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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$580,000 Henkel Grand Chelem
July 26 - 30, 2006

(Q19) Philip Gabathuler/David Wenger, 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

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 FIVB WT Best:

7th (Kristiansand 2008)

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 Paris Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/12-16/2006	Canada Open	30, Q13	13th	180	US$4,500.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2006	France Open	Q15	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	6/28-7/2/2006	Norway Grand Slam	Q24	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	6/21-25/2006	Switzerland Grand Slam	Q28	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	6/7-11/2006	Italian Open	Q31	57th	6	US$0.00
FIVB	5/23-27/2006	China Open	Q15	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	8/18-21/2005	Liechtenstein Satellite	4	4th	14	US$800.00
FIVB C&S	8/11-14/2005	Switzerland Satellite	9	7th	14	US$600.00
FIVB C&S	7/27-31/2005	Ukraine Challenger	4, Q1	17th	12	US$450.00

Paris Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 7/25/2006	Country Quota	Marcel Gscheidle / Jan Schnider, Switzerland	Won 21-17, 24-26, 15-13	1:00
Wed, 7/26/2006	Qualifier 2	Eric Koreng / Kay Matysik, Germany (29, Q14)	Lost 20-22, 15-21	0:40

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	7	0	1	0	1	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	$6,400.00	14	14	50.0 %
2006	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	$4,500.00	7	8	46.7 %
Total	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	$4,500.00	8	9	47.1 %
Total	FIVB C&S	9	0	2	0	1	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	$8,900.00	19	18	51.4 %

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
7	0	1	0	1	2	2	1	0	0	$3,200.00	2005	FIVB C&S	7	0	1	0	1	2	2	1	0	0	$3,200.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	$2,250.00	2006	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	$2,250.00
20	0	2	0	2	3	3	1	0	9	$7,100.00	Total	Total	20	0	2	0	1	3	3	3	0	8	$6,700.00

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	21	53.8%	9	23.1%	9	23.1%	30-9	76.9%	5	11.1%	4	8.9%	36	80.0%	5-40	11.1%	21-36	36.8%	14-13	51.9%	0	0	35-49	41.7%
2005-2006	2	25.0%	4	50.0%	2	25.0%	6-2	75.0%	1	12.5%	0	0.0%	7	87.5%	1-7	12.5%	2-7	22.2%	5-2	71.4%	0	0	7-9	43.8%
Against the Field	4	36.4%	4	36.4%	3	27.3%	8-3	72.7%	1	7.7%	0	0.0%	12	92.3%	1-12	7.7%	8-24	25.0%	10-6	62.5%	0	0	9-15	37.5%

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	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 6-9 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 7 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 Cunha/Neto, Brazil 0-1
7/13/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 1	Cunha/Neto	3	Gabathuler/Wenger	30, Q13	21-19, 21-11	0:36
Trail the series against # 8 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 0-1
8/12/05	FIVB C&S	Switzerland Satellite	Winner 2	Heuscher/Kobel	1	Gabathuler/Wenger	9	21-15, 21-13	0:31
Trail the series against # 12 Egger/Laciga, Switzerland 0-1
8/20/05	FIVB C&S	Liechtenstein Satellite	Winner 3	Egger/Laciga	1	Gabathuler/Wenger	4	15-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:52
Trail the series against # 13 Wu/Xu, China 0-1
7/14/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 3	Wu/Xu	12	Gabathuler/Wenger	30, Q13	21-10, 21-12	0:31
Lead the series against # 23, Q11 Pedrosa/Rosas, Portugal 1-0
7/13/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 1	Gabathuler/Wenger	30, Q13	Pedrosa/Rosas	14	21-18, 14-21, 15-11	0:50
Trail the series against # 29, Q14 Koreng/Matysik, Germany 0-2
7/26/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Koreng/Matysik	29, Q14	Gabathuler/Wenger	Q19	22-20, 21-15	0:40
6/28/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Koreng/Matysik	29, Q9	Gabathuler/Wenger	Q24	21-11, 21-13	0:33
Lead the series against Gscheidle/Schnider, Switzerland 2-0
7/25/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Country Quota	Gabathuler/Wenger	Q19	Gscheidle/Schnider		21-17, 24-26, 15-13	1:00
6/27/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Country Quota	Gabathuler/Wenger	Q24	Gscheidle/Schnider		18-21, 25-23, 15-10	0:49
Lead the series against # Q12 Asahi/Watanabe, Japan 1-0
7/12/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Qualifier 2	Gabathuler/Wenger	30, Q13	Asahi/Watanabe	Q4	23-21, 15-21, 15-11	0:48
Lead the series against # Q15 Prosser/Richardson, Australia 1-0
7/14/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 2	Gabathuler/Wenger	30, Q13	Prosser/Richardson	20	24-22, 19-21, 15-13	0:54
Trail the series against # Q17 Krug/Urbatzka, Germany 0-1
7/16/05	FIVB C&S	Italy Challenger	Contender 3	Krug/Urbatzka	3	Gabathuler/Wenger	8, Q2	21-17, 17-21, 15-12	0:48
Trail the series against # Q25 Brinkborg/Magnusson, Sweden 0-1
6/7/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 2	Brinkborg/Magnusson	Q34	Gabathuler/Wenger	Q31	21-16, 27-25	0:41
Series tied with # Q30 Domenghini/Nota, Italy 1-1
7/24/05	FIVB C&S	Morocco Satellite	Gold Medal	Domenghini/Nota	4	Gabathuler/Wenger	1	23-21, 19-21, 19-17	1:04
7/23/05	FIVB C&S	Morocco Satellite	Winner 3	Gabathuler/Wenger	1	Domenghini/Nota	4	23-21, 21-14	0:36