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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 Rosarito Elite 16
March 23 - 27, 2022

(14, Q6) 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 Rosarito Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/16-20/2022	Tlaxcala Challenge	11	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	11/10-14/2021	Itapema Four Star	5	9th	400	US$4,000.00
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

Rosarito Elite 16 Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 3/23/2022	Qualifier 1	Mathias Berntsen / Hendrik Mol, Norway (Q11)	Won 24-22, 21-14	0:39
Wed, 3/23/2022	Qualifier 2	Chase Budinger / Troy Field, United States (Q14)	Won 21-19, 21-18	0:36
Thu, 3/24/2022	Pool C	Adrian Carambula / Enrico Rossi, Italy (6)	Lost 14-21, 14-21	0:34
Fri, 3/25/2022	Pool C	Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Janis Smedins, Latvia (11)	Won 21-17, 21-15	0:33
Fri, 3/25/2022	Pool C	Andre Loyola / George Wanderley, Brazil (3)	Lost 21-10, 15-21, 12-15	0:49

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	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	4	$18,000.00	20	12	62.5 %
2022	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$8,500.00	5	4	55.6 %
Total	FIVB	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	0	4	$26,500.00	25	16	61.0 %

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
9	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	4	$9,000.00	2021	FIVB	9	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	4	$9,000.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$4,250.00	2022	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$4,250.00
67	1	1	2	3	7	15	16	13	9	$193,412.50	Total	Total	80	1	1	4	1	9	22	13	11	18	$268,962.50

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%
2021-2022	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%
Against the Field	11	68.8%	1	6.3%	4	25.0%	12-4	75.0%	1	9.1%	3	27.3%	7	63.6%	1-10	9.1%	22-14	61.1%	4-14	22.2%	0	0	13-14	48.1%

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 9-6 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 6 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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 # 3 Loyola/Wanderley, Brazil 0-1
3/25/22	FIVB	Rosarito Elite 16	Pool C	Loyola/Wanderley	3	Brunner/Schalk	14, Q6	10-21, 21-15, 15-12	0:49
Trail the series against # 4 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
Trail the series against # 6 Carambula/Rossi, Italy 0-1
3/24/22	FIVB	Rosarito Elite 16	Pool C	Carambula/Rossi	6	Brunner/Schalk	14, Q6	21-14, 21-14	0:34
Lead the series against # 10 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 # 11 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 1-0
3/25/22	FIVB	Rosarito Elite 16	Pool C	Brunner/Schalk	14, Q6	Samoilovs/Smedins	11	21-17, 21-15	0:33
Trail the series against # 13, Q4 Carvalhaes/Cerutti, Brazil 0-1
11/12/21	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Winner 2	Carvalhaes/Cerutti	2	Brunner/Schalk	5	21-16, 21-18	0:36
Trail the series against # 15, Q7 Cottafava/Nicolai, Italy 0-1
3/17/22	FIVB	Tlaxcala Challenge	Pool B	Cottafava/Nicolai	14	Brunner/Schalk	11	24-22, 21-16	0:39
Lead the series against # Q3 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
Lead the series against # Q5 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 # Q9 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
Lead the series against # Q11 Berntsen/Mol, Norway 1-0
3/23/22	FIVB	Rosarito Elite 16	Qualifier 1	Brunner/Schalk	14, Q6	Berntsen/Mol	Q11	24-22, 21-14	0:39
Lead the series against # Q14 Budinger/Field, United States 2-0
3/23/22	FIVB	Rosarito Elite 16	Qualifier 2	Brunner/Schalk	14, Q6	Budinger/Field	Q14	21-19, 21-18	0:36
7/18/21	FIVB	Rubavu 2 Star	Gold Medal	Brunner/Schalk	2	Budinger/Field	21, Q7	25-23, 21-15	0:37
Lead the series against # Q16 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