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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Swatch Major Gstaad Five Star
July 8 - 13, 2019

(25, Q5) 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 Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2011	Did not play	Christian Redmann - 17th
2013	Did not play	Chaim Schalk - 9th
2014	Did not play	Chaim Schalk - 9th
2015	Did not play	Chaim Schalk - 9th
2016	Did not play	Chaim Schalk - 9th
2017	Michael Plantinga - 25th	Chaim Schalk - 17th
2018	Ben Saxton - 33rd	Grant O'Gorman - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/28-7/7/2019	World Championships Hamburg	30	17th	640	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/11-16/2019	Warsaw Four Star	19	17th	320	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/22-26/2019	Jinjiang Four Star	15	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	5/15-19/2019	Itapema Four Star	22	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	4/23-28/2019	Xiamen Four Star	Q7	41st	40	US$0.00
FIVB	3/11-16/2019	Doha Four Star	Q2	33rd	160	US$0.00
FIVB	10/17-21/2018	Las Vegas Four Star	13	17th	320	US$3,000.00
FIVB	8/8-12/2018	Moscow Four Star	18	17th	320	US$3,000.00
FIVB	7/31-8/5/2018	Vienna Major	27, Q7	17th	480	US$6,000.00
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

Gstaad Major Series Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 7/9/2019	Qualifier 1	Thomas Kunert / Daniel Mullner, Austria (Q28)	Won 21-15, 21-17	0:32
Tue, 7/9/2019	Qualifier 2	Martin Ermacora / Moritz Pristauz, Austria (Q12)	Won 21-18, 21-19	0:35
Wed, 7/10/2019	Pool H	Mirco Gerson / Adrian Heidrich, Switzerland (8)	Lost 21-18, 19-21, 12-15	0:50
Thu, 7/11/2019	Pool H	Tri Bourne / Trevor Crabb, United States (9)	Won 21-23, 26-24, 15-8	0:52
Thu, 7/11/2019	Winner 1	Taylor Crabb / Jake Gibb, United States (13)	Lost 18-21, 21-19, 10-15	0:43

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	14	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	8	1	1	$52,000.00	28	24	53.8 %
2019	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	2	$27,000.00	11	14	44.0 %
Total	FIVB	22	1	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	12	1	3	$79,000.00	39	38	50.6 %

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
14	1	0	0	0	3	0	8	1	1	$26,000.00	2018	FIVB	14	1	0	0	0	3	0	8	1	1	$26,000.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	2	$13,500.00	2019	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	2	$13,500.00
71	1	1	1	0	6	16	20	10	16	$85,062.50	Total	Total	119	1	1	4	1	14	24	30	17	27	$316,687.50

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%
2018-2019	31	70.5%	6	13.6%	7	15.9%	37-7	84.1%	9	20.5%	9	20.5%	26	59.1%	9-35	20.5%	31-26	54.4%	15-16	48.4%	1	0	47-42	52.8%
Against the Field	19	70.4%	3	11.1%	5	18.5%	22-5	81.5%	5	13.9%	8	22.2%	23	63.9%	5-31	13.9%	38-46	45.2%	16-26	38.1%	0	0	27-36	42.9%

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 19-25 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 15 Series, 7 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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
Trail the series against # 2 Krasilnikov/Stoyanovskiy, Russia 0-1
5/23/19	FIVB	Jinjiang Four Star	Pool B	Krasilnikov/Stoyanovskiy	2	O'Gorman/Saxton	15	21-16, 15-21, 15-10	0:40
Trail the series against # 4 Dalhausser/Lucena, United States 1-2
6/30/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Pool F	O'Gorman/Saxton	30	Dalhausser/Lucena	6	21-16, 21-19	0:43
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
Series tied with # 5 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 # 6 Goncalves/Schmidt, Brazil 0-1
5/16/19	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Pool F	Goncalves/Schmidt	11	O'Gorman/Saxton	22	21-19, 21-12	0:35
Series tied with # 7 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 1-1
5/25/19	FIVB	Jinjiang Four Star	Winner 2	Gavira/Herrera	3	O'Gorman/Saxton	15	21-18, 21-13	0:32
6/21/18	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Pool E	O'Gorman/Saxton	21	Gavira/Herrera	12	23-21, 21-18	0:36
Series tied with # 8 Gerson/Heidrich, Switzerland 1-1
7/10/19	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Pool H	Gerson/Heidrich	8	O'Gorman/Saxton	25, Q5	18-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:50
6/29/18	FIVB	Poland Four Star	Winner 1	O'Gorman/Saxton	21	Gerson/Heidrich	20, Q1	21-17, 23-21	0:38
Lead the series against # 9 Bourne/Crabb, United States 1-0
7/11/19	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Pool H	O'Gorman/Saxton	25, Q5	Bourne/Crabb	9	21-23, 26-24, 15-8	0:52
Series tied with # 12 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 1-1
6/14/19	FIVB	Warsaw Four Star	Winner 1	Lupo/Nicolai	6	O'Gorman/Saxton	19	21-16, 21-19	0:34
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 # 13 Crabb/Gibb, United States 0-1
7/11/19	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Winner 1	Crabb/Gibb	13	O'Gorman/Saxton	25, Q5	21-18, 19-21, 15-10	0:43
Lead the series against # 14 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
Trail the series against # 15 Cerutti/Filho, Brazil 0-1
6/13/19	FIVB	Warsaw Four Star	Pool C	Cerutti/Filho	14	O'Gorman/Saxton	19	21-13, 21-19	0:39
Trail the series against # 17 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
Series tied with # 18 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 # 20, Q2 Plavins/Tocs, Latvia 0-2
10/19/18	FIVB	Las Vegas Four Star	Winner 1	Plavins/Tocs	8	O'Gorman/Saxton	13	21-18, 21-19	0:33
1/6/18	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Winner 3	Plavins/Tocs	17	O'Gorman/Saxton	11	21-15, 22-20	0:33
Trail the series against # 21 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 0-2
6/28/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Pool F	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	19	O'Gorman/Saxton	30	23-21, 19-21, 15-9	0:48
4/20/18	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Pool B	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	2	O'Gorman/Saxton	15	21-19, 21-11	0:33
Trail the series against # 22, Q3 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
Lead the series against # 23 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 # 28 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
Lead the series against # 31 Beeler/Krattiger, Switzerland 1-0
5/17/19	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Winner 1	O'Gorman/Saxton	22	Beeler/Krattiger	25	21-17, 21-17	0:31
Lead the series against # 32 Haussener/Metral, Switzerland 1-0
6/14/19	FIVB	Warsaw Four Star	Pool C	O'Gorman/Saxton	19	Haussener/Metral	30, Q17	26-24, 21-16	0:42
Trail the series against Brunner/Priddy, United States 0-1
5/17/19	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Winner 2	Brunner/Priddy	23, Q3	O'Gorman/Saxton	22	21-14, 22-20	0:32
Trail the series against # Q4 Seidl/Waller, Austria 0-1
7/4/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Winner 1	Seidl/Waller	32	O'Gorman/Saxton	30	22-24, 21-15, 15-8	0:46
Series tied with # Q12 Ermacora/Pristauz, Austria 1-1
7/9/19	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Qualifier 2	O'Gorman/Saxton	25, Q5	Ermacora/Pristauz	Q12	21-18, 21-19	0:35
7/20/18	FIVB	Haiyang Three Star	Winner 1	Ermacora/Pristauz	8	O'Gorman/Saxton	2	24-22, 16-21, 20-18	0:53
Series tied with # Q15 Nolvak/Tiisaar, Estonia 1-1
5/24/19	FIVB	Jinjiang Four Star	Winner 1	O'Gorman/Saxton	15	Nolvak/Tiisaar	24	23-21, 21-14	0:35
3/12/19	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Qualifier 2	Nolvak/Tiisaar	30, Q15	O'Gorman/Saxton	Q2	21-17, 21-18	0:36
Trail the series against # Q16 Gordieiev/Popov, Ukraine 0-1
4/24/19	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Qualifier 1	Gordieiev/Popov	31, Q26	O'Gorman/Saxton	Q7	21-17, 21-19	0:40
Lead the series against # Q17 Ha/Wu, China 1-0
3/7/18	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Pool C	O'Gorman/Saxton	14	Ha/Wu	30	17-21, 21-14, 15-13	0:47
Trail the series against # Q19 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
Lead the series against # Q20 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 # Q27 Azaad/Capogrosso, Argentina 3-0
7/2/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Pool F	O'Gorman/Saxton	30	Azaad/Capogrosso	43	21-14, 21-19	0:33
10/18/18	FIVB	Las Vegas Four Star	Pool D	O'Gorman/Saxton	13	Azaad/Capogrosso	29, Q6	21-16, 18-21, 15-11	0:47
8/1/18	FIVB	Vienna Major	Qualifier 2	O'Gorman/Saxton	27, Q7	Azaad/Capogrosso	Q10	21-14, 18-21, 15-9	0:45
Lead the series against # Q28 Kunert/Mullner, Austria 1-0
7/9/19	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Qualifier 1	O'Gorman/Saxton	25, Q5	Kunert/Mullner	Q28	21-15, 21-17	0:32