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€ 50,000 2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Varna Masters
August 22 - 26, 2012

(7) 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 CEV Best:

2nd (Cagliari 2014)

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 CEV Best:

7th (3 times)

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
CEV C&S 2010	Muriel Graessli - 5th	Tanja Goricanec - 5th
CEV C&S 2011	Muriel Graessli - 3rd	Tanja Goricanec - 3rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/13-18/2012	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	26, Q6	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	7/16-22/2012	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	27, Q8	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	7/11-15/2012	Berlin Grand Slam	Q6	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	7/2-7/2012	Gstaad Grand Slam	9	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/12-17/2012	Grand Slam Rome	28, Q9	25th	80	US$3,500.00
CEV	5/30-6/3/2012	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	14	17th	160	€ 1,000.00
CEV	5/23-26/2012	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Baden Masters	8	7th	300	€ 1,000.00
FIVB	5/7-12/2012	Beijing Grand Slam	30, Q18	17th	160	US$5,100.00
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

2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Varna Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 8/24/2012	Winner 1	Rimke Braakman / Michelle Stiekema, Netherlands (10)	Lost 21-13, 19-21, 12-15	0:53
Fri, 8/24/2012	Contender 1	Denitsa Dimitrova / Eva Tcholakova, Bulgaria (15)	Won 21-9, 21-12	0:32
Sat, 8/25/2012	Contender 2	Svetla Angelova / Asya Dinova, Bulgaria (5)	Won 21-18, 25-23	0:39
Sat, 8/25/2012	Contender 3	Emilia Nystrom / Erika Nystrom, Finland (6)	Lost 21-17, 13-21, 13-15	0:51

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	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	$10,500.00	2	9	18.2 %
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 %
2012	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	2	$25,100.00	14	19	42.4 %
2012	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	$3,000.00	5	7	41.7 %
Total	FIVB	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	8	$41,100.00	20	36	35.7 %
Total	CEV	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	$7,000.00	7	13	35.0 %
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
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
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	3	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,350.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2011	CEV Under Age
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	2	$12,550.00	2012	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	2	$12,550.00
3	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$1,500.00	2012	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$1,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2012	CEV C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$825.00
48	1	0	2	3	7	7	11	5	12	$26,725.00	Total	Total	94	3	1	1	2	10	11	20	15	31	$61,522.50

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	6	54.5%	0	0.0%	5	45.5%	6-5	54.5%	1	12.5%	3	37.5%	4	50.0%	1-7	12.5%	6-4	60.0%	1-8	11.1%	0	1	7-13	35.0%
2011-2012	5	55.6%	0	0.0%	4	44.4%	5-4	55.6%	1	20.0%	2	40.0%	2	40.0%	1-4	20.0%	5-2	71.4%	1-6	14.3%	0	1	6-9	40.0%
Against the Field	2	33.3%	0	0.0%	4	66.7%	2-4	33.3%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	4-2	66.7%	2-8	20.0%	0	0	3-5	37.5%

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 trail the series against the field 11-12 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 5 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Forrer/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 0-1
7/4/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool H	Forrer/Verge-Depre	25	Goricanec/Graessli	9	21-15, 21-16	0:33
Trail the series against # 2, Q1 Baquerizo/Fernandez, Spain 0-4
8/16/12	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Winner 1	Baquerizo/Fernandez	19	Goricanec/Graessli	26, Q6	22-20, 21-11	0:41
6/1/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Winner 1	Baquerizo/Fernandez	21	Goricanec/Graessli	14	21-17, 25-23	0:40
6/4/11	CEV C&S	CEV Satellite Baden	Contender 4	Baquerizo/Fernandez	3	Goricanec/Graessli	4	21-19, 21-19	0:33
7/17/10	CEV C&S	CEV Challenger Varna	Winner 3	Baquerizo/Fernandez	2	Goricanec/Graessli	6, Q1	19-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:56
Lead the series against # 3 Nestarcova/Pridalova, Slovakia 1-0
7/16/10	CEV C&S	CEV Challenger Varna	Winner 1	Goricanec/Graessli	6, Q1	Nestarcova/Pridalova	11, Q7	21-16, 21-16	0:36
Lead the series against # 4 Hermannova/Williams, Czech Republic 3-0
7/17/12	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Goricanec/Graessli	27, Q8	Hermannova/Williams	Q9	21-17, 21-14	0:34
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
Lead the series against # 5 Angelova/Dinova, Bulgaria 2-0
8/25/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Varna Masters	Contender 2	Goricanec/Graessli	7	Angelova/Dinova	5	21-18, 25-23	0:39
7/29/11	CEV C&S	CEV Varna Challenger	Winner 2	Goricanec/Graessli	1	Angelova/Dinova	8	21-15, 21-9	0:29
Trail the series against # 6 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 0-2
8/25/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Varna Masters	Contender 3	Nystrom/Nystrom	6	Goricanec/Graessli	7	17-21, 21-13, 15-13	0:51
7/6/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool G	Nystrom/Nystrom	26, Q2	Goricanec/Graessli	10	23-21, 21-17	0:38
Trail the series against # 8 Sinnema/Wesselink, Netherlands 0-2
7/11/12	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Sinnema/Wesselink	31, Q11	Goricanec/Graessli	Q6	21-18, 16-21, 17-15	0:47
5/25/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Baden Masters	Winner 1	Sinnema/Wesselink	9	Goricanec/Graessli	8	19-21, 21-15, 15-7	0:45
Lead the series against # 9 Brzostek/Wojtasik, Poland 1-0
5/25/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Baden Masters	Contender 2	Goricanec/Graessli	8	Brzostek/Wojtasik	6	19-21, 21-14, 16-14	0:53
Series tied with # 10 Braakman/Stiekema, Netherlands 2-2
8/24/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Varna Masters	Winner 1	Braakman/Stiekema	10	Goricanec/Graessli	7	13-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:53
7/22/11	CEV	CEV Polish Masters	Contender 3	Braakman/Stiekema	9	Goricanec/Graessli	3	17-21, 21-18, 16-14	0:44
8/6/10	CEV C&S	CEV Satellite Vaduz	Semi-Finals	Goricanec/Graessli	1	Braakman/Stiekema	6, Q1	21-17, 21-17	0:38
7/20/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Qualifier 2	Goricanec/Graessli	32, Q19	Braakman/Stiekema	Q14	21-19, 21-14	0:35
Trail the series against # 13, Q4 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 # 15 Dimitrova/Tcholakova, Bulgaria 1-0
8/24/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Varna Masters	Contender 1	Goricanec/Graessli	7	Dimitrova/Tcholakova	15	21-9, 21-12	0:32
Lead the series against # 16 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