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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 St. Petersburg Open
July 19 - 23, 2006

(15) 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 St. Petersburg Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/5-9/2006	France Open	14	13th	180	US$4,500.00
FIVB	6/28-7/2/2006	Norway Grand Slam	20	5th	480	US$12,800.00
FIVB	6/21-25/2006	Switzerland Grand Slam	26	25th	80	US$3,400.00
FIVB	6/14-18/2006	Portugal Open	19	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2006	Croatia Open	11	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/23-27/2006	China Open	12	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	10/25-29/2005	Acapulco Open	13	13th	120	US$4,500.00
FIVB	10/19-23/2005	Brazil Open	9	13th	120	US$4,500.00
FIVB	8/3-7/2005	Austria Grand Slam	7	25th	56	US$3,250.00
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

St. Petersburg Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/20/2006	Winner 1	Mark Heese / Rich VanHuizen, Canada (18)	Won 13-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:59
Thu, 7/20/2006	Winner 2	Marcio Araujo / Fabio Luiz Magalhaes, Brazil (2)	Lost 18-21, 19-21	0:41
Fri, 7/21/2006	Contender 2	Julien Prosser / Brett Richardson, Australia (17)	Won 21-16, 21-16	0:34
Fri, 7/21/2006	Contender 3	Jason Lochhead / Kirk Pitman, New Zealand (26, Q3)	Lost 19-21, 21-16, 12-15	0:53

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	10	0	1	0	1	1	0	3	3	0	1	0	$108,450.00	28	20	58.3 %
2006	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	1	0	$34,200.00	11	14	44.0 %
Total	FIVB	17	0	1	0	1	2	0	3	5	3	2	0	$142,650.00	39	34	53.4 %

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
10	0	1	0	1	1	6	0	1	0	$54,225.00	2005	FIVB	10	0	1	0	1	1	6	0	1	0	$54,225.00
7	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	1	0	$17,100.00	2006	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	1	0	$17,100.00
94	1	5	5	1	10	22	18	12	20	$209,817.50	Total	Total	134	6	14	5	10	38	33	20	6	2	$568,360.00

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%
2005-2006	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%
Against the Field	13	61.9%	4	19.0%	4	19.0%	17-4	81.0%	4	17.4%	5	21.7%	14	60.9%	4-19	17.4%	26-24	52.0%	16-18	47.1%	1	1	22-22	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	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 16-18 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 6 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 1-2
7/1/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Winner 3	Rego/Santos	1	Heyer/Laciga	20	21-11, 21-16	0:35
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
Trail the series against # 2 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 0-3
7/20/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 2	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	Heyer/Laciga	15	21-18, 21-19	0:41
7/6/06	FIVB	France Open	Winner 2	Araujo/Magalhaes	3	Heyer/Laciga	14	21-15, 21-12	0:42
6/26/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Gold Medal	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	Heyer/Laciga	8	22-20, 21-12	0:42
Series tied with # 5, Q1 Insfran/Marques, Brazil 2-2
6/30/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool D	Heyer/Laciga	20	Insfran/Marques	4	22-20, 21-15	0:44
10/26/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Winner 2	Insfran/Marques	4	Heyer/Laciga	13	21-13, 21-16	0:35
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 # 7 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 0-2
7/7/06	FIVB	France Open	Contender 3	Kais/Vesik	5	Heyer/Laciga	14	21-19, 21-16	0:41
6/24/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 4	Kais/Vesik	17	Heyer/Laciga	8	21-17, 23-25, 15-9	0:57
Trail the series against # 8 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 0-1
6/29/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool D	Baracetti/Conde	13	Heyer/Laciga	20	21-18, 21-14	0:33
Lead the series against # 11 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 1-0
10/26/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Winner 1	Heyer/Laciga	13	Kjemperud/Skarlund	20	21-17, 18-21, 17-15	0:56
Trail the series against # 12 Schacht/Slack, Australia 2-3
6/22/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Winner 1	Schacht/Slack	7	Heyer/Laciga	26	21-23, 21-18, 19-17	1:09
5/25/06	FIVB	China Open	Contender 2	Schacht/Slack	11	Heyer/Laciga	12	18-21, 21-14, 15-7	0:54
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 # 17 Prosser/Richardson, Australia 3-0
7/21/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 2	Heyer/Laciga	15	Prosser/Richardson	17	21-16, 21-16	0:34
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
Series tied with # 18 Heese/VanHuizen, Canada 2-2
7/20/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 1	Heyer/Laciga	15	Heese/VanHuizen	18	13-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:59
7/7/06	FIVB	France Open	Contender 2	Heyer/Laciga	14	Heese/VanHuizen	13	21-15, 19-21, 18-16	0:59
6/22/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Contender 1	Heese/VanHuizen	23, Q1	Heyer/Laciga	26	21-19, 21-18	0:40
6/15/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Heese/VanHuizen	14	Heyer/Laciga	19	21-17, 17-21, 15-13	1:02
Lead the series against # 23 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
Trail the series against # 24, Q5 Asahi/Watanabe, Japan 0-1
10/20/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Asahi/Watanabe	24, Q5	Heyer/Laciga	9	21-19, 21-18	0:34
Lead the series against # 25, Q6 Vorobyev/Zabuslayev, Kazakhstan 1-0
10/20/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 1	Heyer/Laciga	9	Vorobyev/Zabuslayev	25, Q9	21-14, 21-15	0:36
Series tied with # 26, Q3 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 1-1
7/21/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 3	Lochhead/Pitman	26, Q3	Heyer/Laciga	15	21-19, 16-21, 15-12	0:53
10/27/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Contender 2	Heyer/Laciga	13	Lochhead/Pitman	19, Q4	21-15, 24-22	0:44
Series tied with # 27 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 # Q4 Nishimura/Shiratori, Japan 1-0
5/24/06	FIVB	China Open	Contender 1	Heyer/Laciga	12	Nishimura/Shiratori	28, Q12	21-13, 21-14	0:30