Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Portugal Open
July 24 - 28, 2002
(4) John Child/Mark Heese, Canada
 
John Child
Canada
Photo: Raymond Wardenær
Personal Info
Birth Date: May 4, 1967 (57 yrs old)
Home Town: Toronto, ON
Height: 189 cm (6'2")
Weight: 93 kg (205 lb)
Seasons: 16
Tournaments: 128
Career Wins: 1 (FIVB Berlin 1996)
Career Winnings: US$467,137.50
Mark Heese
Canada
Photo: FIVB
Personal Info
Birth Date: Aug 15, 1969 (55 yrs old)
Home Town: Aurora, ON
Height: 184 cm (6'0")
Weight: 85 kg (187 lb)
Seasons: 16
Tournaments: 166
Career Wins: 1 (FIVB Berlin 1996)
Career Winnings: US$518,387.50
Team Career Summary 
TourPlayed123456791317253337Money
FIVB114158820112211315811 US$789,200.00
FIVB C&S10010000000000 US$2,600.00
Overall115159820112211315811 US$791,800.00
Previous Espinho Results 
YearPartner - ResultPartner - Result
1995 Mark Heese - 17th John Child - 17th
1996 Mark Heese - 2nd John Child - 2nd
1997 Mark Heese - 3rd John Child - 3rd
1998 Mark Heese - 9th John Child - 9th
1999 Mark Heese - 17th John Child - 17th
2000 Mark Heese - 4th John Child - 4th
2001 Mark Heese - 9th John Child - 9th
Recent Results 
TourDateTournamentSeedFinishPointsMoney
FIVB 7/17-21/2002 France Grand Slam 15 25th 40 US$2,000.00
FIVB 7/10-14/2002 Canada Open 11 2nd 270 US$15,000.00
FIVB 7/3-7/2002 Norway Open 14 9th 120 US$3,900.00
FIVB 6/19-23/2002 Switzerland Open 16 5th 180 US$6,675.00
FIVB 6/12-16/2002 Germany Open 15 4th 210 US$9,300.00
FIVB 8/29-9/4/2001 Goodwill Games 13 13th 0 US$1,500.00
FIVB 8/8-12/2001 Belgium Open 12 17th 72 US$3,000.00
FIVB 8/1-5/2001 Klagenfurt World Championships 8 17th 100 US$2,750.00
FIVB 7/25-29/2001 Portugal Open 5 9th 144 US$5,500.00
Portugal Open Matches
DateBracketOpponentScoreTime
Fri, 7/26/2002 Pool D Bjorn Berg / Simon Dahl, Sweden (20) Won 22-20, 19-21, 16-14 1:15
Fri, 7/26/2002 Pool D Patrick Heuscher / Stefan Kobel, Switzerland (13) Won 21-15, 21-17 0:36
Sat, 7/27/2002 Pool D Fabio Diez / John Garcia-Thompson, Spain (29, Q7) Won 21-19, 21-17 0:51
Sat, 7/27/2002 Winner 1 Vegard Hoidalen / Jorre Kjemperud, Norway (14) Won 19-21, 21-19, 15-13 1:00
Sat, 7/27/2002 Winner 2 Marcio Araujo / Benjamin Insfran, Brazil (5, Q1) Lost 13-21, 19-21 0:44
Head to Head Results
Child/Heese lead the series against the field 29-28 (Lead 15 Series, Trail 10 Series, 2 Series Tied)
DateTourTournamentRoundWinning TeamSeedLosing TeamSeedScoreTime
Trail the series against # 1 Ramos/Rego, Brazil 0-4
6/21/02FIVBSwitzerland Open Pool A Ramos/Rego 1 Child/Heese 16 21-13, 21-17 0:44
7/7/01FIVBNorway Open Winner 4 Ramos/Rego 1 Child/Heese 4 21-19, 21-17 0:39
6/30/01FIVBGermany Open Winner 4 Ramos/Rego 1 Child/Heese 5 21-12, 21-10 0:30
6/17/01FIVBSpain Open Semi-Finals Ramos/Rego 1 Child/Heese 7 21-14, 21-17 0:40
Trail the series against # 2 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 2-4
7/14/02FIVBCanada Open Semi-Finals Child/Heese 11 Baracetti/Conde 2 25-23, 21-14 0:53
7/5/02FIVBNorway Open Pool C Baracetti/Conde 3 Child/Heese 14 21-19, 25-27, 26-24 1:18
6/16/02FIVBGermany Open Semi-Finals Baracetti/Conde 3 Child/Heese 15 21-19, 27-25 0:59
6/30/01FIVBGermany Open Winner 3 Child/Heese 5 Baracetti/Conde 13 23-21, 23-21 0:46
6/17/01FIVBSpain Open Bronze Medal Baracetti/Conde 22 Child/Heese 7 21-15, 25-23 0:44
6/16/01FIVBSpain Open Winner 4 Baracetti/Conde 22 Child/Heese 7 22-24, 21-16, 17-15 1:05
Trail the series against # 3 Loiola/Santos, Brazil 2-3
7/14/02FIVBCanada Open Gold Medal Loiola/Santos 3 Child/Heese 11 21-18, 24-22 0:52
7/6/02FIVBNorway Open Winner 1 Loiola/Santos 4 Child/Heese 14 21-12, 21-17 0:44
6/22/02FIVBSwitzerland Open Winner 1 Child/Heese 16 Loiola/Santos 2 21-17, 21-18 0:49
7/28/01FIVBPortugal Open Winner 3 Loiola/Santos 13 Child/Heese 5 24-22, 21-15 0:47
6/16/01FIVBSpain Open Winner 3 Child/Heese 7 Loiola/Santos 2 13-21, 21-15, 15-13 0:49
Trail the series against # 5, Q1 Araujo/Insfran, Brazil 0-1
7/27/02FIVBPortugal Open Winner 2 Araujo/Insfran 5, Q1 Child/Heese 4 21-13, 21-19 0:44
Lead the series against # 6, Q3 Alvarez/Rossell, Cuba 1-0
7/26/96FIVBAtlanta XXVI Olympic Games Contender 4 Child/Heese 8 Alvarez/Rossell 10 15-4 0:30
Series tied with # 7 Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 1-1
6/16/02FIVBGermany Open Bronze Medal Dieckmann/Reckermann 6 Child/Heese 15 21-12, 18-21, 15-13 1:04
7/27/01FIVBPortugal Open Winner 2 Child/Heese 5 Dieckmann/Reckermann 21 21-12, 21-15 0:38
Series tied with # 8 Prosser/Zahner, Australia 1-1
6/15/02FIVBGermany Open Winner 2 Child/Heese 15 Prosser/Zahner 10 21-17, 21-18 0:39
7/24/99FIVBMarseille World Championships Prosser/Zahner 15 Child/Heese 4 15-9 0:38
Trail the series against # 9 Metzger/Wong, United States 1-3
8/29/01FIVBGoodwill Games Winner 1 Metzger/Wong 4 Child/Heese 13 By Forfeit 0:13
8/10/01FIVBBelgium Open Contender 2 Metzger/Wong 6 Child/Heese 12 21-17, 29-31, 15-12 1:12
6/23/01FIVBSwiss Open Contender 6 Metzger/Wong 7, Q3 Child/Heese 8 21-14, 21-16 0:36
6/16/01FIVBSpain Open Contender 6 Child/Heese 7 Metzger/Wong 8 18-21, 21-11, 15-13 0:48
Lead the series against # 10 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 3-2
6/15/02FIVBGermany Open Winner 1 Child/Heese 15 Brenha/Maia 16 21-12, 21-18 0:36
8/3/01FIVBKlagenfurt World Championships Winner 1 Brenha/Maia 27 Child/Heese 8 21-17, 11-21, 15-13 0:51
7/13/01FIVBItaly Open Contender 1 Brenha/Maia 19 Child/Heese 3 27-25, 21-11 0:50
6/22/01FIVBSwiss Open Contender 2 Child/Heese 8 Brenha/Maia 10 21-19, 21-13 0:37
7/28/96FIVBAtlanta XXVI Olympic Games Bronze Medal Child/Heese 8 Brenha/Maia 18 12-5, 12-8 1:17
Lead the series against # 11 Pedrosa/Teixeira, Portugal 1-0
6/14/02FIVBGermany Open Pool B Child/Heese 15 Pedrosa/Teixeira 31, Q6 21-16, 21-10 0:34
Trail the series against # 12 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 0-2
6/14/02FIVBGermany Open Pool B Laciga/Laciga 2 Child/Heese 15 19-21, 21-18, 15-11 0:55
7/8/01FIVBNorway Open Semi-Finals Laciga/Laciga 2 Child/Heese 4 21-15, 21-17 0:40
Trail the series against # 13 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 1-2
7/26/02FIVBPortugal Open Pool D Child/Heese 4 Heuscher/Kobel 13 21-15, 21-17 0:36
7/12/02FIVBCanada Open Pool F Heuscher/Kobel 6 Child/Heese 11 16-21, 21-15, 15-13 0:58
6/30/01FIVBGermany Open Contender 6 Heuscher/Kobel 16 Child/Heese 5 25-23, 21-17 0:44
Lead the series against # 14 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 2-0
7/27/02FIVBPortugal Open Winner 1 Child/Heese 4 Hoidalen/Kjemperud 14 19-21, 21-19, 15-13 1:00
7/7/01FIVBNorway Open Contender 6 Child/Heese 4 Hoidalen/Kjemperud 7 21-19, 21-18 0:38
Lead the series against # 15 Berger/Doppler, Austria 1-0
7/13/02FIVBCanada Open Winner 2 Child/Heese 11 Berger/Doppler 13 24-22, 21-12 0:45
Trail the series against # 17 Lopes/Neto, Brazil 0-1
6/22/02FIVBSwitzerland Open Winner 2 Lopes/Neto 7 Child/Heese 16 21-19, 24-22 0:49
Lead the series against # 20 Berg/Dahl, Sweden 1-0
7/26/02FIVBPortugal Open Pool D Child/Heese 4 Berg/Dahl 20 22-20, 19-21, 16-14 1:15
Trail the series against # 21 Schacht/Slack, Australia 0-1
7/18/02FIVBFrance Grand Slam Pool K Schacht/Slack 39 Child/Heese 15 21-15, 21-14 0:46
Lead the series against # 22 Egger/Heyer, Switzerland 2-1
7/6/02FIVBNorway Open Pool C Child/Heese 14 Egger/Heyer 19, Q2 21-16, 14-21, 15-13 0:54
7/27/01FIVBPortugal Open Winner 1 Child/Heese 5 Egger/Heyer 28, Q3 21-14, 16-21, 15-13 0:47
7/13/01FIVBItaly Open Winner 1 Egger/Heyer 30, Q12 Child/Heese 3 22-20, 21-19 0:44
Lead the series against # 23 Holden/Leinemann, Canada 1-0
7/13/02FIVBCanada Open Winner 1 Child/Heese 11 Holden/Leinemann 12 21-17, 16-21, 15-8 0:58
Lead the series against # 27 Kouchnerev/Sayfulin, Russia 2-0
7/13/02FIVBCanada Open Pool F Child/Heese 11 Kouchnerev/Sayfulin 22 21-15, 21-19 0:56
7/5/02FIVBNorway Open Pool C Child/Heese 14 Kouchnerev/Sayfulin 30 21-15, 27-25 0:50
Trail the series against # 28, Q2 Bosma/Cotrino , Spain 1-2
8/31/01FIVBGoodwill Games Contender 1 Bosma/Cotrino 12 Child/Heese 13 By Forfeit  
8/10/01FIVBBelgium Open Winner 1 Bosma/Cotrino 21, Q2 Child/Heese 12 21-15, 23-25, 15-12 0:56
6/15/01FIVBSpain Open Winner 2 Child/Heese 7 Bosma/Cotrino 10 21-18, 21-13 0:39
Lead the series against # 29, Q7 Diez/Garcia-Thompson, Spain 1-0
7/27/02FIVBPortugal Open Pool D Child/Heese 4 Diez/Garcia-Thompson 29, Q7 21-19, 21-17 0:51
Lead the series against # 30, Q13 Goranson/Goranson, Norway 1-0
7/6/01FIVBNorway Open Winner 1 Child/Heese 4 Goranson/Goranson 29 21-12, 21-15 0:38
Lead the series against # 31 Canet/Hamel, France 1-0
6/15/02FIVBGermany Open Pool B Child/Heese 15 Canet/Hamel 18 22-24, 21-13, 15-11 1:06
Lead the series against Blanton/Henkel, United States 1-0
6/22/02FIVBSwitzerland Open Pool A Child/Heese 16 Blanton/Henkel 17 21-18, 22-20 0:47
Lead the series against # Q10 Ljubicic/Slean, Canada 1-0
7/12/02FIVBCanada Open Pool F Child/Heese 11 Ljubicic/Slean 27, Q8 21-10, 21-16 0:39
Lead the series against # Q15 Backer/Ronnes, Netherlands 1-0
7/18/02FIVBFrance Grand Slam Pool K Child/Heese 15 Backer/Ronnes 34 21-18, 21-16 0:44