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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$800,000 Gstaad Major Series
July 7 - 12, 2015

(Q14) Sean Faiga/Ariel Hilman, Israel

Sean Faiga
Israel

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 12, 1988 (37 yrs old)

Home Town:

Moledet

Height:

203 cm (6'8")

Weight:

92 kg (202 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (FIVB Tel Aviv 2020)

Career Winnings:

US$17,023.33

Ariel Hilman
Israel

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 27, 1986 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Beit Halevi

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$16,362.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	31	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	5	6	7	10	US$32,725.00

Previous Gstaad Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/2-7/2015	Porec Major Series	Q17	41st	40	US$0.00
FIVB	5/25-31/2015	Moscow Grand Slam	Q16	33rd	80	US$0.00
FIVB	5/12-17/2015	Lucerne Open	Q3	41st	30	US$0.00
FIVB	4/21-25/2015	Fuzhou Open	22, Q2	17th	180	US$1,200.00
FIVB	12/9-14/2014	Mangaung Open	18	5th	300	US$3,375.00
FIVB	10/29-11/2/2014	Paraná Open	15	5th	300	US$3,375.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2014	Xiamen Open	19, Q3	17th	180	US$1,200.00
FIVB	7/22-27/2014	ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball	Q16	41st	40	US$0.00

Gstaad Major Series Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/8/2015	Qualifier 1	Runar Sannarnes / Christian Sorum, Norway (Q19)	Lost 18-21, 26-28	0:39

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	$12,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	18	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	4	3	0	$19,225.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,500.00
Total	31	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	5	6	0	$32,725.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Sean Faiga												Ariel Hilman
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	$6,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	$6,000.00
23	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	3	0	$9,612.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	18	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	3	0	$9,612.50
8	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	$1,200.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$750.00
41	0	0	0	1	4	1	6	6	0	$16,812.50	Total	31	0	0	0	0	3	0	5	6	0	$16,362.50

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
2013	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,500.00	1	4	20.0 %
2014	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	2	$9,150.00	12	12	50.0 %
2015	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	$1,200.00	4	6	40.0 %
Total	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	1	7	$11,850.00	17	22	43.6 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Sean Faiga													Ariel Hilman
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$750.00	2013	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$750.00
6	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	$4,575.00	2014	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	$4,575.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	$600.00	2015	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	$600.00
13	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	1	7	$5,925.00	Total	Total	13	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	1	7	$5,925.00

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	18	54.5%	8	24.2%	7	21.2%	26-7	78.8%	6	11.8%	7	13.7%	38	74.5%	6-45	11.8%	18-38	32.1%	14-14	50.0%	1	0	33-52	38.8%
2014-2015	10	52.6%	4	21.1%	5	26.3%	14-5	73.7%	3	15.8%	4	21.1%	12	63.2%	3-16	15.8%	10-12	45.5%	7-9	43.8%	1	0	18-21	46.2%
Against the Field	1	25.0%	2	50.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	2	11.1%	2	11.1%	14	77.8%	2-16	11.1%	2-28	6.7%	8-6	57.1%	0	0	5-17	22.7%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	6	7	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	16
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	10	8	12	17	0	0	5	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	32
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Total	0	0	16	18	12	26	0	0	5	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	33	52

Head to Head Results
Faiga/Hilman trail the series against the field 2-7 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 5 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 7 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 0-1
4/22/15	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool F	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	6	Faiga/Hilman	22, Q2	21-17, 21-15	0:38
Trail the series against # 17, Q1 Brunner/Lucena, United States 0-1
12/10/14	FIVB	Mangaung Open	Pool B	Brunner/Lucena	2	Faiga/Hilman	18	21-11, 21-14	0:31
Trail the series against # 18 Binstock/Schachter, Canada 0-2
11/1/14	FIVB	Paraná Open	Winner 3	Binstock/Schachter	2	Faiga/Hilman	15	21-14, 21-15	0:35
10/31/14	FIVB	Paraná Open	Pool B	Binstock/Schachter	2	Faiga/Hilman	15	23-25, 21-16, 15-11	1:02
Series tied with # 26, Q5 Garcia/Marco, Spain 1-1
12/12/14	FIVB	Mangaung Open	Winner 2	Faiga/Hilman	18	Garcia/Marco	6	17-21, 21-14, 15-13	0:53
10/10/14	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Winner 1	Garcia/Marco	16	Faiga/Hilman	19, Q3	21-15, 21-13	0:35
Trail the series against # Q8 Fuchs/Kaczmarek, Germany 0-1
12/12/14	FIVB	Mangaung Open	Winner 3	Fuchs/Kaczmarek	8	Faiga/Hilman	18	21-16, 21-17	0:38
Lead the series against # Q13 Stoyanovskiy/Yarzutkin, Russia 1-0
4/21/15	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Qualifier 2	Faiga/Hilman	22, Q2	Stoyanovskiy/Yarzutkin	Q15	21-16, 23-21	0:34
Trail the series against # Q19 Sannarnes/Sorum, Norway 0-1
7/8/15	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Qualifier 1	Sannarnes/Sorum	Q19	Faiga/Hilman	Q14	21-18, 28-26	0:39