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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 Huntington Beach Four Star
May 1 - 6, 2018

(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 Huntington Beach Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/18-22/2018	Xiamen Four Star	4	17th	320	US$3,000.00
FIVB	2/27-3/4/2018	Fort Lauderdale Major	6	17th	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	1/2-7/2018	The Hague Four Star	6	3rd	640	US$10,000.00
FIVB	8/23-26/2017	2017 World Tour Finals Hamburg	12	5th	0	US$20,000.00
FIVB	7/28-8/5/2017	Vienna World Championships	10	9th	480	US$11,000.00
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

Huntington Beach Four Star Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Thu, 5/3/2018

Winner 2

Falyn Fonoimoana / Alexa Strange, United States (46, Q8)

Won 21-18, 18-21, 18-16

0:56

Fri, 5/4/2018

Winner 3

Chantal Laboureur / Julia Sude, Germany (3)

Lost 12-21, 21-19, 13-15

0:55

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nina Brunner	Total	43	17	7	0.233	0	12	1	2
	1	14	4	3	0.071	0	3	1	1
	2	18	9	2	0.389	0	6	0	1
	3	11	4	2	0.182	0	3	0	0
Tanja Huberli	Total	33	12	5	0.212	5	5	0	5
	1	7	3	2	0.143	1	0	0	1
	2	18	5	2	0.167	2	2	0	1
	3	8	4	1	0.375	2	3	0	3

Fri, 5/4/2018

Contender 3

Katarzyna Kociolek / Kinga Wojtasik, Poland (20)

Won 27-25, 21-17

0:43

Fri, 5/4/2018

Contender 4

Brittany Howard / Kelly Reeves, United States (37)

Lost 21-17, 18-21, 9-15

0:49

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nina Brunner	Total	30	14	3	0.367	0	19	1	0
	1	15	9	2	0.467	0	8	1	0
	2	13	5	0	0.385	0	6	0	0
	3	2	0	1	-0.500	0	5	0	0
Tanja Huberli	Total	44	19	10	0.205	6	5	1	2
	1	14	8	2	0.429	2	3	0	1
	2	12	5	5	0.000	4	1	1	1
	3	18	6	3	0.167	0	1	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nina Brunner	73	31	10	0.288	0	31	2	2
Tanja Huberli	77	31	15	0.208	11	10	1	7
Total	150	62	25	0.247	11	41	3	9
Opponents	130	65	22	0.331	6	45	8	7

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	9	0	0	1	0	1	0	4	0	2	1	0	$72,000.00	20	17	54.1 %
2018	FIVB	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$22,000.00	9	7	56.3 %
Total	FIVB	24	0	0	3	0	3	0	6	1	9	1	1	$181,600.00	57	47	54.8 %

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
9	0	0	1	0	1	4	2	1	0	$36,000.00	2017	FIVB	9	0	0	1	0	1	4	2	1	0	$36,000.00
4	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	$11,000.00	2018	FIVB	4	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	$11,000.00
38	2	0	3	1	7	10	9	3	3	$96,600.00	Total	Total	59	0	0	3	0	4	17	16	7	12	$164,550.00

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%
2017-2018	30	76.9%	3	7.7%	6	15.4%	33-6	84.6%	8	21.1%	8	21.1%	22	57.9%	8-30	21.1%	30-22	57.7%	11-14	44.0%	1	0	42-36	53.8%
Against the Field	31	77.5%	4	10.0%	5	12.5%	35-5	87.5%	5	10.0%	13	26.0%	32	64.0%	5-45	10.0%	62-58	51.7%	18-36	33.3%	3	0	43-47	47.8%

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 14-16 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 9 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 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
Trail the series against # 2 Humana-Paredes/Pavan, Canada 0-3
8/25/17	FIVB	2017 World Tour Finals Hamburg	Winner 2	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	3	Brunner/Huberli	12	21-10, 21-12	0:29
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
Trail the series against # 3 Laboureur/Sude, Germany 0-2
5/4/18	FIVB	Huntington Beach Four Star	Winner 3	Laboureur/Sude	3	Brunner/Huberli	14	21-12, 19-21, 15-13	0:55
5/13/16	FIVB	Antalya Open	Winner 1	Laboureur/Sude	12, Q1	Brunner/Huberli	22	16-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:47
Series tied with # 4 Hermannova/Slukova, Czech Republic 2-2
1/7/18	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Bronze Medal	Brunner/Huberli	6	Hermannova/Slukova	1	21-18, 21-10	0:36
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
Lead the series against # 5 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 # 6 Antonelli/Salgado, Brazil 0-1
1/6/18	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Semi-Finals	Antonelli/Salgado	3, Q1	Brunner/Huberli	6	21-14, 21-19	0:45
Trail the series against # 7 Klineman/Ross, United States 0-1
4/20/18	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Pool D	Klineman/Ross	13	Brunner/Huberli	4	21-16, 21-13	0:33
Trail the series against # 8 Bednarczuk/Lisboa, Brazil 1-3
1/6/18	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Winner 2	Brunner/Huberli	6	Bednarczuk/Lisboa	4	22-20, 21-16	0:39
8/23/17	FIVB	2017 World Tour Finals Hamburg	Pool D	Bednarczuk/Lisboa	4	Brunner/Huberli	12	21-15, 21-17	0:35
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 # 11 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 # 12 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 # 13 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 # 15 Frank/Kolocova, Czech Republic 2-0
1/6/18	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Winner 3	Brunner/Huberli	6	Frank/Kolocova	2	21-19, 21-17	0:42
8/25/17	FIVB	2017 World Tour Finals Hamburg	Winner 1	Brunner/Huberli	12	Frank/Kolocova	8	21-14, 24-22	0:36
Trail the series against # 16 Cheng/Hochevar, United States 0-1
4/20/18	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Winner 1	Cheng/Hochevar	22, Q2	Brunner/Huberli	4	21-17, 18-21, 32-30	1:07
Lead the series against # 18 Kholomina/Makroguzova, Russia 1-0
2/28/18	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major	Pool F	Brunner/Huberli	6	Kholomina/Makroguzova	27, Q3	21-19, 21-18	0:34
Lead the series against # 20 Kociolek/Wojtasik, Poland 1-0
5/4/18	FIVB	Huntington Beach Four Star	Contender 3	Brunner/Huberli	14	Kociolek/Wojtasik	20	27-25, 21-17	0:43
Lead the series against # 21 Lahti/Parkkinen, Finland 1-0
1/5/18	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Pool F	Brunner/Huberli	6	Lahti/Parkkinen	11	19-21, 21-8, 15-11	0:44
Trail the series against # 23 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 # 28 Matei/Vaida, Romania 1-0
1/4/18	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Pool F	Brunner/Huberli	6	Matei/Vaida	27, Q11	21-11, 21-15	0:29
Trail the series against # 37 Howard/Reeves, United States 0-1
5/4/18	FIVB	Huntington Beach Four Star	Contender 4	Howard/Reeves	37	Brunner/Huberli	14	17-21, 21-18, 15-9	0:49
Lead the series against # 46, Q8 Fonoimoana/Strange, United States 1-0
5/3/18	FIVB	Huntington Beach Four Star	Winner 2	Brunner/Huberli	14	Fonoimoana/Strange	46, Q8	21-18, 18-21, 18-16	0:56