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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 1to1 energy Grand Slam 2008
July 22 - 27, 2008

(31) 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 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
2007	David Wenger - 33rd	Philip Gabathuler - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB C&S	7/17-20/2008	Pärnu Challenger	3	2nd	72	US$4,000.00
FIVB C&S	7/3-6/2008	Brno Challenger	1	7th	40	US$1,200.00
FIVB	9/26-30/2007	Brazil Open	31, Q5	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	9/5-9/2007	Stare Jablonki Open	Q11	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	8/15-19/2007	Aland Open	Q9	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	8/1-5/2007	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Q19	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	7/24-29/2007	Gstaad World Championships	45	33rd	50	US$4,800.00

Gstaad Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/24/2008	Pool B	Reinder Nummerdor / Richard Schuil, Netherlands (2)	Lost 16-21, 15-21	0:37
Thu, 7/24/2008	Pool B	Mariano Baracetti / Martin Conde, Argentina (15)	Lost 21-18, 19-21, 17-19	1:00
Fri, 7/25/2008	Pool B	Alexandr Dyachenko / Oleksiy Kulinich, Kazakhstan (18, Q4)	Won 21-16, 15-21, 20-18	1:05
Fri, 7/25/2008	Winner 1	Guilherm Deulofeu / Yannick Salvetti, France (21)	Won 21-9, 21-18	0:37
Sat, 7/26/2008	Winner 2	Alison Cerutti / Emanuel Rego, Brazil (16)	Lost 21-23, 16-21	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	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	7	$11,800.00	9	14	39.1 %
2008	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$8,000.00	2	3	40.0 %
2008	FIVB C&S	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$5,200.00	5	3	62.5 %
Total	FIVB	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	15	$24,300.00	19	27	41.3 %
Total	FIVB C&S	12	0	3	1	1	1	3	2	0	1	0	0	$15,300.00	29	21	58.0 %

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
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
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	7	$5,900.00	2007	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	7	$5,900.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$4,000.00	2008	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$4,000.00
2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,600.00	2008	FIVB C&S	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,600.00
36	0	3	1	3	4	4	2	2	17	$20,850.00	Total	Total	36	0	3	1	1	4	4	4	3	16	$20,800.00

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%
2007-2008	15	57.7%	5	19.2%	6	23.1%	20-6	76.9%	3	11.1%	4	14.8%	20	74.1%	3-24	11.1%	15-20	42.9%	8-10	44.4%	0	0	23-30	43.4%
Against the Field	5	55.6%	2	22.2%	2	22.2%	7-2	77.8%	0	0.0%	1	9.1%	10	90.9%	0-11	0.0%	10-20	33.3%	4-6	40.0%	0	0	7-13	35.0%

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 7-8 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 7 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-1
7/24/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool B	Nummerdor/Schuil	2	Gabathuler/Wenger	31	21-16, 21-15	0:37
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 # 6 Marques/Solberg, Brazil 0-1
9/27/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Marques/Solberg	2	Gabathuler/Wenger	31, Q5	21-16, 21-11	0:37
Lead the series against # 11 "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 # 12 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
Trail the series against # 13 Boersma/Ronnes, Netherlands 0-1
7/26/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool Q	Boersma/Ronnes	28	Gabathuler/Wenger	45	21-15, 21-12	0:35
Trail the series against # 15 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 0-1
7/24/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool B	Baracetti/Conde	15	Gabathuler/Wenger	31	18-21, 21-19, 19-17	1:00
Trail the series against # 16 Cerutti/Rego, Brazil 0-1
7/26/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 2	Cerutti/Rego	16	Gabathuler/Wenger	31	23-21, 21-16	0:41
Lead the series against # 18, Q4 Dyachenko/Kulinich, Kazakhstan 1-0
7/25/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool B	Gabathuler/Wenger	31	Dyachenko/Kulinich	18, Q4	21-16, 15-21, 20-18	1:05
Series tied with # 21 Deulofeu/Salvetti, France 1-1
7/25/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 1	Gabathuler/Wenger	31	Deulofeu/Salvetti	21	21-9, 21-18	0:37
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 # 25, Q2 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 # Q10 Indra/Wachter, Liechtenstein 1-0
7/18/08	FIVB C&S	Pärnu Challenger	Winner 2	Gabathuler/Wenger	3	Indra/Wachter	6	21-16, 24-22	0:44
Lead the series against # Q13 Sutter/Weingart, Switzerland 1-0
6/21/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Gabathuler/Wenger	Q28	Sutter/Weingart	Q37	21-14, 21-11	0:28