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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$175,000 Prague Open
May 6 - 11, 2008

(13) Jake Gibb/Sean Rosenthal, United States

Jake Gibb
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 6, 1976 (49 yrs old)

Home Town:

Bountiful, UT

Height:

201 cm (6'7")

Weight:

93 kg (205 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

149

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$825,687.50

Sean Rosenthal
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 19, 1980 (45 yrs old)

Home Town:

Redondo Beach, CA

Height:

191 cm (6'4")

Weight:

91 kg (200 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

109

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$630,300.00

Awards

Top Rookie 2005
Team of the Year 2012 (with Sean Rosenthal)
Tour Champion 2012 (with Sean Rosenthal)
Most Inspirational 2013, 2014

Awards

Top Rookie 2006
Most Outstanding 2012
Team of the Year 2012 (with Jake Gibb)
Tour Champion 2012 (with Jake Gibb)

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	63	4	5	3	3	14	2	15	2	13	2	US$731,300.00

Previous Prague Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/25-30/2008	Adelaide Australia Open	18	4th	420	US$10,500.00
FIVB	9/26-30/2007	Brazil Open	11	13th	180	US$4,500.00
FIVB	8/1-5/2007	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	13	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/24-29/2007	Gstaad World Championships	14	5th	600	US$18,000.00
FIVB	7/10-15/2007	Berlin Grand Slam	7	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2007	Stavanger Grand Slam	2	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2007	Paris Grand Slam	1	5th	480	US$13,200.00

Prague Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/8/2008	Winner 1	Kristjan Kais / Rivo Vesik, Estonia (20)	Won 23-21, 21-14	0:39
Thu, 5/8/2008	Winner 2	Dmitri Barsuk / Igor Kolodinsky, Russia (4)	Won 21-19, 22-20	0:45
Fri, 5/9/2008	Winner 3	Clemens Doppler / Peter Gartmayer, Austria (12)	Won 24-22, 21-18	0:51
Fri, 5/9/2008	Winner 4	Emiel Boersma / Bram Ronnes, Netherlands (16)	Won 21-18, 21-15	0:41
Sat, 5/10/2008	Semi-Finals	Emanuel Rego / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (2)	Won 21-17, 17-21, 18-16	1:10
Sun, 5/11/2008	Gold Medal	Julius Brink / Christoph Dieckmann, Germany (11)	Won 21-13, 23-21	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$)
Olympic Games	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	$36,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	34	2	3	1	2	9	0	8	0	9	0	0	$462,350.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	24	2	2	2	1	2	2	6	2	3	2	0	$232,950.00
Total	63	4	5	3	3	14	2	15	2	13	2	0	$731,300.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Jake Gibb												Sean Rosenthal
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
4	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$0.00
8	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	0	0	$44,750.00	World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	$23,500.00
3	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	$19,250.00	World Tour Finals
78	4	6	3	6	21	24	13	1	0	$561,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	64	7	4	2	2	12	11	18	6	0	$471,275.00
54	3	2	5	1	11	19	9	4	0	$198,187.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	33	3	2	2	1	4	9	5	4	0	$131,075.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	$4,450.00
149	7	8	8	8	39	47	26	6	0	$825,687.50	Total	109	10	6	4	3	20	23	26	11	0	$630,300.00

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
2006	FIVB	6	1	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	$106,450.00	26	8	76.5 %
2007	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	2	0	0	$53,900.00	15	13	53.6 %
2008	FIVB	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$38,500.00	10	2	83.3 %
Total	FIVB	14	2	2	0	1	3	0	2	1	2	1	0	$198,850.00	51	23	68.9 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Jake Gibb													Sean Rosenthal
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2003	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,750.00
											2004	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
7	0	1	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	$48,375.00	2005	FIVB
6	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	$53,225.00	2006	FIVB	6	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	$53,225.00
6	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	$26,950.00	2007	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	$26,950.00
2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$19,250.00	2008	FIVB	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$19,250.00
21	2	3	2	1	5	5	2	1	0	$147,800.00	Total	Total	16	2	2	0	1	3	3	2	2	1	$101,175.00

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	128	70.7%	30	16.6%	23	12.7%	158-23	87.3%	41	30.6%	29	21.6%	64	47.8%	41-93	30.6%	128-64	66.7%	71-52	57.7%	5	1	204-117	63.6%
2007-2008	31	64.6%	7	14.6%	10	20.8%	38-10	79.2%	6	26.1%	5	21.7%	12	52.2%	6-17	26.1%	31-12	72.1%	13-15	46.4%	1	0	45-27	62.5%
Against the Field	40	69.0%	8	13.8%	10	17.2%	48-10	82.8%	13	28.9%	7	15.6%	25	55.6%	13-32	28.9%	80-48	62.5%	42-34	55.3%	1	0	62-41	60.2%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	3
World Championships	0	0	0	0	6	3	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	6
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	2	0	62	31	0	0	36	27	5	3	1	2	2	3	118	67
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50	18	4	3	2	1	2	2	70	41
Total	0	0	2	0	73	35	0	0	91	50	9	6	3	3	4	5	204	117

Head to Head Results
Gibb/Rosenthal lead the series against the field 29-16 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 4 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 2 Rego/Santos, Brazil 4-1
5/10/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Semi-Finals	Gibb/Rosenthal	13	Rego/Santos	2	21-17, 17-21, 18-16	1:10
8/4/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 2	Rego/Santos	1	Gibb/Rosenthal	13	21-16, 18-21, 18-16	1:02
10/28/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Gold Medal	Gibb/Rosenthal	4	Rego/Santos	2	19-21, 21-16, 15-13	1:13
9/30/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Semi-Finals	Gibb/Rosenthal	9	Rego/Santos	2	21-17, 21-17	0:44
7/29/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Gibb/Rosenthal	15	Rego/Santos	1	21-19, 22-20	0:53
Trail the series against # 3 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 1-3
8/3/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool D	Araujo/Magalhaes	4	Gibb/Rosenthal	13	21-17, 21-17	0:44
10/26/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Winner 4	Gibb/Rosenthal	4	Araujo/Magalhaes	1	15-21, 23-21, 20-18	1:16
7/30/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	Gibb/Rosenthal	15	21-11, 21-17	0:44
7/27/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 2	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	Gibb/Rosenthal	15	21-18, 23-21	0:47
Series tied with # 4 Barsuk/Kolodinsky, Russia 1-1
5/8/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 2	Gibb/Rosenthal	13	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	4	21-19, 22-20	0:45
7/28/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Winner 3	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	6	Gibb/Rosenthal	14	21-19, 21-17	0:45
Lead the series against # 5 Wu/Xu, China 3-1
3/29/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Semi-Finals	Wu/Xu	7	Gibb/Rosenthal	18	21-19, 21-15	0:41
3/28/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Winner 3	Gibb/Rosenthal	18	Wu/Xu	7	21-15, 21-14	0:39
10/27/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Semi-Finals	Gibb/Rosenthal	4	Wu/Xu	6	21-16, 21-17	0:39
6/22/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Contender 1	Gibb/Rosenthal	28	Wu/Xu	21, Q9	21-16, 21-14	0:41
Series tied with # 6, Q1 Cunha/Neto, Brazil 1-1
7/28/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Winner 2	Gibb/Rosenthal	14	Cunha/Neto	2	18-21, 23-21, 15-11	1:07
6/23/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 3	Cunha/Neto	3	Gibb/Rosenthal	1	17-21, 21-14, 17-15	1:02
Trail the series against # 7 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-1
7/26/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool X	Nummerdor/Schuil	11	Gibb/Rosenthal	14	30-28, 21-19	0:54
Trail the series against # 8 Reckermann/Urbatzka, Germany 0-1
7/13/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool G	Reckermann/Urbatzka	10	Gibb/Rosenthal	7	17-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:57
Lead the series against # 11 Brink/Dieckmann, Germany 3-2
5/11/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Gold Medal	Gibb/Rosenthal	13	Brink/Dieckmann	11	21-13, 23-21	0:47
3/28/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Winner 4	Gibb/Rosenthal	18	Brink/Dieckmann	14	21-18, 19-21, 17-15	1:04
10/1/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Gold Medal	Brink/Dieckmann	4	Gibb/Rosenthal	9	21-17, 21-19	0:43
9/29/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Winner 4	Gibb/Rosenthal	9	Brink/Dieckmann	4	21-19, 19-21, 15-11	1:06
6/24/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Contender 6	Brink/Dieckmann	2	Gibb/Rosenthal	28	21-19, 21-19	0:46
Series tied with # 12 Doppler/Gartmayer, Austria 1-1
5/9/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 3	Gibb/Rosenthal	13	Doppler/Gartmayer	12	24-22, 21-18	0:51
6/30/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 1	Doppler/Gartmayer	20	Gibb/Rosenthal	2	19-21, 23-21, 18-16	1:04
Lead the series against # 15 Laciga/Schnider, Switzerland 1-0
3/27/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Winner 1	Gibb/Rosenthal	18	Laciga/Schnider	15	17-21, 25-23, 15-12	1:02
Trail the series against # 16 Boersma/Ronnes, Netherlands 1-3
5/9/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 4	Gibb/Rosenthal	13	Boersma/Ronnes	16	21-18, 21-15	0:41
9/28/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 3	Boersma/Ronnes	14	Gibb/Rosenthal	11	11-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:56
8/2/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool D	Boersma/Ronnes	20, Q5	Gibb/Rosenthal	13	22-24, 21-18, 15-8	1:01
7/12/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool G	Boersma/Ronnes	26, Q14	Gibb/Rosenthal	7	21-16, 21-15	0:39
Lead the series against # 17 Deulofeu/Salvetti, France 3-0
8/3/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 1	Gibb/Rosenthal	13	Deulofeu/Salvetti	30, Q8	21-16, 21-16	0:40
8/4/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool E	Gibb/Rosenthal	12	Deulofeu/Salvetti	28, Q15	21-17, 21-12	0:39
7/28/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Contender 3	Gibb/Rosenthal	15	Deulofeu/Salvetti	10	21-15, 21-11	0:37
Series tied with # 18 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 1-1
6/29/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool B	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	15, Q2	Gibb/Rosenthal	2	22-20, 21-18	0:48
6/21/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool A	Gibb/Rosenthal	1	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	17	21-16, 21-12	0:36
Lead the series against # 20 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 3-0
5/8/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 1	Gibb/Rosenthal	13	Kais/Vesik	20	23-21, 21-14	0:39
6/22/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 2	Gibb/Rosenthal	1	Kais/Vesik	13	21-19, 21-13	0:41
6/24/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Contender 5	Gibb/Rosenthal	28	Kais/Vesik	10	21-13, 21-15	0:34
Lead the series against # 22 Cadieux/Heese, Canada 3-0
9/27/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Gibb/Rosenthal	11	Cadieux/Heese	22	22-20, 21-14	0:44
7/27/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Winner 1	Gibb/Rosenthal	14	Cadieux/Heese	25	22-20, 16-21, 16-14	1:05
10/26/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Winner 3	Gibb/Rosenthal	4	Cadieux/Heese	21	21-18, 21-14	0:55
Lead the series against # 23, Q10 Fuerbringer/Jennings, United States 1-0
9/28/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 2	Gibb/Rosenthal	11	Fuerbringer/Jennings	28, Q8	17-21, 21-16, 15-8	0:57
Lead the series against # 28, Q14 Matysik/Uhmann, Germany 1-0
6/28/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool B	Gibb/Rosenthal	2	Matysik/Uhmann	31, Q25	21-17, 17-21, 15-10	0:46
Lead the series against # Q6 Goranson/Hoidalen, Norway 1-0
7/25/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool X	Gibb/Rosenthal	14	Goranson/Hoidalen	38	21-13, 21-19	0:42