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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$360,000 Banco do Brasil Open
September 21 - 26, 2004

(3) 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 Rio de Janeiro Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2003	Stefan Kobel - 5th	Patrick Heuscher - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/14-25/2004	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	5	3rd	0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/28-8/1/2004	Austria Grand Slam	1	13th	162	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/21-25/2004	Mazury Open	1	4th	252	US$11,000.00
FIVB	7/14-18/2004	France Grand Slam	3	2nd	504	US$27,500.00
FIVB	6/23-27/2004	Germany Grand Slam	2	5th	360	US$14,000.00
FIVB	6/16-20/2004	Switzerland Open	2	1st	360	US$27,000.00
FIVB	5/26-30/2004	Serbia and Montenegro Open	4	3rd	288	US$14,000.00
FIVB	5/19-23/2004	China Open	4	5th	216	US$9,000.00
FIVB	3/23-28/2004	South Africa Open	2	7th	180	US$7,000.00
FIVB	3/16-21/2004	Brazil Open	6	2nd	324	US$18,000.00
FIVB	10/14-19/2003	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	6	5th	480	US$15,000.00

Brazil Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 9/23/2004	Winner 1	Marvin Polte / Thorsten Schoen, Germany (30, Q8)	Won 21-19, 23-21	0:44
Thu, 9/23/2004	Winner 2	Mariano Baracetti / Pedro Depiaggio, Argentina (14)	Won 21-19, 21-17	0:41
Fri, 9/24/2004	Winner 3	Markus Egger / Sascha Heyer, Switzerland (6)	Won 24-22, 21-18	0:45
Fri, 9/24/2004	Winner 4	Harley Marques / Fred Souza, Brazil (7)	Won 18-21, 21-19, 15-10	1:02
Sat, 9/25/2004	Semi-Finals	Markus Egger / Sascha Heyer, Switzerland (6)	Won 21-18, 21-16	0:38
Sun, 9/26/2004	Gold Medal	Markus Dieckmann / Jonas Reckermann, Germany (5)	Lost 18-21, 21-19, 9-15	1:00

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	10	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	0	2	1	0	$43,610.00	21	21	50.0 %
2002	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	6	1	85.7 %
2003	FIVB	9	0	0	2	0	3	0	3	0	1	0	0	$87,000.00	31	14	68.9 %
2003	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00	7	0	100.0 %
2004	FIVB	11	1	3	2	1	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	$151,500.00	49	18	73.1 %
Total	FIVB	41	1	3	5	2	6	3	11	3	6	1	0	$342,860.00	127	76	62.6 %
Total	FIVB C&S	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,500.00	13	1	92.9 %

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
10	0	0	1	0	0	6	2	1	0	$21,805.00	2002	FIVB	10	0	0	1	0	0	6	2	1	0	$21,805.00
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
9	0	0	2	0	3	3	1	0	0	$43,500.00	2003	FIVB	9	0	0	2	0	3	3	1	0	0	$43,500.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	2003	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00
11	1	3	2	1	3	1	0	0	0	$75,750.00	2004	FIVB	11	1	3	2	1	3	1	0	0	0	$75,750.00
64	4	5	6	2	11	16	9	1	10	$184,755.00	Total	Total	65	5	5	6	2	11	16	9	1	10	$186,655.00

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%
2003-2004	53	81.5%	5	7.7%	7	10.8%	58-7	89.2%	21	47.7%	6	13.6%	17	38.6%	21-23	47.7%	53-17	75.7%	26-13	66.7%	1	2	80-32	71.4%
Against the Field	27	75.0%	6	16.7%	3	8.3%	33-3	91.7%	12	28.6%	5	11.9%	25	59.5%	12-30	28.6%	54-42	56.3%	36-16	69.2%	3	1	48-30	61.5%

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 31-20 (Lead 12 Series, Trail 2 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 3-3
8/23/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Semi-Finals	Rego/Santos	1	Heuscher/Kobel	5	21-14, 19-21, 15-12	1:00
6/20/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Semi-Finals	Heuscher/Kobel	2	Rego/Santos	1	21-19, 19-21, 15-13	0:57
5/30/04	FIVB	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Semi-Finals	Rego/Santos	1	Heuscher/Kobel	4	21-14, 21-16	0:38
3/21/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Gold Medal	Rego/Santos	1	Heuscher/Kobel	6	21-19, 21-18	0:43
8/2/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 2	Heuscher/Kobel	8	Rego/Santos	1	17-21, 21-13, 15-13	0:52
6/20/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool D	Heuscher/Kobel	20	Rego/Santos	4	16-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:53
Series tied with # 2 Neto/Ramos, Brazil 2-2
7/30/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Contender 3	Neto/Ramos	7	Heuscher/Kobel	1	21-18, 24-26, 15-12	1:03
7/25/04	FIVB	Mazury Open	Semi-Finals	Neto/Ramos	7	Heuscher/Kobel	1	21-15, 21-18	0:38
5/29/04	FIVB	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Contender 5	Heuscher/Kobel	4	Neto/Ramos	8	14-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:53
3/19/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 3	Heuscher/Kobel	6	Neto/Ramos	14	19-21, 22-20, 23-21	1:11
Trail the series against # 4 Araujo/Insfran, Brazil 1-8
7/18/04	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Araujo/Insfran	4	Heuscher/Kobel	3	12-21, 22-20, 15-12	0:52
8/3/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Araujo/Insfran	5	Heuscher/Kobel	8	21-19, 21-15	0:52
7/4/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool A	Heuscher/Kobel	16	Araujo/Insfran	1	19-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:58
6/26/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool A	Araujo/Insfran	1	Heuscher/Kobel	17	21-14, 21-16	0:43
6/22/03	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Semi-Finals	Araujo/Insfran	1	Heuscher/Kobel	20	21-16, 21-17	0:47
6/6/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool A	Araujo/Insfran	1	Heuscher/Kobel	16	22-20, 21-18	0:45
9/6/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool D	Araujo/Insfran	4	Heuscher/Kobel	13	24-22, 21-12	0:47
7/13/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 1	Araujo/Insfran	5, Q5	Heuscher/Kobel	6	21-17, 21-18	0:54
6/22/02	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Pool H	Araujo/Insfran	25, Q23	Heuscher/Kobel	8	21-18, 21-19	0:44
Trail the series against # 5 Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 2-6
9/26/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Gold Medal	Dieckmann/Reckermann	5	Heuscher/Kobel	3	21-18, 19-21, 15-9	1:00
6/26/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Winner 4	Dieckmann/Reckermann	3	Heuscher/Kobel	2	By Forfeit
6/20/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Gold Medal	Heuscher/Kobel	2	Dieckmann/Reckermann	3	21-18, 27-25	0:54
6/19/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 4	Dieckmann/Reckermann	3	Heuscher/Kobel	2	21-16, 21-18	0:38
3/20/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Semi-Finals	Heuscher/Kobel	6	Dieckmann/Reckermann	4	By Forfeit
9/6/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Dieckmann/Reckermann	3	Heuscher/Kobel	2	21-18, 21-15	0:38
8/2/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Pool M	Dieckmann/Reckermann	20	Heuscher/Kobel	13	17-21, 26-24, 15-13	1:00
7/27/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 2	Dieckmann/Reckermann	21	Heuscher/Kobel	11	21-19, 21-16	0:33
Lead the series against # 6 Egger/Heyer, Switzerland 8-0
9/25/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Semi-Finals	Heuscher/Kobel	3	Egger/Heyer	6	21-18, 21-16	0:38
9/24/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 3	Heuscher/Kobel	3	Egger/Heyer	6	24-22, 21-18	0:45
7/16/04	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 3	Heuscher/Kobel	3	Egger/Heyer	6	21-19, 21-11	0:41
6/19/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 6	Heuscher/Kobel	2	Egger/Heyer	8	25-23, 21-15	0:39
5/21/04	FIVB	China Open	Winner 2	Heuscher/Kobel	4	Egger/Heyer	13	21-16, 22-20	0:39
8/17/03	FIVB C&S	Switzerland Satellite	Semi-Finals	Heuscher/Kobel	2	Egger/Heyer	3	21-14, 23-21	0:39
8/9/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool D	Heuscher/Kobel	13	Egger/Heyer	20	21-14, 21-19	0:39
9/14/01	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Heuscher/Kobel	14	Egger/Heyer	19	21-17, 21-14	0:35
Lead the series against # 7 Marques/Souza, Brazil 1-0
9/24/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 4	Heuscher/Kobel	3	Marques/Souza	7	18-21, 21-19, 15-10	1:02
Lead the series against # 8, Q1 Cunha/Ferreira, Brazil 1-0
7/30/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Contender 2	Heuscher/Kobel	1	Cunha/Ferreira	15, Q4	21-16, 21-16	0:35
Lead the series against # 9, Q2 Magalhaes/Silva, Brazil 1-0
7/23/04	FIVB	Mazury Open	Winner 2	Heuscher/Kobel	1	Magalhaes/Silva	17, Q1	21-14, 21-12	0:31
Lead the series against # 13 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 2-0
6/24/04	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Winner 2	Heuscher/Kobel	2	Kais/Vesik	18	18-21, 28-26, 16-14	1:02
5/30/04	FIVB	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Bronze Medal	Heuscher/Kobel	4	Kais/Vesik	27, Q7	21-17, 21-18	0:41
Lead the series against # 14 Baracetti/Depiaggio, Argentina 1-0
9/23/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 2	Heuscher/Kobel	3	Baracetti/Depiaggio	14	21-19, 21-17	0:41
Lead the series against # 16 Hernandez/Papaleo, Puerto Rico 3-0
6/18/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 2	Heuscher/Kobel	2	Hernandez/Papaleo	18	21-14, 21-9	0:36
7/4/03	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool A	Heuscher/Kobel	16	Hernandez/Papaleo	32, Q26	21-13, 18-21, 15-12	0:51
6/27/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool A	Heuscher/Kobel	17	Hernandez/Papaleo	32, Q48	19-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:59
Lead the series against # 19 Brink/Schneider, Germany 1-0
7/24/04	FIVB	Mazury Open	Winner 3	Heuscher/Kobel	1	Brink/Schneider	24, Q2	21-13, 21-16	0:35
Series tied with # 21 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 1-1
7/29/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	De Gruijter/Ronnes	32, Q19	Heuscher/Kobel	1	19-21, 23-21, 15-12	1:04
6/18/04	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	Heuscher/Kobel	2	De Gruijter/Ronnes	31, Q25	21-13, 21-15	0:38
Lead the series against # 23 Leinemann/VanHuizen, Canada 1-0
3/18/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Heuscher/Kobel	6	Leinemann/VanHuizen	27, Q8	16-21, 21-19, 15-5	0:59
Lead the series against # 26 Gosch/Strauss, Austria 1-0
9/6/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool B	Heuscher/Kobel	2	Gosch/Strauss	31, Q16	21-16, 21-14	0:39
Lead the series against # 30, Q8 Polte/Schoen, Germany 1-0
9/23/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Heuscher/Kobel	3	Polte/Schoen	30, Q8	21-19, 23-21	0:44
Lead the series against # Q13 Polnitski/Tarakanov, Russia 1-0
8/16/03	FIVB C&S	Switzerland Satellite	Winner 1	Heuscher/Kobel	2	Polnitski/Tarakanov	32	21-10, 21-13	0:29