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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Tlaxcala Challenge
March 16 - 20, 2022

(13) 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 Tlaxcala Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/2-6/2021	Ostrava 4 Star	27, Q12	17th	320	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/25-30/2021	Sochi 4 Star	Q3	33rd	160	US$0.00
FIVB	4/28-5/2/2021	Cancun 4 Star - 3rd	21	17th	320	US$3,000.00
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

Tlaxcala Challenge Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 3/17/2022	Pool A	Vitor Felipe / Renato Lima, Brazil (12, Q1)	Lost 15-21, 13-21	0:37
Fri, 3/18/2022	Pool A	Matthew Immers / Mart van Werkhoven, Netherlands (24, Q27)	Lost 21-11, 19-21, 12-15	0:47

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	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	$14,000.00	6	11	35.3 %
2022	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00	0	2	0.0 %
Total	FIVB	32	1	1	0	0	3	0	3	0	15	4	5	$106,000.00	53	55	49.1 %

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
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
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	$7,000.00	2021	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	$7,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2022	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
81	1	2	1	0	6	17	23	13	18	$98,562.50	Total	Total	129	1	2	4	1	14	25	33	20	29	$330,187.50

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%
2021-2022	3	42.9%	0	0.0%	4	57.1%	3-4	42.9%	3	25.0%	1	8.3%	8	66.7%	3-9	25.0%	3-8	27.3%	3-5	37.5%	0	0	6-13	31.6%
Against the Field	3	60.0%	0	0.0%	2	40.0%	3-2	60.0%	2	20.0%	1	10.0%	7	70.0%	2-8	20.0%	6-14	30.0%	4-6	40.0%	0	0	5-10	33.3%

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 5-10 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 6 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 0-3
6/4/21	FIVB	Ostrava 4 Star	Pool F	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	22	O'Gorman/Saxton	27, Q12	17-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:47
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 # 4 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 # 7 Breer/Krattiger, Switzerland 1-0
6/2/21	FIVB	Ostrava 4 Star	Qualifier 2	O'Gorman/Saxton	27, Q12	Breer/Krattiger	Q5	15-21, 22-20, 15-12	0:47
Lead the series against # 8 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 # 11 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
Trail the series against # 12, Q1 Felipe/Lima, Brazil 0-1
3/17/22	FIVB	Tlaxcala Challenge	Pool A	Felipe/Lima	12, Q1	O'Gorman/Saxton	13	21-15, 21-13	0:37
Trail the series against # 15 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
Series tied with # 16 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 # 24, Q27 Immers/van Werkhoven, Netherlands 0-1
3/18/22	FIVB	Tlaxcala Challenge	Pool A	Immers/van Werkhoven	24, Q27	O'Gorman/Saxton	13	11-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:47
Lead the series against # Q14 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