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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$800,000 Moscow Grand Slam
June 11 - 15, 2014

(28, 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 Moscow Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
CEV 2007	David Wenger - 17th	Did not play
2009	Jan Schnider - 25th	Did not play
2010	Jan Schnider - 25th	Did not play
2013	Jonas Weingart - 17th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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

Moscow Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/11/2014	Qualifier 2	Matteo Ingrosso / Paolo Ingrosso, Italy (Q10)	Won 21-17, 21-17	0:38
Thu, 6/12/2014	Pool E	Daniele Lupo / Paolo Nicolai, Italy (5)	Lost 11-21, 19-21	0:34
Fri, 6/13/2014	Pool E	Vitor Felipe / Evandro Goncalves, Brazil (12)	Lost 21-13, 19-21, 7-15	0:52
Fri, 6/13/2014	Pool E	Alexander Walkenhorst / Stefan Windscheif, Germany (21)	Lost 17-21, 14-21	0:34

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	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	$12,400.00	8	12	40.0 %
2014	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	7	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	$19,400.00	10	17	37.0 %
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
5	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	$6,200.00	2014	FIVB	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	$6,200.00
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
117	0	3	2	3	6	19	27	19	38	$113,475.00	Total	Total	22	0	1	1	0	1	4	6	5	4	$17,850.00

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	8	38.1%	3	14.3%	10	47.6%	11-10	52.4%	7	19.4%	1	2.8%	28	77.8%	7-29	19.4%	16-50	24.2%	20-22	47.6%	2	1	20-37	35.1%

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
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 6-11 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 11 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Filho/Santos, Brazil 0-1
4/23/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool A	Filho/Santos	1	Gabathuler/Gerson	17	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 5 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 0-1
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 # 7 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 0-1
6/5/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool E	Erdmann/Matysik	5	Gabathuler/Gerson	21	19-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:57
Trail the series against # 9 Krasilnikov/Semenov, Russia 0-1
6/1/14	FIVB	Anapa Open	Semi-Finals	Krasilnikov/Semenov	1	Gabathuler/Gerson	6	21-19, 21-18	0:37
Trail the series against # 12 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 # 14 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 0-1
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
Trail the series against # 19 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 # 20 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
Trail the series against # 21 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
Trail the series against # 22 Dyachenko/Sidorenko, Kazakhstan 0-1
8/16/12	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool M	Dyachenko/Sidorenko	13	Gabathuler/Gerson	29	21-17, 21-18	0:40
Lead the series against # 23 Huber/Seidl, Austria 1-0
6/1/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Winner 1	Gabathuler/Gerson	27	Huber/Seidl	18	17-21, 21-17, 16-14	0:56
Trail the series against # 29, Q9 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 # Q8 Garcia/Marco, Spain 1-0
5/31/14	FIVB	Anapa Open	Winner 3	Gabathuler/Gerson	6	Garcia/Marco	4	21-15, 21-14	0:36
Lead the series against # Q10 Ingrosso/Ingrosso, Italy 1-0
6/11/14	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Gabathuler/Gerson	28, Q7	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	Q10	21-17, 21-17	0:38
Lead the series against # Q12 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
Lead the series against # Q13 Dumek/Kubala, Czechia 1-0
5/31/14	FIVB	Anapa Open	Winner 2	Gabathuler/Gerson	6	Dumek/Kubala	7	21-19, 24-22	0:40
Trail the series against # Q18 Kissling/Kovatsch, Switzerland 0-1
4/25/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 1	Kissling/Kovatsch	26, Q9	Gabathuler/Gerson	17	21-19, 21-16	0:34