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$125,000 AVP Pro Series Hermosa Beach Open
July 8 - 10, 2022

(2) 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 Hermosa Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2009	Aaron Mansfield - 25th	Did not play
2010	Aaron Mansfield - 13th	Did not play
2018	John Hyden - 1st	Tim Bomgren - 7th
2019	Did not play	Jeremy Casebeer - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/10-19/2022	Beach Volleyball World Championships	19	4th	1120	US$28,000.00
FIVB	6/1-5/2022	Jurmala Elite 16	7	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	5/25-29/2022	Ostrava Elite 16	11	13th	460	US$5,000.00
AVP	5/6-8/2022	Austin Open	3	3rd	1891	$6,000.00
FIVB	4/14-17/2022	Itapema Challenge	8	5th	600	US$3,750.00
FIVB	3/23-27/2022	Rosarito Elite 16	14, Q6	9th	600	US$6,000.00
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
AVP	9/1-5/2021	Chicago Open	5	7th	518	$5,000.00
AVP	8/18-22/2021	Manhattan Beach Open	3	3rd	972	$10,500.00
AVP	8/11-15/2021	Atlanta Open	4	2nd	896	$14,000.00
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

Hermosa Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 7/8/2022

Winner 1

Lev Priima / Silila Tucker (15)

Won 21-16, 19-21, 15-11

1:00

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Theo Brunner	Total	15	6	0	0.400	6	1	2	2
	1	4	1	0	0.250	3	1	0	1
	2	7	4	0	0.571	2	0	0	1
	3	4	1	0	0.250	1	0	2	0
Chaim Schalk	Total	39	19	4	0.385	6	11	0	1
	1	11	8	0	0.727	0	2	0	1
	2	18	5	4	0.056	6	6	0	0
	3	10	6	0	0.600	0	3	0	0

Fri, 7/8/2022

Winner 2

Paul Lotman / Miles Partain (7)

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

0:51

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Theo Brunner	Total	13	6	1	0.385	3	6	0	1
	1	4	3	0	0.750	3	1	0	0
	2	5	2	0	0.400	0	4	0	0
	3	4	1	1	0.000	0	1	0	1
Chaim Schalk	Total	46	23	6	0.370	0	11	0	2
	1	13	8	3	0.385	0	5	0	0
	2	17	10	2	0.471	0	2	0	1
	3	16	5	1	0.250	0	4	0	1

Sat, 7/9/2022

Contender 2

Noah Dyer / Chase Frishman (13)

Won 21-17, 21-17

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Theo Brunner	Total	18	9	3	0.333	3	3	1	4
	1	7	3	1	0.286	1	1	0	3
	2	11	6	2	0.364	2	2	1	1
Chaim Schalk	Total	26	18	2	0.615	0	9	1	2
	1	19	11	2	0.474	0	5	0	0
	2	7	7	0	1.000	0	4	1	2

Sat, 7/9/2022

Contender 3

Tri Bourne / Trevor Crabb (1)

Won 21-19, 22-20

0:48

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Theo Brunner	Total	22	12	2	0.455	5	5	2	4
	1	7	5	1	0.571	3	0	1	2
	2	15	7	1	0.400	2	5	1	2
Chaim Schalk	Total	31	17	4	0.419	0	11	2	1
	1	16	9	3	0.375	0	7	2	0
	2	15	8	1	0.467	0	4	0	1

Sun, 7/10/2022

Contender 4

Jake Dietrich / Hagen Smith (16)

Won 21-18, 21-19

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Theo Brunner	Total	18	8	0	0.444	3	2	1	2
	1	10	4	0	0.400	2	1	0	1
	2	8	4	0	0.500	1	1	1	1
Chaim Schalk	Total	28	19	2	0.607	0	6	0	2
	1	12	7	2	0.417	0	4	0	1
	2	16	12	0	0.750	0	2	0	1

Sun, 7/10/2022

Semi-Finals

Paul Lotman / Miles Partain (7)

Won 21-13, 18-21, 15-12

0:54

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Theo Brunner	Total	18	9	3	0.333	1	1	2	4
	1	4	3	0	0.750	1	1	2	1
	2	8	2	3	-0.125	0	0	0	0
	3	6	4	0	0.667	0	0	0	3
Chaim Schalk	Total	24	15	0	0.625	0	3	0	1
	1	11	7	0	0.636	0	1	0	1
	2	9	7	0	0.778	0	1	0	0
	3	4	1	0	0.250	0	1	0	0

Sun, 7/10/2022

Finals

Taylor Crabb / Taylor Sander (5)

Won 22-20, 24-26, 15-9

1:14

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Theo Brunner	Total	33	20	3	0.515	3	7	2	3
	1	13	7	1	0.462	1	5	1	0
	2	12	7	2	0.417	1	0	0	3
	3	8	6	0	0.750	1	2	1	0
Chaim Schalk	Total	34	22	5	0.500	0	13	0	1
	1	13	9	0	0.692	0	4	0	1
	2	13	8	5	0.231	0	4	0	0
	3	8	5	0	0.625	0	5	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Theo Brunner	137	70	12	0.423	24	25	10	20
Chaim Schalk	228	133	23	0.482	6	64	3	10

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	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$29,500.00	9	4	69.2 %
2021	FIVB	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	4	$18,000.00	20	12	62.5 %
2022	AVP	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$20,000.00	9	3	75.0 %
2022	FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	$53,250.00	14	14	50.0 %
Total	AVP	5	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$49,500.00	18	7	72.0 %
Total	FIVB	15	1	0	0	1	2	0	4	1	2	0	4	$71,250.00	34	26	56.7 %

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
3	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$14,750.00	2021	AVP	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$14,750.00
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	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00	2022	AVP	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00
6	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	$26,625.00	2022	FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	$26,625.00
138	8	6	15	7	26	26	18	17	15	$390,237.50	Total	Total	124	6	4	16	4	19	32	14	11	18	$401,100.00

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%
2021-2022	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%
Against the Field	12	60.0%	3	15.0%	5	25.0%	15-5	75.0%	1	14.3%	0	0.0%	6	85.7%	1-6	14.3%	24-12	66.7%	8-8	50.0%	0	0	17-10	63.0%

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	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 12-4 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 0 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Bourne/Crabb 3-2
7/9/22	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 3	Brunner/Schalk	2	Bourne/Crabb	1	21-19, 22-20	0:48
9/3/21	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 2	Bourne/Crabb	4	Brunner/Schalk	5	21-10, 21-15	0:35
8/22/21	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Bourne/Crabb	4	Brunner/Schalk	3	18-21, 21-18, 15-11	1:03
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 # 5 Crabb/Sander 1-0
7/10/22	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Finals	Brunner/Schalk	2	Crabb/Sander	5	22-20, 24-26, 15-9	1:14
Lead the series against # 6 Budinger/Field 2-1
5/8/22	AVP	Austin Open	Semi-Finals	Budinger/Field	4	Brunner/Schalk	3	21-18, 22-20	0:43
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
Series tied with # 7 Lotman/Partain 1-1
7/10/22	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Brunner/Schalk	2	Lotman/Partain	7	21-13, 18-21, 15-12	0:54
7/8/22	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 2	Lotman/Partain	7	Brunner/Schalk	2	15-21, 21-16, 16-14	0:51
Lead the series against # 8 Allen/Casebeer 1-0
5/6/22	AVP	Austin Open	Winner 2	Brunner/Schalk	3	Allen/Casebeer	6	21-19, 21-14	0:39
Lead the series against # 10 Hyden/Webber 1-0
5/8/22	AVP	Austin Open	Contender 4	Brunner/Schalk	3	Hyden/Webber	8	21-14, 21-15	0:33
Lead the series against # 13 Dyer/Frishman 1-0
7/9/22	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 2	Brunner/Schalk	2	Dyer/Frishman	13	21-17, 21-17	0:40
Lead the series against # 15 Priima/Tucker 1-0
7/8/22	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 1	Brunner/Schalk	2	Priima/Tucker	15	21-16, 19-21, 15-11	1:00
Lead the series against # 16 Dietrich/Smith 1-0
7/10/22	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 4	Brunner/Schalk	2	Dietrich/Smith	16	21-18, 21-19	0:41