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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$190,000 Foro Italico Open presented by Skipper
May 12 - 17, 2009

(12) 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 Rome Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/21-26/2009	Brasilia Open	20	13th	180	US$4,250.00
FIVB	8/9-22/2008	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	11	17th	0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/22-27/2008	Gstaad Grand Slam	9	9th	320	US$8,000.00
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

Rome Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/14/2009	Winner 1	Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia (21)	Won 21-14, 22-20	0:37
Thu, 5/14/2009	Winner 2	David Klemperer / Eric Koreng, Germany (5)	Lost 28-26, 20-22, 13-15	1:05
Fri, 5/15/2009	Contender 2	Thiago Barbosa / Jan Ferreira, Brazil (27, Q17)	Won 21-14, 21-17	0:32
Fri, 5/15/2009	Contender 3	Inocencio Lario / Raul Mesa, Spain (19)	Won 24-22, 21-14	0:44
Fri, 5/15/2009	Contender 4	Renato "Geor" Gomes / Gia Terceiro, Georgia (23)	Lost 16-21, 15-21	0:39

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	10	0	1	1	0	2	0	5	0	1	0	0	$105,400.00	37	16	69.8 %
2007	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	5	0	100.0 %
2008	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	3	1	0	$44,400.00	16	20	44.4 %
2009	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$10,250.00	5	4	55.6 %
Total	FIVB	21	0	1	1	0	2	0	11	1	4	1	0	$160,050.00	58	40	59.2 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	5	0	100.0 %

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
10	0	1	1	0	2	5	1	0	0	$52,700.00	2007	FIVB	10	0	1	1	0	2	5	1	0	0	$52,700.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	2007	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	1	0	$22,200.00	2008	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	1	0	$22,200.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$5,125.00	2009	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$5,125.00
107	9	6	8	3	19	34	16	2	10	$378,530.00	Total	Total	119	2	6	6	1	12	36	23	13	20	$300,042.50

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%
2008-2009	31	73.8%	5	11.9%	6	14.3%	36-6	85.7%	4	11.1%	7	19.4%	25	69.4%	4-32	11.1%	31-25	55.4%	9-13	40.9%	2	0	42-38	52.5%
Against the Field	20	69.0%	4	13.8%	5	17.2%	24-5	82.8%	4	15.4%	4	15.4%	18	69.2%	4-22	15.4%	40-32	55.6%	16-18	47.1%	1	1	29-26	52.7%

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 19-11 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 4 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Cunha/Solberg, Brazil 0-1
4/24/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 3	Cunha/Solberg	5	Heuscher/Heyer	20	21-18, 22-20	0:43
Lead the series against # 3 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
Series tied with # 5 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 1-1
5/14/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Winner 2	Klemperer/Koreng	5	Heuscher/Heyer	12	26-28, 22-20, 15-13	1:05
6/19/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool F	Heuscher/Heyer	22, Q2	Klemperer/Koreng	6	21-17, 21-17	0:43
Trail the series against # 6 Barsuk/Kolodinsky, Russia 1-3
6/21/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 2	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	14	Heuscher/Heyer	22, Q2	21-14, 26-24	0:47
8/3/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool F	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	6	Heuscher/Heyer	11	21-19, 14-21, 15-10	0:56
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 # 13 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 3-0
8/16/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 1	Heuscher/Heyer	6	Lochhead/Pitman	27	23-21, 21-17	0:43
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
Lead the series against # 14 Gosch/Horst, Austria 4-1
4/24/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 2	Heuscher/Heyer	20	Gosch/Horst	19	21-16, 13-21, 15-13	0:56
8/14/08	FIVB	Beijing XXIX Olympic Games	Lucky Loser	Gosch/Horst	24	Heuscher/Heyer	11	21-11, 21-19	0:39
5/8/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 1	Heuscher/Heyer	14	Gosch/Horst	19	18-21, 21-19, 15-9	1:04
8/16/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 2	Heuscher/Heyer	6	Gosch/Horst	11	18-21, 21-13, 17-15	1:04
7/26/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool T	Heuscher/Heyer	7	Gosch/Horst	18	24-22, 21-18	0:46
Lead the series against # 15 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 1-0
9/7/07	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 2	Heuscher/Heyer	7	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	9	21-11, 21-15	0:34
Lead the series against # 19 Lario/Mesa, Spain 1-0
5/15/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Contender 3	Heuscher/Heyer	12	Lario/Mesa	19	24-22, 21-14	0:44
Lead the series against # 21 Samoilovs/Sorokins, Latvia 1-0
5/14/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Winner 1	Heuscher/Heyer	12	Samoilovs/Sorokins	21	21-14, 22-20	0:37
Trail the series against # 23 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 0-1
5/15/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Contender 4	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	23	Heuscher/Heyer	12	21-16, 21-15	0:39
Lead the series against # 27, Q17 Barbosa/Ferreira, Brazil 1-0
5/15/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Contender 2	Heuscher/Heyer	12	Barbosa/Ferreira	27, Q17	21-14, 21-17	0:32
Lead the series against # 29 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
Trail the series against Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 1-4
6/12/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool E	Araujo/Magalhaes	12	Heuscher/Heyer	21	21-16, 15-21, 15-10	0:54
5/8/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 2	Heuscher/Heyer	14	Araujo/Magalhaes	3	21-18, 21-23, 15-6	1:01
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
Lead the series against # Q13 Spijkers/van de Sande, Netherlands 1-0
8/11/07	FIVB C&S	Vaduz Satellite	Winner 3	Heuscher/Heyer	1	Spijkers/van de Sande	12, Q7	21-9, 21-16	0:34