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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 Cancun Hub - 3rd Event
April 28 - May 2, 2021

(21) 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 Cancun Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2021	Ben Saxton - 25th	Grant O'Gorman - 25th
2021	Ben Saxton - 9th	Grant O'Gorman - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/22-26/2021	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	24	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	4/16-20/2021	Cancun 4 Star - 1st	19	25th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	3/8-12/2021	Doha 4-star	19	25th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	9/3-8/2019	World Tour Finals Rome	Q3	33rd	240	US$0.00
FIVB	7/30-8/4/2019	Vienna Major Five Star	23, Q3	25th	360	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/17-21/2019	Edmonton Three Star	1	2nd	540	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/8-13/2019	Gstaad Major Series	25, Q5	17th	480	US$6,000.00
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

Cancun 4 Star - 3rd Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 4/29/2021	Pool E	Mirco Gerson / Adrian Heidrich, Switzerland (12)	Won 21-19, 21-13	0:43
Thu, 4/29/2021	Pool E	Phil Dalhausser / Nick Lucena, United States (5)	Lost 14-21, 17-21	0:34
Fri, 4/30/2021	Winner 1	Theo Brunner / Chaim Schalk, United States (27, Q7)	Lost 19-21, 15-21	0:36

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	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	1	3	$39,000.00	19	18	51.4 %
2021	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	$11,000.00	3	8	27.3 %
Total	FIVB	29	1	1	0	0	3	0	3	0	13	4	4	$102,000.00	50	50	50.0 %

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
11	0	1	0	0	0	2	4	1	3	$19,500.00	2019	FIVB	11	0	1	0	0	0	2	4	1	3	$19,500.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	$5,500.00	2021	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	$5,500.00
78	1	2	1	0	6	17	21	13	17	$96,562.50	Total	Total	126	1	2	4	1	14	25	31	20	28	$328,187.50

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%
2020-2021	3	50.0%	0	0.0%	3	50.0%	3-3	50.0%	3	27.3%	1	9.1%	7	63.6%	3-8	27.3%	3-7	30.0%	3-4	42.9%	0	0	6-11	35.3%
Against the Field	9	56.3%	3	18.8%	4	25.0%	12-4	75.0%	5	20.0%	4	16.0%	16	64.0%	5-20	20.0%	18-32	36.0%	16-16	50.0%	0	0	17-24	41.5%

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 15-21 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 12 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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 # 2 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 # 3 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
Series tied with # 4 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 # 5 Dalhausser/Lucena, United States 1-3
4/29/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 3rd	Pool E	Dalhausser/Lucena	5	O'Gorman/Saxton	21	21-14, 21-17	0:34
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
Lead the series against # 6 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 2-1
4/24/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	Winner 1	O'Gorman/Saxton	24	Gavira/Herrera	12	15-21, 21-15, 17-15	0:54
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
Trail the series against # 7 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 # 9 Carambula/Rossi, Italy 0-1
4/24/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	Winner 2	Carambula/Rossi	7	O'Gorman/Saxton	24	21-16, 21-16	0:37
Lead the series against # 12 Gerson/Heidrich, Switzerland 2-1
4/29/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 3rd	Pool E	O'Gorman/Saxton	21	Gerson/Heidrich	12	21-19, 21-13	0:43
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 # 13 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
Trail the series against # 14 Loyola/Wanderley, Brazil 0-2
4/17/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 1st	Pool C	Loyola/Wanderley	14	O'Gorman/Saxton	19	21-14, 21-18	0:37
8/1/19	FIVB	Vienna Major Five Star	Pool G	Loyola/Wanderley	10	O'Gorman/Saxton	23, Q3	21-14, 21-16	0:32
Trail the series against # 16 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 # 19 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 1-2
4/23/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	Pool H	Kantor/Losiak	25, Q6	O'Gorman/Saxton	24	19-21, 21-17, 15-8	0:46
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
Lead the series against # 20 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 # 24 Aye/Gauthier-Rat, France 0-1
9/4/19	FIVB	World Tour Finals Rome	Qualifier 2	Aye/Gauthier-Rat	31, Q14	O'Gorman/Saxton	Q3	21-16, 21-18	0:31
Trail the series against # 27, Q7 Brunner/Schalk, United States 0-1
4/30/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 3rd	Winner 1	Brunner/Schalk	27, Q7	O'Gorman/Saxton	21	21-19, 21-15	0:36
Series tied with 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 # Q3 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
Trail the series against # Q5 Cottafava/Windisch, Italy 0-1
4/18/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 1st	Pool C	Cottafava/Windisch	30, Q14	O'Gorman/Saxton	19	21-18, 21-11	0:33
Trail the series against # Q8 Ahman/Hellvig, Sweden 0-1
3/10/21	FIVB	Doha 4-star	Pool C	Ahman/Hellvig	30, Q24	O'Gorman/Saxton	19	21-15, 21-15	0:34
Lead the series against # Q10 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