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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$360,000 Portugal Open
July 25 - 29, 2001

(11) Patrick Heuscher/Stefan Kobel, Switzerland

Patrick Heuscher
Switzerland

Photo: Adrian Knecht

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 22, 1976 (48 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kehrsiten

Height:

194 cm (6'4")

Weight:

93 kg (205 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

141

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$507,180.00

Stefan Kobel
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 13, 1974 (51 yrs old)

Home Town:

Winterthur

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

92 kg (202 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$299,405.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	37	41	57	Money
FIVB	73	3	3	6	3	10	5	16	5	12	1	2	5	2	US$572,660.00
FIVB C&S	11	5	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$22,350.00
Overall	84	8	5	7	3	11	6	17	5	12	1	2	5	2	US$595,010.00

Previous Espinho Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1997	Bernhard Vesti - 41st	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/17-22/2001	France Grand Slam	11	9th	180	US$7,000.00
FIVB	7/11-15/2001	Italy Open	8	17th	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2001	Germany Open	16	4th	252	US$11,000.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2001	Swiss Open	9	13th	108	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2001	Spain Open	16	7th	180	US$7,000.00
FIVB	11/28-12/3/2000	Brazil Open	17	9th	136	US$4,000.00
FIVB C&S	9/1-3/2000	Pfaeffikon Satellite	2	2nd	18	US$1,500.00
FIVB C&S	8/18-20/2000	Lausanne Satellite	2	1st	20	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/9-13/2000	Belgium Open	19	17th	68	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/2-6/2000	Austria Open	Q22	41st	14	US$0.00

Portugal Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 7/27/2001	Winner 1	Javier Bosma / Antonio Cotrino , Spain (22)	Lost 21-14, 17-21, 10-15	0:45
Fri, 7/27/2001	Contender 1	Iver Horrem / Bjorn Maaseide, Norway (27)	Won 21-12, 21-17	0:36
Fri, 7/27/2001	Contender 2	Markus Dieckmann / Jonas Reckermann, Germany (21)	Lost 19-21, 16-21	0:33

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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	$25,250.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	17	1	1	2	0	2	1	5	2	3	0	0	$208,100.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	51	2	2	3	3	7	4	11	2	7	1	0	$337,810.00
Challenger	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,500.00
Satellite	9	4	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$16,850.00
Goodwill Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,500.00
Total	84	8	5	7	3	11	6	17	5	12	1	0	$595,010.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Patrick Heuscher												Stefan Kobel
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	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
6	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	$25,125.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$12,625.00
47	1	2	3	0	10	16	12	2	0	$238,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	17	1	1	2	0	3	7	3	0	0	$104,050.00
72	2	3	4	3	13	22	12	4	0	$230,880.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	52	2	2	3	3	11	13	7	1	0	$168,905.00
2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,750.00	Challenger	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,750.00
10	5	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$9,425.00	Satellite	10	5	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$10,325.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$750.00	Goodwill Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$750.00
141	9	7	9	3	26	42	29	6	0	$507,180.00	Total	86	9	5	7	3	17	22	12	1	0	$299,405.00

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
2001	FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	$35,000.00	16	13	55.2 %
Total	FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	$35,000.00	16	13	55.2 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Patrick Heuscher													Stefan Kobel
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	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1997	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	$850.00	1998	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	$850.00
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	1998	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	1999	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$175.00	1999	FIVB C&S	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,075.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	3	$4,000.00	2000	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	3	$4,000.00
3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,750.00	2000	FIVB C&S	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,750.00
6	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	0	0	$17,500.00	2001	FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	0	0	$17,500.00
26	2	1	0	1	3	4	5	0	10	$27,275.00	Total	Total	27	3	1	0	1	3	4	5	0	10	$29,175.00

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	120	71.4%	25	14.9%	23	13.7%	145-23	86.3%	40	31.7%	21	16.7%	65	51.6%	40-86	31.7%	120-65	64.9%	65-44	59.6%	5	3	190-112	62.9%
2000-2001	16	55.2%	7	24.1%	6	20.7%	23-6	79.3%	3	15.0%	2	10.0%	15	75.0%	3-17	15.0%	16-15	51.6%	10-8	55.6%	0	0	26-23	53.1%
Against the Field	37	66.1%	7	12.5%	12	21.4%	44-12	78.6%	10	21.7%	8	17.4%	28	60.9%	10-36	21.7%	74-48	60.7%	34-40	45.9%	2	2	56-46	54.9%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	6	1
World Championships	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	6
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	18	6	0	0	20	15	2	2	2	0	1	1	55	30
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	23	13	0	0	55	31	4	6	3	3	2	2	123	73
Satellite	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	10	0	3	1	1	0	3	0	23	1
Goodwill Games	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Total	0	0	0	0	53	21	0	0	90	50	9	10	7	3	6	3	213	113

Head to Head Results
Heuscher/Kobel trail the series against the field 11-13 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 7 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Ramos/Rego, Brazil 0-3
7/1/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Bronze Medal	Ramos/Rego	1	Heuscher/Kobel	16	21-16, 21-18	0:34
6/29/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Winner 2	Ramos/Rego	1	Heuscher/Kobel	16	21-19, 21-18	0:31
6/15/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 2	Ramos/Rego	1	Heuscher/Kobel	16	21-16, 21-14	0:36
Trail the series against # 2 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 0-1
7/1/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Semi-Finals	Laciga/Laciga	2	Heuscher/Kobel	16	27-25, 26-24	0:46
Trail the series against # 3 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 0-1
7/21/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 3	Baracetti/Conde	3	Heuscher/Kobel	11	21-15, 21-9	0:29
Lead the series against # 5 Child/Heese, Canada 1-0
6/30/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Contender 6	Heuscher/Kobel	16	Child/Heese	5	25-23, 21-17	0:44
Series tied with # 6 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 1-1
7/13/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 2	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	7	Heuscher/Kobel	8	24-26, 21-18, 15-12	1:05
6/30/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Contender 5	Heuscher/Kobel	16	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	7	21-15, 16-21, 15-12	0:48
Lead the series against # 12, Q1 Bellaguarda/Moreira, Brazil 2-0
7/19/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 2	Heuscher/Kobel	11	Bellaguarda/Moreira	6	21-14, 17-21, 15-10	0:42
6/30/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Contender 4	Heuscher/Kobel	16	Bellaguarda/Moreira	6, Q2	21-13, 21-14	0:32
Trail the series against # 13 Loiola/Santos, Brazil 0-1
6/16/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 5	Loiola/Santos	2	Heuscher/Kobel	16	21-15, 21-15	0:37
Lead the series against # 14 Novosel/Slack, Australia 1-0
6/16/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Contender 3	Heuscher/Kobel	16	Novosel/Slack	23, Q6	18-21, 23-21, 15-12	0:54
Trail the series against # 16 Ermishin/Kouchnerev, Russia 1-2
7/21/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 4	Ermishin/Kouchnerev	18	Heuscher/Kobel	11	24-22, 21-18	0:37
6/23/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Contender 3	Ermishin/Kouchnerev	18	Heuscher/Kobel	9	23-21, 14-21, 15-12	0:53
6/15/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Heuscher/Kobel	16	Ermishin/Kouchnerev	17	21-16, 21-17	0:32
Lead the series against # 18 Henkel/Smith, United States 1-0
6/29/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Winner 1	Heuscher/Kobel	16	Henkel/Smith	17	21-18, 12-21, 16-14	0:54
Lead the series against # 19 Holden/Leinemann, Canada 1-0
6/29/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Contender 2	Heuscher/Kobel	16	Holden/Leinemann	18	21-19, 18-21, 18-16	0:55
Trail the series against # 21 Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 0-1
7/27/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 2	Dieckmann/Reckermann	21	Heuscher/Kobel	11	21-19, 21-16	0:33
Series tied with # 22 Bosma/Cotrino , Spain 1-1
7/27/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Bosma/Cotrino	22	Heuscher/Kobel	11	14-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:45
7/19/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Heuscher/Kobel	11	Bosma/Cotrino	22, Q2	21-17, 19-21, 15-13	0:49
Trail the series against # 23 Berger/Stamm, Austria 0-1
6/22/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Winner 2	Berger/Stamm	25	Heuscher/Kobel	9	21-19, 19-21, 15-9	0:51
Series tied with # 27 Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 1-1
7/27/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 1	Heuscher/Kobel	11	Horrem/Maaseide	27	21-12, 21-17	0:36
7/13/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 1	Horrem/Maaseide	25	Heuscher/Kobel	8	21-16, 21-16	0:40
Lead the series against # Q5 Heidger/McCaw, United States 1-0
6/30/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Contender 3	Heuscher/Kobel	16	Heidger/McCaw	24, Q5	21-17, 21-16	0:41