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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$800,000 Beach Pro Tour Finals
January 26 - 29, 2023

(8) Taryn Brasher/Kristen Nuss, United States

Taryn Kloth Brasher
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 10, 1997 (28 yrs old)

Home Town:

Sioux Falls, SD

Height:

193 cm (6'4")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$420,750.00

Kristen Nuss
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 16, 1997 (27 yrs old)

Home Town:

New Orleans, LA

Height:

167 cm (5'6")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$420,750.00

Awards

VolleyballMag.com BPT Best Defensive Player 2023

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	36	11	5	3	2	8	0	6	1	0	0	US$841,500.00

Previous Doha Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	11/29-12/3/2022	Torquay Elite 16	3	4th	900	US$10,000.00
FIVB	11/3-6/2022	Cape Town Elite 16	3	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	9/28-10/2/2022	Paris Elite 16	11	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/6-10/2022	Gstaad Elite 16	11	5th	760	US$6,000.00
FIVB	6/1-5/2022	Jurmala Elite 16	14, Q2	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	5/19-22/2022	Kusadasi Challenge	20, Q8	1st	800	US$10,000.00
FIVB	4/14-17/2022	Itapema Challenge	24, Q20	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	3/30-4/3/2022	Coolangatta Futures	16, Q11	1st	400	US$1,000.00

Beach Pro Tour Finals Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 1/26/2023	Pool A	Duda Lisboa / Ana Patricia Silva, Brazil (1)	Lost 21-23, 21-18, 13-15	0:50
Thu, 1/26/2023	Pool A	Tina Graudina / Anastasija Samoilova, Latvia (5)	Won 21-18, 21-15	0:34
Fri, 1/27/2023	Pool A	Mariafe Artacho / Taliqua Clancy, Australia (4)	Lost 16-21, 18-21	0:36
Sat, 1/28/2023	Pool A	Sophie Bukovec / Sarah Pavan, Canada (10)	Won 17-21, 21-19, 15-9	0:49
Sat, 1/28/2023	Winner 1	Kelly Cheng / Sara Hughes, United States (9)	Lost 21-19, 14-21, 22-24	0:56

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$80,000.00
World Tour Finals	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$320,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	26	6	4	2	2	7	0	4	1	0	0	0	$418,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$22,500.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
Total	36	11	5	3	2	8	0	6	1	0	0	0	$841,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Taryn Brasher												Kristen Nuss
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$40,000.00	World Championships	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$40,000.00
3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$160,000.00	World Tour Finals	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$160,000.00
26	6	4	2	2	7	5	0	0	0	$209,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	26	6	4	2	2	7	5	0	0	0	$209,000.00
3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$11,250.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$11,250.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$500.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$500.00
36	11	5	3	2	8	7	0	0	0	$420,750.00	Total	36	11	5	3	2	8	7	0	0	0	$420,750.00

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
2022	FIVB	9	2	0	0	1	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	$73,500.00	36	15	70.6 %
Total	FIVB	9	2	0	0	1	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	$73,500.00	36	15	70.6 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Taryn Brasher													Kristen Nuss
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
9	2	0	0	1	5	1	0	0	0	$36,750.00	2022	FIVB	9	2	0	0	1	5	1	0	0	0	$36,750.00
9	2	0	0	1	5	1	0	0	0	$36,750.00	Total	Total	9	2	0	0	1	5	1	0	0	0	$36,750.00

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	116	81.1%	17	11.9%	10	7.0%	133-10	93.0%	21	33.9%	19	30.6%	22	35.5%	21-41	33.9%	116-22	84.1%	38-29	56.7%	2	0	156-51	75.4%
2021-2022	27	75.0%	5	13.9%	4	11.1%	32-4	88.9%	3	21.4%	8	57.1%	3	21.4%	3-11	21.4%	27-3	90.0%	8-12	40.0%	1	0	36-15	70.6%
Against the Field	23	63.9%	7	19.4%	6	16.7%	30-6	83.3%	7	23.3%	9	30.0%	14	46.7%	7-23	23.3%	46-26	63.9%	28-30	48.3%	1	0	38-28	57.6%

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	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
World Championships	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	6	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	14	2
World Tour Finals	0	0	0	0	7	5	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	12	6
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	6	0	54	17	0	0	25	12	10	4	2	2	6	4	103	39
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	4	0	4	2	1	0	4	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	17	3
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	7	0
Total	0	0	12	0	76	24	1	0	37	15	16	5	3	2	11	5	156	51

Head to Head Results
Brasher/Nuss trail the series against the field 5-8 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 4 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Lisboa/Silva, Brazil 0-2
1/26/23	FIVB	Beach Pro Tour Finals	Pool A	Lisboa/Silva	1	Brasher/Nuss	8	23-21, 18-21, 15-13	0:50
10/1/22	FIVB	Paris Elite 16	Winner 1	Lisboa/Silva	1	Brasher/Nuss	11	21-17, 22-24, 15-12	0:53
Trail the series against # 2 Salgado/Seixas, Brazil 0-1
6/4/22	FIVB	Jurmala Elite 16	Winner 1	Salgado/Seixas	9	Brasher/Nuss	14, Q2	21-11, 18-21, 15-12	0:50
Trail the series against # 4 Artacho/Clancy, Australia 1-2
1/27/23	FIVB	Beach Pro Tour Finals	Pool A	Artacho/Clancy	4	Brasher/Nuss	8	21-16, 21-18	0:36
12/3/22	FIVB	Torquay Elite 16	Bronze Medal	Artacho/Clancy	1	Brasher/Nuss	3	14-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:54
5/22/22	FIVB	Kusadasi Challenge	Gold Medal	Brasher/Nuss	20, Q8	Artacho/Clancy	3	21-12, 17-21, 17-15	0:45
Series tied with # 5 Graudina/Samoilova, Latvia 1-1
1/26/23	FIVB	Beach Pro Tour Finals	Pool A	Brasher/Nuss	8	Graudina/Samoilova	5	21-18, 21-15	0:34
7/9/22	FIVB	Gstaad Elite 16	Winner 3	Graudina/Samoilova	6	Brasher/Nuss	11	21-19, 18-21, 20-18	0:56
Lead the series against # 6 Brunner/Huberli, Switzerland 1-0
7/8/22	FIVB	Gstaad Elite 16	Winner 2	Brasher/Nuss	11	Brunner/Huberli	1	21-16, 16-21, 16-14	0:53
Lead the series against # 7 Muller/Tillmann, Germany 1-0
5/21/22	FIVB	Kusadasi Challenge	Winner 2	Brasher/Nuss	20, Q8	Muller/Tillmann	4	21-16, 21-14	0:32
Trail the series against # 9 Cheng/Hughes, United States 0-2
1/28/23	FIVB	Beach Pro Tour Finals	Winner 1	Cheng/Hughes	9	Brasher/Nuss	8	19-21, 21-14, 24-22	0:56
12/2/22	FIVB	Torquay Elite 16	Semi-Finals	Cheng/Hughes	2	Brasher/Nuss	3	21-18, 21-15	0:32
Lead the series against # 10 Bukovec/Pavan, Canada 1-0
1/28/23	FIVB	Beach Pro Tour Finals	Pool A	Brasher/Nuss	8	Bukovec/Pavan	10	17-21, 21-19, 15-9	0:49