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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$440,000 Xiamen Grand Slam
October 23 - 27, 2013

(22) Tanja Goricanec/Tanja Huberli, Switzerland

Tanja Goricanec
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 4, 1990 (35 yrs old)

Home Town:

Bern

Height:

176 cm (5'9")

Weight:

65 kg (143 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (2 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (Moscow 2013)

Career Winnings:

US$97,300.00

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	41	Money
FIVB	32	0	0	0	0	1	0	8	0	7	6	9	1	US$147,500.00

Previous Xiamen Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/8-13/2013	São Paulo Grand Slam	Q7	33rd	160	US$0.00
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
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
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

Xiamen Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 10/24/2013	Pool F	Dominika Nestarcova / Natalia Pridalova, Slovakia (11)	Lost 13-21, 15-21	0:34
Thu, 10/24/2013	Pool F	Katrin Holtwick / Ilka Semmler, Germany (6)	Lost 12-21, 14-21	0:29
Fri, 10/25/2013	Pool F	Nina Grawender / Karin Lundqvist, Sweden (27, Q5)	Lost 16-21, 22-20, 10-15	0:51

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	0	$11,800.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	25	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	5	6	0	$126,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	$9,200.00
Total	32	0	0	0	0	1	0	8	0	7	6	0	$147,500.00

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	0	$9,400.00	World Championships	6	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	$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	0	$77,900.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	61	2	3	3	3	10	13	10	7	0	$263,250.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	1	0	$10,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	39	0	2	3	0	4	18	10	1	0	$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	0	$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
61	0	0	0	2	2	12	13	11	0	$97,300.00	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
2013	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	7	$24,300.00	11	19	36.7 %
Total	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	7	$24,300.00	11	19	36.7 %

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	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2007	FIVB Age Group WC
2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2008	FIVB Age Group WC
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
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	$5,250.00	2011	FIVB
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
11	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	7	$12,150.00	2013	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	7	$12,150.00
											2013	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
40	0	0	0	2	2	5	6	7	18	$35,700.00	Total	Total	14	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	2	8	$12,150.00

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	8	47.1%	3	17.6%	6	35.3%	11-6	64.7%	1	4.0%	12	48.0%	12	48.0%	1-24	4.0%	16-22	42.1%	8-36	18.2%	0	1	12-30	28.6%

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
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
Total	0	0	16	9	31	38	0	0	4	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	51	63

Head to Head Results
Goricanec/Huberli trail the series against the field 3-10 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 8 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 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
Trail the series against # 6 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 0-1
10/24/13	FIVB	Xiamen Grand Slam	Pool F	Holtwick/Semmler	6	Goricanec/Huberli	22	21-12, 21-14	0:29
Trail the series against # 7, Q1 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 # 11 Nestarcova/Pridalova, Slovakia 0-1
10/24/13	FIVB	Xiamen Grand Slam	Pool F	Nestarcova/Pridalova	11	Goricanec/Huberli	22	21-13, 21-15	0:34
Trail the series against # 14 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 # 16 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 # 19 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
Series tied with # 27, Q5 Grawender/Lundqvist, Sweden 1-1
10/25/13	FIVB	Xiamen Grand Slam	Pool F	Grawender/Lundqvist	27, Q5	Goricanec/Huberli	22	21-16, 20-22, 15-10	0:51
8/21/13	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Goricanec/Huberli	29, Q7	Grawender/Lundqvist	Q10	21-18, 21-18	0:41
Lead the series against # 30, Q10 Mersmann/Schneider, Germany 1-0
7/24/13	FIVB	Anapa Open	Pool H	Goricanec/Huberli	8	Mersmann/Schneider	24	21-16, 16-21, 15-12	0:47
Trail the series against # Q7 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 # Q11 Pedersen/Treland, Norway 1-0
6/18/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Goricanec/Huberli	Q14	Pedersen/Treland	Q19	21-10, 21-19	0:35