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US$380,000 World Series 13
July 20 - 25, 2010

(17) 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 Marseille Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1996	Did not play	Martin Walser - 37th
1997	Did not play	Markus Egger - 17th
1998	Stefan Kobel - 17th	Did not play
1999	Did not play	Martin Tschudi - 41st
2000	Stefan Kobel - 17th	Martin Walser - 41st
2001	Stefan Kobel - 9th	Markus Egger - 9th
2002	Stefan Kobel - 17th	Markus Egger - 25th
2003	Stefan Kobel - 5th	Markus Egger - 9th
2004	Stefan Kobel - 2nd	Markus Egger - 9th
2006	Did not play	Paul Laciga - 13th
2009	Sascha Heyer - 9th	Patrick Heuscher - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/6-11/2010	Gstaad Grand Slam	9	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/29-7/4/2010	Stavanger Grand Slam	24	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/9-14/2010	Moscow Grand Slam	19	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	5/18-23/2010	Rome Grand Slam	18	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	5/3-8/2010	Shanghai Open	11	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	8/25-30/2009	The Hague Open	6	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	8/11-16/2009	Kristiansand Open	5	7th	300	US$7,600.00
FIVB	7/28-8/2/2009	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	14	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	7/21-26/2009	Marseille Grand Slam	13	9th	320	US$6,600.00

Marseille Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/22/2010	Winner 1	Renato "Geor" Gomes / Gia Terceiro, Georgia (16)	Lost 21-23, 22-24	0:53
Thu, 7/22/2010	Contender 1	Jules Fourneret / Vincent Lacombe, France (32)	Won 16-21, 21-9, 15-11	0:45
Fri, 7/23/2010	Contender 2	Jonathan Erdmann / Marcus Popp, Germany (15)	Won 21-16, 21-12	0:35
Fri, 7/23/2010	Contender 3	Fabio Luiz Magalhaes / Bruno de Paula, Brazil (26)	Won 21-14, 21-16	0:41
Fri, 7/23/2010	Contender 4	Petr Benes / Premysl Kubala, Czech Republic (12)	Won 21-15, 21-14	0:37
Sat, 7/24/2010	Contender 5	Jefferson Bellaguarda / Martin Laciga, Switzerland (22)	Lost 13-21, 27-29	0:48

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	10	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	1	2	0	0	$75,450.00	26	18	59.1 %
2010	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	$30,800.00	9	16	36.0 %
Total	FIVB	35	0	1	1	0	4	2	14	1	11	1	0	$256,050.00	88	70	55.7 %
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
10	0	0	0	0	3	5	2	0	0	$37,725.00	2009	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	3	5	2	0	0	$37,725.00
6	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	$15,400.00	2010	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	$15,400.00
121	9	6	8	3	23	37	23	2	10	$426,530.00	Total	Total	133	2	6	6	1	16	39	30	13	20	$348,042.50

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%
2009-2010	27	73.0%	2	5.4%	8	21.6%	29-8	78.4%	5	15.6%	4	12.5%	23	71.9%	5-27	15.6%	27-23	54.0%	7-12	36.8%	1	1	35-36	49.3%
Against the Field	23	88.5%	1	3.8%	2	7.7%	24-2	92.3%	6	28.6%	3	14.3%	12	57.1%	6-15	28.6%	46-24	65.7%	14-10	58.3%	0	0	30-17	63.8%

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 30-17 (Lead 14 Series, Trail 3 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 2 Wu/Xu, China 3-3
5/21/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Winner 1	Wu/Xu	26	Heuscher/Heyer	18	21-16, 21-16	0:34
8/17/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 4	Wu/Xu	1	Heuscher/Heyer	6	24-22, 21-11	0:37
8/4/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 2	Wu/Xu	5	Heuscher/Heyer	11	15-21, 21-16, 15-10	1:01
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 # 3 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 1-0
7/1/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool Q	Heuscher/Heyer	24	Fijalek/Prudel	8	30-28, 21-16	0:55
Lead the series against # 5 Samoilovs/Sorokins, Latvia 2-1
7/1/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool Q	Samoilovs/Sorokins	25	Heuscher/Heyer	24	21-17, 21-17	0:39
8/1/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 2	Heuscher/Heyer	14	Samoilovs/Sorokins	26, Q7	21-16, 21-13	0:42
5/14/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Winner 1	Heuscher/Heyer	12	Samoilovs/Sorokins	21	21-14, 22-20	0:37
Lead the series against # 6 Gosch/Horst, Austria 4-3
6/10/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool L	Gosch/Horst	14	Heuscher/Heyer	19	14-21, 21-15, 15-10	0:53
5/6/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 2	Gosch/Horst	12	Heuscher/Heyer	11	21-19, 18-21, 18-16	1:08
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
Series tied with # 9 Ces/Ces, France 2-2
8/13/09	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 2	Ces/Ces	12	Heuscher/Heyer	5	21-12, 21-17	0:39
7/31/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 1	Heuscher/Heyer	14	Ces/Ces	20	21-17, 21-13	0:37
7/10/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool H	Heuscher/Heyer	9	Ces/Ces	8	21-13, 21-11	0:36
5/29/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Winner 1	Ces/Ces	26, Q4	Heuscher/Heyer	7	21-16, 20-22, 15-10	1:04
Lead the series against # 12 Benes/Kubala, Czech Republic 1-0
7/23/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 4	Heuscher/Heyer	17	Benes/Kubala	12	21-15, 21-14	0:37
Lead the series against # 15 Erdmann/Popp, Germany 1-0
7/23/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 2	Heuscher/Heyer	17	Erdmann/Popp	15	21-16, 21-12	0:35
Trail the series against # 16 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 0-3
7/22/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 1	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	16	Heuscher/Heyer	17	23-21, 24-22	0:53
8/27/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 2	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	11	Heuscher/Heyer	6	23-21, 21-19	0:40
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 # 18, Q3 Hoyer/Soderberg, Denmark 2-0
7/30/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool C	Heuscher/Heyer	14	Hoyer/Soderberg	30	24-22, 21-16	0:49
6/13/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool E	Heuscher/Heyer	21	Hoyer/Soderberg	28, Q19	23-21, 21-17	0:44
Trail the series against # 20 Skarlund/Spinnangr, Norway 1-2
7/1/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool Q	Skarlund/Spinnangr	9	Heuscher/Heyer	24	21-15, 18-21, 15-11	0:55
5/20/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool K	Skarlund/Spinnangr	15	Heuscher/Heyer	18	26-24, 21-14	0:39
7/2/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Winner 1	Heuscher/Heyer	28	Skarlund/Spinnangr	13	21-19, 21-14	0:38
Lead the series against # 21 Dollinger/Windscheif, Germany 2-0
7/9/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool Q	Heuscher/Heyer	9	Dollinger/Windscheif	25	17-21, 21-14, 15-11	0:49
5/5/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Heuscher/Heyer	11	Dollinger/Windscheif	22, Q6	21-19, 21-16	0:44
Trail the series against # 22 Bellaguarda/Laciga, Switzerland 0-1
7/24/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 5	Bellaguarda/Laciga	22	Heuscher/Heyer	17	21-13, 29-27	0:48
Series tied with # 23, Q1 Lario/Mesa, Spain 1-1
7/16/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool D	Lario/Mesa	20, Q2	Heuscher/Heyer	13	21-18, 36-34	1:00
5/15/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Contender 3	Heuscher/Heyer	12	Lario/Mesa	19	24-22, 21-14	0:44
Lead the series against # 24 Redmann/VanHuizen, Canada 1-0
7/24/09	FIVB	Marseille Grand Slam	Winner 2	Heuscher/Heyer	13	Redmann/VanHuizen	20	22-20, 21-17	0:48
Lead the series against # 26 de Paula/Magalhaes, Brazil 1-0
7/23/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 3	Heuscher/Heyer	17	Magalhaes/de Paula	26	21-14, 21-16	0:41
Lead the series against # 28 Pastukhov/Semenov, Russia 1-0
6/11/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool L	Heuscher/Heyer	19	Pastukhov/Semenov	30	22-20, 21-11	0:37
Lead the series against # 29, Q4 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 3-0
5/21/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool K	Heuscher/Heyer	18	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	31, Q11	19-21, 26-24, 15-12	1:03
8/27/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 1	Heuscher/Heyer	6	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	27	23-21, 21-11	0:38
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 # 32 Fourneret/Lacombe, France 1-0
7/22/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 1	Heuscher/Heyer	17	Fourneret/Lacombe	32	16-21, 21-9, 15-11	0:45
Series tied with # Q2 Gabathuler/Schnider, Switzerland 1-1
7/9/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 1	Gabathuler/Schnider	10	Heuscher/Heyer	9	21-16, 21-17	0:40
8/15/09	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 4	Heuscher/Heyer	5	Gabathuler/Schnider	31, Q2	21-17, 21-17	0:37
Lead the series against # Q6 Brinkborg/Gunnarsson, Sweden 1-0
7/16/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool D	Heuscher/Heyer	13	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	29, Q20	21-17, 21-9	0:36
Lead the series against # Q14 Dumek/Tichy, Czech Republic 1-0
8/14/09	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 2	Heuscher/Heyer	5	Dumek/Tichy	27, Q7	21-14, 21-14	0:36