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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Sochi Open
May 3 - 8, 2016

(23, Q2) 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 Sochi Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2015	Mirco Gerson - 17th	Philip Gabathuler - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/19-23/2016	Fuzhou Open	Q2	33rd	60	US$0.00
FIVB	4/12-16/2016	Xiamen Open	23, Q1	17th	180	US$1,200.00
FIVB	3/8-13/2016	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Q13	41st	40	US$0.00
FIVB	2/23-28/2016	Maceió Open	23	25th	120	US$800.00
FIVB	9/8-13/2015	Sochi Open	10	17th	180	US$1,200.00
FIVB	8/25-30/2015	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	Q8	41st	40	US$0.00
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

Sochi Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 5/3/2016	Qualifier 2	Lukas Kazdailis / Arnas Rumsevicius, Lithuania (Q15)	Won 25-23, 21-18	0:39
Wed, 5/4/2016	Pool G	Jonathan Erdmann / Kay Matysik, Germany (10)	Lost 21-19, 19-21, 14-16	0:53
Thu, 5/5/2016	Pool G	Grzegorz Fijalek / Mariusz Prudel, Poland (7)	Won 12-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:48
Thu, 5/5/2016	Pool G	Rihards Finsters / Edgars Tocs, Latvia (26, Q5)	Lost 13-21, 21-15, 7-15	0:43

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	11	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	4	1	1	$93,400.00	27	28	49.1 %
2015	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	2	2	$43,200.00	12	22	35.3 %
2016	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	$2,800.00	5	9	35.7 %
Total	FIVB	28	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	0	9	7	5	$146,400.00	46	64	41.8 %

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
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
10	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	2	$21,600.00	2015	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	2	$21,600.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	$1,400.00	2016	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	$1,400.00
119	0	3	3	3	5	20	24	21	40	$170,250.00	Total	Total	38	0	1	2	0	1	6	11	9	8	$77,475.00

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%
2015-2016	16	55.2%	5	17.2%	8	27.6%	21-8	72.4%	6	16.7%	10	27.8%	20	55.6%	6-30	16.7%	16-20	44.4%	11-18	37.9%	0	2	27-40	40.3%
Against the Field	12	57.1%	1	4.8%	8	38.1%	13-8	61.9%	3	9.7%	7	22.6%	21	67.7%	3-28	9.7%	24-38	38.7%	8-30	21.1%	2	0	18-34	34.6%

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 trail the series against the field 16-27 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 11 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Doppler/Horst, Austria 1-5
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
Series tied with # 2 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 2-2
4/13/16	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool G	Gavira/Herrera	7	Gabathuler/Gerson	23, Q1	21-17, 21-18	0:39
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 # 3 Bourne/Hyden, United States 0-3
6/29/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Pool I	Bourne/Hyden	9	Gabathuler/Gerson	16	21-15, 21-12	0:37
7/31/14	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool D	Bourne/Hyden	13	Gabathuler/Gerson	20, Q3	21-19, 21-15	0:35
5/8/14	FIVB	Puerto Vallarta Open	Pool F	Bourne/Hyden	11	Gabathuler/Gerson	6	21-16, 21-12	0:40
Trail the series against # 4 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
Trail the series against # 5 Carambula/Ranghieri, Italy 0-1
2/24/16	FIVB	Maceió Open	Pool G	Carambula/Ranghieri	7	Gabathuler/Gerson	23	21-18, 25-27, 15-12	1:00
Lead the series against # 7 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 2-0
5/5/16	FIVB	Sochi Open	Pool G	Gabathuler/Gerson	23, Q2	Fijalek/Prudel	7	12-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:48
6/26/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool D	Gabathuler/Gerson	29, Q10	Fijalek/Prudel	13	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 8 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 # 9 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 # 10 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 0-2
5/4/16	FIVB	Sochi Open	Pool G	Erdmann/Matysik	10	Gabathuler/Gerson	23, Q2	19-21, 21-19, 16-14	0:53
6/19/14	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool A	Erdmann/Matysik	1	Gabathuler/Gerson	32, Q15	16-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:49
Lead the series against # 11 Binstock/Schachter, Canada 3-0
4/13/16	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool G	Gabathuler/Gerson	23, Q1	Binstock/Schachter	10	21-17, 21-18	0:42
2/24/16	FIVB	Maceió Open	Pool G	Gabathuler/Gerson	23	Binstock/Schachter	10	21-19, 21-16	0:39
5/15/15	FIVB	Lucerne Open	Winner 1	Gabathuler/Gerson	1	Binstock/Schachter	7	21-17, 24-22	0:40
Trail the series against # 14 Kapa/McHugh, Australia 0-1
6/4/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Pool F	Kapa/McHugh	27	Gabathuler/Gerson	22	18-21, 21-19, 15-8	0:53
Lead the series against # 15 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
Trail the series against # 16 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
Trail the series against # 18 Santos Pereira/Younousse, Qatar 0-1
7/2/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Winner 2	Santos Pereira/Younousse	27	Gabathuler/Gerson	16	21-15, 21-13	0:37
Lead the series against # 19 Huber/Seidl, Austria 1-0
6/18/14	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Gabathuler/Gerson	32, Q15	Huber/Seidl	Q2	21-14, 21-12	0:36
Lead the series against # 24, Q3 Dyachenko/Sidorenko, Kazakhstan 2-1
7/9/15	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Pool H	Gabathuler/Gerson	8	Dyachenko/Sidorenko	25	18-21, 21-19, 16-14	0:53
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
Lead the series against # 25, Q4 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 # 26, Q5 Finsters/Tocs, Latvia 0-2
5/5/16	FIVB	Sochi Open	Pool G	Finsters/Tocs	26, Q5	Gabathuler/Gerson	23, Q2	21-13, 15-21, 15-7	0:43
3/8/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Finsters/Tocs	30, Q20	Gabathuler/Gerson	Q13	21-13, 19-21, 15-12	0:53
Lead the series against # Q1 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
Lead the series against # Q15 Kazdailis/Rumsevicius, Lithuania 1-0
5/3/16	FIVB	Sochi Open	Qualifier 2	Gabathuler/Gerson	23, Q2	Kazdailis/Rumsevicius	Q15	25-23, 21-18	0:39