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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Smart Grand Slam
July 10 - 15, 2007

(5) Patrick Heuscher/Sascha Heyer, Switzerland

Patrick Heuscher
Switzerland

Photo: Adrian Knecht

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 22, 1976 (49 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kehrsiten

Height:

194 cm (6'4")

Weight:

93 kg (205 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

173

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$624,834.39

Sascha Heyer
Switzerland

Photo: Adrian Knecht

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 21, 1972 (53 yrs old)

Home Town:

Zürich

Height:

203 cm (6'8")

Weight:

104 kg (229 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

183

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Best:

2nd (5 times)

Career Winnings:

US$534,068.41

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
CEV	13	2	3	1	1	5	0	1	0	0	0	US$103,760.89
FIVB	36	0	1	1	0	4	2	14	1	11	2	US$258,050.00
FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$2,000.00
Overall	50	3	4	2	1	9	2	15	1	11	2	US$363,810.89

Previous Berlin Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1998	Stefan Kobel - 57th	Martin Fluckiger - 37th
1999	Did not play	Martin Tschudi - 57th
2001	Stefan Kobel - 4th	Markus Egger - 33rd
2002	Stefan Kobel - 9th	Markus Egger - 17th
2003	Stefan Kobel - 9th	Markus Egger - 17th
2004	Stefan Kobel - 5th	Markus Egger - 9th
2005	Stefan Kobel - 17th	Paul Laciga - 2nd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	7/5-8/2007	Swiss Masters	13	1st	600	€ 11,050.00
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2007	Stavanger Grand Slam	4	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2007	Paris Grand Slam	11	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	6/5-10/2007	Zagreb Open	7	2nd	540	US$22,000.00
FIVB	5/23-27/2007	Italian Open	6	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	5/1-5/2007	Shanghai Open	8	3rd	480	US$16,000.00

Berlin Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/12/2007	Pool E	Guilherm Deulofeu / Yannick Salvetti, France (28)	Won 21-16, 19-21, 15-9	0:52
Fri, 7/13/2007	Pool E	Riccardo Lione / Matteo Varnier, Italy (21)	Won 21-13, 21-16	0:38
Fri, 7/13/2007	Pool E	Penggen Wu / Linyin Xu, China (12)	Won 21-23, 24-22, 15-9	1:02
Sat, 7/14/2007	Winner 2	Marcio Araujo / Fabio Luiz Magalhaes, Brazil (3)	Lost 19-21, 16-21	0:47

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	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$18,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	16	0	0	0	0	4	0	7	0	5	0	0	$132,900.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	17	0	1	1	0	0	2	6	1	4	2	0	$107,150.00
Satellite	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
Confederation Championship	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	$15,750.00
Total	41	1	1	1	0	7	2	15	1	11	2	0	$275,800.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Patrick Heuscher												Sascha Heyer
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	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00
6	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	$25,125.00	World Championships	7	0	1	0	0	0	1	4	0	1	$38,875.00
47	1	2	3	0	10	16	12	2	1	$238,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	48	0	2	1	1	6	18	12	6	2	$193,725.00
72	2	3	4	3	13	22	12	4	9	$230,880.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	87	0	2	3	0	10	21	21	13	17	$173,027.50
2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,750.00	Challenger	3	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	$2,100.00
10	5	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$9,425.00	Satellite	8	2	1	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	$5,465.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$750.00	Goodwill Games
13	0	1	2	1	6	3	0	0	0	$36,987.50	Confederation Championship	12	1	2	1	0	5	2	1	0	0	$44,125.00
154	9	8	11	4	32	45	29	6	10	$544,167.50	Total	167	3	8	9	1	21	47	39	19	20	$457,317.50

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
2007	FIVB	6	0	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	$78,400.00	26	9	74.3 %
2007	CEV	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$11,050.00	6	1	85.7 %
Total	FIVB	6	0	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	$78,400.00	26	9	74.3 %
Total	CEV	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$11,050.00	6	1	85.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Patrick Heuscher													Sascha Heyer
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1995	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											1996	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	$2,500.00
											1996	CEV	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1997	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	$1,850.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	$850.00	1998	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	1998	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$625.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	1999	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	$1,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$175.00	1999	FIVB C&S	3	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	$1,140.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$281.25	1999	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	3	$4,000.00	2000	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,750.00	2000	FIVB C&S	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,050.00
2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,275.00	2000	CEV	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$6,412.50
11	0	0	0	1	3	4	3	0	0	$30,375.00	2001	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	1	$12,625.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,300.00	2001	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,325.00	2001	CEV	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$15,500.00
10	0	0	1	0	0	6	2	1	0	$21,805.00	2002	FIVB	9	0	1	0	0	1	1	4	2	0	$22,152.50
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00	2002	FIVB C&S
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,187.50	2002	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$900.00
9	0	0	2	0	3	3	1	0	0	$43,500.00	2003	FIVB	10	0	1	0	0	4	1	4	0	0	$40,500.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	2003	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$3,000.00	2003	CEV	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$8,750.00
11	1	3	2	1	3	1	0	0	0	$75,750.00	2004	FIVB	13	0	1	1	0	3	6	2	0	0	$51,300.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,500.00	2004	CEV	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$8,500.00
11	1	0	1	0	4	3	2	0	0	$64,875.00	2005	FIVB	10	0	1	0	1	1	6	0	1	0	$54,225.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,700.00	2005	FIVB C&S
3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$14,500.00	2005	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$2,600.00
8	1	0	0	1	2	3	1	0	0	$45,175.00	2006	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	1	0	$26,300.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	2006	FIVB C&S
4	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	$8,900.00	2006	CEV
6	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	$39,200.00	2007	FIVB	6	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	$39,200.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,525.00	2007	CEV	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,525.00
108	9	9	11	3	25	28	12	1	10	$381,198.75	Total	Total	117	4	8	8	2	14	30	19	12	20	$307,905.00

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	59	72.0%	10	12.2%	13	15.9%	69-13	84.1%	17	22.7%	14	18.7%	44	58.7%	17-58	22.7%	59-44	57.3%	27-27	50.0%	2	1	88-72	55.0%
2006-2007	22	71.0%	5	16.1%	4	12.9%	27-4	87.1%	10	45.5%	4	18.2%	8	36.4%	10-12	45.5%	22-8	73.3%	15-8	65.2%	0	0	37-16	69.8%
Against the Field	29	61.7%	7	14.9%	11	23.4%	36-11	76.6%	9	18.4%	9	18.4%	31	63.3%	9-40	18.4%	58-58	50.0%	32-40	44.4%	1	1	46-50	47.9%

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	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
World Championships	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	0	27	18	0	0	11	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	39	34
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	16	1	1	1	0	0	1	41	33
Satellite	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	8
Total	0	0	1	0	38	22	0	1	35	38	2	1	1	0	1	1	105	80

Head to Head Results
Heuscher/Heyer lead the series against the field 27-9 (Lead 14 Series, Trail 3 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 2-0
6/9/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Contender 6	Heuscher/Heyer	7	Rego/Santos	1	21-18, 14-21, 15-13	0:55
5/3/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 3	Heuscher/Heyer	8	Rego/Santos	1	13-21, 21-18, 18-16	0:59
Trail the series against # 3 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 0-3
7/14/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 2	Araujo/Magalhaes	3	Heuscher/Heyer	5	21-19, 21-16	0:47
6/29/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool D	Araujo/Magalhaes	13	Heuscher/Heyer	4	21-18, 26-24	1:00
5/4/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Semi-Finals	Araujo/Magalhaes	3	Heuscher/Heyer	8	18-21, 21-16, 15-11	1:01
Series tied with # 6 Barsuk/Kolodinsky, Russia 1-1
6/30/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 3	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	7	Heuscher/Heyer	4	21-9, 19-21, 15-12	0:52
5/5/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Bronze Medal	Heuscher/Heyer	8	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	17	21-19, 21-17	0:46
Trail the series against # 9 Brink/Dieckmann, Germany 1-2
6/23/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 3	Brink/Dieckmann	6	Heuscher/Heyer	11	21-12, 21-16	0:42
6/22/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool F	Heuscher/Heyer	11	Brink/Dieckmann	6	21-19, 21-15	0:44
5/25/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 4	Brink/Dieckmann	2	Heuscher/Heyer	6	21-18, 21-19	0:45
Lead the series against # 10 Reckermann/Urbatzka, Germany 1-0
6/22/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 2	Heuscher/Heyer	11	Reckermann/Urbatzka	19	14-21, 21-19, 15-11	1:05
Lead the series against # 12 Wu/Xu, China 3-0
7/13/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool E	Heuscher/Heyer	5	Wu/Xu	12	21-23, 24-22, 15-9	1:02
6/9/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Contender 5	Heuscher/Heyer	7	Wu/Xu	3	21-18, 23-21	0:47
5/3/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 4	Heuscher/Heyer	8	Wu/Xu	5	21-19, 21-12	0:39
Lead the series against # 13 Schacht/Slack, Australia 1-0
6/9/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Semi-Finals	Heuscher/Heyer	7	Schacht/Slack	18	20-22, 21-14, 15-10	1:06
Lead the series against # 14 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 1-0
5/25/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 2	Heuscher/Heyer	6	Nummerdor/Schuil	5	19-21, 29-27, 17-15	1:09
Lead the series against # 15 Herrera/Mesa, Spain 2-0
7/7/07	CEV	Swiss Masters	Contender 4	Heuscher/Heyer	13	Herrera/Mesa	7	21-18, 21-19	0:53
6/30/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 2	Heuscher/Heyer	4	Herrera/Mesa	16	21-19, 23-21	0:45
Lead the series against # 19 Doppler/Gartmayer, Austria 2-0
6/28/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool D	Heuscher/Heyer	4	Doppler/Gartmayer	20	19-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:55
5/25/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 3	Heuscher/Heyer	6	Doppler/Gartmayer	13	19-21, 21-14, 15-4	0:52
Lead the series against # 21 Lione/Varnier, Italy 2-0
7/13/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool E	Heuscher/Heyer	5	Lione/Varnier	21	21-13, 21-16	0:38
6/8/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Contender 3	Heuscher/Heyer	7	Lione/Varnier	15	21-19, 21-19	0:43
Lead the series against # 22 Plavins/Samoilovs, Latvia 2-0
6/30/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 1	Heuscher/Heyer	4	Plavins/Samoilovs	23, Q5	21-14, 22-20	0:40
6/21/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool F	Heuscher/Heyer	11	Plavins/Samoilovs	22, Q9	21-11, 21-17	0:36
Lead the series against # 25, Q4 Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 2-0
6/21/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool F	Heuscher/Heyer	11	Horrem/Maaseide	27	21-17, 18-21, 15-10	1:05
5/2/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 2	Heuscher/Heyer	8	Horrem/Maaseide	24	21-17, 21-19	0:46
Lead the series against # 26, Q14 Boersma/Ronnes, Netherlands 2-1
7/8/07	CEV	Swiss Masters	Gold Medal	Heuscher/Heyer	13	Boersma/Ronnes	4	18-21, 21-17, 27-25	1:19
7/6/07	CEV	Swiss Masters	Winner 1	Heuscher/Heyer	13	Boersma/Ronnes	4	21-14, 21-19	0:40
5/24/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 1	Boersma/Ronnes	27, Q8	Heuscher/Heyer	6	16-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:57
Series tied with # 27 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 1-1
7/7/07	CEV	Swiss Masters	Semi-Finals	Heuscher/Heyer	13	Laciga/Laciga	5	21-17, 23-21	0:42
7/6/07	CEV	Swiss Masters	Winner 2	Laciga/Laciga	5	Heuscher/Heyer	13	19-21, 21-19, 15-13	1:05
Lead the series against # 28 Deulofeu/Salvetti, France 1-0
7/12/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool E	Heuscher/Heyer	5	Deulofeu/Salvetti	28	21-16, 19-21, 15-9	0:52
Lead the series against # 29, Q5 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 2-0
6/28/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool D	Heuscher/Heyer	4	Lochhead/Pitman	29, Q6	21-13, 21-16	0:34
5/24/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 1	Heuscher/Heyer	6	Lochhead/Pitman	22	21-18, 21-19	0:40
Trail the series against # Q7 Asahi/Shiratori, Japan 0-1
6/7/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Winner 1	Asahi/Shiratori	26, Q13	Heuscher/Heyer	7	12-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:50
Lead the series against # Q8 Li/Zhou, China 1-0
6/8/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Contender 2	Heuscher/Heyer	7	Li/Zhou	24, Q14	21-17, 25-23	0:44