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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$180,000 Italy Open
July 11 - 15, 2001

(30, Q12) Markus Egger/Sascha Heyer, Switzerland

Markus Egger
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 24, 1975 (50 yrs old)

Home Town:

Zug

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

106

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

1 (Stare Jablonki 2005)

Career Winnings:

US$256,327.50

Sascha Heyer
Switzerland

Photo: Adrian Knecht

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 21, 1972 (53 yrs old)

Home Town:

Zürich

Height:

203 cm (6'8")

Weight:

104 kg (229 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

155

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Best:

2nd (5 times)

Career Winnings:

US$413,192.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	49	Money
FIVB	45	0	3	1	0	7	1	9	1	13	7	1	1	1	US$256,855.00
FIVB C&S	4	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$7,000.00
Overall	49	1	4	3	0	7	1	9	1	13	7	1	1	1	US$263,855.00

Previous Lignano Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1996	Did not play	Martin Walser - 25th
1998	Bernhard Vesti - 37th	Martin Fluckiger - 41st
1999	Bernhard Vesti - 41st	Martin Tschudi - 57th
2000	Bernhard Vesti - 41st	Martin Walser - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/4-8/2001	Norway Open	28, Q12	25th	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2001	Germany Open	Q10	33rd	28	US$0.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2001	Swiss Open	27	25th	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2001	Spain Open	29, Q12	25th	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB C&S	9/1-3/2000	Pfaeffikon Satellite	3	1st	20	US$2,000.00
FIVB C&S	8/18-20/2000	Lausanne Satellite	3	2nd	18	US$1,500.00

Italy Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/11/2001	Qualifier 2	Alexis Schoeb / Clement Schoeb, Switzerland (Q53)	Won 21-17, 21-10	0:34
Wed, 7/11/2001	Qualifier 3	Espen Goranson / Kjell Goranson, Norway (Q21)	Won 21-19, 21-17	0:43
Wed, 7/11/2001	Qualifier 4	Rob Heidger / Chip McCaw, United States (Q5)	Lost 15-21, 22-24	0:40
Thu, 7/12/2001	Qualifier 6	Katsuhiro Shiratori / Satoshi Watanabe, Japan (Q20)	Won 21-14, 20-22, 15-11	0:53
Thu, 7/12/2001	Qualifier 7	Jarrod Novosel / Joshua Slack, Australia (16, Q2)	Won 15-21, 22-20, 15-12	0:57
Fri, 7/13/2001	Winner 1	John Child / Mark Heese, Canada (3)	Won 22-20, 21-19	0:44
Fri, 7/13/2001	Winner 2	Jose Loiola / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (14)	Lost 15-21, 14-21	0:46
Fri, 7/13/2001	Contender 2	Javier Bosma / Antonio Cotrino , Spain (20, Q6)	Won 21-18, 21-16	0:49
Sat, 7/14/2001	Contender 3	Jefferson Bellaguarda / Paulao Moreira, Brazil (6)	Won 22-20, 19-21, 15-8	1:07
Sat, 7/14/2001	Contender 4	Roberto Lopes / Franco Neto, Brazil (24, Q10)	Lost 17-21, 10-21	0:41

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$)
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$7,750.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	11	0	2	0	0	1	0	4	0	2	1	0	$104,100.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	32	0	1	1	0	6	1	5	1	9	6	0	$145,005.00
Satellite	4	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,000.00
Total	49	1	4	3	0	7	1	9	1	13	7	0	$263,855.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Markus Egger												Sascha Heyer
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$7,625.00	World Championships	7	0	1	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	$38,875.00
20	0	2	0	0	2	6	5	2	0	$74,575.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	48	0	2	1	1	6	18	12	6	0	$193,725.00
73	1	3	2	1	13	10	9	14	0	$166,052.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	87	0	2	3	0	10	21	21	13	0	$173,027.50
2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,900.00	Challenger	3	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	$2,100.00
7	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,175.00	Satellite	8	2	1	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	$5,465.00
106	3	7	5	1	17	16	17	16	0	$256,327.50	Total	155	2	6	8	1	16	45	38	19	0	$413,192.50

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
2001	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	$11,500.00	18	12	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	$11,500.00	18	12	60.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Markus Egger													Sascha Heyer
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1995	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											1996	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	$2,500.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	$1,850.00	1997	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	$1,850.00
8	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	5	$6,050.00	1998	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$850.00	1998	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$625.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	7	$4,000.00	1999	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	$1,000.00
2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,725.00	1999	FIVB C&S	3	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	$1,140.00
12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	9	$2,250.00	2000	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,750.00	2000	FIVB C&S	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,050.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	$5,750.00	2001	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	$5,750.00
46	1	2	1	0	3	2	2	11	24	$25,225.00	Total	Total	39	1	1	2	0	0	5	4	6	20	$15,915.00

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	77	65.8%	21	17.9%	19	16.2%	98-19	83.8%	18	23.1%	13	16.7%	47	60.3%	18-60	23.1%	77-47	62.1%	39-32	54.9%	3	0	119-79	60.1%
2000-2001	21	72.4%	5	17.2%	3	10.3%	26-3	89.7%	3	14.3%	5	23.8%	13	61.9%	3-18	14.3%	21-13	61.8%	8-8	50.0%	0	0	29-21	58.0%
Against the Field	33	58.9%	12	21.4%	11	19.6%	45-11	80.4%	9	18.4%	9	18.4%	31	63.3%	9-40	18.4%	66-60	52.4%	42-40	51.2%	1	0	55-50	52.4%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	4	1	12	6	0	0	11	6	2	0	0	0	0	2	32	19
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	20	4	20	16	0	0	16	21	1	1	1	0	0	1	83	57
Satellite	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	6	1
Total	0	0	24	5	39	23	0	0	29	29	3	2	2	0	0	3	125	80

Head to Head Results
Egger/Heyer lead the series against the field 15-11 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 8 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 0-1
6/15/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Laciga/Laciga	4	Egger/Heyer	29, Q12	21-18, 21-17	0:35
Lead the series against # 3 Child/Heese, Canada 1-0
7/13/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 1	Egger/Heyer	30, Q12	Child/Heese	3	22-20, 21-19	0:44
Trail the series against # 4 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 0-1
7/6/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 1	Baracetti/Conde	5	Egger/Heyer	28, Q12	21-19, 21-19	0:52
Series tied with # 6 Bellaguarda/Moreira, Brazil 1-1
7/14/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 3	Egger/Heyer	30, Q12	Bellaguarda/Moreira	6	22-20, 19-21, 15-8	1:07
6/28/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Qualifier 5	Bellaguarda/Moreira	6, Q2	Egger/Heyer	Q10	16-21, 21-16, 15-9	0:45
Trail the series against # 12 Oetke/Scheuerpflug, Germany 0-1
6/22/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Contender 1	Oetke/Scheuerpflug	11	Egger/Heyer	27	18-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:47
Trail the series against # 14 Loiola/Santos, Brazil 0-1
7/13/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 2	Loiola/Santos	14	Egger/Heyer	30, Q12	21-15, 21-14	0:46
Trail the series against # 15, Q4 Holdren/Rogers, United States 0-1
6/15/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 1	Holdren/Rogers	13	Egger/Heyer	29, Q12	21-19, 22-20	0:36
Series tied with # 16, Q2 Novosel/Slack, Australia 1-1
7/12/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Qualifier 7	Egger/Heyer	30, Q12	Novosel/Slack	16, Q2	15-21, 22-20, 15-12	0:57
7/4/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 3	Novosel/Slack	15, Q5	Egger/Heyer	28, Q12	21-15, 14-21, 15-12	0:44
Lead the series against # 20, Q6 Bosma/Cotrino , Spain 1-0
7/13/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 2	Egger/Heyer	30, Q12	Bosma/Cotrino	20, Q6	21-18, 21-16	0:49
Trail the series against # 24, Q10 Lopes/Neto, Brazil 0-1
7/14/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 4	Lopes/Neto	24, Q10	Egger/Heyer	30, Q12	21-17, 21-10	0:41
Trail the series against # Q1 Berger/Stamm, Austria 0-1
7/6/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Contender 1	Berger/Stamm	21, Q3	Egger/Heyer	28, Q12	21-19, 21-7	0:36
Trail the series against # Q5 Heidger/McCaw, United States 0-2
7/11/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Qualifier 4	Heidger/McCaw	Q5	Egger/Heyer	30, Q12	21-15, 24-22	0:40
6/28/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Qualifier 7	Heidger/McCaw	24, Q5	Egger/Heyer	Q10	21-19, 22-24, 19-17	1:05
Lead the series against # Q8 Canet/Hamel, France 1-0
7/5/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 10	Egger/Heyer	28, Q12	Canet/Hamel	27, Q10	21-18, 18-21, 15-10	0:56
Lead the series against # Q9 Pedrosa/Teixeira, Portugal 1-0
6/28/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Qualifier 4	Egger/Heyer	Q10	Pedrosa/Teixeira	27, Q7	21-13, 21-17	0:34
Lead the series against # Q11 Palinek/Pochop, Czech Republic 1-0
6/13/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 3	Egger/Heyer	29, Q12	Palinek/Pochop	Q5	18-21, 21-14, 15-7	1:01
Lead the series against # Q20 Shiratori/Watanabe, Japan 2-0
7/12/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Qualifier 6	Egger/Heyer	30, Q12	Shiratori/Watanabe	Q20	21-14, 20-22, 15-11	0:53
7/4/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 2	Egger/Heyer	28, Q12	Shiratori/Watanabe	30, Q21	21-16, 19-21, 15-12	0:51
Lead the series against # Q21 Goranson/Goranson, Norway 1-0
7/11/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Qualifier 3	Egger/Heyer	30, Q12	Goranson/Goranson	Q21	21-19, 21-17	0:43
Lead the series against # Q24 Contreras/Rodriguez Ibarra, Mexico 1-0
7/5/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 9	Egger/Heyer	28, Q12	Contreras/Rodriguez Ibarra	Q20	21-7, 21-12	0:29
Lead the series against # Q26 Kais/Kais, Estonia 2-0
6/27/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Qualifier 3	Egger/Heyer	Q10	Kais/Kais	Q23	21-17, 21-17	0:34
6/14/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 4	Egger/Heyer	29, Q12	Kais/Kais	31, Q29	26-24, 21-14	0:37
Lead the series against # Q28 Rodriguez/Vasquez A., Venezuela 1-0
7/4/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 8	Egger/Heyer	28, Q12	Rodriguez/Vasquez A.	Q22	21-18, 21-16	0:29
Lead the series against # Q53 Schoeb/Schoeb, Switzerland 1-0
7/11/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Qualifier 2	Egger/Heyer	30, Q12	Schoeb/Schoeb	Q53	21-17, 21-10	0:34