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(13) Sascha Heyer/Paul Laciga, Switzerland

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

Paul Laciga
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 24, 1970 (55 yrs old)

Home Town:

Bern

Height:

194 cm (6'4")

Weight:

92 kg (202 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

141

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$599,960.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	20	0	1	0	1	2	0	4	6	4	2	US$161,050.00

Previous Zagreb Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/18-22/2005	China Open	7	9th	160	US$6,000.00

Croatia Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 6/9/2005	Winner 1	Kjell Goranson / Vegard Hoidalen, Norway (20)	Lost 22-24, 16-21	0:39
Thu, 6/9/2005	Contender 1	Florian Gosch / Bernhard Strauss, Austria (29, Q8)	Won 17-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:48
Fri, 6/10/2005	Contender 2	Andrew Schacht / Joshua Slack, Australia (14)	Won 21-15, 21-17	0:41
Fri, 6/10/2005	Contender 3	Julius Brink / Kjell Schneider, Germany (22)	Won 22-20, 21-16	0:42
Fri, 6/10/2005	Contender 4	Emanuel Rego / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (1)	Lost 18-21, 16-21	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$)
World Championships	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$45,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	7	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	2	0	$56,550.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	5	3	0	0	$59,500.00
Total	20	0	1	0	1	2	0	4	6	4	2	0	$161,050.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Sascha Heyer												Paul Laciga
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$0.00
7	0	1	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	$38,875.00	World Championships	6	0	2	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	$61,100.00
48	0	2	1	1	6	18	12	6	0	$193,725.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	24	0	2	1	2	4	7	4	3	0	$113,775.00
87	0	2	3	0	10	21	21	13	0	$173,027.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	106	5	9	4	8	29	27	18	5	0	$405,085.00
3	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	$2,100.00	Challenger	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00
8	2	1	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	$5,465.00	Satellite	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$900.00
											Goodwill Games	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00
155	2	6	8	1	16	45	38	19	0	$413,192.50	Total	141	6	14	5	10	38	35	23	8	0	$586,360.00

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
2005	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$12,000.00	5	4	55.6 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$12,000.00	5	4	55.6 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Sascha Heyer													Paul Laciga
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	12	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	3	2	$4,750.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	$2,500.00	1996	FIVB	8	0	0	0	1	1	2	3	1	0	$16,000.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	$1,850.00	1997	FIVB	11	0	0	0	1	2	8	0	0	0	$28,300.00
											1997	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	1998	FIVB	13	1	1	0	3	6	1	1	0	0	$71,400.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$625.00	1998	FIVB C&S
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	$1,000.00	1999	FIVB	13	0	2	0	3	4	2	2	0	0	$69,000.00
3	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	$1,140.00	1999	FIVB C&S
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2000	FIVB	15	1	2	3	1	5	2	1	0	0	$77,000.00
3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,050.00	2000	FIVB C&S
9	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	1	$12,625.00	2001	FIVB	11	0	5	2	0	3	0	1	0	0	$76,000.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	2001	FIVB C&S
9	0	1	0	0	1	1	4	2	0	$22,152.50	2002	FIVB	10	2	0	0	0	2	5	1	0	0	$41,285.00
10	0	1	0	0	4	1	4	0	0	$40,500.00	2003	FIVB	10	0	1	0	0	8	0	1	0	0	$51,750.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00	2003	FIVB C&S
13	0	1	1	0	3	6	2	0	0	$51,300.00	2004	FIVB	12	1	1	0	0	5	3	2	0	0	$57,650.00
											2004	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$900.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$6,000.00	2005	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$6,000.00
79	1	4	5	0	8	16	15	10	20	$144,492.50	Total	Total	119	6	13	5	9	36	27	17	4	2	$503,035.00

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	27	61.4%	9	20.5%	8	18.2%	36-8	81.8%	9	23.7%	8	21.1%	21	55.3%	9-29	23.7%	27-21	56.3%	18-16	52.9%	1	3	46-40	53.5%
2004-2005	18	64.3%	6	21.4%	4	14.3%	24-4	85.7%	4	23.5%	4	23.5%	9	52.9%	4-13	23.5%	18-9	66.7%	10-8	55.6%	0	3	28-20	58.3%
Against the Field	12	48.0%	6	24.0%	7	28.0%	18-7	72.0%	7	23.3%	6	20.0%	17	56.7%	7-23	23.3%	24-30	44.4%	26-26	50.0%	0	2	25-30	45.5%

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	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	6	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	8	6	0	1	0	1	0	0	15	14
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	24
Total	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	18	19	1	1	0	1	0	1	46	40

Head to Head Results
Heyer/Laciga trail the series against the field 3-4 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-1
6/10/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Contender 4	Rego/Santos	1	Heyer/Laciga	13	21-18, 21-16	0:39
Trail the series against # 4 Conde/Salema, Argentina 0-1
5/20/05	FIVB	China Open	Winner 3	Conde/Salema	15	Heyer/Laciga	7	17-21, 22-20, 15-13	0:55
Trail the series against # 8 Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 0-1
5/20/05	FIVB	China Open	Contender 4	Dieckmann/Reckermann	5	Heyer/Laciga	7	17-21, 21-18, 15-8	0:57
Lead the series against # 14 Schacht/Slack, Australia 1-0
6/10/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Contender 2	Heyer/Laciga	13	Schacht/Slack	14	21-15, 21-17	0:41
Trail the series against # 20 Goranson/Hoidalen, Norway 0-1
6/9/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Winner 1	Goranson/Hoidalen	20	Heyer/Laciga	13	24-22, 21-16	0:39
Lead the series against # 22 Brink/Schneider, Germany 1-0
6/10/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Contender 3	Heyer/Laciga	13	Brink/Schneider	22	22-20, 21-16	0:42
Lead the series against # 29, Q8 Gosch/Strauss, Austria 1-0
6/9/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Contender 1	Heyer/Laciga	13	Gosch/Strauss	29, Q8	17-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:48