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US$180,000 Spain Open
September 12 - 16, 2001

(19) Markus Egger/Sascha Heyer, Switzerland

Markus Egger
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 24, 1975 (51 yrs old)

Home Town:

Zug

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

124

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

1 (Stare Jablonki 2005)

Career Winnings:

US$363,546.36

Sascha Heyer
Switzerland

Photo: Adrian Knecht

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 21, 1972 (54 yrs old)

Home Town:

Zürich

Height:

203 cm (6'8")

Weight:

104 kg (229 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

183

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Best:

2nd (5 times)

Career Winnings:

US$534,068.41

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	49	Money
CEV	7	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$80,071.16
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	56	3	6	5	0	7	2	9	1	13	7	1	1	1	US$343,926.16

Previous Mallorca Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
CEV 1999	Bernhard Vesti - 17th	Martin Tschudi - 7th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	9/7-9/2001	European Championships	20	1st	200	€ 31,000.00
FIVB C&S	8/16-19/2001	Swiss Satellite	2	3rd	28	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/1-5/2001	Klagenfurt World Championships	32	17th	100	US$2,750.00
FIVB	7/25-29/2001	Portugal Open	28, Q3	25th	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/17-22/2001	France Grand Slam	30, Q8	9th	180	US$7,000.00
FIVB	7/11-15/2001	Italy Open	30, Q12	9th	144	US$5,500.00
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

Spain Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 9/14/2001	Winner 1	Patrick Heuscher / Stefan Kobel, Switzerland (14)	Lost 17-21, 14-21	0:35
Fri, 9/14/2001	Contender 1	Dmitri Kouvitchka / Sergey Sayfulin, Russia (30, Q14)	Lost 14-21, 21-18, 11-15	1:00

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	1	$104,100.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	32	0	1	1	0	6	1	5	1	9	6	2	$145,005.00
Satellite	4	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,000.00
Confederation Championship	5	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$66,000.00
Total	54	2	6	4	0	7	2	9	1	13	7	3	$329,855.00

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	1	$7,625.00	World Championships	7	0	1	0	0	0	1	4	0	1	$38,875.00
20	0	2	0	0	2	6	5	2	3	$74,575.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	48	0	2	1	1	6	18	12	6	2	$193,725.00
73	1	3	2	1	13	10	9	14	20	$166,052.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	87	0	2	3	0	10	21	21	13	17	$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
7	1	2	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	$36,500.00	Confederation Championship	12	1	2	1	0	5	2	1	0	0	$44,125.00
113	4	9	6	1	19	16	18	16	24	$292,827.50	Total	167	3	8	9	1	21	47	39	19	20	$457,317.50

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
2000	CEV	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$11,700.00	5	1	83.3 %
2001	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	5	1	$25,250.00	29	21	58.0 %
2001	CEV	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$31,000.00	6	1	85.7 %
Total	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	5	1	$25,250.00	29	21	58.0 %
Total	CEV	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$42,700.00	11	2	84.6 %

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
											1996	CEV	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
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
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$1,312.50	1999	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00
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
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,850.00	2000	CEV	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$6,412.50
9	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	1	$12,625.00	2001	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	1	$12,625.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	2001	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$15,500.00	2001	CEV	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$15,500.00
55	2	3	2	0	4	3	4	13	24	$55,762.50	Total	Total	49	2	2	3	1	1	7	5	8	20	$47,202.50

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	25	59.5%	9	21.4%	8	19.0%	34-8	81.0%	7	17.9%	6	15.4%	26	66.7%	7-32	17.9%	50-52	49.0%	32-28	53.3%	0	0	41-40	50.6%

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
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	12	2	3	1	1	0	1	2	22	8
Total	0	0	24	5	43	25	0	0	41	31	6	3	3	0	1	5	147	88

Head to Head Results
Egger/Heyer lead the series against the field 23-17 (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 # 1 Ramos/Rego, Brazil 0-1
8/3/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Winner 1	Ramos/Rego	2	Egger/Heyer	32	26-24, 15-21, 28-26	1:19
Trail the series against # 2 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 0-2
7/19/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Baracetti/Conde	3	Egger/Heyer	30, Q8	21-19, 21-18	0:39
7/6/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 1	Baracetti/Conde	5	Egger/Heyer	28, Q12	21-19, 21-19	0:52
Trail the series against # 3 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 1-3
9/9/01	CEV	European Championships	Gold Medal	Egger/Heyer	20	Laciga/Laciga	1	21-18, 23-21	0:38
9/8/01	CEV	European Championships	Winner 4	Laciga/Laciga	1	Egger/Heyer	20	21-16, 14-21, 16-14	0:57
6/15/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Laciga/Laciga	4	Egger/Heyer	29, Q12	21-18, 21-17	0:35
8/27/00	CEV	European Championships	Gold Medal	Laciga/Laciga	1	Egger/Heyer	19	12-11, 12-4	1:06
Lead the series against # 4 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 2-1
9/9/01	CEV	European Championships	Semi-Finals	Egger/Heyer	20	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	2	21-19, 21-14	0:40
7/21/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 4	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	7	Egger/Heyer	30, Q8	10-21, 21-19, 15-7	0:50
8/26/00	CEV	European Championships	Winner 4	Egger/Heyer	19	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	2	15-12	0:44
Lead the series against # 5 Ermishin/Kouchnerev, Russia 1-0
8/26/00	CEV	European Championships	Winner 3	Egger/Heyer	19	Ermishin/Kouchnerev	6	15-9	0:45
Trail the series against # 8, Q2 Lopes/Neto, Brazil 0-2
7/17/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 3	Lopes/Neto	19, Q9	Egger/Heyer	30, Q8	22-20, 21-17	0:39
7/14/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 4	Lopes/Neto	24, Q10	Egger/Heyer	30, Q12	21-17, 21-10	0:41
Lead the series against # 9 Bosma/Cotrino , Spain 2-0
7/21/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 3	Egger/Heyer	30, Q8	Bosma/Cotrino	22, Q2	21-18, 21-15	0:31
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 # 11 Berger/Stamm, Austria 1-2
9/7/01	CEV	European Championships	Winner 2	Egger/Heyer	20	Berger/Stamm	4	21-14, 21-10	0:35
8/2/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Pool A	Berger/Stamm	1	Egger/Heyer	32	21-17, 21-19	0:48
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 # 12, Q1 Bellaguarda/Moreira, Brazil 1-2
7/27/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 1	Bellaguarda/Moreira	12, Q1	Egger/Heyer	28, Q3	21-15, 21-18	0:40
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
Lead the series against # 13 Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 1-0
7/18/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 6	Egger/Heyer	30, Q8	Dieckmann/Reckermann	26, Q6	21-13, 21-15	0:37
Series tied with # 14 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 1-1
9/14/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Heuscher/Kobel	14	Egger/Heyer	19	21-17, 21-14	0:35
9/8/01	CEV	European Championships	Winner 3	Egger/Heyer	20	Heuscher/Kobel	5	21-19, 11-21, 15-8	0:50
Series tied with # 15 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
Trail the series against # 17 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
Lead the series against # 18 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 1-0
9/8/01	CEV	European Championships	Contender 5	Egger/Heyer	20	Brenha/Maia	21	21-18, 22-20	0:41
Lead the series against # 20, Q4 Shiratori/Watanabe, Japan 3-0
7/18/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 5	Egger/Heyer	30, Q8	Shiratori/Watanabe	Q16	21-18, 21-15	0:41
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 # 22 Canet/Hamel, France 2-0
7/26/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 4	Egger/Heyer	28, Q3	Canet/Hamel	29, Q6	21-15, 21-14	0:37
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 # 24, Q8 De Jesus/Gil, Puerto Rico 1-0
8/1/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Pool A	Egger/Heyer	32	De Jesus/Gil	33	21-15, 21-17	0:38
Lead the series against # 25, Q6 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 # 27, Q10 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 # 29, Q12 Kais/Kais, Estonia 3-0
9/7/01	CEV	European Championships	Winner 1	Egger/Heyer	20	Kais/Kais	13	23-21, 21-15	0:35
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
Trail the series against # 30, Q14 Kouvitchka/Sayfulin, Russia 0-1
9/14/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 1	Kouvitchka/Sayfulin	30, Q14	Egger/Heyer	19	21-14, 18-21, 15-11	1:00