Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$360,000 Portugal Open
July 25 - 29, 2001
(28, Q3) Markus Egger/Sascha Heyer, Switzerland
 
Markus Egger
Switzerland
Photo: FIVB
Personal Info
Birth Date: Feb 24, 1975 (49 yrs old)
Home Town: Zug
Resides: Wangs
Height: 191 cm (6'3")
Weight: 90 kg (198 lb)
Seasons: 10
Tournaments: 106
Career Wins: 3
Career FIVB WT Wins: 1 (Stare Jablonki 2005)
Career Winnings: US$256,327.50
Sascha Heyer
Switzerland
Photo: Adrian Knecht
Personal Info
Birth Date: Jul 21, 1972 (51 yrs old)
Home Town: Zürich
Resides: Frauenfeld
Height: 203 cm (6'8")
Weight: 104 kg (229 lb)
Seasons: 18
Tournaments: 155
Career Wins: 2
Career FIVB WT Best: 2nd (5 times)
Career Winnings: US$413,192.50
Team Career Summary 
TourPlayed1234579131725333749Money
FIVB4503107191137111 US$256,855.00
FIVB C&S41120000000000 US$7,000.00
Overall4914307191137111 US$263,855.00
Previous Espinho Results 
YearPartner - ResultPartner - Result
1997 Sascha Heyer - 37th Markus Egger - 37th
1998 Bernhard Vesti - 49th Did not play
1999 Bernhard Vesti - 33rd Did not play
2000 Bernhard Vesti - 41st Did not play
Recent Results 
TourDateTournamentSeedFinishPointsMoney
FIVB 7/17-22/2001 France Grand Slam 30, Q8 9 180 US$7,000.00
FIVB 7/11-15/2001 Italy Open 30, Q12 9 144 US$5,500.00
FIVB 7/4-8/2001 Norway Open 28, Q12 25 36 US$2,000.00
FIVB 6/27-7/1/2001 Germany Open Q10 33 28 US$0.00
FIVB 6/20-24/2001 Swiss Open 27 25 36 US$2,000.00
FIVB 6/13-17/2001 Spain Open 29, Q12 25 36 US$2,000.00
FIVB C&S 9/1-3/2000 Pfaeffikon Satellite 3 1 20 US$2,000.00
FIVB C&S 8/18-20/2000 Lausanne Satellite 3 2 18 US$1,500.00
Portugal Open Matches
DateBracketOpponentScoreTime
Wed, 7/25/2001 Qualifier 2 Robert Glogowski / Daniel Plinski, Poland (Q30) Won 21-15, 21-9 0:29
Wed, 7/25/2001 Qualifier 3 Ricardo Rafael Rodriguez / Jose Vasquez A., Venezuela (Q19) Won 21-15, 22-20 0:37
Thu, 7/26/2001 Qualifier 4 Stephane Canet / Mathieu Hamel, France (29, Q6) Won 21-15, 21-14 0:37
Fri, 7/27/2001 Winner 1 John Child / Mark Heese, Canada (5) Lost 14-21, 21-16, 13-15 0:47
Fri, 7/27/2001 Contender 1 Jefferson Bellaguarda / Paulao Moreira, Brazil (12, Q1) Lost 15-21, 18-21 0:40
Head to Head Results
Egger/Heyer lead the series against the field 21-16
DateTourTournamentRoundWinning TeamSeedLosing TeamSeedScoreTime
Trail the series against # 2 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 0-1
6/15/01FIVBSpain Open Winner 1 Laciga/Laciga 4 Egger/Heyer 29, Q12 21-18, 21-17 0:35
Trail the series against # 3 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 0-2
7/19/01FIVBFrance Grand Slam Winner 1 Baracetti/Conde 3 Egger/Heyer 30, Q8 21-19, 21-18 0:39
7/6/01FIVBNorway Open Winner 1 Baracetti/Conde 5 Egger/Heyer 28, Q12 21-19, 21-19 0:52
Series tied with # 5 Child/Heese, Canada 1-1
7/27/01FIVBPortugal Open Winner 1 Child/Heese 5 Egger/Heyer 28, Q3 21-14, 16-21, 15-13 0:47
7/13/01FIVBItaly Open Winner 1 Egger/Heyer 30, Q12 Child/Heese 3 22-20, 21-19 0:44
Trail the series against # 6 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 0-1
7/21/01FIVBFrance Grand Slam Contender 4 Hoidalen/Kjemperud 7 Egger/Heyer 30, Q8 10-21, 21-19, 15-7 0:50
Trail the series against # 8 Blanton/Fonoimoana, United States 0-1
6/22/01FIVBSwiss Open Winner 1 Blanton/Fonoimoana 6 Egger/Heyer 27 26-24, 21-15 0:47
Lead the series against # 10 Pedrosa/Teixeira, Portugal 1-0
6/28/01FIVBGermany Open Qualifier 4 Egger/Heyer Q10 Pedrosa/Teixeira 27, Q7 21-13, 21-17 0:34
Trail the series against # 12, Q1 Bellaguarda/Moreira, Brazil 1-2
7/27/01FIVBPortugal Open Contender 1 Bellaguarda/Moreira 12, Q1 Egger/Heyer 28, Q3 21-15, 21-18 0:40
7/14/01FIVBItaly Open Contender 3 Egger/Heyer 30, Q12 Bellaguarda/Moreira 6 22-20, 19-21, 15-8 1:07
6/28/01FIVBGermany Open Qualifier 5 Bellaguarda/Moreira 6, Q2 Egger/Heyer Q10 16-21, 21-16, 15-9 0:45
Trail the series against # 13 Loiola/Santos, Brazil 0-1
7/13/01FIVBItaly Open Winner 2 Loiola/Santos 14 Egger/Heyer 30, Q12 21-15, 21-14 0:46
Series tied with # 14 Novosel/Slack, Australia 1-1
7/12/01FIVBItaly Open Qualifier 7 Egger/Heyer 30, Q12 Novosel/Slack 16, Q2 15-21, 22-20, 15-12 0:57
7/4/01FIVBNorway Open Qualifier 3 Novosel/Slack 15, Q5 Egger/Heyer 28, Q12 21-15, 14-21, 15-12 0:44
Lead the series against # 15 Prosser/Zahner, Australia 1-0
7/21/01FIVBFrance Grand Slam Contender 2 Egger/Heyer 30, Q8 Prosser/Zahner 13 21-15, 21-15 0:33
Trail the series against # 17, Q2 Holdren/Rogers, United States 0-1
6/15/01FIVBSpain Open Contender 1 Holdren/Rogers 13 Egger/Heyer 29, Q12 21-19, 22-20 0:36
Lead the series against # 18 Henkel/Smith, United States 1-0
7/19/01FIVBFrance Grand Slam Contender 1 Egger/Heyer 30, Q8 Henkel/Smith 14 21-13, 21-19 0:33
Lead the series against # 21 Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 1-0
7/18/01FIVBFrance Grand Slam Qualifier 6 Egger/Heyer 30, Q8 Dieckmann/Reckermann 26, Q6 21-13, 21-15 0:37
Lead the series against # 22 Bosma/Cotrino , Spain 2-0
7/21/01FIVBFrance Grand Slam Contender 3 Egger/Heyer 30, Q8 Bosma/Cotrino 22, Q2 21-18, 21-15 0:31
7/13/01FIVBItaly Open Contender 2 Egger/Heyer 30, Q12 Bosma/Cotrino 20, Q6 21-18, 21-16 0:49
Trail the series against # 23 Berger/Stamm, Austria 0-1
7/6/01FIVBNorway Open Contender 1 Berger/Stamm 21, Q3 Egger/Heyer 28, Q12 21-19, 21-7 0:36
Lead the series against # 25, Q10 Shiratori/Watanabe, Japan 3-0
7/18/01FIVBFrance Grand Slam Qualifier 5 Egger/Heyer 30, Q8 Shiratori/Watanabe Q16 21-18, 21-15 0:41
7/12/01FIVBItaly Open Qualifier 6 Egger/Heyer 30, Q12 Shiratori/Watanabe Q20 21-14, 20-22, 15-11 0:53
7/4/01FIVBNorway Open Qualifier 2 Egger/Heyer 28, Q12 Shiratori/Watanabe 30, Q21 21-16, 19-21, 15-12 0:51
Lead the series against # 29, Q6 Canet/Hamel, France 2-0
7/26/01FIVBPortugal Open Qualifier 4 Egger/Heyer 28, Q3 Canet/Hamel 29, Q6 21-15, 21-14 0:37
7/5/01FIVBNorway Open Qualifier 10 Egger/Heyer 28, Q12 Canet/Hamel 27, Q10 21-18, 18-21, 15-10 0:56
Lead the series against # 30 Palinek/Pochop, Czech Republic 1-0
6/13/01FIVBSpain Open Qualifier 3 Egger/Heyer 29, Q12 Palinek/Pochop Q5 18-21, 21-14, 15-7 1:01
Trail the series against # Q4 Lopes/Neto, Brazil 0-2
7/17/01FIVBFrance Grand Slam Qualifier 3 Lopes/Neto 19, Q9 Egger/Heyer 30, Q8 22-20, 21-17 0:39
7/14/01FIVBItaly Open Contender 4 Lopes/Neto 24, Q10 Egger/Heyer 30, Q12 21-17, 21-10 0:41
Trail the series against # Q5 Heidger/McCaw, United States 0-2
7/11/01FIVBItaly Open Qualifier 4 Heidger/McCaw Q5 Egger/Heyer 30, Q12 21-15, 24-22 0:40
6/28/01FIVBGermany Open Qualifier 7 Heidger/McCaw 24, Q5 Egger/Heyer Q10 21-19, 22-24, 19-17 1:05
Lead the series against # Q12 Goranson/Goranson, Norway 1-0
7/11/01FIVBItaly Open Qualifier 3 Egger/Heyer 30, Q12 Goranson/Goranson Q21 21-19, 21-17 0:43
Lead the series against # Q17 Ferrer Cutino/Milian Carvajal, Cuba 1-0
7/17/01FIVBFrance Grand Slam Qualifier 2 Egger/Heyer 30, Q8 Ferrer Cutino/Milian Carvajal Q25 23-21, 15-21, 16-14 0:52
Lead the series against # Q19 Rodriguez/Vasquez A., Venezuela 2-0
7/25/01FIVBPortugal Open Qualifier 3 Egger/Heyer 28, Q3 Rodriguez/Vasquez A. Q19 21-15, 22-20 0:37
7/4/01FIVBNorway Open Qualifier 8 Egger/Heyer 28, Q12 Rodriguez/Vasquez A. Q22 21-18, 21-16 0:29
Lead the series against # Q30 Glogowski/Plinski, Poland 1-0
7/25/01FIVBPortugal Open Qualifier 2 Egger/Heyer 28, Q3 Glogowski/Plinski Q30 21-15, 21-9 0:29
Lead the series against # Q34 De Paula/Lacerda, Portugal 1-0
6/13/01FIVBSpain Open Qualifier 1 Egger/Heyer 29, Q12 De Paula/Lacerda Q53 21-13, 21-17 0:38