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AVP Tour
$125,000 AVP Pro Series Fort Lauderdale Open
July 29 - 31, 2022

(1) Theo Brunner/Chaim Schalk

Theo Brunner

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 17, 1985 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Ridgefield, CT

Height:

6'7"

College(s):

California-Santa Barbara

Seasons:

Tournaments:

176

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$541,912.50

Chaim Schalk

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 23, 1986 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

Red Deer, Alberta

Height:

6'5"

College(s):

Red Deer College
Trinity Western

Seasons:

Tournaments:

163

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$498,400.00

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 Fort Lauderdale Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
FIVB 2015	Did not play	Ben Saxton - 7th
FIVB 2017	Casey Patterson - 9th	Ben Saxton - 17th
FIVB 2018	John Hyden - 5th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	7/8-10/2022	Hermosa Beach Open	2	1st	2095	$14,000.00
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

Fort Lauderdale Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 7/29/2022

Winner 1

Mark Burik / Brandon Joyner (16)

Won 21-16, 21-16

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Theo Brunner	Total	19	10	3	0.368	1	4	0	2
	1	12	6	2	0.333	0	1	0	1
	2	7	4	1	0.429	1	3	0	1
Chaim Schalk	Total	24	15	2	0.542	0	6	1	0
	1	10	7	0	0.700	0	3	1	0
	2	14	8	2	0.429	0	3	0	0

Fri, 7/29/2022

Winner 2

Dave Palm / Roberto Rodriguez (9)

Won 17-21, 21-16, 15-11

0:58

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Theo Brunner	Total	26	17	2	0.577	0	8	2	3
	1	12	8	1	0.583	0	4	0	2
	2	7	5	0	0.714	0	1	2	0
	3	7	4	1	0.429	0	3	0	1
Chaim Schalk	Total	42	23	4	0.452	0	17	0	3
	1	16	5	1	0.250	0	5	0	1
	2	11	9	1	0.727	0	4	0	2
	3	15	9	2	0.467	0	8	0	0

Sat, 7/30/2022

Winner 3

Taylor Crabb / Taylor Sander (4)

Won 21-16, 21-10

0:37

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Theo Brunner	Total	7	6	1	0.714	3	3	4	2
	1	5	4	1	0.600	0	1	2	1
	2	2	2	0	1.000	3	2	2	1
Chaim Schalk	Total	20	15	2	0.650	0	9	0	3
	1	11	8	1	0.636	0	4	0	0
	2	9	7	1	0.667	0	5	0	3

Sun, 7/31/2022

Semi-Finals

Paul Lotman / Miles Partain (5)

Won 21-13, 21-16

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Theo Brunner	Total	22	10	4	0.273	2	1	3	4
	1	6	3	2	0.167	2	0	1	3
	2	16	7	2	0.313	0	1	2	1
Chaim Schalk	Total	16	12	0	0.750	0	12	0	2
	1	5	5	0	1.000	0	3	0	2
	2	11	7	0	0.636	0	9	0	0

Sun, 7/31/2022

Finals

Tri Bourne / Trevor Crabb (2)

Lost 21-23, 14-21

0:53

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Theo Brunner	Total	24	13	4	0.375	3	0	0	4
	1	11	5	1	0.364	3	0	0	1
	2	13	8	3	0.385	0	0	0	3
Chaim Schalk	Total	26	11	8	0.115	0	11	0	1
	1	18	8	4	0.222	0	10	0	0
	2	8	3	4	-0.125	0	1	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Theo Brunner	98	56	14	0.429	9	16	9	15
Chaim Schalk	128	76	16	0.469	0	55	1	9

Head to Head Results
Brunner/Schalk lead the series against the field 13-5 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 0 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 2 Bourne/Crabb 3-3
7/31/22	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Finals	Bourne/Crabb	2	Brunner/Schalk	1	23-21, 21-14	0:53
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 # 3 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
Lead the series against # 4 Crabb/Sander 2-0
7/30/22	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 3	Brunner/Schalk	1	Crabb/Sander	4	21-16, 21-10	0:37
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 # 5 Lotman/Partain 2-1
7/31/22	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Semi-Finals	Brunner/Schalk	1	Lotman/Partain	5	21-13, 21-16	0:44
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 # 7 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 # 9 Palm/Rodriguez 1-0
7/29/22	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 2	Brunner/Schalk	1	Palm/Rodriguez	9	17-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:58
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 # 16 Burik/Joyner 1-0
7/29/22	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 1	Brunner/Schalk	1	Burik/Joyner	16	21-16, 21-16	0:42