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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 St. Petersburg Open
July 19 - 23, 2006

(18) Mark Heese/Rich VanHuizen, Canada

Mark Heese
Canada

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 15, 1969 (56 yrs old)

Home Town:

Aurora, ON

Height:

184 cm (6'0")

Weight:

85 kg (187 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

166

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Berlin 1996)

Career Winnings:

US$518,387.50

Rich VanHuizen
Canada

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 25, 1975 (50 yrs old)

Home Town:

Belleville

Height:

205 cm (6'9")

Weight:

105 kg (231 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$124,925.00

Awards

Most Inspirational 2005

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	0	3	US$31,900.00

Previous St. Petersburg Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Did not play	Ahren Cadieux - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/12-16/2006	Canada Open	9	13th	180	US$4,500.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2006	France Open	13	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/2/2006	Norway Grand Slam	Q3	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	6/21-25/2006	Switzerland Grand Slam	23, Q1	17th	160	US$4,900.00
FIVB	6/14-18/2006	Portugal Open	14	13th	180	US$4,500.00

St. Petersburg Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/20/2006	Winner 1	Sascha Heyer / Paul Laciga, Switzerland (15)	Lost 21-13, 19-21, 13-15	0:59
Thu, 7/20/2006	Contender 1	Dmitry Karasev / Pavel Zaitsev, Russia (31, Q20)	Won 21-15, 19-21, 15-12	1:08
Fri, 7/21/2006	Contender 2	Eugenio Amore / Riccardo Fenili, Italy (16)	Lost 17-21, 15-21	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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$4,900.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	$27,000.00
Total	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	0	0	$31,900.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Mark Heese												Rich VanHuizen
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
6	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$14,537.50	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$13,950.00
29	0	1	3	0	2	4	3	11	0	$120,700.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	36	0	0	0	0	1	1	8	3	0	$35,300.00
125	1	4	4	8	31	41	24	10	0	$344,600.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	55	0	0	0	0	3	11	18	10	0	$75,675.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,300.00	Challenger
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$4,250.00	Goodwill Games
166	1	5	9	8	36	48	29	21	0	$485,387.50	Total	94	0	0	0	0	4	14	26	13	0	$124,925.00

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
2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00	2	2	50.0 %
2006	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	1	$19,900.00	10	11	47.6 %
Total	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	1	$25,900.00	12	13	48.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Mark Heese													Rich VanHuizen
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,250.00	1992	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$3,562.50	1994	FIVB
17	0	0	3	0	7	6	1	0	0	$45,750.00	1995	FIVB
16	1	2	2	1	4	4	1	1	0	$108,250.00	1996	FIVB
9	0	0	1	1	3	3	1	0	0	$33,550.00	1997	FIVB
11	0	1	1	0	3	5	1	0	0	$40,550.00	1998	FIVB
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,300.00	1998	FIVB C&S
13	0	0	0	1	4	6	2	0	0	$35,500.00	1999	FIVB
13	0	1	1	1	4	3	3	0	0	$40,500.00	2000	FIVB
9	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	1	0	$27,375.00	2001	FIVB
9	0	1	0	1	4	2	0	1	0	$31,312.50	2002	FIVB
8	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	5	1	$14,812.50	2003	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
9	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	2	0	$16,500.00	2004	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	8	$9,000.00
13	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	2	4	$21,125.00	2005	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	0	6	5	2	1	$33,550.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	1	$9,950.00	2006	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	1	$12,200.00
137	1	5	9	8	35	40	21	12	6	$432,287.50	Total	Total	36	0	0	0	0	0	11	9	5	11	$54,750.00

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	8	42.1%	6	31.6%	5	26.3%	14-5	73.7%	4	23.5%	3	17.6%	10	58.8%	4-13	23.5%	8-10	44.4%	10-8	55.6%	0	0	18-18	50.0%
2005-2006	8	42.1%	6	31.6%	5	26.3%	14-5	73.7%	4	23.5%	3	17.6%	10	58.8%	4-13	23.5%	8-10	44.4%	10-8	55.6%	0	0	18-18	50.0%
Against the Field	4	40.0%	4	40.0%	2	20.0%	8-2	80.0%	0	0.0%	2	28.6%	5	71.4%	0-7	0.0%	8-10	44.4%	8-8	50.0%	0	0	8-9	47.1%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	5
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	13
Total	0	0	6	4	0	0	0	0	3	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	18

Head to Head Results
Heese/VanHuizen trail the series against the field 7-9 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 5 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 2 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 1-0
7/14/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 2	Heese/VanHuizen	18	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	21-19, 12-21, 19-17	1:04
Trail the series against # 4 Cunha/Neto, Brazil 0-1
6/15/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 2	Cunha/Neto	3	Heese/VanHuizen	14	21-17, 21-15	1:22
Trail the series against # 7 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 0-2
6/22/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Winner 1	Kais/Vesik	10	Heese/VanHuizen	23, Q1	22-20, 21-11	0:40
6/16/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 3	Kais/Vesik	6	Heese/VanHuizen	14	21-18, 21-18	0:44
Series tied with # 15 Heyer/Laciga, Switzerland 2-2
7/20/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 1	Heyer/Laciga	15	Heese/VanHuizen	18	13-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:59
7/7/06	FIVB	France Open	Contender 2	Heyer/Laciga	14	Heese/VanHuizen	13	21-15, 19-21, 18-16	0:59
6/22/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Contender 1	Heese/VanHuizen	23, Q1	Heyer/Laciga	26	21-19, 21-18	0:40
6/15/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Heese/VanHuizen	14	Heyer/Laciga	19	21-17, 17-21, 15-13	1:02
Trail the series against # 16 Amore/Fenili, Italy 0-1
7/21/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 2	Amore/Fenili	16	Heese/VanHuizen	18	21-17, 21-15	0:43
Trail the series against # 20 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 0-2
7/14/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 3	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	17	Heese/VanHuizen	9	21-18, 21-16	0:51
7/6/06	FIVB	France Open	Winner 1	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	20	Heese/VanHuizen	13	19-21, 22-20, 15-11	1:09
Lead the series against # 25, Q6 Vorobyev/Zabuslayev, Kazakhstan 1-0
6/21/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Qualifier 3	Heese/VanHuizen	23, Q1	Vorobyev/Zabuslayev	Q17	21-19, 21-16	0:44
Lead the series against # 26, Q3 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 1-0
7/13/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 1	Heese/VanHuizen	9	Lochhead/Pitman	25, Q3	21-16, 21-17	0:42
Lead the series against # 31, Q20 Karasev/Zaitsev, Russia 1-0
7/20/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 1	Heese/VanHuizen	18	Karasev/Zaitsev	31, Q20	21-15, 19-21, 15-12	1:08
Trail the series against # Q4 Nishimura/Shiratori, Japan 0-1
7/13/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 1	Nishimura/Shiratori	24, Q5	Heese/VanHuizen	9	22-20, 19-21, 15-12	1:04
Lead the series against # Q15 Saulko/Sidorenko, Kazakhstan 1-0
6/28/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Heese/VanHuizen	Q3	Saulko/Sidorenko	Q30	21-12, 21-15	0:32