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FIVB Challenger & Satellite
US$30,000 Brno Challenger
July 3 - 6, 2008

(18) Martin Reader/Ben Saxton, Canada

Martin Reader
Canada

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Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 2, 1984 (41 yrs old)

Home Town:

Comox, BC

Height:

199 cm (6'7")

Weight:

96 kg (211 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB C&S Brno 2007)

Career Winnings:

US$30,375.00

Ben Saxton
Canada

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 21, 1988 (36 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	Money
FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	US$1,950.00

Previous Brno Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2006	Jessi Lelliott - 3rd	Did not play
2007	Jessi Lelliott - 2nd	Mark Ellingson - 37th

Recent Results 1st Tournament

Brno Challenger Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 7/4/2008	Winner 1	Aliaksandr Kavalenka / Andrei Zharykau, Belarus (15)	Won 12-21, 21-18, 18-16	0:56
Fri, 7/4/2008	Winner 2	Jan Dumek / Premysl Kubala, Czech Republic (2)	Lost 19-21, 16-21	0:44
Fri, 7/4/2008	Contender 1	Jody Gooding / Robin Miedzybrodzki, England (16)	Won 18-21, 21-16, 15-12	1:22
Sat, 7/5/2008	Contender 2	Steve Grotowski / Gregg Weaver, England (9)	Won 22-20, 21-19	0:44
Sat, 7/5/2008	Contender 3	Jason Kruger / Chris Simek, Canada (4)	Lost 17-21, 13-21	0:40

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$)
Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$950.00
Satellite	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
Total	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,950.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Martin Reader												Ben Saxton
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,700.00	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
15	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	54	0	1	3	0	3	14	14	10	0	$222,675.00
36	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	8	0	$17,550.00	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
10	0	1	2	1	2	2	0	1	0	$8,225.00	Challenger	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$925.00
2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$900.00	Satellite	5	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	$1,225.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
											U18/19 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00
66	0	1	2	2	3	5	5	9	0	$30,375.00	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
2008	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$950.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$950.00	3	2	60.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Martin Reader													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	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2004	FIVB Age Group WC
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	$0.00	2005	FIVB
4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	$1,300.00	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
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	8	$1,500.00	2006	FIVB
3	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,800.00	2006	FIVB C&S
											2006	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$1,000.00	2007	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,250.00	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	$475.00	2008	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$475.00
32	0	1	2	2	1	2	2	2	20	$10,325.00	Total	Total	12	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	0	5	$1,200.00

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	1	33.3%	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	2	33.3%	0	0.0%	4	66.7%	2-4	33.3%	1-4	20.0%	4-0	100.0%	0	0	5-4	55.6%
2007-2008	1	33.3%	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	2	33.3%	0	0.0%	4	66.7%	2-4	33.3%	1-4	20.0%	4-0	100.0%	0	0	5-4	55.6%
Against the Field	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	2	40.0%	0	0.0%	3	60.0%	2-3	40.0%	2-6	25.0%	6-0	100.0%	0	0	4-3	57.1%

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
Challenger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Satellite	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4

Head to Head Results
Reader/Saxton lead the series against the field 3-2 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Dumek/Kubala, Czech Republic 0-1
7/4/08	FIVB C&S	Brno Challenger	Winner 2	Dumek/Kubala	2	Reader/Saxton	18	21-19, 21-16	0:44
Trail the series against # 4 Kruger/Simek, Canada 0-1
7/5/08	FIVB C&S	Brno Challenger	Contender 3	Kruger/Simek	4	Reader/Saxton	18	21-17, 21-13	0:40
Lead the series against # 9 Grotowski/Weaver, England 1-0
7/5/08	FIVB C&S	Brno Challenger	Contender 2	Reader/Saxton	18	Grotowski/Weaver	9	22-20, 21-19	0:44
Lead the series against # 15 Kavalenka/Zharykau, Belarus 1-0
7/4/08	FIVB C&S	Brno Challenger	Winner 1	Reader/Saxton	18	Kavalenka/Zharykau	15	12-21, 21-18, 18-16	0:56
Lead the series against # 16 Gooding/Miedzybrodzki, England 1-0
7/4/08	FIVB C&S	Brno Challenger	Contender 1	Reader/Saxton	18	Gooding/Miedzybrodzki	16	18-21, 21-16, 15-12	1:22