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

(25, 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 Klagenfurt Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2009	Rich VanHuizen - 17th	Did not play
2010	Rich VanHuizen - 41st	Did not play
2011	Ben Saxton - 33rd	Christian Redmann - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/10-14/2012	Berlin Grand Slam	26, Q8	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2012	Grand Slam Rome	Q7	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	6/7-12/2012	Moscow Grand Slam	28, Q8	25th	80	US$3,500.00
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

Klagenfurt Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/18/2012	Qualifier 1	Ward Coucke / Tom van Walle, Belgium (Q25)	Won 24-26, 24-22, 15-2	0:56
Wed, 7/18/2012	Qualifier 2	Philip Gabathuler / Jan Schnider, Switzerland (Q9)	Won 18-21, 21-14, 15-10	0:43
Thu, 7/19/2012	Pool Q	Reinder Nummerdor / Richard Schuil, Netherlands (8)	Lost 16-21, 17-21	0:35
Thu, 7/19/2012	Pool Q	Alexander Huber / Robin Seidl, Austria (9)	Lost 19-21, 21-18, 10-15	0:53
Fri, 7/20/2012	Pool Q	Dmitri Barsuk / Yury Bogatov, Russia (24, Q11)	Lost 15-21, 16-21	0:35

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	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	4	$18,350.00	15	16	48.4 %
Total	FIVB	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	6	8	$42,250.00	29	36	44.6 %

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
9	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	4	$9,175.00	2012	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	4	$9,175.00
53	0	1	2	0	2	4	13	8	23	$55,900.00	Total	Total	42	0	0	0	0	3	4	7	7	21	$24,275.00

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	4	40.0%	2	20.0%	4	40.0%	6-4	60.0%	6	24.0%	5	20.0%	14	56.0%	6-19	24.0%	8-28	22.2%	16-18	47.1%	0	0	12-23	34.3%

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 12-23 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 13 Series, 3 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
7/1/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool L	Gibb/Rosenthal	19	Redmann/Saxton	30, Q20	21-14, 21-10	0:30
Trail the series against # 4 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 # 6 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
Lead the series against # 7 Araujo/Solberg, Brazil 1-0
7/11/12	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool P	Redmann/Saxton	26, Q8	Araujo/Solberg	10	21-23, 21-18, 15-12	0:54
Trail the series against # 8 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-1
7/19/12	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool Q	Nummerdor/Schuil	8	Redmann/Saxton	25, Q8	21-16, 21-17	0:35
Trail the series against # 9 Huber/Seidl, Austria 1-2
7/19/12	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool Q	Huber/Seidl	9	Redmann/Saxton	25, Q8	21-19, 18-21, 15-10	0:53
7/10/12	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Redmann/Saxton	26, Q8	Huber/Seidl	Q9	21-17, 20-22, 15-13	0:58
4/19/12	FIVB	Brasília Open	Contender 1	Huber/Seidl	23, Q7	Redmann/Saxton	26, Q3	21-17, 21-14	0:34
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
Trail the series against # 13 Fuerbringer/Lucena, United States 0-2
7/11/12	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool P	Fuerbringer/Lucena	7	Redmann/Saxton	26, Q8	17-21, 21-17, 15-8	0:55
5/4/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Fuerbringer/Lucena	4	Redmann/Saxton	29, Q11	17-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:48
Series tied with # 14 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 # 15 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
Series tied with # 18 Stiekema/Varenhorst, Netherlands 1-1
7/12/12	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 1	Stiekema/Varenhorst	22	Redmann/Saxton	26, Q8	25-23, 23-25, 15-12	1:02
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 # 19, Q1 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 # 20 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
Trail the series against # 24, Q11 Barsuk/Bogatov, Russia 0-1
7/20/12	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool Q	Barsuk/Bogatov	24, Q11	Redmann/Saxton	25, Q8	21-15, 21-16	0:35
Lead the series against # 28, Q2 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 1-0
7/12/12	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool P	Redmann/Saxton	26, Q8	Lochhead/Pitman	23, Q3	22-24, 21-16, 15-7	0:50
Series tied with # 31, Q3 "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 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
Trail the series against # 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
Lead the series against # Q9 Gabathuler/Schnider, Switzerland 2-1
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
Trail the series against # Q22 Henriquez/Mussa, Venezuela 0-1
4/25/12	FIVB	Silesia Open	Qualifier 2	Henriquez/Mussa	Q40	Redmann/Saxton	Q8	21-19, 16-21, 15-9	0:53
Lead the series against # Q24 Likholetov/Yutvalin, Russia 1-0
7/10/12	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Redmann/Saxton	26, Q8	Likholetov/Yutvalin	Q25	21-23, 21-14, 15-12	0:48
Lead the series against # Q25 Coucke/van Walle, Belgium 1-0
7/18/12	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Redmann/Saxton	25, Q8	Coucke/van Walle	Q25	24-26, 24-22, 15-2	0:56