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AVP Tour
$200,000 Gold Series Atlanta Open
August 11 - 15, 2021

(4) Theo Brunner/Chaim Schalk

Theo Brunner

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 17, 1985 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Ridgefield, CT

Resides:

Torrance, CA

Height:

6'7"

College(s):

California-Santa Barbara

Seasons:

Tournaments:

168

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$516,412.50

Chaim Schalk

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 23, 1986 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

Red Deer, Alberta

Resides:

Gardena, CA

Height:

6'5"

College(s):

Red Deer College
Trinity Western

Seasons:

Tournaments:

156

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$488,425.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	CQ	Money
AVP	11	1	4	3	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$116,100.00
FIVB	15	1	0	0	1	2	0	4	1	2	0	1	1	2	US$71,250.00
NORCECA	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$500.00
Overall	27	2	4	4	1	2	1	5	2	2	0	1	1	2	US$187,850.00

Previous Atlanta Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/14-18/2021	Rubavu 2 Star	2	1	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/5-10/2021	Gstaad 4 Star	27, Q5	17	320	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/2-6/2021	Ostrava 4 Star	Q14	33	160	US$0.00
FIVB	5/25-30/2021	Sochi 4 Star		CQ	0	US$0.00
FIVB	4/28-5/2/2021	Cancun 4 Star - 3rd	27, Q7	9	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	4/22-26/2021	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd		CQ	0	US$0.00
FIVB	4/16-20/2021	Cancun 4 Star - 1st	31, Q17	17	320	US$3,000.00
FIVB	3/8-12/2021	Doha 4-star	Q18	41	40	US$0.00

Atlanta Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/13/2021

Winner 1

Avery Drost / Miles Partain (13, Q1)

Won 21-17, 21-18

0:49

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Theo Brunner	Total	13	8	0	0.615	9	2	1	4
	1	6	4	0	0.667	4	1	1	1
	2	7	4	0	0.571	5	1	0	3
Chaim Schalk	Total	27	14	4	0.370	0	9	1	2
	1	12	5	2	0.250	0	4	1	1
	2	15	9	2	0.467	0	5	0	1

Fri, 8/13/2021

Winner 2

Billy Allen / Andy Benesh (12)

Won 21-14, 21-17

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Theo Brunner	Total	15	13	0	0.867	3	0	1	0
	1	8	6	0	0.750	1	0	1	0
	2	7	7	0	1.000	2	0	0	0
Chaim Schalk	Total	25	17	2	0.600	0	6	1	1
	1	11	9	0	0.818	0	2	1	1
	2	14	8	2	0.429	0	4	0	0

Sat, 8/14/2021

Winner 3

Michael Groselle / David Vander Meer (16, Q12)

Won 21-9, 21-10

0:30

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Theo Brunner	Total	16	12	1	0.688	6	1	0	1
	1	8	5	0	0.625	3	0	0	1
	2	8	7	1	0.750	3	1	0	0
Chaim Schalk	Total	14	10	1	0.643	0	11	1	2
	1	9	6	1	0.556	0	8	0	1
	2	5	4	0	0.800	0	3	1	1

Sun, 8/15/2021

Semi-Finals

Tri Bourne / Trevor Crabb (6)

Won 10-21, 21-19, 15-11

0:54

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Theo Brunner	Total	32	18	6	0.375	5	1	0	1
	1	13	6	3	0.231	1	0	0	1
	2	13	8	1	0.538	3	0	0	0
	3	6	4	2	0.333	1	1	0	0
Chaim Schalk	Total	27	14	3	0.407	0	13	0	1
	1	6	1	2	-0.167	0	3	0	0
	2	11	6	1	0.455	0	6	0	1
	3	10	7	0	0.700	0	4	0	0

Sun, 8/15/2021

Finals

Chase Budinger / Casey Patterson (3)

Lost 21-14, 16-21, 13-15

1:05

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Theo Brunner	Total	38	19	3	0.421	6	4	1	3
	1	10	6	1	0.500	4	2	1	1
	2	14	6	0	0.429	2	0	0	1
	3	14	7	2	0.357	0	2	0	1
Chaim Schalk	Total	23	12	3	0.391	0	12	2	1
	1	11	6	1	0.455	0	4	0	1
	2	6	4	0	0.667	0	6	1	0
	3	6	2	2	0.000	0	2	1	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Theo Brunner	114	70	10	0.526	29	8	3	9
Chaim Schalk	116	67	13	0.466	0	51	5	7

Head to Head Results
Brunner/Schalk lead the series against the field 5-2

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Budinger/Patterson 0-1
8/15/21	AVP	Atlanta Open	Finals	Budinger/Patterson	3	Brunner/Schalk	4	14-21, 21-16, 15-13	1:05
Lead the series against # 6 Bourne/Crabb 2-0
8/15/21	AVP	Atlanta Open	Semi-Finals	Brunner/Schalk	4	Bourne/Crabb	6	10-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:54
2/18/21	FIVB	Doha 4-star	Country Quota	Brunner/Schalk	Q18	Bourne/Crabb		17-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:54
Lead the series against # 12 Allen/Benesh 1-0
8/13/21	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 2	Brunner/Schalk	4	Allen/Benesh	12	21-14, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # 13, Q1 Drost/Partain 1-0
8/13/21	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 1	Brunner/Schalk	4	Drost/Partain	13, Q1	21-17, 21-18	0:49
Lead the series against # 16, Q12 Groselle/Vander Meer 1-0
8/14/21	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 3	Brunner/Schalk	4	Groselle/Vander Meer	16, Q12	21-9, 21-10	0:30
Trail the series against # Q7 Mewhirter/Roberts 0-1
5/25/21	FIVB	Sochi 4 Star	Country Quota	Mewhirter/Roberts	Q22	Brunner/Schalk		19-21, 21-17, 20-18	1:03