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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Anapa Open
May 28 - June 1, 2014

(6) Philip Gabathuler/Mirco Gerson, Switzerland

Philip Gabathuler
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 24, 1982 (42 yrs old)

Home Town:

Bern

Height:

194 cm (6'4")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

124

Career Best:

2nd (3 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

3rd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$178,350.00

Mirco Gerson
Switzerland

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 29, 1992 (32 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$159,856.10

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	33	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	0	10	8	4	3	US$162,600.00

Previous Anapa Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2013	Did not play	Alexei Strasser - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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

Anapa Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/29/2014	Pool F	Jian Bao / Likejiang Ha, China (27, Q4)	Lost 21-16, 14-21, 9-15	0:49
Thu, 5/29/2014	Pool F	Edvarts Buivids / Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia (22, Q1)	Won 24-22, 23-21	0:47
Fri, 5/30/2014	Pool F	Sebastian Fuchs / Thomas Kaczmarek, Germany (11)	Won 22-20, 21-19	0:40
Sat, 5/31/2014	Winner 2	Jan Dumek / Premysl Kubala, Czech Republic (7)	Won 21-19, 24-22	0:40
Sat, 5/31/2014	Winner 3	Christian Garcia / Francisco Alfredo Marco, Spain (4)	Won 21-15, 21-14	0:36
Sun, 6/1/2014	Semi-Finals	Viacheslav Krasilnikov / Konstantin Semenov, Russia (1)	Lost 19-21, 18-21	0:37
Sun, 6/1/2014	Bronze Medal	Sebastian Chevallier / Alexei Strasser, Switzerland (3)	Won 16-21, 21-17, 16-14	0:52

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	0	$136,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	10	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	2	0	$15,600.00
Total	33	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	0	10	8	0	$162,600.00

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	0	$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	0	$104,950.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	34	0	0	1	0	1	6	6	10	0	$92,625.00
52	0	0	1	0	1	10	12	9	0	$49,200.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	33	0	0	1	0	1	8	13	7	0	$41,450.00
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	12	1	1	2	1	1	1	3	0	0	$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	0	$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
124	0	3	3	3	5	21	25	22	0	$178,350.00	Total	87	1	2	4	1	4	18	25	17	0	$159,575.00

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 %
2014	FIVB	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$8,400.00	7	9	43.8 %
Total	FIVB	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	$15,400.00	9	14	39.1 %

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
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
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	7	$5,900.00	2007	FIVB
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
13	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	4	4	$19,475.00	2009	FIVB
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
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
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
4	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	$4,200.00	2014	FIVB	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	$4,200.00
97	0	3	2	3	5	15	17	16	36	$104,750.00	Total	Total	16	0	1	1	0	1	1	4	4	4	$11,975.00

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	9	69.2%	3	23.1%	1	7.7%	12-1	92.3%	1	12.5%	1	12.5%	6	75.0%	1-7	12.5%	18-10	64.3%	8-4	66.7%	1	0	14-7	66.7%

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
Total	1	0	13	7	30	48	0	0	10	16	0	2	2	0	0	0	56	73

Head to Head Results
Gabathuler/Gerson lead the series against the field 7-5 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 5 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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
Lead the series against # 3 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 # 4 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 # 7 Dumek/Kubala, Czech Republic 1-0
5/31/14	FIVB	Anapa Open	Winner 2	Gabathuler/Gerson	6	Dumek/Kubala	7	21-19, 24-22	0:40
Lead the series against # 11 Fuchs/Kaczmarek, Germany 2-0
5/30/14	FIVB	Anapa Open	Pool F	Gabathuler/Gerson	6	Fuchs/Kaczmarek	11	22-20, 21-19	0:40
4/23/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool A	Gabathuler/Gerson	17	Fuchs/Kaczmarek	16	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 15 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
Trail the series against # 17 Dollinger/Wickler, Germany 0-1
4/29/14	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Dollinger/Wickler	29, Q23	Gabathuler/Gerson	Q10	23-21, 21-13	0:38
Lead the series against # 22, Q1 Buivids/Sorokins, Latvia 1-0
5/29/14	FIVB	Anapa Open	Pool F	Gabathuler/Gerson	6	Buivids/Sorokins	22, Q1	24-22, 23-21	0:47
Lead the series against # 25 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
Trail the series against # 26, Q3 Santos/Santos Pereira, Qatar 0-1
4/24/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool A	Santos/Santos Pereira	32	Gabathuler/Gerson	17	21-17, 21-14	0:34
Trail the series against # 27, Q4 Bao/Ha, China 0-1
5/29/14	FIVB	Anapa Open	Pool F	Bao/Ha	27, Q4	Gabathuler/Gerson	6	16-21, 21-14, 15-9	0:49