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FIVB Challenger & Satellite
US$30,000 Ukrzernoprom Challenger'2005
July 27 - 31, 2005

(4, Q1) Philip Gabathuler/David Wenger, Switzerland

Philip Gabathuler
Switzerland

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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 Winnings:

US$178,350.00

David Wenger
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 31, 1982 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Bern

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$39,850.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	41	57	Money
FIVB	31	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	5	3	5	1	8	3	US$62,400.00
FIVB C&S	12	0	3	1	1	1	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	US$15,300.00
Overall	43	0	3	1	1	1	4	5	2	6	3	5	1	8	3	US$77,700.00

Previous Kiev Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB C&S	7/23-24/2005	Morocco Satellite	1	2nd	26	US$2,000.00
FIVB C&S	7/15-17/2005	Italy Challenger	8, Q2	9th	24	US$950.00
FIVB C&S	7/7-10/2005	Italy Challenger	8	9th	24	US$950.00
FIVB C&S	6/17-19/2005	Finland Satellite	3	5th	12	US$650.00
FIVB C&S	8/21-22/2004	Corsica Satellite	11, Q2	7th	10	US$500.00
FIVB C&S	8/5-8/2004	Switzerland Satellite	14	2nd	26	US$2,000.00

Ukraine Challenger Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/28/2005	Qualifier 2	Ihar Bury / Vyacheslav Pokhilko, Belarus (Q17)	Won 21-18, 21-15	0:34
Fri, 7/29/2005	Winner 1	Mohammed Al-Kuwari / Mohammed Al-Nasser, Qatar (29, Q8)	Won 31-29, 21-12	0:44
Fri, 7/29/2005	Winner 2	Leonid Kalinine / Pavel Karpukhin, Russia (13)	Lost 13-21, 13-21	0:28
Fri, 7/29/2005	Contender 2	Michal Biza / Igor Stejskal, Czech Republic (14)	Lost 17-21, 14-21	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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$8,200.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$8,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	23	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	5	3	0	$46,200.00
Challenger	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	$7,550.00
Satellite	7	0	2	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	$7,750.00
Total	43	0	3	1	1	1	4	5	2	6	3	0	$77,700.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Philip Gabathuler												David Wenger
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$15,500.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,100.00
52	0	0	1	0	0	8	11	13	0	$104,950.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$4,000.00
52	0	0	1	0	1	10	12	9	0	$49,200.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	25	0	0	0	0	1	4	5	4	0	$24,100.00
5	0	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	$3,775.00	Challenger	5	0	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	$3,775.00
10	0	2	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	$4,925.00	Satellite	9	0	2	1	1	3	0	2	0	0	$3,875.00
124	0	3	3	3	5	21	25	22	0	$178,350.00	Total	47	0	3	1	1	5	7	8	4	0	$39,850.00

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
2004	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
2004	FIVB C&S	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	5	4	55.6 %
2005	FIVB C&S	5	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	$5,000.00	9	10	47.4 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
Total	FIVB C&S	7	0	2	0	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	$7,500.00	14	14	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Philip Gabathuler													David Wenger
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2001	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2001	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
3	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$1,650.00	2004	FIVB C&S	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$1,250.00
5	0	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	$2,500.00	2005	FIVB C&S	5	0	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	$2,500.00
11	0	2	0	1	2	2	1	0	3	$4,150.00	Total	Total	11	0	2	0	0	2	2	3	0	2	$3,750.00

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	15	51.7%	10	34.5%	4	13.8%	25-4	86.2%	3	14.3%	6	28.6%	12	57.1%	3-18	14.3%	15-12	55.6%	13-10	56.5%	0	0	29-21	58.0%
2004-2005	11	57.9%	6	31.6%	2	10.5%	17-2	89.5%	2	11.1%	5	27.8%	11	61.1%	2-16	11.1%	11-11	50.0%	8-7	53.3%	0	0	19-18	51.4%
Against the Field	3	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	1	20.0%	0	0.0%	4	80.0%	1-4	20.0%	6-8	42.9%	2-0	100.0%	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	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	1	5	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	8
Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	8	10	0	0	0	0	5	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	36
Challenger	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	10
Satellite	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	13	4	2	0	1	1	0	2	20	11
Total	4	0	10	17	2	7	0	0	25	22	2	0	1	1	0	3	64	70

Head to Head Results
Gabathuler/Wenger trail the series against the field 3-4 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 6 Krumins/Sorokins, Latvia 0-1
6/18/05	FIVB C&S	Finland Satellite	Contender 4	Krumins/Sorokins	7, Q1	Gabathuler/Wenger	3	21-15, 21-19	0:39
Trail the series against # 13 Kalinine/Karpukhin, Russia 0-1
7/29/05	FIVB C&S	Ukraine Challenger	Winner 2	Kalinine/Karpukhin	13	Gabathuler/Wenger	4, Q1	21-13, 21-13	0:28
Trail the series against # 14 Biza/Stejskal, Czech Republic 0-1
7/29/05	FIVB C&S	Ukraine Challenger	Contender 2	Biza/Stejskal	14	Gabathuler/Wenger	4, Q1	21-17, 21-14	0:35
Trail the series against # 15, Q2 Plavins/Samoilovs, Latvia 0-1
6/18/05	FIVB C&S	Finland Satellite	Winner 3	Plavins/Samoilovs	15, Q11	Gabathuler/Wenger	3	21-18, 21-18	0:31
Lead the series against # 26 Kankaanpaa/Liukkonen, Finland 1-0
6/17/05	FIVB C&S	Finland Satellite	Winner 1	Gabathuler/Wenger	3	Kankaanpaa/Liukkonen	14, Q5	18-21, 21-18, 17-15	0:48
Lead the series against # 29, Q8 Al-Kuwari/Al-Nasser, Qatar 1-0
7/29/05	FIVB C&S	Ukraine Challenger	Winner 1	Gabathuler/Wenger	4, Q1	Al-Kuwari/Al-Nasser	29, Q8	31-29, 21-12	0:44
Lead the series against # Q17 Bury/Pokhilko, Belarus 1-0
7/28/05	FIVB C&S	Ukraine Challenger	Qualifier 2	Gabathuler/Wenger	4, Q1	Bury/Pokhilko	Q17	21-18, 21-15	0:34