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CEV Challenger & Satellite
€ 40,000 CEV Varna Challenger
July 29 - 31, 2011

(1) Tanja Goricanec/Muriel Graessli, 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 Wins:

1 (CEV C&S Vaduz 2010)

Career Winnings:

US$123,778.89

Muriel Graessli
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 23, 1987 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

Zürich

Height:

176 cm (5'10")

Weight:

61 kg (134 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

103

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$73,597.31

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
CEV	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	US$9,105.25
CEV C&S	5	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$8,971.19
FIVB	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	5	4	4	US$47,100.00
Overall	30	1	1	1	0	2	2	3	0	7	5	4	4	US$65,176.44

Previous Varna Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2010	Muriel Graessli - 5th	Tanja Goricanec - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/25-30/2011	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Q17	41st	24	US$0.00
CEV	7/19-23/2011	CEV Polish Masters	3	9th	240	€ 1,500.00
FIVB	7/4-9/2011	Gstaad Grand Slam	10	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/27-7/2/2011	Stavanger Grand Slam	Q17	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	6/13-19/2011	Rome World Championships	46	17th	200	US$7,000.00
CEV C&S	6/1-4/2011	CEV Satellite Baden	4	5th	60	€ 450.00
FIVB	8/24-29/2010	The Hague Open	Q11	33rd	30	US$0.00
CEV	8/11-14/2010	European Championship Final	14	9th	320	€ 2,500.00
CEV C&S	8/4-7/2010	CEV Satellite Vaduz	1	1st	100	€ 1,100.00
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

CEV Varna Challenger Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 7/29/2011	Winner 1	Diana Filipova / Diana Malinova, Bulgaria (16, Q6)	Won 23-21, 21-12	0:34
Fri, 7/29/2011	Winner 2	Svetla Angelova / Asya Dinova, Bulgaria (8)	Won 21-15, 21-9	0:29
Sat, 7/30/2011	Winner 3	Stefanie Huttermann / Anni Schumacher, Germany (5)	Won 21-15, 11-21, 15-4	0:40
Sun, 7/31/2011	Semi-Finals	Sona Novakova / Tereza Tobiasova, Czech Republic (6)	Lost 16-21, 17-21	0:36
Sun, 7/31/2011	Bronze Medal	Victoria Bieneck / Julia Grossner, Germany (7, Q1)	Won 16-21, 21-13, 15-9	0:43

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	$29,300.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	$10,800.00
Confederation Championship	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00
Total	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	6	5	0	$50,600.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Tanja Goricanec												Muriel Graessli
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$9,400.00	World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$8,600.00
39	0	0	0	0	1	5	8	10	0	$77,900.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	8	0	$21,600.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	1	0	$10,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	26	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	7	0	$23,350.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Satellite	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$575.00
2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00
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
5	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	$11,750.00	Confederation Championship	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	$2,750.00
66	0	1	0	2	3	13	15	11	0	$109,050.00	Total	69	0	0	0	1	3	7	11	15	0	$56,875.00

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
2009	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2010	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	$5,500.00	4	8	33.3 %
2010	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	1	3	25.0 %
2010	CEV C&S	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,300.00	7	2	77.8 %
2011	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	$10,500.00	1	8	11.1 %
2011	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	1	2	33.3 %
2011	CEV C&S	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,050.00	7	3	70.0 %
Total	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	5	$16,000.00	5	16	23.8 %
Total	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$4,000.00	2	6	25.0 %
Total	CEV C&S	4	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,350.00	14	5	73.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Tanja Goricanec													Muriel Graessli
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2003	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2003	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2004	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2004	FIVB Age Group WC
											2004	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2005	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$325.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2005	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2005	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2005	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2006	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	$4,700.00
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2006	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2006	CEV Under Age	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2007	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	$1,700.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2007	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2007	CEV	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	1	$2,712.50
2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2007	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2008	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	2	1	$15,450.00
											2008	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$250.00
2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2008	FIVB Age Group WC
											2008	CEV	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	$1,100.00
											2009	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	$6,450.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2009	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	$0.00
											2009	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$460.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00	2009	CEV Under Age
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	$2,750.00	2010	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	$2,750.00
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	$1,250.00	2010	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,150.00	2010	CEV C&S	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,150.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	$5,250.00	2011	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	$5,250.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$750.00	2011	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$750.00
2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,525.00	2011	CEV C&S	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,525.00
34	1	0	2	2	5	7	5	3	9	$12,675.00	Total	Total	80	1	1	1	2	8	11	15	13	28	$45,822.50

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	9	64.3%	2	14.3%	3	21.4%	11-3	78.6%	3	60.0%	0	0.0%	2	40.0%	3-2	60.0%	9-2	81.8%	5-3	62.5%	0	0	19-7	73.1%
2010-2011	9	64.3%	2	14.3%	3	21.4%	11-3	78.6%	3	60.0%	0	0.0%	2	40.0%	3-2	60.0%	9-2	81.8%	5-3	62.5%	0	0	14-5	73.7%
Against the Field	3	42.9%	2	28.6%	2	28.6%	5-2	71.4%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	6-2	75.0%	6-4	60.0%	0	0	6-3	66.7%

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	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	9	6	3	18	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	27
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	6	2	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	8
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6
Total	0	0	15	8	6	24	0	0	1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	44

Head to Head Results
Goricanec/Graessli lead the series against the field 6-3 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 0 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 5 Huttermann/Schumacher, Germany 2-1
7/30/11	CEV C&S	CEV Varna Challenger	Winner 3	Goricanec/Graessli	1	Huttermann/Schumacher	5	21-15, 11-21, 15-4	0:40
8/6/10	CEV C&S	CEV Satellite Vaduz	Gold Medal	Goricanec/Graessli	1	Huttermann/Schumacher	2	21-15, 21-15	0:35
7/17/10	CEV C&S	CEV Challenger Varna	Contender 4	Huttermann/Schumacher	4	Goricanec/Graessli	6, Q1	15-21, 21-16, 15-7	0:50
Series tied with # 6 Novakova/Tobiasova, Czech Republic 1-1
7/31/11	CEV C&S	CEV Varna Challenger	Semi-Finals	Novakova/Tobiasova	6	Goricanec/Graessli	1	21-16, 21-17	0:36
6/4/11	CEV C&S	CEV Satellite Baden	Contender 3	Goricanec/Graessli	4	Novakova/Tobiasova	8, Q3	21-19, 15-21, 15-13	0:46
Series tied with # 7, Q1 Bieneck/Grossner, Germany 1-1
7/31/11	CEV C&S	CEV Varna Challenger	Bronze Medal	Goricanec/Graessli	1	Bieneck/Grossner	7, Q1	16-21, 21-13, 15-9	0:43
6/3/11	CEV C&S	CEV Satellite Baden	Winner 2	Bieneck/Grossner	5	Goricanec/Graessli	4	23-25, 21-19, 18-16	0:53
Lead the series against # 8 Angelova/Dinova, Bulgaria 1-0
7/29/11	CEV C&S	CEV Varna Challenger	Winner 2	Goricanec/Graessli	1	Angelova/Dinova	8	21-15, 21-9	0:29
Lead the series against # 16, Q6 Filipova/Malinova, Bulgaria 1-0
7/29/11	CEV C&S	CEV Varna Challenger	Winner 1	Goricanec/Graessli	1	Filipova/Malinova	16, Q6	23-21, 21-12	0:34