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$300,000 AVP Gold Series Manhattan Beach Open
August 18 - 21, 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 Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2006	Ben Brockman - 89th	Did not play
2007	Ben Brockman - 89th	Did not play
2009	Aaron Mansfield - 17th	Did not play
2013	Nick Lucena - 5th	Did not play
2014	Todd Rogers - 2nd	Did not play
2015	Sean Rosenthal - 7th	Did not play
2016	Billy Allen - 5th	Did not play
2017	Casey Patterson - 3rd	Marty Lorenz - 13th
2018	John Hyden - 3rd	Tim Bomgren - 7th
2019	John Hyden - 17th	Jeremy Casebeer - 5th
2021	Chaim Schalk - 3rd	Theo Brunner - 3rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/5-7/2022	Atlanta Open	1	2nd	2205	$22,000.00
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

Manhattan Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/19/2022

Winner 1

Frank Field / Tal Shavit (32, Q47)

Won 21-14, 21-11

0:33

Fri, 8/19/2022

Winner 2

Tim Bomgren / Piotr Marciniak (17)

Won 21-15, 21-11

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Theo Brunner	Total	14	9	2	0.500	4	2	1	2
	1	9	6	1	0.556	3	1	1	1
	2	5	3	1	0.400	1	1	0	1
Chaim Schalk	Total	18	14	1	0.722	2	6	3	3
	1	7	5	0	0.714	1	3	2	0
	2	11	9	1	0.727	1	3	1	3

Sat, 8/20/2022

Winner 3

Brian Miller / Raffe Paulis (24)

Won 21-18, 21-23, 16-14

1:08

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Theo Brunner	Total	35	16	6	0.286	4	8	0	2
	1	13	5	4	0.077	1	1	0	0
	2	12	5	1	0.333	2	1	0	0
	3	10	6	1	0.500	1	6	0	2
Chaim Schalk	Total	35	20	4	0.457	0	16	3	1
	1	10	7	0	0.700	0	7	2	1
	2	16	9	4	0.313	0	7	1	0
	3	9	4	0	0.444	0	2	0	0

Sat, 8/20/2022

Winner 4

Taylor Crabb / Taylor Sander (5)

Won 23-21, 21-15

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Theo Brunner	Total	19	12	1	0.579	6	1	2	3
	1	10	7	1	0.600	1	0	0	2
	2	9	5	0	0.556	5	1	2	1
Chaim Schalk	Total	21	11	2	0.429	1	11	1	4
	1	13	7	0	0.538	1	9	0	1
	2	8	4	2	0.250	0	2	1	3

Sun, 8/21/2022

Semi-Finals

Andy Benesh / Miles Evans (7)

Won 21-17, 21-16

0:47

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Theo Brunner	Total	13	11	0	0.846	2	2	1	4
	1	7	6	0	0.857	1	2	0	3
	2	6	5	0	0.833	1	0	1	1
Chaim Schalk	Total	32	16	2	0.438	1	11	0	1
	1	17	8	2	0.353	0	4	0	0
	2	15	8	0	0.533	1	7	0	1

Sun, 8/21/2022

Finals

Tri Bourne / Trevor Crabb (2)

Lost 17-21, 14-21

0:50

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Theo Brunner	Total	22	10	4	0.273	3	6	0	2
	1	12	6	2	0.333	1	5	0	1
	2	10	4	2	0.200	2	1	0	1
Chaim Schalk	Total	23	7	4	0.130	0	4	1	2
	1	14	3	2	0.071	0	2	1	1
	2	9	4	2	0.222	0	2	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Theo Brunner	103	58	13	0.437	19	19	4	13
Chaim Schalk	129	68	13	0.426	4	48	8	11

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	5	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$71,500.00	23	7	76.7 %
2022	FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	$53,250.00	14	14	50.0 %
Total	AVP	8	1	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$101,000.00	32	11	74.4 %
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
5	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$35,750.00	2022	AVP	5	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$35,750.00
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
141	8	9	15	7	26	26	18	17	15	$415,987.50	Total	Total	127	6	7	16	4	19	32	14	11	18	$426,850.00

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	15	65.2%	3	13.0%	5	21.7%	18-5	78.3%	1	12.5%	1	12.5%	6	75.0%	1-7	12.5%	30-12	71.4%	8-10	44.4%	0	0	20-11	64.5%

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 21-8 (Lead 12 Series, Trail 2 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Bourne/Crabb 3-4
8/21/22	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Finals	Bourne/Crabb	2	Brunner/Schalk	1	21-17, 21-14	0:50
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
Series tied with # 3 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 # 4 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
Lead the series against # 5 Crabb/Sander 3-0
8/20/22	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 4	Brunner/Schalk	1	Crabb/Sander	5	23-21, 21-15	0:44
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 # 7 Benesh/Evans 1-0
8/21/22	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Brunner/Schalk	1	Benesh/Evans	7	21-17, 21-16	0:47
Trail the series against # 8 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 # 9 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 # 11 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 # 12 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 # 17 Bomgren/Marciniak 1-0
8/19/22	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 2	Brunner/Schalk	1	Bomgren/Marciniak	17	21-15, 21-11	0:35
Lead the series against # 18 Landel/Priima 1-0
8/5/22	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 1	Brunner/Schalk	1	Landel/Priima	16	21-18, 21-16	0:44
Lead the series against # 19 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
Lead the series against # 24 Miller/Paulis 1-0
8/20/22	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 3	Brunner/Schalk	1	Miller/Paulis	24	21-18, 21-23, 16-14	1:08
Lead the series against # 32, Q47 Field/Shavit 1-0
8/19/22	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1	Brunner/Schalk	1	Field/Shavit	32, Q47	21-14, 21-11	0:33
Lead the series against # Q2 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