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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$350,000 Dubai Open
October 6 - 11, 2008

(12) 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 Dubai Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/16-21/2008	Guarajà Open	10	17th	120	US$2,500.00
FIVB	9/2-7/2008	Mallorca Open	14	17th	120	US$2,500.00
FIVB	8/26-31/2008	Kristiansand Open	16	7th	300	US$7,000.00
FIVB	7/29-8/3/2008	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Q6	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	7/22-27/2008	Gstaad Grand Slam	31	9th	320	US$8,000.00
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

Dubai Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 10/8/2008	Winner 1	Michal Kadziola / Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland (21, Q3)	Won 34-32, 21-19	0:56
Wed, 10/8/2008	Winner 2	Andy Ces / Kevin Ces, France (5)	Lost 18-21, 20-22	0:49
Thu, 10/9/2008	Contender 2	Matteo Ingrosso / Paolo Ingrosso, Italy (22, Q7)	Won 22-20, 21-15	0:42
Thu, 10/9/2008	Contender 3	Grzegorz Fijalek / Mariusz Prudel, Poland (20)	Won 16-21, 22-20, 15-12	0:58
Thu, 10/9/2008	Contender 4	Martin Laciga / Jan Schnider, Switzerland (10)	Lost 19-21, 21-23	0:52

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	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	0	1	$25,500.00	11	12	47.8 %
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	25	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	3	2	16	$41,800.00	28	36	43.8 %
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
6	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	1	$12,750.00	2008	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	1	$12,750.00
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
41	0	3	1	3	5	5	4	2	18	$29,600.00	Total	Total	41	0	3	1	1	5	5	6	3	17	$29,550.00

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	6	75.0%	1	12.5%	1	12.5%	7-1	87.5%	1	9.1%	1	9.1%	9	81.8%	1-10	9.1%	12-18	40.0%	4-4	50.0%	0	0	8-11	42.1%

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 7-9 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 5 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Marques/Solberg, Brazil 0-2
8/30/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 5	Marques/Solberg	1	Gabathuler/Wenger	16	23-21, 21-12	0:39
9/27/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Marques/Solberg	2	Gabathuler/Wenger	31, Q5	21-16, 21-11	0:37
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 # 5 Ces/Ces, France 0-2
10/8/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Winner 2	Ces/Ces	5	Gabathuler/Wenger	12	21-18, 22-20	0:49
9/5/08	FIVB	Mallorca Open	Contender 2	Ces/Ces	20	Gabathuler/Wenger	14	21-17, 15-21, 15-13	0:56
Series tied with # 7 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 1-1
9/18/08	FIVB	Guarajà Open	Winner 2	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	7	Gabathuler/Wenger	10	21-17, 21-9	0:42
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 # 10 Laciga/Schnider, Switzerland 0-1
10/9/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Contender 4	Laciga/Schnider	10	Gabathuler/Wenger	12	21-19, 23-21	0:52
Lead the series against # 13 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
Trail the series against # 14, Q6 Reader/Sewell, Canada 0-1
9/19/08	FIVB	Guarajà Open	Contender 2	Reader/Sewell	24	Gabathuler/Wenger	10	21-17, 21-18	0:41
Lead the series against # 15 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
Series tied with # 20 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 1-1
10/9/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Contender 3	Gabathuler/Wenger	12	Fijalek/Prudel	20	16-21, 22-20, 15-12	0:58
8/28/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 1	Fijalek/Prudel	17, Q5	Gabathuler/Wenger	16	21-15, 21-12	0:35
Lead the series against # 21, Q3 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 1-0
10/8/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Winner 1	Gabathuler/Wenger	12	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	21, Q3	34-32, 21-19	0:56
Lead the series against # 22, Q7 Ingrosso/Ingrosso, Italy 2-0
10/9/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Contender 2	Gabathuler/Wenger	12	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	22, Q7	22-20, 21-15	0:42
8/29/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 2	Gabathuler/Wenger	16	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	31	21-19, 21-15	0:49