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(7) Patrick Heuscher/Sascha Heyer, 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

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:

155

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Best:

2nd (5 times)

Career Winnings:

US$413,192.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
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	37	1	1	1	0	4	2	14	1	11	2	US$260,050.00

Previous Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2001	Stefan Kobel - 13th	Markus Egger - 25th
2002	Stefan Kobel - 9th	Markus Egger - 5th
2003	Stefan Kobel - 3rd	Markus Egger - 5th
2004	Stefan Kobel - 1st	Markus Egger - 5th
2005	Stefan Kobel - 9th	Paul Laciga - 5th
2006	Stefan Kobel - 13th	Paul Laciga - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/10-15/2007	Berlin Grand Slam	5	9th	320	US$8,000.00
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

Gstaad World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 7/24/2007	Pool T	Marcel Gscheidle / Jan Schnider, Switzerland (42)	Won 21-14, 19-21, 15-12	0:53
Wed, 7/25/2007	Pool T	Conrad Leinemann / Rich VanHuizen, Canada (31)	Won 22-20, 21-11	0:44
Thu, 7/26/2007	Pool T	Florian Gosch / Alexander Horst, Austria (18)	Won 24-22, 21-18	0:46
Fri, 7/27/2007	Winner 1	Pablo Herrera / Raul Mesa, Spain (24)	Lost 22-24, 21-19, 12-15	1:13

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1999	World Championships	Marseille	Did not play	Martin Tschudi - 41st
2001	World Championships	Klagenfurt	Stefan Kobel - 17th	Markus Egger - 17th
2003	World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	Stefan Kobel - 5th	Markus Egger - 17th
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Stefan Kobel - 17th	Paul Laciga - 2nd
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Sascha Heyer - 17th	Patrick Heuscher - 17th
2009	World Championships	Stavanger	Sascha Heyer - 9th	Patrick Heuscher - 9th
2011	World Championships	Rome	Jefferson Bellaguarda - 17th	Sebastian Chevallier - 17th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/24-29/2007	Gstaad World Championships	7	17th	200	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/26-7/5/2009	Stavanger World Championships	28	9th	400	US$11,000.00

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	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
Total	37	1	1	1	0	4	2	14	1	11	2	0	$260,050.00

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	0	$38,875.00
47	1	2	3	0	10	16	12	2	0	$238,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	48	0	2	1	1	6	18	12	6	0	$193,725.00
72	2	3	4	3	13	22	12	4	0	$230,880.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	87	0	2	3	0	10	21	21	13	0	$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
141	9	7	9	3	26	42	29	6	0	$507,180.00	Total	155	2	6	8	1	16	45	38	19	0	$413,192.50

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	7	0	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	$85,400.00	29	10	74.4 %
Total	FIVB	7	0	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	$85,400.00	29	10	74.4 %

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
7	0	1	1	0	2	2	1	0	0	$42,700.00	2007	FIVB	7	0	1	1	0	2	2	1	0	0	$42,700.00
92	8	6	8	3	19	24	13	1	10	$340,205.00	Total	Total	104	1	6	6	1	12	26	20	12	20	$261,717.50

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	26	55.3%	8	17.0%	13	27.7%	34-13	72.3%	11	21.6%	10	19.6%	30	58.8%	11-40	21.6%	52-58	47.3%	38-46	45.2%	0	1	45-53	45.9%

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
Total	0	0	1	0	34	20	0	1	31	34	2	1	1	0	1	1	93	72

Head to Head Results
Heuscher/Heyer lead the series against the field 27-10 (Lead 16 Series, Trail 5 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
Trail the series against # 5 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
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
Lead the series against # 9 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 # 11 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 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 # 16 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 # 18 Gosch/Horst, Austria 1-0
7/26/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool T	Heuscher/Heyer	7	Gosch/Horst	18	24-22, 21-18	0:46
Trail the series against # 19 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 0-1
6/10/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Gold Medal	Kais/Vesik	16	Heuscher/Heyer	7	21-19, 17-21, 17-15	1:04
Lead the series against # 20 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 # 22 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 1-0
6/8/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Contender 4	Heuscher/Heyer	7	Brenha/Maia	30, Q12	21-16, 21-19	0:39
Series tied with # 24 Herrera/Mesa, Spain 1-1
7/27/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Winner 1	Herrera/Mesa	24	Heuscher/Heyer	7	24-22, 19-21, 15-12	1:13
6/30/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 2	Heuscher/Heyer	4	Herrera/Mesa	16	21-19, 23-21	0:45
Trail the series against # 27 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
Trail the series against # 28 Boersma/Ronnes, Netherlands 0-1
5/24/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 1	Boersma/Ronnes	27, Q8	Heuscher/Heyer	6	16-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:57
Lead the series against # 30 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 # 31 Leinemann/VanHuizen, Canada 1-0
7/25/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool T	Heuscher/Heyer	7	Leinemann/VanHuizen	31	22-20, 21-11	0:44
Lead the series against # 33 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
Lead the series against # 34 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 # 39 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 # 40 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 # 42 Gscheidle/Schnider, Switzerland 1-0
7/24/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool T	Heuscher/Heyer	7	Gscheidle/Schnider	42	21-14, 19-21, 15-12	0:53
Lead the series against # 46 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