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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$175,000 Bahrain Open 2008
October 27 - November 1, 2008

(5) Philip Gabathuler/David Wenger, Switzerland

Philip Gabathuler
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

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

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$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 Manama Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2007	David Wenger - 41st	Philip Gabathuler - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/6-11/2008	Dubai Open	12	9th	240	US$5,500.00
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
CEV	7/11-13/2008	European Championship	23	25th	80	€ 0.00
FIVB C&S	7/3-6/2008	Brno Challenger	1	7th	40	US$1,200.00
CEV	5/28-6/1/2008	Dutch Masters	Q3	21st	60	€ 0.00
CEV	5/22-25/2008	Swiss Masters	Q2	17th	120	€ 0.00
CEV	5/9-12/2008	Austrian Masters	14, Q7	13th	180	€ 1,200.00
CEV	4/17-20/2008	Spanish Masters	Q15	29th	30	€ 0.00

Manama Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 10/29/2008	Winner 1	Andrey Belov / Vladimir Moroz, Russia (28, Q11)	Won 21-14, 21-18	0:42
Wed, 10/29/2008	Winner 2	Sebastian Dollinger / Stefan Windscheif, Germany (21, Q5)	Lost 20-22, 19-21	0:44
Thu, 10/30/2008	Contender 2	Iver Horrem / Bjorn Maaseide, Norway (11)	Lost 19-21, 21-10, 13-15	1:01

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	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	7	$11,800.00	9	14	39.1 %
2007	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$1,000.00	3	3	50.0 %
2008	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	3	0	1	$28,000.00	12	14	46.2 %
2008	FIVB C&S	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$5,200.00	5	3	62.5 %
2008	CEV	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	$1,200.00	4	7	36.4 %
Total	FIVB	26	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	4	2	16	$44,300.00	29	38	43.3 %
Total	FIVB C&S	12	0	3	1	1	1	3	2	0	1	0	0	$15,300.00	29	21	58.0 %
Total	CEV	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	1	1	$2,700.00	8	12	40.0 %

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
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
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$500.00	2007	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$500.00
7	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	1	$14,000.00	2008	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	1	$14,000.00
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
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	$600.00	2008	CEV	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	$600.00
53	0	3	1	3	5	6	13	3	19	$32,200.00	Total	Total	54	0	3	1	1	5	8	14	4	18	$33,775.00

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	3	60.0%	1	20.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	3	21.4%	2	14.3%	9	64.3%	3-11	21.4%	6-18	25.0%	8-6	57.1%	0	0	7-12	36.8%

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 5-12 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 8 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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 # 2 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
Lead the series against # 4 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
Lead the series against # 8 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
Trail the series against # 10 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 1-3
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
7/11/08	CEV	European Championship	Winner 1	Fijalek/Prudel	10	Gabathuler/Wenger	23	15-21, 21-15, 15-9	0:54
5/11/08	CEV	Austrian Masters	Contender 1	Fijalek/Prudel	11	Gabathuler/Wenger	14, Q7	21-16, 21-13	0:34
Trail the series against # 11 Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 0-1
10/30/08	FIVB	Manama Open	Contender 2	Horrem/Maaseide	11	Gabathuler/Wenger	5	21-19, 10-21, 15-13	1:01
Trail the series against # 15, Q4 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
Trail the series against # 21, Q5 Dollinger/Windscheif, Germany 0-1
10/29/08	FIVB	Manama Open	Winner 2	Dollinger/Windscheif	21, Q5	Gabathuler/Wenger	5	22-20, 21-19	0:44
Trail the series against # 23, Q3 Henriquez/Mussa, Venezuela 0-2
9/5/07	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Qualifier 3	Henriquez/Mussa	25, Q6	Gabathuler/Wenger	Q11	21-17, 21-16	0:36
8/15/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Qualifier 3	Henriquez/Mussa	31, Q8	Gabathuler/Wenger	Q9	21-19, 21-18	0:45
Trail the series against # 25, Q7 Litva/Varga, Slovakia 0-1
5/22/08	CEV	Swiss Masters	Qualifier 3	Litva/Varga	15, Q10	Gabathuler/Wenger	Q2	22-20, 12-21, 15-8	0:55
Lead the series against # 26, Q8 Hauser/Zbyszewski, Canada 1-0
9/18/08	FIVB	Guarajà Open	Winner 1	Gabathuler/Wenger	10	Hauser/Zbyszewski	23	14-21, 21-18, 16-14	0:53
Lead the series against # 28, Q11 Belov/Moroz, Russia 1-0
10/29/08	FIVB	Manama Open	Winner 1	Gabathuler/Wenger	5	Belov/Moroz	28, Q11	21-14, 21-18	0:42