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AVP Tour
$300,000 AVP Gold Series Chicago Open
September 2 - 4, 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 Chicago Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2009	Aaron Mansfield - 13th	Did not play
2016	Billy Allen - 5th	Did not play
2017	Casey Patterson - 7th	Marty Lorenz - 9th
2018	Did not play	Tim Bomgren - 2nd
2019	John Hyden - 7th	Jeremy Casebeer - 3rd
2021	Chaim Schalk - 7th	Theo Brunner - 7th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/18-21/2022	Manhattan Beach Open	1	2nd	2205	$21,000.00
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

Chicago Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 9/2/2022

Winner 1

Jake Dietrich / Hagen Smith (16)

Won 21-14, 21-16

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Theo Brunner	Total	18	11	4	0.389	6	3	0	2
	1	8	4	2	0.250	4	1	0	2
	2	10	7	2	0.500	2	2	0	0
Chaim Schalk	Total	18	12	3	0.500	0	8	0	3
	1	6	4	1	0.500	0	2	0	0
	2	12	8	2	0.500	0	6	0	3

Fri, 9/2/2022

Winner 2

Timothy Brewster / Kyle Friend (9)

Lost 19-21, 21-18, 10-15

0:57

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Theo Brunner	Total	40	18	3	0.375	6	10	0	3
	1	15	4	2	0.133	3	6	0	2
	2	13	8	1	0.538	3	3	0	1
	3	12	6	0	0.500	0	1	0	0
Chaim Schalk	Total	28	12	5	0.250	0	14	1	2
	1	13	5	2	0.231	0	6	0	2
	2	9	5	1	0.444	0	5	1	0
	3	6	2	2	0.000	0	3	0	0

Sat, 9/3/2022

Contender 2

Chase Budinger / Troy Field (6)

Lost 14-21, 16-21

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Theo Brunner	Total	13	7	0	0.538	1	1	1	5
	1	5	3	0	0.600	1	0	0	4
	2	8	4	0	0.500	0	1	1	1
Chaim Schalk	Total	28	12	5	0.250	0	9	1	2
	1	9	6	2	0.444	0	1	0	1
	2	19	6	3	0.158	0	8	1	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Theo Brunner	71	36	7	0.408	13	14	1	10
Chaim Schalk	74	36	13	0.311	0	31	2	7

Head to Head Results
Brunner/Schalk lead the series against the field 17-9 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 1 Series, 2 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 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 # 6 Budinger/Field 3-2
9/3/22	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 2	Budinger/Field	6	Brunner/Schalk	1	21-14, 21-16	0:43
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 # 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
Series tied with # 9 Brewster/Friend 1-1
9/2/22	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 2	Brewster/Friend	9	Brunner/Schalk	1	21-19, 18-21, 15-10	0:57
8/7/22	AVP	Atlanta Open	Contender 3	Brunner/Schalk	1	Brewster/Friend	13	28-24	0:27
Lead the series against # 12 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 # 13 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 Dietrich/Smith 2-0
9/2/22	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 1	Brunner/Schalk	1	Dietrich/Smith	16	21-14, 21-16	0:38
7/10/22	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 4	Brunner/Schalk	2	Dietrich/Smith	16	21-18, 21-19	0:41