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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Mersin Three Star
May 2 - 6, 2018

(23, Q2) Mirco Gerson/Adrian Heidrich, Switzerland

Mirco Gerson
Switzerland

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 29, 1992 (32 yrs old)

Home Town:

Belp

Height:

186 cm (6'1")

Weight:

76 kg (167 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Qinzhou 2020)

Career Winnings:

US$159,856.10

Adrian Heidrich
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 18, 1994 (31 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kloten

Height:

207 cm (6'9")

Weight:

104 kg (229 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$103,101.18

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	35	1	1	1	1	2	0	10	0	10	6	1	2	US$131,826.14

Previous Mersin Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/18-22/2018	Xiamen Four Star	30, Q21	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	3/14-17/2018	Oman One Star	Q1	17th	80	US$0.00
FIVB	3/6-10/2018	Doha Four Star	31, Q27	25th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	2/20-24/2018	Kish Island Three Star	Q17	41st	30	US$0.00
FIVB	1/3-7/2018	The Hague Four Star	Q22	41st	40	US$0.00

Mersin Three Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/2/2018	Qualifier 1	Selcuk Sekerci / Safak Sezer, Türkiye (Q31)	Won 22-20, 21-14	0:36
Wed, 5/2/2018	Qualifier 2	Vladyslav Iemelianchyk / Sergiy Popov, Ukraine (Q15)	Won 21-17, 17-21, 15-13	0:54
Thu, 5/3/2018	Pool G	Kacper Kujawiak / Maciej Rudol, Poland (10)	Won 18-21, 21-15, 15-11	0:47
Thu, 5/3/2018	Pool G	Olivier Barthelemy / Romain Di Giantommaso, France (26, Q5)	Won 21-15, 21-12	0:30
Sat, 5/5/2018	Winner 2	Mohammad Ashfiya / Candra Rachmawan, Indonesia (13)	Won 21-15, 21-19	0:33
Sat, 5/5/2018	Winner 3	Mathias Berntsen / Hendrik Mol, Norway (18)	Won 21-19, 21-16	0:34
Sun, 5/6/2018	Semi-Finals	Ilya Leshukov / Konstantin Semenov, Russia (21, Q1)	Lost 21-19, 19-21, 15-17	0:48
Sun, 5/6/2018	Bronze Medal	Nivaldo Diaz / Sergio Gonzalez, Cuba (3)	Lost 14-21, 15-21	0:33

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	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,000.00
World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$8,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	$32,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	22	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	0	7	5	0	$65,000.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	6	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$19,700.00
Total	35	1	1	1	1	2	0	10	0	10	6	0	$131,700.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Mirco Gerson												Adrian Heidrich
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	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$9,000.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$5,900.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$4,000.00	World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$4,000.00
34	0	0	1	0	1	6	6	10	0	$92,625.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	21	0	0	0	0	1	5	4	4	0	$25,500.00
33	0	0	1	0	1	8	13	7	0	$41,450.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	53	0	0	0	1	4	14	11	16	1	$55,675.00
12	1	1	2	1	1	1	3	0	0	$12,500.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	15	2	1	3	1	2	1	3	0	0	$11,300.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U23 World Championships
2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
87	1	2	4	1	4	18	25	17	0	$159,575.00	Total	93	2	1	3	2	7	21	20	20	1	$102,375.00

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
2018	FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	$10,000.00	13	8	61.9 %
Total	FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	$10,000.00	13	8	61.9 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Mirco Gerson													Adrian Heidrich
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2010	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2011	FIVB Age Group WC
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	$5,250.00	2012	FIVB
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2012	FIVB Age Group WC
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	$2,525.00	2013	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2013	FIVB Age Group WC
11	0	0	2	0	0	3	4	1	1	$46,700.00	2014	FIVB
10	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	2	$21,600.00	2015	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	4	$13,000.00	2016	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	$800.00
6	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	$4,400.00	2017	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	$250.00
6	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	2	$5,000.00	2018	FIVB	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	2	$5,000.00
56	0	1	2	1	2	9	15	12	14	$98,475.00	Total	Total	19	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	3	11	$6,050.00

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	46	69.7%	9	13.6%	11	16.7%	55-11	83.3%	14	23.3%	14	23.3%	32	53.3%	14-46	23.3%	46-32	59.0%	23-25	47.9%	0	0	69-57	54.8%
2017-2018	21	77.8%	3	11.1%	3	11.1%	24-3	88.9%	5	25.0%	5	25.0%	10	50.0%	5-15	25.0%	21-10	67.7%	8-8	50.0%	0	0	29-18	61.7%
Against the Field	16	69.6%	5	21.7%	2	8.7%	21-2	91.3%	6	40.0%	4	26.7%	5	33.3%	6-9	40.0%	32-10	76.2%	22-12	64.7%	0	0	27-11	71.1%

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	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
World Tour Finals	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	2	0	6	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	5
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	9	2	18	22	0	0	6	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	33	39
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	3	2	8	0	0	0	7	0	2	2	1	1	1	1	22	6
Total	0	0	14	4	36	28	0	1	15	20	2	2	1	1	1	1	69	57

Head to Head Results
Gerson/Heidrich lead the series against the field 9-6 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 5 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Diaz/Gonzalez, Cuba 0-1
5/6/18	FIVB	Mersin Three Star	Bronze Medal	Diaz/Gonzalez	3	Gerson/Heidrich	23, Q2	21-14, 21-15	0:33
Trail the series against # 4 Perusic/Schweiner, Czech Republic 0-1
4/21/18	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Winner 2	Perusic/Schweiner	29, Q11	Gerson/Heidrich	30, Q21	22-20, 17-21, 15-13	0:40
Lead the series against # 10 Kujawiak/Rudol, Poland 2-0
5/3/18	FIVB	Mersin Three Star	Pool G	Gerson/Heidrich	23, Q2	Kujawiak/Rudol	10	18-21, 21-15, 15-11	0:47
4/18/18	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Qualifier 1	Gerson/Heidrich	30, Q21	Kujawiak/Rudol	Q12	21-15, 21-16	0:34
Lead the series against # 13 Ashfiya/Rachmawan, Indonesia 2-0
5/5/18	FIVB	Mersin Three Star	Winner 2	Gerson/Heidrich	23, Q2	Ashfiya/Rachmawan	13	21-15, 21-19	0:33
3/6/18	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Qualifier 1	Gerson/Heidrich	31, Q27	Ashfiya/Rachmawan	Q6	22-20, 21-14	0:35
Lead the series against # 18 Berntsen/Mol, Norway 1-0
5/5/18	FIVB	Mersin Three Star	Winner 3	Gerson/Heidrich	23, Q2	Berntsen/Mol	18	21-19, 21-16	0:34
Trail the series against # 21, Q1 Leshukov/Semenov, Russia 0-1
5/6/18	FIVB	Mersin Three Star	Semi-Finals	Leshukov/Semenov	21, Q1	Gerson/Heidrich	23, Q2	19-21, 21-19, 17-15	0:48
Lead the series against # 24, Q3 Thole/Wickler, Germany 1-0
3/6/18	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Qualifier 2	Gerson/Heidrich	31, Q27	Thole/Wickler	Q22	21-12, 21-15	0:31
Lead the series against # 26, Q5 Barthelemy/Di Giantommaso, France 1-0
5/3/18	FIVB	Mersin Three Star	Pool G	Gerson/Heidrich	23, Q2	Barthelemy/Di Giantommaso	26, Q5	21-15, 21-12	0:30
Trail the series against # Q9 Bykanov/Hudyakov, Russia 0-1
1/3/18	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Qualifier 1	Bykanov/Hudyakov	Q11	Gerson/Heidrich	Q22	21-16, 18-21, 15-10	0:48
Series tied with # Q15 Iemelianchyk/Popov, Ukraine 1-1
5/2/18	FIVB	Mersin Three Star	Qualifier 2	Gerson/Heidrich	23, Q2	Iemelianchyk/Popov	Q15	21-17, 17-21, 15-13	0:54
2/20/18	FIVB	Kish Island Three Star	Qualifier 1	Iemelianchyk/Popov	30, Q16	Gerson/Heidrich	Q17	21-11, 21-17	0:35
Trail the series against # Q29 Rosager/Trans Hansen, Denmark 0-1
3/14/18	FIVB	Oman One Star	Qualifier 2	Rosager/Trans Hansen	12, Q8	Gerson/Heidrich	Q1	22-20, 21-16	0:43
Lead the series against # Q31 Sekerci/Sezer, Türkiye 1-0
5/2/18	FIVB	Mersin Three Star	Qualifier 1	Gerson/Heidrich	23, Q2	Sekerci/Sezer	Q31	22-20, 21-14	0:36