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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$560,000 A1 Grand Slam presented by Nokia
August 3 - 7, 2005

(7) 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 Klagenfurt Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1997	Markus Egger - 49th	Martin Laciga - 5th
1998	Did not play	Martin Laciga - 13th
1999	Martin Tschudi - 41st	Martin Laciga - 9th
2000	Martin Walser - 49th	Martin Laciga - 5th
2001	Markus Egger - 17th	Martin Laciga - 5th
2002	Markus Egger - 2nd	Martin Laciga - 9th
2003	Markus Egger - 5th	Martin Laciga - 17th
2004	Markus Egger - 17th	Martin Laciga - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/27-31/2005	France Grand Slam	7	4th	392	US$16,900.00
FIVB	7/20-24/2005	Poland Open	6	9th	160	US$6,000.00
FIVB	6/29-7/3/2005	Norway Grand Slam	6	13th	168	US$6,300.00
FIVB	6/22-26/2005	Berlin World Championships	8	2nd	900	US$45,000.00
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

Austria Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/4/2005	Winner 1	Dain Blanton / Kevin Wong, United States (26)	Lost 21-17, 21-8 Retired	0:41
Fri, 8/5/2005	Contender 1	Peter Gartmayer / Robert Nowotny, Austria (10)	Lost By Forfeit

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	8	0	1	0	1	1	0	3	1	0	1	0	$99,450.00	24	16	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	8	0	1	0	1	1	0	3	1	0	1	0	$99,450.00	24	16	60.0 %

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
8	0	1	0	1	1	4	0	1	0	$49,725.00	2005	FIVB	8	0	1	0	1	1	4	0	1	0	$49,725.00
85	1	5	5	1	9	18	15	11	20	$188,217.50	Total	Total	125	6	14	5	10	37	29	17	5	2	$546,760.00

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	20	58.8%	7	20.6%	7	20.6%	27-7	79.4%	6	20.7%	6	20.7%	17	58.6%	6-23	20.7%	40-28	58.8%	26-26	50.0%	0	3	33-30	52.4%

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 22-15 (Lead 13 Series, Trail 7 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Brink/Schneider, Germany 2-1
7/31/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Brink/Schneider	4	Heyer/Laciga	7	21-17, 21-17	0:43
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
Trail the series against # 2 Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 0-2
7/22/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Winner 3	Dieckmann/Reckermann	3	Heyer/Laciga	6	21-15, 21-14	0:32
5/20/05	FIVB	China Open	Contender 4	Dieckmann/Reckermann	5	Heyer/Laciga	7	17-21, 21-18, 15-8	0:57
Series tied with # 3 Rego/Santos, Brazil 1-1
7/29/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 3	Heyer/Laciga	7	Rego/Santos	2	21-17, 17-21, 15-11	0:54
6/10/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Contender 4	Rego/Santos	1	Heyer/Laciga	13	21-18, 21-16	0:39
Series tied with # 4 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 2-2
7/30/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Heuscher/Kobel	5	Heyer/Laciga	7	19-21, 21-17, 22-20	1:00
6/30/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 2	Heuscher/Kobel	11	Heyer/Laciga	6	21-16, 17-21, 15-12	0:47
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
Series tied with # 6 Insfran/Marques, Brazil 1-1
7/29/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 4	Heyer/Laciga	7	Insfran/Marques	3	23-25, 21-14, 15-13	1:10
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 # 8 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
Lead the series against # 9 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
Trail the series against # 10 Gartmayer/Nowotny, Austria 0-1
8/5/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Contender 1	Gartmayer/Nowotny	10	Heyer/Laciga	7	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 11 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
Trail the series against # 14 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 # 15 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
Series tied with # 16 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 1-1
7/1/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Contender 3	De Gruijter/Ronnes	20	Heyer/Laciga	6	21-18, 22-20	0:40
6/17/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Contender 3	Heyer/Laciga	9	De Gruijter/Ronnes	17	21-16, 21-14	0:34
Lead the series against # 17, Q1 Schacht/Slack, Australia 2-1
7/22/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Contender 4	Schacht/Slack	17	Heyer/Laciga	6	21-17, 18-21, 15-11	0:55
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 # 19 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
Trail the series against # 20 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 # 22 Herrera/Mesa, Spain 1-0
7/28/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 2	Heyer/Laciga	7	Herrera/Mesa	23	23-21, 21-14	0:40
Trail the series against # 26 Blanton/Wong, United States 0-1
8/4/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 1	Blanton/Wong	26	Heyer/Laciga	7	21-17, 21-8 Retired	0:41
Lead the series against # 28, Q11 Gscheidle/Schnider, Switzerland 2-0
7/28/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Heyer/Laciga	7	Gscheidle/Schnider	26, Q17	21-13, 18-21, 15-12	0:56
7/21/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Winner 2	Heyer/Laciga	6	Gscheidle/Schnider	22, Q16	23-21, 21-12	0:35
Lead the series against # 32 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
Lead the series against # Q2 Baracetti/Depiaggio, Argentina 1-0
7/1/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Contender 2	Heyer/Laciga	6	Baracetti/Depiaggio	21	21-18, 15-21, 15-10	0:48
Lead the series against # Q8 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 # Q13 Prosser/Richardson, Australia 2-0
6/30/05	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 1	Heyer/Laciga	6	Prosser/Richardson	27	21-15, 27-25	0:37
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 # Q20 Rossell/Villar, Cuba 1-0
7/21/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Winner 1	Heyer/Laciga	6	Rossell/Villar	27, Q11	21-13, 21-15	0:33
Lead the series against # Q27 Ferreira/Ferreira, Brazil 1-0
5/19/05	FIVB	China Open	Winner 2	Heyer/Laciga	7	Ferreira/Ferreira	23, Q2	21-18, 22-20	0:49