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AVP Tour
$300,000 AVP Gold Series Atlanta Open
August 5 - 7, 2022

(1) 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

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2021	Chaim Schalk - 2nd	Theo Brunner - 2nd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	7/29-31/2022	Fort Lauderdale Open	1	2nd	1990	$8,500.00
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

Atlanta Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/5/2022

Winner 1

Jacob Landel / Lev Priima (16)

Won 21-18, 21-16

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Theo Brunner	Total	25	16	1	0.600	6	5	0	4
	1	11	8	0	0.727	2	2	0	1
	2	14	8	1	0.500	4	3	0	3
Chaim Schalk	Total	13	6	2	0.308	0	5	1	3
	1	7	3	1	0.286	0	2	0	2
	2	6	3	1	0.333	0	3	1	1

Sat, 8/6/2022

Winner 2

Evan Cory / Billy Kolinske (9)

Lost 19-21, 23-25

0:56

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Theo Brunner	Total	25	10	5	0.200	2	1	0	3
	1	9	6	0	0.667	1	0	0	2
	2	16	4	5	-0.063	1	1	0	1
Chaim Schalk	Total	31	16	1	0.484	0	8	0	1
	1	13	8	1	0.538	0	4	0	1
	2	18	8	0	0.444	0	4	0	0

Sat, 8/6/2022

Contender 2

Avery Drost / Miles Evans (11)

Won 21-12, 21-16

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Theo Brunner	Total	11	9	1	0.727	3	2	1	2
	1	3	3	0	1.000	3	1	0	1
	2	8	6	1	0.625	0	1	1	1
Chaim Schalk	Total	22	15	2	0.591	1	5	2	3
	1	11	10	0	0.909	0	1	1	1
	2	11	5	2	0.273	1	4	1	2

Sun, 8/7/2022

Contender 3

Timothy Brewster / Kyle Friend (13)

Won 28-24

0:27

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Theo Brunner	Total	18	7	4	0.167	2	1	0	3
	1	18	7	4	0.167	2	1	0	3
Chaim Schalk	Total	11	5	2	0.273	1	3	0	2
	1	11	5	2	0.273	1	3	0	2

Sun, 8/7/2022

Contender 4

Andy Benesh / Nick Lucena (7)

Won 28-15

0:20

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Theo Brunner	Total	10	6	1	0.500	9	5	0	0
	1	10	6	1	0.500	9	5	0	0
Chaim Schalk	Total	12	5	1	0.333	0	4	1	1
	1	12	5	1	0.333	0	4	1	1

Sun, 8/7/2022

Semi-Finals

Chase Budinger / Troy Field (5)

Won 21-19, 21-17

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Theo Brunner	Total	12	8	1	0.583	4	3	0	3
	1	7	4	1	0.429	2	2	0	1
	2	5	4	0	0.800	2	1	0	2
Chaim Schalk	Total	31	18	3	0.484	0	9	0	1
	1	14	8	2	0.429	0	4	0	1
	2	17	10	1	0.529	0	5	0	0

Sun, 8/7/2022

Finals

Paul Lotman / Miles Partain (6)

Lost 21-17, 14-21, 9-15

1:07

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Theo Brunner	Total	39	19	7	0.308	3	0	1	1
	1	11	8	2	0.545	1	0	0	0
	2	17	5	3	0.118	1	0	1	1
	3	11	6	2	0.364	1	0	0	0
Chaim Schalk	Total	15	5	2	0.200	0	8	1	1
	1	6	3	0	0.500	0	3	0	0
	2	5	2	0	0.400	0	4	1	1
	3	4	0	2	-0.500	0	1	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Theo Brunner	140	75	20	0.393	29	17	2	16
Chaim Schalk	135	70	13	0.422	2	42	5	12

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	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$50,500.00	18	6	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	7	1	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$80,000.00	27	10	73.0 %
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
4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$25,250.00	2022	AVP	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$25,250.00
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
140	8	8	15	7	26	26	18	17	15	$405,487.50	Total	Total	126	6	6	16	4	19	32	14	11	18	$416,350.00

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	11	57.9%	2	10.5%	6	31.6%	13-6	68.4%	1	12.5%	1	12.5%	6	75.0%	1-7	12.5%	22-12	64.7%	6-10	37.5%	0	0	16-11	59.3%

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 16-7 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 1 Series, 2 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 # 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 Budinger/Field 3-1
8/7/22	AVP	Atlanta Open	Semi-Finals	Brunner/Schalk	1	Budinger/Field	5	21-19, 21-17	0:38
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 # 6 Lotman/Partain 2-2
8/7/22	AVP	Atlanta Open	Finals	Lotman/Partain	6	Brunner/Schalk	1	17-21, 21-14, 15-9	1:07
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 Benesh/Lucena 1-0
8/7/22	AVP	Atlanta Open	Contender 4	Brunner/Schalk	1	Benesh/Lucena	7	28-15	0:20
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
Trail the series against # 9 Cory/Kolinske 0-1
8/6/22	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 2	Cory/Kolinske	9	Brunner/Schalk	1	21-19, 25-23	0:56
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 # 11 Drost/Evans 1-0
8/6/22	AVP	Atlanta Open	Contender 2	Brunner/Schalk	1	Drost/Evans	11	21-12, 21-16	0:41
Lead the series against # 13 Brewster/Friend 1-0
8/7/22	AVP	Atlanta Open	Contender 3	Brunner/Schalk	1	Brewster/Friend	13	28-24	0:27
Lead the series against # 16 Landel/Priima 1-0
8/5/22	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 1	Brunner/Schalk	1	Landel/Priima	16	21-18, 21-16	0:44