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June 26 - July 5, 2009

(34) 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 FIVB WT Best:

3rd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$178,350.00

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$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 Stavanger Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2006	David Wenger - 41st	Philip Gabathuler - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/26-31/2009	Myslowice Open	21	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	5/12-17/2009	Rome Open	18	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2009	Shanghai Open	21	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	11/11-15/2008	Sanya Open	7	13th	180	US$3,900.00
FIVB	10/27-11/1/2008	Manama Open	5	17th	120	US$2,500.00
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
FIVB C&S	7/3-6/2008	Brno Challenger	1	7th	40	US$1,200.00

Stavanger World Championships Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 6/27/2009

Pool J

Adrian Gavira / Pablo Herrera, Spain (15)

Lost 17-21, 17-21

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Philip Gabathuler	Total	10	6	3	0.300	2	0	0	3
	1	4	1	3	-0.500	2	0	0	2
	2	6	5	0	0.833	0	0	0	1
David Wenger	Total	22	12	4	0.364	0	4	0	1
	1	7	5	0	0.714	0	2	0	0
	2	15	7	4	0.200	0	2	0	1

Mon, 6/29/2009

Pool J

Marcio Araujo / Fabio Luiz Magalhaes, Brazil (10)

Lost 17-21, 16-21

0:55

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Philip Gabathuler	Total	17	9	3	0.353	5	3	0	1
	1	6	4	1	0.500	1	1	0	0
	2	11	5	2	0.273	4	2	0	1
David Wenger	Total	22	6	5	0.045	0	2	0	1
	1	10	5	2	0.300	0	0	0	0
	2	12	1	3	-0.167	0	2	0	1

Wed, 7/1/2009

Pool J

Alexandr Dyachenko / Oleksiy Kulinich, Kazakhstan (39)

Lost 21-15, 26-28, 13-15

1:00

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Philip Gabathuler	Total	30	16	6	0.333	7	1	1	5
	1	6	5	1	0.667	3	0	0	4
	2	15	7	4	0.200	3	0	0	1
	3	9	4	1	0.333	1	1	1	0
David Wenger	Total	43	25	3	0.512	1	12	1	3
	1	12	9	2	0.583	0	4	1	2
	2	17	10	0	0.588	1	6	0	0
	3	14	6	1	0.357	0	2	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Philip Gabathuler	57	31	12	0.333	14	4	1	9
David Wenger	87	43	12	0.356	1	18	1	5
Total	144	74	24	0.347	15	22	2	14
Opponents	152	93	29	0.421	6	34	8	18

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	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	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	3	0	1	$31,900.00	14	16	46.7 %
2008	FIVB C&S	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$5,200.00	5	3	62.5 %
2009	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	$14,200.00	4	9	30.8 %
Total	FIVB	31	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	5	3	17	$62,400.00	35	49	41.7 %
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
8	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	0	1	$15,950.00	2008	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	0	1	$15,950.00
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
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	$7,100.00	2009	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	$7,100.00
47	0	3	1	3	5	7	6	3	19	$39,900.00	Total	Total	47	0	3	1	1	5	7	8	4	18	$39,850.00

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%
2008-2009	13	72.2%	2	11.1%	3	16.7%	15-3	83.3%	3	12.0%	3	12.0%	19	76.0%	3-22	12.0%	13-19	40.6%	5-6	45.5%	0	0	18-25	41.9%
Against the Field	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	1	5.6%	2	11.1%	15	83.3%	1-17	5.6%	2-30	6.3%	4-6	40.0%	0	0	3-18	14.3%

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 4-18 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 14 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 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 # 4 Cunha/Solberg, Brazil 0-1
5/14/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Winner 2	Cunha/Solberg	2	Gabathuler/Wenger	18	21-19, 21-15	0:43
Trail the series against # 5 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 # 8 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 # 10 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 0-1
6/29/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool J	Araujo/Magalhaes	10	Gabathuler/Wenger	34	21-17, 21-16	0:55
Trail the series against # 11 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
Trail the series against # 15 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 0-1
6/27/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool J	Gavira/Herrera	15	Gabathuler/Wenger	34	21-17, 21-17	0:42
Trail the series against # 17 Fuerbringer/Jennings, United States 0-1
5/28/09	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 1	Fuerbringer/Jennings	12	Gabathuler/Wenger	21	21-15, 21-14	0:42
Trail the series against # 19 Biza/Rotrekl, Czech Republic 0-1
5/15/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Contender 2	Biza/Rotrekl	16, Q2	Gabathuler/Wenger	18	21-16, 21-16	0:37
Lead the series against # 29 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
Trail the series against # 30 Lario/Mesa, Spain 0-1
5/1/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Lario/Mesa	12	Gabathuler/Wenger	21	21-19, 21-17	0:44
Series tied with # 33 "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 # 35 Henriquez/Mussa, Venezuela 1-2
5/2/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 3	Gabathuler/Wenger	21	Henriquez/Mussa	29, Q3	12-21, 22-20, 15-9	0:50
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 # 37 Redmann/VanHuizen, Canada 0-1
5/28/09	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 1	Redmann/VanHuizen	28	Gabathuler/Wenger	21	23-21, 21-14	0:42
Series tied with # 39 Dyachenko/Kulinich, Kazakhstan 1-1
7/1/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool J	Dyachenko/Kulinich	39	Gabathuler/Wenger	34	15-21, 28-26, 15-13	1:00
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 # 40 Dugrip/Salvetti, France 0-1
9/4/08	FIVB	Mallorca Open	Winner 1	Dugrip/Salvetti	19	Gabathuler/Wenger	14	23-21, 21-19	0:46
Trail the series against # 45 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