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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 smart Grand Slam Rome
June 13 - 17, 2012

(24) Jefferson Bellaguarda/Patrick Heuscher, Switzerland

Jefferson Bellaguarda
Switzerland

/ Brazil

Photo: Adrian Knecht

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 12, 1976 (49 yrs old)

Home Town:

Salvador

Height:

193 cm (6'4")

Weight:

92 kg (202 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Kiev 2002)

Career FIVB WT Best:

2nd (Moscow 2011)

Career Winnings:

US$196,025.00

Patrick Heuscher
Switzerland

Photo: Adrian Knecht

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 22, 1976 (48 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kehrsiten

Height:

194 cm (6'4")

Weight:

93 kg (205 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

141

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$507,180.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	18	0	1	1	0	3	0	5	0	5	3	US$154,200.00

Previous Rome Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2009	Did not play	Sascha Heyer - 9th
2010	Martin Laciga - 17th	Sascha Heyer - 17th
2011	Patrick Heuscher - 17th	Jefferson Bellaguarda - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/7-12/2012	Moscow Grand Slam	24	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	5/8-13/2012	Beijing Grand Slam	15	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	5/1-6/2012	Shanghai Grand Slam	11	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	4/24-29/2012	Silesia Open	4	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	10/4-9/2011	Agadir Open	3	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/2-7/2011	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	7	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/26-31/2011	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	7	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	7/12-17/2011	Moscow Grand Slam	12	2nd	720	US$29,500.00
FIVB	7/5-10/2011	Gstaad Grand Slam	9	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/28-7/3/2011	Stavanger Grand Slam	15	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	6/13-19/2011	Rome World Championships	21	17th	200	US$7,000.00

Grand Slam Rome Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 6/14/2012	Pool Q	Daniele Lupo / Paolo Nicolai, Italy (9)	Won 21-18, 21-18	0:40
Thu, 6/14/2012	Pool Q	Sebastian Chevallier / Sascha Heyer, Switzerland (25)	Lost 23-25, 19-21	0:46
Fri, 6/15/2012	Pool Q	Jonathan Erdmann / Kay Matysik, Germany (8)	Won By Forfeit
Fri, 6/15/2012	Winner 1	Adrian Gavira / Pablo Herrera, Spain (17)	Won By Forfeit
Sat, 6/16/2012	Winner 2	Martins Plavins / Janis Smedins, Latvia (14)	Won 23-21, 21-17	0:41
Sat, 6/16/2012	Winner 3	Sebastian Chevallier / Sascha Heyer, Switzerland (25)	Lost By Forfeit

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	12	0	1	1	0	3	0	2	0	3	2	0	$130,400.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	$16,800.00
Total	18	0	1	1	0	3	0	5	0	5	3	0	$154,200.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Jefferson Bellaguarda												Patrick Heuscher
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	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$5,000.00	World Championships	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	$25,125.00
26	0	1	2	0	4	7	7	3	0	$113,750.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	47	1	2	3	0	10	16	12	2	0	$238,250.00
36	0	0	1	3	5	8	5	4	0	$73,250.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	72	2	3	4	3	13	22	12	4	0	$230,880.00
2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,800.00	Challenger	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,750.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$225.00	Satellite	10	5	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$9,425.00
											Goodwill Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$750.00
69	1	2	3	3	9	17	13	7	0	$196,025.00	Total	141	9	7	9	3	26	42	29	6	0	$507,180.00

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
2011	FIVB	10	0	1	1	0	2	0	3	0	3	0	0	$113,800.00	29	22	56.9 %
2012	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	2	0	$28,900.00	8	11	42.1 %
Total	FIVB	15	0	1	1	0	3	0	3	0	5	2	0	$142,700.00	37	33	52.9 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Jefferson Bellaguarda													Patrick Heuscher
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1997	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											1998	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	$850.00
											1998	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1999	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
											1999	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$175.00
6	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	1	$18,500.00	2000	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	3	$4,000.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,600.00	2000	FIVB C&S	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,750.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	5	$12,750.00	2001	FIVB	11	0	0	0	1	3	4	3	0	0	$30,375.00
											2001	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,300.00
3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	$4,650.00	2002	FIVB	10	0	0	1	0	0	6	2	1	0	$21,805.00
2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,425.00	2002	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00
7	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	5	$8,250.00	2003	FIVB	9	0	0	2	0	3	3	1	0	0	$43,500.00
											2003	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00
											2004	FIVB	11	1	3	2	1	3	1	0	0	0	$75,750.00
											2005	FIVB	11	1	0	1	0	4	3	2	0	0	$64,875.00
											2005	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,700.00
											2006	FIVB	8	1	0	0	1	2	3	1	0	0	$45,175.00
											2006	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
											2007	FIVB	10	0	1	1	0	2	5	1	0	0	$52,700.00
											2007	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
											2008	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	1	0	$22,200.00
8	0	0	1	0	3	2	1	1	0	$35,550.00	2009	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	3	5	2	0	0	$37,725.00
12	0	0	0	0	2	5	2	3	0	$35,200.00	2010	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	1	0	$16,400.00
10	0	1	1	0	2	3	3	0	0	$56,900.00	2011	FIVB	10	0	1	1	0	2	3	3	0	0	$56,900.00
5	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	$14,450.00	2012	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	$14,450.00
66	1	2	3	3	9	15	13	6	14	$190,275.00	Total	Total	137	9	7	9	3	26	40	28	5	10	$498,880.00

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	24	60.0%	8	20.0%	8	20.0%	32-8	80.0%	6	15.8%	9	23.7%	23	60.5%	6-32	15.8%	24-23	51.1%	14-17	45.2%	2	1	40-41	49.4%
2011-2012	24	60.0%	8	20.0%	8	20.0%	32-8	80.0%	6	15.8%	9	23.7%	23	60.5%	6-32	15.8%	24-23	51.1%	14-17	45.2%	2	1	40-41	49.4%
Against the Field	15	53.6%	6	21.4%	7	25.0%	21-7	75.0%	5	14.3%	7	20.0%	23	65.7%	5-30	14.3%	30-40	42.9%	22-28	44.0%	2	1	28-35	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	0	0	1	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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	18	18	0	0	10	8	1	1	1	0	0	1	30	28
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	8
Total	0	0	0	0	21	21	0	0	11	14	1	1	1	0	0	1	40	41

Head to Head Results
Bellaguarda/Heuscher trail the series against the field 26-28 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 10 Series, 6 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Cerutti/Rego, Brazil 0-2
7/17/11	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Cerutti/Rego	1	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	12	21-16, 18-21, 17-15	0:55
6/11/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Cerutti/Rego	2	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	19	18-21, 21-12, 15-12	0:48
Trail the series against # 2 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-1
6/30/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool K	Nummerdor/Schuil	18	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	15	21-18, 14-21, 15-10	0:46
Trail the series against # 3 Brink/Reckermann, Germany 0-3
8/6/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 2	Brink/Reckermann	3	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	7	21-16, 21-19	0:44
6/15/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool D	Brink/Reckermann	4	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	21	21-17, 21-13	0:39
5/5/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 4	Brink/Reckermann	3	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	16	21-16, 21-18	0:41
Trail the series against # 4 Cunha/Santos, Brazil 0-1
5/10/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool K	Cunha/Santos	2	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	15	21-17, 21-14	0:40
Trail the series against # 5 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 0-1
6/9/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool Q	Gibb/Rosenthal	8	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	24	21-14, 21-12	0:34
Trail the series against # 6 Araujo/Solberg, Brazil 0-1
6/10/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 1	Araujo/Solberg	6	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	24	21-15, 23-21	0:42
Trail the series against # 7 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 1-3
7/30/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Winner 3	Fijalek/Prudel	4	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	7	21-18, 21-12	0:36
7/15/11	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool N	Fijalek/Prudel	5	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	12	14-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:52
7/2/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 3	Fijalek/Prudel	13	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	15	28-26, 21-12	0:43
6/11/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	19	Fijalek/Prudel	24	21-18, 21-16	0:37
Trail the series against # 8 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 1-2
6/15/12	FIVB	Grand Slam Rome	Pool Q	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	24	Erdmann/Matysik	8	By Forfeit
5/3/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool O	Erdmann/Matysik	6	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	11	22-24, 21-16, 15-7	0:57
7/8/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 1	Erdmann/Matysik	16	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	9	21-19, 19-21, 15-13	0:50
Lead the series against # 9 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 1-0
6/14/12	FIVB	Grand Slam Rome	Pool Q	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	24	Lupo/Nicolai	9	21-18, 21-18	0:40
Series tied with # 12 Fuerbringer/Lucena, United States 1-1
7/7/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool Q	Fuerbringer/Lucena	25	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	9	21-15, 21-15	0:39
7/2/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 1	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	15	Fuerbringer/Lucena	17	21-18, 15-21, 16-14	0:56
Series tied with # 13 Boersma/Spijkers, Netherlands 2-2
5/10/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool K	Boersma/Spijkers	18	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	15	21-19, 21-19	0:39
5/4/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Winner 1	Boersma/Spijkers	23	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	11	18-21, 21-15, 15-12	0:51
7/7/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool Q	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	9	Boersma/Spijkers	24	17-21, 27-25, 15-10	0:59
5/4/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	16	Boersma/Spijkers	17	21-18, 21-12	0:38
Lead the series against # 14 Plavins/Smedins, Latvia 2-0
6/16/12	FIVB	Grand Slam Rome	Winner 2	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	24	Plavins/Smedins	14	23-21, 21-17	0:41
6/8/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool C	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	19	Plavins/Smedins	14	21-16, 21-11	0:34
Lead the series against # 17 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 2-1
6/15/12	FIVB	Grand Slam Rome	Winner 1	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	24	Gavira/Herrera	17	By Forfeit
6/17/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Winner 1	Gavira/Herrera	9	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	21	18-21, 21-13, 15-13	0:51
6/10/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Winner 3	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	19	Gavira/Herrera	10	21-19, 14-21, 21-19	0:53
Lead the series against # 18 Wu/Xu, China 1-0
7/30/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Winner 2	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	7	Wu/Xu	6	14-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:46
Series tied with # 19 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 1-1
10/7/11	FIVB	Agadir Open	Contender 3	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	3	Lochhead/Pitman	27, Q4	21-12, 22-20	0:38
4/21/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 2	Lochhead/Pitman	18	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	17	21-15, 21-15	0:37
Lead the series against # 22 Skarlund/Spinnangr, Norway 1-0
10/6/11	FIVB	Agadir Open	Contender 1	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	3	Skarlund/Spinnangr	19	19-21, 21-18, 16-14	0:53
Lead the series against # 23, Q13 Bogatov/Prokopiev, Russia 2-1
6/10/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool Q	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	24	Bogatov/Prokopiev	9	21-12, 17-21, 15-9	0:52
5/4/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool O	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	11	Bogatov/Prokopiev	27, Q20	22-20, 22-20	0:41
10/6/11	FIVB	Agadir Open	Winner 1	Bogatov/Prokopiev	30, Q11	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	3	21-18, 19-21, 15-10	0:58
Series tied with # 25 Chevallier/Heyer, Switzerland 2-2
6/16/12	FIVB	Grand Slam Rome	Winner 3	Chevallier/Heyer	25	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	24	By Forfeit
6/14/12	FIVB	Grand Slam Rome	Pool Q	Chevallier/Heyer	25	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	24	25-23, 21-19	0:46
6/9/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool Q	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	24	Chevallier/Heyer	25, Q1	21-13, 16-21, 16-14	0:55
10/7/11	FIVB	Agadir Open	Contender 2	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	3	Chevallier/Heyer	20	21-18, 21-17	0:42
Trail the series against # 26, Q2 Laciga/Weingart, Switzerland 0-1
8/4/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool P	Laciga/Weingart	23, Q6	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	7	21-12, 21-15	0:33
Trail the series against # 28, Q8 Stiekema/Varenhorst, Netherlands 0-1
5/11/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool K	Stiekema/Varenhorst	31, Q23	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	15	16-21, 21-18, 15-8	0:51
Series tied with Insfran/Schmidt, Brazil 1-1
7/8/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool Q	Insfran/Schmidt	8	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	9	21-17, 21-14	0:37
6/10/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Winner 2	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	19	Insfran/Schmidt	8	18-21, 21-18, 15-12	1:02
Lead the series against # Q1 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 2-1
7/29/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool P	Klemperer/Koreng	10	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	7	26-24, 21-13	0:42
7/16/11	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 2	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	12	Klemperer/Koreng	6	21-19, 21-16	0:41
7/2/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 2	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	15	Klemperer/Koreng	5	21-14, 21-13	0:36
Series tied with # Q4 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 2-2
5/3/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool O	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	11	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	22	23-21, 19-21, 15-8	0:56
4/26/12	FIVB	Silesia Open	Contender 1	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	20	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	4	21-15, 22-20	0:35
7/28/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool P	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	7	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	23, Q2	18-21, 21-15, 15-7	0:51
4/20/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 1	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	16	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	17	21-13, 19-21, 15-13	0:55
Lead the series against # Q5 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 1-0
6/14/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool D	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	21	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	45	22-20, 14-21, 16-14	0:50
Lead the series against # Q10 Ces/Ces, France 1-0
7/14/11	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool N	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	12	Ces/Ces	21, Q4	21-18, 21-18	0:43
Lead the series against # Q11 McHugh/Slack, Australia 1-0
7/14/11	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool N	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	12	McHugh/Slack	28	21-19, 21-10	0:43
Lead the series against # Q23 Garcia-Thompson/Grotowski, England 1-0
5/5/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 2	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	16	Garcia-Thompson/Grotowski	31, Q32	21-11, 21-16	0:37