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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Mangaung Open
December 9 - 14, 2014

(2) Theo Brunner/Nick Lucena, United States

Theo Brunner
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 17, 1985 (40 yrs old)

Home Town:

Ridgefield, CT

Height:

201 cm (6'7")

Weight:

91 kg (200 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$273,162.50

Nick Lucena
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 22, 1979 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Davie, FL

Height:

185 cm (6'1")

Weight:

61 kg (134 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

121

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$697,500.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	9	0	0	1	1	2	0	2	0	1	2	US$103,750.00

Previous Mangaung Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

Mangaung Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 12/10/2014	Pool B	Sven Mollgaard / Ivan Solomans, South Africa (31, Q11)	Won 21-8, 21-4	0:29
Wed, 12/10/2014	Pool B	Sean Faiga / Ariel Hilman, Israel (18)	Won 21-11, 21-14	0:31
Thu, 12/11/2014	Pool B	Jan Dumek / Robert Kufa, Czech Republic (15)	Won 21-13, 21-15	0:29
Fri, 12/12/2014	Winner 2	Grant Goldschmidt / Leo Williams, South Africa (9)	Won 21-17, 21-10	0:29
Fri, 12/12/2014	Winner 3	Esteban Grimalt / Marco Grimalt, Chile (5)	Lost 15-21, 21-16, 16-18	0:51

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	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	0	$69,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,750.00
Total	9	0	0	1	1	2	0	2	0	1	2	0	$103,750.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Theo Brunner												Nick Lucena
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	2	0	0	0	0	1	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	2	1	1	0	0	$43,400.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$7,500.00	World Tour Finals	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$87,500.00
39	0	0	2	0	3	13	11	8	0	$141,350.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	59	3	5	3	2	13	8	14	5	0	$406,900.00
46	2	1	0	2	9	11	11	4	0	$70,312.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	49	4	5	3	3	10	11	3	6	0	$154,700.00
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	$5,000.00
96	3	2	2	5	12	27	23	13	0	$273,162.50	Total	121	9	11	6	6	27	21	19	11	0	$697,500.00

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
2014	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,375.00	4	1	80.0 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,375.00	4	1	80.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Theo Brunner													Nick Lucena
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2005	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$3,250.00
											2007	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2008	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	$1,250.00
											2009	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	$8,625.00
											2010	FIVB	9	0	1	1	0	3	3	1	0	0	$49,775.00
											2011	FIVB	14	0	1	0	1	3	4	2	2	1	$54,275.00
											2012	FIVB	11	0	1	0	1	5	1	2	1	0	$60,000.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$1,850.00	2013	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	4	$12,950.00
8	0	0	1	1	2	1	2	0	1	$38,125.00	2014	FIVB	10	0	1	1	0	2	0	5	0	1	$68,187.50
10	0	0	1	1	2	1	3	0	2	$39,975.00	Total	Total	63	0	4	2	2	14	10	15	5	11	$258,312.50

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	36	94.7%	1	2.6%	1	2.6%	37-1	97.4%	2	13.3%	4	26.7%	9	60.0%	2-13	13.3%	36-9	80.0%	3-5	37.5%	1	1	40-15	72.7%
2013-2014	4	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0-1	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	4-1	80.0%
Against the Field	14	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	14-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1	33.3%	0-3	0.0%	28-2	93.3%	0-4	0.0%	0	0	14-3	82.4%

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	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	6	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	9	0	11	7	0	0	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	26	11
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	2
Total	2	0	9	0	20	7	0	0	8	5	0	2	1	1	0	0	40	15

Head to Head Results
Brunner/Lucena lead the series against the field 4-1 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 1 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 5 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 0-1
12/12/14	FIVB	Mangaung Open	Winner 3	Grimalt/Grimalt	5	Brunner/Lucena	2	21-15, 16-21, 18-16	0:51
Lead the series against # 9 Goldschmidt/Williams, South Africa 1-0
12/12/14	FIVB	Mangaung Open	Winner 2	Brunner/Lucena	2	Goldschmidt/Williams	9	21-17, 21-10	0:29
Lead the series against # 15 Dumek/Kufa, Czech Republic 1-0
12/11/14	FIVB	Mangaung Open	Pool B	Brunner/Lucena	2	Dumek/Kufa	15	21-13, 21-15	0:29
Lead the series against # 18 Faiga/Hilman, Israel 1-0
12/10/14	FIVB	Mangaung Open	Pool B	Brunner/Lucena	2	Faiga/Hilman	18	21-11, 21-14	0:31
Lead the series against # 31, Q11 Mollgaard/Solomans, South Africa 1-0
12/10/14	FIVB	Mangaung Open	Pool B	Brunner/Lucena	2	Mollgaard/Solomans	31, Q11	21-8, 21-4	0:29