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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$800,000 Berlin smart Grand Slam
June 17 - 22, 2014

(Q9) 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 Berlin Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2012	Muriel Graessli - 33rd	Did not play
2013	Tanja Huberli - 41st	Tanja Goricanec - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
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

Berlin Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 6/17/2014	Qualifier 2	Rimke Braakman / Jantine van der Vlist, Netherlands (29, Q8)	Lost 21-23, 20-22

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	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	$3,200.00	5	7	41.7 %
Total	FIVB	16	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	2	10	$27,500.00	16	26	38.1 %

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
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	$1,600.00	2014	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	$1,600.00
45	0	0	0	2	2	6	7	7	21	$37,300.00	Total	Total	19	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	2	11	$13,750.00

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	15	48.4%	6	19.4%	10	32.3%	21-10	67.7%	4	10.8%	14	37.8%	19	51.4%	4-33	10.8%	30-36	45.5%	20-48	29.4%	0	1	25-43	36.8%

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
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 9-16 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 12 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 0-2
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 # 4 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 # 5 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
Lead the series against # 6 Bednarczuk/Seixas, Brazil 1-0
4/24/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool F	Goricanec/Huberli	27, Q5	Bednarczuk/Seixas	6	21-15, 17-21, 15-13	0:52
Trail the series against # 14, Q1 Antonelli/Felisberta, Brazil 0-1
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 # 15 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
Lead the series against # 17 Mader/Zumkehr, Switzerland 1-0
8/22/13	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool D	Goricanec/Huberli	29, Q7	Mader/Zumkehr	13	21-14, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # 18, Q2 Fopma/Pavlik, United States 1-0
4/24/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool F	Goricanec/Huberli	27, Q5	Fopma/Pavlik	11	17-21, 23-21, 15-12	0:56
Trail the series against # 20 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 # 21 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
Lead the series against # 23 Bansley/Pavan, Canada 1-0
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 # 24, Q4 Prokopeva/Ukolova, Russia 0-1
5/23/14	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 1	Prokopeva/Ukolova	8	Goricanec/Huberli	19	21-14, 20-22, 15-12	0:46
Lead the series against # 26 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 # 27 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 # 29, Q8 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
Series tied with # 30 Mashkova/Tsimbalova, Kazakhstan 1-1
5/22/14	FIVB	Prague Open	Pool C	Goricanec/Huberli	19	Mashkova/Tsimbalova	14	19-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:53
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 # 32, Q11 Giombini/Gioria, Italy 0-1
4/30/14	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Giombini/Gioria	27, Q9	Goricanec/Huberli	Q8	23-21, 17-21, 15-12	0:51
Trail the series against # Q6 Iatika/Pata, Vanuatu 0-1
4/25/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool F	Iatika/Pata	22, Q2	Goricanec/Huberli	27, Q5	21-18, 25-27, 15-13	0:55
Trail the series against # Q7 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 0-1
5/1/13	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Nystrom/Nystrom	23, Q2	Goricanec/Huberli	Q15	21-15, 21-16	0:35
Series tied with # Q12 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 # Q16 Hermannova/Williams, Czech Republic 1-0
7/3/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Pool F	Goricanec/Huberli	43	Hermannova/Williams	30	21-14, 21-12	0:33