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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 Cancun Hub - 1st Event
April 16 - 20, 2021

(31, Q17) Theo Brunner/Chaim Schalk, United States

Theo Brunner
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 17, 1985 (40 yrs old)

Home Town:

Ridgefield, CT

Height:

201 cm (6'7")

Weight:

91 kg (200 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$273,162.50

Chaim Schalk
Canada

/ United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 23, 1986 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Red Deer, Alberta

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

117

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Rubavu 2021)

Career Winnings:

US$354,537.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	CQ	Money
FIVB	15	1	0	0	1	2	0	4	1	2	0	1	1	2	US$71,250.00

Previous Cancun Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/8-12/2021	Doha 4-star	Q18	41st	40	US$0.00

Cancun 4 Star - 1st Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 4/15/2021	Country Quota	Miles Evans / Billy Kolinske, United States	Won 21-19, 21-18	0:37
Fri, 4/16/2021	Qualifier 1	David Ahman / Jonatan Hellvig, Sweden (Q16)	Won 21-17, 23-21	0:39
Fri, 4/16/2021	Qualifier 2	Esteban Grimalt / Marco Grimalt, Chile (Q1)	Won 21-12, 21-19	0:32
Sat, 4/17/2021	Pool B	Alison Cerutti / Alvaro Filho, Brazil (2)	Won 17-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:54
Sun, 4/18/2021	Pool B	Daniele Lupo / Paolo Nicolai, Italy (15)	Lost 18-21, 19-21	0:36
Sun, 4/18/2021	Winner 1	Ahmed Tijan / Cherif Younousse, Qatar (17)	Lost 16-21, 18-21	0:35

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$28,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$19,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	2	0	0	$20,250.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00
Total	15	1	0	0	1	2	0	4	1	2	0	0	$71,250.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Theo Brunner												Chaim Schalk
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	$45,500.00	World Championships	6	0	0	0	1	3	0	1	0	1	$46,200.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$7,500.00	World Tour Finals	3	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	$20,750.00
39	0	0	2	0	3	13	11	8	0	$141,350.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	56	0	1	4	0	5	20	18	5	0	$236,825.00
46	2	1	0	2	9	11	11	4	0	$70,312.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	49	0	0	1	1	11	8	7	6	0	$47,962.50
5	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	$8,500.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
											Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$800.00
96	3	2	2	5	12	27	23	13	0	$273,162.50	Total	117	1	1	5	3	22	29	26	11	1	$354,537.50

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
2021	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$3,000.00	5	3	62.5 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$3,000.00	5	3	62.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Theo Brunner													Chaim Schalk
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2010	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$1,000.00
											2010	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$800.00
											2011	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$1,000.00
											2012	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$1,850.00	2013	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	1	3	$25,075.00
8	0	0	1	1	2	1	2	0	1	$38,125.00	2014	FIVB	11	0	0	1	0	1	4	3	2	0	$50,000.00
11	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	4	0	$56,087.50	2015	FIVB	11	0	1	1	0	2	3	2	2	0	$75,650.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	0	$17,700.00	2016	FIVB	15	0	0	2	1	2	7	2	1	0	$73,187.50
9	0	0	0	1	1	3	1	3	0	$29,500.00	2017	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	3	0	$29,000.00
7	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	1	0	$20,000.00	2018	FIVB
11	0	1	0	0	1	2	2	3	2	$16,900.00	2019	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$1,500.00	2021	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$1,500.00
58	0	1	2	3	7	11	15	13	6	$181,662.50	Total	Total	71	0	1	4	1	9	18	12	11	15	$257,212.50

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	28	77.8%	2	5.6%	6	16.7%	30-6	83.3%	4	16.7%	5	20.8%	15	62.5%	4-20	16.7%	28-15	65.1%	6-11	35.3%	0	0	34-26	56.7%
2020-2021	17	85.0%	1	5.0%	2	10.0%	18-2	90.0%	2	16.7%	2	16.7%	8	66.7%	2-10	16.7%	17-8	68.0%	3-4	42.9%	0	0	20-12	62.5%
Against the Field	12	66.7%	1	5.6%	5	27.8%	13-5	72.2%	3	21.4%	4	28.6%	7	50.0%	3-11	21.4%	24-14	63.2%	8-18	30.8%	0	0	16-16	50.0%

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	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	4	4
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	2	0	3	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	7
Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	2	5	2	7	5	1	0	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	15
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
Total	3	2	7	2	13	13	1	0	8	7	1	1	0	1	1	0	34	26

Head to Head Results
Brunner/Schalk lead the series against the field 5-4 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 3 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 2 Cerutti/Filho, Brazil 1-0
4/17/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 1st	Pool B	Brunner/Schalk	31, Q17	Cerutti/Filho	2	17-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:54
Trail the series against # 15 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 0-1
4/18/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 1st	Pool B	Lupo/Nicolai	15	Brunner/Schalk	31, Q17	21-18, 21-19	0:36
Trail the series against # 17 Tijan/Younousse, Qatar 0-1
4/18/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 1st	Winner 1	Tijan/Younousse	17	Brunner/Schalk	31, Q17	21-16, 21-18	0:35
Lead the series against # 22 Bourne/Crabb, United States 1-0
2/18/21	FIVB	Doha 4-star	Country Quota	Brunner/Schalk	Q18	Bourne/Crabb		17-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:54
Series tied with Evans/Kolinske, United States 1-1
4/15/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 1st	Country Quota	Brunner/Schalk	31, Q17	Evans/Kolinske		21-19, 21-18	0:37
4/21/17	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	Country Quota	Evans/Kolinske	Q13	Brunner/Schalk		35-33, 21-18	0:52
Lead the series against # Q1 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 1-0
4/16/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 1st	Qualifier 2	Brunner/Schalk	31, Q17	Grimalt/Grimalt	Q1	21-12, 21-19	0:32
Trail the series against # Q15 Huerta/Menendez, Spain 0-1
3/8/21	FIVB	Doha 4-star	Qualifier 1	Huerta/Menendez	Q15	Brunner/Schalk	Q18	18-21, 21-13, 15-12	0:48
Lead the series against # Q16 Ahman/Hellvig, Sweden 1-0
4/16/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 1st	Qualifier 1	Brunner/Schalk	31, Q17	Ahman/Hellvig	Q16	21-17, 23-21	0:39