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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 Switzerland Open
June 19 - 23, 2002

(30) 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 Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2001	Sascha Heyer - 25th	Markus Egger - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/12-16/2002	Germany Open	20	17th	60	US$2,520.00
FIVB	9/12-16/2001	Spain Open	19	25th	36	US$2,000.00
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

Switzerland Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 6/21/2002	Pool C	Bjorn Berg / Simon Dahl, Sweden (14)	Won 21-16, 21-17	0:41
Fri, 6/21/2002	Pool C	Dmitri Barsuk / Mikhail Kouchnerev, Russia (19)	Won 21-17, 21-17	0:45
Sat, 6/22/2002	Pool C	Mariano Baracetti / Martin Conde, Argentina (3)	Lost 18-21, 17-21	0:43
Sat, 6/22/2002	Winner 1	Eric Fonoimoana / Dax Holdren, United States (13)	Won 21-13, 21-19	0:41
Sat, 6/22/2002	Winner 2	Stein Metzger / Kevin Wong, United States (5)	Lost 12-21, 21-13, 12-15	0:56

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	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	5	1	$25,250.00	29	21	58.0 %
2002	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$9,195.00	4	4	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	5	1	$34,445.00	33	25	56.9 %

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
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
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$4,597.50	2002	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$4,597.50
53	1	2	2	0	4	3	4	13	24	$37,697.50	Total	Total	46	1	1	3	0	1	6	6	8	20	$28,387.50

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%
2001-2002	32	65.3%	9	18.4%	8	16.3%	41-8	83.7%	7	18.4%	8	21.1%	23	60.5%	7-31	18.4%	32-23	58.2%	16-16	50.0%	0	0	48-39	55.2%
Against the Field	44	63.8%	12	17.4%	13	18.8%	56-13	81.2%	10	20.8%	8	16.7%	30	62.5%	10-38	20.8%	88-58	60.3%	44-42	51.2%	1	0	67-50	57.3%

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 16-15 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 9 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 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 # 3 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 0-3
6/22/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool C	Baracetti/Conde	3	Egger/Heyer	30	21-18, 21-17	0:43
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 # 4 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
Trail the series against # 5 Metzger/Wong, United States 0-1
6/22/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 2	Metzger/Wong	5	Egger/Heyer	30	21-12, 13-21, 15-12	0:56
Lead the series against # 6 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
Trail the series against # 7 Lopes/Neto, Brazil 0-3
6/14/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Pool D	Lopes/Neto	4	Egger/Heyer	20	17-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:58
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
Trail the series against # 8 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 0-1
9/14/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Heuscher/Kobel	14	Egger/Heyer	19	21-17, 21-14	0:35
Trail the series against # 9 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 0-1
7/21/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 4	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	7	Egger/Heyer	30, Q8	10-21, 21-19, 15-7	0:50
Lead the series against # 11 Prosser/Zahner, Australia 1-0
7/21/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 2	Egger/Heyer	30, Q8	Prosser/Zahner	13	21-15, 21-15	0:33
Lead the series against # 13 Fonoimoana/Holdren, United States 1-0
6/22/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	Egger/Heyer	30	Fonoimoana/Holdren	13	21-13, 21-19	0:41
Series tied with # 14 Berg/Dahl, Sweden 1-1
6/21/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool C	Egger/Heyer	30	Berg/Dahl	14	21-16, 21-17	0:41
6/15/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Pool D	Berg/Dahl	13	Egger/Heyer	20	13-21, 21-18, 17-15	0:58
Series tied with # 16 Child/Heese, Canada 1-1
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 # 18, Q1 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
Lead the series against # 19 Barsuk/Kouchnerev, Russia 1-0
6/21/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool C	Egger/Heyer	30	Barsuk/Kouchnerev	19	21-17, 21-17	0:45
Lead the series against # 21, Q9 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 # 23 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
Trail the series against # 32, 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
Lead the series against 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
Lead the series against # Q5 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 # Q13 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