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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Beijing Grand Slam
May 7 - 12, 2012

(30, Q18) 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 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 (38 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 Beijing Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/30-5/5/2012	Shanghai Grand Slam	Q19	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	4/24-29/2012	Sanya Open	27, Q12	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	8/23-28/2011	The Hague Open	Q10	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	7/25-30/2011	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Q17	41st	24	US$0.00
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

Beijing Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 5/8/2012	Qualifier 1	Jingjing Ding / Ying Huang, China (Q15)	Won 21-18, 21-17	0:37
Tue, 5/8/2012	Qualifier 2	Barbora Hermannova / Martina Williams, Czech Republic (Q31)	Won 21-17, 21-18	0:37
Wed, 5/9/2012	Pool C	Juliana Felisberta / Larissa Maestrini, Brazil (3)	Lost 11-21, 14-21	0:31
Wed, 5/9/2012	Pool C	Doris Schwaiger / Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria (14, Q1)	Won 21-19, 22-24, 15-10	1:00
Thu, 5/10/2012	Pool C	Vasiliki Arvaniti / Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece (19)	Lost 19-21, 21-18, 10-15	0:50
Thu, 5/10/2012	Winner 1	Kristyna Kolocova / Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic (7)	Lost 13-21, 16-21	0:36

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
Total	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	5	0	$47,100.00

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
61	0	0	0	2	2	12	13	11	0	$97,300.00	Total	65	0	0	0	1	3	6	8	15	0	$54,125.00

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
2010	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	$5,500.00	4	8	33.3 %
2011	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	$10,500.00	2	9	18.2 %
2012	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$7,900.00	6	6	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	7	$23,900.00	12	23	34.3 %

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
											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
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
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
											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
											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
											2009	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	$6,450.00
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
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	$5,250.00	2011	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	$5,250.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$3,950.00	2012	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$3,950.00
23	0	0	0	2	1	3	4	3	10	$11,950.00	Total	Total	55	0	0	0	1	3	5	6	13	27	$40,825.00

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	18	52.9%	3	8.8%	13	38.2%	21-13	61.8%	2	7.4%	3	11.1%	22	81.5%	2-25	7.4%	18-22	45.0%	5-16	23.8%	0	0	23-38	37.7%
2011-2012	15	53.6%	2	7.1%	11	39.3%	17-11	60.7%	2	9.5%	2	9.5%	17	81.0%	2-19	9.5%	15-17	46.9%	4-13	23.5%	0	0	19-30	38.8%
Against the Field	9	42.9%	2	9.5%	10	47.6%	11-10	52.4%	2	9.1%	1	4.5%	19	86.4%	2-20	9.1%	18-38	32.1%	8-22	26.7%	0	0	13-30	30.2%

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
Total	0	0	15	8	4	20	0	0	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	38

Head to Head Results
Goricanec/Graessli trail the series against the field 10-18 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 13 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Xue/Zhang, China 0-1
7/7/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool G	Xue/Zhang	7	Goricanec/Graessli	10	21-13, 21-11	0:31
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 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 0-3
5/9/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool C	Felisberta/Maestrini	3	Goricanec/Graessli	30, Q18	21-11, 21-14	0:31
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 # 5 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 # 7 Kolocova/Slukova, Czech Republic 0-1
5/10/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Winner 1	Kolocova/Slukova	7	Goricanec/Graessli	30, Q18	21-13, 21-16	0:36
Trail the series against # 10 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
Trail the series against # 12 Bawden/Palmer, Australia 0-1
4/27/12	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 2	Bawden/Palmer	12	Goricanec/Graessli	27, Q12	22-20, 21-18	0:41
Lead the series against # 14, Q1 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 1-0
5/9/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool C	Goricanec/Graessli	30, Q18	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	14, Q1	21-19, 22-24, 15-10	1:00
Trail the series against # 15, Q8 Lavalle/Maestrini, Brazil 0-1
4/26/12	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 2	Lavalle/Maestrini	11	Goricanec/Graessli	27, Q12	19-21, 21-13, 16-14	0:52
Series tied with # 17 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 # 19 Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani, Greece 0-1
5/10/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool C	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	19	Goricanec/Graessli	30, Q18	21-19, 18-21, 15-10	0:50
Trail the series against # 27 Hansel/Montagnolli, Austria 0-2
7/6/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool G	Hansel/Montagnolli	23, Q1	Goricanec/Graessli	10	21-14, 21-17	0:30
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 # 29, Q7 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 0-1
7/6/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool G	Nystrom/Nystrom	26, Q2	Goricanec/Graessli	10	23-21, 21-17	0:38
Lead the series against # Q2 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
Lead the series against # Q6 Akers/Hochevar, United States 1-0
4/26/12	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 1	Goricanec/Graessli	27, Q12	Akers/Hochevar	6	15-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:50
Lead the series against # Q13 Nishibori/Urata, Japan 1-0
8/25/10	FIVB	The Hague Open	Qualifier 2	Goricanec/Graessli	Q11	Nishibori/Urata	Q22	21-15, 21-14	0:32
Trail the series against # Q14 Mooren/van der Vlist, Netherlands 0-1
5/1/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Mooren/van der Vlist	Q14	Goricanec/Graessli	Q19	17-21, 21-13, 16-14	0:47
Lead the series against # Q15 Ding/Huang, China 2-0
5/8/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Goricanec/Graessli	30, Q18	Ding/Huang	Q15	21-18, 21-17	0:37
4/25/12	FIVB	Sanya Open	Qualifier 3	Goricanec/Graessli	27, Q12	Ding/Huang	Q5	16-21, 21-15, 15-7	0:51
Trail the series against # Q21 Boulton/Johns, England 0-2
7/26/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Boulton/Johns	Q16	Goricanec/Graessli	Q17	21-12, 21-17	0:31
6/28/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Boulton/Johns	Q16	Goricanec/Graessli	Q17	21-17, 21-14	0:30
Lead the series against # Q26 Iatika/Pata, Vanuatu 1-0
4/25/12	FIVB	Sanya Open	Qualifier 2	Goricanec/Graessli	27, Q12	Iatika/Pata	Q21	21-14, 21-18	0:34
Lead the series against # Q31 Hermannova/Williams, Czech Republic 2-0
5/8/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Goricanec/Graessli	30, Q18	Hermannova/Williams	Q31	21-17, 21-18	0:37
8/24/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Qualifier 2	Goricanec/Graessli	Q10	Hermannova/Williams	Q23	21-12, 21-17	0:29