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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Moscow Grand Slam
June 7 - 12, 2012

(28, Q8) 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 Moscow Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2009	Rich VanHuizen - 5th	Did not play
2010	Rich VanHuizen - 17th	Did not play
2011	Ben Saxton - 33rd	Christian Redmann - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/22-27/2012	Prague Open	28, Q4	13th	180	US$4,250.00
FIVB	5/8-13/2012	Beijing Grand Slam	Q11	41st	24	US$0.00
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

Moscow Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 6/8/2012	Qualifier 1	Ruslan Bykanov / Viacheslav Krasilnikov, Russia (Q25)	Won 21-13, 21-17	0:34
Fri, 6/8/2012	Qualifier 2	Jon Stiekema / Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands (Q9)	Won 21-19, 24-22	0:39
Sat, 6/9/2012	Pool N	Grzegorz Fijalek / Mariusz Prudel, Poland (5)	Lost 17-21, 26-28	0:49
Sat, 6/9/2012	Pool N	Jonathan Erdmann / Kay Matysik, Germany (12)	Lost 18-21, 12-21	0:34
Sun, 6/10/2012	Pool N	Thiago Barbosa / Rhooney Ferramenta, Brazil (21, Q5)	Lost 21-23, 18-21	0:39

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	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	$9,750.00	9	10	47.4 %
Total	FIVB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	5	7	$33,650.00	23	30	43.4 %

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
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	$4,875.00	2012	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	$4,875.00
50	0	1	2	0	2	4	12	7	22	$51,600.00	Total	Total	39	0	0	0	0	3	4	6	6	20	$19,975.00

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	5	31.3%	4	25.0%	7	43.8%	9-7	56.3%	3	15.0%	3	15.0%	14	70.0%	3-17	15.0%	10-28	26.3%	14-20	41.2%	0	0	12-24	33.3%

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 9-20 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 12 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Cerutti/Rego, Brazil 0-2
5/24/12	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 1	Cerutti/Rego	5	Redmann/Saxton	28, Q4	17-21, 21-14, 15-13	0:50
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 # 4 Brink/Reckermann, Germany 0-1
7/7/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool K	Brink/Reckermann	2	Redmann/Saxton	31, Q14	21-18, 21-19	0:39
Trail the series against # 5 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 0-2
6/9/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool N	Fijalek/Prudel	5	Redmann/Saxton	28, Q8	21-17, 28-26	0:49
6/17/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Winner 1	Fijalek/Prudel	30	Redmann/Saxton	46	21-18, 21-19	0:39
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 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
Lead the series against # 9 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 # 10 Koshkarev/Semenov, Russia 0-2
6/30/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool L	Koshkarev/Semenov	14	Redmann/Saxton	30, Q20	19-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:45
6/9/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool B	Koshkarev/Semenov	15	Redmann/Saxton	31, Q22	18-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:50
Trail the series against # 11 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
Trail the series against # 12 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 1-3
6/9/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool N	Erdmann/Matysik	12	Redmann/Saxton	28, Q8	21-18, 21-12	0:34
5/25/12	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 2	Redmann/Saxton	28, Q4	Erdmann/Matysik	11	23-25, 21-19, 16-14	0:58
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
Series tied with # 17 Boersma/Spijkers, Netherlands 1-1
5/25/12	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 3	Boersma/Spijkers	14	Redmann/Saxton	28, Q4	21-16, 21-18	0:37
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 # 21, Q5 Barbosa/Ferramenta, Brazil 0-1
6/10/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool N	Barbosa/Ferramenta	21, Q5	Redmann/Saxton	28, Q8	23-21, 21-18	0:39
Trail the series against # 22 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
Lead the series against Goncalves/Marques, Brazil 1-0
5/24/12	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 1	Redmann/Saxton	28, Q4	Goncalves/Marques	12, Q6	21-17, 16-21, 17-15	0:53
Series tied with # Q4 "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
Lead the series against # Q9 Stiekema/Varenhorst, Netherlands 1-0
6/8/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Redmann/Saxton	28, Q8	Stiekema/Varenhorst	Q9	21-19, 24-22	0:39
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
Trail the series against # Q14 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 # Q15 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
Lead the series against # Q23 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 1-0
5/23/12	FIVB	Prague Open	Qualifier 2	Redmann/Saxton	28, Q4	Kantor/Losiak	Q29	21-19, 18-21, 15-10	0:47
Lead the series against # Q25 Bykanov/Krasilnikov, Russia 1-0
6/8/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Redmann/Saxton	28, Q8	Bykanov/Krasilnikov	Q25	21-13, 21-17	0:34