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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 Spain Open
September 4 - 8, 2002

(5) John Child/Mark Heese, Canada

John Child
Canada

Photo: Raymond Wardenær

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 4, 1967 (58 yrs old)

Home Town:

Toronto, ON

Height:

189 cm (6'2")

Weight:

93 kg (205 lb)

Seasons:

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 (56 yrs old)

Home Town:

Aurora, ON

Height:

184 cm (6'0")

Weight:

85 kg (187 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

166

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Berlin 1996)

Career Winnings:

US$518,387.50

Awards

Most Inspirational 2005

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	Money
FIVB	114	1	5	8	8	20	1	12	21	13	15	8	1	1	US$789,200.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$2,600.00
Overall	115	1	5	9	8	20	1	12	21	13	15	8	1	1	US$791,800.00

Previous Mallorca Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/7-11/2002	Spain Open	5	5th	180	US$6,675.00
FIVB	8/1-4/2002	Austria Grand Slam	5	5th	240	US$8,500.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2002	Portugal Open	4	5th	180	US$6,675.00
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

Spain Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 9/6/2002	Pool E	Dain Blanton / Carl Henkel, United States (21)	Won 21-17, 21-15	0:49
Fri, 9/6/2002	Pool E	Fabio Diez / John Garcia-Thompson, Spain (12)	Won 22-24, 21-17, 15-8	1:08
Sat, 9/7/2002	Pool E	Kristjan Kais / Rivo Vesik, Estonia (28, Q17)	Won 21-16, 21-19	0:39
Sat, 9/7/2002	Winner 1	Javier Bosma / Antonio Cotrino , Spain (11)	Lost 17-21, 18-21	0:46

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	3	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$22,075.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	14	0	1	3	0	2	0	3	0	1	4	0	$203,900.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	90	1	4	4	8	16	12	16	12	13	4	0	$554,725.00
Challenger	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,600.00
Goodwill Games	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$8,500.00
Total	115	1	5	9	8	21	12	21	13	15	8	0	$791,800.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

John Child												Mark Heese
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	3	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$11,037.50	World Championships	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$14,537.50
16	0	1	3	0	3	3	2	4	0	$110,825.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	29	0	1	3	0	2	4	3	11	0	$120,700.00
101	1	4	4	9	33	29	15	6	0	$295,475.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	125	1	4	4	8	31	41	24	10	0	$344,600.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,300.00	Challenger	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,300.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$4,250.00	Goodwill Games	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$4,250.00
128	1	5	9	9	39	35	18	10	0	$422,887.50	Total	166	1	5	9	8	36	48	29	21	0	$485,387.50

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
1996	FIVB	16	1	2	2	1	3	1	2	2	1	1	0	$216,500.00	6	2	75.0 %
1997	FIVB	9	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	0	0	$67,100.00	1	1	50.0 %
1999	FIVB	13	0	0	0	1	2	2	4	2	2	0	0	$71,000.00	2	2	50.0 %
2000	FIVB	13	0	1	1	1	2	2	3	0	3	0	0	$81,000.00	2	1	66.7 %
2001	FIVB	9	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	1	2	1	0	$54,750.00	20	20	50.0 %
2002	FIVB	9	0	1	0	1	4	0	2	0	0	1	0	$62,625.00	31	15	67.4 %
Total	FIVB	69	1	4	4	7	15	6	13	7	9	3	0	$552,975.00	62	41	60.2 %

Individual Finishes by Season

John Child													Mark Heese
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	1	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	1991	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,900.00	1992	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,250.00
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$4,650.00	1993	FIVB
6	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	0	0	$15,062.50	1994	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$3,562.50
17	0	0	3	0	7	6	1	0	0	$45,750.00	1995	FIVB	17	0	0	3	0	7	6	1	0	0	$45,750.00
16	1	2	2	1	4	4	1	1	0	$108,250.00	1996	FIVB	16	1	2	2	1	4	4	1	1	0	$108,250.00
9	0	0	1	1	3	3	1	0	0	$33,550.00	1997	FIVB	9	0	0	1	1	3	3	1	0	0	$33,550.00
11	0	1	1	0	3	5	1	0	0	$40,550.00	1998	FIVB	11	0	1	1	0	3	5	1	0	0	$40,550.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,300.00	1998	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,300.00
13	0	0	0	1	4	6	2	0	0	$35,500.00	1999	FIVB	13	0	0	0	1	4	6	2	0	0	$35,500.00
13	0	1	1	1	4	3	3	0	0	$40,500.00	2000	FIVB	13	0	1	1	1	4	3	3	0	0	$40,500.00
9	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	1	0	$27,375.00	2001	FIVB	9	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	1	0	$27,375.00
9	0	1	0	1	4	2	0	1	0	$31,312.50	2002	FIVB	9	0	1	0	1	4	2	0	1	0	$31,312.50
108	1	5	9	8	37	32	13	3	0	$386,700.00	Total	Total	101	1	5	9	7	32	33	11	3	0	$369,900.00

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	56	76.7%	11	15.1%	6	8.2%	67-6	91.8%	10	15.2%	13	19.7%	43	65.2%	10-56	15.2%	56-43	56.6%	21-19	52.5%	2	11	88-78	53.0%
2001-2002	36	75.0%	9	18.8%	3	6.3%	45-3	93.8%	6	16.7%	7	19.4%	23	63.9%	6-30	16.7%	36-23	61.0%	15-10	60.0%	0	2	51-35	59.3%
Against the Field	27	67.5%	7	17.5%	6	15.0%	34-6	85.0%	6	15.4%	5	12.8%	28	71.8%	6-33	15.4%	54-48	52.9%	26-20	56.5%	0	4	41-38	51.9%

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	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	10	6
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	9
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	5	7	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	12
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	3	1	23	7	0	0	26	20	1	4	0	4	0	1	65	49
Goodwill Games	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Total	0	0	3	1	31	19	0	0	32	29	1	5	1	4	0	1	88	78

Head to Head Results
Child/Heese lead the series against the field 30-19 (Lead 15 Series, Trail 5 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 2-5
8/10/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 2	Baracetti/Conde	4	Child/Heese	5	22-20, 21-13	0:51
7/14/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Semi-Finals	Child/Heese	11	Baracetti/Conde	2	25-23, 21-14	0:53
7/5/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool C	Baracetti/Conde	3	Child/Heese	14	21-19, 25-27, 26-24	1:18
6/16/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Semi-Finals	Baracetti/Conde	3	Child/Heese	15	21-19, 27-25	0:59
6/30/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Winner 3	Child/Heese	5	Baracetti/Conde	13	23-21, 23-21	0:46
6/17/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Bronze Medal	Baracetti/Conde	22	Child/Heese	7	21-15, 25-23	0:44
6/16/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 4	Baracetti/Conde	22	Child/Heese	7	22-24, 21-16, 17-15	1:05
Trail the series against # 4 Araujo/Insfran, Brazil 0-2
8/3/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 3	Araujo/Insfran	6	Child/Heese	5	21-18, 21-19	0:44
7/27/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 2	Araujo/Insfran	5, Q1	Child/Heese	4	21-13, 21-19	0:44
Trail the series against # 7 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 0-2
6/14/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Pool B	Laciga/Laciga	2	Child/Heese	15	19-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:55
7/8/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Semi-Finals	Laciga/Laciga	2	Child/Heese	4	21-15, 21-17	0:40
Lead the series against # 8 Holden/Leinemann, Canada 1-0
7/13/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 1	Child/Heese	11	Holden/Leinemann	12	21-17, 16-21, 15-8	0:58
Lead the series against # 10 Berger/Doppler, Austria 2-0
8/9/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool E	Child/Heese	5	Berger/Doppler	12	21-17, 24-26, 16-14	1:17
7/13/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 2	Child/Heese	11	Berger/Doppler	13	24-22, 21-12	0:45
Trail the series against # 11 Bosma/Cotrino , Spain 1-3
9/7/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Bosma/Cotrino	11	Child/Heese	5	21-17, 21-18	0:46
8/31/01	FIVB	Goodwill Games	Contender 1	Bosma/Cotrino	12	Child/Heese	13	By Forfeit
8/10/01	FIVB	Belgium Open	Winner 1	Bosma/Cotrino	21, Q2	Child/Heese	12	21-15, 23-25, 15-12	0:56
6/15/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 2	Child/Heese	7	Bosma/Cotrino	10	21-18, 21-13	0:39
Lead the series against # 12 Diez/Garcia-Thompson, Spain 2-0
9/6/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool E	Child/Heese	5	Diez/Garcia-Thompson	12	22-24, 21-17, 15-8	1:08
7/27/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool D	Child/Heese	4	Diez/Garcia-Thompson	29, Q7	21-19, 21-17	0:51
Trail the series against # 13 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 1-2
7/26/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool D	Child/Heese	4	Heuscher/Kobel	13	21-15, 21-17	0:36
7/12/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Pool F	Heuscher/Kobel	6	Child/Heese	11	16-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:58
6/30/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Contender 6	Heuscher/Kobel	16	Child/Heese	5	25-23, 21-17	0:44
Series tied with # 14 Schacht/Slack, Australia 1-1
8/10/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Child/Heese	5	Schacht/Slack	11	21-13, 21-18	0:46
7/18/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool K	Schacht/Slack	39	Child/Heese	15	21-15, 21-14	0:46
Lead the series against # 15 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 2-1
8/1/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool E	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	20	Child/Heese	5	21-19, 21-19	0:49
7/27/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Child/Heese	4	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	14	19-21, 21-19, 15-13	1:00
7/7/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Contender 6	Child/Heese	4	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	7	21-19, 21-18	0:38
Lead the series against # 16 Berg/Dahl, Sweden 1-0
7/26/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool D	Child/Heese	4	Berg/Dahl	20	22-20, 19-21, 16-14	1:15
Lead the series against # 18 Karasev/Zaitsev, Russia 2-0
8/9/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool E	Child/Heese	5	Karasev/Zaitsev	28, Q4	21-19, 18-21, 16-14	1:17
8/3/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	Child/Heese	5	Karasev/Zaitsev	36	17-21, 21-16, 15-8	0:55
Lead the series against # 19 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 3-2
6/15/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Winner 1	Child/Heese	15	Brenha/Maia	16	21-12, 21-18	0:36
8/3/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Winner 1	Brenha/Maia	27	Child/Heese	8	21-17, 11-21, 15-13	0:51
7/13/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 1	Brenha/Maia	19	Child/Heese	3	27-25, 21-11	0:50
6/22/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Contender 2	Child/Heese	8	Brenha/Maia	10	21-19, 21-13	0:37
7/28/96	FIVB	Atlanta XXVI Olympic Games	Bronze Medal	Child/Heese	8	Brenha/Maia	18	12-5, 12-8	1:17
Lead the series against # 21 Blanton/Henkel, United States 2-0
9/6/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool E	Child/Heese	5	Blanton/Henkel	21	21-17, 21-15	0:49
6/22/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool A	Child/Heese	16	Blanton/Henkel	17	21-18, 22-20	0:47
Lead the series against # 22 Canet/Hamel, France 2-0
8/3/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 2	Child/Heese	5	Canet/Hamel	27	21-17, 30-28	0:59
6/15/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Pool B	Child/Heese	15	Canet/Hamel	18	22-24, 21-13, 15-11	1:06
Lead the series against # 23 Egger/Heyer, Switzerland 2-1
7/6/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool C	Child/Heese	14	Egger/Heyer	19, Q2	21-16, 14-21, 15-13	0:54
7/27/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Child/Heese	5	Egger/Heyer	28, Q3	21-14, 16-21, 15-13	0:47
7/13/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 1	Egger/Heyer	30, Q12	Child/Heese	3	22-20, 21-19	0:44
Lead the series against # 28, Q17 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 1-0
9/7/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool E	Child/Heese	5	Kais/Vesik	28, Q17	21-16, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # Q1 Alvarez/Rossell, Cuba 1-0
7/26/96	FIVB	Atlanta XXVI Olympic Games	Contender 4	Child/Heese	8	Alvarez/Rossell	10	15-4	0:30
Lead the series against # Q3 Kouchnerev/Sayfulin, Russia 2-0
7/13/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Pool F	Child/Heese	11	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	22	21-15, 21-19	0:56
7/5/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool C	Child/Heese	14	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	30	21-15, 27-25	0:50
Lead the series against # Q7 Backer/Ronnes, Netherlands 1-0
7/18/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool K	Child/Heese	15	Backer/Ronnes	34	21-18, 21-16	0:44
Lead the series against # Q8 Goranson/Goranson, Norway 1-0
7/6/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 1	Child/Heese	4	Goranson/Goranson	29	21-12, 21-15	0:38