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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$75,000 Qatar Open
April 4 - 8, 2016

(3) 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 Doha Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/15-20/2016	Vitória Open	5	17th	180	US$1,200.00
FIVB	3/8-13/2016	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	8	9th	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	2/23-28/2016	Maceió Open	3	9th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	9/29-10/4/2015	2015 World Tour Finals Ft. Lauderdale	7	7th	0	US$7,500.00
FIVB	8/25-30/2015	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	10	3rd	640	US$32,000.00
FIVB	8/18-23/2015	Long Beach Grand Slam	9	25th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/21-26/2015	Yokohama Grand Slam	16	2nd	720	US$43,000.00
FIVB	7/7-12/2015	Gstaad Major Series	16	9th	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	6/26-7/5/2015	Netherlands World Championships	17	17th	400	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/16-20/2015	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	10	9th	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	6/9-14/2015	Stavanger Major Series	11	17th	240	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/2-7/2015	Porec Major Series	16	5th	480	US$17,000.00
FIVB	5/25-31/2015	Moscow Grand Slam	19	9th	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	5/12-17/2015	Lucerne Open	6	25th	120	US$800.00

Qatar Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 4/5/2016	Pool C	Julio Nascimento / Ahmed Tijan, Qatar (30)	Lost 18-21, 18-21	0:34
Tue, 4/5/2016	Pool C	Grant O'Gorman / Sam Pedlow, Canada (19)	Lost 15-21, 16-21	0:33
Wed, 4/6/2016	Pool C	Matteo Ingrosso / Paolo Ingrosso, Italy (14)	Lost 15-21, 19-21	0:35

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	11	0	0	1	0	1	0	4	0	3	2	0	$100,000.00	26	23	53.1 %
2015	FIVB	11	0	1	1	0	1	1	3	0	2	2	0	$151,300.00	30	21	58.8 %
2016	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	$15,000.00	7	10	41.2 %
Total	FIVB	37	0	1	2	0	3	1	13	0	8	6	3	$316,450.00	86	77	52.8 %

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
11	0	0	1	0	1	4	3	2	0	$50,000.00	2014	FIVB	11	0	0	1	0	1	4	3	2	0	$50,000.00
11	0	1	1	0	2	3	2	2	0	$75,650.00	2015	FIVB	11	0	1	1	0	2	3	2	2	0	$75,650.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	$7,500.00	2016	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	$7,500.00
79	0	1	2	0	7	17	15	13	24	$182,500.00	Total	Total	50	0	1	2	0	5	13	8	8	13	$161,025.00

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%
2015-2016	51	75.0%	10	14.7%	7	10.3%	61-7	89.7%	11	20.4%	10	18.5%	33	61.1%	11-43	20.4%	51-33	60.7%	21-17	55.3%	2	0	74-50	59.7%
Against the Field	31	68.9%	8	17.8%	6	13.3%	39-6	86.7%	7	19.4%	7	19.4%	22	61.1%	7-29	19.4%	62-42	59.6%	30-26	53.6%	1	0	47-34	58.0%

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 lead the series against the field 25-22 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 7 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Gibb/Patterson, United States 1-3
6/19/15	FIVB	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	Winner 2	Gibb/Patterson	8	Saxton/Schalk	10	21-16, 17-21, 15-9	0:49
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
Series tied with # 2 Doppler/Horst, Austria 3-3
3/10/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Pool H	Doppler/Horst	9	Saxton/Schalk	8	21-14, 21-19	0:37
10/1/15	FIVB	2015 World Tour Finals Ft. Lauderdale	Pool B	Saxton/Schalk	7	Doppler/Horst	6	21-16, 22-20	0:42
8/20/15	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Pool H	Saxton/Schalk	9	Doppler/Horst	8	By Forfeit
6/18/15	FIVB	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	Pool G	Saxton/Schalk	10	Doppler/Horst	7	22-20, 21-15	0:43
7/31/14	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool H	Doppler/Horst	9	Saxton/Schalk	25	21-19, 21-15	0:46
6/20/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool F	Doppler/Horst	11	Saxton/Schalk	27, Q9	24-22, 19-21, 15-13	0:54
Lead the series against # 4 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 3-2
3/18/16	FIVB	Vitória Open	Winner 1	Fijalek/Prudel	6	Saxton/Schalk	5	24-26, 21-17, 15-12	1:00
5/28/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool C	Saxton/Schalk	19	Fijalek/Prudel	3	22-20, 27-25	0:44
9/25/14	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Pool B	Saxton/Schalk	15	Fijalek/Prudel	2	19-21, 22-20, 20-18	1:02
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
Series tied with # 5 Bourne/Hyden, United States 1-1
8/29/15	FIVB	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	Winner 3	Saxton/Schalk	10	Bourne/Hyden	17	21-15, 21-14	0:29
7/11/15	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Winner 2	Bourne/Hyden	13	Saxton/Schalk	16	24-26, 21-16, 15-13	0:51
Lead the series against # 6 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 3-0
8/1/14	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool H	Saxton/Schalk	25	Kantor/Losiak	24, Q4	21-17, 21-19	0:37
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 # 7 Carambula/Ranghieri, Italy 0-1
2/26/16	FIVB	Maceió Open	Winner 2	Carambula/Ranghieri	7	Saxton/Schalk	3	21-17, 22-20	0:39
Trail the series against # 9 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 1-2
7/24/15	FIVB	Yokohama Grand Slam	Winner 2	Saxton/Schalk	16	Lupo/Nicolai	10	22-20, 19-21, 15-11	0:51
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 # 11 Binstock/Schachter, Canada 1-1
6/4/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Pool A	Saxton/Schalk	16	Binstock/Schachter	17	17-21, 24-22, 15-13	1:00
9/26/14	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Winner 3	Binstock/Schachter	23	Saxton/Schalk	15	21-18, 25-23	0:44
Lead the series against # 13 Krou/Rowlandson, France 2-1
3/10/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Pool H	Saxton/Schalk	8	Krou/Rowlandson	24	21-17, 23-25, 15-13	0:52
2/25/16	FIVB	Maceió Open	Pool C	Krou/Rowlandson	14	Saxton/Schalk	3	21-16, 21-16	0:35
6/28/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Pool H	Saxton/Schalk	17	Krou/Rowlandson	32	21-14, 21-14	0:34
Trail the series against # 14 Ingrosso/Ingrosso, Italy 0-2
4/6/16	FIVB	Qatar Open	Pool C	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	14	Saxton/Schalk	3	21-15, 21-19	0:35
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 # 15 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 0-2
8/27/15	FIVB	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	Pool G	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	26	Saxton/Schalk	10	21-16, 27-25	0:40
8/7/13	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool B	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	15	Saxton/Schalk	18	18-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:49
Series tied with # 16 Stoyanovskiy/Yarzutkin, Russia 1-1
3/17/16	FIVB	Vitória Open	Pool E	Saxton/Schalk	5	Stoyanovskiy/Yarzutkin	21	21-14, 21-23, 15-13	0:39
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 # 17 Giginoglu/Gogtepe, Türkiye 3-0
8/27/15	FIVB	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	Pool G	Saxton/Schalk	10	Giginoglu/Gogtepe	23, Q4	29-27, 21-19	0:46
6/11/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Pool F	Saxton/Schalk	11	Giginoglu/Gogtepe	22	21-13, 21-13	0:30
6/6/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Winner 2	Saxton/Schalk	16	Giginoglu/Gogtepe	24, Q3	21-18, 17-21, 15-8	0:48
Lead the series against # 19 O'Gorman/Pedlow, Canada 2-1
4/5/16	FIVB	Qatar Open	Pool C	O'Gorman/Pedlow	19	Saxton/Schalk	3	21-15, 21-16	0:33
2/24/16	FIVB	Maceió Open	Pool C	Saxton/Schalk	3	O'Gorman/Pedlow	19	21-19, 21-14	0:36
7/23/13	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Pool E	Saxton/Schalk	12	O'Gorman/Pedlow	28, Q5	21-14, 25-23	0:37
Lead the series against # 26, Q8 Bryl/Kujawiak, Poland 1-0
5/14/15	FIVB	Lucerne Open	Pool F	Saxton/Schalk	6	Bryl/Kujawiak	22, Q4	14-21, 24-22, 15-13	0:47
Lead the series against # 29, Q16 Brandao/Loyola, Brazil 1-0
2/24/16	FIVB	Maceió Open	Pool C	Saxton/Schalk	3	Brandao/Loyola	30	32-30, 21-19	0:50
Trail the series against # 30 Nascimento/Tijan, Qatar 0-1
4/5/16	FIVB	Qatar Open	Pool C	Nascimento/Tijan	30	Saxton/Schalk	3	21-18, 21-18	0:34
Lead the series against # Q1 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
Trail the series against # Q3 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