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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Foro Italico Beach Volley Grand Slam
May 18 - 23, 2010

(16) 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 Rome Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/3-8/2010	Shanghai Open	15	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	4/20-25/2010	Brasilia Open	9	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/28-8/2/2009	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	16	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/21-26/2009	Marseille Grand Slam	16	9th	320	US$6,600.00
FIVB	7/7-12/2009	Gstaad Grand Slam	16	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/26-7/5/2009	Stavanger World Championships	23	9th	400	US$11,000.00
FIVB	5/26-31/2009	Myslowice Open	15	3rd	480	US$15,000.00

Rome Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/20/2010	Pool J	Thiago Barbosa / Pedro Cunha, Brazil (17, Q9)	Lost 21-16, 16-21, 11-15	0:53
Thu, 5/20/2010	Pool J	Phil Dalhausser / Todd Rogers, United States (1)	Won 21-19, 18-21, 15-13	1:07
Fri, 5/21/2010	Pool J	Gianluca Casadei / Alberto Cisolla, Italy (32)	Won 21-14, 21-17	0:39
Fri, 5/21/2010	Winner 1	Tarjei Skarlund / Martin Spinnangr, Norway (15)	Lost 13-21, 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$)
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	9	1	0	0	1	2	1	3	0	1	0	0	$85,300.00	30	14	68.2 %
2009	FIVB	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	$49,950.00	15	11	57.7 %
2010	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$17,100.00	8	6	57.1 %
Total	FIVB	30	2	2	1	1	5	1	10	2	5	1	0	$312,700.00	94	52	64.4 %

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
9	1	0	0	1	3	3	1	0	0	$42,650.00	2008	FIVB	9	1	0	0	1	3	3	1	0	0	$42,650.00
6	0	0	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	$24,975.00	2009	FIVB	6	0	0	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	$24,975.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$8,550.00	2010	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$8,550.00
37	2	3	3	1	8	14	5	1	0	$204,725.00	Total	Total	32	2	2	1	1	6	12	5	2	1	$158,100.00

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%
2009-2010	23	62.2%	9	24.3%	5	13.5%	32-5	86.5%	10	27.8%	11	30.6%	15	41.7%	10-26	27.8%	23-15	60.5%	19-16	54.3%	2	0	44-31	58.7%
Against the Field	44	68.8%	13	20.3%	7	10.9%	57-7	89.1%	21	25.3%	18	21.7%	44	53.0%	21-62	25.3%	88-80	52.4%	68-50	57.6%	3	1	81-66	55.1%

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 30-22 (Lead 12 Series, Trail 7 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 3-5
5/20/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool J	Gibb/Rosenthal	16	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	21-19, 18-21, 15-13	1:07
4/23/10	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 4	Dalhausser/Rogers	3	Gibb/Rosenthal	9	21-15, 21-18	0:39
6/29/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool B	Dalhausser/Rogers	2	Gibb/Rosenthal	23	21-14, 16-21, 15-8	0:52
3/30/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Bronze Medal	Dalhausser/Rogers	2	Gibb/Rosenthal	18	21-18, 14-21, 15-11	0:50
3/27/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Winner 2	Gibb/Rosenthal	18	Dalhausser/Rogers	2	24-22, 21-18	0:48
9/28/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Winner 2	Gibb/Rosenthal	9	Dalhausser/Rogers	8	21-18, 21-13	0:44
8/5/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 2	Dalhausser/Rogers	17	Gibb/Rosenthal	12	21-18, 23-21	0:48
6/1/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Winner 1	Dalhausser/Rogers	13	Gibb/Rosenthal	20	21-15, 21-19	0:39
Trail the series against # 2 Brink/Reckermann, Germany 2-3
7/31/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool A	Brink/Reckermann	1	Gibb/Rosenthal	16	20-22, 21-17, 15-9	1:07
7/24/09	FIVB	Marseille Grand Slam	Winner 3	Brink/Reckermann	1	Gibb/Rosenthal	16	23-21, 21-13	0:46
7/3/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Winner 2	Brink/Reckermann	3	Gibb/Rosenthal	23	21-18, 21-16	0:47
5/31/09	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Bronze Medal	Gibb/Rosenthal	15	Brink/Reckermann	3	21-16, 21-19	0:50
5/29/09	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 4	Gibb/Rosenthal	15	Brink/Reckermann	3	13-21, 24-22, 15-9	1:00
Trail the series against # 3 Marques/Solberg, Brazil 0-4
5/6/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 4	Marques/Solberg	5	Gibb/Rosenthal	15	22-20, 10-21, 15-12	0:57
7/4/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool F	Marques/Solberg	6	Gibb/Rosenthal	11	21-17, 27-25	0:46
6/27/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool F	Marques/Solberg	6	Gibb/Rosenthal	11	21-19, 15-21, 15-11	0:59
6/21/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 2	Marques/Solberg	7	Gibb/Rosenthal	8	14-21, 21-13, 19-17	0:57
Trail the series against # 5 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 0-1
5/5/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 2	Gavira/Herrera	2	Gibb/Rosenthal	15	21-16, 21-15	0:47
Series tied with # 6 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 1-1
4/23/10	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 3	Gibb/Rosenthal	9	Nummerdor/Schuil	1	27-29, 23-21, 19-17	1:17
7/26/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool X	Nummerdor/Schuil	11	Gibb/Rosenthal	14	30-28, 21-19	0:54
Lead the series against # 7 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 1-0
5/29/09	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 3	Gibb/Rosenthal	15	Klemperer/Koreng	7	23-25, 21-18, 18-16	1:11
Lead the series against # 10 Nicolai/Varnier, Italy 1-0
4/23/10	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 2	Gibb/Rosenthal	9	Nicolai/Varnier	23	22-20, 13-21, 15-10	0:47
Lead the series against # 11 Barsuk/Kolodinsky, Russia 2-1
6/13/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool F	Gibb/Rosenthal	6	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	11	17-21, 21-14, 15-11	1:00
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 # 14 Gosch/Horst, Austria 1-0
7/3/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool F	Gibb/Rosenthal	11	Gosch/Horst	27, Q3	21-14, 21-11	0:34
Trail the series against # 15 Skarlund/Spinnangr, Norway 0-1
5/21/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Winner 1	Skarlund/Spinnangr	15	Gibb/Rosenthal	16	21-13, 21-15	0:36
Trail the series against # 17, Q9 Barbosa/Cunha, Brazil 0-1
5/20/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool J	Barbosa/Cunha	17, Q9	Gibb/Rosenthal	16	16-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:53
Lead the series against # 18 Heuscher/Heyer, Switzerland 2-0
5/28/09	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 1	Gibb/Rosenthal	15	Heuscher/Heyer	18	21-17, 22-20	0:42
4/23/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 1	Gibb/Rosenthal	13	Heuscher/Heyer	20	29-31, 24-22, 15-12	1:15
Lead the series against # 19 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 1-0
5/6/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 2	Gibb/Rosenthal	15	Fijalek/Prudel	17	21-17, 18-21, 15-11	0:53
Lead the series against # 20 Ces/Ces, France 2-0
5/5/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Gibb/Rosenthal	15	Ces/Ces	18	21-19, 21-19	0:40
6/26/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool F	Gibb/Rosenthal	11	Ces/Ces	27, Q12	21-12, 22-20	0:41
Lead the series against # 26 Wu/Xu, China 4-2
5/6/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 3	Gibb/Rosenthal	15	Wu/Xu	10	20-22, 21-18, 15-10	0:41
5/24/08	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Contender 5	Wu/Xu	3	Gibb/Rosenthal	7	21-17, 21-17	0:42
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
Lead the series against # 28, Q15 Asahi/Shiratori, Japan 2-0
4/22/10	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 1	Gibb/Rosenthal	9	Asahi/Shiratori	24	21-19, 21-18	0:41
8/14/08	FIVB	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	Pool F	Gibb/Rosenthal	7	Asahi/Shiratori	19	21-15, 19-21, 18-16	0:55
Lead the series against # 32 Casadei/Cisolla, Italy 1-0
5/21/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool J	Gibb/Rosenthal	16	Casadei/Cisolla	32	21-14, 21-17	0:39
Trail the series against # Q1 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 2-3
7/30/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool A	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	17, Q2	Gibb/Rosenthal	16	21-18, 21-17	0:43
6/19/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool H	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	24, Q1	Gibb/Rosenthal	8	21-17, 14-21, 15-13	0:57
5/22/08	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Winner 1	Gibb/Rosenthal	7	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	26	21-17, 21-15	0:42
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 # Q2 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 4-0
6/27/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool B	Gibb/Rosenthal	23	Lochhead/Pitman	26	21-17, 19-21, 15-13	1:00
7/3/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool F	Gibb/Rosenthal	11	Lochhead/Pitman	22	21-17, 21-15	0:40
6/12/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool F	Gibb/Rosenthal	6	Lochhead/Pitman	22, Q7	21-17, 21-19	0:39
5/22/08	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Winner 2	Gibb/Rosenthal	7	Lochhead/Pitman	23, Q5	21-18, 22-20	0:41
Lead the series against # Q8 Gabathuler/Schnider, Switzerland 1-0
7/30/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool A	Gibb/Rosenthal	16	Gabathuler/Schnider	32, Q6	21-18, 21-19	0:49