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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$1,000,000 ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball
July 22 - 27, 2014

(20) 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 Long Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2013	Jonas Weingart - 17th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/9-13/2014	Gstaad Grand Slam	9	17th	240	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2014	Stavanger Grand Slam	29, Q10	3rd	640	US$32,000.00
FIVB	6/18-22/2014	Berlin Grand Slam	32, Q15	9th	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2014	Moscow Grand Slam	28, Q7	25th	160	US$4,000.00
CEV	6/3-8/2014	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	21	9th	250	€ 2,500.00
FIVB	5/28-6/1/2014	Anapa Open	6	3rd	400	US$6,000.00
FIVB	5/6-10/2014	Puerto Vallarta Open	6	17th	180	US$1,200.00
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2014	Shanghai Grand Slam	Q10	41st	40	US$0.00
FIVB	4/22-26/2014	Fuzhou Open	17	17th	180	US$1,200.00

ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/23/2014	Pool D	Michal Kadziola / Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland (13)	Won By Forfeit
Thu, 7/24/2014	Pool D	Daniele Lupo / Paolo Nicolai, Italy (4)	Lost 18-21, 13-21	0:32
Thu, 7/24/2014	Pool D	Martins Plavins / Aleksandrs Solovejs, Latvia (29)	Lost 14-21, 22-20, 12-15	0:52
Fri, 7/25/2014	Winner 1	Alvaro Filho / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (9)	Lost 21-16, 23-25, 13-15	0:55

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$7,000.00	2	5	28.6 %
2012	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	2	3	40.0 %
2014	FIVB	9	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	4	1	1	$71,400.00	21	23	47.7 %
2014	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	11	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	4	3	1	$78,400.00	23	28	45.1 %
Total	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00	5	5	50.0 %

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
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	$3,500.00	2012	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	$5,250.00
											2012	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
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
10	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	2	$18,050.00	2013	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	$2,525.00
											2013	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00	2013	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$1,375.00
9	0	0	2	0	0	1	4	1	1	$35,700.00	2014	FIVB	9	0	0	2	0	0	1	4	1	1	$35,700.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2014	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
121	0	3	3	3	6	20	29	19	38	$142,975.00	Total	Total	26	0	1	2	0	1	5	8	5	4	$47,350.00

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%
2013-2014	15	62.5%	3	12.5%	6	25.0%	18-6	75.0%	6	22.2%	3	11.1%	18	66.7%	6-21	22.2%	15-18	45.5%	9-9	50.0%	3	1	27-28	49.1%
Against the Field	10	47.6%	3	14.3%	8	38.1%	13-8	61.9%	8	21.6%	3	8.1%	26	70.3%	8-29	21.6%	20-46	30.3%	22-22	50.0%	2	1	23-35	39.7%

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
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 12-16 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 10 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Rosenthal, United States 0-1
6/29/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Dalhausser/Rosenthal	1	Gabathuler/Gerson	29, Q10	21-14, 21-9	0:30
Series tied with # 2 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 1-1
6/26/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool D	Gabathuler/Gerson	29, Q10	Fijalek/Prudel	13	By Forfeit
6/6/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Winner 2	Fijalek/Prudel	7	Gabathuler/Gerson	21	21-10, 21-14	0:35
Lead the series against # 3 Cerutti/Schmidt, Brazil 1-0
6/26/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool D	Gabathuler/Gerson	29, Q10	Cerutti/Schmidt	4	19-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:49
Trail the series against # 4 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 0-2
7/24/14	FIVB	ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball	Pool D	Lupo/Nicolai	4	Gabathuler/Gerson	20	21-18, 21-13	0:32
6/12/14	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool E	Lupo/Nicolai	5	Gabathuler/Gerson	28, Q7	21-11, 21-19	0:34
Trail the series against # 5 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 0-1
6/21/14	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Gabathuler/Gerson	32, Q15	21-15, 21-10	0:30
Lead the series against # 8 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 1-0
6/28/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 3	Gabathuler/Gerson	29, Q10	Gavira/Herrera	12	21-19, 21-17	0:35
Trail the series against # 9 Filho/Santos, Brazil 0-3
7/25/14	FIVB	ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball	Winner 1	Filho/Santos	9	Gabathuler/Gerson	20	16-21, 25-23, 15-13	0:55
7/11/14	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool H	Filho/Santos	8	Gabathuler/Gerson	9	21-17, 21-19	0:41
4/23/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool A	Filho/Santos	1	Gabathuler/Gerson	17	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 10 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
Trail the series against # 11 Bourne/Hyden, United States 0-1
5/8/14	FIVB	Puerto Vallarta Open	Pool F	Bourne/Hyden	11	Gabathuler/Gerson	6	21-16, 21-12	0:40
Lead the series against # 13 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 1-0
7/23/14	FIVB	ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball	Pool D	Gabathuler/Gerson	20	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	13	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # 14 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 1-0
6/28/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 2	Gabathuler/Gerson	29, Q10	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	11	15-21, 21-19, 18-16	0:58
Trail the series against # 15, Q1 Felipe/Goncalves, Brazil 0-1
6/13/14	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool E	Felipe/Goncalves	12	Gabathuler/Gerson	28, Q7	13-21, 21-19, 15-7	0:52
Trail the series against # 16 Walkenhorst/Windscheif, Germany 0-1
6/13/14	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool E	Walkenhorst/Windscheif	21	Gabathuler/Gerson	28, Q7	21-17, 21-14	0:34
Lead the series against # 17 Bockermann/Urbatzka, Germany 1-0
6/4/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool E	Gabathuler/Gerson	21	Bockermann/Urbatzka	12	23-21, 21-19	0:47
Series tied with # 18 Dyachenko/Sidorenko, Kazakhstan 1-1
6/29/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Gabathuler/Gerson	29, Q10	Dyachenko/Sidorenko	26, Q4	28-30, 21-19, 15-9	1:01
8/16/12	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool M	Dyachenko/Sidorenko	13	Gabathuler/Gerson	29	21-17, 21-18	0:40
Trail the series against # 19 Saxton/Schalk, Canada 0-1
7/11/14	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 1	Saxton/Schalk	21	Gabathuler/Gerson	9	21-14, 21-14	0:33
Series tied with # 23 Ranghieri/Tomatis, Italy 1-1
7/10/14	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool H	Gabathuler/Gerson	9	Ranghieri/Tomatis	25	21-19, 19-21, 15-12	0:53
6/20/14	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool A	Ranghieri/Tomatis	17	Gabathuler/Gerson	32, Q15	21-18, 21-17	0:35
Trail the series against # 29 Plavins/Solovejs, Latvia 0-1
7/24/14	FIVB	ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball	Pool D	Plavins/Solovejs	29	Gabathuler/Gerson	20	21-14, 20-22, 15-12	0:52
Lead the series against # 30, Q9 Hadrava/Kubala, Czechia 1-0
6/20/14	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 1	Gabathuler/Gerson	32, Q15	Hadrava/Kubala	31, Q13	21-19, 21-8	0:29
Lead the series against # Q4 Chevallier/Strasser, Switzerland 1-0
6/1/14	FIVB	Anapa Open	Bronze Medal	Gabathuler/Gerson	6	Chevallier/Strasser	3	16-21, 21-17, 16-14	0:52
Lead the series against # Q12 Eithun/Horrem, Norway 1-0
6/6/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Winner 1	Gabathuler/Gerson	21	Eithun/Horrem	18	18-21, 21-15, 15-12	0:59
Lead the series against # Q14 Mullner/Wutzl, Austria 1-0
6/3/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool E	Gabathuler/Gerson	21	Mullner/Wutzl	28	21-9, 21-19	0:36