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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 Montréal Open
July 12 - 16, 2006

(5) 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 Montréal Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2002	Stefan Kobel - 9th	Patrick Heuscher - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/28-7/2/2006	Norway Grand Slam	8	17th	160	US$4,900.00
FIVB	6/21-25/2006	Switzerland Grand Slam	9	13th	240	US$6,500.00
FIVB	6/7-11/2006	Italian Open	7	1st	600	US$32,000.00
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

Canada Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/13/2006	Winner 1	Mykola Babich / Oleg Nikolaev, Ukraine (28, Q11)	Won 21-14, 21-14	0:37
Thu, 7/13/2006	Winner 2	Penggen Wu / Linyin Xu, China (12)	Won 21-17, 21-15	0:48
Fri, 7/14/2006	Winner 3	Benjamin Insfran / Harley Marques, Brazil (4, Q1)	Won 19-21, 21-17, 15-9	1:02
Fri, 7/14/2006	Winner 4	Emanuel Rego / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (1)	Lost 17-21, 18-21	0:48
Sat, 7/15/2006	Contender 6	Markus Egger / Martin Laciga, Switzerland (7)	Won 21-14, 18-21, 20-18	0:56
Sat, 7/15/2006	Semi-Finals	Marcio Araujo / Fabio Luiz Magalhaes, Brazil (2)	Lost 13-21, 21-19, 11-15	0:58
Sun, 7/16/2006	Bronze Medal	Pedro Cunha / Franco Neto, Brazil (3)	Lost 18-21, 21-19, 7-15	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 %
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	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$61,400.00	18	10	64.3 %
Total	FIVB	57	3	3	6	3	9	4	14	5	9	1	0	$534,010.00	180	107	62.7 %
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
5	1	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	$30,700.00	2006	FIVB	5	1	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	$30,700.00
81	7	5	7	3	15	21	12	1	10	$282,030.00	Total	Total	82	8	5	7	3	15	21	12	1	10	$283,930.00

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	18	64.3%	6	21.4%	4	14.3%	24-4	85.7%	7	23.3%	7	23.3%	16	53.3%	7-23	23.3%	36-30	54.5%	26-22	54.2%	0	1	31-27	53.4%

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 27-23 (Lead 12 Series, Trail 5 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 5-8
7/14/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 4	Rego/Santos	1	Heuscher/Kobel	5	21-17, 21-18	0:48
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 2-5
7/15/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Semi-Finals	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	Heuscher/Kobel	5	21-13, 19-21, 15-11	0:58
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 Cunha/Neto, Brazil 0-2
7/16/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Bronze Medal	Cunha/Neto	3	Heuscher/Kobel	5	21-18, 19-21, 15-7	1:00
6/29/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool H	Cunha/Neto	25, Q1	Heuscher/Kobel	8	21-19, 21-19	0:44
Trail the series against # 4, Q1 Insfran/Marques, Brazil 1-3
7/14/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 3	Heuscher/Kobel	5	Insfran/Marques	4, Q1	19-21, 21-17, 15-9	1:02
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 # 6 Schacht/Slack, Australia 1-2
6/2/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Contender 4	Schacht/Slack	7	Heuscher/Kobel	5	21-18, 15-21, 15-9	0:55
9/5/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool B	Schacht/Slack	18	Heuscher/Kobel	2	21-18, 21-19	1:19
6/27/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Pool A	Heuscher/Kobel	17	Schacht/Slack	16	18-21, 21-16, 15-13	1:01
Series tied with # 7 Egger/Laciga, Switzerland 1-1
7/15/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 6	Heuscher/Kobel	5	Egger/Laciga	7	21-14, 18-21, 20-18	0:56
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 # 9 Heese/VanHuizen, Canada 1-0
6/23/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Contender 2	Heuscher/Kobel	9	Heese/VanHuizen	23, Q1	21-16, 21-16	0:43
Series tied with # 11 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 1-1
7/1/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 1	Kjemperud/Skarlund	10	Heuscher/Kobel	8	24-22, 26-24	0:52
7/29/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 2	Heuscher/Kobel	5	Kjemperud/Skarlund	27	21-15, 21-17	0:40
Lead the series against # 12 Wu/Xu, China 1-0
7/13/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 2	Heuscher/Kobel	5	Wu/Xu	12	21-17, 21-15	0:48
Lead the series against # 13 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 # 19, Q2 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 # 20 Prosser/Richardson, Australia 1-0
6/22/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 2	Heuscher/Kobel	9	Prosser/Richardson	24	21-16, 21-10	0:30
Lead the series against # 23 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 4-1
10/26/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Winner 2	Heuscher/Kobel	6	De Gruijter/Ronnes	22	23-25, 21-17, 15-11	0:56
7/29/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Contender 3	Heuscher/Kobel	5	De Gruijter/Ronnes	19	21-15, 19-21, 15-7	0:55
7/7/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 2	Heuscher/Kobel	4	De Gruijter/Ronnes	13	21-17, 21-13	0:37
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 # 24, Q5 Nishimura/Shiratori, Japan 1-0
6/1/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Winner 1	Heuscher/Kobel	5	Nishimura/Shiratori	28, Q14	21-15, 21-11	0:34
Lead the series against # 26 Herrera/Mesa, Spain 2-0
7/21/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Winner 2	Heuscher/Kobel	4	Herrera/Mesa	20	21-12, 21-16	0:40
6/30/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 1	Heuscher/Kobel	11	Herrera/Mesa	22	21-18, 21-18	0:36
Lead the series against # 28, Q11 Babich/Nikolaev, Ukraine 1-0
7/13/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 1	Heuscher/Kobel	5	Babich/Nikolaev	28, Q11	21-14, 21-14	0:37
Lead the series against # 30, Q13 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 Cloutier/Cote, Canada 1-0
8/16/03	FIVB C&S	Switzerland Satellite	Pool B	Heuscher/Kobel	2	Cloutier/Cote	31	21-15, 21-12	0:39
Lead the series against # Q6 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