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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$440,000 São Paulo Grand Slam
October 8 - 13, 2013

(Q7) Tanja Goricanec/Tanja Huberli, Switzerland

Tanja Goricanec
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 4, 1990 (36 yrs old)

Home Town:

Bern

Height:

176 cm (5'9")

Weight:

65 kg (143 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (CEV Cagliari 2014)

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (Moscow 2013)

Career Winnings:

US$118,226.13

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$522,265.44

Awards

Most Improved Player 2014

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
CEV	5	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	US$28,244.45
FIVB	32	0	0	0	0	1	0	8	0	7	6	9	1	US$147,500.00
Overall	37	0	1	0	0	2	0	9	0	9	6	9	1	US$175,744.45

Previous São Paulo Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/21-25/2013	Moscow Grand Slam	29, Q7	5th	480	US$10,000.00
FIVB	8/7-11/2013	Berlin Grand Slam	Q13	41st	80	US$0.00
CEV	7/30-8/3/2013	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	25	17th	200	€ 1,000.00
FIVB	7/23-27/2013	Anapa Open	8	9th	250	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/9-14/2013	Gstaad Grand Slam	31	25th	240	US$2,750.00
FIVB	7/1-6/2013	Stare Jablonki World Championships	43	33rd	50	US$4,800.00
FIVB	6/18-23/2013	Rome Grand Slam	Q14	33rd	160	US$0.00
FIVB	6/11-16/2013	The Hague Grand Slam	Q15	33rd	160	US$0.00
CEV	5/29-6/1/2013	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baden Masters	Q4	17th	128	€ 0.00
FIVB	5/1-5/2013	Shanghai Grand Slam	Q15	33rd	160	US$0.00
FIVB	4/24-28/2013	Fuzhou Open	Q13	33rd	100	US$0.00

São Paulo Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 10/8/2013	Qualifier 2	Varapatsorn Radarong / Tanarattha Udomchavee, Thailand (28, Q10)	Lost 19-21, 21-14, 12-15	0:54

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$)
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$11,800.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	25	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	5	6	8	$126,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	1	$9,200.00
Confederation Championship	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$20,000.00
Total	35	0	1	0	0	2	0	8	0	8	6	10	$167,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Tanja Goricanec												Tanja Huberli
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$9,400.00	World Championships	6	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	1	$39,900.00
											World Tour Finals	5	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	$35,250.00
39	0	0	0	0	1	5	8	10	15	$77,900.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	65	2	3	4	3	12	14	10	7	10	$283,850.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	1	4	$10,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	39	0	2	3	0	4	18	10	1	1	$82,150.00
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$3,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	Satellite
											U23 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
5	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
5	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	$11,750.00	Confederation Championship	13	2	3	0	0	2	3	3	0	0	$50,375.00
66	0	1	0	2	3	13	15	11	21	$109,050.00	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
2013	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	7	$21,550.00	11	16	40.7 %
2013	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$1,000.00	3	4	42.9 %
Total	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	7	$21,550.00	11	16	40.7 %
Total	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$1,000.00	3	4	42.9 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Tanja Goricanec													Tanja Huberli
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2004	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2005	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2005	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2006	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2006	FIVB C&S
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2006	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2006	CEV
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2007	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2007	CEV
2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2008	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2009	CEV
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	$2,750.00	2010	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2010	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2010	CEV
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	$5,250.00	2011	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$750.00	2011	CEV
9	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	2	$15,550.00	2012	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$1,500.00	2012	CEV
10	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	7	$10,775.00	2013	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	7	$10,775.00
											2013	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$500.00	2013	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$500.00
49	0	0	0	2	4	7	11	6	19	$38,325.00	Total	Total	15	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	1	8	$11,275.00

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	33	56.9%	10	17.2%	15	25.9%	43-15	74.1%	6	11.3%	20	37.7%	27	50.9%	6-47	11.3%	33-27	55.0%	16-35	31.4%	2	1	51-63	44.7%
2012-2013	7	63.6%	2	18.2%	2	18.2%	9-2	81.8%	2	10.5%	7	36.8%	10	52.6%	2-17	10.5%	7-10	41.2%	4-9	30.8%	0	0	11-19	36.7%
Against the Field	10	52.6%	3	15.8%	6	31.6%	13-6	68.4%	2	6.1%	13	39.4%	18	54.5%	2-31	6.1%	20-34	37.0%	10-38	20.8%	0	1	15-37	28.8%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	14	8	19	32	0	0	4	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	37	51
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	2	1	9	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	8
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	5	4	0	0	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	11	7
Total	0	0	16	9	36	42	0	0	9	18	1	0	0	0	0	1	62	70

Head to Head Results
Goricanec/Huberli trail the series against the field 2-14 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 13 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Maestrini/Seixas, Brazil 0-1
8/22/13	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool D	Maestrini/Seixas	4	Goricanec/Huberli	29, Q7	27-25, 21-16	0:44
Trail the series against # 5 Ludwig/Walkenhorst, Germany 0-1
7/2/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Pool F	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	19	Goricanec/Huberli	43	21-17, 21-11	0:33
Lead the series against # 6 Borger/Buthe, Germany 1-0
8/24/13	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 2	Goricanec/Huberli	29, Q7	Borger/Buthe	9	17-21, 21-11, 15-12	0:58
Trail the series against # 7 Antonelli/Bednarczuk, Brazil 0-1
7/1/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Pool F	Antonelli/Bednarczuk	6	Goricanec/Huberli	43	21-17, 29-27	0:45
Trail the series against # 9 Baquerizo/Fernandez, Spain 0-1
8/24/13	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 3	Baquerizo/Fernandez	11	Goricanec/Huberli	29, Q7	21-18, 18-21, 15-10	0:51
Trail the series against # 12 Fopma/Sweat, United States 0-1
6/18/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Fopma/Sweat	24, Q3	Goricanec/Huberli	Q14	21-11, 21-13	0:27
Trail the series against # 13 Keizer/Van Iersel, Netherlands 0-1
7/10/13	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool B	Keizer/Van Iersel	15	Goricanec/Huberli	31	21-18, 18-21, 15-11	0:50
Trail the series against # 14 Kolocova/Slukova, Czechia 0-1
8/1/13	CEV	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Winner 1	Kolocova/Slukova	10	Goricanec/Huberli	25	21-13, 21-10	0:29
Trail the series against # 16 Nestarcova/Pridalova, Slovakia 0-1
7/31/13	CEV	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool H	Nestarcova/Pridalova	8	Goricanec/Huberli	25	21-16, 21-19	0:34
Trail the series against # 17 Bawden/Clancy, Australia 0-1
7/11/13	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool B	Bawden/Clancy	18	Goricanec/Huberli	31	21-18, 22-24, 15-7	0:52
Trail the series against # 22 Forrer/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 0-1
6/11/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Forrer/Verge-Depre	18, Q2	Goricanec/Huberli	Q15	21-12, 21-17	0:28
Trail the series against # 23 Mashkova/Tsimbalova, Kazakhstan 0-1
4/24/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Qualifier 2	Mashkova/Tsimbalova	23, Q4	Goricanec/Huberli	Q13	21-14, 21-17	0:29
Trail the series against # 24, Q4 Gallay/Klug, Argentina 0-1
8/23/13	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool D	Gallay/Klug	20	Goricanec/Huberli	29, Q7	14-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:53
Trail the series against # 28, Q10 Radarong/Udomchavee, Thailand 0-2
10/8/13	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Radarong/Udomchavee	28, Q10	Goricanec/Huberli	Q7	21-19, 14-21, 15-12	0:54
7/26/13	FIVB	Anapa Open	Winner 2	Radarong/Udomchavee	7	Goricanec/Huberli	8	21-16, 17-21, 18-16	0:53
Lead the series against # Q5 Hermannova/Williams, Czechia 1-0
7/3/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Pool F	Goricanec/Huberli	43	Hermannova/Williams	30	21-14, 21-12	0:33