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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 Montréal Open
July 3 - 8, 2007

(16, Q8) 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 Montréal Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2006	David Wenger - 13th	Philip Gabathuler - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/5-10/2007	Zagreb Open	Q18	57th	6	US$0.00
FIVB	5/23-27/2007	Italian Open	Q9	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	5/8-12/2007	Bahrain Open	Q14	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	9/27-10/1/2006	Vitória Open	Q7	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	8/18-20/2006	Vaduz Satellite	3	3rd	16	US$1,200.00
FIVB	7/26-30/2006	Paris Grand Slam	Q19	41st	24	US$0.00
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

Montréal Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/4/2007	Qualifier 2	Alexey Sidorenko / Pavel Zabuslayev, Kazakhstan (30, Q9)	Won 21-19, 19-21, 15-8	0:48
Thu, 7/5/2007	Winner 1	Jose Pedrosa / Pedro Rosas, Portugal (17)	Won 21-13, 22-20	0:49
Thu, 7/5/2007	Winner 2	Emanuel Rego / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (1)	Lost 12-21, 18-21	0:38
Fri, 7/6/2007	Contender 2	Benjamin Insfran / Bruno de Paula, Brazil (15)	Lost 20-22, 17-21	0:41

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	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	$4,500.00	7	9	43.8 %
2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,200.00	5	0	100.0 %
2007	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	$3,000.00	3	5	37.5 %
Total	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	11	$7,500.00	11	15	42.3 %
Total	FIVB C&S	10	0	2	1	1	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	$10,100.00	24	18	57.1 %

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
8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	$2,250.00	2006	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	7	$3,250.00
2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$600.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	$1,500.00	2007	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	$1,500.00
27	0	2	1	3	3	3	2	0	13	$9,850.00	Total	Total	27	0	2	1	1	3	3	4	1	12	$9,800.00

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%
2006-2007	7	35.0%	7	35.0%	6	30.0%	14-6	70.0%	2	10.5%	1	5.3%	16	84.2%	2-17	10.5%	7-16	30.4%	9-7	56.3%	0	0	16-23	41.0%
Against the Field	5	50.0%	3	30.0%	2	20.0%	8-2	80.0%	1	8.3%	2	16.7%	9	75.0%	1-11	8.3%	10-18	35.7%	8-8	50.0%	0	0	9-13	40.9%

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 lead the series against the field 9-7 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 7 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-1
7/5/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Winner 2	Rego/Santos	1	Gabathuler/Wenger	16, Q8	21-12, 21-18	0:38
Trail the series against # 3 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
Trail the series against # 15 de Paula/Insfran, Brazil 0-1
7/6/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Contender 2	Insfran/de Paula	15	Gabathuler/Wenger	16, Q8	22-20, 21-17	0:41
Lead the series against # 17 Pedrosa/Rosas, Portugal 2-0
7/5/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Winner 1	Gabathuler/Wenger	16, Q8	Pedrosa/Rosas	17	21-13, 22-20	0:49
7/13/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 1	Gabathuler/Wenger	30, Q13	Pedrosa/Rosas	14	21-18, 14-21, 15-11	0:50
Lead the series against # 20 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
Trail the series against # 24, Q5 Henriquez/Hernandez, Venezuela 0-1
9/27/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Qualifier 2	Henriquez/Hernandez	30, Q10	Gabathuler/Wenger	Q7	22-20, 21-18	0:42
Lead the series against # 27, Q6 Hoyer/Soderberg, Denmark 1-0
8/19/06	FIVB C&S	Vaduz Satellite	Winner 2	Gabathuler/Wenger	3	Hoyer/Soderberg	6	24-22, 21-15	0:45
Lead the series against # 30, Q9 Sidorenko/Zabuslayev, Kazakhstan 1-0
7/4/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Qualifier 2	Gabathuler/Wenger	16, Q8	Sidorenko/Zabuslayev	30, Q9	21-19, 19-21, 15-8	0:48
Trail the series against # 32, Q14 Podstawka/Simek, Canada 0-1
5/23/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 2	Podstawka/Simek	Q41	Gabathuler/Wenger	Q9	20-22, 21-19, 15-9	0:59
Lead the series against # Q11 Binstock/Redmann, Canada 1-0
8/20/06	FIVB C&S	Vaduz Satellite	Semi-Finals	Gabathuler/Wenger	3	Binstock/Redmann	7	21-17, 21-23, 12-15	0:52
Lead the series against # Q15 Beck/Bleiker, Switzerland 2-0
6/6/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Country Quota	Gabathuler/Wenger	Q18	Beck/Bleiker		21-16, 21-18	0:42
8/19/05	FIVB C&S	Liechtenstein Satellite	Winner 2	Gabathuler/Wenger	4	Beck/Bleiker	5	21-19, 21-23, 16-14	1:06
Trail the series against # Q16 Smith/Wyer, Australia 0-1
6/6/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Qualifier 1	Smith/Wyer	Q47	Gabathuler/Wenger	Q18	17-21, 21-15, 15-10	0:48
Trail the series against # Q17 Hellum/Huseby, Norway 0-1
7/8/05	FIVB C&S	Italy Challenger	Winner 2	Hellum/Huseby	9	Gabathuler/Wenger	8	23-21, 16-21, 15-12	0:55