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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Hellas Open
June 4 - 8, 2003

(18) 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 Rhodes Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/4-8/2002	Spain Open	23	17th	60	US$2,520.00
FIVB	8/7-11/2002	Spain Open	20	17th	60	US$2,520.00
FIVB	8/1-4/2002	Austria Grand Slam	23	2nd	360	US$20,000.00
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

Hellas Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 6/6/2003

Pool B

Emanuel Rego / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (2)

Won 21-19, 13-21, 15-13

0:57

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Markus Egger	Total	29	19	N/A	N/A	0	11	0	N/A
	1	29	19	N/A	N/A	0	11	0	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
	3	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
Sascha Heyer	Total	21	16	N/A	N/A	4	4	0	N/A
	1	21	16	N/A	N/A	4	4	0	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
	3	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A

Fri, 6/6/2003

Pool B

Ivaylo Gavrilov / Vladislav Todorov, Bulgaria (31, Q24)

Won 19-21, 24-22, 15-8

0:54

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Markus Egger	Total	16	12	N/A	N/A	1	9	1	N/A
	1	16	12	N/A	N/A	1	9	1	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
	3	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
Sascha Heyer	Total	42	25	N/A	N/A	5	1	1	N/A
	1	42	25	N/A	N/A	5	1	1	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
	3	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A

Sat, 6/7/2003

Pool B

Markus Dieckmann / Jonas Reckermann, Germany (15)

Won 21-18, 21-19

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Markus Egger	Total	14	8	N/A	N/A	0	8	0	N/A
	1	14	8	N/A	N/A	0	8	0	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
Sascha Heyer	Total	21	13	N/A	N/A	8	5	2	N/A
	1	21	13	N/A	N/A	8	5	2	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A

Sat, 6/7/2003

Winner 1

Christoph Dieckmann / Andreas Scheuerpflug, Germany (17)

Won 21-17, 21-18

0:36

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Markus Egger	Total	18	15	N/A	N/A	0	7	0	N/A
	1	18	15	N/A	N/A	0	7	0	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
Sascha Heyer	Total	21	12	N/A	N/A	2	0	0	N/A
	1	21	12	N/A	N/A	2	0	0	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A

Sat, 6/7/2003

Winner 2

Dain Blanton / Jeff Nygaard, United States (24)

Lost 16-21, 17-21

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Markus Egger	Total	8	7	N/A	N/A	0	5	1	N/A
	1	8	7	N/A	N/A	0	5	1	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
Sascha Heyer	Total	28	16	N/A	N/A	1	4	0	N/A
	1	28	16	N/A	N/A	1	4	0	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Markus Egger	85	61	N/A	N/A	1	40	2	N/A
Sascha Heyer	133	82	N/A	N/A	20	14	3	N/A
Total	218	143	N/A	N/A	21	54	5	N/A
Opponents	236	136	N/A	N/A	16	40	11	N/A

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	9	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	4	2	0	$44,305.00	19	18	51.4 %
2003	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00	4	1	80.0 %
Total	FIVB	19	0	1	0	0	2	0	3	0	5	7	1	$75,555.00	52	40	56.5 %

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
9	0	1	0	0	1	1	4	2	0	$22,152.50	2002	FIVB	9	0	1	0	0	1	1	4	2	0	$22,152.50
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00	2003	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00
61	1	3	2	0	5	4	7	15	24	$58,252.50	Total	Total	54	1	2	3	0	2	7	9	10	20	$48,942.50

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%
2002-2003	28	59.6%	9	19.1%	10	21.3%	37-10	78.7%	10	31.3%	5	15.6%	17	53.1%	10-22	31.3%	28-17	62.2%	19-15	55.9%	2	0	49-32	60.5%
Against the Field	37	60.7%	12	19.7%	12	19.7%	49-12	80.3%	10	21.3%	6	12.8%	31	66.0%	10-37	21.3%	74-56	56.9%	44-36	55.0%	3	0	62-46	57.4%

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 21-13 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 6 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 2 Rego/Santos, Brazil 1-0
6/6/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool B	Egger/Heyer	18	Rego/Santos	2	21-19, 13-21, 15-13	0:57
Trail the series against # 4 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 0-2
9/6/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool G	Laciga/Laciga	7	Egger/Heyer	23	21-15, 18-21, 15-10	0:48
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 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 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 # 11 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 2-1
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
7/21/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 4	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	7	Egger/Heyer	30, Q8	10-21, 21-19, 15-7	0:50
Series tied with # 13 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 # 14 Berger/Doppler, Austria 0-1
9/7/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool G	Berger/Doppler	10	Egger/Heyer	23	21-16, 21-9	0:35
Lead the series against # 15 Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 2-0
6/7/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool B	Egger/Heyer	18	Dieckmann/Reckermann	15	21-18, 21-19	0:40
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 # 16 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 0-2
8/9/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool D	Heuscher/Kobel	13	Egger/Heyer	20	21-14, 21-19	0:39
9/14/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Heuscher/Kobel	14	Egger/Heyer	19	21-17, 21-14	0:35
Lead the series against # 17 Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug, Germany 1-0
6/7/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Winner 1	Egger/Heyer	18	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	17	21-17, 21-18	0:36
Lead the series against # 21 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 # 24 Blanton/Nygaard, United States 0-1
6/7/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Winner 2	Blanton/Nygaard	24	Egger/Heyer	18	21-16, 21-17	0:38
Lead the series against # 31, Q24 Gavrilov/Todorov, Bulgaria 1-0
6/6/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool B	Egger/Heyer	18	Gavrilov/Todorov	31, Q24	19-21, 24-22, 15-8	0:54
Lead the series against Klemperer/Rademacher, Germany 1-0
9/6/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool G	Egger/Heyer	23	Klemperer/Rademacher	26	21-17, 17-21, 15-10	0:54
Series tied with # Q5 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 # Q7 Shiratori/Watanabe, Japan 4-0
8/9/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool D	Egger/Heyer	20	Shiratori/Watanabe	29, Q5	21-15, 21-14	0:31
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 # 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
Lead the series against # Q20 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