Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 ConocoPhillips Open
July 2 - 6, 2003
(16) Patrick Heuscher/Stefan Kobel, Switzerland
 
Patrick Heuscher
Switzerland
Photo: Adrian Knecht
Personal Info
Birth Date: Dec 22, 1976 (47 yrs old)
Home Town: Kehrsiten
Height: 194 cm (6'4")
Weight: 93 kg (205 lb)
Seasons: 16
Tournaments: 141
Career Wins: 9
Career FIVB WT Wins: 3
Career Winnings: US$507,180.00
Stefan Kobel
Switzerland
Photo: FIVB
Personal Info
Birth Date: Feb 13, 1974 (50 yrs old)
Home Town: Winterthur
Height: 190 cm (6'3")
Weight: 92 kg (202 lb)
Seasons: 10
Tournaments: 86
Career Wins: 9
Career FIVB WT Wins: 3
Career Winnings: US$299,405.00
Team Career Summary 
TourPlayed1234579131725374157Money
FIVB733363105165121252 US$572,660.00
FIVB C&S115210111000000 US$22,350.00
Overall848573116175121252 US$595,010.00
Previous Stavanger Results 
YearPartner - ResultPartner - Result
1999 Stefan Kobel - 41st Patrick Heuscher - 41st
2002 Stefan Kobel - 3rd Patrick Heuscher - 3rd
Recent Results 
TourDateTournamentSeedFinishPointsMoney
FIVB 6/25-29/2003 Germany Grand Slam 17 9th 240 US$8,000.00
FIVB 6/18-22/2003 Switzerland Open 20 3rd 240 US$12,000.00
FIVB 6/4-8/2003 Hellas Open 16 17th 60 US$2,500.00
FIVB 10/1-6/2002 Brazil Open 11 17th 60 US$2,520.00
FIVB 9/4-8/2002 Spain Open 13 9th 120 US$3,900.00
FIVB C&S 8/15-18/2002 Swiss Satellite 2 3rd 24 US$1,500.00
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
Norway Open Matches
DateBracketOpponentScoreTime
Fri, 7/4/2003 Pool A Ramon Hernandez / Raul Papaleo, Puerto Rico (32, Q26) Won 21-13, 18-21, 15-12 0:51
Fri, 7/4/2003 Pool A Marcio Araujo / Benjamin Insfran, Brazil (1) Won 19-21, 21-19, 15-12 0:58
Sat, 7/5/2003 Pool A Eric Fonoimoana / Dax Holdren, United States (17) Won 16-21, 21-10, 15-11 0:52
Sat, 7/5/2003 Winner 1 Christoph Dieckmann / Andreas Scheuerpflug, Germany (15) Won 18-21, 22-20, 15-13 0:55
Sat, 7/5/2003 Winner 2 Julien Prosser / Mark Williams, Australia (26) Lost 18-21, 17-21 0:39
Head to Head Results
Heuscher/Kobel lead the series against the field 38-24 (Lead 22 Series, Trail 8 Series, 2 Series Tied)
DateTourTournamentRoundWinning TeamSeedLosing TeamSeedScoreTime
Trail the series against # 1 Araujo/Insfran, Brazil 1-6
7/4/03FIVBNorway Open Pool A Heuscher/Kobel 16 Araujo/Insfran 1 19-21, 21-19, 15-12 0:58
6/26/03FIVBGermany Grand Slam Pool A Araujo/Insfran 1 Heuscher/Kobel 17 21-14, 21-16 0:43
6/22/03FIVBSwitzerland Open Semi-Finals Araujo/Insfran 1 Heuscher/Kobel 20 21-16, 21-17 0:47
6/6/03FIVBHellas Open Pool A Araujo/Insfran 1 Heuscher/Kobel 16 22-20, 21-18 0:45
9/6/02FIVBSpain Open Pool D Araujo/Insfran 4 Heuscher/Kobel 13 24-22, 21-12 0:47
7/13/02FIVBCanada Open Winner 1 Araujo/Insfran 5, Q5 Heuscher/Kobel 6 21-17, 21-18 0:54
6/22/02FIVBSwitzerland Open Pool H Araujo/Insfran 25, Q23 Heuscher/Kobel 8 21-18, 21-19 0:44
Trail the series against # 2 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 0-4
9/7/02FIVBSpain Open Winner 1 Baracetti/Conde 3 Heuscher/Kobel 13 21-19, 21-17 0:44
8/9/02FIVBSpain Open Pool D Baracetti/Conde 4 Heuscher/Kobel 13 26-24, 23-21 0:55
9/15/01FIVBSpain Open Winner 4 Baracetti/Conde 2 Heuscher/Kobel 14 21-23, 21-17, 15-13 1:06
7/21/01FIVBFrance Grand Slam Winner 3 Baracetti/Conde 3 Heuscher/Kobel 11 21-15, 21-9 0:29
Trail the series against # 3 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 1-3
6/28/03FIVBGermany Grand Slam Winner 1 Laciga/Laciga 2 Heuscher/Kobel 17 21-18, 21-19 0:39
10/3/02FIVBBrazil Open Pool F Laciga/Laciga 6 Heuscher/Kobel 11 19-21, 21-19, 15-13 0:48
9/14/01FIVBSpain Open Winner 2 Heuscher/Kobel 14 Laciga/Laciga 3 24-22, 15-21, 16-14 0:56
7/1/01FIVBGermany Open Semi-Finals Laciga/Laciga 2 Heuscher/Kobel 16 27-25, 26-24 0:46
Trail the series against # 4, Q6 Bellaguarda/Dultra, Brazil 0-1
10/4/02FIVBBrazil Open Pool F Bellaguarda/Dultra 22, Q2 Heuscher/Kobel 11 21-18, 12-21, 15-7 0:50
Lead the series against # 5 Rego/Santos, Brazil 1-0
6/20/03FIVBSwitzerland Open Pool D Heuscher/Kobel 20 Rego/Santos 4 16-21, 21-18, 15-13 0:53
Trail the series against # 7 Metzger/Wong, United States 0-1
7/18/02FIVBFrance Grand Slam Pool L Metzger/Wong 11 Heuscher/Kobel 14 21-19, 23-25, 15-13 1:04
Lead the series against # 8 Berger/Doppler, Austria 1-0
6/22/03FIVBSwitzerland Open Bronze Medal Heuscher/Kobel 20 Berger/Doppler 15 21-18, 19-21, 15-10 1:03
Lead the series against # 9 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 4-1
7/6/02FIVBNorway Open Winner 2 Heuscher/Kobel 13 Hoidalen/Kjemperud 12 25-23, 21-19 0:46
6/21/02FIVBSwitzerland Open Pool H Heuscher/Kobel 8 Hoidalen/Kjemperud 9 21-15, 21-15 0:35
8/11/01FIVBBelgium Open Contender 3 Heuscher/Kobel 14 Hoidalen/Kjemperud 5 21-13, 34-32 0:39
7/13/01FIVBItaly Open Contender 2 Hoidalen/Kjemperud 7 Heuscher/Kobel 8 24-26, 21-18, 15-12 1:05
6/30/01FIVBGermany Open Contender 5 Heuscher/Kobel 16 Hoidalen/Kjemperud 7 21-15, 16-21, 15-12 0:48
Series tied with # 10 Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 2-2
6/21/03FIVBSwitzerland Open Pool D Heuscher/Kobel 20 Horrem/Maaseide 13 21-15, 21-11 0:32
7/19/02FIVBFrance Grand Slam Winner 1 Horrem/Maaseide 30 Heuscher/Kobel 14 20-22, 21-18, 15-12 0:55
7/27/01FIVBPortugal Open Contender 1 Heuscher/Kobel 11 Horrem/Maaseide 27 21-12, 21-17 0:36
7/13/01FIVBItaly Open Winner 1 Horrem/Maaseide 25 Heuscher/Kobel 8 21-16, 21-16 0:40
Lead the series against # 11 Alvarez/Rossell, Cuba 1-0
6/21/03FIVBSwitzerland Open Winner 2 Heuscher/Kobel 20 Alvarez/Rossell 11 21-17, 21-19 0:42
Trail the series against # 12 Berg/Dahl, Sweden 1-3
6/21/03FIVBSwitzerland Open Winner 1 Heuscher/Kobel 20 Berg/Dahl 14 19-21, 21-11, 15-11 0:48
8/2/02FIVBAustria Grand Slam Pool J Berg/Dahl 16 Heuscher/Kobel 9 21-18, 19-21, 15-11 1:00
7/27/02FIVBPortugal Open Pool D Berg/Dahl 20 Heuscher/Kobel 13 21-17, 13-21, 15-13 0:51
8/31/01FIVBGoodwill Games Contender 1 Berg/Dahl 14 Heuscher/Kobel 11 21-14, 21-19 0:38
Lead the series against # 13 Rogers/Scott, United States 1-0
8/3/02FIVBAustria Grand Slam Winner 1 Heuscher/Kobel 9 Rogers/Scott 17 21-19, 21-19 0:41
Lead the series against # 14 Schacht/Slack, Australia 1-0
6/27/03FIVBGermany Grand Slam Pool A Heuscher/Kobel 17 Schacht/Slack 16 18-21, 21-16, 15-13 1:01
Lead the series against # 15 Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug, Germany 2-0
7/5/03FIVBNorway Open Winner 1 Heuscher/Kobel 16 Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug 15 18-21, 22-20, 15-13 0:55
6/7/03FIVBHellas Open Pool A Heuscher/Kobel 16 Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug 17 19-21, 21-15, 15-12 0:50
Lead the series against # 17 Fonoimoana/Holdren, United States 1-0
7/5/03FIVBNorway Open Pool A Heuscher/Kobel 16 Fonoimoana/Holdren 17 16-21, 21-10, 15-11 0:52
Lead the series against # 18 Egger/Heyer, Switzerland 2-0
8/9/02FIVBSpain Open Pool D Heuscher/Kobel 13 Egger/Heyer 20 21-14, 21-19 0:39
9/14/01FIVBSpain Open Winner 1 Heuscher/Kobel 14 Egger/Heyer 19 21-17, 21-14 0:35
Lead the series against # 20 Holden/Leinemann, Canada 3-0
6/21/02FIVBSwitzerland Open Pool H Heuscher/Kobel 8 Holden/Leinemann 24 21-16, 21-16 0:39
8/10/01FIVBBelgium Open Contender 2 Heuscher/Kobel 14 Holden/Leinemann 13 19-21, 21-17, 20-18 1:08
6/29/01FIVBGermany Open Contender 2 Heuscher/Kobel 16 Holden/Leinemann 18 21-19, 18-21, 18-16 0:55
Lead the series against # 21 Canet/Hamel, France 1-0
9/15/01FIVBSpain Open Winner 3 Heuscher/Kobel 14 Canet/Hamel 22 16-21, 21-16, 15-8 0:48
Lead the series against # 22 Karasev/Zaitsev, Russia 1-0
7/5/02FIVBNorway Open Pool D Heuscher/Kobel 13 Karasev/Zaitsev 29 15-21, 21-13, 15-11 0:42
Lead the series against # 23 Kogel/Mulder, Netherlands 1-0
9/6/02FIVBSpain Open Pool D Heuscher/Kobel 13 Kogel/Mulder 29 21-15, 21-18 0:37
Series tied with # 24, Q4 Kouchnerev/Sayfulin, Russia 1-1
7/12/02FIVBCanada Open Pool F Kouchnerev/Sayfulin 22 Heuscher/Kobel 6 21-19, 17-21, 15-11 1:03
7/6/02FIVBNorway Open Winner 1 Heuscher/Kobel 13 Kouchnerev/Sayfulin 30 21-13, 21-14 0:35
Trail the series against # 26 Prosser/Williams, Australia 0-1
7/5/03FIVBNorway Open Winner 2 Prosser/Williams 26 Heuscher/Kobel 16 21-18, 21-17 0:39
Trail the series against # 28, Q2 Klemperer/Rademacher, Germany 0-1
6/15/02FIVBGermany Open Pool H Klemperer/Rademacher 25 Heuscher/Kobel 8 21-14, 15-21, 15-13 0:46
Lead the series against # 29, Q9 Shiratori/Watanabe, Japan 1-0
8/9/02FIVBSpain Open Pool D Heuscher/Kobel 13 Shiratori/Watanabe 29, Q5 21-16, 21-15 0:29
Lead the series against # 32, Q26 Hernandez/Papaleo, Puerto Rico 2-0
7/4/03FIVBNorway Open Pool A Heuscher/Kobel 16 Hernandez/Papaleo 32, Q26 21-13, 18-21, 15-12 0:51
6/27/03FIVBGermany Grand Slam Pool A Heuscher/Kobel 17 Hernandez/Papaleo 32, Q48 19-21, 21-18, 15-11 0:59
Lead the series against # Q7 Pimponi/Raffaelli, Italy 2-0
7/13/01FIVBItaly Open Contender 1 Heuscher/Kobel 8 Pimponi/Raffaelli 9 21-15, 21-18 0:42
6/22/01FIVBSwiss Open Contender 2 Heuscher/Kobel 9 Pimponi/Raffaelli 26 21-15, 21-14 0:32
Lead the series against # Q11 Gartmayer/Nowotny, Austria 2-0
6/20/03FIVBSwitzerland Open Pool D Heuscher/Kobel 20 Gartmayer/Nowotny 29, Q14 21-15, 21-19 0:33
11/29/01FIVBBrazil Open Winner 1 Heuscher/Kobel 11 Gartmayer/Nowotny 22, Q4 22-20, 21-18 0:42
Lead the series against # Q13 Ljubicic/Slean, Canada 1-0
7/13/02FIVBCanada Open Pool F Heuscher/Kobel 6 Ljubicic/Slean 27, Q8 21-16, 21-12 0:39
Lead the series against # Q23 Beligratis/Michalopoulos, Greece 1-0
7/18/02FIVBFrance Grand Slam Pool L Heuscher/Kobel 14 Beligratis/Michalopoulos 35 By Forfeit  
Lead the series against # Q31 Grydeland/Kobbevik, Norway 1-0
8/16/02FIVB C&SSwiss Satellite Pool B Heuscher/Kobel 2 Grydeland/Kobbevik 15 21-16, 21-13 0:43
Lead the series against # Q32 Andelhof/Coucke, Belgium 1-0
8/17/02FIVB C&SSwiss Satellite Pool B Heuscher/Kobel 2 Andelhof/Coucke 18 21-10, 21-17  
Lead the series against # Q37 Gortsianiouk/Mourtzios, Greece 1-0
6/6/03FIVBHellas Open Pool A Heuscher/Kobel 16 Gortsianiouk/Mourtzios 32 21-18, 21-15 0:36