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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$200,000 Easy Living Italian Open
June 7 - 11, 2006

(7) 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 Roseto degli Abruzzi Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2006	Croatia Open	5	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	10/25-29/2005	Acapulco Open	6	7th	200	US$8,000.00
FIVB	10/19-23/2005	Brazil Open	2	9th	160	US$6,000.00
FIVB C&S	8/11-14/2005	Switzerland Satellite	1	1st	34	US$3,400.00
FIVB	8/3-7/2005	Austria Grand Slam	4	17th	112	US$4,750.00
FIVB	7/27-31/2005	France Grand Slam	5	1st	560	US$41,500.00
FIVB	7/20-24/2005	Poland Open	4	5th	240	US$10,000.00
FIVB	7/6-10/2005	St. Petersburg Open	4	5th	240	US$10,000.00
FIVB	6/29-7/3/2005	Norway Grand Slam	11	3rd	448	US$21,500.00
FIVB	6/22-26/2005	Berlin World Championships	9	17th	200	US$7,500.00
FIVB	6/15-19/2005	Switzerland Open	6	9th	160	US$6,000.00
FIVB	6/8-12/2005	Croatia Open	6	5th	240	US$10,000.00

Italian Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 6/8/2006	Winner 1	Marcel Gscheidle / Jan Schnider, Switzerland (26, Q3)	Won 21-18, 21-12	0:44
Thu, 6/8/2006	Winner 2	Eugenio Amore / Riccardo Fenili, Italy (10)	Won 19-21, 21-15, 15-12	0:54
Fri, 6/9/2006	Winner 3	Marcio Araujo / Fabio Luiz Magalhaes, Brazil (2)	Lost 12-21, 18-21	0:40
Fri, 6/9/2006	Contender 4	Joao Brenha / Miguel Maia, Portugal (12)	Won 21-16, 21-16	0:39
Sat, 6/10/2006	Contender 5	David Klemperer / Kjell Schneider, Germany (6)	Won 21-18, 21-15	0:46
Sat, 6/10/2006	Contender 6	Kristjan Kais / Rivo Vesik, Estonia (5)	Won By Forfeit
Sun, 6/11/2006	Semi-Finals	Marcio Araujo / Fabio Luiz Magalhaes, Brazil (2)	Won 18-21, 21-17, 15-13	1:02
Sun, 6/11/2006	Gold Medal	Emanuel Rego / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (1)	Won 14-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:59

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 %
2005	FIVB	11	1	0	1	0	3	1	2	1	2	0	0	$129,750.00	35	21	62.5 %
2005	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,400.00	5	0	100.0 %
2006	FIVB	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$38,000.00	10	3	76.9 %
Total	FIVB	54	3	3	6	2	9	4	14	4	8	1	0	$510,610.00	172	100	63.2 %
Total	FIVB C&S	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,900.00	18	1	94.7 %

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
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
11	1	0	1	0	4	3	2	0	0	$64,875.00	2005	FIVB	11	1	0	1	0	4	3	2	0	0	$64,875.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,700.00	2005	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,700.00
2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$19,000.00	2006	FIVB	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$19,000.00
78	7	5	7	2	15	20	11	1	10	$270,330.00	Total	Total	79	8	5	7	2	15	20	11	1	10	$272,230.00

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%
2005-2006	37	66.1%	13	23.2%	6	10.7%	50-6	89.3%	11	27.5%	7	17.5%	22	55.0%	11-29	27.5%	37-22	62.7%	24-13	64.9%	2	1	63-36	63.6%
Against the Field	22	66.7%	6	18.2%	5	15.2%	28-5	84.8%	12	27.9%	6	14.0%	25	58.1%	12-31	27.9%	44-46	48.9%	36-22	62.1%	1	1	41-35	53.9%

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 lead the series against the field 31-24 (Lead 13 Series, Trail 7 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 5-7
6/11/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Gold Medal	Heuscher/Kobel	7	Rego/Santos	1	14-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:59
7/29/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 4	Heuscher/Kobel	5	Rego/Santos	2	21-19, 21-18	0:42
7/23/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Contender 6	Rego/Santos	2	Heuscher/Kobel	4	22-20, 18-21, 15-9	0:58
7/8/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 4	Rego/Santos	1	Heuscher/Kobel	4	21-19, 21-10	0:39
7/3/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Rego/Santos	2	Heuscher/Kobel	11	21-18, 13-21, 15-10	0:51
6/11/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Contender 6	Rego/Santos	1	Heuscher/Kobel	6	21-15, 21-16	0:31
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
Trail the series against # 2 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 2-4
6/11/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Semi-Finals	Heuscher/Kobel	7	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	18-21, 21-17, 15-13	1:02
6/9/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 3	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	Heuscher/Kobel	7	21-12, 21-18	0:40
10/28/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Contender 5	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	Heuscher/Kobel	6	21-15, 21-13	0:41
7/2/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Contender 4	Heuscher/Kobel	11	Araujo/Magalhaes	1	21-17, 21-13	0:37
6/17/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 3	Araujo/Magalhaes	3, Q1	Heuscher/Kobel	6	21-17, 21-16	0:40
6/10/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Winner 4	Araujo/Magalhaes	7, Q1	Heuscher/Kobel	6	21-17, 21-19	0:44
Trail the series against # 3 Insfran/Marques, Brazil 0-3
10/21/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 4	Insfran/Marques	5	Heuscher/Kobel	2	24-22, 19-21, 15-8	1:09
7/9/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 6	Insfran/Marques	3	Heuscher/Kobel	4	By Forfeit
7/1/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 3	Insfran/Marques	3, Q1	Heuscher/Kobel	11	21-12, 21-13	0:35
Trail the series against # 4 Egger/Laciga, Switzerland 0-1
7/22/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Winner 4	Egger/Laciga	8	Heuscher/Kobel	4	14-21, 24-22, 15-7	0:51
Lead the series against # 5 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 3-2
6/10/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 6	Heuscher/Kobel	7	Kais/Vesik	5	By Forfeit
10/27/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Winner 3	Kais/Vesik	14	Heuscher/Kobel	6	21-15, 21-17	0:31
10/20/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 2	Kais/Vesik	15	Heuscher/Kobel	2	21-16, 23-21	0:32
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 # 6 Klemperer/Schneider, Germany 1-0
6/10/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 5	Heuscher/Kobel	7	Klemperer/Schneider	6	21-18, 21-15	0:46
Trail the series against # 8 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 2-4
3/26/04	FIVB	South Africa Open	Contender 4	Heuscher/Kobel	2	Baracetti/Conde	5	21-17, 21-17	0:32
3/18/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 2	Heuscher/Kobel	6	Baracetti/Conde	11	25-23, 21-16	0:56
9/7/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Baracetti/Conde	3	Heuscher/Kobel	13	21-19, 21-17	0:44
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
Lead the series against # 10 Amore/Fenili, Italy 1-0
6/8/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 2	Heuscher/Kobel	7	Amore/Fenili	10	19-21, 21-15, 15-12	0:54
Lead the series against # 12 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 6-0
6/9/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 4	Heuscher/Kobel	7	Brenha/Maia	12	21-16, 21-16	0:39
6/2/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Contender 3	Heuscher/Kobel	5	Brenha/Maia	14	17-21, 21-16, 15-9	0:47
8/20/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Winner 1	Heuscher/Kobel	5	Brenha/Maia	18	21-18, 21-19	0:40
7/30/04	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Contender 1	Heuscher/Kobel	1	Brenha/Maia	16	21-15, 26-24	0:43
9/5/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool B	Heuscher/Kobel	2	Brenha/Maia	15	19-21, 22-20, 20-18	1:05
7/6/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool D	Heuscher/Kobel	13	Brenha/Maia	20	20-22, 21-19, 15-10	0:47
Lead the series against # 13 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 1-0
7/29/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 2	Heuscher/Kobel	5	Kjemperud/Skarlund	27	21-15, 21-17	0:40
Series tied with # 14 Horrem/Pettersen, Norway 1-1
7/2/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Contender 5	Heuscher/Kobel	11	Horrem/Pettersen	10	21-15, 21-16	0:43
5/20/05	FIVB	China Open	Contender 3	Horrem/Pettersen	24	Heuscher/Kobel	2	21-18, 21-13	0:41
Trail the series against # 16 Arkaev/Barsuk, Russia 0-1
6/1/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Winner 2	Arkaev/Barsuk	21	Heuscher/Kobel	5	21-16, 21-18	0:36
Trail the series against # 20, Q10 Berg/Svensson, Sweden 0-1
5/19/05	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Berg/Svensson	31, Q10	Heuscher/Kobel	2	21-16, 21-15	0:39
Lead the series against # 26, Q3 Gscheidle/Schnider, Switzerland 2-0
6/8/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 1	Heuscher/Kobel	7	Gscheidle/Schnider	26, Q3	21-18, 21-12	0:44
8/14/05	FIVB C&S	Switzerland Satellite	Gold Medal	Heuscher/Kobel	1	Gscheidle/Schnider	2	21-18, 21-16	0:39
Lead the series against # Q2 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 # Q11 Ces/Dugrip, France 1-0
8/13/05	FIVB C&S	Switzerland Satellite	Winner 3	Heuscher/Kobel	1	Ces/Dugrip	4	21-18, 26-24	0:48
Lead the series against # Q12 Vorobyev/Zabuslayev, Kazakhstan 1-0
7/7/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 1	Heuscher/Kobel	4	Vorobyev/Zabuslayev	29, Q16	21-15, 16-21, 15-11	0:47
Lead the series against # Q22 Hernandez/Mussa, Venezuela 1-0
10/21/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 2	Heuscher/Kobel	2	Hernandez/Mussa	32, Q30	21-18, 17-21, 15-8	1:02
Lead the series against # Q31 Gabathuler/Wenger, Switzerland 1-0
8/12/05	FIVB C&S	Switzerland Satellite	Winner 2	Heuscher/Kobel	1	Gabathuler/Wenger	9	21-15, 21-13	0:31
Lead the series against # Q39 Karasev/Zaitsev, Russia 1-0
7/5/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool D	Heuscher/Kobel	13	Karasev/Zaitsev	29	15-21, 21-13, 15-11	0:42
Lead the series against # Q47 Schroffenegger/Schroffenegger, Austria 1-0
8/2/03	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	Heuscher/Kobel	8	Schroffenegger/Schroffenegger	31, Q32	21-13, 21-14	0:37