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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$800,000 Stavanger Major Series
June 8 - 13, 2015

(23) 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 Stavanger Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2011	Muriel Graessli - 41st	Did not play
2014	Tanja Huberli - 9th	Tanja Goricanec - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/1-6/2015	Porec Major Series	23	17th	240	US$7,000.00
FIVB	5/25-31/2015	Moscow Grand Slam	24	25th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	5/11-17/2015	Lucerne Open	8	9th	240	US$2,000.00
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

Stavanger Major Series Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/10/2015	Pool G	Fan Wang / Yuan Yue, China (10)	Lost 19-21, 14-21	0:34
Wed, 6/10/2015	Pool G	Kristyna Kolocova / Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic (7)	Won 22-20, 18-21, 17-15	0:52
Thu, 6/11/2015	Pool G	Taru Lahti / Riikka Lehtonen, Finland (26, Q7)	Won 21-17, 21-14	0:38
Fri, 6/12/2015	Winner 1	Ekaterina Birlova / Evgenia Ukolova, Russia (22, Q2)	Lost 21-23, 16-21	0:40

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	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	$20,000.00	7	8	46.7 %
Total	FIVB	27	0	0	0	0	1	0	8	0	5	3	10	$121,500.00	43	49	46.7 %

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
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
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	$10,000.00	2015	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	$10,000.00
56	0	0	0	2	2	12	11	8	21	$84,300.00	Total	Total	30	0	0	0	0	1	10	5	3	11	$60,750.00

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	18	54.5%	5	15.2%	10	30.3%	23-10	69.7%	3	8.3%	12	33.3%	21	58.3%	3-33	8.3%	36-38	48.6%	16-44	26.7%	2	0	28-41	40.6%

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 23-31 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 12 Series, 7 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 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
Series tied with # 2 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 # 3 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
Trail the series against # 4 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 # 6 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 # 7 Kolocova/Slukova, Czech Republic 1-0
6/10/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Pool G	Goricanec/Huberli	23	Kolocova/Slukova	7	22-20, 18-21, 17-15	0:52
Trail the series against # 9 Baquerizo/Fernandez, Spain 1-2
6/3/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Pool G	Baquerizo/Fernandez	7	Goricanec/Huberli	23	21-15, 21-17	0:33
5/27/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool H	Goricanec/Huberli	24	Baquerizo/Fernandez	9	21-14, 23-21	0:38
8/24/13	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 3	Baquerizo/Fernandez	11	Goricanec/Huberli	29, Q7	21-18, 18-21, 15-10	0:51
Trail the series against # 10 Wang/Yue, China 0-3
6/10/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Pool G	Wang/Yue	10	Goricanec/Huberli	23	21-19, 21-14	0:34
6/3/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Pool G	Wang/Yue	10	Goricanec/Huberli	23	21-17, 19-21, 15-13	0:56
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
Series tied with # 11 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 # 12 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
Lead the series against # 13 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 # 15 Bawden/Clancy, Australia 0-2
7/30/14	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool D	Bawden/Clancy	13	Goricanec/Huberli	20, Q1	22-24, 21-16, 15-11	0:54
7/11/13	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool B	Bawden/Clancy	18	Goricanec/Huberli	31	21-18, 22-24, 15-7	0:52
Series tied with # 17 Mader/Zumkehr, Switzerland 1-1
6/4/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Winner 1	Mader/Zumkehr	15	Goricanec/Huberli	23	21-12, 21-19	0:36
8/22/13	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool D	Goricanec/Huberli	29, Q7	Mader/Zumkehr	13	21-14, 21-19	0:39
Series tied with # 18 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
Lead the series against # 19 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
Trail the series against # 20 Nestarcova/Pridalova, Slovakia 0-3
7/23/14	FIVB	ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball	Pool C	Nestarcova/Pridalova	14	Goricanec/Huberli	19, Q3	21-14, 23-21	0:39
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 # 22, Q2 Birlova/Ukolova, Russia 1-2
6/12/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Winner 1	Birlova/Ukolova	22, Q2	Goricanec/Huberli	23	23-21, 21-16	0:40
5/27/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool H	Birlova/Ukolova	8	Goricanec/Huberli	24	17-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:55
5/14/15	FIVB	Lucerne Open	Pool H	Goricanec/Huberli	8	Birlova/Ukolova	9	21-15, 24-22	0:42
Trail the series against # 24, Q5 Brzostek/Wojtasik, Poland 0-1
5/28/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool H	Brzostek/Wojtasik	25, Q3	Goricanec/Huberli	24	21-18, 18-21, 15-5	0:50
Trail the series against # 25, Q6 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 # 26, Q7 Lahti/Lehtonen, Finland 1-0
6/11/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Pool G	Goricanec/Huberli	23	Lahti/Lehtonen	26, Q7	21-17, 21-14	0:38
Series tied with # 27, Q11 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 # 28, Q14 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 # 29 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
Series tied with # 32, Q29 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
Lead the series against # Q8 Prokopeva/Syrtseva, Russia 1-0
6/4/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Pool G	Goricanec/Huberli	23	Prokopeva/Syrtseva	26, Q8	25-23, 21-18	0:41
Lead the series against # Q10 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
Lead the series against # Q19 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
Series tied with # Q20 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 # Q26 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