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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$800,000 World Tour Finals - Italy
October 6 - 10, 2021

(5) 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 Cagliari Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/24-8/6/2021	Tokyo Olympic Games	7	9th	0	US$0.00
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

World Tour Finals - Italy Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 10/6/2021	Pool A	Valentina Gottardi / Marta Menegatti, Italy (1)	Won 21-16, 21-14	0:34
Wed, 10/6/2021	Pool A	Karla Borger / Julia Sude, Germany (8)	Won 16-21, 26-24, 15-12	0:57
Thu, 10/7/2021	Pool A	Alix Klineman / April Ross, United States (10)	Lost 18-21, 17-21	0:36
Fri, 10/8/2021	Pool A	Svetlana Kholomina / Nadezda Makroguzova, Russia (4)	Lost 17-21, 25-27	0:42

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	10	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	1	4	0	0	$57,000.00	22	19	53.7 %
2019	FIVB	12	0	0	0	2	2	0	5	0	3	0	0	$95,000.00	28	21	57.1 %
2020	FIVB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	5	0	100.0 %
2021	FIVB	9	0	1	0	0	3	1	4	0	0	0	0	$61,000.00	25	11	69.4 %
Total	FIVB	52	1	1	4	2	8	1	18	1	14	1	1	$373,600.00	128	91	58.4 %

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
10	0	0	2	0	0	4	4	0	0	$28,500.00	2018	FIVB	10	0	0	2	0	0	4	4	0	0	$28,500.00
12	0	0	0	2	2	5	3	0	0	$47,500.00	2019	FIVB	12	0	0	0	2	2	5	3	0	0	$47,500.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$500.00	2020	FIVB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$500.00
9	0	1	0	0	4	4	0	0	0	$30,500.00	2021	FIVB	9	0	1	0	0	4	4	0	0	0	$30,500.00
66	3	1	4	3	13	22	14	3	3	$192,600.00	Total	Total	87	1	1	4	2	10	29	21	7	12	$260,550.00

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%
2020-2021	20	83.3%	3	12.5%	1	4.2%	23-1	95.8%	4	28.6%	4	28.6%	6	42.9%	4-10	28.6%	20-6	76.9%	7-5	58.3%	3	0	30-11	73.2%
Against the Field	11	84.6%	2	15.4%	0	0.0%	13-0	100.0%	3	9.4%	6	18.8%	23	71.9%	3-29	9.4%	22-44	33.3%	10-12	45.5%	1	0	17-28	37.8%

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 11-27 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 5 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Gottardi/Menegatti, Italy 1-0
10/6/21	FIVB	World Tour Finals - Italy	Pool A	Brunner/Huberli	5	Gottardi/Menegatti	1	21-16, 21-14	0:34
Trail the series against # 2 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 # 3 Cheng/Marmelstein, United States 0-3
5/29/21	FIVB	Sochi 4 Star	Gold Medal	Cheng/Marmelstein	14	Brunner/Huberli	15	21-19, 21-17	0:37
4/24/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	Winner 2	Cheng/Marmelstein	19, Q2	Brunner/Huberli	10	21-16, 21-13	0:34
5/31/19	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Winner 1	Cheng/Marmelstein	14	Brunner/Huberli	16	21-19, 21-16	0:37
Series tied with # 4 Kholomina/Makroguzova, Russia 3-3
10/8/21	FIVB	World Tour Finals - Italy	Pool A	Kholomina/Makroguzova	4	Brunner/Huberli	5	21-17, 27-25	0:42
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 # 6 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
Lead the series against # 7 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
Lead the series against # 8 Borger/Sude, Germany 1-0
10/6/21	FIVB	World Tour Finals - Italy	Pool A	Brunner/Huberli	5	Borger/Sude	8	16-21, 26-24, 15-12	0:57
Trail the series against # 9 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 # 10 Klineman/Ross, United States 0-5
10/7/21	FIVB	World Tour Finals - Italy	Pool A	Klineman/Ross	10	Brunner/Huberli	5	21-18, 21-17	0:36
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