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(45) Philip Gabathuler/David Wenger, Switzerland

Philip Gabathuler
Switzerland

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Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 24, 1982 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Bern

Height:

194 cm (6'4")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

147

Career Best:

2nd (3 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

3rd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$190,611.98

David Wenger
Switzerland

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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$44,218.79

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	29	33	37	41	57	CQ	Money
CEV	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	US$3,856.42
FIVB	31	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	5	0	3	0	5	1	8	3	0	US$62,400.00
FIVB C&S	12	0	3	1	1	1	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$15,300.00
Overall	56	0	3	1	1	1	4	5	3	10	5	4	1	5	1	8	3	1	US$81,556.42

Previous Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2001	Did not play	Hannes Wyder - 57th
2003	Michael Waelchli - Country Quota	Did not play
2004	David Wenger - 57th	Philip Gabathuler - 57th
2006	David Wenger - 41st	Philip Gabathuler - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/18-22/2007	Marseille Open	26, Q14	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/3-8/2007	Montréal Open	16, Q8	17th	120	US$3,000.00
CEV	6/14-17/2007	German Masters		17th	120	€ 500.00
FIVB	6/5-10/2007	Zagreb Open	Q18	57th	6	US$0.00
CEV	5/31-6/3/2007	Russian Masters		17th	120	€ 500.00
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

Gstaad World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 7/24/2007	Pool Q	Phil Dalhausser / Todd Rogers, United States (4)	Lost 12-21, 15-21	0:37
Wed, 7/25/2007	Pool Q	Renato "Geor" Gomes / Gia Terceiro, Georgia (21)	Won 21-14, 21-12	0:33
Thu, 7/26/2007	Pool Q	Emiel Boersma / Bram Ronnes, Netherlands (28)	Lost 15-21, 12-21	0:35

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	David Wenger - 33rd	Philip Gabathuler - 33rd
2009	World Championships	Stavanger	David Wenger - 37th	Philip Gabathuler - 37th
2011	World Championships	Rome	Jan Schnider - 17th	Did not play
2013	World Championships	Stare Jablonki	Jonas Weingart - 33rd	Did not play
2015	World Championships	The Hague	Mirco Gerson - 9th	Did not play

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/24-29/2007	Gstaad World Championships	45	33rd	50	US$4,800.00
FIVB	6/26-7/5/2009	Stavanger World Championships	34	37th	40	US$3,400.00

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	2	$8,200.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	$8,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	23	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	5	3	10	$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
Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
Total	44	0	3	1	1	1	4	5	2	6	4	17	$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	3	$15,500.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$4,100.00
52	0	0	1	0	0	8	11	13	19	$104,950.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	$4,000.00
52	0	0	1	0	1	10	12	9	19	$49,200.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	25	0	0	0	0	1	4	5	4	11	$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	1	$4,925.00	Satellite	9	0	2	1	1	3	0	2	0	0	$3,875.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	0	$4,750.00	Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
131	0	3	3	3	5	24	26	25	42	$183,100.00	Total	48	0	3	1	1	5	7	8	5	18	$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 %
2006	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$500.00	1	2	33.3 %
2007	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	$9,800.00	6	9	40.0 %
2007	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$1,000.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	12	$14,300.00	14	19	42.4 %
Total	FIVB C&S	10	0	2	1	1	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	$10,100.00	24	18	57.1 %
Total	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	$1,500.00	4	4	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
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2005	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$975.00
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
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$250.00	2006	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$900.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	$4,900.00	2007	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	$4,900.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$500.00	2007	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$500.00
34	0	2	1	3	3	3	7	1	14	$14,000.00	Total	Total	35	0	2	1	1	3	5	8	2	13	$15,575.00

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	4	44.4%	2	22.2%	3	33.3%	6-3	66.7%	1	7.1%	1	7.1%	12	85.7%	1-13	7.1%	8-24	25.0%	6-8	42.9%	0	0	7-16	30.4%

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
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Total	4	0	10	17	2	7	0	0	25	23	2	0	1	1	0	3	64	72

Head to Head Results
Gabathuler/Wenger trail the series against the field 6-11 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 9 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 # 2 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 # 4 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 0-1
7/24/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool Q	Dalhausser/Rogers	4	Gabathuler/Wenger	45	21-12, 21-15	0:37
Trail the series against # 9 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 # 20 Doppler/Gartmayer, Austria 0-2
7/19/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 1	Doppler/Gartmayer	7	Gabathuler/Wenger	26, Q14	17-21, 21-13, 22-20	0:57
7/20/06	CEV	Spanish Masters	Qualifier 2	Doppler/Gartmayer	14	Gabathuler/Wenger		21-16, 26-24	0:42
Lead the series against # 21 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 1-0
7/25/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool Q	Gabathuler/Wenger	45	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	21	21-14, 21-12	0:33
Trail the series against # 28 Boersma/Ronnes, Netherlands 0-2
7/26/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool Q	Boersma/Ronnes	28	Gabathuler/Wenger	45	21-15, 21-12	0:35
5/31/07	CEV	Russian Masters	Qualifier 3	Boersma/Ronnes	14	Gabathuler/Wenger		15-21, 21-13, 15-9	0:48
Lead the series against # 32 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
Trail the series against # 34 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 # 37 Dugrip/Gagliano, France 1-0
6/14/07	CEV	German Masters	Qualifier 2	Gabathuler/Wenger		Dugrip/Gagliano		21-13, 18-21, 15-13	1:02
Trail the series against # 38 Goranson/Hoidalen, Norway 0-1
5/8/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Qualifier 2	Goranson/Hoidalen	Q19	Gabathuler/Wenger	Q14	17-21, 22-20, 15-13	1:00
Trail the series against # 40 Deulofeu/Salvetti, France 0-1
7/19/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 1	Deulofeu/Salvetti	10	Gabathuler/Wenger	26, Q14	21-14, 21-8	0:32
Lead the series against # 42 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