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FIVB Challenger & Satellite
US$15,000 Lausanne Satellite
August 16 - 19, 2007

(8, Q1) Mark Ellingson/Ben Saxton, Canada

Mark Ellingson
Canada

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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 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 FIVB C&S Best:

5th (Lausanne 2008)

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 Lausanne Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Did not play	Ray Sewell - 21st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB C&S	8/9-12/2007	Vaduz Satellite	16, Q11	7th	10	US$500.00
FIVB	7/3-8/2007	Montréal Open		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	6/28-7/1/2007	Brno Challenger	Q29	37th	2	US$0.00

Lausanne Satellite Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 8/17/2007	Winner 1	Balazs Bagics / Peter Szauter, Hungary (9)	Won 21-8, 21-16	0:31
Fri, 8/17/2007	Winner 2	Josh Binstock / Jason Kruger, Canada (1)	Lost 21-17, 16-21, 9-15	0:49
Fri, 8/17/2007	Contender 2	Tomas Havelka / Andrej Takac, Czech Republic (14, Q6)	Won 21-10, 21-14	0:28
Sat, 8/18/2007	Contender 3	Michael Bleiker / Michel Kertai, Switzerland (5)	Lost 17-21, 21-15, 18-20	1:03

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	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	$1,100.00	7	5	58.3 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
Total	FIVB C&S	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	$1,100.00	7	5	58.3 %

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
3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	$550.00	2007	FIVB C&S	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	$550.00
24	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	20	$975.00	Total	Total	8	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	0	2	$725.00

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	6	75.0%	1	12.5%	1	12.5%	7-1	87.5%	0	0.0%	2	50.0%	2	50.0%	0-4	0.0%	6-2	75.0%	1-3	25.0%	0	0	7-5	58.3%
2006-2007	6	75.0%	1	12.5%	1	12.5%	7-1	87.5%	0	0.0%	2	50.0%	2	50.0%	0-4	0.0%	6-2	75.0%	1-3	25.0%	0	0	7-5	58.3%
Against the Field	3	75.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0-1	0.0%	6-0	100.0%	0-4	0.0%	0	0	3-2	60.0%

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
Ellingson/Saxton lead the series against the field 3-2 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Binstock/Kruger, Canada 0-1
8/17/07	FIVB C&S	Lausanne Satellite	Winner 2	Binstock/Kruger	1	Ellingson/Saxton	8, Q1	17-21, 21-16, 15-9	0:49
Trail the series against # 5 Bleiker/Kertai, Switzerland 0-1
8/18/07	FIVB C&S	Lausanne Satellite	Contender 3	Bleiker/Kertai	5	Ellingson/Saxton	8, Q1	21-17, 15-21, 20-18	1:03
Lead the series against # 9 Bagics/Szauter, Hungary 2-0
8/17/07	FIVB C&S	Lausanne Satellite	Winner 1	Ellingson/Saxton	8, Q1	Bagics/Szauter	9	21-8, 21-16	0:31
8/10/07	FIVB C&S	Vaduz Satellite	Contender 1	Ellingson/Saxton	16, Q11	Bagics/Szauter	8	21-12, 21-11	0:29
Lead the series against # 14, Q6 Havelka/Takac, Czech Republic 1-0
8/17/07	FIVB C&S	Lausanne Satellite	Contender 2	Ellingson/Saxton	8, Q1	Havelka/Takac	14, Q6	21-10, 21-14	0:28