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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$200,000 Mazury Open presented by the Hotel Anders
August 9 - 13, 2006

(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 Stare Jablonki Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2004	Markus Egger - 13th	Martin Laciga - 5th
2005	Paul Laciga - 9th	Sascha Heyer - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/2-6/2006	Austria Grand Slam	19	17th	160	US$4,900.00
FIVB	7/26-30/2006	Paris Grand Slam	19	9th	320	US$9,000.00
FIVB	7/19-23/2006	St. Petersburg Open	15	13th	180	US$4,500.00
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

Poland Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/10/2006	Winner 1	Jian Li / Shun Zhou, China (26, Q12)	Lost 21-19, 19-21, 14-16	0:53
Thu, 8/10/2006	Contender 1	Bartosz Bachorski / Marcin Dybka, Poland (10)	Won By Forfeit
Fri, 8/11/2006	Contender 2	Jose Pedrosa / Pedro Rosas, Portugal (24, Q7)	Won 18-21, 21-14, 15-13	0:58
Fri, 8/11/2006	Contender 3	Mark Heese / Rich VanHuizen, Canada (18, Q2)	Lost 18-21, 21-19, 13-15	1:05

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	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	4	1	0	$52,600.00	18	20	47.4 %
Total	FIVB	20	0	1	0	1	2	0	4	6	4	2	0	$161,050.00	46	40	53.5 %

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
10	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	1	0	$26,300.00	2006	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	1	0	$26,300.00
97	1	5	5	1	10	24	19	12	20	$219,017.50	Total	Total	137	6	14	5	10	38	35	21	6	2	$577,560.00

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	10	52.6%	5	26.3%	4	21.1%	15-4	78.9%	7	28.0%	6	24.0%	12	48.0%	7-18	28.0%	20-22	47.6%	24-20	54.5%	1	0	23-21	52.3%

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 23-21 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 8 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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
Trail the series against # 2 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 # 4 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 # 5 Wu/Xu, China 1-0
7/28/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Contender 2	Heyer/Laciga	19	Wu/Xu	13	21-12, 21-15	0:34
Trail the series against # 6 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 2-5
7/28/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Contender 4	Heuscher/Kobel	8	Heyer/Laciga	19	21-15, 16-21, 15-13	0:51
6/2/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Contender 2	Heuscher/Kobel	5	Heyer/Laciga	11	21-16, 21-15	0:36
10/21/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 3	Heuscher/Kobel	2	Heyer/Laciga	9	22-20, 13-21, 15-5	0:49
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
Lead the series against # 10 Bachorski/Dybka, Poland 1-0
8/10/06	FIVB	Poland Open	Contender 1	Heyer/Laciga	7	Bachorski/Dybka	10	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # 12 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
Series tied with # 13 Schacht/Slack, Australia 3-3
7/27/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 1	Heyer/Laciga	19	Schacht/Slack	14	16-21, 24-22, 15-10	1:06
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
Trail the series against # 17 Cadieux/Leinemann, Canada 0-1
5/24/06	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Cadieux/Leinemann	21, Q3	Heyer/Laciga	12	22-20, 21-19	0:50
Trail the series against # 18, Q2 Heese/VanHuizen, Canada 2-3
8/11/06	FIVB	Poland Open	Contender 3	Heese/VanHuizen	18, Q2	Heyer/Laciga	7	21-18, 19-21, 15-13	1:05
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
Series tied with # 20 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 # 23, Q6 Deulofeu/Salvetti, France 1-0
6/1/06	FIVB	Croatia Open	Contender 1	Heyer/Laciga	11	Deulofeu/Salvetti	27, Q16	19-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:48
Lead the series against # 24, Q7 Pedrosa/Rosas, Portugal 2-0
8/11/06	FIVB	Poland Open	Contender 2	Heyer/Laciga	7	Pedrosa/Rosas	24, Q7	18-21, 21-14, 15-13	0:58
7/6/06	FIVB	France Open	Winner 1	Heyer/Laciga	14	Pedrosa/Rosas	19	21-12, 21-17	0:42
Lead the series against # 25, Q1 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
Trail the series against # 26, Q12 Li/Zhou, China 0-1
8/10/06	FIVB	Poland Open	Winner 1	Li/Zhou	26, Q12	Heyer/Laciga	7	19-21, 21-19, 16-14	0:53
Lead the series against # 27, Q9 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
Lead the series against # 28, Q5 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 # 29 Koreng/Matysik, Germany 1-0
6/30/06	FIVB	Norway Grand Slam	Pool D	Heyer/Laciga	20	Koreng/Matysik	29, Q9	22-20, 21-14	0:40
Trail the series against # 31, Q15 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 # Q10 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