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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Itapema Challenge
April 14 - 17, 2022

(3) 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:

109

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$415,146.19

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:

139

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$522,632.56

Awards

Most Improved Player 2014

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
CEV	10	2	2	1	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	US$90,897.40
FIVB	81	3	4	8	3	17	1	25	4	14	1	1	US$692,480.20
Overall	91	5	6	9	3	18	1	28	4	15	1	1	US$783,377.60

Previous Itapema Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2018	Tanja Huberli - 9th	Nina Brunner - 9th
2019	Tanja Huberli - 17th	Nina Brunner - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/23-27/2022	Rosarito Elite 16	2	13th	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	10/6-10/2021	World Tour Finals - Italy	5	7th	0	US$15,000.00
CEV	8/11-14/2021	EuroBeachVolley 2021	3	1st	600	€ 20,000.00
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

Itapema Challenge Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 4/15/2022	Pool C	Margherita Bianchin / Claudia Scampoli, Italy (22, Q12)	Won 20-22, 21-17, 15-10	0:52
Fri, 4/15/2022	Pool C	Chantal Laboureur / Sarah Schulz, Germany (15, Q2)	Won 21-15, 21-17	0:38
Sat, 4/16/2022	Winner 1	Raisa Schoon / Katja Stam, Netherlands (2)	Lost 19-21, 19-21	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	35	2	3	4	2	10	0	4	3	5	1	1	$408,200.00
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
Confederation Championship	9	2	2	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	$79,750.00
Total	90	5	6	8	3	18	1	28	4	15	1	1	$772,050.00

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	1	$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
37	2	3	4	2	10	7	5	1	3	$204,100.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	65	2	3	4	3	12	14	10	7	10	$283,850.00
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	1	$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
10	2	2	0	0	1	3	1	1	0	$40,125.00	Confederation Championship	13	2	3	0	0	2	3	3	0	0	$50,375.00
105	7	6	8	4	23	35	15	4	3	$392,075.00	Total	136	6	8	8	4	22	44	24	8	12	$494,525.00

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 %
2016	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	3	2	60.0 %
2017	FIVB	9	0	0	1	0	1	0	4	0	2	1	0	$72,000.00	20	17	54.1 %
2017	CEV	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00	7	3	70.0 %
2018	FIVB	10	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	1	4	0	0	$57,000.00	22	19	53.7 %
2018	CEV	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$16,250.00	8	2	80.0 %
2019	FIVB	12	0	0	0	2	2	0	5	0	3	0	0	$95,000.00	28	21	57.1 %
2019	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00	2	2	50.0 %
2020	FIVB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	5	0	100.0 %
2020	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	2	1	66.7 %
2021	FIVB	9	0	1	0	0	3	1	4	0	0	0	0	$61,000.00	25	11	69.4 %
2021	CEV	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$20,000.00	6	0	100.0 %
2022	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$7,500.00	2	4	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	54	1	1	4	2	8	1	19	2	14	1	1	$381,100.00	130	95	57.8 %
Total	CEV	8	1	1	1	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	$48,250.00	28	10	73.7 %

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
											2013	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$500.00
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$500.00	2014	CEV	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$8,250.00
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
3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$500.00	2015	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2016	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
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
2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,000.00	2017	CEV	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,000.00
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
2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$8,125.00	2018	CEV	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$8,125.00
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	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2019	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$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
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2020	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
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
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00	2021	CEV	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$3,750.00	2022	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$3,750.00
80	5	2	5	3	14	29	15	4	3	$221,475.00	Total	Total	102	2	3	5	2	12	35	24	7	12	$299,175.00

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	144	72.0%	30	15.0%	26	13.0%	174-26	87.0%	42	27.5%	32	20.9%	79	51.6%	42-111	27.5%	144-79	64.6%	72-58	55.4%	7	4	223-141	61.3%
2021-2022	36	78.3%	4	8.7%	6	13.0%	40-6	87.0%	11	36.7%	6	20.0%	13	43.3%	11-19	36.7%	36-13	73.5%	15-12	55.6%	2	0	53-25	67.9%
Against the Field	20	57.1%	9	25.7%	6	17.1%	29-6	82.9%	11	40.7%	6	22.2%	10	37.0%	11-16	40.7%	40-12	76.9%	40-24	62.5%	1	3	41-21	66.1%

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	64	32	0	0	29	19	5	6	4	2	2	3	106	63
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
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	19	3	0	0	10	5	4	0	0	0	2	2	35	10
Total	0	0	3	1	157	68	0	0	73	61	11	11	8	3	5	6	258	151

Head to Head Results
Brunner/Huberli lead the series against the field 11-5 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Schoon/Stam, Netherlands 0-1
4/16/22	FIVB	Itapema Challenge	Winner 1	Schoon/Stam	2	Brunner/Huberli	3	21-19, 21-19	0:41
Trail the series against # 5 Hughes/Kolinske, United States 0-1
3/25/22	FIVB	Rosarito Elite 16	Pool B	Hughes/Kolinske	15, Q7	Brunner/Huberli	2	21-19, 21-17	0:40
Trail the series against # 6 Salgado/Seixas, Brazil 0-1
6/5/21	FIVB	Ostrava 4 Star	Winner 3	Salgado/Seixas	19	Brunner/Huberli	11	21-19, 19-21, 15-13	0:58
Trail the series against # 7 Cannon/Marmelstein, United States 0-1
3/25/22	FIVB	Rosarito Elite 16	Pool B	Cannon/Marmelstein	7	Brunner/Huberli	2	25-23, 10-21, 15-11	0:52
Lead the series against # 9 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
Lead the series against # 10 Lopes/Silva, Brazil 2-0
5/27/21	FIVB	Sochi 4 Star	Pool B	Brunner/Huberli	15	Lopes/Silva	31, Q11	14-21, 21-14, 15-9	0:44
10/11/18	FIVB	Yangzhou Four Star	Pool F	Brunner/Huberli	6	Lopes/Silva	27, Q4	21-15, 14-21, 15-7	0:39
Lead the series against # 13, Q1 Bobner/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 1-0
4/30/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 3rd	Pool C	Brunner/Huberli	14	Bobner/Verge-Depre	30, Q16	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # 15, Q2 Laboureur/Schulz, Germany 1-0
4/15/22	FIVB	Itapema Challenge	Pool C	Brunner/Huberli	3	Laboureur/Schulz	15, Q2	21-15, 21-17	0:38
Lead the series against # 17 Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer, Austria 3-1
8/9/19	CEV	European Championships	Winner 1	Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer	14	Brunner/Huberli	7	22-20, 19-21, 15-13	0:53
7/18/18	CEV	CEV European Championship	Pool E	Brunner/Huberli	5	Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer	12	21-23, 21-16, 15-8	0:51
6/2/16	CEV	CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool C	Brunner/Huberli	19	Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer	30	21-19, 21-18	0:34
4/20/16	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Qualifier 2	Brunner/Huberli	25, Q5	Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer	Q12	24-22, 18-21, 15-8	0:54
Lead the series against # 22, Q12 Bianchin/Scampoli, Italy 1-0
4/15/22	FIVB	Itapema Challenge	Pool C	Brunner/Huberli	3	Bianchin/Scampoli	22, Q12	20-22, 21-17, 15-10	0:52
Lead the series against # 23 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
Lead the series against # Q9 Makhno/Makhno, Ukraine 1-0
7/5/17	FIVB	Gstaad Major Five Star	Pool A	Brunner/Huberli	1	Makhno/Makhno	32, Q21	18-21, 21-18, 15-9	0:42