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US$300,000 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Gstaad
July 5 - 10, 2021

(20) 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 Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2012	Philip Gabathuler - 25th	Did not play
2013	Alexei Strasser - 25th	Did not play
2014	Philip Gabathuler - 17th	Did not play
2015	Philip Gabathuler - 17th	Gabriel Kissling - 41st
2016	Philip Gabathuler - 25th	Gabriel Kissling - 41st
2017	Michiel Zandbergen - 25th	Gabriel Kissling - 41st
2018	Adrian Heidrich - 9th	Mirco Gerson - 9th
2019	Adrian Heidrich - 9th	Mirco Gerson - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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

Gstaad 4 Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/7/2021	Pool D	Martin Ermacora / Moritz Pristauz, Austria (13)	Won 21-19, 29-27	0:51
Wed, 7/7/2021	Pool D	Nikita Liamin / Taras Myskiv, Russia (29, Q8)	Lost 18-21, 17-21	0:37
Thu, 7/8/2021	Winner 1	Theo Brunner / Chaim Schalk, United States (27, Q5)	Won 21-12, 21-14	0:33
Fri, 7/9/2021	Winner 2	Anders Mol / Christian Sorum, Norway (1)	Lost 21-19, 20-22, 11-15	0:58

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	12	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	3	2	2	$37,000.00	29	18	61.7 %
2019	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	4	2	0	$62,000.00	20	22	47.6 %
2020	FIVB	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$12,700.00	10	3	76.9 %
2021	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	1	1	$20,000.00	9	11	45.0 %
Total	FIVB	34	1	1	1	1	2	0	10	0	9	6	3	$131,700.00	68	54	55.7 %

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
12	0	0	1	1	0	3	3	2	2	$18,500.00	2018	FIVB	13	0	0	1	1	0	3	4	2	2	$18,500.00
12	0	0	0	0	2	4	4	2	0	$31,000.00	2019	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	2	4	4	2	0	$31,000.00
3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$6,350.00	2020	FIVB	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$6,350.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	1	$10,000.00	2021	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	1	$10,000.00
84	1	2	3	1	4	18	23	17	15	$159,325.00	Total	Total	47	1	1	1	1	3	10	10	8	12	$66,900.00

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%
2020-2021	14	77.8%	2	11.1%	2	11.1%	16-2	88.9%	4	21.1%	5	26.3%	10	52.6%	4-15	21.1%	14-10	58.3%	6-7	46.2%	0	0	20-17	54.1%
Against the Field	17	60.7%	3	10.7%	8	28.6%	20-8	71.4%	4	15.4%	5	19.2%	17	65.4%	4-22	15.4%	34-34	50.0%	14-26	35.0%	0	0	24-30	44.4%

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 trail the series against the field 24-28 (Lead 12 Series, Trail 12 Series, 3 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 Tijan/Younousse, Qatar 0-1
4/24/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	Winner 2	Tijan/Younousse	10	Gerson/Heidrich	21	21-16, 19-21, 15-8	0:52
Trail the series against # 3 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
Series tied with # 4 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 # 5 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
Series tied with # 6 van de Velde/Varenhorst, Netherlands 1-1
8/2/19	FIVB	Vienna Major Five Star	Winner 2	Gerson/Heidrich	25	Varenhorst/van de Velde	31, Q12	21-18, 21-18	0:32
7/20/19	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Winner 1	Varenhorst/van de Velde	24	Gerson/Heidrich	17	18-21, 25-23, 15-10	0:44
Series tied with # 7 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
Trail the series against # 9 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 # 10 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
Lead the series against # 11 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
Trail the series against # 12 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 1-6
5/29/21	FIVB	Sochi 4 Star	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Smedins	21	Gerson/Heidrich	23	23-21, 20-22, 15-13	0:57
9/5/19	FIVB	World Tour Finals Rome	Pool E	Samoilovs/Smedins	12, Q1	Gerson/Heidrich	21	15-21, 21-17, 22-20	0:54
7/19/19	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Pool A	Gerson/Heidrich	17	Samoilovs/Smedins	16	21-18, 21-17	0:35
7/1/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Pool K	Samoilovs/Smedins	11	Gerson/Heidrich	35	21-19, 25-23	0:46
6/13/19	FIVB	Warsaw Four Star	Pool E	Samoilovs/Smedins	12	Gerson/Heidrich	21, Q2	21-9, 21-19	0:33
5/30/19	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Pool H	Samoilovs/Smedins	9	Gerson/Heidrich	24	21-16, 17-21, 15-9	0:42
6/21/18	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Pool F	Samoilovs/Smedins	11	Gerson/Heidrich	22, Q2	22-20, 21-16	0:37
Lead the series against # 13 Ermacora/Pristauz, Austria 2-0
7/7/21	FIVB	Gstaad 4 Star	Pool D	Gerson/Heidrich	20	Ermacora/Pristauz	13	21-19, 29-27	0:51
11/3/19	FIVB	Qinzhou Three Star	Gold Medal	Gerson/Heidrich	1	Ermacora/Pristauz	2	21-13, 21-16	0:34
Trail the series against # 14 Bourne/Crabb, United States 0-1
5/16/19	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Pool A	Bourne/Crabb	17	Gerson/Heidrich	16	21-17, 21-14	0:34
Trail the series against # 15 Boermans/de Groot, Netherlands 0-1
6/2/21	FIVB	Ostrava 4 Star	Qualifier 2	Boermans/de Groot	26, Q10	Gerson/Heidrich	Q7	21-17, 21-15	0:38
Lead the series against # 16 Pedlow/Schachter, Canada 2-1
3/10/20	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Pool E	Pedlow/Schachter	21	Gerson/Heidrich	12	18-21, 21-14, 15-10	0:51
6/29/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Pool K	Gerson/Heidrich	35	Pedlow/Schachter	14	21-19, 21-18	0:39
4/20/18	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Pool C	Gerson/Heidrich	30, Q21	Pedlow/Schachter	14	21-15, 21-17	0:35
Lead the series against # 18 Ehlers/Fluggen, Germany 1-0
8/1/19	FIVB	Vienna Major Five Star	Pool H	Gerson/Heidrich	25	Ehlers/Fluggen	24, Q4	18-21, 21-15, 15-9	0:47
Lead the series against # 19 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 2-1
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
Lead the series against # 22 Nolvak/Tiisaar, Estonia 1-0
9/6/19	FIVB	World Tour Finals Rome	Winner 1	Gerson/Heidrich	21	Nolvak/Tiisaar	27, Q10	21-17, 16-21, 15-12	0:52
Lead the series against # 23 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
Trail the series against # 24, Q1 Seidl/Waller, Austria 0-2
8/23/20	FIVB	Baden One Star	Gold Medal	Seidl/Waller	4	Gerson/Heidrich	2	21-17, 16-21, 15-11	0:51
8/2/18	FIVB	Vienna Major	Pool D	Seidl/Waller	29, Q13	Gerson/Heidrich	20, Q2	22-20, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # 25, Q2 Walkenhorst/Winter, Germany 1-0
1/5/19	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Winner 1	Gerson/Heidrich	12	Walkenhorst/Winter	18	15-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:47
Lead the series against # 26, Q3 Doppler/Horst, Austria 4-0
8/1/19	FIVB	Vienna Major Five Star	Pool H	Gerson/Heidrich	25	Doppler/Horst	8	17-21, 21-18, 15-8	0:46
7/10/19	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Pool H	Gerson/Heidrich	8	Doppler/Horst	24	21-18, 21-19	0:36
8/10/18	FIVB	Moscow Four Star	Winner 1	Gerson/Heidrich	17	Doppler/Horst	12	21-17, 22-20	0:39
4/19/18	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Pool C	Gerson/Heidrich	30, Q21	Doppler/Horst	3	21-19, 15-21, 15-13	0:48
Lead the series against # 27, Q5 Brunner/Schalk, United States 1-0
7/8/21	FIVB	Gstaad 4 Star	Winner 1	Gerson/Heidrich	20	Brunner/Schalk	27, Q5	21-12, 21-14	0:33
Trail the series against # 29, Q8 Liamin/Myskiv, Russia 0-3
7/7/21	FIVB	Gstaad 4 Star	Pool D	Liamin/Myskiv	29, Q8	Gerson/Heidrich	20	21-18, 21-17	0:37
4/17/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 1st	Pool D	Liamin/Myskiv	20	Gerson/Heidrich	13	21-16, 19-21, 15-10	0:52
8/16/19	FIVB	Moscow Four Star	Winner 2	Liamin/Myskiv	12	Gerson/Heidrich	14	16-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:51
Lead the series against # 30, Q11 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
Lead the series against # Q6 Koekelkoren/van Walle, Belgium 1-0
9/6/19	FIVB	World Tour Finals Rome	Pool E	Gerson/Heidrich	21	Koekelkoren/van Walle	28, Q12	21-17, 20-22, 15-10	0:47
Trail the series against # Q16 Budinger/Patterson, United States 0-1
5/17/19	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Winner 2	Budinger/Patterson	24	Gerson/Heidrich	16	19-21, 24-22, 19-17	0:50