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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 1 to 1 Energy Grand Slam
July 3 - 8, 2012

(30, Q7) Philip Gabathuler/Mirco Gerson, Switzerland

Philip Gabathuler
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 24, 1982 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Bern

Height:

194 cm (6'4")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

147

Career Best:

2nd (3 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

3rd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$190,611.98

Mirco Gerson
Switzerland

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 29, 1992 (33 yrs old)

Home Town:

Belp

Height:

186 cm (6'1")

Weight:

76 kg (167 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Qinzhou 2020)

Career Winnings:

US$173,439.73

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
CEV	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	1	0	0	US$10,347.75
FIVB	33	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	0	10	8	4	3	US$162,600.00
Overall	39	0	0	2	0	0	0	9	1	11	9	4	3	US$172,947.75

Previous Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2003	Michael Waelchli - Country Quota	Did not play
2004	David Wenger - 57th	Did not play
2006	David Wenger - 41st	Did not play
2007	David Wenger - 33rd	Did not play
2008	David Wenger - 9th	Did not play
2009	Jan Schnider - 25th	Did not play
2010	Jan Schnider - 9th	Did not play
2011	Jan Schnider - 33rd	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	5/30-6/3/2012	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	27	9th	320	€ 2,500.00

Gstaad Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/4/2012	Qualifier 2	Alexey Kuleshov / Dmitriy Yakovlev, Kazakhstan (Q10)	Won 21-18, 13-21, 15-12	0:51
Thu, 7/5/2012	Pool L	Jake Gibb / Sean Rosenthal, United States (3)	Lost 17-21, 26-28	0:49
Thu, 7/5/2012	Pool L	Sebastian Dollinger / Stefan Windscheif, Germany (14)	Lost 17-21, 17-21	0:38
Fri, 7/6/2012	Pool L	David Klemperer / Eric Koreng, Germany (19)	Won 21-12 Retired	0:13

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	1	0	0	0	0	$11,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	22	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	5	6	6	$136,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	10	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	2	1	$15,600.00
Confederation Championship	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	$6,500.00
Total	37	0	0	2	0	0	0	8	0	11	9	7	$169,100.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Philip Gabathuler												Mirco Gerson
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	0	1	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	$15,500.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$9,000.00
											World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$4,000.00
52	0	0	1	0	0	8	11	13	19	$104,950.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	34	0	0	1	0	1	6	6	10	10	$92,625.00
52	0	0	1	0	1	10	12	9	19	$49,200.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	33	0	0	1	0	1	8	13	7	3	$41,450.00
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	12	1	1	2	1	1	1	3	0	2	$12,500.00
5	0	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	$3,775.00	Challenger
10	0	2	1	3	3	0	0	0	1	$4,925.00	Satellite
											U23 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											U21 World Championships	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	0	$4,750.00	Confederation Championship	8	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	1	0	$8,250.00
131	0	3	3	3	5	24	26	25	42	$183,100.00	Total	95	1	2	4	1	4	24	26	18	15	$167,825.00

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
2012	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$3,500.00	2	2	50.0 %
2012	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	2	3	40.0 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$3,500.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	2	3	40.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Philip Gabathuler													Mirco Gerson
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2003	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2003	FIVB C&S
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2004	FIVB
3	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$1,650.00	2004	FIVB C&S
7	0	1	0	1	2	2	1	0	0	$3,200.00	2005	FIVB C&S
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2005	CEV
8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	$2,250.00	2006	FIVB
2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2006	FIVB C&S
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$250.00	2006	CEV
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	7	$5,900.00	2007	FIVB
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$500.00	2007	CEV
8	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	0	1	$15,950.00	2008	FIVB
2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,600.00	2008	FIVB C&S
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	$600.00	2008	CEV
13	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	4	4	$19,475.00	2009	FIVB
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$0.00	2009	CEV
12	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	5	$13,000.00	2010	FIVB
											2010	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
12	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	5	$13,725.00	2011	FIVB
											2011	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$2,625.00	2011	CEV
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,750.00	2012	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,750.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2012	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
98	0	3	1	3	6	16	21	14	34	$85,975.00	Total	Total	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	$3,000.00

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	31	57.4%	9	16.7%	14	25.9%	40-14	74.1%	12	17.6%	14	20.6%	42	61.8%	12-56	17.6%	31-42	42.5%	21-28	42.9%	4	3	56-73	43.4%
2011-2012	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	20.0%	4	80.0%	0-5	0.0%	0-4	0.0%	1-1	50.0%	1	0	2-5	28.6%
Against the Field	3	30.0%	2	20.0%	5	50.0%	5-5	50.0%	5	20.8%	4	16.7%	15	62.5%	5-19	20.8%	6-24	20.0%	14-18	43.8%	3	0	13-21	38.2%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	9	6	16	32	0	0	6	9	0	1	1	0	0	0	33	48
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	4	1	12	15	0	0	3	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	20	23
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	5	7	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	10
Total	1	0	13	7	35	55	0	0	12	19	0	2	2	0	0	0	63	83

Head to Head Results
Gabathuler/Gerson trail the series against the field 3-4 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 0-1
7/5/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool L	Gibb/Rosenthal	3	Gabathuler/Gerson	30, Q7	21-17, 28-26	0:49
Trail the series against # 14 Dollinger/Windscheif, Germany 0-1
7/5/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool L	Dollinger/Windscheif	14	Gabathuler/Gerson	30, Q7	21-17, 21-17	0:38
Trail the series against # 18 Stiekema/Varenhorst, Netherlands 0-1
5/30/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool O	Stiekema/Varenhorst	6	Gabathuler/Gerson	27	21-17, 21-16	0:31
Lead the series against # 19 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 1-0
7/6/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool L	Gabathuler/Gerson	30, Q7	Klemperer/Koreng	19	21-12 Retired	0:13
Trail the series against # 29 Doppler/Horst, Austria 0-1
5/31/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool O	Doppler/Horst	11	Gabathuler/Gerson	27	21-13, 21-17	0:34
Lead the series against # Q10 Kuleshov/Yakovlev, Kazakhstan 1-0
7/4/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Gabathuler/Gerson	30, Q7	Kuleshov/Yakovlev	Q10	21-18, 13-21, 15-12	0:51
Lead the series against # Q13 Coucke/van Walle, Belgium 1-0
5/31/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool O	Gabathuler/Gerson	27	Coucke/van Walle	22	21-15, 21-13	0:34