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FIVB Challenger & Satellite
US$30,000 Brno Challenger
July 3 - 6, 2008

(1) Philip Gabathuler/David Wenger, Switzerland

Philip Gabathuler
Switzerland

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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 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 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 Brno Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
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

Brno Challenger Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 7/4/2008	Winner 2	Andrea Tomatis / Ivan Zaytsev, Italy (17)	Won 21-17, 21-16	0:37
Sat, 7/5/2008	Winner 3	Roberto Pitta / Lipe Rodrigues, Brazil (24, Q24)	Lost 16-21, 18-21	0:37
Sat, 7/5/2008	Contender 3	Jessi Lelliott / Matt Zbyszewski, Canada (20)	Won 21-16, 18-21, 15-11	0:48
Sat, 7/5/2008	Contender 4	Jason Kruger / Chris Simek, Canada (4)	Lost 19-21, 21-18, 16-18	1:03

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 C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,200.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	15	$16,300.00	17	24	41.5 %
Total	FIVB C&S	11	0	2	1	1	1	3	2	0	1	0	0	$11,300.00	26	20	56.5 %

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	1	0	0	0	0	$600.00	2008	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$600.00
34	0	2	1	3	4	3	2	2	17	$14,850.00	Total	Total	34	0	2	1	1	4	3	4	3	16	$14,800.00

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	15	51.7%	10	34.5%	4	13.8%	25-4	86.2%	3	14.3%	6	28.6%	12	57.1%	3-18	14.3%	15-12	55.6%	13-10	56.5%	0	0	29-21	58.0%
2007-2008	3	60.0%	1	20.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1-2	33.3%	3-1	75.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	5-3	62.5%
Against the Field	2	40.0%	1	20.0%	2	40.0%	3-2	60.0%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2	66.7%	0-3	0.0%	4-4	50.0%	2-6	25.0%	0	0	4-4	50.0%

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 lead the series against the field 4-3 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 Kruger/Simek, Canada 0-1
7/5/08	FIVB C&S	Brno Challenger	Contender 4	Kruger/Simek	4	Gabathuler/Wenger	1	21-19, 18-21, 18-16	1:03
Lead the series against # 17 Tomatis/Zaytsev, Italy 1-0
7/4/08	FIVB C&S	Brno Challenger	Winner 2	Gabathuler/Wenger	1	Tomatis/Zaytsev	17	21-17, 21-16	0:37
Lead the series against # 20 Lelliott/Zbyszewski, Canada 1-0
7/5/08	FIVB C&S	Brno Challenger	Contender 3	Gabathuler/Wenger	1	Lelliott/Zbyszewski	20	21-16, 18-21, 15-11	0:48
Lead the series against # 21 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
Trail the series against # 24, Q24 Pitta/Rodrigues, Brazil 0-1
7/5/08	FIVB C&S	Brno Challenger	Winner 3	Pitta/Rodrigues	24, Q24	Gabathuler/Wenger	1	21-16, 21-18	0:37
Lead the series against # Q8 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
Trail the series against # Q9 Krumins/Sorokins, Latvia 0-1
6/18/05	FIVB C&S	Finland Satellite	Contender 4	Krumins/Sorokins	7, Q1	Gabathuler/Wenger	3	21-15, 21-19	0:39