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AVP Tour
$300,000 AVP Gold Series Manhattan Beach Open
August 18 - 21, 2022

(1) 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 (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 Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2006	Ben Brockman - 89th	Did not play
2007	Ben Brockman - 89th	Did not play
2009	Aaron Mansfield - 17th	Did not play
2013	Nick Lucena - 5th	Did not play
2014	Todd Rogers - 2nd	Did not play
2015	Sean Rosenthal - 7th	Did not play
2016	Billy Allen - 5th	Did not play
2017	Casey Patterson - 3rd	Marty Lorenz - 13th
2018	John Hyden - 3rd	Tim Bomgren - 7th
2019	John Hyden - 17th	Jeremy Casebeer - 5th
2021	Chaim Schalk - 3rd	Theo Brunner - 3rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/5-7/2022	Atlanta Open	1	2	2205	$22,000.00
AVP	7/29-31/2022	Fort Lauderdale Open	1	2	1990	$8,500.00
AVP	7/8-10/2022	Hermosa Beach Open	2	1	2095	$14,000.00
FIVB	6/10-19/2022	Beach Volleyball World Championships	19	4	1120	US$28,000.00
FIVB	6/1-5/2022	Jurmala Elite 16	7	5	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	5/25-29/2022	Ostrava Elite 16	11	13	460	US$5,000.00
AVP	5/6-8/2022	Austin Open	3	3	1891	$6,000.00
FIVB	4/14-17/2022	Itapema Challenge	8	5	600	US$3,750.00
FIVB	3/23-27/2022	Rosarito Elite 16	14, Q6	9	600	US$6,000.00
FIVB	3/16-20/2022	Tlaxcala Challenge	11	9	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	11/10-14/2021	Itapema Four Star	5	9	400	US$4,000.00
AVP	9/1-5/2021	Chicago Open	5	7	518	$5,000.00
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

Manhattan Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/19/2022

Winner 1

Frank Field / Tal Shavit (32, Q47)

Won 21-14, 21-11

0:33

Fri, 8/19/2022

Winner 2

Tim Bomgren / Piotr Marciniak (17)

Won 21-15, 21-11

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Theo Brunner	Total	14	9	2	0.500	4	2	1	2
	1	9	6	1	0.556	3	1	1	1
	2	5	3	1	0.400	1	1	0	1
Chaim Schalk	Total	18	14	1	0.722	2	6	3	3
	1	7	5	0	0.714	1	3	2	0
	2	11	9	1	0.727	1	3	1	3

Sat, 8/20/2022

Winner 3

Brian Miller / Raffe Paulis (24)

Won 21-18, 21-23, 16-14

1:08

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Theo Brunner	Total	35	16	6	0.286	4	8	0	2
	1	13	5	4	0.077	1	1	0	0
	2	12	5	1	0.333	2	1	0	0
	3	10	6	1	0.500	1	6	0	2
Chaim Schalk	Total	35	20	4	0.457	0	16	3	1
	1	10	7	0	0.700	0	7	2	1
	2	16	9	4	0.313	0	7	1	0
	3	9	4	0	0.444	0	2	0	0

Sat, 8/20/2022

Winner 4

Taylor Crabb / Taylor Sander (5)

Won 23-21, 21-15

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Theo Brunner	Total	19	12	1	0.579	6	1	2	3
	1	10	7	1	0.600	1	0	0	2
	2	9	5	0	0.556	5	1	2	1
Chaim Schalk	Total	21	11	2	0.429	1	11	1	4
	1	13	7	0	0.538	1	9	0	1
	2	8	4	2	0.250	0	2	1	3

Sun, 8/21/2022

Semi-Finals

Andy Benesh / Miles Evans (7)

Won 21-17, 21-16

0:47

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Theo Brunner	Total	13	11	0	0.846	2	2	1	4
	1	7	6	0	0.857	1	2	0	3
	2	6	5	0	0.833	1	0	1	1
Chaim Schalk	Total	32	16	2	0.438	1	11	0	1
	1	17	8	2	0.353	0	4	0	0
	2	15	8	0	0.533	1	7	0	1

Sun, 8/21/2022

Finals

Tri Bourne / Trevor Crabb (2)

Lost 17-21, 14-21

0:50

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Theo Brunner	Total	22	10	4	0.273	3	6	0	2
	1	12	6	2	0.333	1	5	0	1
	2	10	4	2	0.200	2	1	0	1
Chaim Schalk	Total	23	7	4	0.130	0	4	1	2
	1	14	3	2	0.071	0	2	1	1
	2	9	4	2	0.222	0	2	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Theo Brunner	103	58	13	0.437	19	19	4	13
Chaim Schalk	129	68	13	0.426	4	48	8	11

Head to Head Results
Brunner/Schalk lead the series against the field 21-8

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Bourne/Crabb 3-4
8/21/22	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Finals	Bourne/Crabb	2	Brunner/Schalk	1	21-17, 21-14	0:50
7/31/22	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Finals	Bourne/Crabb	2	Brunner/Schalk	1	23-21, 21-14	0:53
7/9/22	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 3	Brunner/Schalk	2	Bourne/Crabb	1	21-19, 22-20	0:48
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
Series tied with # 3 Lotman/Partain 2-2
8/7/22	AVP	Atlanta Open	Finals	Lotman/Partain	6	Brunner/Schalk	1	17-21, 21-14, 15-9	1:07
7/31/22	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Semi-Finals	Brunner/Schalk	1	Lotman/Partain	5	21-13, 21-16	0:44
7/10/22	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Brunner/Schalk	2	Lotman/Partain	7	21-13, 18-21, 15-12	0:54
7/8/22	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 2	Lotman/Partain	7	Brunner/Schalk	2	15-21, 21-16, 16-14	0:51
Lead the series against # 4 Budinger/Field 3-1
8/7/22	AVP	Atlanta Open	Semi-Finals	Brunner/Schalk	1	Budinger/Field	5	21-19, 21-17	0:38
5/8/22	AVP	Austin Open	Semi-Finals	Budinger/Field	4	Brunner/Schalk	3	21-18, 22-20	0:43
3/23/22	FIVB	Rosarito Elite 16	Qualifier 2	Brunner/Schalk	14, Q6	Budinger/Field	Q14	21-19, 21-18	0:36
7/18/21	FIVB	Rubavu 2 Star	Gold Medal	Brunner/Schalk	2	Budinger/Field	21, Q7	25-23, 21-15	0:37
Lead the series against # 5 Crabb/Sander 3-0
8/20/22	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 4	Brunner/Schalk	1	Crabb/Sander	5	23-21, 21-15	0:44
7/30/22	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 3	Brunner/Schalk	1	Crabb/Sander	4	21-16, 21-10	0:37
7/10/22	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Finals	Brunner/Schalk	2	Crabb/Sander	5	22-20, 24-26, 15-9	1:14
Lead the series against # 7 Benesh/Evans 1-0
8/21/22	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Brunner/Schalk	1	Benesh/Evans	7	21-17, 21-16	0:47
Trail the series against # 8 Cory/Kolinske 0-1
8/6/22	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 2	Cory/Kolinske	9	Brunner/Schalk	1	21-19, 25-23	0:56
Lead the series against # 9 Brewster/Friend 1-0
8/7/22	AVP	Atlanta Open	Contender 3	Brunner/Schalk	1	Brewster/Friend	13	28-24	0:27
Lead the series against # 11 Allen/Casebeer 1-0
5/6/22	AVP	Austin Open	Winner 2	Brunner/Schalk	3	Allen/Casebeer	6	21-19, 21-14	0:39
Lead the series against # 12 Hyden/Webber 1-0
5/8/22	AVP	Austin Open	Contender 4	Brunner/Schalk	3	Hyden/Webber	8	21-14, 21-15	0:33
Lead the series against # 17 Bomgren/Marciniak 1-0
8/19/22	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 2	Brunner/Schalk	1	Bomgren/Marciniak	17	21-15, 21-11	0:35
Lead the series against # 18 Landel/Priima 1-0
8/5/22	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 1	Brunner/Schalk	1	Landel/Priima	16	21-18, 21-16	0:44
Lead the series against # 19 Dietrich/Smith 1-0
7/10/22	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 4	Brunner/Schalk	2	Dietrich/Smith	16	21-18, 21-19	0:41
Lead the series against # 24 Miller/Paulis 1-0
8/20/22	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 3	Brunner/Schalk	1	Miller/Paulis	24	21-18, 21-23, 16-14	1:08
Lead the series against # 32, Q47 Field/Shavit 1-0
8/19/22	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1	Brunner/Schalk	1	Field/Shavit	32, Q47	21-14, 21-11	0:33
Lead the series against # Q2 Burik/Joyner 1-0
7/29/22	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 1	Brunner/Schalk	1	Burik/Joyner	16	21-16, 21-16	0:42