Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 1to1 energy Grand Slam 2008
July 22 - 27, 2008
(9) Patrick Heuscher/Sascha Heyer, Switzerland
 
Patrick Heuscher
Switzerland
Photo: Adrian Knecht
Personal Info
Birth Date: Dec 22, 1976 (47 yrs old)
Home Town: Kehrsiten
Height: 194 cm (6'4")
Weight: 93 kg (205 lb)
Seasons: 16
Tournaments: 141
Career Wins: 9
Career FIVB WT Wins: 3
Career Winnings: US$507,180.00
Sascha Heyer
Switzerland
Photo: Adrian Knecht
Personal Info
Birth Date: Jul 21, 1972 (52 yrs old)
Home Town: Zürich
Height: 203 cm (6'8")
Weight: 104 kg (229 lb)
Seasons: 18
Tournaments: 155
Career Wins: 2
Career FIVB WT Best: 2nd (5 times)
Career Winnings: US$413,192.50
Team Career Summary 
TourPlayed1234579131725Money
FIVB36011042141112 US$258,050.00
FIVB C&S11000000000 US$2,000.00
Overall37111042141112 US$260,050.00
Previous Gstaad Results 
YearPartner - ResultPartner - 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
2007 Sascha Heyer - 17th Patrick Heuscher - 17th
Recent Results 
TourDateTournamentSeedFinishPointsMoney
FIVB 7/1-6/2008 Moscow Grand Slam 17 17th 160 US$5,100.00
FIVB 6/17-22/2008 Paris Grand Slam 22, Q2 9th 320 US$8,000.00
FIVB 6/10-15/2008 Berlin Grand Slam 21 9th 320 US$8,000.00
FIVB 5/27-6/1/2008 Barcelona Open 7 25th 60 US$1,800.00
FIVB 5/13-18/2008 Italian Open 16 17th 120 US$2,500.00
FIVB 5/6-11/2008 Prague Open 14 9th 240 US$5,500.00
FIVB 3/25-30/2008 Adelaide Australia Open 12 9th 240 US$5,500.00
FIVB 9/5-9/2007 Stare Jablonki Open 7 9th 240 US$6,000.00
FIVB 8/15-19/2007 Aland Open 6 9th 240 US$6,000.00
FIVB C&S 8/9-12/2007 Vaduz Satellite 1 1st 20 US$2,000.00
FIVB 8/1-5/2007 Klagenfurt Grand Slam 11 9th 320 US$8,000.00
FIVB 7/24-29/2007 Gstaad World Championships 7 17th 200 US$7,000.00
Gstaad Grand Slam Matches
DateBracketOpponentScoreTime
Thu, 7/24/2008 Pool H Olivier Conte / Fabien Dugrip, France (24) Won 21-15, 21-14 0:39
Thu, 7/24/2008 Pool H Jose Pedrosa / Pedro Rosas, Portugal (25, Q2) Won 21-23, 29-27, 15-13 1:17
Fri, 7/25/2008 Pool H Benjamin Insfran / Franco Neto, Brazil (8) Lost 18-21, 24-26 0:55
Fri, 7/25/2008 Winner 1 Mykola Babich / Sergiy Mykhaylov, Ukraine (26, Q7) Won 21-17, 21-15 0:41
Sat, 7/26/2008 Winner 2 Reinder Nummerdor / Richard Schuil, Netherlands (2) Lost 19-21, 13-21 0:47
Head to Head Results
Heuscher/Heyer lead the series against the field 23-22 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 7 Series, 3 Series Tied)
DateTourTournamentRoundWinning TeamSeedLosing TeamSeedScoreTime
Trail the series against # 1 Brink/Dieckmann, Germany 1-5
6/14/08FIVBBerlin Grand Slam Winner 2 Brink/Dieckmann 2 Heuscher/Heyer 21 21-8, 21-18 0:37
5/9/08FIVBPrague Open Winner 3 Brink/Dieckmann 11 Heuscher/Heyer 14 21-15, 21-13 0:39
9/7/07FIVBStare Jablonki Open Contender 4 Brink/Dieckmann 4 Heuscher/Heyer 7 21-19, 23-21 0:43
6/23/07FIVBParis Grand Slam Winner 3 Brink/Dieckmann 6 Heuscher/Heyer 11 21-12, 21-16 0:42
6/22/07FIVBParis Grand Slam Pool F Heuscher/Heyer 11 Brink/Dieckmann 6 21-19, 21-15 0:44
5/25/07FIVBItalian Open Contender 4 Brink/Dieckmann 2 Heuscher/Heyer 6 21-18, 21-19 0:45
Trail the series against # 2 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 1-2
7/26/08FIVBGstaad Grand Slam Winner 2 Nummerdor/Schuil 2 Heuscher/Heyer 9 21-19, 21-13 0:47
6/12/08FIVBBerlin Grand Slam Pool E Nummerdor/Schuil 5 Heuscher/Heyer 21 22-20, 16-21, 15-9 1:03
5/25/07FIVBItalian Open Contender 2 Heuscher/Heyer 6 Nummerdor/Schuil 5 19-21, 29-27, 17-15 1:09
Lead the series against # 3 Wu/Xu, China 3-2
8/17/07FIVBAland Open Contender 4 Wu/Xu 1 Heuscher/Heyer 6 24-22, 21-11 0:37
8/4/07FIVBKlagenfurt Grand Slam Winner 2 Wu/Xu 5 Heuscher/Heyer 11 15-21, 21-16, 15-10 1:01
7/13/07FIVBBerlin Grand Slam Pool E Heuscher/Heyer 5 Wu/Xu 12 21-23, 24-22, 15-9 1:02
6/9/07FIVBZagreb Open Contender 5 Heuscher/Heyer 7 Wu/Xu 3 21-18, 23-21 0:47
5/3/07FIVBShanghai Open Winner 4 Heuscher/Heyer 8 Wu/Xu 5 21-19, 21-12 0:39
Trail the series against # 4 Barsuk/Kolodinsky, Russia 1-3
6/21/08FIVBParis Grand Slam Winner 2 Barsuk/Kolodinsky 14 Heuscher/Heyer 22, Q2 21-14, 26-24 0:47
8/3/07FIVBKlagenfurt Grand Slam Pool F Barsuk/Kolodinsky 6 Heuscher/Heyer 11 21-19, 14-21, 15-10 0:56
6/30/07FIVBStavanger Grand Slam Winner 3 Barsuk/Kolodinsky 7 Heuscher/Heyer 4 21-9, 19-21, 15-12 0:52
5/5/07FIVBShanghai Open Bronze Medal Heuscher/Heyer 8 Barsuk/Kolodinsky 17 21-19, 21-17 0:46
Lead the series against # 5 Reckermann/Urbatzka, Germany 1-0
6/22/07FIVBParis Grand Slam Winner 2 Heuscher/Heyer 11 Reckermann/Urbatzka 19 14-21, 21-19, 15-11 1:05
Trail the series against # 6 Marques/Solberg, Brazil 0-1
3/28/08FIVBAdelaide Australia Open Winner 3 Marques/Solberg 4 Heuscher/Heyer 12 21-19, 19-21, 15-12 1:03
Lead the series against # 7 Schacht/Slack, Australia 1-0
6/9/07FIVBZagreb Open Semi-Finals Heuscher/Heyer 7 Schacht/Slack 18 20-22, 21-14, 15-10 1:06
Trail the series against # 8 Insfran/Neto, Brazil 0-2
7/25/08FIVBGstaad Grand Slam Pool H Insfran/Neto 8 Heuscher/Heyer 9 21-18, 26-24 0:55
7/4/08FIVBMoscow Grand Slam Winner 1 Insfran/Neto 19, Q2 Heuscher/Heyer 17 21-18, 21-14 0:45
Series tied with # 10 Laciga/Schnider, Switzerland 1-1
5/9/08FIVBPrague Open Contender 4 Laciga/Schnider 15 Heuscher/Heyer 14 21-19, 21-17 0:44
9/7/07FIVBStare Jablonki Open Contender 3 Heuscher/Heyer 7 Laciga/Schnider 16 17-21, 21-19, 15-13 0:55
Lead the series against # 12 Plavins/Samoilovs, Latvia 3-1
3/27/08FIVBAdelaide Australia Open Winner 1 Heuscher/Heyer 12 Plavins/Samoilovs 21, Q2 21-19, 23-25, 15-10 0:56
9/6/07FIVBStare Jablonki Open Winner 2 Plavins/Samoilovs 23, Q1 Heuscher/Heyer 7 21-16, 21-15 0:35
6/30/07FIVBStavanger Grand Slam Winner 1 Heuscher/Heyer 4 Plavins/Samoilovs 23, Q5 21-14, 22-20 0:40
6/21/07FIVBParis Grand Slam Pool F Heuscher/Heyer 11 Plavins/Samoilovs 22, Q9 21-11, 21-17 0:36
Series tied with # 13 Boersma/Ronnes, Netherlands 1-1
6/19/08FIVBParis Grand Slam Pool F Heuscher/Heyer 22, Q2 Boersma/Ronnes 11 21-16, 21-18 0:44
5/24/07FIVBItalian Open Winner 1 Boersma/Ronnes 27, Q8 Heuscher/Heyer 6 16-21, 21-19, 15-12 0:57
Trail the series against # 14 Herrera/Mesa, Spain 1-2
5/16/08FIVBItalian Open Contender 2 Herrera/Mesa 18 Heuscher/Heyer 16 24-26, 21-19, 15-13 1:03
7/27/07FIVBGstaad World Championships Winner 1 Herrera/Mesa 24 Heuscher/Heyer 7 24-22, 19-21, 15-12 1:13
6/30/07FIVBStavanger Grand Slam Winner 2 Heuscher/Heyer 4 Herrera/Mesa 16 21-19, 23-21 0:45
Lead the series against # 17 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 3-0
8/16/07FIVBAland Open Winner 1 Heuscher/Heyer 6 Lochhead/Pitman 27 23-21, 21-17 0:43
6/28/07FIVBStavanger Grand Slam Pool D Heuscher/Heyer 4 Lochhead/Pitman 29, Q6 21-13, 21-16 0:34
5/24/07FIVBItalian Open Contender 1 Heuscher/Heyer 6 Lochhead/Pitman 22 21-18, 21-19 0:40
Trail the series against # 20 Ces/Ces, France 0-1
5/29/08FIVBBarcelona Open Winner 1 Ces/Ces 26, Q4 Heuscher/Heyer 7 21-16, 20-22, 15-10 1:04
Series tied with # 21 Deulofeu/Salvetti, France 1-1
5/29/08FIVBBarcelona Open Contender 1 Deulofeu/Salvetti 23 Heuscher/Heyer 7 21-17, 23-21 0:48
7/12/07FIVBBerlin Grand Slam Pool E Heuscher/Heyer 5 Deulofeu/Salvetti 28 21-16, 19-21, 15-9 0:52
Lead the series against # 23, Q1 Li/Zhou, China 2-0
8/2/07FIVBKlagenfurt Grand Slam Pool F Heuscher/Heyer 11 Li/Zhou 22 21-15, 20-22, 15-12 1:00
6/8/07FIVBZagreb Open Contender 2 Heuscher/Heyer 7 Li/Zhou 24, Q14 21-17, 25-23 0:44
Lead the series against # 24 Conte/Dugrip, France 1-0
7/24/08FIVBGstaad Grand Slam Pool H Heuscher/Heyer 9 Conte/Dugrip 24 21-15, 21-14 0:39
Lead the series against # 25, Q2 Pedrosa/Rosas, Portugal 1-0
7/24/08FIVBGstaad Grand Slam Pool H Heuscher/Heyer 9 Pedrosa/Rosas 25, Q2 21-23, 29-27, 15-13 1:17
Lead the series against # 26, Q7 Babich/Mykhaylov, Ukraine 1-0
7/25/08FIVBGstaad Grand Slam Winner 1 Heuscher/Heyer 9 Babich/Mykhaylov 26, Q7 21-17, 21-15 0:41