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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$1,000,000 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships presented by A1
July 28 - August 5, 2017

(10) 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 Vienna Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/19-23/2017	Olsztyn Four Star	10	17th	160	US$3,000.00
FIVB	7/3-8/2017	Gstaad Major Five Star	1	17th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	6/26-7/1/2017	Porec Major Five Star	9	3rd	720	US$20,000.00
FIVB	6/14-18/2017	The Hague Three Star	9	9th	180	US$2,000.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2017	Moscow Three Star	10	9th	180	US$2,000.00
FIVB	5/16-21/2017	Rio de Janeiro Four Star	8	9th	240	US$4,000.00
FIVB	2/7-12/2017	Fort Lauderdale Major Five Star	8	25th	180	US$4,000.00
FIVB	8/23-28/2016	Long Beach Grand Slam	14	17th	240	US$7,000.00

Vienna World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 7/28/2017	Pool J	Norisbeth Agudo / Gabi Brito, Venezuela (39)	Won 21-18, 21-15	0:34
Sun, 7/30/2017	Pool J	Ana Gallay / Virginia Zonta, Argentina (34)	Won 21-15, 19-21, 15-12	0:50
Mon, 7/31/2017	Pool J	Heather Bansley / Brandie Wilkerson, Canada (15)	Won 21-17, 21-19	0:38
Wed, 8/2/2017	Winner 1	Katharina Schutzenhofer / Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria (12)	Won 21-14, 21-17	0:37
Thu, 8/3/2017	Winner 2	Melissa Humana-Paredes / Sarah Pavan, Canada (7)	Lost 17-21, 21-23	0:39

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2013	World Championships	Stare Jablonki	Did not play	Tanja Goricanec - 33rd
2015	World Championships	The Hague	Did not play	Tanja Goricanec - 17th
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Tanja Huberli - 9th	Nina Brunner - 9th
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Tanja Huberli - 4th	Nina Brunner - 4th
2022	World Championships	Rome	Tanja Huberli - 9th	Nina Brunner - 9th
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Tanja Huberli - 5th	Nina Brunner - 5th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/28-8/5/2017	Vienna World Championships	10	9th	480	US$11,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/6/2019	World Championships Hamburg	17	4th	1120	US$28,000.00
FIVB	6/10-19/2022	Beach Volleyball World Championships	11	9th	800	US$11,000.00
FIVB	10/6-15/2023	Beach Volleyball World Championships	7	5th	960	US$18,000.00

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 %
2017	FIVB	8	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	2	1	0	$52,000.00	19	14	57.6 %
Total	FIVB	19	0	0	2	0	2	0	6	0	7	1	1	$139,600.00	47	37	56.0 %

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
8	0	0	1	0	0	4	2	1	0	$26,000.00	2017	FIVB	8	0	0	1	0	0	4	2	1	0	$26,000.00
33	2	0	2	1	6	9	7	3	3	$75,600.00	Total	Total	54	0	0	2	0	3	16	14	7	12	$143,550.00

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%
2016-2017	27	64.3%	8	19.0%	7	16.7%	35-7	83.3%	11	25.0%	6	13.6%	27	61.4%	11-33	25.0%	27-27	50.0%	19-13	59.4%	2	0	48-40	54.5%
Against the Field	25	71.4%	4	11.4%	6	17.1%	29-6	82.9%	7	13.5%	13	25.0%	32	61.5%	7-45	13.5%	50-58	46.3%	22-38	36.7%	3	0	39-48	44.8%

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 trail the series against the field 15-18 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 10 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 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 # 3 Bednarczuk/Lisboa, Brazil 0-2
6/16/17	FIVB	The Hague Three Star	Winner 2	Bednarczuk/Lisboa	4	Brunner/Huberli	9	21-13, 21-16	0:30
5/19/17	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Four Star	Winner 2	Bednarczuk/Lisboa	4	Brunner/Huberli	8	21-16, 18-21, 15-12	0:50
Trail the series against # 4 Ludwig/Walkenhorst, Germany 0-2
7/30/16	FIVB	A1 Major Klagenfurt	Semi-Finals	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	1	Brunner/Huberli	18	21-11, 21-19	0:32
7/1/16	FIVB	Porec Major	Winner 3	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	2	Brunner/Huberli	25, Q5	21-10, 21-19	0:33
Trail the series against # 5 Ross/Sweat, United States 0-1
7/21/17	FIVB	Olsztyn Four Star	Winner 1	Ross/Sweat	9	Brunner/Huberli	10	21-5, 22-20	0:31
Trail the series against # 6 Hermannova/Slukova, Czech Republic 1-2
7/1/17	FIVB	Porec Major Five Star	Semi-Finals	Hermannova/Slukova	5	Brunner/Huberli	9	22-20, 12-21, 15-10	0:53
2/9/17	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major Five Star	Pool H	Hermannova/Slukova	9	Brunner/Huberli	8	21-19, 24-22	0:38
7/29/16	FIVB	A1 Major Klagenfurt	Winner 3	Brunner/Huberli	18	Hermannova/Slukova	11	0-1 Retired	0:09
Trail the series against # 7 Humana-Paredes/Pavan, Canada 0-2
8/3/17	FIVB	Vienna World Championships	Winner 2	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	7	Brunner/Huberli	10	21-17, 23-21	0:39
6/1/17	FIVB	Moscow Three Star	Pool G	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	7	Brunner/Huberli	10	21-8, 21-12	0:27
Lead the series against # 8 Alves/Seixas, Brazil 1-0
7/1/17	FIVB	Porec Major Five Star	Bronze Medal	Brunner/Huberli	9	Alves/Seixas	7	21-14, 21-19	0:36
Trail the series against # 11 Bawden/Clancy, Australia 0-1
6/2/17	FIVB	Moscow Three Star	Winner 2	Bawden/Clancy	12	Brunner/Huberli	10	21-12, 21-14	0:29
Series tied with # 12 Schutzenhofer/Schwaiger, Austria 1-1
8/2/17	FIVB	Vienna World Championships	Winner 1	Brunner/Huberli	10	Schutzenhofer/Schwaiger	12	21-14, 21-17	0:37
2/8/17	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major Five Star	Pool H	Schutzenhofer/Schwaiger	25	Brunner/Huberli	8	22-20, 28-26	0:45
Lead the series against # 15 Bansley/Wilkerson, Canada 1-0
7/31/17	FIVB	Vienna World Championships	Pool J	Brunner/Huberli	10	Bansley/Wilkerson	15	21-17, 21-19	0:38
Lead the series against # 16 Cheng/Hughes, United States 2-1
6/30/17	FIVB	Porec Major Five Star	Winner 3	Brunner/Huberli	9	Cheng/Hughes	14	21-19, 22-20	0:35
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
Trail the series against # 17 Mader/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 0-1
7/20/17	FIVB	Olsztyn Four Star	Pool G	Mader/Verge-Depre	7	Brunner/Huberli	10	21-19, 21-14	0:38
Lead the series against # 18 Wang/Yue, China 1-0
5/18/16	FIVB	Cincinnati Open	Pool C	Brunner/Huberli	19	Wang/Yue	14	21-18, 15-21, 15-9	0:44
Trail the series against # 19 Lahti/Lehtonen, Finland 1-2
7/6/17	FIVB	Gstaad Major Five Star	Pool A	Brunner/Huberli	1	Lahti/Lehtonen	16	21-19, 21-14	0:37
7/27/16	FIVB	A1 Major Klagenfurt	Pool B	Lahti/Lehtonen	15	Brunner/Huberli	18	21-14, 21-15	0:35
4/22/16	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 1	Lahti/Lehtonen	20	Brunner/Huberli	25, Q5	21-16, 21-14	0:35
Lead the series against # 20 Baieva/Davidova, Ukraine 1-0
6/28/17	FIVB	Porec Major Five Star	Pool H	Brunner/Huberli	9	Baieva/Davidova	24	22-20, 21-17	0:38
Lead the series against # 24 Bieneck/Schneider, Germany 1-0
6/30/17	FIVB	Porec Major Five Star	Winner 2	Brunner/Huberli	9	Bieneck/Schneider	17	18-21, 22-20, 17-15	1:00
Lead the series against # 27 Gordon/Saxton, Canada 1-0
7/20/17	FIVB	Olsztyn Four Star	Pool G	Brunner/Huberli	10	Gordon/Saxton	23	21-12, 21-15	0:34
Trail the series against # 32 Lima/Maia, Brazil 0-2
7/5/17	FIVB	Gstaad Major Five Star	Pool A	Lima/Maia	17, Q1	Brunner/Huberli	1	15-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:46
5/18/17	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Four Star	Pool H	Lima/Maia	9	Brunner/Huberli	8	12-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:41
Lead the series against # 34 Gallay/Zonta, Argentina 1-0
7/30/17	FIVB	Vienna World Championships	Pool J	Brunner/Huberli	10	Gallay/Zonta	34	21-15, 19-21, 15-12	0:50
Lead the series against # 36 Birlova/Makroguzova, Russia 2-0
6/1/17	FIVB	Moscow Three Star	Pool G	Brunner/Huberli	10	Birlova/Makroguzova	23	19-21, 25-23, 15-12	0:50
5/18/17	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Four Star	Pool H	Brunner/Huberli	8	Birlova/Makroguzova	25	21-17, 21-14	0:31
Lead the series against # 39 Agudo/Brito, Venezuela 1-0
7/28/17	FIVB	Vienna World Championships	Pool J	Brunner/Huberli	10	Agudo/Brito	39	21-18, 21-15	0:34