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AVP Tour
$200,000 Gold Series Chicago Open
September 1 - 5, 2021

(5) 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:

167

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$515,912.50

Chaim Schalk

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 23, 1986 (37 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 Chicago Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2009	Aaron Mansfield - 13th	Did not play
2016	Billy Allen - 5th	Did not play
2017	Casey Patterson - 7th	Marty Lorenz - 9th
2018	Did not play	Tim Bomgren - 2nd
2019	John Hyden - 7th	Jeremy Casebeer - 3rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/18-22/2021	Manhattan Beach Open	3	3	972	$10,500.00
AVP	8/11-15/2021	Atlanta Open	4	2	896	$14,000.00
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

Chicago Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 9/3/2021

Winner 1

John Hyden / David Lee (12)

Won 21-15, 21-13

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Theo Brunner	Total	14	11	0	0.786	3	3	0	1
	1	7	7	0	1.000	3	1	0	1
	2	7	4	0	0.571	0	2	0	0
Chaim Schalk	Total	29	20	1	0.655	0	16	4	3
	1	14	10	0	0.714	0	7	0	2
	2	15	10	1	0.600	0	9	4	1

Fri, 9/3/2021

Winner 2

Tri Bourne / Trevor Crabb (4)

Lost 10-21, 15-21

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Theo Brunner	Total	18	11	4	0.389	1	0	0	3
	1	9	4	3	0.111	0	0	0	1
	2	9	7	1	0.667	1	0	0	2
Chaim Schalk	Total	18	10	2	0.444	1	4	0	2
	1	5	3	1	0.400	0	1	0	1
	2	13	7	1	0.462	1	3	0	1

Sat, 9/4/2021

Contender 2

Eric Beranek / Avery Drost (10)

Won 21-14, 21-13

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Theo Brunner	Total	13	10	0	0.769	4	1	1	1
	1	4	4	0	1.000	3	0	0	0
	2	9	6	0	0.667	1	1	1	1
Chaim Schalk	Total	20	12	1	0.550	0	10	2	2
	1	8	4	0	0.500	0	2	1	2
	2	12	8	1	0.583	0	8	1	0

Sat, 9/4/2021

Contender 3

Tim Bomgren / Jeremy Casebeer (6)

Lost 23-25, 18-21

0:47

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Theo Brunner	Total	20	9	3	0.300	1	1	0	3
	1	10	5	1	0.400	1	0	0	3
	2	10	4	2	0.200	0	1	0	0
Chaim Schalk	Total	27	18	4	0.519	0	10	0	2
	1	14	12	2	0.714	0	4	0	2
	2	13	6	2	0.308	0	6	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Theo Brunner	65	41	7	0.523	9	5	1	8
Chaim Schalk	94	60	8	0.553	1	40	6	9

Head to Head Results
Brunner/Schalk lead the series against the field 9-5

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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
Series tied with # 4 Bourne/Crabb 2-2
9/3/21	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 2	Bourne/Crabb	4	Brunner/Schalk	5	21-10, 21-15	0:35
8/22/21	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Bourne/Crabb	4	Brunner/Schalk	3	18-21, 21-18, 15-11	1:03
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
Trail the series against # 6 Bomgren/Casebeer 0-1
9/4/21	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 3	Bomgren/Casebeer	6	Brunner/Schalk	5	25-23, 21-18	0:47
Lead the series against # 7 Allen/Benesh 2-0
8/21/21	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 4	Brunner/Schalk	3	Allen/Benesh	10	21-13, 21-17	0:40
8/13/21	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 2	Brunner/Schalk	4	Allen/Benesh	12	21-14, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # 8 del Sol/Ratledge 1-0
8/21/21	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 3	Brunner/Schalk	3	Ratledge/del Sol	11	21-16, 21-15	0:42
Lead the series against # 10 Beranek/Drost 1-0
9/4/21	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 2	Brunner/Schalk	5	Beranek/Drost	10	21-14, 21-13	0:45
Lead the series against # 12 Hyden/Lee 1-0
9/3/21	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 1	Brunner/Schalk	5	Hyden/Lee	12	21-15, 21-13	0:35
Lead the series against # 14 Cory/Webber 1-0
8/20/21	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 2	Brunner/Schalk	3	Cory/Webber	14	21-14, 21-15	0:37
Lead the series against # Q4 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 # Q12 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