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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Gstaad
July 5 - 10, 2021

(27, Q5) 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 Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2013	Did not play	Ben Saxton - 9th
2014	Todd Rogers - 17th	Ben Saxton - 9th
2015	Nick Lucena - 9th	Ben Saxton - 9th
2016	Did not play	Ben Saxton - 9th
2017	Casey Patterson - 25th	Ben Saxton - 17th
2018	John Hyden - 17th	Did not play
2019	Reid Priddy - Country Quota	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/2-6/2021	Ostrava 4 Star	Q14	33rd	160	US$0.00
FIVB	5/25-30/2021	Sochi 4 Star		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
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

Gstaad 4 Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 7/6/2021	Qualifier 2	Sean Faiga / Netanel Ohana, Israel (Q21)	Won 21-17, 18-21, 15-11	0:44
Wed, 7/7/2021	Pool F	Christiaan Varenhorst / Steven van de Velde, Netherlands (6)	Lost 16-21, 13-21	0:32
Thu, 7/8/2021	Pool F	Kusti Nolvak / Mart Tiisaar, Estonia (22)	Won 21-14, 21-16	0:31
Thu, 7/8/2021	Winner 1	Mirco Gerson / Adrian Heidrich, Switzerland (20)	Lost 12-21, 14-21	0:33

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	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	4	$10,000.00	12	10	54.5 %
Total	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	4	$10,000.00	12	10	54.5 %

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
7	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	4	$5,000.00	2021	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	4	$5,000.00
63	0	1	2	3	7	12	16	13	9	$185,162.50	Total	Total	76	0	1	4	1	9	19	13	11	18	$260,712.50

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	64.3%	2	14.3%	3	21.4%	11-3	78.6%	2	16.7%	3	25.0%	7	58.3%	2-10	16.7%	18-14	56.3%	8-12	40.0%	0	0	13-13	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
Series tied against the field 8-8 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 7 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 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
Trail the series against # 6 van de Velde/Varenhorst, Netherlands 0-1
7/7/21	FIVB	Gstaad 4 Star	Pool F	Varenhorst/van de Velde	6	Brunner/Schalk	27, Q5	21-16, 21-13	0:32
Lead the series against # 8 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
Lead the series against # 14 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
Trail the series against # 15 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 # 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 Gerson/Heidrich, Switzerland 0-1
7/8/21	FIVB	Gstaad 4 Star	Winner 1	Gerson/Heidrich	20	Brunner/Schalk	27, Q5	21-12, 21-14	0:33
Lead the series against # 22 Nolvak/Tiisaar, Estonia 1-0
7/8/21	FIVB	Gstaad 4 Star	Pool F	Brunner/Schalk	27, Q5	Nolvak/Tiisaar	22	21-14, 21-16	0:31
Trail the series against # 23 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
Trail the series against # 26, Q3 Doppler/Horst, Austria 0-1
6/2/21	FIVB	Ostrava 4 Star	Qualifier 2	Doppler/Horst	24, Q3	Brunner/Schalk	Q14	21-18, 17-21, 15-13	0:43
Lead the series against # 31 Haussener/Metral, Switzerland 1-0
4/28/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 3rd	Qualifier 2	Brunner/Schalk	27, Q7	Haussener/Metral	Q10	21-14, 21-16	0:34
Lead the series against # Q10 Evans/Kolinske, United States 2-1
4/27/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 3rd	Country Quota	Brunner/Schalk	27, Q7	Evans/Kolinske		22-20, 21-14	0:42
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
Trail the series against # Q13 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 # Q21 Faiga/Ohana, Israel 1-0
7/6/21	FIVB	Gstaad 4 Star	Qualifier 2	Brunner/Schalk	27, Q5	Faiga/Ohana	Q21	21-17, 18-21, 15-11	0:44