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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$1,000,000 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships 2015
June 26 - July 5, 2015

(15) 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 The Hague Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2010	Did not play	Matt Fuerbringer - 3rd
2011	Did not play	Matt Fuerbringer - 9th
2013	Did not play	John Hyden - 33rd
2014	Todd Rogers - 33rd	Ryan Doherty - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/16-20/2015	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	26	3rd	640	US$32,000.00
FIVB	6/9-14/2015	Stavanger Major Series	24, Q2	17th	240	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/2-7/2015	Porec Major Series	21, Q2	25th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	5/25-31/2015	Moscow Grand Slam	20, Q2	25th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	4/21-25/2015	Fuzhou Open	3	5th	300	US$3,375.00
FIVB	12/9-14/2014	Mangaung Open	2	5th	300	US$3,375.00

Netherlands World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sat, 6/27/2015	Pool J	Alexey Kuleshov / Dmitriy Yakovlev, Kazakhstan (34)	Won 21-10, 21-14	0:30
Mon, 6/29/2015	Pool J	Wessel Keemink / Sven Vismans, Netherlands (39)	Won 21-16, 21-13	0:40
Tue, 6/30/2015	Pool J	Viacheslav Krasilnikov / Konstantin Semenov, Russia (10)	Won 23-21, 21-13	0:39
Wed, 7/1/2015	Winner 1	Alexander Walkenhorst / Stefan Windscheif, Germany (13)	Won 21-18, 21-15	0:45
Thu, 7/2/2015	Winner 2	Emanuel Rego / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (7)	Won 18-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:52
Thu, 7/2/2015	Winner 3	Jefferson Santos Pereira / Cherif Younousse, Qatar (27)	Won 21-19, 21-19	0:43
Sat, 7/4/2015	Semi-Finals	Alison Cerutti / Bruno Schmidt, Brazil (3)	Lost 17-21, 15-21	0:38
Sun, 7/5/2015	Bronze Medal	Evandro Goncalves / Pedro Solberg, Brazil (12)	Lost 20-22, 13-21	0:39

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2009	World Championships	Stavanger	Did not play	Brad Keenan - 17th
2011	World Championships	Rome	Did not play	Matt Fuerbringer - 9th
2013	World Championships	Stare Jablonki	Did not play	John Hyden - 33rd
2015	World Championships	The Hague	Nick Lucena - 4th	Theo Brunner - 4th
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Casey Patterson - 17th	Phil Dalhausser - 5th
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Did not play	Phil Dalhausser - 5th
2022	World Championships	Rome	Chaim Schalk - 4th	Did not play
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Trevor Crabb - 4th	Did not play

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/26-7/5/2015	Netherlands World Championships	15	4th	700	US$28,000.00

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 %
2015	FIVB	6	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	$78,375.00	27	11	71.1 %
Total	FIVB	7	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	$81,750.00	31	12	72.1 %

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
6	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	2	0	$39,187.50	2015	FIVB	6	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	2	0	$39,187.50
16	0	0	2	2	3	1	4	2	2	$79,162.50	Total	Total	69	0	4	3	3	15	10	16	7	11	$297,500.00

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	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%
2014-2015	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%
Against the Field	20	95.2%	0	0.0%	1	4.8%	20-1	95.2%	2	14.3%	2	14.3%	10	71.4%	2-12	14.3%	40-16	71.4%	4-6	40.0%	1	1	23-12	65.7%

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 19-9 (Lead 12 Series, Trail 6 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Cerutti/Schmidt, Brazil 0-1
7/4/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Semi-Finals	Cerutti/Schmidt	3	Brunner/Lucena	15	21-17, 21-15	0:38
Series tied with # 7 Rego/Santos, Brazil 1-1
7/2/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Winner 2	Brunner/Lucena	15	Rego/Santos	7	18-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:52
5/28/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool D	Rego/Santos	4	Brunner/Lucena	20, Q2	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 9 Bourne/Hyden, United States 0-1
6/4/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Pool E	Bourne/Hyden	5	Brunner/Lucena	21, Q2	16-21, 21-12, 15-10	0:41
Lead the series against # 10 Krasilnikov/Semenov, Russia 1-0
6/30/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Pool J	Brunner/Lucena	15	Krasilnikov/Semenov	10	23-21, 21-13	0:39
Trail the series against # 11 Felipe/Filho, Brazil 0-1
5/28/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool D	Felipe/Filho	13, Q1	Brunner/Lucena	20, Q2	21-15, 21-19	0:39
Series tied with # 12 Goncalves/Solberg, Brazil 1-1
7/5/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Bronze Medal	Goncalves/Solberg	12	Brunner/Lucena	15	22-20, 21-13	0:39
6/19/15	FIVB	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	Winner 2	Brunner/Lucena	26	Goncalves/Solberg	2	21-18, 21-18	0:39
Lead the series against # 13 Walkenhorst/Windscheif, Germany 1-0
7/1/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Winner 1	Brunner/Lucena	15	Walkenhorst/Windscheif	13	21-18, 21-15	0:45
Trail the series against # 14 Gibb/Patterson, United States 0-2
6/20/15	FIVB	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Gibb/Patterson	8	Brunner/Lucena	26	22-20, 19-21, 16-14	1:11
6/4/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Pool E	Gibb/Patterson	12	Brunner/Lucena	21, Q2	21-17, 21-15	0:36
Lead the series against # 16 Gabathuler/Gerson, Switzerland 1-0
6/18/15	FIVB	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	Pool G	Brunner/Lucena	26	Gabathuler/Gerson	23	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # 17 Saxton/Schalk, Canada 1-0
6/17/15	FIVB	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	Pool G	Brunner/Lucena	26	Saxton/Schalk	10	21-17, 21-14	0:36
Trail the series against # 19 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
Trail the series against # 20 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 0-1
4/24/15	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 3	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	6	Brunner/Lucena	3	21-9, 21-18	0:32
Lead the series against # 21 Binstock/Schachter, Canada 1-0
6/11/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Pool H	Brunner/Lucena	24, Q2	Binstock/Schachter	9	20-22, 21-14, 15-12	0:49
Lead the series against # 22 Doppler/Horst, Austria 2-0
6/20/15	FIVB	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Brunner/Lucena	26	Doppler/Horst	7	21-19, 21-16	0:46
6/17/15	FIVB	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	Pool G	Brunner/Lucena	26	Doppler/Horst	7	21-17, 21-18	0:44
Lead the series against # 23 Kapa/McHugh, Australia 1-0
6/20/15	FIVB	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	Winner 3	Brunner/Lucena	26	Kapa/McHugh	20	21-14, 21-18	0:32
Lead the series against # 27 Santos Pereira/Younousse, Qatar 1-0
7/2/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Winner 3	Brunner/Lucena	15	Santos Pereira/Younousse	27	21-19, 21-19	0:43
Lead the series against # 34 Kuleshov/Yakovlev, Kazakhstan 1-0
6/27/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Pool J	Brunner/Lucena	15	Kuleshov/Yakovlev	34	21-10, 21-14	0:30
Lead the series against # 36 Ontiveros/Virgen, Mexico 2-0
6/5/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Pool E	Brunner/Lucena	21, Q2	Ontiveros/Virgen	28, Q9	27-25, 21-17	0:45
4/24/15	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 2	Brunner/Lucena	3	Ontiveros/Virgen	11	21-19, 21-12	0:31
Lead the series against # 39 Keemink/Vismans, Netherlands 1-0
6/29/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Pool J	Brunner/Lucena	15	Keemink/Vismans	39	21-16, 21-13	0:40
Lead the series against # 41 Goldschmidt/Williams, South Africa 4-0
6/10/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Qualifier 1	Brunner/Lucena	24, Q2	Goldschmidt/Williams	Q31	21-14, 21-14	0:26
6/3/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Qualifier 1	Brunner/Lucena	21, Q2	Goldschmidt/Williams	Q31	21-15, 21-18	0:31
5/26/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Brunner/Lucena	20, Q2	Goldschmidt/Williams	Q31	21-10, 21-10	0:23
12/12/14	FIVB	Mangaung Open	Winner 2	Brunner/Lucena	2	Goldschmidt/Williams	9	21-17, 21-10	0:29