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(8) 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 Berlin Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1995	Did not play	Martin Laciga - 17th
1997	Did not play	Martin Laciga - 5th
1998	Martin Fluckiger - 37th	Martin Laciga - 5th
1999	Martin Tschudi - 57th	Martin Laciga - 2nd
2001	Markus Egger - 33rd	Martin Laciga - 2nd
2002	Markus Egger - 17th	Martin Laciga - 5th
2003	Markus Egger - 17th	Martin Laciga - 5th
2004	Markus Egger - 9th	Martin Laciga - 2nd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/15-19/2005	Switzerland Open	9	5th	240	US$10,000.00
FIVB	6/8-12/2005	Croatia Open	13	9th	160	US$6,000.00
FIVB	5/18-22/2005	China Open	7	9th	160	US$6,000.00

Berlin World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/22/2005	Winner 2	Bjorn Berg / Robert Svensson, Sweden (40)	Won 21-17, 21-12	0:35
Thu, 6/23/2005	Winner 3	Patrick Heuscher / Stefan Kobel, Switzerland (9)	Won 19-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:39
Fri, 6/24/2005	Winner 4	Kristjan Kais / Rivo Vesik, Estonia (17)	Lost 17-21, 25-23, 9-15	0:57
Sat, 6/25/2005	Contender 5	Conrad Leinemann / Rich VanHuizen, Canada (28)	Won 21-17, 21-18	0:44
Sat, 6/25/2005	Contender 6	Phil Dalhausser / Todd Rogers, United States (26)	Won 21-8, 21-18	0:35
Sat, 6/25/2005	Contender 7	Francisco Alvarez / Oney Ramirez Bernal, Cuba (31)	Won 21-14, 23-21	0:38
Sun, 6/26/2005	Semi-Finals	Julius Brink / Kjell Schneider, Germany (13)	Won 21-16, 19-21, 15-13	1:09
Sun, 6/26/2005	Gold Medal	Marcio Araujo / Fabio Luiz Magalhaes, Brazil (2)	Lost 20-22, 12-21	0:42

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1997	World Championships	Los Angeles	Did not play	Martin Laciga - 9th
1999	World Championships	Marseille	Martin Tschudi - 41st	Martin Laciga - 2nd
2001	World Championships	Klagenfurt	Markus Egger - 17th	Martin Laciga - 5th
2003	World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	Markus Egger - 17th	Martin Laciga - 5th
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Paul Laciga - 2nd	Sascha Heyer - 2nd
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Patrick Heuscher - 17th	Martin Laciga - 17th
2009	World Championships	Stavanger	Patrick Heuscher - 9th	Did not play
2011	World Championships	Rome	Sebastian Chevallier - 17th	Did not play

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/22-26/2005	Berlin World Championships	8	2nd	900	US$45,000.00

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	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	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$67,000.00	16	8	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$67,000.00	16	8	66.7 %

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
4	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$33,500.00	2005	FIVB	4	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$33,500.00
81	1	5	5	0	9	16	15	10	20	$171,992.50	Total	Total	121	6	14	5	9	37	27	17	4	2	$530,535.00

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	17	56.7%	6	20.0%	7	23.3%	23-7	76.7%	5	17.9%	6	21.4%	17	60.7%	5-23	17.9%	34-28	54.8%	22-26	45.8%	0	3	28-30	48.3%

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 lead the series against the field 14-7 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 7 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 # 2 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 0-1
6/26/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Gold Medal	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	Heyer/Laciga	8	22-20, 21-12	0:42
Trail the series against # 4 Insfran/Marques, Brazil 0-1
6/18/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 6	Insfran/Marques	5	Heyer/Laciga	9	21-17, 14-8 Retired	0:37
Trail the series against # 5 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
Trail the series against # 6 Egger/Laciga, Switzerland 0-1
6/16/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 2	Egger/Laciga	8	Heyer/Laciga	9	20-22, 21-18, 15-11	0:55
Lead the series against # 9 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 2-0
6/23/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 3	Heyer/Laciga	8	Heuscher/Kobel	9	19-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:39
6/17/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 4	Heyer/Laciga	9	Heuscher/Kobel	6	21-15, 17-21, 15-12	0:49
Trail the series against # 10 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
Lead the series against # 11 Schacht/Slack, Australia 2-0
6/18/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 5	Heyer/Laciga	9	Schacht/Slack	10	18-21, 27-25, 15-12	1:08
6/10/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Contender 2	Heyer/Laciga	13	Schacht/Slack	14	21-15, 21-17	0:41
Lead the series against # 13 Brink/Schneider, Germany 2-0
6/26/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Semi-Finals	Heyer/Laciga	8	Brink/Schneider	13	21-16, 19-21, 15-13	1:09
6/10/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Contender 3	Heyer/Laciga	13	Brink/Schneider	22	22-20, 21-16	0:42
Lead the series against # 15 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 1-0
6/17/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 3	Heyer/Laciga	9	De Gruijter/Ronnes	17	21-16, 21-14	0:34
Trail the series against # 17 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 0-1
6/24/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 4	Kais/Vesik	17	Heyer/Laciga	8	21-17, 23-25, 15-9	0:57
Lead the series against # 19 Berger/Doppler, Austria 1-0
6/16/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Winner 1	Heyer/Laciga	9	Berger/Doppler	24	21-17, 21-16	0:40
Lead the series against # 24 Prosser/Richardson, Australia 1-0
6/17/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 2	Heyer/Laciga	9	Prosser/Richardson	26, Q8	21-14, 21-17	0:42
Lead the series against # 26 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 1-0
6/25/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 6	Heyer/Laciga	8	Dalhausser/Rogers	26	21-8, 21-18	0:35
Lead the series against # 28 Leinemann/VanHuizen, Canada 1-0
6/25/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 5	Heyer/Laciga	8	Leinemann/VanHuizen	28	21-17, 21-18	0:44
Lead the series against # 31 Alvarez/Ramirez Bernal, Cuba 1-0
6/25/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Contender 7	Heyer/Laciga	8	Alvarez/Ramirez Bernal	31	21-14, 23-21	0:38
Lead the series against # 40 Berg/Svensson, Sweden 1-0
6/22/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 2	Heyer/Laciga	8	Berg/Svensson	40	21-17, 21-12	0:35
Lead the series against # 46 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