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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$380,000 Sanya Open Presented by Olympic Bay
October 26 - 31, 2009

(23, Q1) Philip Gabathuler/Jan Schnider, 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

Jan Schnider
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 7, 1983 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Oensingen

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

94 kg (207 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

117

Career Best:

2nd (3 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

4th (Fortaleza 2007)

Career Winnings:

US$154,346.40

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	US$7,453.63
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	37	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	4	5	9	10	4	US$86,453.63

Previous Sanya Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2008	David Wenger - 13th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/25-30/2009	The Hague Open	Q2	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	8/18-23/2009	Aland Open	Q2	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	8/11-16/2009	Kristiansand Open	31, Q2	9th	240	US$6,000.00
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

Sanya Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 10/27/2009	Qualifier 2	Konstantin Birlov / Yaroslav Koshkarev, Russia (Q17)	Won 16-21, 21-19, 15-10	1:00
Wed, 10/28/2009	Winner 1	Cheng Chen / Shun Zhou, China (10)	Won 21-17, 18-21, 15-13	1:00
Wed, 10/28/2009	Winner 2	Inocencio Lario / Raul Mesa, Spain (7)	Lost 21-14, 16-21, 12-15	0:55
Thu, 10/29/2009	Contender 2	Jackson Henriquez / Farid Mussa, Venezuela (24, Q2)	Won 16-21, 21-12, 15-13	0:56
Thu, 10/29/2009	Contender 3	Yury Bogatov / Serguei Prokopiev, Russia (16)	Lost 19-21, 16-21	0:44

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	8	$34,600.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	4	6	$36,600.00
Satellite	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$800.00
Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00
Total	36	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	4	5	9	14	$81,500.00

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	3	$15,500.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$8,700.00
52	0	0	1	0	0	8	11	13	19	$104,950.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	32	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	10	15	$40,850.00
52	0	0	1	0	1	10	12	9	19	$49,200.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	53	0	0	0	1	5	10	10	16	11	$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	1	$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
7	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	0	$4,750.00	Confederation Championship	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$4,250.00
131	0	3	3	3	5	24	26	25	42	$183,100.00	Total	105	0	3	0	4	7	22	16	26	27	$137,450.00

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	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	3	$24,750.00	11	16	40.7 %
Total	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	3	$24,750.00	11	16	40.7 %
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
											2004	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2005	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$2,150.00
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
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$250.00	2006	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$975.00
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
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$500.00	2007	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
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
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	$600.00	2008	CEV	5	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	$6,650.00
13	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	4	4	$19,475.00	2009	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	4	$15,075.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$0.00	2009	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00
70	0	3	1	3	5	10	17	7	24	$53,625.00	Total	Total	90	0	3	1	4	10	19	16	20	17	$118,250.00

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	4	30.8%	2	15.4%	7	53.8%	6-7	46.2%	3	18.8%	2	12.5%	11	68.8%	3-13	18.8%	8-22	26.7%	10-18	35.7%	0	0	9-20	31.0%

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	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
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Total	0	0	29	15	8	19	0	0	10	17	0	1	0	1	0	0	55	64

Head to Head Results
Gabathuler/Schnider trail the series against the field 4-6 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 6 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 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 # 4 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 # 6 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 # 7 Lario/Mesa, Spain 0-1
10/28/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 2	Lario/Mesa	7	Gabathuler/Schnider	23, Q1	14-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:55
Lead the series against # 10 Chen/Zhou, China 1-0
10/28/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 1	Gabathuler/Schnider	23, Q1	Chen/Zhou	10	21-17, 18-21, 15-13	1:00
Trail the series against # 16 Bogatov/Prokopiev, Russia 0-1
10/29/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 3	Bogatov/Prokopiev	16	Gabathuler/Schnider	23, Q1	21-19, 21-16	0:44
Trail the series against # 20 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 # 21, Q3 Hernandez/Villafane, Venezuela 0-1
7/9/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool G	Hernandez/Villafane	26, Q5	Gabathuler/Schnider	10	21-14, 21-19	0:41
Lead the series against # 24, Q2 Henriquez/Mussa, Venezuela 1-0
10/29/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 2	Gabathuler/Schnider	23, Q1	Henriquez/Mussa	24, Q2	16-21, 21-12, 15-13	0:56
Lead the series against # Q17 Birlov/Koshkarev, Russia 1-0
10/27/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Qualifier 2	Gabathuler/Schnider	23, Q1	Birlov/Koshkarev	Q17	16-21, 21-19, 15-10	1:00