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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$360,000 Banco do Brasil Open
September 21 - 26, 2004

(6) 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 Rio de Janeiro Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2003	Sascha Heyer - 17th	Markus Egger - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/28-8/1/2004	Austria Grand Slam	8	17th	108	US$4,500.00
FIVB	7/21-25/2004	Mazury Open	8	13th	108	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/14-18/2004	France Grand Slam	6	9th	224	US$8,600.00
FIVB	7/7-11/2004	Spain Open	5	2nd	324	US$18,000.00
FIVB	6/30-7/4/2004	Norway Open	4	5th	216	US$9,000.00
FIVB	6/23-27/2004	Germany Grand Slam	8	9th	240	US$9,000.00
FIVB	6/16-20/2004	Switzerland Open	8	5th	216	US$9,000.00
FIVB	6/2-6/2004	Portugal Open	13	7th	180	US$7,000.00
FIVB	5/26-30/2004	Serbia and Montenegro Open	13	9th	144	US$5,500.00
FIVB	5/19-23/2004	China Open	13	9th	144	US$5,500.00
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

Brazil Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 9/23/2004	Winner 1	Bjorn Berg / Robert Svensson, Sweden (27)	Won 21-15, 20-22, 15-12	1:04
Thu, 9/23/2004	Winner 2	Kjell Goranson / Tarjei Skarlund, Norway (11)	Won 21-14, 19-21, 18-16	0:57
Fri, 9/24/2004	Winner 3	Patrick Heuscher / Stefan Kobel, Switzerland (3)	Lost 22-24, 18-21	0:45
Fri, 9/24/2004	Contender 4	Rodrigo Monteiro / Bruno de Paula, Brazil (31, Q11)	Won 21-17, 21-16	0:37
Fri, 9/24/2004	Contender 5	Roman Arkaev / Dmitri Barsuk, Russia (12)	Won 21-14, 26-24	0:44
Fri, 9/24/2004	Contender 6	Fabio Luiz Magalhaes / Paulo Emilio Silva, Brazil (9, Q2)	Won 21-16, 21-18	0:39
Sat, 9/25/2004	Semi-Finals	Patrick Heuscher / Stefan Kobel, Switzerland (3)	Lost 18-21, 16-21	0:38
Sun, 9/26/2004	Bronze Medal	Emanuel Rego / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (1)	Won 17-21, 23-21, 17-15	1:05

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	10	0	1	0	0	4	0	1	0	4	0	0	$81,000.00	30	14	68.2 %
2003	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	6	1	85.7 %
2004	FIVB	13	0	1	1	0	2	1	5	1	2	0	0	$102,600.00	41	26	61.2 %
Total	FIVB	41	0	3	1	0	7	1	9	1	11	7	1	$253,155.00	119	79	60.1 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	6	1	85.7 %

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
10	0	1	0	0	4	1	4	0	0	$40,500.00	2003	FIVB	10	0	1	0	0	4	1	4	0	0	$40,500.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00	2003	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00
13	0	1	1	0	3	6	2	0	0	$51,300.00	2004	FIVB	13	0	1	1	0	3	6	2	0	0	$51,300.00
84	1	5	4	0	11	11	13	15	24	$147,802.50	Total	Total	77	1	4	5	0	8	14	15	10	20	$138,492.50

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%
2003-2004	45	66.2%	12	17.6%	11	16.2%	57-11	83.8%	11	27.5%	5	12.5%	24	60.0%	11-29	27.5%	45-24	65.2%	23-16	59.0%	3	0	71-40	64.0%
Against the Field	14	73.7%	3	15.8%	2	10.5%	17-2	89.5%	4	19.0%	1	4.8%	16	76.2%	4-17	19.0%	28-30	48.3%	14-6	70.0%	1	0	22-18	55.0%

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 22-19 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 5 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 3-7
9/26/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Bronze Medal	Egger/Heyer	6	Rego/Santos	1	17-21, 23-21, 17-15	1:05
7/24/04	FIVB	Mazury Open	Contender 3	Rego/Santos	2	Egger/Heyer	8	21-16, 21-18	0:44
7/10/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 4	Egger/Heyer	5	Rego/Santos	1	By Forfeit
7/3/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 4	Rego/Santos	1	Egger/Heyer	4	21-16, 21-18	0:40
6/25/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Winner 3	Rego/Santos	1	Egger/Heyer	8	23-21, 23-21	0:48
6/19/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 3	Rego/Santos	1	Egger/Heyer	8	21-19, 22-20	0:41
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 # 2 Neto/Ramos, Brazil 0-1
5/29/04	FIVB	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Contender 4	Neto/Ramos	8	Egger/Heyer	13	21-19, 15-21, 21-19	1:04
Trail the series against # 3 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 0-8
9/25/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Semi-Finals	Heuscher/Kobel	3	Egger/Heyer	6	21-18, 21-16	0:38
9/24/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 3	Heuscher/Kobel	3	Egger/Heyer	6	24-22, 21-18	0:45
7/16/04	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 3	Heuscher/Kobel	3	Egger/Heyer	6	21-19, 21-11	0:41
6/19/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 6	Heuscher/Kobel	2	Egger/Heyer	8	25-23, 21-15	0:39
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 # 4 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
Lead the series against # 5 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
Lead the series against # 8, Q1 Cunha/Ferreira, Brazil 2-0
7/9/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 2	Egger/Heyer	5	Cunha/Ferreira	6	21-19, 21-18	0:40
5/28/04	FIVB	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Contender 2	Egger/Heyer	13	Cunha/Ferreira	19, Q6	17-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:49
Lead the series against # 9, Q2 Magalhaes/Silva, Brazil 4-0
9/24/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 6	Egger/Heyer	6	Magalhaes/Silva	9, Q2	21-16, 21-18	0:39
6/24/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Winner 1	Egger/Heyer	8	Magalhaes/Silva	25, Q7	21-15, 21-12	0:42
6/18/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 2	Egger/Heyer	8	Magalhaes/Silva	24, Q6	21-16, 21-18	0:43
3/18/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Egger/Heyer	10	Magalhaes/Silva	23, Q4	21-16, 21-19	0:47
Lead the series against # 11 Goranson/Skarlund, Norway 1-0
9/23/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 2	Egger/Heyer	6	Goranson/Skarlund	11	21-14, 19-21, 18-16	0:57
Lead the series against # 12 Arkaev/Barsuk, Russia 3-0
9/24/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 5	Egger/Heyer	6	Arkaev/Barsuk	12	21-14, 26-24	0:44
7/9/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 1	Egger/Heyer	5	Arkaev/Barsuk	12, Q4	21-19, 23-21	0:43
10/14/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool E	Egger/Heyer	5	Arkaev/Barsuk	29	21-11, 25-23	0:42
Lead the series against # 13 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 1-0
7/29/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	Egger/Heyer	8	Kais/Vesik	25, Q2	30-28, 21-13	0:44
Lead the series against # 16 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 # 19 Brink/Schneider, Germany 2-1
7/9/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Brink/Schneider	28, Q8	Egger/Heyer	5	21-18, 25-23	0:49
7/2/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 1	Egger/Heyer	4	Brink/Schneider	29, Q9	18-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:57
7/26/03	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Egger/Heyer	13	Brink/Schneider	18, Q4	16-21, 22-20, 17-15	1:06
Trail the series against # 20 Boersma/Kogel, Netherlands 0-1
7/23/04	FIVB	Mazury Open	Winner 1	Boersma/Kogel	25, Q3	Egger/Heyer	8	22-20, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # 27 Berg/Svensson, Sweden 1-0
9/23/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Egger/Heyer	6	Berg/Svensson	27	21-15, 20-22, 15-12	1:04
Lead the series against # 28 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
Lead the series against # 31, Q11 de Paula/Monteiro, Brazil 1-0
9/24/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 4	Egger/Heyer	6	Monteiro/de Paula	31, Q11	21-17, 21-16	0:37