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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Lucerne Open
May 11 - 17, 2015

(8) 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 Lucerne Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/23-28/2014	São Paulo Grand Slam	14	9th	360	US$11,000.00
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

Lucerne Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/13/2015	Pool H	Angela Lobato / Paula Soria, Spain (25, Q3)	Won 21-12, 21-13	0:30
Wed, 5/13/2015	Pool H	Yulia Abalakina / Ksenia Dabizha, Russia (24, Q2)	Won 21-12, 21-19	0:33
Thu, 5/14/2015	Pool H	Ekaterina Birlova / Evgenia Ukolova, Russia (9)	Won 21-15, 24-22	0:42
Fri, 5/15/2015	Winner 2	Duda Lisboa / Elize Maia, Brazil (29, Q8)	Lost 21-15, 11-21, 14-16	0:49

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 %
2015	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	3	1	75.0 %
Total	FIVB	24	0	0	0	0	1	0	8	0	3	2	10	$103,500.00	39	42	48.1 %

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
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,000.00	2015	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,000.00
53	0	0	0	2	2	12	9	7	21	$75,300.00	Total	Total	27	0	0	0	0	1	10	3	2	11	$51,750.00

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%
2014-2015	26	55.3%	8	17.0%	13	27.7%	34-13	72.3%	4	11.8%	13	38.2%	17	50.0%	4-30	11.8%	26-17	60.5%	12-26	31.6%	2	1	40-44	47.6%
Against the Field	15	71.4%	2	9.5%	4	19.0%	17-4	81.0%	2	9.5%	6	28.6%	13	61.9%	2-19	9.5%	30-22	57.7%	8-20	28.6%	2	0	21-21	50.0%

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 lead the series against the field 14-13 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 5 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 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
Trail the series against # 2 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
Trail the series against # 3 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 # 4 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
Series tied with # 5 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
Lead the series against # 7 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
Lead the series against # 9 Birlova/Ukolova, Russia 1-0
5/14/15	FIVB	Lucerne Open	Pool H	Goricanec/Huberli	8	Birlova/Ukolova	9	21-15, 24-22	0:42
Lead the series against # 12 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
Series tied with # 15 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
Lead the series against # 17, Q1 Bieneck/Grossner, Germany 1-0
6/24/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Goricanec/Huberli	30, Q15	Bieneck/Grossner	Q2	28-26, 21-19	0:42
Trail the series against # 22 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
Trail the series against # 23 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
Lead the series against # 24, Q2 Abalakina/Dabizha, Russia 1-0
5/13/15	FIVB	Lucerne Open	Pool H	Goricanec/Huberli	8	Abalakina/Dabizha	24, Q2	21-12, 21-19	0:33
Lead the series against # 25, Q3 Lobato/Soria, Spain 1-0
5/13/15	FIVB	Lucerne Open	Pool H	Goricanec/Huberli	8	Lobato/Soria	25, Q3	21-12, 21-13	0:30
Series tied with # 27, Q5 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 # 29, Q8 Lisboa/Maia, Brazil 0-1
5/15/15	FIVB	Lucerne Open	Winner 2	Lisboa/Maia	29, Q8	Goricanec/Huberli	8	15-21, 21-11, 16-14	0:49
Series tied with # 31, Q23 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 1-1
7/29/14	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Goricanec/Huberli	20, Q1	Nystrom/Nystrom	Q17	21-19, 21-18	0:35
5/1/13	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Nystrom/Nystrom	23, Q2	Goricanec/Huberli	Q15	21-15, 21-16	0:35