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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 Montréal Open
July 3 - 8, 2007

Mark Ellingson/Ben Saxton, Canada

Mark Ellingson
Canada

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 4, 1978 (47 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kelowna, BC

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

7th (2 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

33rd (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$975.00

Ben Saxton
Canada

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 21, 1988 (37 yrs old)

Home Town:

Calgary

Height:

200 cm (6'7")

Weight:

92 kg (202 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

129

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Sydney 2018)

Career Winnings:

US$330,187.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	37	CQ	Money
FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	US$1,100.00
Overall	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	US$1,100.00

Previous Montréal Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Wes Montgomery - 33rd	Did not play
2006	Jason Hofer - Country Quota	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB C&S	6/28-7/1/2007	Brno Challenger	Q29	37th	2	US$0.00

Montréal Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 7/3/2007	Country Quota	Paul Podstawka / Chris Simek, Canada (32, Q14)	Lost 17-21, 16-21	0:36

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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Satellite	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	$1,100.00
Total	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	$1,100.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Mark Ellingson												Ben Saxton
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
											World Championships	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	$28,500.00
											World Tour Finals	4	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	$20,750.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	54	0	1	3	0	3	14	14	10	0	$222,675.00
17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	52	0	0	1	0	4	7	12	10	0	$49,362.50
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$6,750.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00	Challenger	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$925.00
3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$725.00	Satellite	5	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	$1,225.00
											U18/19 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00
24	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	$975.00	Total	129	1	2	4	1	14	25	33	20	0	$330,187.50

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
2007	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2007	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Mark Ellingson													Ben Saxton
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2004	FIVB
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	$0.00	2005	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$175.00	2005	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$175.00
											2005	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00	2006	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00	2006	FIVB C&S
											2006	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	2007	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2007	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
22	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	20	$425.00	Total	Total	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	2	$175.00

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	0	0	0	0-0	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-0	0	0	0-1	0.0%
2006-2007	0	0	0	0-0	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-0	0	0	0-1	0.0%
Against the Field	0	0	0	0-0	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-2	0.0%	0-0	0	0	0-1	0.0%

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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Challenger	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Satellite	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	4
Total	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	6

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 1-1 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 1 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 32, Q14 Podstawka/Simek, Canada 0-1
7/3/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Country Quota	Podstawka/Simek	32, Q14	Ellingson/Saxton		21-17, 21-16	0:36
Lead the series against Pasieka/Sewell, Canada 1-0
6/27/07	FIVB C&S	Brno Challenger	Country Quota	Ellingson/Saxton	Q29	Pasieka/Sewell		21-18, 23-25, 16-14	0:59