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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$350,000 Dubai Open
October 5 - 11, 2008

(13) Muriel Graessli/Nadine Zumkehr, Switzerland

Muriel Graessli
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 23, 1987 (38 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$54,125.00

Nadine Zumkehr
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 5, 1985 (40 yrs old)

Home Town:

Frutigen

Height:

172 cm (5'8")

Weight:

64 kg (141 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

126

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$407,500.00

Awards

Most Inspirational 2016

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	41	Money
FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	1	US$28,400.00
FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	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	US$1,150.00
Overall	11	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	1	US$29,550.00

Previous Dubai Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/15-20/2008	Guarajà Open	15	13th	180	US$3,900.00
FIVB	9/2-7/2008	Myslowice Open	21	17th	120	US$2,500.00
FIVB	8/25-30/2008	Kristiansand Open	17	9th	240	US$5,500.00
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
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

Dubai Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 10/7/2008	Winner 1	Mathilde Giordano / Virginie Sarpaux, France (20)	Lost 18-21, 20-22	0:39
Tue, 10/7/2008	Contender 1	Polina Bratuhhina / Kadri Puri, Estonia (29, Q6)	Won 21-9, 21-17	0:29
Wed, 10/8/2008	Contender 2	Tanya Guerra Arias-Schmocker / Karin Trussel, Switzerland (14)	Lost 15-21, 21-18, 11-15	0:44

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	0	$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
Total	11	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	0	$29,550.00

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	0	$8,600.00	World Championships	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$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	0	$21,600.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	61	1	1	1	0	8	20	18	4	0	$260,575.00
26	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	7	0	$23,350.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	52	3	0	2	1	4	20	7	3	0	$106,125.00
3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$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
65	0	0	0	1	3	6	8	15	0	$54,125.00	Total	126	4	2	3	2	17	41	28	7	0	$407,500.00

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	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	1	$28,400.00	14	17	45.2 %
2008	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$500.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	1	$28,400.00	14	17	45.2 %
Total	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,150.00	5	4	55.6 %

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
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
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
8	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	1	$14,200.00	2008	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	2	1	$14,200.00
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
35	0	0	0	1	3	5	2	6	18	$21,175.00	Total	Total	36	0	0	0	1	5	2	2	5	21	$20,100.00

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	57.1%	1	14.3%	2	28.6%	5-2	71.4%	0	0.0%	1	16.7%	5	83.3%	0-6	0.0%	8-10	44.4%	2-6	25.0%	0	0	5-8	38.5%

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
Total	0	0	4	1	0	6	0	0	5	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	21

Head to Head Results
Graessli/Zumkehr trail the series against the field 6-8 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 6 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 0-1
9/17/08	FIVB	Guarajà Open	Winner 2	Salgado/Salgado	2	Graessli/Zumkehr	15	18-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:45
Trail the series against # 5 Martins/Santanna, Georgia 0-1
9/4/08	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 1	Martins/Santanna	12	Graessli/Zumkehr	21	14-21, 21-16, 15-9	0:40
Trail the series against # 6 Ljungquist/Lundqvist, Sweden 1-2
9/18/08	FIVB	Guarajà Open	Contender 3	Ljungquist/Lundqvist	10	Graessli/Zumkehr	15	21-17, 21-19	0:48
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
Trail the series against # 14 Guerra Arias-Schmocker/Trussel, Switzerland 1-2
10/8/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Contender 2	Guerra Arias-Schmocker/Trussel	14	Graessli/Zumkehr	13	21-15, 18-21, 15-11	0:44
7/30/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool C	Guerra Arias-Schmocker/Trussel	30, Q9	Graessli/Zumkehr	19, Q5	21-17, 22-20	0:37
6/28/08	FIVB C&S	Laredo Satellite	Contender 1	Graessli/Zumkehr	3	Guerra Arias-Schmocker/Trussel	6, Q1	21-18, 21-15	0:38
Lead the series against # 16 Montagnolli/Pichler, Austria 1-0
9/17/08	FIVB	Guarajà Open	Winner 1	Graessli/Zumkehr	15	Montagnolli/Pichler	18	21-18, 21-13	0:31
Trail the series against # 17 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 # 18 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
Trail the series against # 20 Giordano/Sarpaux, France 0-1
10/7/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Winner 1	Giordano/Sarpaux	20	Graessli/Zumkehr	13	21-18, 22-20	0:39
Lead the series against # 25 Johns/Mullin, England 1-0
9/4/08	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 1	Graessli/Zumkehr	21	Johns/Mullin	28, Q10	21-15, 22-20	0:34
Lead the series against # 29, Q6 Bratuhhina/Puri, Estonia 1-0
10/7/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Contender 1	Graessli/Zumkehr	13	Bratuhhina/Puri	29, Q6	21-9, 21-17	0:29