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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$190,000 Prague Open
May 17 - 22, 2011

(Q7) 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 Prague Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2008	Did not play	Martin Laciga - 7th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/2-7/2011	Shanghai Open	24, Q6	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	4/18-23/2011	Brasilia Open	Q3	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	8/24-29/2010	The Hague Open	20	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/17-22/2010	Aland Open	21	13th	180	US$4,250.00
FIVB	8/10-15/2010	Kristiansand Open	20	13th	180	US$4,250.00
FIVB	8/3-8/2010	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Q10	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	7/27-8/1/2010	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Q9	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	7/20-25/2010	Marseille Open	Q2	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	7/6-11/2010	Gstaad Grand Slam	10	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/29-7/4/2010	Stavanger Grand Slam	Q10	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	6/9-14/2010	Moscow Grand Slam	28, Q9	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	5/25-30/2010	Myslowice Open	27, Q9	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	5/18-23/2010	Rome Grand Slam	Q8	33rd	40	US$0.00

Prague Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/18/2011	Qualifier 1	Dimitris Apostolou / Efstathiou Konstantinos, Cyprus (Q58)	Won 21-12, 27-25	0:44
Wed, 5/18/2011	Qualifier 2	Rhooney Ferramenta / Neilton Santos, Brazil (Q26)	Lost 20-22, 19-21	0:38

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	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	3	$24,750.00	11	16	40.7 %
2010	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	4	5	$26,000.00	18	21	46.2 %
2011	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	$2,800.00	4	5	44.4 %
Total	FIVB	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	7	10	$53,550.00	33	42	44.0 %
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
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
12	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	5	$13,000.00	2010	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	5	$13,000.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	$1,400.00	2011	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	$1,400.00
71	0	3	1	3	5	12	8	10	29	$66,675.00	Total	Total	92	0	3	0	4	6	19	13	24	23	$120,875.00

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%
2010-2011	27	62.8%	7	16.3%	9	20.9%	34-9	79.1%	3	8.3%	7	19.4%	26	72.2%	3-33	8.3%	27-26	50.9%	10-16	38.5%	0	0	37-42	46.8%
Against the Field	12	44.4%	6	22.2%	9	33.3%	18-9	66.7%	2	7.1%	6	21.4%	20	71.4%	2-26	7.1%	24-40	37.5%	16-30	34.8%	0	0	20-35	36.4%

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 trail the series against the field 13-21 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 14 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Araujo/Santos, Brazil 0-1
7/10/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 2	Araujo/Santos	11, Q1	Gabathuler/Schnider	10	21-14, 21-16	0:45
Trail the series against # 4 Fuerbringer/Lucena, United States 0-1
8/12/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 2	Fuerbringer/Lucena	4	Gabathuler/Schnider	20	21-19, 21-12	0:38
Trail the series against # 5 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 0-1
7/30/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool A	Gibb/Rosenthal	16	Gabathuler/Schnider	32, Q6	21-18, 21-19	0:49
Trail the series against # 7 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 0-2
8/26/10	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 1	Gavira/Herrera	4	Gabathuler/Schnider	20	22-20, 21-13	0:36
8/19/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 2	Gavira/Herrera	5	Gabathuler/Schnider	21	21-17, 15-21, 15-7	0:48
Trail the series against # 8 Plavins/Smedins, Latvia 0-2
8/4/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Plavins/Smedins	20, Q7	Gabathuler/Schnider	Q10	21-23, 21-18, 16-14	1:05
7/28/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Plavins/Smedins	18, Q8	Gabathuler/Schnider	Q9	21-17, 21-15	0:35
Trail the series against # 11 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 0-3
5/4/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 2	Fijalek/Prudel	8	Gabathuler/Schnider	24, Q6	30-28, 21-18	0:49
7/9/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool P	Fijalek/Prudel	7	Gabathuler/Schnider	10	19-21, 22-20, 15-11	1:02
6/11/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool N	Fijalek/Prudel	12	Gabathuler/Schnider	28, Q9	26-24, 20-22, 16-14	1:12
Trail the series against # 13 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-1
6/10/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool N	Nummerdor/Schuil	5	Gabathuler/Schnider	28, Q9	21-19, 21-15	0:42
Series tied with # 14 Skarlund/Spinnangr, Norway 1-1
8/26/10	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 1	Skarlund/Spinnangr	13	Gabathuler/Schnider	20	21-19, 21-18	0:39
7/24/09	FIVB	Marseille Grand Slam	Winner 1	Gabathuler/Schnider	42	Skarlund/Spinnangr	23	20-22, 21-18, 19-17	1:02
Lead the series against # 15 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 1-0
7/8/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool P	Gabathuler/Schnider	10	Erdmann/Matysik	26	21-18, 21-13	0:43
Series tied with # 16 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 1-1
7/8/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool P	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	23	Gabathuler/Schnider	10	21-19, 21-17	0:42
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
Trail the series against # 17 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 # 18, Q5 Ingrosso/Ingrosso, Italy 1-0
8/13/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 2	Gabathuler/Schnider	20	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	14	21-15, 21-17	0:39
Trail the series against # 19 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
Trail the series against # 23, Q2 Dollinger/Windscheif, Germany 0-1
8/20/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 3	Dollinger/Windscheif	20	Gabathuler/Schnider	21	19-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:55
Lead the series against # 26, Q10 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 # 31 Dumek/Tichy, Czech Republic 1-0
6/9/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Gabathuler/Schnider	28, Q9	Dumek/Tichy	Q24	18-21, 21-13, 25-23	1:05
Lead the series against 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
Trail the series against # Q3 Jaani/Vesik, Estonia 0-1
5/5/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 2	Jaani/Vesik	23, Q5	Gabathuler/Schnider	24, Q6	26-28, 21-16, 15-10	0:55
Lead the series against # Q13 Boehm/Kapa, Australia 1-0
8/4/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Gabathuler/Schnider	Q10	Boehm/Kapa	Q23	21-14, 21-17	0:43
Trail the series against # Q15 Redmann/Saxton, Canada 0-1
5/3/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Qualifier 3	Redmann/Saxton	29, Q11	Gabathuler/Schnider	24, Q6	21-19, 21-12	0:34
Lead the series against # Q17 Hordvik/Horrem, Norway 2-0
6/9/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Gabathuler/Schnider	28, Q9	Hordvik/Horrem	Q25	21-13, 21-17	0:37
5/26/10	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Qualifier 2	Gabathuler/Schnider	27, Q9	Hordvik/Horrem	Q24	21-17, 19-21, 15-13	1:04
Lead the series against # Q19 Chen/Gao, China 1-0
5/4/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Gabathuler/Schnider	24, Q6	Chen/Gao	9	21-19, 22-20	0:38
Trail the series against # Q22 Hernandez/Villafane, Venezuela 0-2
4/19/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Qualifier 3	Hernandez/Villafane	29, Q19	Gabathuler/Schnider	Q3	21-19, 21-17	0:38
7/9/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool G	Hernandez/Villafane	26, Q5	Gabathuler/Schnider	10	21-14, 21-19	0:41
Trail the series against # Q26 Ferramenta/Santos, Brazil 0-1
5/18/11	FIVB	Prague Open	Qualifier 2	Ferramenta/Santos	Q26	Gabathuler/Schnider	Q7	22-20, 21-19	0:38
Lead the series against # Q37 Coucke/van Walle, Belgium 1-0
4/19/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Qualifier 2	Gabathuler/Schnider	Q3	Coucke/van Walle	Q30	21-14, 19-21, 15-13	0:51
Lead the series against # Q58 Apostolou/Konstantinos, Cyprus 1-0
5/18/11	FIVB	Prague Open	Qualifier 1	Gabathuler/Schnider	Q7	Apostolou/Konstantinos	Q58	21-12, 27-25	0:44