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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$800,000 St. Petersburg Grand Slam
June 16 - 20, 2015

(26) 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 St. Petersburg Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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

St. Petersburg Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/17/2015	Pool G	Clemens Doppler / Alexander Horst, Austria (7)	Won 21-17, 21-18	0:44
Wed, 6/17/2015	Pool G	Ben Saxton / Chaim Schalk, Canada (10)	Won 21-17, 21-14	0:36
Thu, 6/18/2015	Pool G	Philip Gabathuler / Mirco Gerson, Switzerland (23)	Won By Forfeit
Fri, 6/19/2015	Winner 2	Evandro Goncalves / Pedro Solberg, Brazil (2)	Won 21-18, 21-18	0:39
Sat, 6/20/2015	Winner 3	Isaac Kapa / Christopher McHugh, Australia (20)	Won 21-14, 21-18	0:32
Sat, 6/20/2015	Semi-Finals	Jake Gibb / Casey Patterson, United States (8)	Lost 20-22, 21-19, 14-16	1:11
Sat, 6/20/2015	Bronze Medal	Clemens Doppler / Alexander Horst, Austria (7)	Won 21-19, 21-16	0:46

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	5	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	$50,375.00	21	9	70.0 %
Total	FIVB	6	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	$53,750.00	25	10	71.4 %

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
5	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	0	$25,187.50	2015	FIVB	5	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	0	$25,187.50
15	0	0	2	1	3	1	4	2	2	$65,162.50	Total	Total	68	0	4	3	2	15	10	16	7	11	$283,500.00

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	11	91.7%	0	0.0%	1	8.3%	11-1	91.7%	2	16.7%	3	25.0%	7	58.3%	2-10	16.7%	22-10	68.8%	4-8	33.3%	1	1	14-10	58.3%

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 10-6 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 5 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 2 Goncalves/Solberg, Brazil 1-0
6/19/15	FIVB	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	Winner 2	Brunner/Lucena	26	Goncalves/Solberg	2	21-18, 21-18	0:39
Trail the series against # 5 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-1
5/28/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool D	Rego/Santos	4	Brunner/Lucena	20, Q2	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # 7 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
Trail the series against # 8 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 # 9 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 # 10 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 # 14 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 # 17 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 1-0
6/12/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Pool H	Brunner/Lucena	24, Q2	Kantor/Losiak	25, Q3	21-19, 21-16	0:31
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
Lead the series against # 20 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 # 23 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 # 24, Q2 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
Trail the series against # 28, Q5 Eithun/Horrem, Norway 0-1
6/11/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Pool H	Eithun/Horrem	8	Brunner/Lucena	24, Q2	21-16, 20-22, 15-12	0:48