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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 Austria Grand Slam
August 1 - 4, 2002

(23) 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 Klagenfurt Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1997	Sascha Heyer - 49th	Markus Egger - 49th
1998	Bernhard Vesti - 13th	Did not play
1999	Bernhard Vesti - 25th	Martin Tschudi - 41st
2000	Bernhard Vesti - 41st	Martin Walser - 49th
2001	Sascha Heyer - 17th	Markus Egger - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/24-28/2002	Portugal Open	22	17th	60	US$2,520.00
FIVB	7/17-21/2002	France Grand Slam	28	25th	40	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/10-14/2002	Canada Open	17	9th	120	US$3,900.00
FIVB	7/3-7/2002	Norway Open	19, Q2	25th	30	US$1,650.00
FIVB	6/19-23/2002	Switzerland Open	30	5th	180	US$6,675.00
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
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

Austria Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/1/2002	Pool B	Jose Luis Martell / Joel Sotelo, Mexico (47)	Won 21-15, 21-15	0:31
Thu, 8/1/2002	Pool B	Jose Loiola / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (2)	Lost 21-16, 15-21, 10-15	1:02
Fri, 8/2/2002	Pool B	Javier Bosma / Antonio Cotrino , Spain (26)	Won 18-21, 21-16, 15-7	0:56
Sat, 8/3/2002	Winner 1	Bjorn Berg / Simon Dahl, Sweden (16)	Won 21-15, 21-14	0:42
Sat, 8/3/2002	Winner 2	Stein Metzger / Kevin Wong, United States (8)	Won 21-13, 17-21, 15-9	0:53
Sat, 8/3/2002	Winner 3	Roberto Lopes / Franco Neto, Brazil (18)	Won 21-18, 18-21, 15-10	1:00
Sun, 8/4/2002	Semi-Finals	Vegard Hoidalen / Jorre Kjemperud, Norway (20)	Won 18-21, 21-19, 15-10	0:59
Sun, 8/4/2002	Gold Medal	Jose Loiola / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (2)	Lost 16-21, 18-21	0:47

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 %
2002	FIVB	7	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	$39,265.00	17	14	54.8 %
Total	FIVB	16	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	3	7	1	$64,515.00	46	35	56.8 %
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
7	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	2	0	$19,632.50	2002	FIVB	7	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	2	0	$19,632.50
62	2	4	2	0	5	4	6	15	24	$75,395.00	Total	Total	56	2	3	3	1	2	8	7	10	20	$66,835.00

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%
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	39	62.9%	12	19.4%	11	17.7%	51-11	82.3%	8	18.2%	7	15.9%	29	65.9%	8-36	18.2%	78-56	58.2%	40-36	52.6%	1	0	60-46	56.6%

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 33-26 (Lead 13 Series, Trail 7 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Ramos/Rego, Brazil 0-2
7/12/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Pool A	Ramos/Rego	1	Egger/Heyer	17	21-19, 21-16	0:38
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 0-4
8/4/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Loiola/Santos	2	Egger/Heyer	23	21-16, 21-18	0:47
8/1/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool B	Loiola/Santos	2	Egger/Heyer	23	16-21, 21-15, 15-10	1:02
7/17/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool D	Loiola/Santos	4	Egger/Heyer	28	14-21, 21-15, 15-11	0:50
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 0-5
7/13/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 1	Baracetti/Conde	2	Egger/Heyer	17	17-21, 21-13, 15-11	0:50
7/5/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool C	Baracetti/Conde	3	Egger/Heyer	19, Q2	21-17, 21-19	0:46
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
Lead the series against # 4 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 # 5 Child/Heese, Canada 1-2
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
Trail the series against # 7 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
Series tied with # 8 Metzger/Wong, United States 1-1
8/3/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 2	Egger/Heyer	23	Metzger/Wong	8	21-13, 17-21, 15-9	0:53
6/22/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 2	Metzger/Wong	5	Egger/Heyer	30	21-12, 13-21, 15-12	0:56
Series tied with # 9 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
Trail the series against # 12 Alvarez/Rossell, Cuba 0-1
7/26/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool F	Alvarez/Rossell	6, Q3	Egger/Heyer	22	23-21, 21-15	0:49
Lead the series against # 13 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 # 14 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 # 16 Berg/Dahl, Sweden 2-2
8/3/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	Egger/Heyer	23	Berg/Dahl	16	21-15, 21-14	0:42
7/18/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool D	Berg/Dahl	21	Egger/Heyer	28	21-19, 21-15	0:43
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
Trail the series against # 18 Lopes/Neto, Brazil 1-3
8/3/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 3	Egger/Heyer	23	Lopes/Neto	18	21-18, 18-21, 15-10	1:00
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
Lead the series against # 20 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 4-1
8/4/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Egger/Heyer	23	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	20	18-21, 21-19, 15-10	0:59
7/13/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Pool A	Egger/Heyer	17	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	16	18-21, 21-12, 15-11	0:51
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 # 22 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 # 26 Bosma/Cotrino , Spain 3-0
8/2/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool B	Egger/Heyer	23	Bosma/Cotrino	26	18-21, 21-16, 15-7	0:56
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 # 27 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
Series tied with # 34 Kouchnerev/Sayfulin, Russia 1-1
7/26/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool F	Egger/Heyer	22	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	27	17-21, 21-15, 15-7	0:55
7/5/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool C	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	30	Egger/Heyer	19, Q2	21-17, 22-20	0:55
Lead the series against # 39 Cadieux/Mackay, Canada 1-0
7/4/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 3	Egger/Heyer	19, Q2	Cadieux/Mackay	Q18	21-16, 21-14	0:35
Lead the series against # 41 Amore/Lione, Italy 1-0
7/12/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Pool A	Egger/Heyer	17	Amore/Lione	32, Q4	21-16, 15-21, 15-11	0:45
Lead the series against # 42 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 # 43 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 # 44 Kais/Kais, Estonia 4-0
7/18/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool D	Egger/Heyer	28	Kais/Kais	45	21-13, 21-19	0:29
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
Lead the series against # 47 Martell/Sotelo, Mexico 2-0
8/1/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool B	Egger/Heyer	23	Martell/Sotelo	47	21-15, 21-15	0:31
7/4/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 2	Egger/Heyer	19, Q2	Martell/Sotelo	Q34	21-17, 21-17	0:36