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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$500,000 Beach Volleyball World Championships
August 1 - 5, 2001

(18) Rob Heidger/Chip McCaw, United States

Rob Heidger
United States

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 3, 1969 (56 yrs old)

Home Town:

Danville, CA

Height:

200 cm (6'6")

Weight:

100 kg (220 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Rosarito 2000)

Career Winnings:

US$94,050.00

Chip McCaw
United States

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 24, 1973 (52 yrs old)

Home Town:

Tulsa, OK

Height:

190 cm (6'4")

Weight:

93 kg (205 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (FIVB Klagenfurt 2001)

Career Winnings:

US$14,845.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	2	US$19,000.00

Previous Klagenfurt Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1999	Kevin Wong - 5th	Did not play
2000	Kevin Wong - 17th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/25-29/2001	Portugal Open	Q5	33rd	28	US$0.00
FIVB	7/17-22/2001	France Grand Slam	Q4	33rd	36	US$0.00
FIVB	7/11-15/2001	Italy Open	Q5	33rd	28	US$0.00
FIVB	7/4-8/2001	Norway Open	Q6	41st	14	US$0.00
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2001	Germany Open	24, Q5	13th	108	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2001	Swiss Open	Q6	41st	14	US$0.00

Klagenfurt World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/1/2001	Pool O	Jose Pedrosa / Jose Teixeira, Portugal (47)	Won 21-12, 21-18	0:48
Thu, 8/2/2001	Pool O	Julien Prosser / Lee Zahner, Australia (15)	Lost 21-14, 19-21, 9-15	0:53
Fri, 8/3/2001	Winner 1	Jarrod Novosel / Joshua Slack, Australia (17)	Won 21-19, 21-19	0:44
Sat, 8/4/2001	Winner 2	Nikolas Berger / Oliver Stamm, Austria (1)	Won 21-16, 23-21	0:44
Sat, 8/4/2001	Winner 3	Dain Blanton / Eric Fonoimoana, United States (11)	Won 21-15, 21-18	0:47
Sun, 8/5/2001	Semi-Finals	Mariano Baracetti / Martin Conde, Argentina (4)	Lost 16-21, 16-21	0:44
Sun, 8/5/2001	Bronze Medal	Vegard Hoidalen / Jorre Kjemperud, Norway (6)	Lost 16-21, 14-21	0:37

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1997	World Championships	Los Angeles	Mike Dodd - 9th	Did not play
1999	World Championships	Marseille	Kevin Wong - 7th	Did not play
2001	World Championships	Klagenfurt	Chip McCaw - 4th	Rob Heidger - 4th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/1-5/2001	Klagenfurt World Championships	18	4th	350	US$15,000.00

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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$15,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$4,000.00
Total	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$19,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Rob Heidger												Chip McCaw
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
3	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	$15,100.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00
31	0	1	1	1	7	8	6	2	0	$70,200.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	$6,345.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$7,750.00	Goodwill Games
38	0	1	1	3	9	9	6	3	0	$94,050.00	Total	18	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	3	0	$14,845.00

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
2001	FIVB	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	$19,000.00	22	16	57.9 %
Total	FIVB	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	$19,000.00	22	16	57.9 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Rob Heidger													Chip McCaw
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1995	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,100.00	1997	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$700.00	1998	FIVB
13	0	0	1	1	6	2	2	1	0	$43,500.00	1999	FIVB
14	0	1	0	0	3	5	4	1	0	$29,500.00	2000	FIVB
7	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	5	$9,500.00	2001	FIVB	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	5	$9,500.00
37	0	1	1	2	9	9	6	3	6	$86,300.00	Total	Total	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	5	$9,500.00

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	17	70.8%	4	16.7%	3	12.5%	21-3	87.5%	1	7.7%	3	23.1%	9	69.2%	1-12	7.7%	17-9	65.4%	5-6	45.5%	0	1	22-16	57.9%
2000-2001	17	70.8%	4	16.7%	3	12.5%	21-3	87.5%	1	7.7%	3	23.1%	9	69.2%	1-12	7.7%	17-9	65.4%	5-6	45.5%	0	1	22-16	57.9%
Against the Field	7	53.8%	4	30.8%	2	15.4%	11-2	84.6%	0	0.0%	2	22.2%	7	77.8%	0-9	0.0%	14-12	53.8%	8-8	50.0%	0	1	11-11	50.0%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	4	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	12	9	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	11
Total	0	0	16	11	1	1	0	0	4	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	22	16

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 11-11 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 8 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Berger/Stamm, Austria 1-0
8/4/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Winner 2	Heidger/McCaw	18	Berger/Stamm	1	21-16, 23-21	0:44
Trail the series against # 4 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 0-1
8/5/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Semi-Finals	Baracetti/Conde	4	Heidger/McCaw	18	21-16, 21-16	0:44
Trail the series against # 6 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 0-1
8/5/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Bronze Medal	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	6	Heidger/McCaw	18	21-16, 21-14	0:37
Trail the series against # 7 de Melo/Ferreira, Brazil 0-1
6/29/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Winner 2	Ferreira/de Melo	8	Heidger/McCaw	24, Q5	21-18, 21-19	0:44
Lead the series against # 11 Blanton/Fonoimoana, United States 1-0
8/4/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Winner 3	Heidger/McCaw	18	Blanton/Fonoimoana	11	21-15, 21-18	0:47
Trail the series against # 13 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 0-1
6/30/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Contender 3	Heuscher/Kobel	16	Heidger/McCaw	24, Q5	21-17, 21-16	0:41
Trail the series against # 15 Prosser/Zahner, Australia 0-1
8/2/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Pool O	Prosser/Zahner	15	Heidger/McCaw	18	14-21, 21-19, 15-9	0:53
Lead the series against # 17 Novosel/Slack, Australia 1-0
8/3/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Winner 1	Heidger/McCaw	18	Novosel/Slack	17	21-19, 21-19	0:44
Lead the series against # 21 Oetke/Scheuerpflug, Germany 1-0
6/29/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Winner 1	Heidger/McCaw	24, Q5	Oetke/Scheuerpflug	9	21-14, 23-21	0:41
Lead the series against # 22 Karasev/Zaitsev, Russia 1-0
7/18/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 6	Heidger/McCaw	Q4	Karasev/Zaitsev	Q7	21-17, 19-21, 18-16	1:06
Trail the series against # 23 Holdren/Rogers, United States 1-2
7/18/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam		Holdren/Rogers	20, Q1	Heidger/McCaw	Q4	21-19, 21-16	0:47
7/12/01	FIVB	Italy Open		Holdren/Rogers	15, Q4	Heidger/McCaw	Q5	21-12, 19-21, 15-8	0:49
7/12/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Qualifier 5	Heidger/McCaw	Q5	Holdren/Rogers	15, Q4	21-17, 15-21, 15-12	0:53
Trail the series against # 28 Shiratori/Watanabe, Japan 0-2
7/26/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 10	Shiratori/Watanabe	25, Q10	Heidger/McCaw	Q5	21-17, 14-21, 17-15	0:59
7/4/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Qualifier 8	Shiratori/Watanabe	30, Q21	Heidger/McCaw	Q6	24-22, 21-12	0:46
Lead the series against # 31 Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 1-0
6/29/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Contender 2	Heidger/McCaw	24, Q5	Horrem/Maaseide	23	21-14, 27-25	0:51
Lead the series against # 32 Egger/Heyer, Switzerland 2-0
7/11/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Qualifier 4	Heidger/McCaw	Q5	Egger/Heyer	30, Q12	21-15, 24-22	0:40
6/28/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Qualifier 7	Heidger/McCaw	24, Q5	Egger/Heyer	Q10	21-19, 22-24, 19-17	1:05
Trail the series against # 33 De Jesus/Gil, Puerto Rico 0-1
7/18/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 4	De Jesus/Gil	31, Q12	Heidger/McCaw	Q4	20-22, 21-19, 15-8	0:54
Series tied with # 37 Ljubicic/Slean, Canada 1-1
7/26/01	FIVB	Portugal Open		Ljubicic/Slean	24, Q8	Heidger/McCaw	Q5	By Forfeit
7/17/01	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 3	Heidger/McCaw	Q4	Ljubicic/Slean	28, Q13	21-16, 19-21, 15-12	1:04
Lead the series against # 47 Pedrosa/Teixeira, Portugal 1-0
8/1/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Pool O	Heidger/McCaw	18	Pedrosa/Teixeira	47	21-12, 21-18	0:48