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European Championship Tour
€ 50,000 2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Biel/Bienne Masters
August 5 - 9, 2015

(4) 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 Biel Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2014	Mirco Gerson - 13th	Philip Gabathuler - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	7/29-8/2/2015	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	16	17th	180	€ 1,000.00
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

2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Biel/Bienne Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/6/2015	Pool D	Michal Bryl / Kacper Kujawiak, Poland (12)	Won 19-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:59
Fri, 8/7/2015	Pool D	Alexander Walkenhorst / Clemens Wickler, Germany (5)	Lost 9-21, 17-21	0:37
Fri, 8/7/2015	Pool D	Illia Kovalov / Oleh Plotnytskyi, Ukraine (13, Q16)	Won 21-19, 30-28	0:45
Sat, 8/8/2015	Winner 1	Jonas Kissling / Mats Kovatsch, Switzerland (11)	Lost 18-21, 11-21	0:35

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$1,750.00	4	4	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	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	$7,750.00	10	11	47.6 %
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
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$875.00	2015	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$875.00
140	0	4	4	4	6	28	34	21	39	$178,256.25	Total	Total	47	1	1	4	1	2	13	13	7	5	$83,193.75

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	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	2	33.3%	1	16.7%	3	50.0%	2-4	33.3%	2-6	25.0%	6-2	75.0%	0	0	4-4	50.0%

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 lead the series against the field 10-6 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 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
Lead the series against # 2 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 # 3 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
Trail the series against # 5 Walkenhorst/Wickler, Germany 0-1
8/7/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Biel/Bienne Masters	Pool D	Walkenhorst/Wickler	5	Gabathuler/Gerson	4	21-9, 21-17	0:37
Lead the series against # 9, Q4 Kosiak/Rudol, Poland 1-0
8/21/14	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool C	Gabathuler/Gerson	14	Kosiak/Rudol	30	21-18, 29-31, 15-13	0:58
Trail the series against # 11 Kissling/Kovatsch, Switzerland 0-2
8/8/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Biel/Bienne Masters	Winner 1	Kissling/Kovatsch	11	Gabathuler/Gerson	4	21-18, 21-11	0:35
4/25/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 1	Kissling/Kovatsch	26, Q9	Gabathuler/Gerson	17	21-19, 21-16	0:34
Lead the series against # 12 Bryl/Kujawiak, Poland 1-0
8/6/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Biel/Bienne Masters	Pool D	Gabathuler/Gerson	4	Bryl/Kujawiak	12	19-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:59
Lead the series against # 13, Q16 Kovalov/Plotnytskyi, Ukraine 1-0
8/7/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Biel/Bienne Masters	Pool D	Gabathuler/Gerson	4	Kovalov/Plotnytskyi	13, Q16	21-19, 30-28	0:45
Lead the series against # Q2 Holler/Schroder, Germany 1-0
8/8/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Biel/Bienne Masters	Pool C	Gabathuler/Gerson	3	Holler/Schroder	14, Q7	21-19, 13-21, 15-11	0:46
Trail the series against # Q9 Faiga/Hilman, Israel 0-1
7/21/15	FIVB	Yokohama Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Faiga/Hilman	30, Q13	Gabathuler/Gerson	Q4	21-19, 19-21, 15-13	0:55
Lead the series against # Q13 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