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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$800,000 São Paulo Grand Slam
September 23 - 28, 2014

(14) 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 São Paulo Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2013	Tanja Huberli - 33rd	Tanja Goricanec - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/19-23/2014	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	17	9th	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	7/29-8/2/2014	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	20, Q1	17th	240	US$7,000.00
FIVB	7/22-27/2014	ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball	19, Q3	17th	240	US$9,000.00
FIVB	7/15-20/2014	The Hague Grand Slam	26, Q8	9th	360	US$14,000.00
FIVB	7/8-13/2014	Gstaad Grand Slam	28	9th	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	6/24-28/2014	Stavanger Grand Slam	30, Q15	9th	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	6/17-22/2014	Berlin Grand Slam	Q9	33rd	80	US$0.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2014	Moscow Grand Slam	Q9	33rd	80	US$0.00
FIVB	5/21-25/2014	Prague Open	19	17th	180	US$1,200.00
FIVB	4/30-5/4/2014	Shanghai Grand Slam	Q8	33rd	80	US$0.00
FIVB	4/23-27/2014	Fuzhou Open	27, Q5	9th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	10/23-27/2013	Xiamen Grand Slam	22	25th	240	US$2,750.00
FIVB	10/8-13/2013	São Paulo Grand Slam	Q7	33rd	160	US$0.00

São Paulo Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 9/24/2014	Pool C	Isabelle Forrer / Anouk Verge-Depre, Switzerland (19)	Won 22-20, 10-21, 17-15	0:51
Wed, 9/24/2014	Pool C	Karolina Baran / Dorota Strag, Poland (30, Q9)	Won 20-22, 21-13, 15-6	0:43
Thu, 9/25/2014	Pool C	Katrin Holtwick / Ilka Semmler, Germany (3)	Won 21-19, 21-18	0:38
Fri, 9/26/2014	Winner 2	Madelein Meppelink / Marleen Van Iersel, Netherlands (9)	Lost 16-21, 15-21	0:34

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 %
2014	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	3	0	3	$77,200.00	25	22	53.2 %
Total	FIVB	23	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	0	3	2	10	$101,500.00	36	41	46.8 %

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
12	0	0	0	0	0	6	3	0	3	$38,600.00	2014	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	6	3	0	3	$38,600.00
52	0	0	0	2	2	11	9	7	21	$74,300.00	Total	Total	26	0	0	0	0	1	9	3	2	11	$50,750.00

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	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%
2013-2014	21	53.8%	8	20.5%	10	25.6%	29-10	74.4%	6	16.7%	13	36.1%	17	47.2%	6-30	16.7%	21-17	55.3%	14-23	37.8%	1	1	36-41	46.8%
Against the Field	7	31.8%	6	27.3%	9	40.9%	13-9	59.1%	3	15.8%	3	15.8%	13	68.4%	3-16	15.8%	14-22	38.9%	18-24	42.9%	2	0	18-23	43.9%

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
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 14-17 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 7 Series, 5 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Antonelli/Felisberta, Brazil 1-2
8/20/14	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool A	Goricanec/Huberli	17	Antonelli/Felisberta	1	19-21, 21-18, 16-14	0:53
7/30/14	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool D	Antonelli/Felisberta	4	Goricanec/Huberli	20, Q1	15-21, 21-16, 15-9	0:46
4/26/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 2	Antonelli/Felisberta	30, Q9	Goricanec/Huberli	27, Q5	16-21, 21-14, 15-11	0:58
Trail the series against # 2 Ross/Walsh Jennings, United States 0-1
6/27/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 2	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Goricanec/Huberli	30, Q15	21-16, 19-21, 15-10	0:44
Trail the series against # 3 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 1-3
9/25/14	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Pool C	Goricanec/Huberli	14	Holtwick/Semmler	3	21-19, 21-18	0:38
7/23/14	FIVB	ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball	Pool C	Holtwick/Semmler	3	Goricanec/Huberli	19, Q3	16-21, 21-15, 15-11	0:49
5/22/14	FIVB	Prague Open	Pool C	Holtwick/Semmler	3	Goricanec/Huberli	19	14-21, 21-13, 15-9	0:43
10/24/13	FIVB	Xiamen Grand Slam	Pool F	Holtwick/Semmler	6	Goricanec/Huberli	22	21-12, 21-14	0:29
Lead the series against # 5 Bednarczuk/Seixas, Brazil 2-0
7/16/14	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool G	Goricanec/Huberli	26, Q8	Bednarczuk/Seixas	7	21-18, 10-21, 15-11	0:49
4/24/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool F	Goricanec/Huberli	27, Q5	Bednarczuk/Seixas	6	21-15, 17-21, 15-13	0:52
Lead the series against # 6 Borger/Buthe, Germany 2-1
7/11/14	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 2	Borger/Buthe	8	Goricanec/Huberli	28	21-11, 18-21, 15-9	0:51
6/25/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool C	Goricanec/Huberli	30, Q15	Borger/Buthe	3	21-18, 12-21, 15-13	0:44
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 Antunes/Maestrini, Brazil 0-1
7/31/14	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 1	Antunes/Maestrini	19	Goricanec/Huberli	20, Q1	19-21, 21-18, 15-9	0:48
Series tied with # 9 Meppelink/Van Iersel, Netherlands 1-1
9/26/14	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Winner 2	Meppelink/Van Iersel	9	Goricanec/Huberli	14	21-16, 21-15	0:34
7/9/14	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool E	Goricanec/Huberli	28	Meppelink/Van Iersel	5	21-16, 21-11	0:36
Series tied with # 10 Ludwig/Sude, Germany 1-1
7/25/14	FIVB	ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball	Winner 1	Ludwig/Sude	10	Goricanec/Huberli	19, Q3	21-15, 21-18	0:35
7/16/14	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool G	Goricanec/Huberli	26, Q8	Ludwig/Sude	10	21-15, 16-21, 15-9	0:49
Lead the series against # 11 Menegatti/Orsi Toth, Italy 1-0
8/20/14	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool A	Goricanec/Huberli	17	Menegatti/Orsi Toth	16	21-17, 21-18	0:39
Series tied with # 12 Bansley/Pavan, Canada 1-1
8/22/14	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Winner 2	Bansley/Pavan	19	Goricanec/Huberli	17	21-16, 21-16	0:36
6/11/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Goricanec/Huberli	Q15	Bansley/Pavan	Q18	21-14, 21-16	0:32
Trail the series against # 17 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
Lead the series against # 18 Humana-Paredes/Pischke, Canada 1-0
7/31/14	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool D	Goricanec/Huberli	20, Q1	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	29, Q8	By Forfeit
Series tied with # 19 Forrer/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 1-1
9/24/14	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Pool C	Goricanec/Huberli	14	Forrer/Verge-Depre	19	22-20, 10-21, 17-15	0:51
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 # 27, Q5 Hansel/Schwaiger, Austria 0-1
7/10/14	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool E	Hansel/Schwaiger	21	Goricanec/Huberli	28	21-17, 21-17	0:43
Trail the series against # 28, Q7 Braakman/van der Vlist, Netherlands 0-2
6/17/14	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Braakman/van der Vlist	29, Q8	Goricanec/Huberli	Q9	23-21, 22-20
6/11/14	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Braakman/van der Vlist	28, Q8	Goricanec/Huberli	Q9	11-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:50
Lead the series against # 30, Q9 Baran/Strag, Poland 1-0
9/24/14	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Pool C	Goricanec/Huberli	14	Baran/Strag	30, Q9	20-22, 21-13, 15-6	0:43
Series tied with # Q6 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