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€ 200,000 2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final
July 29 - August 2, 2015

(16) 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:

153

Career Best:

2nd (4 times)

Career CEV Best:

5th (Novi Sad 2011)

Career Winnings:

US$193,411.30

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:

111

Career Wins:

Career CEV Best:

9th (7 times)

Career Winnings:

US$177,065.08

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
CEV C&S	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$2,372.62
FIVB	33	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	0	10	8	4	3	US$162,600.00
Overall	41	0	0	3	1	0	0	9	1	11	9	4	3	US$175,320.36

Previous Klagenfurt Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
FIVB 2007	David Wenger - 41st	Did not play
FIVB 2008	David Wenger - 33rd	Did not play
FIVB 2009	Jan Schnider - 25th	Did not play
FIVB 2010	Jan Schnider - 33rd	Did not play
FIVB 2011	Jan Schnider - 25th	Did not play
FIVB 2012	Jan Schnider - 33rd	Did not play
2013	Jonas Weingart - 25th	Alexei Strasser - 9th
FIVB 2014	Mirco Gerson - 9th	Philip Gabathuler - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/21-26/2015	Yokohama Grand Slam	Q4	33rd	80	US$0.00
FIVB	7/7-12/2015	Gstaad Major Series	8	17th	240	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/26-7/5/2015	Netherlands World Championships	16	9th	500	US$11,000.00
FIVB	6/16-20/2015	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	23	25th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/9-14/2015	Stavanger Major Series	23	17th	240	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/2-7/2015	Porec Major Series	22	25th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	5/25-31/2015	Moscow Grand Slam	21	17th	240	US$7,000.00
FIVB	5/12-17/2015	Lucerne Open	1	9th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/20-24/2014	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	14	9th	360	US$11,000.00
CEV	8/7-10/2014	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Biel/Bienne Masters	3	13th	144	€ 1,000.00
FIVB	7/30-8/3/2014	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	20, Q3	9th	360	US$11,000.00

2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/29/2015	Pool A	Murat Giginoglu / Volkan Gogtepe, Türkiye (17)	Won 18-21, 21-19, 16-14	0:52
Thu, 7/30/2015	Pool A	Jan Hadrava / Premysl Kubala, Czech Republic (32)	Won 20-22, 21-19, 19-17	1:00
Fri, 7/31/2015	Pool A	Reinder Nummerdor / Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands (1)	Lost 12-21, 21-16, 6-15	0:48
Fri, 7/31/2015	Winner 1	Alexander Huber / Robin Seidl, Austria (31)	Lost 18-21, 16-21	0:38

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
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	0	$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	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
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	0	$183,100.00	Total	95	1	2	4	1	4	24	26	18	0	$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 %
2012	CEV C&S	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,875.00	7	3	70.0 %
2014	FIVB	11	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	4	1	1	$93,400.00	27	28	49.1 %
2014	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$3,500.00	4	4	50.0 %
2015	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	2	1	$42,000.00	10	19	34.5 %
2015	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	21	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	0	7	5	2	$142,400.00	39	52	42.9 %
Total	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	$7,000.00	8	9	47.1 %
Total	CEV C&S	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,875.00	7	3	70.0 %

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	1	0	0	$0.00	2003	CEV Under Age
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
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$800.00	2009	CEV C&S
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
											2011	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	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
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
2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$937.50	2012	CEV C&S	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$937.50
											2012	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	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
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
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$168.75	2013	CEV C&S	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,531.25
											2013	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
11	0	0	2	0	0	3	4	1	1	$46,700.00	2014	FIVB	11	0	0	2	0	0	3	4	1	1	$46,700.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$1,750.00	2014	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$1,750.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	1	$21,000.00	2015	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	1	$21,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2015	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
139	0	4	4	4	6	27	34	21	39	$177,881.25	Total	Total	46	1	1	4	1	2	12	13	7	5	$82,818.75

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	4	44.4%	1	11.1%	4	44.4%	5-4	55.6%	5	33.3%	2	13.3%	8	53.3%	5-10	33.3%	4-8	33.3%	6-6	50.0%	0	0	10-14	41.7%
2014-2015	3	50.0%	1	16.7%	2	33.3%	4-2	66.7%	4	40.0%	1	10.0%	5	50.0%	4-6	40.0%	3-5	37.5%	5-3	62.5%	0	0	8-8	50.0%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	5	50.0%	1	10.0%	4	40.0%	5-5	50.0%	0-8	0.0%	10-4	71.4%	0	0	5-6	45.5%

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 20-24 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 7 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Nummerdor/Varenhorst, Netherlands 0-2
7/31/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool A	Nummerdor/Varenhorst	1	Gabathuler/Gerson	16	21-12, 16-21, 15-6	0:48
6/5/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Pool F	Nummerdor/Varenhorst	6	Gabathuler/Gerson	22	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 2 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 0-3
5/28/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool E	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	Gabathuler/Gerson	21	19-21, 21-14, 15-12	0:47
7/31/14	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool D	Samoilovs/Smedins	4	Gabathuler/Gerson	20, Q3	21-14, 21-16	0:32
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 # 3 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 2-1
6/4/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Pool F	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	11	Gabathuler/Gerson	22	21-13, 21-16	0:37
8/1/14	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 1	Gabathuler/Gerson	20, Q3	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	18	34-36, 21-19, 15-10	1:06
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 # 4 Doppler/Horst, Austria 1-6
7/10/15	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Pool H	Doppler/Horst	9	Gabathuler/Gerson	8	21-13, 19-21, 15-11	0:45
6/17/15	FIVB	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	Pool G	Doppler/Horst	7	Gabathuler/Gerson	23	21-17, 23-21	0:44
6/11/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Pool G	Doppler/Horst	10	Gabathuler/Gerson	23	15-21, 21-18, 16-14	0:51
7/10/14	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool H	Doppler/Horst	24	Gabathuler/Gerson	9	21-15, 18-21, 15-10	0:50
6/27/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool D	Doppler/Horst	20	Gabathuler/Gerson	29, Q10	21-19, 21-23, 15-12	0:52
6/19/14	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool A	Gabathuler/Gerson	32, Q15	Doppler/Horst	16	21-18, 21-19	0:36
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
Trail the series against # 5 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
Lead the series against # 7 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 2-1
6/13/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Winner 1	Gavira/Herrera	13	Gabathuler/Gerson	23	21-8, 21-16	0:31
5/27/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool E	Gabathuler/Gerson	21	Gavira/Herrera	12	27-25, 21-18	0:45
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 # 8 Walkenhorst/Windscheif, Germany 0-2
5/29/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 1	Walkenhorst/Windscheif	16	Gabathuler/Gerson	21	16-21, 32-30, 15-12	1:07
6/13/14	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool E	Walkenhorst/Windscheif	21	Gabathuler/Gerson	28, Q7	21-17, 21-14	0:34
Series tied with # 9 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
Series tied with # 11 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 1-1
8/9/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Biel/Bienne Masters	Pool C	Kantor/Losiak	6	Gabathuler/Gerson	3	21-15, 21-19	0:37
6/16/12	CEV C&S	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Umag	Winner 4	Gabathuler/Gerson	1	Kantor/Losiak	5	21-19, 21-19	0:36
Trail the series against # 12 Krasilnikov/Semenov, Russia 0-2
8/2/14	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 2	Krasilnikov/Semenov	11	Gabathuler/Gerson	20, Q3	21-17, 21-18	0:39
6/1/14	FIVB	Anapa Open	Semi-Finals	Krasilnikov/Semenov	1	Gabathuler/Gerson	6	21-19, 21-18	0:37
Trail the series against # 13 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 1-2
7/9/15	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Pool H	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	24, Q4	Gabathuler/Gerson	8	21-19, 21-14	0:38
8/23/14	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Winner 2	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	13	Gabathuler/Gerson	14	13-21, 21-16, 15-8	0:48
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 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 # 17 Giginoglu/Gogtepe, Türkiye 1-0
7/29/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool A	Gabathuler/Gerson	16	Giginoglu/Gogtepe	17	18-21, 21-19, 16-14	0:52
Lead the series against # 18 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 # 19 Bockermann/Fluggen, Germany 1-0
6/12/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Pool G	Gabathuler/Gerson	23	Bockermann/Fluggen	26, Q4	23-21, 23-21	0:43
Lead the series against # 21 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
Lead the series against # 22 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 # 24 Barsuk/Koshkarev, Russia 1-0
5/28/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool E	Gabathuler/Gerson	21	Barsuk/Koshkarev	28	21-15, 21-16	0:35
Lead the series against # 31 Huber/Seidl, Austria 2-1
7/31/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Winner 1	Huber/Seidl	31	Gabathuler/Gerson	16	21-18, 21-16	0:38
6/18/14	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Gabathuler/Gerson	32, Q15	Huber/Seidl	Q2	21-14, 21-12	0:36
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
Lead the series against # 32 Hadrava/Kubala, Czech Republic 2-0
7/30/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool A	Gabathuler/Gerson	16	Hadrava/Kubala	32	20-22, 21-19, 19-17	1:00
6/20/14	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 1	Gabathuler/Gerson	32, Q15	Hadrava/Kubala	31, Q13	21-19, 21-8	0:29