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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$1,000,000 Transavia Grand Slam
July 15 - 20, 2014

(17) 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$318,537.50

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 The Hague Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2013	Chaim Schalk - 17th	Ben Saxton - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/9-13/2014	Gstaad Grand Slam	21	9th	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2014	Stavanger Grand Slam	24	9th	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	6/18-22/2014	Berlin Grand Slam	15	25th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2014	Moscow Grand Slam	16	25th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2014	Shanghai Grand Slam	15	9th	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	10/22-26/2013	Xiamen Grand Slam	12	9th	400	US$5,500.00
FIVB	8/21-25/2013	Moscow Grand Slam	14	9th	400	US$5,500.00
FIVB	8/6-10/2013	Berlin Grand Slam	18	25th	240	US$2,750.00
FIVB	7/22-27/2013	Long Beach Grand Slam	12	9th	400	US$5,500.00

The Hague Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/16/2014	Pool A	Alexander Walkenhorst / Stefan Windscheif, Germany (16)	Lost 19-21, 13-21	0:38
Thu, 7/17/2014	Pool A	Phil Dalhausser / Sean Rosenthal, United States (1)	Lost 18-21, 18-21	0:36
Thu, 7/17/2014	Pool A	Reinder Nummerdor / Steven van de Velde, Netherlands (32)	Won 21-17, 21-18	0:38
Fri, 7/18/2014	Winner 1	Esteban Grimalt / Marco Grimalt, Chile (28, Q11)	Lost 17-21, 17-21	0:35

Head to Head Results
Saxton/Schalk trail the series against the field 13-26 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 12 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Rosenthal, United States 0-4
7/17/14	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool A	Dalhausser/Rosenthal	1	Saxton/Schalk	17	21-18, 21-18	0:36
6/20/14	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool B	Dalhausser/Rosenthal	2	Saxton/Schalk	15	16-21, 21-14, 17-15	0:51
6/13/14	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool A	Dalhausser/Rosenthal	1	Saxton/Schalk	16	23-21, 21-15	0:39
7/26/13	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Winner 2	Dalhausser/Rosenthal	4	Saxton/Schalk	12	21-13, 21-15	0:38
Trail the series against # 2 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
Series tied with # 4 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 2-2
7/10/14	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool E	Saxton/Schalk	21	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	24-22, 18-21, 16-14	0:57
8/23/13	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool C	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Saxton/Schalk	14	21-19, 24-22	0:40
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 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 0-2
5/1/14	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool B	Gavira/Herrera	2	Saxton/Schalk	15	21-16, 21-18	0:37
10/24/13	FIVB	Xiamen Grand Slam	Pool E	Gavira/Herrera	5	Saxton/Schalk	12	25-23, 21-15	0:34
Series tied with # 6 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 # 7 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 0-3
7/10/14	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool E	Erdmann/Matysik	12	Saxton/Schalk	21	21-13, 21-17	0:34
6/28/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 2	Erdmann/Matysik	7	Saxton/Schalk	24	21-16, 21-14	0:35
7/13/13	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 2	Erdmann/Matysik	9	Saxton/Schalk	23, Q3	19-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:51
Trail the series against # 9 Stiekema/Varenhorst, Netherlands 0-3
7/12/14	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 2	Stiekema/Varenhorst	15	Saxton/Schalk	21	21-16, 21-19	0:33
6/19/14	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool B	Stiekema/Varenhorst	18	Saxton/Schalk	15	21-15, 21-12	0:31
10/25/13	FIVB	Xiamen Grand Slam	Winner 2	Stiekema/Varenhorst	20	Saxton/Schalk	12	16-21, 21-13, 16-14	0:43
Trail the series against # 13 Gibb/Patterson, United States 1-2
6/26/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool H	Saxton/Schalk	24	Gibb/Patterson	8	21-16, 21-16	0:34
5/2/14	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Winner 2	Gibb/Patterson	8	Saxton/Schalk	15	21-19, 21-19	0:40
6/12/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool E	Gibb/Patterson	5	Saxton/Schalk	28, Q8	31-29, 21-15	0:44
Trail the series against # 14 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 0-1
8/7/13	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool B	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	15	Saxton/Schalk	18	18-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:49
Trail the series against # 16 Walkenhorst/Windscheif, Germany 0-1
7/16/14	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool A	Walkenhorst/Windscheif	16	Saxton/Schalk	17	21-19, 21-13	0:38
Lead the series against # 18 Kapa/McHugh, Australia 1-0
4/30/14	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool B	Saxton/Schalk	15	Kapa/McHugh	18	22-20, 21-16	0:36
Trail the series against # 19 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
Trail the series against # 20 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 # 22 Ranghieri/Tomatis, Italy 0-2
6/12/14	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool A	Ranghieri/Tomatis	17	Saxton/Schalk	16	21-18, 13-21, 15-8	0:41
8/8/13	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool B	Ranghieri/Tomatis	31, Q22	Saxton/Schalk	18	21-12, 21-19	0:33
Lead the series against # 23 Dollinger/Fluggen, Germany 1-0
10/25/13	FIVB	Xiamen Grand Slam	Winner 1	Saxton/Schalk	12	Dollinger/Fluggen	15	19-21, 21-18, 15-9	0:48
Lead the series against # 24 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 2-0
6/27/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool H	Saxton/Schalk	24	Kantor/Losiak	25	21-17, 21-10	0:30
7/5/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Winner 1	Saxton/Schalk	40	Kantor/Losiak	38	21-19, 27-29, 15-8	0:58
Trail the series against # 28, Q11 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 0-1
7/18/14	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Winner 1	Grimalt/Grimalt	28, Q11	Saxton/Schalk	17	21-17, 21-17	0:35
Lead the series against # 32 Nummerdor/van de Velde, Netherlands 1-0
7/17/14	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool A	Saxton/Schalk	17	Nummerdor/van de Velde	32	21-17, 21-18	0:38
Lead the series against # Q1 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
Lead the series against # Q4 Brunner/Rogers, United States 1-0
7/11/14	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool E	Saxton/Schalk	21	Brunner/Rogers	28, Q7	22-20, 26-24	0:41
Lead the series against # Q6 Eithun/Horrem, Norway 2-0
6/26/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool H	Saxton/Schalk	24	Eithun/Horrem	9	19-21, 21-14, 23-21	1:05
10/23/13	FIVB	Xiamen Grand Slam	Pool E	Saxton/Schalk	12	Eithun/Horrem	21	21-15, 21-9	0:33