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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$440,000 Gstaad Grand Slam
July 10 - 14, 2013

(23, Q3) Ben Saxton/Chaim Schalk, Canada

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

Chaim Schalk
Canada

/ United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 23, 1986 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Red Deer, Alberta

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

117

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Rubavu 2021)

Career Winnings:

US$354,537.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
FIVB	55	0	1	4	1	7	1	18	0	11	9	3	US$505,825.00

Previous Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2011	Christian Redmann - 17th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/2-7/2013	Stare Jablonki World Championships	40	5th	600	US$18,000.00
FIVB	6/18-23/2013	Rome Grand Slam	27, Q9	17th	320	US$3,700.00
FIVB	6/11-16/2013	The Hague Grand Slam	28, Q8	17th	320	US$3,700.00
FIVB	5/22-26/2013	Corrientes Grand Slam	Q9	33rd	160	US$0.00
FIVB	4/30-5/4/2013	Shanghai Grand Slam	Q10	33rd	160	US$0.00
FIVB	4/23-27/2013	Fuzhou Open	Q10	33rd	100	US$0.00

Gstaad Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/10/2013	Qualifier 2	Hannes Brinkborg / Stefan Gunnarsson, Sweden (Q14)	Won 15-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:48
Thu, 7/11/2013	Pool G	Grzegorz Fijalek / Mariusz Prudel, Poland (10)	Won 14-21, 21-11, 15-13	0:48
Thu, 7/11/2013	Pool G	Alvaro Filho / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (7)	Won 21-17, 21-16	0:32
Fri, 7/12/2013	Pool G	Toms Smedins / Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia (26, Q5)	Won 13-21, 21-17, 15-11
Sat, 7/13/2013	Winner 2	Jonathan Erdmann / Kay Matysik, Germany (9)	Lost 21-19, 17-21, 12-15	0:51

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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	$43,000.00
World Tour Finals	3	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$41,500.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	37	0	1	3	0	3	0	14	0	9	5	0	$399,150.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	11	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	1	4	0	$22,175.00
Total	55	0	1	4	1	7	1	18	0	11	9	0	$505,825.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Ben Saxton												Chaim Schalk
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	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	$28,500.00	World Championships	6	0	0	0	1	3	0	1	0	1	$46,200.00
4	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	$20,750.00	World Tour Finals	3	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	$20,750.00
54	0	1	3	0	3	14	14	10	0	$222,675.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	56	0	1	4	0	5	20	18	5	0	$236,825.00
52	0	0	1	0	4	7	12	10	0	$49,362.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	49	0	0	1	1	11	8	7	6	0	$47,962.50
3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$6,750.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$925.00	Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$800.00
5	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	$1,225.00	Satellite
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
129	1	2	4	1	14	25	33	20	0	$330,187.50	Total	117	1	1	5	3	22	29	26	11	1	$354,537.50

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
2013	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	3	$30,900.00	15	13	53.6 %
Total	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	3	$30,900.00	15	13	53.6 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Ben Saxton													Chaim Schalk
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$175.00	2005	FIVB C&S
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2005	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2006	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2007	FIVB
3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	$550.00	2007	FIVB C&S
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2008	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$975.00	2008	FIVB C&S
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,000.00	2009	FIVB
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00	2010	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$1,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00	2010	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$800.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	4	$11,950.00	2011	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$1,000.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	4	$9,175.00	2012	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
7	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	3	$15,450.00	2013	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	3	$15,450.00
49	0	0	0	0	4	5	9	7	24	$39,725.00	Total	Total	20	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	2	13	$18,250.00

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	88	66.2%	20	15.0%	25	18.8%	108-25	81.2%	22	20.4%	19	17.6%	67	62.0%	22-86	20.4%	88-67	56.8%	42-44	48.8%	3	0	133-111	54.5%
2012-2013	13	54.2%	3	12.5%	8	33.3%	16-8	66.7%	6	28.6%	4	19.0%	11	52.4%	6-15	28.6%	13-11	54.2%	9-12	42.9%	1	0	23-23	50.0%
Against the Field	21	51.2%	10	24.4%	10	24.4%	31-10	75.6%	11	23.4%	9	19.1%	27	57.4%	11-36	23.4%	42-52	44.7%	42-38	52.5%	1	0	43-45	48.9%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3
World Championships	0	0	0	0	6	3	0	0	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	6
World Tour Finals	0	0	0	0	2	6	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	5	9
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	6	2	64	41	0	0	20	26	1	3	3	0	0	1	94	73
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	1	1	15	13	0	0	5	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	22	20
Total	0	0	7	3	88	65	1	0	32	36	1	5	4	1	0	1	133	111

Head to Head Results
Saxton/Schalk trail the series against the field 10-11 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 7 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 Gabathuler/Weingart, Switzerland 1-1
6/21/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool F	Saxton/Schalk	27, Q9	Gabathuler/Weingart	22, Q3	21-19, 20-22, 15-10	0:49
4/30/13	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Gabathuler/Weingart	23, Q7	Saxton/Schalk	Q10	16-21, 21-15, 15-11	0:43
Series tied with # 3 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 1-1
7/6/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Winner 2	Saxton/Schalk	40	Samoilovs/Smedins	6	21-15, 21-18	0:34
6/19/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool F	Samoilovs/Smedins	6	Saxton/Schalk	27, Q9	21-11, 21-13	0:31
Trail the series against # 5 Cerutti/Rego, Brazil 0-1
7/6/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Winner 3	Cerutti/Rego	2	Saxton/Schalk	40	21-17, 22-20	0:34
Trail the series against # 6 Gibb/Patterson, United States 0-1
6/12/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool E	Gibb/Patterson	5	Saxton/Schalk	28, Q8	31-29, 21-15	0:44
Lead the series against # 7 Filho/Santos, Brazil 1-0
7/11/13	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool G	Saxton/Schalk	23, Q3	Filho/Santos	7	21-17, 21-16	0:32
Trail the series against # 9 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 0-1
7/13/13	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 2	Erdmann/Matysik	9	Saxton/Schalk	23, Q3	19-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:51
Series tied with # 10 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 1-1
7/11/13	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool G	Saxton/Schalk	23, Q3	Fijalek/Prudel	10	14-21, 21-11, 15-13	0:48
6/14/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Winner 1	Fijalek/Prudel	7	Saxton/Schalk	28, Q8	21-19, 21-18	0:39
Trail the series against # 12 Doppler/Horst, Austria 0-1
6/20/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool F	Doppler/Horst	11	Saxton/Schalk	27, Q9	24-22, 19-21, 15-13	0:54
Trail the series against # 13 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 0-2
7/2/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Pool I	Lupo/Nicolai	9	Saxton/Schalk	40	10-21, 21-18, 15-13
6/13/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool E	Lupo/Nicolai	12	Saxton/Schalk	28, Q8	21-15, 17-21, 16-14	0:44
Trail the series against # 18 Dyachenko/Sidorenko, Kazakhstan 0-1
6/21/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Winner 1	Dyachenko/Sidorenko	15	Saxton/Schalk	27, Q9	21-13, 23-21	0:35
Lead the series against # 22 Peda/Plavins, Latvia 1-0
6/13/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool E	Saxton/Schalk	28, Q8	Peda/Plavins	21	21-17, 29-27	0:41
Lead the series against # 24 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 1-0
7/5/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Winner 1	Saxton/Schalk	40	Kantor/Losiak	38	21-19, 27-29, 15-8	0:58
Lead the series against # 26, Q5 Smedins/Sorokins, Latvia 1-0
7/12/13	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool G	Saxton/Schalk	23, Q3	Smedins/Sorokins	26, Q5	13-21, 21-17, 15-11
Lead the series against # Q10 Colina/Henriquez, Venezuela 1-0
6/18/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Saxton/Schalk	27, Q9	Colina/Henriquez	Q8	15-21, 21-12, 15-11	0:44
Trail the series against # Q12 Hyden/Lucena, United States 0-1
7/4/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Pool I	Hyden/Lucena	33	Saxton/Schalk	40	8-21, 22-20, 15-12	0:44
Lead the series against # Q14 Brinkborg/Gunnarsson, Sweden 1-0
7/10/13	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Saxton/Schalk	23, Q3	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	Q14	15-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:48
Lead the series against # Q22 Bolsterlee/Oude Elferink, Netherlands 1-0
6/18/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Saxton/Schalk	27, Q9	Bolsterlee/Oude Elferink	Q24	16-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:48