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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$180,000 Olympic Garden Open
May 19 - 23, 2004

(13) Markus Egger/Sascha Heyer, Switzerland

Markus Egger
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 24, 1975 (49 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 (52 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 Lianyungang Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/23-28/2004	South Africa Open	14	9th	144	US$5,500.00
FIVB	3/16-21/2004	Brazil Open	10	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	10/14-19/2003	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	5	17th	160	US$5,000.00
FIVB	9/18-21/2003	United States Grand Slam	12	2nd	540	US$30,000.00
FIVB	9/3-7/2003	Spain Open	13	17th	60	US$2,500.00
FIVB C&S	8/14-17/2003	Switzerland Satellite	3	3rd	24	US$1,500.00
FIVB	7/31-8/3/2003	Austria Grand Slam	15	5th	312	US$11,000.00
FIVB	7/23-27/2003	Portugal Open	13	5th	180	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/16-20/2003	France Grand Slam	18	9th	216	US$7,000.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2003	Norway Open	18	17th	60	US$2,500.00
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

China Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 5/21/2004	Winner 1	Antonio Cotrino / John Garcia-Thompson, Spain (20)	Won 21-14, 21-17	0:35
Fri, 5/21/2004	Winner 2	Patrick Heuscher / Stefan Kobel, Switzerland (4)	Lost 16-21, 20-22	0:39
Fri, 5/21/2004	Contender 2	Vegard Hoidalen / Jorre Kjemperud, Norway (14)	Won 21-14, 21-19	0:39
Sat, 5/22/2004	Contender 3	Francisco Alvarez / Juan Rossell, Cuba (11)	Won 24-22, 21-19	0:44
Sat, 5/22/2004	Contender 4	Andrew Schacht / Joshua Slack, Australia (15)	Lost 21-19, 15-21, 13-15	0:58

Head to Head Results
Egger/Heyer lead the series against the field 32-28 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 6 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 1-3
9/21/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Rego/Santos	1	Egger/Heyer	12	21-11, 21-18	0:45
7/26/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 2	Rego/Santos	1	Egger/Heyer	13	21-12, 21-16	0:34
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 # 3 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 1-4
3/26/04	FIVB	South Africa Open	Contender 4	Laciga/Laciga	8	Egger/Heyer	14	18-21, 21-18, 19-17	1:03
9/20/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Winner 2	Egger/Heyer	12	Laciga/Laciga	4	21-15, 21-12	0:31
9/5/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool D	Laciga/Laciga	4	Egger/Heyer	13	21-14, 21-19	0:39
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 # 4 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 0-4
5/21/04	FIVB	China Open	Winner 2	Heuscher/Kobel	4	Egger/Heyer	13	21-16, 22-20	0:39
8/17/03	FIVB C&S	Switzerland Satellite	Semi-Finals	Heuscher/Kobel	2	Egger/Heyer	3	21-14, 23-21	0:39
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
Trail the series against # 6 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 2-7
7/25/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool D	Egger/Heyer	13	Baracetti/Conde	4	15-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:56
7/17/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool B	Egger/Heyer	18	Baracetti/Conde	2	21-17, 22-20	0:43
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 # 7 Brazao/Souza, Brazil 0-1
3/18/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 2	Brazao/Souza	7	Egger/Heyer	10	16-21, 21-16, 16-14	0:54
Trail the series against # 8 Blanton/Nygaard, United States 2-3
3/26/04	FIVB	South Africa Open	Contender 2	Egger/Heyer	14	Blanton/Nygaard	4	21-19, 19-21, 15-12	1:04
9/19/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Pool E	Egger/Heyer	12	Blanton/Nygaard	5	By Forfeit
8/2/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 2	Blanton/Nygaard	12	Egger/Heyer	15	21-19, 19-21, 24-22	1:03
7/18/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Blanton/Nygaard	16, Q3	Egger/Heyer	18	21-18, 21-15	0:42
6/7/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Winner 2	Blanton/Nygaard	24	Egger/Heyer	18	21-16, 21-17	0:38
Lead the series against # 10, Q1 Rogers/Scott, United States 1-0
8/2/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	Egger/Heyer	15	Rogers/Scott	14	21-19, 21-18	0:41
Series tied with # 11 Alvarez/Rossell, Cuba 1-1
5/22/04	FIVB	China Open	Contender 3	Egger/Heyer	13	Alvarez/Rossell	11	24-22, 21-19	0:44
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 Bosma/Herrera, Spain 1-1
3/18/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 2	Bosma/Herrera	24	Egger/Heyer	10	21-19, 21-16	0:40
9/5/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool D	Egger/Heyer	13	Bosma/Herrera	29	21-15, 17-21, 15-7	0:55
Lead the series against # 14 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 5-2
5/21/04	FIVB	China Open	Contender 2	Egger/Heyer	13	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	14	21-14, 21-19	0:39
3/25/04	FIVB	South Africa Open	Winner 1	Egger/Heyer	14	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	19	21-17, 21-19	0:44
10/16/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Winner 1	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	16	Egger/Heyer	5	23-21, 25-23	0:44
8/17/03	FIVB C&S	Switzerland Satellite	Bronze Medal	Egger/Heyer	3	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	1	21-12, 21-15	0:32
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 # 15 Schacht/Slack, Australia 1-1
5/22/04	FIVB	China Open	Contender 4	Schacht/Slack	15	Egger/Heyer	13	19-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:58
8/2/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool B	Egger/Heyer	15	Schacht/Slack	18	21-19, 22-20	0:45
Lead the series against # 17 Fonoimoana/Wong, United States 1-0
10/15/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool E	Egger/Heyer	5	Fonoimoana/Wong	20	19-21, 21-13, 15-10	1:05
Lead the series against # 18 Brink/Schneider, Germany 1-0
7/26/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Egger/Heyer	13	Brink/Schneider	18, Q4	16-21, 22-20, 17-15	1:06
Lead the series against # 20 Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson, Spain 2-0
5/21/04	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Egger/Heyer	13	Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson	20	21-14, 21-17	0:35
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 # 23, Q2 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
Lead the series against # 24 Hernandez/Papaleo, Puerto Rico 1-0
9/19/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Pool E	Egger/Heyer	12	Hernandez/Papaleo	28, Q14	28-26, 21-15	0:49
Lead the series against # 25 Shiratori/Watanabe, Japan 6-0
7/25/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool D	Egger/Heyer	13	Shiratori/Watanabe	29, Q5	21-15, 17-21, 15-11	0:48
7/17/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool B	Egger/Heyer	18	Shiratori/Watanabe	31, Q13	21-9, 21-19	0:33
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 # Q10 Schroffenegger/Schroffenegger, Austria 1-0
8/1/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool B	Egger/Heyer	15	Schroffenegger/Schroffenegger	31, Q32	21-11, 21-13	0:31
Lead the series against # Q11 Asahi/Nishimura, Japan 1-0
10/15/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool E	Egger/Heyer	5	Asahi/Nishimura	44	21-17, 21-13	0:39
Series tied with # Q13 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