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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$800,000 Porec Major Series
June 2 - 7, 2015

(21, 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 Porec Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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

Porec Major Series Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 6/2/2015	Country Quota	Jeremy Casebeer / Will Montgomery, United States	Won 21-15, 21-18	0:37
Wed, 6/3/2015	Qualifier 1	Grant Goldschmidt / Leo Williams, South Africa (Q31)	Won 21-15, 21-18	0:31
Wed, 6/3/2015	Qualifier 2	Jean-Baptiste Daguerre / Yannick Salvetti, France (Q18)	Won 21-12, 21-16	0:34
Thu, 6/4/2015	Pool E	Jake Gibb / Casey Patterson, United States (12)	Lost 17-21, 15-21	0:36
Thu, 6/4/2015	Pool E	Tri Bourne / John Hyden, United States (5)	Lost 21-16, 12-21, 10-15	0:41
Fri, 6/5/2015	Pool E	Lombardo Ontiveros / Juan Virgen, Mexico (28, Q9)	Won 27-25, 21-17	0:45

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	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	$11,375.00	11	6	64.7 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	$14,750.00	15	7	68.2 %

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
3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	$5,687.50	2015	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	$5,687.50
13	0	0	1	1	3	1	3	2	2	$45,662.50	Total	Total	66	0	4	2	2	15	10	15	7	11	$264,000.00

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	96.2%	0	0.0%	1	3.8%	25-1	96.2%	2	12.5%	4	25.0%	10	62.5%	2-14	12.5%	50-16	75.8%	4-10	28.6%	1	1	28-14	66.7%

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 10-7 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 7 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 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 # 5 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
Trail the series against # 11 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 # 12 Gibb/Patterson, United States 0-1
6/4/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Pool E	Gibb/Patterson	12	Brunner/Lucena	21, Q2	21-17, 21-15	0:36
Trail the series against # 20, 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 # 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 # 28, Q9 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 Casebeer/Montgomery, United States 2-0
6/2/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Country Quota	Brunner/Lucena	21, Q2	Casebeer/Montgomery		21-15, 21-18	0:37
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 # Q12 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
Trail the series against # 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 # Q17 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 # Q18 Daguerre/Salvetti, France 1-0
6/3/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Qualifier 2	Brunner/Lucena	21, Q2	Daguerre/Salvetti	Q18	21-12, 21-16	0:34
Lead the series against # Q31 Goldschmidt/Williams, South Africa 3-0
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