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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 A1 Grand Slam presented by ERGO
July 17 - 22, 2012

(Q9) 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 Klagenfurt Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Did not play	Marcel Gscheidle - 25th
2006	Did not play	Marcel Gscheidle - 33rd
2007	David Wenger - 41st	Martin Laciga - 41st
2008	David Wenger - 33rd	Did not play
2009	Jan Schnider - 25th	Philip Gabathuler - 25th
2010	Jan Schnider - 33rd	Philip Gabathuler - 33rd
2011	Jan Schnider - 25th	Philip Gabathuler - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/23-28/2011	The Hague Open	21	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/16-21/2011	Åland Open	24, Q5	13th	180	US$4,250.00
FIVB	8/2-7/2011	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	28, Q10	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	7/26-31/2011	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	27, Q11	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	7/19-24/2011	Québec Open	13	17th	120	US$2,800.00

Klagenfurt Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/18/2012	Qualifier 1	Alexander Likholetov / Alexey Yutvalin, Russia (Q24)	Won 25-27, 21-17, 15-13	0:56
Wed, 7/18/2012	Qualifier 2	Christian Redmann / Ben Saxton, Canada (25, Q8)	Lost 21-18, 14-21, 10-15	0:43

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	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	5	$27,450.00	19	21	47.5 %
2012	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	5	9	14	$78,200.00	49	59	45.4 %
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
12	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	5	$13,725.00	2011	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	5	$13,725.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,750.00	2012	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
82	0	3	1	3	5	13	11	13	33	$80,750.00	Total	Total	102	0	3	0	4	6	20	16	26	27	$133,200.00

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%
2011-2012	15	65.2%	3	13.0%	5	21.7%	18-5	78.3%	2	10.5%	3	15.8%	14	73.7%	2-17	10.5%	15-14	51.7%	5-8	38.5%	0	0	20-22	47.6%
Against the Field	7	36.8%	4	21.1%	8	42.1%	11-8	57.9%	4	21.1%	2	10.5%	13	68.4%	4-15	21.1%	14-26	35.0%	16-20	44.4%	0	0	15-23	39.5%

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 15-23 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 12 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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
Lead the series against # 3 Cunha/Santos, Brazil 1-0
7/28/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool O	Gabathuler/Schnider	27, Q11	Cunha/Santos	11	25-23, 21-16	0:43
Trail the series against # 4 Insfran/Schmidt, Brazil 0-1
8/13/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 3	Insfran/Schmidt	11, Q1	Gabathuler/Schnider	20	21-14, 21-15	0:35
Trail the series against # 6 Brink/Reckermann, Germany 0-1
7/30/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool A	Brink/Reckermann	1	Gabathuler/Schnider	32, Q6	21-11, 25-23	0:47
Trail the series against # 8 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 # 12 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 1-1
7/29/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Winner 1	Erdmann/Matysik	13	Gabathuler/Schnider	27, Q11	21-12, 23-21	0:34
7/8/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool P	Gabathuler/Schnider	10	Erdmann/Matysik	26	21-18, 21-13	0:43
Trail the series against # 13 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
Lead the series against # 14 Boersma/Spijkers, Netherlands 1-0
6/16/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool C	Gabathuler/Schnider	27	Boersma/Spijkers	22	21-14, 21-12	0:40
Trail the series against # 15 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 # 16 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 # 17 Dollinger/Windscheif, Germany 0-2
6/17/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Winner 1	Dollinger/Windscheif	36	Gabathuler/Schnider	27	12-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:42
8/20/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 3	Dollinger/Windscheif	20	Gabathuler/Schnider	21	19-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:55
Trail the series against # 19, Q1 Dyachenko/Sidorenko, Kazakhstan 0-1
7/20/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Qualifier 3	Dyachenko/Sidorenko	19, Q15	Gabathuler/Schnider	Q2	21-18, 10-21, 15-11	0:53
Series tied with # 20 Skarlund/Spinnangr, Norway 2-2
8/5/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool N	Skarlund/Spinnangr	21	Gabathuler/Schnider	28, Q10	13-21, 21-10, 15-12	0:48
7/21/11	FIVB	Québec Open	Contender 1	Gabathuler/Schnider	13	Skarlund/Spinnangr	4	21-15, 21-19	0:37
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
Trail the series against # 21 Wu/Xu, China 0-1
7/28/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool O	Wu/Xu	6	Gabathuler/Schnider	27, Q11	30-28, 21-19	0:44
Trail the series against # 25, Q8 Redmann/Saxton, Canada 1-2
7/18/12	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Redmann/Saxton	25, Q8	Gabathuler/Schnider	Q9	18-21, 21-14, 15-10	0:43
6/15/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool C	Gabathuler/Schnider	27	Redmann/Saxton	46	21-17, 19-21, 15-12	0:53
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 # 27, Q7 Brinkborg/Gunnarsson, Sweden 2-0
8/18/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Winner 1	Gabathuler/Schnider	24, Q5	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	9	21-18, 14-21, 15-9	0:52
7/29/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Gabathuler/Schnider	32, Q6	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	Q22	21-15, 21-16	0:39
Trail the series against # 28, Q2 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 0-2
6/11/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool N	Lochhead/Pitman	21, Q4	Gabathuler/Schnider	28, Q9	19-21, 22-20, 15-7	0:57
5/27/10	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 1	Lochhead/Pitman	22, Q2	Gabathuler/Schnider	27, Q9	18-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:52
Series tied with # 31, Q3 "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
Series tied with # Q10 Ingrosso/Ingrosso, Italy 1-1
7/6/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	23, Q10	Gabathuler/Schnider	Q7	21-19, 21-19	0:43
8/13/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 2	Gabathuler/Schnider	20	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	14	21-15, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # Q15 Dumek/Tichy, Czech Republic 2-0
8/3/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Gabathuler/Schnider	28, Q10	Dumek/Tichy	Q23	21-13, 21-16	0:39
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 # Q22 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 # Q24 Likholetov/Yutvalin, Russia 1-0
7/18/12	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Gabathuler/Schnider	Q9	Likholetov/Yutvalin	Q24	25-27, 21-17, 15-13	0:56
Lead the series against # Q25 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