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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 (55 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 (48 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

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

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