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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite Saquarema
April 8 - 12, 2026

(8) 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:

111

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$432,716.06

Tanja Hüberli
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 27, 1992 (34 yrs old)

Home Town:

Thalwil

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

74 kg (163 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

141

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$540,202.44

Awards

Most Improved Player 2014

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
CEV	11	2	2	1	0	2	0	3	0	1	0	0	US$95,525.40
FIVB	82	4	4	8	3	17	1	25	4	14	1	1	US$722,480.20
Overall	93	6	6	9	3	19	1	28	4	15	1	1	US$818,005.60

Previous Saquarema Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

BPT Elite Saquarema Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 4/9/2026	Pool E	Monika Paulikiene / Aine Raupelyte, Lithuania (17, Q4)	Won 21-12, 21-10	0:30
Thu, 4/9/2026	Pool E	Carolina Horta / Elize Maia, Brazil (20, Q6)	Won 18-21, 21-15, 15-10	0:49
Fri, 4/10/2026	Pool E	Thamela Coradello / Victoria Lopes, Brazil (5)	Lost 13-21, 21-15, 19-21	0:53
Sat, 4/11/2026	Winner 1	Kelly Cheng / Megan Kraft, United States (6)	Won 21-11, 13-21, 16-14	0:46
Sat, 4/11/2026	Winner 2	Ally Batenhorst / Sara Hughes, United States (12)	Won 21-19, 26-24	0:43
Sun, 4/12/2026	Semi-Finals	Taryn Brasher / Kristen Cruz, United States (2)	Lost 11-21, 21-14, 12-15	0:45
Sun, 4/12/2026	Bronze Medal	Rebecca Cavalcanti / Carol Salgado, Brazil (1)	Won 22-20, 21-11	0:35

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	36	3	3	4	2	10	0	4	3	5	1	1	$438,200.00
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	10	2	2	0	0	2	0	3	0	1	0	0	$83,750.00
Total	92	6	6	8	3	19	1	28	4	15	1	1	$806,050.00

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
38	3	3	4	2	10	7	5	1	3	$219,100.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	66	3	3	4	3	12	14	10	7	10	$298,850.00
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
11	2	2	0	0	2	3	1	1	0	$42,125.00	Confederation Championship	14	2	3	0	0	3	3	3	0	0	$52,375.00
107	8	6	8	4	24	35	15	4	3	$409,075.00	Total	138	7	8	8	4	23	44	24	8	12	$511,525.00

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	9	0	1	2	0	2	0	3	1	0	0	0	$91,500.00	28	14	66.7 %
2022	CEV	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$15,000.00	5	1	83.3 %
2023	FIVB	8	0	1	0	1	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	$82,500.00	22	19	53.7 %
2023	CEV	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$20,000.00	6	0	100.0 %
2024	FIVB	8	2	1	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	$103,500.00	31	10	75.6 %
2026	FIVB	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$17,000.00	5	2	71.4 %
Total	FIVB	78	3	4	8	3	15	1	24	4	14	1	1	$668,100.00	214	136	61.1 %
Total	CEV	10	2	2	1	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	$83,250.00	39	11	78.0 %

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
											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
9	0	1	2	0	2	4	0	0	0	$45,750.00	2022	FIVB	9	0	1	2	0	2	4	0	0	0	$45,750.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00	2022	CEV	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00
8	0	1	0	1	3	3	0	0	0	$41,250.00	2023	FIVB	8	0	1	0	1	3	3	0	0	0	$41,250.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00	2023	CEV	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00
8	2	1	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	$51,750.00	2024	FIVB	8	2	1	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	$51,750.00
											2025	FIVB	7	1	1	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	$24,250.00
											2025	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$8,500.00	2026	FIVB	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$8,500.00
106	8	6	9	4	21	36	15	4	3	$382,475.00	Total	Total	136	6	8	9	4	20	44	25	8	12	$484,925.00

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	150	72.8%	30	14.6%	26	12.6%	180-26	87.4%	42	27.3%	32	20.8%	80	51.9%	42-112	27.3%	150-80	65.2%	72-58	55.4%	7	4	229-142	61.7%
2025-2026	15	75.0%	3	15.0%	2	10.0%	18-2	90.0%	2	25.0%	2	25.0%	4	50.0%	2-6	25.0%	15-4	78.9%	5-4	55.6%	0	0	20-8	71.4%
Against the Field	11	50.0%	3	13.6%	8	36.4%	14-8	63.6%	4	19.0%	5	23.8%	12	57.1%	4-17	19.0%	22-20	52.4%	14-26	35.0%	0	2	18-25	41.9%

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	66	33	0	0	31	19	6	6	4	2	3	3	112	64
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	21	3	0	0	11	6	4	0	0	0	2	2	38	11
Total	0	0	3	1	161	69	0	0	76	62	12	11	8	3	6	6	267	153

Head to Head Results
Brunner/Huberli trail the series against the field 16-22 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 3 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Cavalcanti/Salgado, Brazil 1-0
4/12/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Bronze Medal	Brunner/Huberli	8	Cavalcanti/Salgado	1	22-20, 21-11	0:35
Trail the series against # 2 Brasher/Cruz, United States 2-7
4/12/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Semi-Finals	Brasher/Cruz	2	Brunner/Huberli	8	21-11, 14-21, 15-12	0:45
5/26/24	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Espinho	Gold Medal	Brasher/Cruz	5	Brunner/Huberli	9	17-21, 28-26, 15-10	0:55
3/8/24	FIVB	Elite16 Doha	Winner 1	Brunner/Huberli	8	Brasher/Cruz	2	23-21, 19-21, 25-23	1:03
12/6/23	FIVB	BPT Finals Doha 2023	Pool B	Brasher/Cruz	2	Brunner/Huberli	7	By Forfeit
10/13/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Winner 3	Brasher/Cruz	2	Brunner/Huberli	7	21-17, 19-21, 15-8	0:50
8/17/23	FIVB	Elite16 Hamburg	Pool C	Brasher/Cruz	3	Brunner/Huberli	6	11-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:46
7/6/23	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Pool D	Brasher/Cruz	5	Brunner/Huberli	4	21-14, 20-22, 18-16	0:55
2/4/23	FIVB	Doha Elite16	Winner 2	Brunner/Huberli	10	Brasher/Cruz	14, Q2	21-17, 21-10	0:31
7/8/22	FIVB	Gstaad Elite 16	Winner 2	Brasher/Cruz	11	Brunner/Huberli	1	21-16, 16-21, 16-14	0:53
Trail the series against # 3 Lisboa/Silva, Brazil 0-6
6/8/24	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Winner 2	Lisboa/Silva	1	Brunner/Huberli	10	15-21, 24-22, 15-10	0:45
5/23/24	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Espinho	Pool A	Lisboa/Silva	1	Brunner/Huberli	9	21-18, 22-20	0:35
3/7/24	FIVB	Elite16 Doha	Pool A	Lisboa/Silva	1	Brunner/Huberli	8	23-21, 21-19	0:40
9/28/23	FIVB	Elite16 Paris	Pool A	Lisboa/Silva	1	Brunner/Huberli	8	21-18, 21-14	0:32
8/19/23	FIVB	Elite16 Hamburg	Winner 2	Lisboa/Silva	1	Brunner/Huberli	6	21-15, 21-13	0:30
6/4/23	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Semi-Finals	Lisboa/Silva	1	Brunner/Huberli	5	18-21, 21-11, 15-12	0:45
Trail the series against # 4 Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson, Canada 1-4
8/8/24	FIVB	Olympic Games Paris 2024	Semi-Finals	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	4	Brunner/Huberli	7	14-21, 22-20, 15-12	0:54
4/20/24	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Winner 2	Brunner/Huberli	9	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	5	21-15, 21-19	0:41
6/4/23	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Bronze Medal	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	13, Q1	Brunner/Huberli	5	21-16, 21-14	0:38
6/1/23	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Pool D	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	13, Q1	Brunner/Huberli	5	21-17, 21-18	0:38
2/3/23	FIVB	Doha Elite16	Pool B	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	7	Brunner/Huberli	10	21-15, 21-19	0:34
Series tied with # 5 Coradello/Lopes, Brazil 1-1
4/10/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Pool E	Coradello/Lopes	5	Brunner/Huberli	8	21-13, 15-21, 21-19	0:53
8/23/24	FIVB	Elite16 Hamburg	Pool B	Brunner/Huberli	2	Coradello/Lopes	10	17-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:50
Lead the series against # 6 Cheng/Kraft, United States 1-0
4/11/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Winner 1	Brunner/Huberli	8	Cheng/Kraft	6	21-11, 13-21, 16-14	0:46
Series tied with # 7 Schoon/Stam, Netherlands 4-4
4/21/24	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Gold Medal	Brunner/Huberli	9	Schoon/Stam	6	21-14, 19-21, 19-17	1:00
12/8/23	FIVB	BPT Finals Doha 2023	Pool B	Schoon/Stam	6	Brunner/Huberli	7	By Forfeit
6/3/23	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Winner 1	Brunner/Huberli	5	Schoon/Stam	2	13-21, 26-24, 15-12	1:00
2/5/23	FIVB	Doha Elite16	Gold Medal	Schoon/Stam	9	Brunner/Huberli	10	20-22, 21-14, 15-11	0:57
1/26/23	FIVB	Beach Pro Tour Finals	Pool B	Schoon/Stam	3	Brunner/Huberli	6	19-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:50
8/14/22	CEV	EuroBeachVolley 2021	Gold Medal	Brunner/Huberli	3	Schoon/Stam	15	21-15, 21-12	0:41
5/7/22	FIVB	Doha Challenge	Winner 2	Brunner/Huberli	5	Schoon/Stam	1	17-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:49
4/16/22	FIVB	Itapema Challenge	Winner 1	Schoon/Stam	2	Brunner/Huberli	3	21-19, 21-19	0:41
Lead the series against # 12 Batenhorst/Hughes, United States 1-0
4/11/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Winner 2	Brunner/Huberli	8	Batenhorst/Hughes	12	21-19, 26-24	0:43
Lead the series against # 14 Antunes/Lima, Brazil 1-0
6/13/19	FIVB	Warsaw Four Star	Pool C	Brunner/Huberli	19	Antunes/Lima	14, Q2	21-18, 21-18	0:39
Lead the series against # 17, Q4 Paulikiene/Raupelyte, Lithuania 3-0
4/9/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Pool E	Brunner/Huberli	8	Paulikiene/Raupelyte	17, Q4	21-12, 21-10	0:30
8/24/24	FIVB	Elite16 Hamburg	Winner 2	Brunner/Huberli	2	Paulikiene/Raupelyte	13, Q1	21-11, 21-18	0:32
5/23/24	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Espinho	Pool A	Brunner/Huberli	9	Paulikiene/Raupelyte	16, Q10	21-18, 23-21	0:37
Lead the series against # 20, Q6 Horta/Maia, Brazil 1-0
4/9/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Pool E	Brunner/Huberli	8	Horta/Maia	20, Q6	18-21, 21-15, 15-10	0:49