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AVP Tour
$200,000 Gold Series Atlanta Open
August 11 - 15, 2021

(4) Theo Brunner/Chaim Schalk

Theo Brunner

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 17, 1985 (40 yrs old)

Home Town:

Ridgefield, CT

Height:

6'7"

College(s):

California-Santa Barbara

Seasons:

Tournaments:

180

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$550,887.50

Chaim Schalk

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 23, 1986 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Red Deer, Alberta

Height:

6'5"

College(s):

Red Deer College
Trinity Western

Seasons:

Tournaments:

176

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$541,525.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	CQ	Money
AVP	11	1	4	3	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$116,100.00
FIVB	15	1	0	0	1	2	0	4	1	2	0	1	1	2	US$71,250.00
NORCECA	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$500.00
Overall	27	2	4	4	1	2	1	5	2	2	0	1	1	2	US$187,850.00

Previous Atlanta Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/14-18/2021	Rubavu 2 Star	2	1st	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/5-10/2021	Gstaad 4 Star	27, Q5	17th	320	US$3,000.00
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

Atlanta Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/13/2021

Winner 1

Avery Drost / Miles Partain (13, Q1)

Won 21-17, 21-18

0:49

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Theo Brunner	Total	13	8	0	0.615	9	2	1	4
	1	6	4	0	0.667	4	1	1	1
	2	7	4	0	0.571	5	1	0	3
Chaim Schalk	Total	27	14	4	0.370	0	9	1	2
	1	12	5	2	0.250	0	4	1	1
	2	15	9	2	0.467	0	5	0	1

Fri, 8/13/2021

Winner 2

Billy Allen / Andy Benesh (12)

Won 21-14, 21-17

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Theo Brunner	Total	15	13	0	0.867	3	0	1	0
	1	8	6	0	0.750	1	0	1	0
	2	7	7	0	1.000	2	0	0	0
Chaim Schalk	Total	25	17	2	0.600	0	6	1	1
	1	11	9	0	0.818	0	2	1	1
	2	14	8	2	0.429	0	4	0	0

Sat, 8/14/2021

Winner 3

Michael Groselle / David Vander Meer (16, Q12)

Won 21-9, 21-10

0:30

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Theo Brunner	Total	16	12	1	0.688	6	1	0	1
	1	8	5	0	0.625	3	0	0	1
	2	8	7	1	0.750	3	1	0	0
Chaim Schalk	Total	14	10	1	0.643	0	11	1	2
	1	9	6	1	0.556	0	8	0	1
	2	5	4	0	0.800	0	3	1	1

Sun, 8/15/2021

Semi-Finals

Tri Bourne / Trevor Crabb (6)

Won 10-21, 21-19, 15-11

0:54

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Theo Brunner	Total	32	18	6	0.375	5	1	0	1
	1	13	6	3	0.231	1	0	0	1
	2	13	8	1	0.538	3	0	0	0
	3	6	4	2	0.333	1	1	0	0
Chaim Schalk	Total	27	14	3	0.407	0	13	0	1
	1	6	1	2	-0.167	0	3	0	0
	2	11	6	1	0.455	0	6	0	1
	3	10	7	0	0.700	0	4	0	0

Sun, 8/15/2021

Finals

Chase Budinger / Casey Patterson (3)

Lost 21-14, 16-21, 13-15

1:05

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Theo Brunner	Total	38	19	3	0.421	6	4	1	3
	1	10	6	1	0.500	4	2	1	1
	2	14	6	0	0.429	2	0	0	1
	3	14	7	2	0.357	0	2	0	1
Chaim Schalk	Total	23	12	3	0.391	0	12	2	1
	1	11	6	1	0.455	0	4	0	1
	2	6	4	0	0.667	0	6	1	0
	3	6	2	2	0.000	0	2	1	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Theo Brunner	114	70	10	0.526	29	8	3	9
Chaim Schalk	116	67	13	0.466	0	51	5	7

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	12	0	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	2	0	0	$39,250.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00
Confederation Championship	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$500.00
Manhattan Beach	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,500.00
Tour Championships	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$8,500.00
Gold Series	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$48,200.00
Heritage Series/Pro Series	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$29,900.00
Total	27	2	4	4	1	2	1	5	2	2	0	0	$187,850.00

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
83	4	5	6	2	18	19	11	8	0	$165,257.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	67	1	2	6	1	17	11	8	6	0	$108,712.50
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
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$250.00	Confederation Championship	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$250.00
11	0	1	3	0	3	0	2	0	0	$28,530.00	Manhattan Beach	4	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	$13,675.00
6	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	$26,500.00	Tour Championships	4	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	$21,062.50
7	1	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	$60,850.00	Gold Series	7	0	2	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	$40,500.00
10	3	1	2	0	2	1	1	0	0	$47,800.00	Heritage Series/Pro Series	12	2	2	4	0	0	3	1	0	0	$43,025.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,875.00	Contender Series/Tour Series	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$900.00
169	11	11	17	5	30	37	26	17	0	$536,912.50	Total	164	4	8	20	3	32	39	28	11	1	$534,700.00

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
2021	AVP	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$14,000.00	4	1	80.0 %
2021	FIVB	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	4	$14,000.00	18	10	64.3 %
Total	AVP	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$14,000.00	4	1	80.0 %
Total	FIVB	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	4	$14,000.00	18	10	64.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Theo Brunner													Chaim Schalk
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2006	AVP
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2007	AVP
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2008	AVP
7	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	2	$2,150.00	2009	AVP
											2009	NORCECA	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$250.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	$1,675.00	2010	AVP
											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
											2011	NORCECA	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$250.00
											2012	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
											2012	NORCECA	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$850.00
7	1	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	$30,250.00	2013	AVP
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$300.00	2013	NVL
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
3	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,750.00	2013	NORCECA	3	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,725.00
7	0	1	1	0	3	2	0	0	0	$18,950.00	2014	AVP
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
3	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$3,375.00	2014	NORCECA	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$4,800.00	2015	AVP
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
											2015	NORCECA	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
6	1	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	$20,850.00	2016	AVP
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
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$550.00	2016	NORCECA
5	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	$16,100.00	2017	AVP	5	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	$8,762.50
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
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	2017	Other	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$500.00
5	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	$22,000.00	2018	AVP	7	0	1	1	0	2	3	0	0	0	$21,225.00
7	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	1	0	$20,000.00	2018	FIVB
4	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$12,950.00	2019	AVP	8	1	1	2	0	3	1	0	0	0	$37,200.00
11	0	1	0	0	1	2	2	3	2	$16,900.00	2019	FIVB
											2019	NORCECA	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,250.00
3	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00	2020	AVP	3	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$11,000.00
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
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,000.00	2021	AVP	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,000.00
8	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	4	$7,000.00	2021	FIVB	8	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	4	$7,000.00
127	7	6	13	6	23	22	18	17	15	$343,862.50	Total	Total	113	5	4	14	3	16	28	14	11	18	$354,725.00

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	26	72.2%	4	11.1%	6	16.7%	30-6	83.3%	2	16.7%	2	16.7%	8	66.7%	2-10	16.7%	26-8	76.5%	6-8	42.9%	0	0	34-16	68.0%
2020-2021	8	80.0%	0	0.0%	2	20.0%	8-2	80.0%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	8-2	80.0%	1-2	33.3%	0	0	9-4	69.2%
Against the Field	9	81.8%	0	0.0%	2	18.2%	9-2	81.8%	1	20.0%	0	0.0%	4	80.0%	1-4	20.0%	18-8	69.2%	2-4	33.3%	0	0	10-6	62.5%

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	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	7	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	25	18
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
Manhattan Beach	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	1
Tour Championships	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
Gold Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	11	5
Heritage Series/Pro Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	13	6
Total	3	2	7	2	13	13	1	0	27	13	6	4	0	1	1	0	68	42

Head to Head Results
Brunner/Schalk lead the series against the field 5-2 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Budinger/Patterson 0-1
8/15/21	AVP	Atlanta Open	Finals	Budinger/Patterson	3	Brunner/Schalk	4	14-21, 21-16, 15-13	1:05
Lead the series against # 6 Bourne/Crabb 2-0
8/15/21	AVP	Atlanta Open	Semi-Finals	Brunner/Schalk	4	Bourne/Crabb	6	10-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:54
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 # 12 Allen/Benesh 1-0
8/13/21	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 2	Brunner/Schalk	4	Allen/Benesh	12	21-14, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # 13, Q1 Drost/Partain 1-0
8/13/21	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 1	Brunner/Schalk	4	Drost/Partain	13, Q1	21-17, 21-18	0:49
Lead the series against # 16, Q12 Groselle/Vander Meer 1-0
8/14/21	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 3	Brunner/Schalk	4	Groselle/Vander Meer	16, Q12	21-9, 21-10	0:30
Trail the series against # Q7 Mewhirter/Roberts 0-1
5/25/21	FIVB	Sochi 4 Star	Country Quota	Mewhirter/Roberts	Q22	Brunner/Schalk		19-21, 21-17, 20-18	1:03