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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 Warmia Mazury Olsztyn Open
July 19 - 23, 2017

(23) 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 Olsztyn Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2015	Chaim Schalk - 3rd	Ben Saxton - 3rd
2016	Chaim Schalk - 5th	Ben Saxton - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/3-9/2017	Gstaad Major Five Star	22	17th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	6/26-7/2/2017	Porec Major Five Star	14	25th	180	US$4,000.00
FIVB	5/17-21/2017	Rio de Janeiro Four Star	8	25th	120	US$2,000.00
FIVB	2/7-11/2017	Fort Lauderdale Major Five Star	7	17th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	9/14-18/2016	2016 World Tour Finals Toronto	4	4th	0	US$14,000.00
FIVB	8/6-18/2016	2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games	16	9th	0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/26-31/2016	A1 Major Klagenfurt	3	3rd	640	US$32,000.00

Olsztyn Four Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/20/2017	Pool G	Sam Pedlow / Sam Schachter, Canada (10)	Lost 13-21, 21-19, 17-19	0:54
Fri, 7/21/2017	Pool G	Kacper Kujawiak / Mariusz Prudel, Poland (26)	Lost 18-21, 19-21	0:34

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	15	0	0	2	1	2	0	7	0	2	1	0	$146,375.00	44	29	60.3 %
2017	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	$20,000.00	4	11	26.7 %
Total	FIVB	53	0	1	4	1	5	1	18	0	11	9	3	$467,825.00	127	107	54.3 %

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
15	0	0	2	1	2	7	2	1	0	$73,187.50	2016	FIVB	15	0	0	2	1	2	7	2	1	0	$73,187.50
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	$10,000.00	2017	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	$10,000.00
95	0	1	4	1	9	22	18	16	24	$258,187.50	Total	Total	66	0	1	4	1	7	18	11	11	13	$236,712.50

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%
2016-2017	37	67.3%	10	18.2%	8	14.5%	47-8	85.5%	7	16.3%	7	16.3%	29	67.4%	7-36	16.3%	37-29	56.1%	17-15	53.1%	0	0	54-44	55.1%
Against the Field	16	55.2%	6	20.7%	7	24.1%	22-7	75.9%	3	10.0%	6	20.0%	21	70.0%	3-27	10.0%	32-40	44.4%	18-26	40.9%	1	0	26-33	44.1%

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 23-31 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 10 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 4-0
9/17/16	FIVB	2016 World Tour Finals Toronto	Winner 2	Saxton/Schalk	4	Kantor/Losiak	6	17-21, 21-12, 15-11	0:42
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 # 3 Dalhausser/Lucena, United States 1-3
6/30/17	FIVB	Porec Major Five Star	Pool C	Dalhausser/Lucena	3	Saxton/Schalk	14	21-18, 21-17	0:40
7/2/16	FIVB	Porec Major	Winner 3	Saxton/Schalk	6	Dalhausser/Lucena	3	25-23, 21-17	0:39
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
Trail the series against # 5 Goncalves/Loyola, Brazil 0-1
7/6/17	FIVB	Gstaad Major Five Star	Pool F	Goncalves/Loyola	6	Saxton/Schalk	22	16-21, 21-17, 15-7	0:45
Series tied with # 7 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 4-4
8/8/16	FIVB	2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games	Pool D	Samoilovs/Smedins	9	Saxton/Schalk	16	21-17, 18-21, 15-13	0:55
7/31/16	FIVB	A1 Major Klagenfurt	Semi-Finals	Samoilovs/Smedins	1	Saxton/Schalk	3	21-16, 21-18	0:34
7/3/16	FIVB	Porec Major	Bronze Medal	Saxton/Schalk	6	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	19-21, 30-28, 20-18	1:01
3/11/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Winner 1	Saxton/Schalk	8	Samoilovs/Smedins	7	21-17, 17-21, 16-14	0:49
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 # 8 Cerutti/Schmidt, Brazil 1-8
9/18/16	FIVB	2016 World Tour Finals Toronto	Semi-Finals	Cerutti/Schmidt	1	Saxton/Schalk	4	21-15, 21-18	0:39
6/18/16	FIVB	Poland Grand Slam	Winner 3	Cerutti/Schmidt	2	Saxton/Schalk	5	21-19, 21-16	0:35
3/11/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Winner 2	Cerutti/Schmidt	1	Saxton/Schalk	8	26-24, 17-21, 15-12	0:56
10/2/15	FIVB	2015 World Tour Finals Ft. Lauderdale	Pool B	Cerutti/Schmidt	2	Saxton/Schalk	7	21-16, 21-19	0:44
8/30/15	FIVB	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Cerutti/Schmidt	1	Saxton/Schalk	10	19-21, 21-19, 15-9	0:48
7/26/15	FIVB	Yokohama Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Cerutti/Schmidt	3	Saxton/Schalk	16	21-15, 21-15	0:34
6/5/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Pool A	Saxton/Schalk	16	Cerutti/Schmidt	1	21-16, 34-32	0:46
8/21/14	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool C	Cerutti/Schmidt	3	Saxton/Schalk	19	19-21, 22-20, 15-11	0:51
7/24/14	FIVB	ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball	Pool C	Cerutti/Schmidt	3	Saxton/Schalk	19	21-12, 21-17	0:36
Trail the series against # 10 Pedlow/Schachter, Canada 0-2
7/20/17	FIVB	Olsztyn Four Star	Pool G	Pedlow/Schachter	10	Saxton/Schalk	23	21-13, 19-21, 19-17	0:54
6/28/17	FIVB	Porec Major Five Star	Pool C	Pedlow/Schachter	19	Saxton/Schalk	14	21-11, 21-15	0:31
Trail the series against # 11 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 2-4
7/5/17	FIVB	Gstaad Major Five Star	Pool F	Gavira/Herrera	11	Saxton/Schalk	22	21-13, 13-21, 15-12	0:40
4/15/16	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Winner 3	Gavira/Herrera	7	Saxton/Schalk	1	21-17, 19-21, 15-8	0:47
8/28/15	FIVB	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	Pool G	Saxton/Schalk	10	Gavira/Herrera	7	21-15, 21-17	0:31
7/24/15	FIVB	Yokohama Grand Slam	Winner 1	Saxton/Schalk	16	Gavira/Herrera	12	21-17, 21-16	0:34
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
Lead the series against # 12 Stoyanovskiy/Yarzutkin, Russia 2-1
5/26/16	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool G	Saxton/Schalk	10	Stoyanovskiy/Yarzutkin	26	21-16, 21-17	0:29
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
Trail the series against # 15 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 1-2
2/8/17	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major Five Star	Pool G	Saxton/Schalk	7	Grimalt/Grimalt	23	21-14, 21-18	0:31
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
Series tied with # 16 Ontiveros/Virgen, Mexico 1-1
7/2/16	FIVB	Porec Major	Winner 2	Saxton/Schalk	6	Ontiveros/Virgen	14	21-19, 21-16	0:34
3/17/16	FIVB	Vitória Open	Pool E	Ontiveros/Virgen	12	Saxton/Schalk	5	21-19, 23-21	0:37
Trail the series against # 18 Rudol/Szalankiewicz, Poland 0-1
5/19/17	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Four Star	Pool H	Rudol/Szalankiewicz	24, Q2	Saxton/Schalk	8	19-21, 21-13, 15-11	0:47
Trail the series against # 19, Q1 Santos Pereira/Younousse, Qatar 0-1
7/8/17	FIVB	Gstaad Major Five Star	Winner 1	Santos Pereira/Younousse	29, Q13	Saxton/Schalk	22	23-21, 21-19	0:44
Lead the series against # 21 Plavins/Regza, Latvia 2-0
7/29/16	FIVB	A1 Major Klagenfurt	Pool C	Saxton/Schalk	3	Plavins/Regza	19	21-15, 21-11	0:29
4/14/16	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool A	Saxton/Schalk	1	Plavins/Regza	16	32-30, 21-16	0:44
Lead the series against # 22, Q2 McHugh/Schumann, Australia 1-0
7/7/17	FIVB	Gstaad Major Five Star	Pool F	Saxton/Schalk	22	McHugh/Schumann	27, Q10	21-18, 21-16	0:32
Lead the series against # 25, Q4 Bockermann/Fluggen, Germany 1-0
7/8/16	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Pool D	Saxton/Schalk	4	Bockermann/Fluggen	13	21-16, 21-17	0:32
Trail the series against # 26 Kujawiak/Prudel, Poland 0-1
7/21/17	FIVB	Olsztyn Four Star	Pool G	Kujawiak/Prudel	26	Saxton/Schalk	23	21-18, 21-19	0:34
Trail the series against # 27 Carambula/Ranghieri, Italy 0-2
7/9/16	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Winner 2	Carambula/Ranghieri	16	Saxton/Schalk	4	21-13, 21-19	0:33
2/26/16	FIVB	Maceió Open	Winner 2	Carambula/Ranghieri	7	Saxton/Schalk	3	21-17, 22-20	0:39
Lead the series against # 28, Q6 Ermacora/Pristauz, Austria 1-0
7/28/16	FIVB	A1 Major Klagenfurt	Pool C	Saxton/Schalk	3	Ermacora/Pristauz	30, Q15	20-22, 21-14, 19-17	0:46
Lead the series against # 31, Q12 Dziadkou/Kavalenka, Belarus 1-0
5/28/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool C	Saxton/Schalk	19	Dziadkou/Kavalenka	30	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # Q16 Faiga/Hilman, Israel 1-0
6/16/16	FIVB	Poland Grand Slam	Pool E	Saxton/Schalk	5	Faiga/Hilman	28, Q4	21-13, 15-21, 25-23	0:49