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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Cincinnati Open
May 17 - 21, 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 Cincinnati Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/19-23/2016	Fuzhou Open	2	9th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	4/12-16/2016	Xiamen Open	1	5th	300	US$3,375.00
FIVB	4/4-8/2016	Qatar Open	3	25th	120	US$800.00
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

Cincinnati Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Wed, 5/18/2016

Pool C

Armin Dollinger / Yannick Harms, Germany (30, Q8)

Won 21-19, 21-15

0:31

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ben Saxton	Total	24	17	2	0.625	4	8	2	3
	1	24	17	2	0.625	4	8	2	3
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Chaim Schalk	Total	8	5	1	0.500	0	2	0	0
	1	8	5	1	0.500	0	2	0	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Thu, 5/19/2016

Pool C

Taylor Crabb / Trevor Crabb, United States (19, Q1)

Lost 21-23, 19-21

0:33

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ben Saxton	Total	10	7	1	0.600	2	0	1	3
	1	10	7	1	0.600	2	0	1	3
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Chaim Schalk	Total	39	24	3	0.538	0	7	0	2
	1	39	24	3	0.538	0	7	0	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Thu, 5/19/2016

Pool C

Cole Durant / Bo Soderberg, Australia (14)

Won 21-23, 21-18, 15-7

0:44

Fri, 5/20/2016

Winner 1

Nicolas Capogrosso / Ian Mehamed, Argentina (18)

Won 21-17, 21-15

0:31

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ben Saxton	Total	18	12	2	0.556	1	5	0	3
	1	18	12	2	0.556	1	5	0	3
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Chaim Schalk	Total	32	17	2	0.469	0	10	1	2
	1	32	17	2	0.469	0	10	1	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Fri, 5/20/2016

Winner 2

Josh Binstock / Sam Schachter, Canada (7)

Lost 19-21, 17-21

0:37

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ben Saxton	Total	28	13	8	0.179	1	2	1	4
	1	28	13	8	0.179	1	2	1	4
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Chaim Schalk	Total	23	11	5	0.261	0	9	2	0
	1	23	11	5	0.261	0	9	2	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Ben Saxton	80	49	13	0.450	8	15	4	13
Chaim Schalk	102	57	11	0.451	0	28	3	4
Total	182	106	24	0.451	8	43	7	17
Opponents	180	105	25	0.444	18	39	4	19

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	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	1	1	0	$22,375.00	17	14	54.8 %
Total	FIVB	40	0	1	2	0	4	1	15	0	8	6	3	$323,825.00	96	81	54.2 %

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
7	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	1	0	$11,187.50	2016	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	1	0	$11,187.50
82	0	1	2	0	8	19	15	13	24	$186,187.50	Total	Total	53	0	1	2	0	6	15	8	8	13	$164,712.50

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	20	80.0%	1	4.0%	4	16.0%	21-4	84.0%	4	16.0%	2	8.0%	19	76.0%	4-21	16.0%	40-38	51.3%	10-12	45.5%	0	0	25-25	50.0%

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 18-20 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 8 Series, 1 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
Trail the series against # 2 Dalhausser/Lucena, United States 0-2
9/29/15	FIVB	2015 World Tour Finals Ft. Lauderdale	Pool B	Dalhausser/Lucena	10	Saxton/Schalk	7	23-21, 21-12	0:34
8/19/15	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Pool H	Dalhausser/Lucena	24	Saxton/Schalk	9	21-15, 21-16	0:34
Series tied with # 4 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
Trail the series against # 5 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 1-5
8/30/15	FIVB	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Saxton/Schalk	10	Erdmann/Matysik	13	21-17, 21-18	0:37
6/30/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Pool H	Erdmann/Matysik	8	Saxton/Schalk	17	21-19, 21-14	0:39
6/12/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Pool F	Erdmann/Matysik	6	Saxton/Schalk	11	26-24, 27-25	0:49
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 # 6 Ontiveros/Virgen, Mexico 0-1
3/17/16	FIVB	Vitória Open	Pool E	Ontiveros/Virgen	12	Saxton/Schalk	5	21-19, 23-21	0:37
Trail the series against # 7 Binstock/Schachter, Canada 1-3
5/20/16	FIVB	Cincinnati Open	Winner 2	Binstock/Schachter	7	Saxton/Schalk	3	21-19, 21-17	0:37
4/22/16	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 2	Binstock/Schachter	10	Saxton/Schalk	2	21-19, 13-21, 15-10	0:46
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
Trail the series against # 8 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 0-2
11/2/14	FIVB	Paraná Open	Semi-Finals	Grimalt/Grimalt	4	Saxton/Schalk	1	24-26, 30-28, 15-9	0:58
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 # 9 Kapa/McHugh, Australia 2-0
7/22/15	FIVB	Yokohama Grand Slam	Pool A	Saxton/Schalk	16	Kapa/McHugh	17	21-11, 21-15	0:30
4/30/14	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool B	Saxton/Schalk	15	Kapa/McHugh	18	22-20, 21-16	0:36
Lead the series against # 10 Doherty/Mayer, United States 2-0
6/19/15	FIVB	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	Winner 1	Saxton/Schalk	10	Doherty/Mayer	22, Q1	18-21, 21-18, 15-8	0:46
6/11/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Pool F	Saxton/Schalk	11	Doherty/Mayer	27, Q6	21-19, 22-20	0:36
Lead the series against # 11 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
Trail the series against # 13 Barbosa/Carvalhaes, Brazil 0-1
3/16/16	FIVB	Vitória Open	Pool E	Barbosa/Carvalhaes	28, Q15	Saxton/Schalk	5	21-19, 21-16	0:34
Lead the series against # 14 Durant/Soderberg, Australia 2-0
5/19/16	FIVB	Cincinnati Open	Pool C	Saxton/Schalk	3	Durant/Soderberg	14	21-23, 21-18, 15-7	0:44
4/15/16	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Winner 2	Saxton/Schalk	1	Durant/Soderberg	25, Q3	21-13, 23-21	0:33
Lead the series against # 15 Kosiak/Rudol, Poland 1-0
8/22/14	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool C	Saxton/Schalk	19	Kosiak/Rudol	30	21-18, 20-22, 15-9	0:47
Lead the series against # 16 Dressler/Kunert, Austria 1-0
2/26/16	FIVB	Maceió Open	Winner 1	Saxton/Schalk	3	Dressler/Kunert	24, Q1	21-14, 21-18	0:33
Lead the series against # 17 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 # 18 Capogrosso/Mehamed, Argentina 2-0
5/20/16	FIVB	Cincinnati Open	Winner 1	Saxton/Schalk	3	Capogrosso/Mehamed	18	21-17, 21-15	0:31
11/1/14	FIVB	Paraná Open	Winner 3	Saxton/Schalk	1	Capogrosso/Mehamed	10	21-16, 21-17	0:32
Trail the series against # 19, Q1 Crabb/Crabb, United States 0-1
5/19/16	FIVB	Cincinnati Open	Pool C	Crabb/Crabb	19, Q1	Saxton/Schalk	3	23-21, 21-19	0:33
Lead the series against # 30, Q8 Dollinger/Harms, Germany 1-0
5/18/16	FIVB	Cincinnati Open	Pool C	Saxton/Schalk	3	Dollinger/Harms	30, Q8	21-19, 21-15	0:31