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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
Tokyo Olympic Games
July 24 - August 6, 2021

(7) Nina Brunner/Tanja Huberli, Switzerland

Nina Betschart Brunner
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 14, 1995 (29 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 (32 yrs old)

Home Town:

Thalwil

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

74 kg (163 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

112

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$399,534.25

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 Tokyo Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/5-11/2021	Gstaad 4 Star	9	5th	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	6/1-6/2021	Ostrava 4 Star	11	5th	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	5/25-29/2021	Sochi 4 Star	15	2nd	720	US$16,000.00
FIVB	4/28-5/2/2021	Cancun 4 Star - 3rd	14	5th	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	4/22-26/2021	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	10	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	4/16-20/2021	Cancun 4 Star - 1st	5	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	3/8-12/2021	Doha 4-star	4	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	8/20-23/2020	Baden One Star	1	1st	0	€ 1,000.00
FIVB	9/3-8/2019	World Tour Finals Rome	5	9th	600	US$8,000.00
FIVB	8/14-18/2019	Moscow Four Star	3	17th	320	US$3,000.00
FIVB	7/30-8/4/2019	Vienna Major Five Star	7	5th	720	US$12,000.00
FIVB	7/8-14/2019	Gstaad Major Series	1	4th	840	US$16,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/6/2019	World Championships Hamburg	17	4th	1120	US$28,000.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2019	Warsaw Four Star	19	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	5/29-6/2/2019	Ostrava Four Star	16	17th	320	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/14-19/2019	Itapema Four Star	14	17th	320	US$3,000.00
FIVB	4/23-28/2019	Xiamen Four Star	16	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	1/2-6/2019	The Hague Four Star	4	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	10/16-21/2018	Las Vegas Four Star	6	5th	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	10/10-14/2018	Yangzhou Four Star	6	9th	400	US$4,000.00

Tokyo Olympic Games Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 7/24/2021

Pool F

Margareta Kozuch / Laura Ludwig, Germany (18)

Won 23-25, 22-20, 16-14

1:09

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nina Brunner	Total	32	17	8	0.281	0	14	0	6
	1	14	7	5	0.143	0	4	0	1
	2	14	7	3	0.286	0	6	0	4
	3	4	3	0	0.750	0	4	0	1
Tanja Huberli	Total	23	16	5	0.478	0	1	3	6
	1	6	3	2	0.167	0	0	1	2
	2	7	4	2	0.286	0	0	2	2
	3	10	9	1	0.800	0	1	0	2

Mon, 7/26/2021

Pool F

Barbora Hermannova / Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic (19)

Won By Forfeit

Wed, 7/28/2021

Pool F

Miki Ishii / Megumi Murakami, Japan (6)

Won 14-21, 21-19, 15-12

0:56

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nina Brunner	Total	20	11	5	0.300	0	13	1	4
	1	8	4	2	0.250	0	6	0	1
	2	7	3	2	0.143	0	6	1	2
	3	5	4	1	0.600	0	1	0	1
Tanja Huberli	Total	36	26	4	0.611	0	8	3	7
	1	13	6	2	0.308	0	6	0	1
	2	16	13	2	0.688	0	0	1	4
	3	7	7	0	1.000	0	2	2	2

Sun, 8/1/2021

Winner 1

Joana Mader / Anouk Verge-Depre, Switzerland (12)

Lost 12-21, 21-19, 21-23

1:03

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nina Brunner	Total	56	31	5	0.464	0	14	1	1
	1	14	6	2	0.286	0	2	0	1
	2	19	12	2	0.526	0	6	1	0
	3	23	13	1	0.522	0	6	0	0
Tanja Huberli	Total	12	6	3	0.250	5	3	0	6
	1	4	2	2	0.000	0	1	0	3
	2	5	2	1	0.200	1	0	0	0
	3	3	2	0	0.667	4	2	0	3

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Nina Brunner	108	59	18	0.380	0	41	2	11
Tanja Huberli	71	48	12	0.507	5	12	6	19
Total	179	107	30	0.430	5	53	8	30
Opponents	174	90	19	0.408	11	40	19	24

Olympic Games, World Championships, World Tour Finals 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
2017	World Tour Finals	Hamburg	Tanja Huberli - 5th	Nina Brunner - 5th
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Tanja Huberli - 4th	Nina Brunner - 4th
2019	World Tour Finals	Rome	Tanja Huberli - 9th	Nina Brunner - 9th
2021	World Tour Finals	Cagliari	Tanja Huberli - 7th	Nina Brunner - 7th
2022	World Championships	Rome	Tanja Huberli - 9th	Nina Brunner - 9th
2022	World Tour Finals	Doha	Tanja Huberli - 5th	Nina Brunner - 5th
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Tanja Huberli - 5th	Nina Brunner - 5th
2023	World Tour Finals	Doha	Tanja Huberli - 9th	Nina Brunner - 9th
2024	Olympic Games	Paris	Tanja Huberli - 3rd	Nina Brunner - 3rd

Head to Head Results
Brunner/Huberli trail the series against the field 30-43 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 9 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Humana-Paredes/Pavan, Canada 0-6
9/6/19	FIVB	World Tour Finals Rome	Winner 2	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	1	Brunner/Huberli	5	21-12, 15-21, 15-7	0:40
8/2/19	FIVB	Vienna Major Five Star	Winner 3	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	2	Brunner/Huberli	7	21-7, 21-17	0:32
7/5/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Semi-Finals	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	9	Brunner/Huberli	17	23-21, 17-21, 19-17	1:07
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 # 2 Klineman/Ross, United States 0-4
5/1/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 3rd	Winner 3	Klineman/Ross	5	Brunner/Huberli	14	21-17, 11-21, 15-9	0:59
7/14/19	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Semi-Finals	Klineman/Ross	3	Brunner/Huberli	1	22-20, 21-17	0:43
6/13/19	FIVB	Warsaw Four Star	Pool C	Klineman/Ross	3	Brunner/Huberli	19	21-15, 21-12	0:33
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 # 3 Bednarczuk/Lisboa, Brazil 1-6
7/10/21	FIVB	Gstaad 4 Star	Winner 3	Bednarczuk/Lisboa	2	Brunner/Huberli	9	21-18, 18-21, 15-13	0:56
3/10/21	FIVB	Doha 4-star	Winner 2	Bednarczuk/Lisboa	3	Brunner/Huberli	4	21-19, 21-18	0:39
8/11/18	FIVB	Moscow Four Star	Semi-Finals	Bednarczuk/Lisboa	2	Brunner/Huberli	13	21-14, 21-9	0:32
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 # 4 Cavalcanti/Silva, Brazil 1-3
7/14/19	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Bronze Medal	Cavalcanti/Silva	5	Brunner/Huberli	1	21-14, 21-12	0:31
7/4/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Winner 2	Brunner/Huberli	17	Cavalcanti/Silva	4	19-21, 21-15, 15-12	0:46
6/14/19	FIVB	Warsaw Four Star	Winner 2	Cavalcanti/Silva	1	Brunner/Huberli	19	21-16, 17-21, 15-8	0:42
5/16/19	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Pool C	Cavalcanti/Silva	3, Q1	Brunner/Huberli	14	21-18, 24-26, 15-11	0:48
Series tied with # 5 Artacho/Clancy, Australia 1-1
7/9/21	FIVB	Gstaad 4 Star	Winner 2	Brunner/Huberli	9	Artacho/Clancy	7	21-15, 21-15	0:32
7/6/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Bronze Medal	Artacho/Clancy	7	Brunner/Huberli	17	21-18, 22-20	0:51
Lead the series against # 6 Ishii/Murakami, Japan 2-0
7/28/21	FIVB	Tokyo Olympic Games	Pool F	Brunner/Huberli	7	Ishii/Murakami	6	14-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:56
10/19/18	FIVB	Las Vegas Four Star	Pool F	Brunner/Huberli	6	Ishii/Murakami	11	22-20, 21-18	0:41
Lead the series against # 8 Kholomina/Makroguzova, Russia 3-2
7/8/21	FIVB	Gstaad 4 Star	Pool H	Brunner/Huberli	9	Kholomina/Makroguzova	8	21-16, 21-16	0:36
5/17/19	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Winner 1	Kholomina/Makroguzova	15	Brunner/Huberli	14	21-17, 21-17	0:34
8/1/18	FIVB	Vienna Major	Pool B	Brunner/Huberli	15	Kholomina/Makroguzova	18	21-19, 21-16	0:37
6/29/18	FIVB	Poland Four Star	Winner 1	Kholomina/Makroguzova	18	Brunner/Huberli	13	21-10, 21-17	0:30
2/28/18	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major	Pool F	Brunner/Huberli	6	Kholomina/Makroguzova	27, Q3	21-19, 21-18	0:34
Trail the series against # 9 Cheng/Sponcil, United States 0-3
5/29/21	FIVB	Sochi 4 Star	Gold Medal	Cheng/Sponcil	14	Brunner/Huberli	15	21-19, 21-17	0:37
4/24/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	Winner 2	Cheng/Sponcil	19, Q2	Brunner/Huberli	10	21-16, 21-13	0:34
5/31/19	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Winner 1	Cheng/Sponcil	14	Brunner/Huberli	16	21-19, 21-16	0:37
Trail the series against # 10 Bansley/Wilkerson, Canada 1-4
4/29/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 3rd	Pool C	Bansley/Wilkerson	19	Brunner/Huberli	14	21-15, 21-14	0:40
4/27/19	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Winner 2	Bansley/Wilkerson	2	Brunner/Huberli	16	21-18, 21-19	0:38
7/12/18	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Pool B	Bansley/Wilkerson	2	Brunner/Huberli	15	24-26, 27-25, 15-13	1:03
6/28/18	FIVB	Poland Four Star	Pool D	Bansley/Wilkerson	4	Brunner/Huberli	13	21-17, 21-17	0:38
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 # 11 Keizer/Meppelink, Netherlands 3-1
5/28/21	FIVB	Sochi 4 Star	Winner 3	Brunner/Huberli	15	Keizer/Meppelink	8	21-14, 21-18	0:32
7/2/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Pool H	Keizer/Meppelink	8	Brunner/Huberli	17	21-18, 21-18	0:37
8/10/18	FIVB	Moscow Four Star	Winner 2	Brunner/Huberli	13	Keizer/Meppelink	7	21-17, 21-17	0:35
7/13/18	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Winner 1	Brunner/Huberli	15	Keizer/Meppelink	22	21-19, 21-16	0:38
Trail the series against # 12 Mader/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 2-3
8/1/21	FIVB	Tokyo Olympic Games	Winner 1	Mader/Verge-Depre	12	Brunner/Huberli	7	21-12, 19-21, 23-21	1:03
5/28/21	FIVB	Sochi 4 Star	Winner 2	Brunner/Huberli	15	Mader/Verge-Depre	5	21-19, 21-14	0:35
8/23/20	FIVB	Baden One Star	Gold Medal	Brunner/Huberli	1	Mader/Verge-Depre	2	21-15, 3-1 Retired	0:22
6/21/18	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Pool G	Mader/Verge-Depre	7	Brunner/Huberli	10	21-18, 23-21	0:44
7/20/17	FIVB	Olsztyn Four Star	Pool G	Mader/Verge-Depre	7	Brunner/Huberli	10	21-19, 21-14	0:38
Trail the series against # 14 Baquerizo/Fernandez, Spain 0-2
1/3/19	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Pool D	Baquerizo/Fernandez	13	Brunner/Huberli	4	22-20, 21-19	0:40
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 # 15 Wang/Xia, China 2-1
7/31/19	FIVB	Vienna Major Five Star	Pool G	Brunner/Huberli	7	Wang/Xia	23	19-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:50
6/22/18	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Winner 1	Brunner/Huberli	10	Wang/Xia	13	21-17, 21-17	0:35
3/1/18	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major	Winner 1	Wang/Xia	16	Brunner/Huberli	6	21-18, 15-21, 15-12	0:47
Lead the series against # 16 Graudina/Samoilova, Latvia 2-0
5/29/21	FIVB	Sochi 4 Star	Semi-Finals	Brunner/Huberli	15	Graudina/Samoilova	10	21-18, 21-16	0:37
9/5/19	FIVB	World Tour Finals Rome	Pool E	Brunner/Huberli	5	Graudina/Samoilova	12	21-18, 21-18	0:33
Series tied with # 17 Menegatti/Orsi Toth, Italy 2-2
8/22/20	FIVB	Baden One Star	Winner 2	Brunner/Huberli	1	Menegatti/Orsi Toth	6	21-8, 21-18	0:35
7/11/19	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Pool A	Brunner/Huberli	1	Menegatti/Orsi Toth	16	21-18, 21-16	0:38
8/1/18	FIVB	Vienna Major	Pool B	Menegatti/Orsi Toth	31	Brunner/Huberli	15	21-13, 21-19	0:34
7/6/16	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Pool F	Menegatti/Orsi Toth	11	Brunner/Huberli	22	21-17, 23-21	0:41
Lead the series against # 18 Kozuch/Ludwig, Germany 4-0
7/24/21	FIVB	Tokyo Olympic Games	Pool F	Brunner/Huberli	7	Kozuch/Ludwig	18	23-25, 22-20, 16-14	1:09
6/3/21	FIVB	Ostrava 4 Star	Pool F	Brunner/Huberli	11	Kozuch/Ludwig	6	21-17, 21-12	0:31
4/24/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	Pool G	Brunner/Huberli	10	Kozuch/Ludwig	7	21-18, 21-18	0:44
7/31/19	FIVB	Vienna Major Five Star	Pool G	Brunner/Huberli	7	Kozuch/Ludwig	26, Q7	18-21, 23-21, 17-15	0:58
Lead the series against # 19 Hermannova/Slukova, Czech Republic 6-4
7/26/21	FIVB	Tokyo Olympic Games	Pool F	Brunner/Huberli	7	Hermannova/Slukova	19	By Forfeit
6/4/21	FIVB	Ostrava 4 Star	Winner 2	Brunner/Huberli	11	Hermannova/Slukova	8	21-19, 21-12	0:34
4/30/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 3rd	Winner 2	Brunner/Huberli	14	Hermannova/Slukova	11	21-17, 21-16	0:36
8/15/19	FIVB	Moscow Four Star	Pool C	Hermannova/Slukova	19	Brunner/Huberli	3	21-18, 12-21, 15-8	0:45
5/31/19	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Pool A	Brunner/Huberli	16	Hermannova/Slukova	1	21-13, 18-21, 15-11	0:48
7/13/18	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Winner 2	Hermannova/Slukova	5	Brunner/Huberli	15	21-17, 16-21, 15-9	0:46
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
Trail the series against # 23 Wang/Xue, China 0-1
8/16/19	FIVB	Moscow Four Star	Winner 1	Wang/Xue	24	Brunner/Huberli	3	21-12, 21-23, 15-12	0:48