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US$1,000,000 FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Championships
June 13 - 19, 2011

(46) Tanja Goricanec/Muriel Graessli, Switzerland

Tanja Goricanec
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 4, 1990 (34 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

Muriel Graessli
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 23, 1987 (37 yrs old)

Home Town:

Zürich

Height:

176 cm (5'10")

Weight:

61 kg (134 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (FIVB U21 World Championships Rio de Janeiro 2005)

Career FIVB WT Best:

7th (Marseille 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$54,125.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	5	4	4	US$47,100.00

Previous Rome Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/24-29/2010	The Hague Open	Q11	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	8/2-7/2010	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Q24	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	7/26-31/2010	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Q22	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	7/19-25/2010	Marseille Open	32, Q19	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/5-10/2010	Gstaad Grand Slam	32	25th	80	US$3,500.00

Rome World Championships Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Tue, 6/14/2011

Pool C

Lenka Hajeckova / Hana Skalnikova, Czech Republic (22)

Won 21-18, 14-21, 15-9

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Tanja Goricanec	Total	52	29	7	0.423	0	11	3	6
	1	22	13	4	0.409	0	6	1	1
	2	18	9	2	0.389	0	2	0	3
	3	12	7	1	0.500	0	3	2	2
Muriel Graessli	Total	19	6	4	0.105	0	13	4	1
	1	8	1	1	0.000	0	6	2	0
	2	7	3	2	0.143	0	3	1	1
	3	4	2	1	0.250	0	4	1	0

Tue, 6/14/2011

Pool C

Barbara Hansel / Sara Montagnolli, Austria (27)

Lost 21-13, 19-21, 10-15

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Tanja Goricanec	Total	42	17	11	0.143	0	5	6	5
	1	13	6	1	0.385	0	2	4	2
	2	17	7	7	0.000	0	2	0	2
	3	12	4	3	0.083	0	1	2	1
Muriel Graessli	Total	15	10	2	0.533	0	6	2	1
	1	4	3	0	0.750	0	2	0	0
	2	7	5	1	0.571	0	3	2	1
	3	4	2	1	0.250	0	1	0	0

Wed, 6/15/2011

Pool C

Jennifer Kessy / April Ross, United States (3)

Lost 13-21, 12-21

0:33

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Tanja Goricanec	Total	13	7	0	0.538	1	3	1	4
	1	7	4	0	0.571	1	1	1	3
	2	6	3	0	0.500	0	2	0	1
Muriel Graessli	Total	28	10	3	0.250	0	5	1	3
	1	11	3	3	0.000	0	2	1	2
	2	17	7	0	0.412	0	3	0	1

Thu, 6/16/2011

Winner 1

Juliana Felisberta / Larissa Maestrini, Brazil (1)

Lost 16-21, 15-21

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Tanja Goricanec	Total	29	13	8	0.172	0	8	1	1
	1	19	8	6	0.105	0	5	1	1
	2	10	5	2	0.300	0	3	0	0
Muriel Graessli	Total	22	6	3	0.136	0	3	0	1
	1	5	1	1	0.000	0	2	0	1
	2	17	5	2	0.176	0	1	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Tanja Goricanec	136	66	26	0.294	1	27	11	16
Muriel Graessli	84	32	12	0.238	0	27	7	6
Total	220	98	38	0.273	1	54	18	22
Opponents	191	104	25	0.414	9	74	16	15

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Did not play	Nadia Erni - 37th
2009	World Championships	Stavanger	Did not play	Tanya Guerra Arias-Schmocker - 37th
2013	World Championships	Stare Jablonki	Tanja Huberli - 33rd	Romana Kayser - 37th
2015	World Championships	The Hague	Tanja Huberli - 17th	Did not play

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/13-19/2011	Rome World Championships	46	17th	200	US$7,000.00

Head to Head Results
Goricanec/Graessli trail the series against the field 2-9 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 7 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 0-2
6/16/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Winner 1	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Goricanec/Graessli	46	21-16, 21-15	0:35
7/7/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool A	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Goricanec/Graessli	32	21-14, 21-14	0:34
Trail the series against # 2 Antonelli/Antunes, Brazil 0-1
7/21/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 1	Antonelli/Antunes	1	Goricanec/Graessli	32, Q19	21-14, 21-14	0:37
Trail the series against # 3 Kessy/Ross, United States 0-1
6/15/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool C	Kessy/Ross	3	Goricanec/Graessli	46	21-13, 21-12	0:33
Trail the series against # 13 Cicolari/Menegatti, Italy 0-1
7/21/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 1	Cicolari/Menegatti	17	Goricanec/Graessli	32, Q19	21-16, 21-18	0:37
Series tied with # 22 Hajeckova/Skalnikova, Czech Republic 1-1
6/14/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool C	Goricanec/Graessli	46	Hajeckova/Skalnikova	22	21-18, 14-21, 15-9	0:40
7/7/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool A	Hajeckova/Skalnikova	16	Goricanec/Graessli	32	21-16, 21-14	0:34
Trail the series against # 25 Kadijk/Mooren, Netherlands 0-1
8/25/10	FIVB	The Hague Open	Qualifier 3	Kadijk/Mooren	27, Q27	Goricanec/Graessli	Q11	21-15, 17-21, 15-10	0:37
Trail the series against # 27 Hansel/Montagnolli, Austria 0-1
6/14/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool C	Hansel/Montagnolli	27	Goricanec/Graessli	46	13-21, 21-19, 15-10	0:44
Trail the series against # 30 Huang/Yue, China 0-1
8/3/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Huang/Yue	Q9	Goricanec/Graessli	Q24	21-19, 21-12	0:37
Lead the series against # 39 Bansley/Maloney, Canada 1-0
7/20/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Qualifier 3	Goricanec/Graessli	32, Q19	Bansley/Maloney	Q35	21-19, 21-14	0:39