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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$1,000,000 Transavia Grand Slam
July 15 - 20, 2014

(26, Q8) 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 The Hague Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
FIVB Age Group WC 2008	Sharon Sciarini - 9th	Did not play
2010	Muriel Graessli - 33rd	Did not play
2011	Muriel Graessli - 33rd	Did not play
2013	Tanja Huberli - 33rd	Tanja Goricanec - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
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

The Hague Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 7/15/2014	Qualifier 2	Maria Prokopeva / Evgenia Ukolova, Russia (Q9)	Won 21-9, 21-19	0:33
Wed, 7/16/2014	Pool G	Agatha Bednarczuk / Barbara Seixas, Brazil (7)	Won 21-18, 10-21, 15-11	0:49
Wed, 7/16/2014	Pool G	Laura Ludwig / Julia Sude, Germany (10)	Won 21-15, 16-21, 15-9	0:49
Thu, 7/17/2014	Pool G	Alexandra Moiseeva / Ekaterina Syrtseva, Russia (23, Q5)	Lost By Forfeit
Fri, 7/18/2014	Winner 2	Fan Wang / Yuan Yue, China (9)	Lost 24-22, 18-21, 12-15	1:03

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	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	3	$39,200.00	15	14	51.7 %
Total	FIVB	19	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	1	2	10	$63,500.00	26	33	44.1 %

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
8	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	3	$19,600.00	2014	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	3	$19,600.00
48	0	0	0	2	2	9	7	7	21	$55,300.00	Total	Total	22	0	0	0	0	1	7	1	2	11	$31,750.00

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	14	43.8%	7	21.9%	11	34.4%	21-11	65.6%	3	7.9%	14	36.8%	21	55.3%	3-35	7.9%	28-40	41.2%	20-50	28.6%	0	1	24-46	34.3%

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 15-22 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 13 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Meppelink/Van Iersel, Netherlands 1-0
7/9/14	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool E	Goricanec/Huberli	28	Meppelink/Van Iersel	5	21-16, 21-11	0:36
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 # 4 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 # 5 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 # 6 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
Lead the series against # 7 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
Trail the series against # 8 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
Trail the series against # 9 Wang/Yue, China 0-1
7/18/14	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Winner 2	Wang/Yue	9	Goricanec/Huberli	26, Q8	22-24, 21-18, 15-12	1:03
Lead the series against # 10 Ludwig/Sude, Germany 1-0
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
Series tied with # 12 Fendrick/Sweat, United States 1-1
7/9/14	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool E	Goricanec/Huberli	28	Fendrick/Sweat	12	21-17, 21-19	0:36
6/25/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool C	Fendrick/Sweat	14	Goricanec/Huberli	30, Q15	21-19, 22-24, 15-13	0:54
Trail the series against # 14 Nestarcova/Pridalova, Slovakia 0-2
6/26/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool C	Nestarcova/Pridalova	19	Goricanec/Huberli	30, Q15	21-17, 21-17	0:33
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 # 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 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 # 19, Q2 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 # 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
Series tied with # 23, Q5 Moiseeva/Syrtseva, Russia 1-1
7/17/14	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool G	Moiseeva/Syrtseva	23, Q5	Goricanec/Huberli	26, Q8	By Forfeit
6/27/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 1	Goricanec/Huberli	30, Q15	Moiseeva/Syrtseva	24, Q3	21-19, 21-17	0:37
Series tied with # 25, Q7 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 # 30 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 # Q9 Prokopeva/Ukolova, Russia 1-1
7/15/14	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Goricanec/Huberli	26, Q8	Prokopeva/Ukolova	Q9	21-9, 21-19	0:33
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 # Q10 Candelas/Revuelta, Mexico 1-0
7/11/14	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 1	Goricanec/Huberli	28	Candelas/Revuelta	27, Q7	21-18, 17-21, 15-12	0:54
Trail the series against # Q11 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 # Q12 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
Trail the series against # Q14 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 # Q16 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
Lead the series against # Q17 Makroguzova/Rudykh, Russia 1-0
6/24/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Goricanec/Huberli	30, Q15	Makroguzova/Rudykh	Q18	21-15, 21-18	0:35