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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
Tokyo Olympic Games
July 24 - August 7, 2021

(22) Mirco Gerson/Adrian Heidrich, Switzerland

Mirco Gerson
Switzerland

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 29, 1992 (31 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 (30 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kloten

Height:

207 cm (6'9")

Weight:

104 kg (229 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Qinzhou 2020)

Career Winnings:

US$82,526.38

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 Tokyo Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/5-10/2021	Gstaad 4 Star	20	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/2-6/2021	Ostrava 4 Star	Q7	33rd	160	US$0.00
FIVB	5/25-30/2021	Sochi 4 Star	23	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	4/28-5/2/2021	Cancun 4 Star - 3rd	12	17th	320	US$3,000.00
FIVB	4/22-26/2021	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	21	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	4/16-20/2021	Cancun 4 Star - 1st	13	25th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	3/8-12/2021	Doha 4-star	13	17th	320	US$3,000.00
FIVB	8/19-23/2020	Baden One Star	2	2nd	0	€ 700.00
FIVB	3/9-13/2020	Doha Four Star	12	25th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	10/30-11/3/2019	Qinzhou Three Star	1	1st	600	US$10,000.00
FIVB	9/3-8/2019	World Tour Finals Rome	21	9th	600	US$8,000.00
FIVB	8/14-18/2019	Moscow Four Star	14	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/30-8/4/2019	Vienna Major Five Star	25	5th	720	US$12,000.00
FIVB	7/17-21/2019	Espinho Four Star	17	17th	320	US$3,000.00
FIVB	7/8-13/2019	Gstaad Major Series	8	9th	600	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/7/2019	World Championships Hamburg	35	17th	640	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/11-16/2019	Warsaw Four Star	21, Q2	17th	320	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/29-6/2/2019	Ostrava Four Star	24	25th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	5/15-19/2019	Itapema Four Star	16	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	4/23-28/2019	Xiamen Four Star	21	17th	320	US$3,000.00
FIVB	3/11-16/2019	Doha Four Star	23	25th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	1/2-6/2019	The Hague Four Star	12	5th	480	US$6,000.00

Tokyo Olympic Games Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sun, 7/25/2021

Pool C

Ahmed Tijan / Cherif Younousse, Qatar (3)

Lost 17-21, 16-21

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mirco Gerson	Total	28	17	8	0.321	0	2	1	3
	1	11	8	2	0.545	0	0	1	1
	2	17	9	6	0.176	0	2	0	2
Adrian Heidrich	Total	14	7	5	0.143	1	2	1	3
	1	9	6	3	0.333	0	0	0	3
	2	5	1	2	-0.200	1	2	1	0

Wed, 7/28/2021

Pool C

Tri Bourne / Jake Gibb, United States (10)

Lost 19-21, 21-23

0:49

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mirco Gerson	Total	26	16	7	0.346	0	14	2	6
	1	12	7	4	0.250	0	6	1	4
	2	14	9	3	0.429	0	8	1	2
Adrian Heidrich	Total	20	13	5	0.400	0	1	0	5
	1	9	7	2	0.556	0	0	0	3
	2	11	6	3	0.273	0	1	0	2

Fri, 7/30/2021

Pool C

Adrian Carambula / Enrico Rossi, Italy (15)

Won 21-14, 24-26, 15-13

1:01

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mirco Gerson	Total	43	25	8	0.395	0	20	0	8
	1	11	8	1	0.636	0	8	0	3
	2	18	10	5	0.278	0	7	0	3
	3	14	7	2	0.357	0	5	0	2
Adrian Heidrich	Total	34	22	6	0.471	5	2	3	3
	1	11	7	2	0.455	1	0	2	1
	2	13	8	1	0.538	4	1	0	2
	3	10	7	3	0.400	0	1	1	0

Sat, 7/31/2021

Lucky Loser

Esteban Grimalt / Marco Grimalt, Chile (17)

Lost 17-21, 18-21

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mirco Gerson	Total	27	16	6	0.370	0	9	0	4
	1	16	9	4	0.313	0	7	0	1
	2	11	7	2	0.455	0	2	0	3
Adrian Heidrich	Total	23	8	6	0.087	5	3	0	3
	1	9	4	2	0.222	0	2	0	2
	2	14	4	4	0.000	5	1	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mirco Gerson	124	74	29	0.363	0	45	3	21
Adrian Heidrich	91	50	22	0.308	11	8	4	14
Total	215	124	51	0.340	11	53	7	35
Opponents	169	85	20	0.385	18	37	5	16

World Championships, World Tour Finals Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2015	World Championships	The Hague	Philip Gabathuler - 9th	Did not play
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Adrian Heidrich - 17th	Mirco Gerson - 17th
2019	World Tour Finals	Rome	Adrian Heidrich - 9th	Mirco Gerson - 9th

Head to Head Results
Gerson/Heidrich trail the series against the field 11-24 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 11 Series, 5 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Mol/Sorum, Norway 1-2
7/9/21	FIVB	Gstaad 4 Star	Winner 2	Mol/Sorum	1	Gerson/Heidrich	20	19-21, 22-20, 15-11	0:58
8/3/19	FIVB	Vienna Major Five Star	Winner 3	Mol/Sorum	1	Gerson/Heidrich	25	21-14, 21-13	0:41
6/28/18	FIVB	Poland Four Star	Pool D	Gerson/Heidrich	20, Q1	Mol/Sorum	13	21-17, 21-17	0:33
Trail the series against # 2 Krasilnikov/Stoyanovskiy, Russia 0-2
9/6/19	FIVB	World Tour Finals Rome	Winner 2	Krasilnikov/Stoyanovskiy	3	Gerson/Heidrich	21	21-14, 27-25	0:42
6/14/19	FIVB	Warsaw Four Star	Winner 1	Krasilnikov/Stoyanovskiy	3	Gerson/Heidrich	21, Q2	21-14, 21-17	0:33
Trail the series against # 3 Tijan/Younousse, Qatar 0-2
7/25/21	FIVB	Tokyo Olympic Games	Pool C	Tijan/Younousse	3	Gerson/Heidrich	22	21-17, 21-16	0:42
4/24/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	Winner 2	Tijan/Younousse	10	Gerson/Heidrich	21	21-16, 19-21, 15-8	0:52
Series tied with # 4 Cerutti/Filho, Brazil 1-1
5/28/21	FIVB	Sochi 4 Star	Pool G	Gerson/Heidrich	23	Cerutti/Filho	7	21-17, 21-19	0:43
4/26/19	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Winner 1	Cerutti/Filho	23, Q2	Gerson/Heidrich	21	21-18, 21-19	0:41
Lead the series against # 5 Bryl/Fijalek, Poland 2-0
5/27/21	FIVB	Sochi 4 Star	Pool G	Gerson/Heidrich	23	Bryl/Fijalek	10	22-20, 21-19	0:43
4/23/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	Pool E	Gerson/Heidrich	21	Bryl/Fijalek	5	21-15, 21-11	0:35
Series tied with # 7 Thole/Wickler, Germany 1-1
8/9/18	FIVB	Moscow Four Star	Pool A	Thole/Wickler	16	Gerson/Heidrich	17	23-21, 25-23	0:46
3/6/18	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Qualifier 2	Gerson/Heidrich	31, Q27	Thole/Wickler	Q22	21-12, 21-15	0:31
Trail the series against # 8 Goncalves/Schmidt, Brazil 0-1
7/19/19	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Pool A	Goncalves/Schmidt	1	Gerson/Heidrich	17	21-17, 21-13	0:35
Trail the series against # 9 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 0-2
1/5/19	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Winner 3	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	1	Gerson/Heidrich	12	21-17, 21-19	0:38
6/28/18	FIVB	Poland Four Star	Pool D	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	4	Gerson/Heidrich	20, Q1	21-15, 23-21	0:35
Trail the series against # 10 Bourne/Gibb, United States 0-1
7/28/21	FIVB	Tokyo Olympic Games	Pool C	Bourne/Gibb	10	Gerson/Heidrich	22	21-19, 23-21	0:49
Trail the series against # 11 Perusic/Schweiner, Czech Republic 1-2
1/5/19	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Winner 2	Gerson/Heidrich	12	Perusic/Schweiner	9	23-21, 21-13	0:33
6/22/18	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Winner 1	Perusic/Schweiner	8	Gerson/Heidrich	22, Q2	21-13, 19-21, 15-12	0:49
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
Series tied with # 12 Leshukov/Semenov, Russia 1-1
5/11/18	FIVB	Lucerne Three Star	Pool G	Gerson/Heidrich	10	Leshukov/Semenov	7, Q1	21-19, 23-21	0:38
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 # 13 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 1-0
4/23/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	Pool E	Gerson/Heidrich	21	Gavira/Herrera	12	21-16, 22-20	0:49
Series tied with # 15 Carambula/Rossi, Italy 1-1
7/30/21	FIVB	Tokyo Olympic Games	Pool C	Gerson/Heidrich	22	Carambula/Rossi	15	21-14, 24-26, 15-13	1:01
7/4/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Winner 1	Carambula/Rossi	45	Gerson/Heidrich	35	21-11, 21-13	0:27
Trail the series against # 16 Dalhausser/Lucena, United States 0-2
3/10/21	FIVB	Doha 4-star	Winner 1	Dalhausser/Lucena	10	Gerson/Heidrich	13	21-18, 24-22	0:47
7/13/18	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Winner 2	Dalhausser/Lucena	5	Gerson/Heidrich	8	21-14, 21-13	0:34
Series tied with # 17 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 2-2
7/31/21	FIVB	Tokyo Olympic Games	Lucky Loser	Grimalt/Grimalt	17	Gerson/Heidrich	22	21-17, 21-18	0:44
3/9/21	FIVB	Doha 4-star	Pool D	Gerson/Heidrich	13	Grimalt/Grimalt	20	19-21, 21-19, 16-14	0:57
8/16/19	FIVB	Moscow Four Star	Winner 1	Gerson/Heidrich	14	Grimalt/Grimalt	16	21-19, 21-18	0:34
4/25/19	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Pool E	Grimalt/Grimalt	12	Gerson/Heidrich	21	24-22, 21-16	0:37
Trail the series against # 18 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 0-1
8/10/18	FIVB	Moscow Four Star	Winner 2	Lupo/Nicolai	4	Gerson/Heidrich	17	21-19, 21-19	0:33
Trail the series against # 19 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 0-1
3/7/18	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Pool B	Kantor/Losiak	2	Gerson/Heidrich	31, Q27	19-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:44
Trail the series against # 23 Gaxiola/Rubio, Mexico 0-2
4/30/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 3rd	Winner 1	Gaxiola/Rubio	8	Gerson/Heidrich	12	21-18, 21-11	0:43
3/10/20	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Pool E	Gaxiola/Rubio	28, Q8	Gerson/Heidrich	12	21-16, 20-22, 15-10	0:51