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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Beijing Grand Slam
May 8 - 13, 2012

(Q11) Christian Redmann/Ben Saxton, Canada

Christian Redmann
Canada

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 16, 1982 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Toronto, ON

Height:

188 cm (6'2")

Weight:

86 kg (189 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB C&S Vaduz 2006)

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (Moscow 2009)

Career Winnings:

US$85,375.00

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	33	41	Money
FIVB	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	6	3	5	US$42,250.00

Previous Beijing Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2011	Ben Saxton - 25th	Christian Redmann - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/1-6/2012	Shanghai Grand Slam	Q16	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	4/24-29/2012	Silesia Open	Q8	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	4/17-22/2012	Brasília Open	26, Q3	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/2-7/2011	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Q16	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	7/26-31/2011	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Q14	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	7/19-24/2011	Québec Open	9	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	7/12-17/2011	Moscow Grand Slam	Q13	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	7/5-10/2011	Gstaad Grand Slam	31, Q14	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/28-7/3/2011	Stavanger Grand Slam	30, Q20	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/13-19/2011	Rome World Championships	46	17th	200	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/6-11/2011	Beijing Grand Slam	31, Q22	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	5/17-22/2011	Prague Open	Q15	41st	18	US$0.00

Beijing Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/9/2012	Qualifier 1	Karl Jaani / Rivo Vesik, Estonia (28, Q22)	Lost 19-21, 19-21	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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	$24,200.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	$11,050.00
Total	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	6	0	$42,250.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Christian Redmann												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
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$9,000.00	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
43	0	0	0	0	1	2	8	12	0	$56,825.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	54	0	1	3	0	3	14	14	10	0	$222,675.00
27	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	3	0	$16,275.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	52	0	0	1	0	4	7	12	10	0	$49,362.50
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$6,750.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$825.00	Challenger	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$925.00
3	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,450.00	Satellite	5	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	$1,225.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
											U18/19 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00
80	0	1	2	0	2	7	17	15	0	$85,375.00	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
2011	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	4	$23,900.00	14	20	41.2 %
2012	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$2,000.00	3	5	37.5 %
Total	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	7	$25,900.00	17	25	40.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Christian Redmann													Ben Saxton
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2002	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2004	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2005	FIVB
											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
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2006	FIVB
4	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	$2,450.00	2006	FIVB C&S
											2006	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2007	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$475.00	2007	FIVB C&S	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	$550.00
											2008	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$350.00	2008	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$975.00
8	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0	2	$19,450.00	2009	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,000.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	4	$12,050.00	2010	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00
											2010	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	4	$11,950.00	2011	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	4	$11,950.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$1,000.00	2012	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$1,000.00
48	0	1	2	0	2	3	12	6	22	$47,725.00	Total	Total	37	0	0	0	0	3	3	6	5	20	$16,100.00

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	15	55.6%	5	18.5%	7	25.9%	20-7	74.1%	9	23.7%	8	21.1%	21	55.3%	9-29	23.7%	15-21	41.7%	14-15	48.3%	0	0	29-36	44.6%
2011-2012	15	55.6%	5	18.5%	7	25.9%	20-7	74.1%	9	23.7%	8	21.1%	21	55.3%	9-29	23.7%	15-21	41.7%	14-15	48.3%	0	0	29-36	44.6%
Against the Field	7	43.8%	4	25.0%	5	31.3%	11-5	68.8%	4	19.0%	4	19.0%	13	61.9%	4-17	19.0%	14-26	35.0%	16-18	47.1%	0	0	15-22	40.5%

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	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	15	6	3	15	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	23
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	7	2	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	10
Total	0	0	22	8	4	17	0	0	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	36

Head to Head Results
Redmann/Saxton trail the series against the field 7-13 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 9 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 5 Cerutti/Rego, Brazil 0-1
6/8/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool B	Cerutti/Rego	2	Redmann/Saxton	31, Q22	25-23, 21-18	0:37
Trail the series against # 7 Fuerbringer/Lucena, United States 0-1
5/4/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Fuerbringer/Lucena	4	Redmann/Saxton	29, Q11	17-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:48
Trail the series against # 8 Insfran/Schmidt, Brazil 0-2
5/2/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Insfran/Schmidt	12, Q1	Redmann/Saxton	Q16	20-22, 21-11, 15-10	0:53
7/8/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 1	Insfran/Schmidt	8	Redmann/Saxton	31, Q14	21-12, 27-29, 15-11	0:53
Lead the series against # 9 Li/Zhou, China 1-0
4/18/12	FIVB	Brasília Open	Qualifier 3	Redmann/Saxton	26, Q3	Li/Zhou	Q14	21-19, 21-14	0:33
Trail the series against # 11 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 0-1
7/1/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool L	Gibb/Rosenthal	19	Redmann/Saxton	30, Q20	21-14, 21-10	0:30
Trail the series against # 12 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 0-2
4/19/12	FIVB	Brasília Open	Winner 1	Erdmann/Matysik	7	Redmann/Saxton	26, Q3	21-14, 25-23	0:38
6/9/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool B	Erdmann/Matysik	18	Redmann/Saxton	31, Q22	21-23, 21-14, 16-14	0:54
Lead the series against # 18 Boersma/Spijkers, Netherlands 1-0
6/14/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool C	Redmann/Saxton	46	Boersma/Spijkers	22	21-18, 21-17	0:36
Trail the series against # 24 Dyachenko/Sidorenko, Kazakhstan 0-1
7/27/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Dyachenko/Sidorenko	26, Q19	Redmann/Saxton	Q14	21-16, 21-17	0:33
Trail the series against # 25 Skarlund/Spinnangr, Norway 0-1
7/7/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool K	Skarlund/Spinnangr	15	Redmann/Saxton	31, Q14	21-16, 21-19	0:32
Series tied with # 26 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 1-1
8/3/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	27, Q1	Redmann/Saxton	Q16	21-19, 21-16	0:39
6/29/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Redmann/Saxton	30, Q20	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	Q4	21-19, 21-16	0:36
Series tied with # 28, Q22 Jaani/Vesik, Estonia 1-1
5/9/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Jaani/Vesik	28, Q22	Redmann/Saxton	Q11	21-19, 21-19	0:36
5/2/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Redmann/Saxton	Q16	Jaani/Vesik	Q17	21-17, 24-22	0:35
Lead the series against # 29, Q20 Boehm/Kapa, Australia 1-0
8/3/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Redmann/Saxton	Q16	Boehm/Kapa	Q17	21-15, 21-15	0:32
Trail the series against # Q10 Ces/Ces, France 0-1
7/13/11	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Ces/Ces	21, Q4	Redmann/Saxton	Q13	21-16, 21-19	0:44
Lead the series against # Q18 Bogatov/Prokopiev, Russia 1-0
6/29/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Redmann/Saxton	30, Q20	Bogatov/Prokopiev	Q13	21-18, 20-22, 15-12	0:53
Trail the series against # Q19 Huber/Seidl, Austria 0-1
4/19/12	FIVB	Brasília Open	Contender 1	Huber/Seidl	23, Q7	Redmann/Saxton	26, Q3	21-17, 21-14	0:34
Lead the series against # Q28 Dugrip/Salvetti, France 1-0
7/21/11	FIVB	Québec Open	Winner 1	Redmann/Saxton	9	Dugrip/Salvetti	24, Q5	25-27, 23-21, 15-7	0:58