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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 ConocoPhillips Open
July 2 - 6, 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 Stavanger Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1999	Bernhard Vesti - 25th	Martin Tschudi - 25th
2000	Bernhard Vesti - 41st	Did not play
2001	Sascha Heyer - 25th	Markus Egger - 25th
2002	Sascha Heyer - 25th	Markus Egger - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/25-29/2003	Germany Grand Slam	13	17th	120	US$5,000.00
FIVB	6/18-22/2003	Switzerland Open	9	5th	180	US$6,000.00
FIVB	6/4-8/2003	Hellas Open	18	5th	180	US$6,000.00
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

Norway Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 7/4/2003	Pool B	Mariano Baracetti / Martin Conde, Argentina (2)	Lost 14-21, 21-23	0:43
Fri, 7/4/2003	Pool B	Andreas Gilbertsson / Robert Svensson, Sweden (31)	Won 18-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:54
Sat, 7/5/2003	Pool B	Christoph Dieckmann / Andreas Scheuerpflug, Germany (15)	Lost 21-14, 14-21, 14-16	0:43

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	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	$19,500.00	9	7	56.3 %
Total	FIVB	22	0	1	0	0	3	0	3	0	7	7	1	$89,055.00	57	46	55.3 %

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
4	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	$9,750.00	2003	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	$9,750.00
64	1	3	2	0	6	4	9	15	24	$65,002.50	Total	Total	57	1	2	3	0	3	7	11	10	20	$55,692.50

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%	13	21.3%	11	18.0%	50-11	82.0%	11	21.6%	5	9.8%	35	68.6%	11-40	21.6%	74-66	52.9%	48-32	60.0%	2	0	63-49	56.3%

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 25-24 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 9 Series, 5 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Araujo/Insfran, Brazil 0-1
6/21/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 2	Araujo/Insfran	1	Egger/Heyer	9	14-21, 21-15, 15-11	0:54
Trail the series against # 2 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 0-7
7/4/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool B	Baracetti/Conde	2	Egger/Heyer	18	21-14, 23-21	0:43
8/9/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool D	Baracetti/Conde	4	Egger/Heyer	20	21-12, 21-18	0:43
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
Trail the series against # 3 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
Series tied with # 5 Rego/Santos, Brazil 1-1
6/27/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool D	Rego/Santos	4	Egger/Heyer	13	21-23, 21-19, 15-11	1:01
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 # 6 Marques/Neto, Brazil 0-1
6/20/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool H	Marques/Neto	8	Egger/Heyer	9	15-21, 21-17, 15-9	0:57
Series tied with # 7 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
Trail the series against # 8 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 # 9 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
Trail the series against # 11 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
Series tied with # 12 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
Series tied with # 15 Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug, Germany 1-1
7/5/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool B	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	15	Egger/Heyer	18	14-21, 21-14, 16-14	0:43
6/7/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Winner 1	Egger/Heyer	18	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	17	21-17, 21-18	0:36
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 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
Trail the series against # 19, Q1 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
Trail the series against # 20 Holden/Leinemann, Canada 0-1
6/27/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool D	Holden/Leinemann	20	Egger/Heyer	13	21-14, 20-22, 15-12	0:58
Lead the series against # 21 Canet/Hamel, France 3-0
6/21/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool H	Egger/Heyer	9	Canet/Hamel	24	21-18, 21-19	0:39
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 # 24, Q4 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 # 25, Q3 Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson, Spain 1-0
6/20/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool H	Egger/Heyer	9	Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson	25, Q1	21-15, 21-19	0:42
Lead the series against # 28, Q2 Klemperer/Rademacher, Germany 2-0
6/26/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool D	Egger/Heyer	13	Klemperer/Rademacher	29, Q13	21-18, 21-23, 15-7	0:46
9/6/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool G	Egger/Heyer	23	Klemperer/Rademacher	26	21-17, 17-21, 15-10	0:54
Lead the series against # 29, Q9 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 # 30 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 # 31 Gilbertsson/Svensson, Sweden 1-0
7/4/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool B	Egger/Heyer	18	Gilbertsson/Svensson	31	18-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:54
Lead the series against # Q18 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 # Q21 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 # Q25 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