	0	2	1	4	20	7	3	12	$106,125.00
3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	$575.00	Satellite	4	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	$1,200.00
3	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	$2,750.00	Confederation Championship	8	0	0	1	0	1	4	1	1	0	$10,500.00
69	0	0	0	1	3	7	11	15	32	$56,875.00	Total	134	4	2	4	2	18	45	29	8	22	$418,000.00

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
2005	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$650.00	3	2	60.0 %
2008	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	$19,500.00	10	11	47.6 %
2008	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$500.00	2	2	50.0 %
2008	CEV	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	$2,200.00	4	7	36.4 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	$19,500.00	10	11	47.6 %
Total	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,150.00	5	4	55.6 %
Total	CEV	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	$2,200.00	4	7	36.4 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Muriel Graessli													Nadine Zumkehr
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	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2003	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2004	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2005	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$1,000.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$325.00	2005	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$625.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2005	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2005	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$975.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	$4,700.00	2006	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	10	$2,000.00
											2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$325.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2006	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2006	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	$1,700.00	2007	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$1,700.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2007	FIVB Age Group WC
5	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	1	$2,712.50	2007	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$975.00
5	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	$9,750.00	2008	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	$9,750.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$250.00	2008	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$250.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	$1,100.00	2008	CEV	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	$1,100.00
44	0	0	0	1	4	6	7	6	20	$20,537.50	Total	Total	43	0	0	0	1	5	4	5	5	23	$18,700.00

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	50.0%	2	14.3%	5	35.7%	9-5	64.3%	5	29.4%	1	5.9%	11	64.7%	5-12	29.4%	7-11	38.9%	7-6	53.8%	0	0	14-17	45.2%
2007-2008	7	50.0%	2	14.3%	5	35.7%	9-5	64.3%	5	29.4%	1	5.9%	11	64.7%	5-12	29.4%	7-11	38.9%	7-6	53.8%	0	0	14-17	45.2%
Against the Field	4	50.0%	1	12.5%	3	37.5%	5-3	62.5%	3	33.3%	0	0.0%	6	66.7%	3-6	33.3%	8-12	40.0%	8-6	57.1%	0	0	8-9	47.1%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	2	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	10
Satellite	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Total	0	0	4	1	0	6	0	0	5	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	23

Head to Head Results
Graessli/Zumkehr lead the series against the field 8-7 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 3 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Antonelli/Leao, Brazil 1-3
8/27/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 2	Antonelli/Leao	1	Graessli/Zumkehr	17	18-21, 21-12, 15-13	0:45
7/31/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool C	Antonelli/Leao	3, Q1	Graessli/Zumkehr	19, Q5	24-22, 21-14	0:39
7/18/08	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 5	Antonelli/Leao	2	Graessli/Zumkehr	31, Q11	21-14, 21-15	0:31
7/16/08	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 1	Graessli/Zumkehr	31, Q11	Antonelli/Leao	2	17-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:48
Trail the series against # 6 Glesnes/Maaseide, Norway 0-2
8/29/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 4	Glesnes/Maaseide	6	Graessli/Zumkehr	17	21-14, 23-21	0:39
7/10/08	CEV	European Championship	Winner 1	Glesnes/Maaseide	7	Graessli/Zumkehr	26	22-20, 21-19	0:44
Lead the series against # 12 Gioria/Momoli, Italy 1-0
4/17/08	CEV	Spanish Masters	Qualifier 1	Graessli/Zumkehr	Q11	Gioria/Momoli	Q22	21-12, 21-16	0:35
Series tied with # 15 Ljungquist/Lundqvist, Sweden 1-1
8/28/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 2	Graessli/Zumkehr	17	Ljungquist/Lundqvist	15	21-14, 19-21, 18-16	0:59
7/23/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool H	Ljungquist/Lundqvist	24, Q3	Graessli/Zumkehr	9, Q7	21-17, 21-14	0:39
Lead the series against # 16 Prokopeva/Ukolova, Russia 2-0
8/27/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 1	Graessli/Zumkehr	17	Prokopeva/Ukolova	16	18-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:43
7/15/08	FIVB	Marseille Open	Qualifier 2	Graessli/Zumkehr	31, Q11	Prokopeva/Ukolova	25, Q6	18-21, 21-13, 15-13	0:52
Trail the series against # 19 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 0-1
7/23/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool H	Nystrom/Nystrom	25	Graessli/Zumkehr	9, Q7	21-10, 21-19	0:38
Lead the series against # 23 Gschweidl/Hansel, Austria 1-0
7/10/08	CEV	European Championship	Contender 1	Graessli/Zumkehr	26	Gschweidl/Hansel	23	20-22, 21-15, 15-10	0:56
Lead the series against # 24, Q3 Blundell/Harrison, New Zealand 1-0
8/28/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 3	Graessli/Zumkehr	17	Blundell/Harrison	24, Q3	21-12, 21-19	0:33
Lead the series against # 30, Q18 Bratuhhina/Puri, Estonia 1-0
5/29/08	CEV	Dutch Masters	Qualifier 2	Graessli/Zumkehr	Q1	Bratuhhina/Puri	Q16	21-17, 16-21, 15-11	0:45