Team Preview

Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$800,000 Moscow Grand Slam
June 11 - 15, 2014

(16) 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 Moscow Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2011	Christian Redmann - 33rd	Did not play
2012	Christian Redmann - 25th	Did not play
2013	Chaim Schalk - 9th	Ben Saxton - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
FIVB	7/10-14/2013	Gstaad Grand Slam	23, Q3	9th	400	US$5,500.00
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

Moscow Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 6/12/2014	Pool A	Alex Ranghieri / Andrea Tomatis, Italy (17)	Lost 18-21, 21-13, 8-15	0:41
Fri, 6/13/2014	Pool A	Oleg Stoyanovskiy / Artem Yarzutkin, Russia (32)	Lost 16-21, 21-11, 13-15	0:44
Fri, 6/13/2014	Pool A	Phil Dalhausser / Sean Rosenthal, United States (1)	Lost 21-23, 15-21	0:39

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	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	2	1	3	$50,150.00	23	23	50.0 %
2014	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$15,000.00	3	5	37.5 %
Total	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	2	2	3	$65,150.00	26	28	48.1 %

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
11	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	1	3	$25,075.00	2013	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	1	3	$25,075.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$7,500.00	2014	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$7,500.00
55	0	0	0	0	4	9	9	9	24	$56,850.00	Total	Total	26	0	0	0	0	2	5	2	4	13	$35,375.00

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%
2013-2014	30	58.8%	8	15.7%	13	25.5%	38-13	74.5%	10	23.3%	7	16.3%	26	60.5%	10-33	23.3%	30-26	53.6%	18-20	47.4%	1	0	49-46	51.6%
Against the Field	26	55.3%	9	19.1%	12	25.5%	35-12	74.5%	7	12.1%	12	20.7%	39	67.2%	7-51	12.1%	52-78	40.0%	32-48	40.0%	0	0	42-63	40.0%

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 5-20 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 13 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Rosenthal, United States 0-2
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 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 1-2
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
Lead the series against # 3 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 # 5 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 # 6 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
Trail the series against # 7 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
Trail the series against # 11 Gibb/Patterson, United States 0-2
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
Series tied with # 14 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
Lead the series against # 15 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 # 17 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
Trail the series against # 18 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 # 19 Stiekema/Varenhorst, Netherlands 0-1
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 # 22 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 # 32 Stoyanovskiy/Yarzutkin, Russia 0-1
6/13/14	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool A	Stoyanovskiy/Yarzutkin	32	Saxton/Schalk	16	21-16, 11-21, 15-13	0:44
Lead the series against # Q2 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
Trail the series against # Q10 Ingrosso/Ingrosso, Italy 0-1
5/22/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	26, Q8	Saxton/Schalk	Q9	22-20, 19-21, 15-11	0:54
Trail the series against # Q17 Kotsilianos/Zoupani, Greece 0-1
10/23/13	FIVB	Xiamen Grand Slam	Pool E	Kotsilianos/Zoupani	28, Q6	Saxton/Schalk	12	21-19, 21-18	0:39