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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$800,000 Long Beach Grand Slam
August 23 - 28, 2016

(14) Nina Brunner/Tanja Huberli, Switzerland

Nina Betschart Brunner
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 14, 1995 (30 yrs old)

Home Town:

Steinhausen

Height:

175 cm (5'9")

Weight:

65 kg (143 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$331,584.25

Tanja Hüberli
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 27, 1992 (33 yrs old)

Home Town:

Thalwil

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

74 kg (163 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

119

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$424,018.50

Awards

Most Improved Player 2014

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
FIVB	77	3	4	7	3	15	1	24	4	14	1	1	US$651,280.20

Previous Long Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2014	Did not play	Tanja Goricanec - 17th
2015	Did not play	Tanja Goricanec - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/25-30/2016	A1 Major Klagenfurt	18	3rd	640	US$32,000.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2016	Gstaad Major	22	17th	240	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/2/2016	Porec Major	25, Q5	5th	480	US$17,000.00
FIVB	6/14-18/2016	Poland Grand Slam	22	5th	480	US$17,000.00
FIVB	6/7-11/2016	Major Hamburg	Q9	33rd	80	US$0.00
FIVB	5/17-21/2016	Cincinnati Open	19	9th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	5/10-14/2016	Antalya Open	22	17th	180	US$1,200.00
FIVB	5/3-8/2016	Sochi Open	21	9th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	4/20-24/2016	Fuzhou Open	25, Q5	17th	180	US$1,200.00
FIVB	4/13-17/2016	Xiamen Open	24	17th	180	US$1,200.00

Long Beach Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/24/2016	Pool C	Fernanda Alves / Josemari Alves, Brazil (19, Q2)	Won 18-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:55
Wed, 8/24/2016	Pool C	Anni Schumacher / Kim Van de Velde, Germany (30, Q11)	Won 21-13, 21-8	0:27
Thu, 8/25/2016	Pool C	Karla Borger / Britta Buthe, Germany (3)	Lost 13-21, 15-21	0:31
Fri, 8/26/2016	Winner 1	Kelly Cheng / Sara Hughes, United States (29)	Lost 19-21, 25-27	0:41

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$)
Olympic Games	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$68,000.00
World Tour Finals	5	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	$70,500.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	31	2	3	3	2	8	0	3	3	5	1	0	$367,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	32	0	1	3	0	4	0	14	1	9	0	0	$140,600.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00
Total	77	3	4	7	3	15	1	24	4	14	1	0	$651,100.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Nina Brunner												Tanja Huberli
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	$34,000.00	World Championships	6	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	$39,900.00
5	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	$35,250.00	World Tour Finals	5	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	$35,250.00
33	2	3	3	2	8	6	5	1	0	$183,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	61	2	3	3	3	10	13	10	7	0	$263,250.00
37	0	1	3	0	4	18	9	2	0	$76,100.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	39	0	2	3	0	4	18	10	1	0	$82,150.00
3	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$2,500.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$3,000.00
											U23 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
4	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
3	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
91	5	4	7	4	20	31	14	3	0	$331,350.00	Total	119	4	5	7	4	18	40	21	8	0	$423,550.00

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
2016	FIVB	11	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	5	0	1	$87,600.00	28	23	54.9 %
Total	FIVB	11	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	5	0	1	$87,600.00	28	23	54.9 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Nina Brunner													Tanja Huberli
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2010	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2011	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,000.00	2012	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2012	FIVB Age Group WC
											2013	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	7	$12,150.00
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2013	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2014	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	6	3	0	3	$38,600.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2014	FIVB Age Group WC
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	$1,800.00	2015	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	0	$23,000.00
12	0	0	1	0	2	3	5	0	1	$44,800.00	2016	FIVB	11	0	0	1	0	2	2	5	0	1	$43,800.00
25	2	0	1	1	6	5	5	2	3	$49,600.00	Total	Total	46	0	0	1	0	3	12	12	6	12	$117,550.00

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	135	72.6%	27	14.5%	24	12.9%	162-24	87.1%	40	27.4%	30	20.5%	76	52.1%	40-106	27.4%	135-76	64.0%	67-54	55.4%	7	4	209-134	60.9%
2015-2016	15	60.0%	6	24.0%	4	16.0%	21-4	84.0%	6	24.0%	3	12.0%	16	64.0%	6-19	24.0%	15-16	48.4%	12-7	63.2%	1	0	28-23	54.9%
Against the Field	18	72.0%	3	12.0%	4	16.0%	21-4	84.0%	10	37.0%	6	22.2%	11	40.7%	10-17	37.0%	36-18	66.7%	26-20	56.5%	2	0	33-19	63.5%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	9	2
World Championships	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	7	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	18	6
World Tour Finals	0	0	0	0	7	9	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	12
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	2	1	55	29	0	0	25	16	5	5	3	2	2	3	92	56
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	1	0	45	22	0	0	22	28	1	3	3	0	0	1	73	55
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	9	3
Total	0	0	3	1	129	62	0	0	59	53	7	10	7	3	3	4	209	134

Head to Head Results
Brunner/Huberli lead the series against the field 16-9 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 4 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Borger/Buthe, Germany 0-2
8/25/16	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Pool C	Borger/Buthe	3	Brunner/Huberli	14	21-13, 21-15	0:31
7/27/16	FIVB	A1 Major Klagenfurt	Pool B	Borger/Buthe	2	Brunner/Huberli	18	21-18, 21-12	0:31
Series tied with # 4 Lisboa/Maia, Brazil 1-1
7/6/16	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Pool F	Brunner/Huberli	22	Lisboa/Maia	6	21-13, 31-29	0:43
6/17/16	FIVB	Poland Grand Slam	Winner 3	Lisboa/Maia	9, Q1	Brunner/Huberli	22	21-11, 19-21, 15-12	0:38
Trail the series against # 5 Laboureur/Sude, Germany 0-1
5/13/16	FIVB	Antalya Open	Winner 1	Laboureur/Sude	12, Q1	Brunner/Huberli	22	16-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:47
Trail the series against # 7 Baquerizo/Fernandez, Spain 0-1
4/21/16	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool H	Baquerizo/Fernandez	9	Brunner/Huberli	25, Q5	19-21, 21-13, 15-12	0:46
Lead the series against # 8 Fendrick/Sweat, United States 1-0
5/18/16	FIVB	Cincinnati Open	Pool C	Brunner/Huberli	19	Fendrick/Sweat	3	23-21, 21-19	0:35
Lead the series against # 11 Hermannova/Slukova, Czech Republic 1-0
7/29/16	FIVB	A1 Major Klagenfurt	Winner 3	Brunner/Huberli	18	Hermannova/Slukova	11	0-1 Retired	0:09
Trail the series against # 12 Gallay/Klug, Argentina 1-2
7/30/16	FIVB	A1 Major Klagenfurt	Bronze Medal	Brunner/Huberli	18	Gallay/Klug	13	14-21, 21-14, 22-20	0:53
5/11/16	FIVB	Antalya Open	Pool F	Gallay/Klug	6	Brunner/Huberli	22	21-18, 21-16	0:35
5/4/16	FIVB	Sochi Open	Pool E	Gallay/Klug	5	Brunner/Huberli	21	21-18, 21-13	0:32
Lead the series against # 13 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 2-0
7/1/16	FIVB	Porec Major	Winner 2	Brunner/Huberli	25, Q5	Holtwick/Semmler	17	19-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:52
6/15/16	FIVB	Poland Grand Slam	Pool F	Brunner/Huberli	22	Holtwick/Semmler	11	21-17, 21-17	0:34
Series tied with # 15 van der Vlist/van Gestel, Netherlands 1-1
6/17/16	FIVB	Poland Grand Slam	Winner 1	Brunner/Huberli	22	van Gestel/van der Vlist	15	21-18, 12-21, 15-12	0:44
5/4/16	FIVB	Sochi Open	Pool E	van Gestel/van der Vlist	12	Brunner/Huberli	21	21-13, 21-19	0:32
Lead the series against # 19, Q2 Alves/Alves, Brazil 3-0
8/24/16	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Pool C	Brunner/Huberli	14	Alves/Alves	19, Q2	18-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:55
7/29/16	FIVB	A1 Major Klagenfurt	Winner 2	Brunner/Huberli	18	Alves/Alves	26, Q7	21-10, 21-17	0:32
5/11/16	FIVB	Antalya Open	Pool F	Brunner/Huberli	22	Alves/Alves	11	11-21, 21-18, 16-14	0:45
Lead the series against # 27, Q7 Navarro/Ribera, Spain 1-0
6/16/16	FIVB	Poland Grand Slam	Pool F	Brunner/Huberli	22	Navarro/Ribera	27, Q6	21-12, 21-17	0:29
Series tied with # 29 Cheng/Hughes, United States 1-1
8/26/16	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Winner 1	Cheng/Hughes	29	Brunner/Huberli	14	21-19, 27-25	0:41
7/28/16	FIVB	A1 Major Klagenfurt	Winner 1	Brunner/Huberli	18	Cheng/Hughes	32	14-21, 21-18, 15-9	0:40
Lead the series against # 30, Q11 Schumacher/Van de Velde, Germany 1-0
8/24/16	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Pool C	Brunner/Huberli	14	Schumacher/Van de Velde	30, Q11	21-13, 21-8	0:27
Lead the series against # Q3 Mersmann/Schneider, Germany 2-0
7/7/16	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Pool F	Brunner/Huberli	22	Mersmann/Schneider	27, Q7	17-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:51
4/22/16	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool H	Brunner/Huberli	25, Q5	Mersmann/Schneider	24, Q4	21-19, 21-10	0:31
Lead the series against # Q15 Cockrell/Saxton, Canada 1-0
5/19/16	FIVB	Cincinnati Open	Pool C	Brunner/Huberli	19	Cockrell/Saxton	30	21-17, 21-19	0:31