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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Sochi
May 25 - 30, 2021

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 Sochi Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/28-5/2/2021	Cancun 4 Star - 3rd	27, Q7	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	4/22-26/2021	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	4/16-20/2021	Cancun 4 Star - 1st	31, Q17	17th	320	US$3,000.00
FIVB	3/8-12/2021	Doha 4-star	Q18	41st	40	US$0.00

Sochi 4 Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 5/25/2021	Country Quota	Travis Mewhirter / Adam Roberts, United States (Q22)	Lost 21-19, 17-21, 18-20	1:03

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	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	$7,000.00	9	7	56.3 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	$7,000.00	9	7	56.3 %

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
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	$3,500.00	2021	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	$3,500.00
61	0	1	2	3	7	12	15	13	8	$183,662.50	Total	Total	74	0	1	4	1	9	19	12	11	17	$259,212.50

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	9	56.3%	1	6.3%	6	37.5%	10-6	62.5%	2	13.3%	3	20.0%	10	66.7%	2-13	13.3%	18-20	47.4%	6-18	25.0%	0	0	12-19	38.7%

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	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
Series tied against the field 6-6 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 6 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 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 # 7 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 # 13 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
Lead the series against # 16 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
Lead the series against # 19 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 # 20 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 0-1
4/29/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 3rd	Pool F	Gavira/Herrera	6	Brunner/Schalk	27, Q7	21-19, 21-15	0:42
Lead the series against # 25, Q4 Breer/Krattiger, Switzerland 1-0
4/30/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 3rd	Pool F	Brunner/Schalk	27, Q7	Breer/Krattiger	22, Q1	21-14, 21-10	0:38
Trail the series against # 28, Q7 Boermans/de Groot, Netherlands 0-1
4/30/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 3rd	Winner 2	Boermans/de Groot	29, Q11	Brunner/Schalk	27, Q7	21-15, 21-19	0:38
Lead the series against # Q3 O'Gorman/Saxton, Canada 1-0
4/30/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 3rd	Winner 1	Brunner/Schalk	27, Q7	O'Gorman/Saxton	21	21-19, 21-15	0:36
Lead the series against # Q13 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
Trail the series against # Q16 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
Trail the series against # Q22 Mewhirter/Roberts, United States 0-1
5/25/21	FIVB	Sochi 4 Star	Country Quota	Mewhirter/Roberts	Q22	Brunner/Schalk		19-21, 21-17, 20-18	1:03