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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 A1 Major Vienna presented by Swatch
July 31 - August 5, 2018

(27, Q7) Grant O'Gorman/Ben Saxton, Canada

Grant O'Gorman
Canada

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 2, 1993 (32 yrs old)

Home Town:

Scarborough, ON

Height:

188 cm (6'2")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Sydney 2018)

Career Winnings:

US$98,562.50

Ben Saxton
Canada

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 21, 1988 (37 yrs old)

Home Town:

Calgary

Height:

200 cm (6'7")

Weight:

92 kg (202 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

129

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Sydney 2018)

Career Winnings:

US$330,187.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	32	1	1	0	0	3	0	3	0	14	1	4	4	1	US$106,000.00

Previous Vienna Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2017	Did not play	Chaim Schalk - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/17-22/2018	Haiyang Three Star	2	17th	240	US$1,500.00
FIVB	7/9-14/2018	Gstaad Major	Q2	33rd	240	US$0.00
FIVB	7/3-8/2018	Espinho Four Star	14	5th	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2018	Poland Four Star	21	5th	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2018	Ostrava Four Star	21	17th	320	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/16-20/2018	Itapema Four Star	10	17th	320	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/1-6/2018	Huntington Beach Four Star	19	25th	180	US$1,500.00
FIVB	4/18-22/2018	Xiamen Four Star	15	17th	320	US$3,000.00
FIVB	3/6-10/2018	Doha Four Star	14	17th	320	US$3,000.00
FIVB	2/27-3/4/2018	Fort Lauderdale Major	17	17th	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	1/3-7/2018	The Hague Four Star	11	5th	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	11/22-25/2017	Sydney Two Star	2	1st	400	US$4,000.00

Vienna Major Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 7/31/2018	Qualifier 1	Daniel Mullner / Florian Schnetzer, Austria (Q26)	Won 21-17, 21-18	0:37
Wed, 8/1/2018	Qualifier 2	Julian Azaad / Nicolas Capogrosso, Argentina (Q10)	Won 21-14, 18-21, 15-9	0:45
Thu, 8/2/2018	Pool F	Piotr Kantor / Bartosz Losiak, Poland (6)	Won 21-19, 21-19	0:33
Fri, 8/3/2018	Pool F	Alison Cerutti / Andre Loyola, Brazil (11)	Lost 21-19, 16-21, 9-15	0:45
Fri, 8/3/2018	Winner 1	Michal Bryl / Grzegorz Fijalek, Poland (14)	Lost 18-21, 14-21	0:37

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	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,000.00
World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	$22,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	22	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	10	3	0	$63,500.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$13,500.00
Total	32	1	1	0	0	3	0	3	0	15	4	0	$106,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Grant O'Gorman												Ben Saxton
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00	World Championships	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	$28,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	World Tour Finals	4	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	$20,750.00
23	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	6	0	$34,750.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	54	0	1	3	0	3	14	14	10	0	$222,675.00
46	0	0	0	0	6	11	16	7	0	$51,212.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	52	0	0	1	0	4	7	12	10	0	$49,362.50
7	1	1	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	$9,100.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$6,750.00
											Challenger	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$925.00
											Satellite	5	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	$1,225.00
2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00
82	1	2	1	0	6	17	24	13	0	$98,562.50	Total	129	1	2	4	1	14	25	33	20	0	$330,187.50

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
2018	FIVB	13	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	7	1	1	$49,000.00	27	22	55.1 %
Total	FIVB	13	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	7	1	1	$49,000.00	27	22	55.1 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Grant O'Gorman													Ben Saxton
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 C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$175.00
											2005	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2006	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2007	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2007	FIVB C&S	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	$550.00
											2008	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
											2008	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$975.00
											2009	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,000.00
											2010	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00
											2010	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2010	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2011	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	4	$11,950.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2011	FIVB Age Group WC
											2012	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	4	$9,175.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2012	FIVB Age Group WC
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$2,750.00	2013	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	1	3	$25,075.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2013	FIVB Age Group WC
7	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	2	$3,600.00	2014	FIVB	11	0	0	1	0	1	4	3	2	0	$50,000.00
10	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	7	$4,687.50	2015	FIVB	11	0	1	1	0	2	3	2	2	0	$75,650.00
17	0	0	0	0	2	7	4	2	2	$24,175.00	2016	FIVB	15	0	0	2	1	2	7	2	1	0	$73,187.50
8	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	1	$10,350.00	2017	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	3	0	$29,000.00
13	1	0	0	0	3	0	7	1	1	$24,500.00	2018	FIVB	13	1	0	0	0	3	0	7	1	1	$24,500.00
62	1	1	1	0	6	14	15	10	14	$70,062.50	Total	Total	110	1	1	4	1	14	22	25	17	25	$301,687.50

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	34	66.7%	6	11.8%	11	21.6%	40-11	78.4%	12	21.4%	10	17.9%	34	60.7%	12-44	21.4%	34-34	50.0%	18-21	46.2%	1	0	53-55	49.1%
2017-2018	17	68.0%	4	16.0%	4	16.0%	21-4	84.0%	6	23.1%	4	15.4%	16	61.5%	6-20	23.1%	17-16	51.5%	10-8	55.6%	1	0	28-24	53.8%
Against the Field	13	52.0%	4	16.0%	8	32.0%	17-8	68.0%	6	17.6%	8	23.5%	20	58.8%	6-28	17.6%	26-38	40.6%	20-32	38.5%	1	0	24-35	40.7%

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	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
World Tour Finals	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	7	1	3	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	9
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	2	3	16	20	0	0	9	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	40
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	12	3
Total	0	0	10	5	26	27	0	0	13	21	2	0	0	0	1	1	53	55

Head to Head Results
O'Gorman/Saxton trail the series against the field 14-20 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 14 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Lucena, United States 0-2
3/8/18	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Winner 1	Dalhausser/Lucena	1	O'Gorman/Saxton	14	21-15, 21-15	0:37
3/1/18	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major	Pool A	Dalhausser/Lucena	1	O'Gorman/Saxton	17	21-15, 21-16	0:33
Lead the series against # 2 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 1-0
6/30/18	FIVB	Poland Four Star	Winner 2	O'Gorman/Saxton	21	Lupo/Nicolai	2	19-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:50
Trail the series against # 3 Mol/Sorum, Norway 0-1
3/7/18	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Pool C	Mol/Sorum	19	O'Gorman/Saxton	14	21-17, 21-18	0:32
Lead the series against # 4 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 1-0
6/21/18	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Pool E	O'Gorman/Saxton	21	Gavira/Herrera	12	23-21, 21-18	0:36
Trail the series against # 5 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 0-1
4/20/18	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Pool B	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	2	O'Gorman/Saxton	15	21-19, 21-11	0:33
Series tied with # 6 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 1-1
8/2/18	FIVB	Vienna Major	Pool F	O'Gorman/Saxton	27, Q7	Kantor/Losiak	6	21-19, 21-19	0:33
6/22/18	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Pool E	Kantor/Losiak	5	O'Gorman/Saxton	21	21-15, 21-16	0:31
Trail the series against # 7 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 0-1
6/30/18	FIVB	Poland Four Star	Winner 3	Samoilovs/Smedins	10	O'Gorman/Saxton	21	21-16, 21-15	0:32
Trail the series against # 11 Cerutti/Loyola, Brazil 0-1
8/3/18	FIVB	Vienna Major	Pool F	Cerutti/Loyola	11	O'Gorman/Saxton	27, Q7	19-21, 21-16, 15-9	0:45
Series tied with # 12 Schmidt/Solberg, Brazil 1-1
7/7/18	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Winner 2	O'Gorman/Saxton	14	Schmidt/Solberg	6	16-21, 23-21, 15-11	0:47
6/28/18	FIVB	Poland Four Star	Pool E	Schmidt/Solberg	12	O'Gorman/Saxton	21	21-18, 20-22, 15-13	0:59
Series tied with # 14 Bryl/Fijalek, Poland 1-1
8/3/18	FIVB	Vienna Major	Winner 1	Bryl/Fijalek	14	O'Gorman/Saxton	27, Q7	21-18, 21-14	0:37
1/6/18	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Winner 2	O'Gorman/Saxton	11	Bryl/Fijalek	7	22-20, 21-17	0:35
Trail the series against # 15 Brunner/Hyden, United States 0-2
5/3/18	FIVB	Huntington Beach Four Star	Winner 2	Brunner/Hyden	14	O'Gorman/Saxton	19	21-11, 21-15	0:31
3/2/18	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major	Winner 1	Brunner/Hyden	20	O'Gorman/Saxton	17	15-21, 23-21, 15-11	0:45
Trail the series against # 16 Perusic/Schweiner, Czech Republic 0-1
4/20/18	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Winner 1	Perusic/Schweiner	29, Q11	O'Gorman/Saxton	15	21-18, 14-21, 15-13	0:46
Trail the series against # 17 Plavins/Tocs, Latvia 0-1
1/6/18	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Winner 3	Plavins/Tocs	17	O'Gorman/Saxton	11	21-15, 22-20	0:33
Lead the series against # 20, Q2 Gerson/Heidrich, Switzerland 1-0
6/29/18	FIVB	Poland Four Star	Winner 1	O'Gorman/Saxton	21	Gerson/Heidrich	20, Q1	21-17, 23-21	0:38
Trail the series against # 21, Q3 Carvalhaes/Santos, Brazil 0-1
7/7/18	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Winner 3	Carvalhaes/Santos	20, Q2	O'Gorman/Saxton	14	22-20, 21-16	0:41
Trail the series against # 22 Bouter/Varenhorst, Netherlands 0-1
6/22/18	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Winner 1	Bouter/Varenhorst	17	O'Gorman/Saxton	21	21-16, 21-17	0:32
Lead the series against # 23 Thole/Wickler, Germany 1-0
7/6/18	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Pool C	O'Gorman/Saxton	14	Thole/Wickler	19, Q1	21-18, 19-21, 16-14	0:52
Lead the series against # 24, Q5 Tijan/Younousse, Qatar 1-0
4/19/18	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Pool B	O'Gorman/Saxton	15	Tijan/Younousse	18	25-23, 21-18	0:39
Lead the series against # 25 Pedlow/Schachter, Canada 1-0
2/28/18	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major	Pool A	O'Gorman/Saxton	17	Pedlow/Schachter	16	21-19, 20-22, 15-13	0:51
Trail the series against # 26, Q6 Koekelkoren/van Walle, Belgium 0-1
1/5/18	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Pool F	Koekelkoren/van Walle	6	O'Gorman/Saxton	11	22-20, 21-18	0:36
Trail the series against # 31 Ermacora/Pristauz, Austria 0-1
7/20/18	FIVB	Haiyang Three Star	Winner 1	Ermacora/Pristauz	8	O'Gorman/Saxton	2	24-22, 16-21, 20-18	0:53
Lead the series against # Q10 Azaad/Capogrosso, Argentina 1-0
8/1/18	FIVB	Vienna Major	Qualifier 2	O'Gorman/Saxton	27, Q7	Azaad/Capogrosso	Q10	21-14, 18-21, 15-9	0:45
Trail the series against # Q11 Giginoglu/Gogtepe, Türkiye 0-1
7/10/18	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Qualifier 2	Giginoglu/Gogtepe	27, Q15	O'Gorman/Saxton	Q2	18-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:48
Trail the series against # Q14 Kazdailis/Rumsevicius, Lithuania 0-1
5/17/18	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Pool G	Kazdailis/Rumsevicius	23, Q2	O'Gorman/Saxton	10	17-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:46
Lead the series against # Q15 Aye/Krou, France 1-0
11/25/17	FIVB	Sydney Two Star	Gold Medal	O'Gorman/Saxton	2	Aye/Krou	4	21-8, 21-16	0:30
Series tied with # Q16 Evans/Kolinske, United States 1-1
5/4/18	FIVB	Huntington Beach Four Star	Contender 2	Evans/Kolinske	30	O'Gorman/Saxton	19	21-16, 13-21, 15-5	0:43
11/25/17	FIVB	Sydney Two Star	Semi-Finals	O'Gorman/Saxton	2	Evans/Kolinske	10	18-21, 21-19, 15-9	0:53
Lead the series against # Q22 Berntsen/Mol, Norway 1-0
6/29/18	FIVB	Poland Four Star	Pool E	O'Gorman/Saxton	21	Berntsen/Mol	28, Q10	21-16, 23-21	0:38
Lead the series against # Q26 Mullner/Schnetzer, Austria 1-0
7/31/18	FIVB	Vienna Major	Qualifier 1	O'Gorman/Saxton	27, Q7	Mullner/Schnetzer	Q26	21-17, 21-18	0:37