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FIVB Challenger & Satellite
US$17,000 Swiss Life Beach Volleyball Satellite
August 15 - 18, 2002

(2) 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 C&S 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 C&S 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 Lausanne Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1998	Stefan Kobel - 5th	Patrick Heuscher - 5th
1999	Did not play	Martin Walser - 1st
2000	Stefan Kobel - 1st	Patrick Heuscher - 1st
2001	Stefan Kobel - 2nd	Patrick Heuscher - 2nd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/7-11/2002	Spain Open	13	9th	120	US$3,900.00
FIVB	8/1-4/2002	Austria Grand Slam	9	9th	160	US$5,000.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2002	Portugal Open	13	25th	30	US$1,650.00
FIVB	7/17-21/2002	France Grand Slam	14	17th	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	7/10-14/2002	Canada Open	6	9th	120	US$3,900.00
FIVB	7/3-7/2002	Norway Open	13	3rd	240	US$11,940.00
FIVB	6/19-23/2002	Switzerland Open	8	9th	120	US$3,900.00
FIVB	6/12-16/2002	Germany Open	8	9th	120	US$3,900.00
FIVB	11/27-12/2/2001	Brazil Open	11	7th	180	US$7,000.00
FIVB	9/12-16/2001	Spain Open	14	5th	216	US$9,000.00
FIVB	8/29-9/4/2001	Goodwill Games	11	13th	0	US$1,500.00
FIVB C&S	8/16-19/2001	Swiss Satellite	1	2nd	30	US$2,600.00

Swiss Satellite Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 8/16/2002	Pool B	Jon Grydeland / Magne Kobbevik, Norway (15)	Won 21-16, 21-13	0:43
Fri, 8/16/2002	Pool B	Olivier Knechciak / David Viollier, Switzerland (31)	Won 21-15, 21-12	0:34
Sat, 8/17/2002	Pool B	Ron Andelhof / Ward Coucke, Belgium (18)	Won 21-10, 21-17
Sat, 8/17/2002	Winner 1	Mait Murs / Harrys Puusepp, Estonia (32)	Won 21-13, 21-7	0:27
Sat, 8/17/2002	Winner 2	Richard Rademaker / Roland Rademaker, Netherlands (25)	Won 21-11, 21-9	0:25
Sun, 8/18/2002	Semi-Finals	Marcel Gscheidle / Bernhard Vesti, Switzerland (5)	Lost 21-11, 18-21, 12-15	0:54
Sun, 8/18/2002	Bronze Medal	Dmitri Barsuk / Denis Tenenbaum, Russia (11)	Won 21-13, 24-22	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	11	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	2	3	0	0	$60,750.00	26	23	53.1 %
2002	FIVB	8	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	0	1	1	0	$37,190.00	18	17	51.4 %
2002	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	6	1	85.7 %
Total	FIVB	19	0	0	1	1	1	2	7	2	4	1	0	$97,940.00	44	40	52.4 %
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

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
11	0	0	0	1	3	4	3	0	0	$30,375.00	2001	FIVB	11	0	0	0	1	3	4	3	0	0	$30,375.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,300.00	2001	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,300.00
8	0	0	1	0	0	5	1	1	0	$18,595.00	2002	FIVB	8	0	0	1	0	0	5	1	1	0	$18,595.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00	2002	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00
41	2	2	2	1	5	11	7	1	10	$60,795.00	Total	Total	42	3	2	2	1	5	11	7	1	10	$62,695.00

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	20	87.0%	2	8.7%	1	4.3%	22-1	95.7%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	20-0	100.0%	3-1	75.0%	0	0	23-1	95.8%
2001-2002	6	85.7%	0	0.0%	1	14.3%	6-1	85.7%	0		0		0		0-0		6-0	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	6-1	85.7%
Against the Field	7	87.5%	0	0.0%	1	12.5%	7-1	87.5%	0		0		0		0-0		14-0	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	7-1	87.5%

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 lead the series against the field 6-4 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 0-3
8/9/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool D	Baracetti/Conde	4	Heuscher/Kobel	13	26-24, 23-21	0:55
9/15/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 4	Baracetti/Conde	2	Heuscher/Kobel	14	21-23, 21-17, 15-13	1:06
7/21/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 3	Baracetti/Conde	3	Heuscher/Kobel	11	21-15, 21-9	0:29
Trail the series against # 5 Gscheidle/Vesti, Switzerland 0-1
8/18/02	FIVB C&S	Swiss Satellite	Semi-Finals	Gscheidle/Vesti	5	Heuscher/Kobel	2	11-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:54
Lead the series against # 11 Barsuk/Tenenbaum, Russia 1-0
8/18/02	FIVB C&S	Swiss Satellite	Bronze Medal	Heuscher/Kobel	2	Barsuk/Tenenbaum	11	21-13, 24-22	0:33
Lead the series against # 15 Grydeland/Kobbevik, Norway 1-0
8/16/02	FIVB C&S	Swiss Satellite	Pool B	Heuscher/Kobel	2	Grydeland/Kobbevik	15	21-16, 21-13	0:43
Lead the series against # 18 Andelhof/Coucke, Belgium 1-0
8/17/02	FIVB C&S	Swiss Satellite	Pool B	Heuscher/Kobel	2	Andelhof/Coucke	18	21-10, 21-17
Lead the series against # 25 Rademaker/Rademaker, Netherlands 1-0
8/17/02	FIVB C&S	Swiss Satellite	Winner 2	Heuscher/Kobel	2	Rademaker/Rademaker	25	21-11, 21-9	0:25
Lead the series against # 31 Knechciak/Viollier, Switzerland 1-0
8/16/02	FIVB C&S	Swiss Satellite	Pool B	Heuscher/Kobel	2	Knechciak/Viollier	31	21-15, 21-12	0:34
Lead the series against # 32 Murs/Puusepp, Estonia 1-0
8/17/02	FIVB C&S	Swiss Satellite	Winner 1	Heuscher/Kobel	2	Murs/Puusepp	32	21-13, 21-7	0:27