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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$800,000 Moscow Grand Slam
May 25 - 31, 2015

(20, Q2) 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 Moscow Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2010	Did not play	Matt Fuerbringer - 9th
2011	Did not play	Matt Fuerbringer - 17th
2012	Did not play	Matt Fuerbringer - 9th
2014	Did not play	Ryan Doherty - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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

Moscow Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Mon, 5/25/2015	Country Quota	Jeremy Casebeer / Will Montgomery, United States	Won 21-9, 21-12	0:25
Tue, 5/26/2015	Qualifier 1	Grant Goldschmidt / Leo Williams, South Africa (Q31)	Won 21-10, 21-10	0:23
Tue, 5/26/2015	Qualifier 2	Yury Bogatov / Maksim Hudyakov, Russia (Q15)	Won 21-12, 21-17	0:30
Wed, 5/27/2015	Pool D	Maciej Kosiak / Maciej Rudol, Poland (29, Q14)	Lost 17-21, 21-17, 13-15	0:46
Thu, 5/28/2015	Pool D	Vitor Felipe / Alvaro Filho, Brazil (13, Q1)	Lost 15-21, 19-21	0:39
Thu, 5/28/2015	Pool D	Emanuel Rego / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (4)	Lost By Forfeit

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	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	$7,375.00	7	4	63.6 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	$10,750.00	11	5	68.8 %

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
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$3,687.50	2015	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$3,687.50
12	0	0	1	1	3	1	3	1	2	$43,662.50	Total	Total	65	0	4	2	2	15	10	15	6	11	$262,000.00

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	25	92.6%	1	3.7%	1	3.7%	26-1	96.3%	2	12.5%	4	25.0%	10	62.5%	2-14	12.5%	50-16	75.8%	6-10	37.5%	1	1	29-14	67.4%

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 7-5 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 5 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-1
5/28/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool D	Rego/Santos	4	Brunner/Lucena	20, Q2	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 13, Q1 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
Trail the series against # 14 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
Trail the series against # 23 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 # 24, Q8 Ontiveros/Virgen, Mexico 1-0
4/24/15	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 2	Brunner/Lucena	3	Ontiveros/Virgen	11	21-19, 21-12	0:31
Trail the series against # 29, Q14 Kosiak/Rudol, Poland 0-1
5/27/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool D	Kosiak/Rudol	29, Q14	Brunner/Lucena	20, Q2	21-17, 17-21, 15-13	0:46
Lead the series against Casebeer/Montgomery, United States 1-0
5/25/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Country Quota	Brunner/Lucena	20, Q2	Casebeer/Montgomery		21-9, 21-12	0:25
Lead the series against # Q9 Kotsilianos/Zoupani, Greece 1-0
4/23/15	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool C	Brunner/Lucena	3	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	14	21-16, 21-16	0:34
Lead the series against # Q15 Bogatov/Hudyakov, Russia 1-0
5/26/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Brunner/Lucena	20, Q2	Bogatov/Hudyakov	Q15	21-12, 21-17	0:30
Lead the series against # Q16 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 # Q31 Goldschmidt/Williams, South Africa 2-0
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