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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 A1 Beach Volleyball Grand Slam presented by NOKIA
July 28 - August 2, 2008

(5) Natalie Cook/Tamsin Hinchley, Australia

Natalie Cook
Australia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 19, 1975 (49 yrs old)

Home Town:

Brisbane

Resides:

Brisbane

Height:

181 cm (5'11")

Weight:

72 kg (158 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

165

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$652,908.75

Tamsin Barnett Hinchley
Australia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 10, 1980 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Adelaide

Resides:

Ashburton

Height:

193 cm (6'4")

Weight:

73 kg (161 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Seoul 2007)

Career Winnings:

US$171,225.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	40	1	0	0	2	9	2	12	0	5	1	2	3	3	US$278,600.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$500.00
Overall	41	1	0	0	2	10	2	12	0	5	1	2	3	3	US$279,100.00

Previous Klagenfurt Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2001	Kerri Pottharst - 9th	Did not play
2002	Kerri Pottharst - 9th	Did not play
2003	Nicole Sanderson - 9th	Did not play
2004	Nicole Sanderson - 17th	Did not play
2005	Nicole Sanderson - 41st	Did not play
2006	Nicole Sanderson - 17th	Summer Lochowicz - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/21-26/2008	Gstaad Grand Slam	6	4	560	US$18,400.00
FIVB	6/23-28/2008	Stavanger Grand Slam	11	9	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/16-22/2008	Paris Grand Slam	12	9	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/9-14/2008	Berlin Grand Slam	12	9	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	5/20-25/2008	Osaka Open	8	4	420	US$10,500.00
FIVB	5/13-18/2008	Seoul Open	8	7	300	US$7,000.00
FIVB	4/29-5/4/2008	China Shanghai Open	6	5	360	US$8,500.00
FIVB	3/25-30/2008	Adelaide Australia Open	6	9	240	US$5,500.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2007	Gstaad World Championships	5	9	400	US$11,000.00
FIVB	7/3-8/2007	Montréal Open	3	5	360	US$10,000.00
FIVB	6/26-30/2007	Stavanger Grand Slam	7	5	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	6/19-24/2007	Paris Grand Slam	7	5	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	6/5-10/2007	Warsaw Open	7	5	360	US$10,000.00
FIVB	5/30-6/3/2007	Seoul Open	14	1	600	US$32,000.00
FIVB	5/23-27/2007	Singapore Open	17	9	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	5/2-6/2007	Shanghai Open	23	7	300	US$8,000.00

Klagenfurt Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/30/2008	Pool E	Janne Kongshavn / Kristine Wiig, Norway (28, Q6)	Won 21-11, 21-14	0:35
Wed, 7/30/2008	Pool E	Tereza Petrova / Hana Skalnikova, Czech Republic (21, Q4)	Won 21-11, 21-18	0:35
Thu, 7/31/2008	Pool E	Nila Ann Hakedal / Ingrid Torlen, Norway (12)	Won 30-28, 23-21	1:00
Fri, 8/1/2008	Winner 2	Inese Jursone / Inguna Minusa, Latvia (23)	Lost By Forfeit

Head to Head Results
Cook/Hinchley lead the series against the field 24-13

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 3-3
5/25/08	FIVB	Osaka Open	Semi-Finals	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Cook/Hinchley	8	21-19, 21-14	0:46
5/23/08	FIVB	Osaka Open	Winner 3	Cook/Hinchley	8	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	19-21, 21-16, 16-14	1:02
5/16/08	FIVB	Seoul Open	Winner 3	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Cook/Hinchley	8	21-17, 21-18	0:48
5/3/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Contender 6	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Cook/Hinchley	6	21-15, 21-13	0:41
6/8/07	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Winner 3	Cook/Hinchley	7	Felisberta/Maestrini	2	24-22, 15-21, 16-14	1:04
6/1/07	FIVB	Seoul Open	Winner 4	Cook/Hinchley	14	Felisberta/Maestrini	2	21-13, 21-16	0:34
Trail the series against # 2 Bede/Connelly, Brazil 1-2
6/13/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 2	Bede/Connelly	4	Cook/Hinchley	12	21-14, 21-16	0:43
5/23/08	FIVB	Osaka Open	Winner 4	Cook/Hinchley	8	Bede/Connelly	4	24-22, 21-12	0:47
3/27/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Winner 2	Bede/Connelly	11	Cook/Hinchley	6	21-14, 21-15	0:41
Lead the series against # 3, Q1 Antonelli/Leao, Brazil 2-0
7/25/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 3	Cook/Hinchley	6	Antonelli/Leao	3	14-21, 22-20, 15-9	0:59
6/25/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool F	Cook/Hinchley	11	Antonelli/Leao	22, Q13	22-24, 21-19, 15-9	1:09
Trail the series against # 4 Antunes/Ribeiro, Brazil 2-3
6/26/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool F	Antunes/Ribeiro	6	Cook/Hinchley	11	21-17, 21-16	0:35
6/12/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool E	Antunes/Ribeiro	5	Cook/Hinchley	12	21-13, 21-19	0:41
6/29/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 1	Cook/Hinchley	7	Antunes/Ribeiro	4	19-21, 21-13, 15-11	0:56
6/8/07	FIVB	Warsaw Open	Winner 4	Antunes/Ribeiro	3	Cook/Hinchley	7	21-17, 21-18	0:39
5/31/07	FIVB	Seoul Open	Winner 2	Cook/Hinchley	14	Antunes/Ribeiro	3	21-19, 19-21, 15-9	0:55
Lead the series against # 6 Arvaniti/Karadassiou, Greece 1-0
5/25/07	FIVB	Singapore Open	Contender 2	Cook/Hinchley	17	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	15	16-21, 22-20, 15-7	1:02
Lead the series against # 9 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 2-1
7/24/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool F	Cook/Hinchley	6	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	11	21-17, 21-15	0:40
6/11/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool E	Cook/Hinchley	12	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	21	21-17, 21-14	0:37
5/24/07	FIVB	Singapore Open	Winner 1	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	16	Cook/Hinchley	17	24-26, 21-19, 15-12	1:14
Lead the series against # 11 Claasen/Roder, Germany 1-0
6/27/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 1	Cook/Hinchley	11	Claasen/Roder	17, Q2	21-19, 21-15	0:42
Lead the series against # 12 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 2-1
7/31/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool E	Cook/Hinchley	5	Hakedal/Torlen	12	30-28, 23-21	1:00
5/1/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Winner 2	Cook/Hinchley	6	Hakedal/Torlen	11	21-12, 18-21, 15-9	1:00
5/25/07	FIVB	Singapore Open	Contender 4	Hakedal/Torlen	5	Cook/Hinchley	17	21-18, 23-25, 15-11	1:08
Lead the series against # 14 Brink-Abeler/Jurich, Germany 1-0
6/22/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 2	Cook/Hinchley	7	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	12	25-23, 21-14	0:40
Lead the series against # 16 Martins/Santanna, Georgia 1-0
5/15/08	FIVB	Seoul Open	Winner 1	Cook/Hinchley	8	Martins/Santanna	25, Q4	21-19, 21-14	0:39
Lead the series against # 18 Campisi/Lozano, Spain 1-0
7/25/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 2	Cook/Hinchley	6	Campisi/Lozano	18	21-19, 21-18	0:49
Lead the series against # 21, Q4 Petrova/Skalnikova, Czech Republic 1-0
7/30/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool E	Cook/Hinchley	5	Petrova/Skalnikova	21, Q4	21-11, 21-18	0:35
Lead the series against # 22 Ljungquist/Lundqvist, Sweden 1-0
5/22/08	FIVB	Osaka Open	Winner 1	Cook/Hinchley	8	Ljungquist/Lundqvist	25, Q18	21-11, 21-15	0:38
Trail the series against # 23 Jursone/Minusa, Latvia 0-1
8/1/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 2	Jursone/Minusa	23	Cook/Hinchley	5	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # 24, Q3 Van Iersel/Wesselink, Netherlands 1-0
7/23/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool F	Cook/Hinchley	6	Van Iersel/Wesselink	27, Q5	21-16, 21-19	0:43
Lead the series against # 25 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 2-0
7/25/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool E	Cook/Hinchley	5	Nystrom/Nystrom	29	19-21, 21-15, 16-14	0:56
7/6/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Contender 4	Cook/Hinchley	3	Nystrom/Nystrom	16	21-12, 21-12	0:29
Lead the series against # 27 Baburina/Osheyko, Ukraine 1-0
7/23/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool F	Cook/Hinchley	6	Baburina/Osheyko	22	21-11, 21-13	0:33
Lead the series against # 28, Q6 Kongshavn/Wiig, Norway 1-0
7/30/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool E	Cook/Hinchley	5	Kongshavn/Wiig	28, Q6	21-11, 21-14	0:35
Trail the series against Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 0-2
7/27/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Winner 2	Salgado/Salgado	15	Cook/Hinchley	5	21-16, 18-21, 15-12	0:59
5/3/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Salgado/Salgado	10	Cook/Hinchley	23	21-19, 20-22, 17-15	1:11