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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 (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 Winnings:

US$330,187.50

Chaim Schalk
Canada

/ United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 23, 1986 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

Red Deer, Alberta

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

106

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Rubavu 2021)

Career Winnings:

US$319,662.50

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

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