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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$380,000 Otera Open
August 11 - 16, 2009

(31, Q2) Philip Gabathuler/Jan Schnider, 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

Jan Schnider
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 7, 1983 (42 yrs old)

Home Town:

Oensingen

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

94 kg (207 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

102

Career Best:

2nd (3 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

4th (Fortaleza 2007)

Career Winnings:

US$133,200.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	5	9	10	4	US$78,200.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$800.00
Overall	35	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	5	9	10	4	US$79,000.00

Previous Kristiansand Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2007	Did not play	Martin Laciga - 17th
2008	David Wenger - 7th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/4-9/2009	Stare Jablonki Open	Q3	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	7/28-8/2/2009	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	32, Q6	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	7/21-26/2009	Marseille Grand Slam	42	17th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/14-19/2009	Moscow Grand Slam	28	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	7/7-12/2009	Gstaad Grand Slam	10	25th	80	US$3,500.00

Kristiansand Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/12/2009	Qualifier 2	David Kufa / Jindrich Weiss, Czech Republic (Q15)	Won 21-15, 22-24, 15-8	0:51
Thu, 8/13/2009	Winner 1	Benjamin Insfran / Pedro Solberg, Brazil (2)	Won 25-23, 16-21, 15-8	1:06
Thu, 8/13/2009	Winner 2	Sebastian Dollinger / Thomas Kaczmarek, Germany (15, Q6)	Won 27-29, 21-14, 15-8	0:58
Fri, 8/14/2009	Winner 3	Miguel Maia / Pedro Rosas, Portugal (23, Q14)	Lost 16-21, 19-21	0:41
Sat, 8/15/2009	Contender 4	Patrick Heuscher / Sascha Heyer, Switzerland (5)	Lost 17-21, 17-21	0:37

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	5	0	$34,600.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	4	0	$36,600.00
Satellite	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$800.00
Total	35	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	5	9	0	$79,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Philip Gabathuler												Jan Schnider
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$15,500.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$8,700.00
52	0	0	1	0	0	8	11	13	0	$104,950.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	32	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	10	0	$40,850.00
52	0	0	1	0	1	10	12	9	0	$49,200.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	53	0	0	0	1	5	10	10	16	0	$77,400.00
5	0	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	$3,775.00	Challenger	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,125.00
10	0	2	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	$4,925.00	Satellite	8	0	2	0	3	1	2	0	0	0	$4,125.00
											U21 World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$0.00
124	0	3	3	3	5	21	25	22	0	$178,350.00	Total	102	0	3	0	4	6	20	16	26	0	$133,200.00

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 C&S	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$800.00	4	3	57.1 %
2009	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	1	$20,500.00	7	12	36.8 %
Total	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	1	$20,500.00	7	12	36.8 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$800.00	4	3	57.1 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Philip Gabathuler													Jan Schnider
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 Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2002	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2003	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2003	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$225.00
											2003	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2004	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,000.00
3	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$1,650.00	2004	FIVB C&S	4	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	$3,000.00
											2005	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	2	$12,750.00
7	0	1	0	1	2	2	1	0	0	$3,200.00	2005	FIVB C&S	4	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$2,700.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	$2,250.00	2006	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	3	$13,250.00
2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$325.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	7	$5,900.00	2007	FIVB	14	0	0	0	1	1	1	5	3	3	$25,250.00
8	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	0	1	$15,950.00	2008	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	4	4	2	3	0	$32,900.00
2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,600.00	2008	FIVB C&S
10	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	2	$17,350.00	2009	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	2	$12,950.00
53	0	3	1	3	5	8	7	6	20	$50,150.00	Total	Total	74	0	3	0	4	6	15	12	20	14	$104,350.00

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	29	54.7%	12	22.6%	12	22.6%	41-12	77.4%	8	14.5%	10	18.2%	37	67.3%	8-47	14.5%	29-37	43.9%	20-22	47.6%	0	0	49-59	45.4%
2008-2009	2	22.2%	5	55.6%	2	22.2%	7-2	77.8%	4	22.2%	3	16.7%	11	61.1%	4-14	22.2%	2-11	15.4%	9-5	64.3%	0	0	11-16	40.7%
Against the Field	11	50.0%	6	27.3%	5	22.7%	17-5	77.3%	4	28.6%	1	7.1%	9	64.3%	4-10	28.6%	22-18	55.0%	20-12	62.5%	0	0	21-15	58.3%

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	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	15	8	4	17	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	28
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	14	7	0	0	0	0	7	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	29
Satellite	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	4	3
Total	0	0	29	15	6	18	0	0	10	16	0	1	0	1	0	0	53	62

Head to Head Results
Gabathuler/Schnider lead the series against the field 6-5 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 5 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 2 Insfran/Solberg, Brazil 1-0
8/13/09	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 1	Gabathuler/Schnider	31, Q2	Insfran/Solberg	2	25-23, 16-21, 15-8	1:06
Trail the series against # 5 Heuscher/Heyer, Switzerland 0-1
8/15/09	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 4	Heuscher/Heyer	5	Gabathuler/Schnider	31, Q2	21-17, 21-17	0:37
Lead the series against # 8 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 1-0
7/31/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool A	Gabathuler/Schnider	32, Q6	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	17, Q2	21-18, 19-21, 15-12	1:06
Lead the series against # 9 Skarlund/Spinnangr, Norway 1-0
7/24/09	FIVB	Marseille Grand Slam	Winner 1	Gabathuler/Schnider	42	Skarlund/Spinnangr	23	20-22, 21-18, 19-17	1:02
Trail the series against # 12 Ces/Ces, France 0-1
7/16/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool E	Ces/Ces	12	Gabathuler/Schnider	28	21-12, 19-21, 15-9	0:51
Lead the series against # 15, Q6 Dollinger/Kaczmarek, Germany 1-0
8/13/09	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 2	Gabathuler/Schnider	31, Q2	Dollinger/Kaczmarek	15, Q6	27-29, 21-14, 15-8	0:58
Trail the series against # 16 Dugrip/Salvetti, France 0-1
7/24/09	FIVB	Marseille Grand Slam	Winner 2	Dugrip/Salvetti	10	Gabathuler/Schnider	42	21-14, 21-19	0:52
Trail the series against # 23, Q14 Maia/Rosas, Portugal 0-1
8/14/09	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 3	Maia/Rosas	23, Q14	Gabathuler/Schnider	31, Q2	21-16, 21-19	0:41
Trail the series against # 32, Q20 Miramontes/Virgen, Mexico 0-1
8/5/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Qualifier 2	Miramontes/Virgen	Q30	Gabathuler/Schnider	Q3	21-13, 21-14	0:37
Lead the series against # Q11 Brinkborg/Gunnarsson, Sweden 1-0
7/29/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Gabathuler/Schnider	32, Q6	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	Q22	21-15, 21-16	0:39
Lead the series against # Q15 Kufa/Weiss, Czech Republic 1-0
8/12/09	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Qualifier 2	Gabathuler/Schnider	31, Q2	Kufa/Weiss	Q15	21-15, 22-24, 15-8	0:51