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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Hellas Open
June 4 - 8, 2003

(5) John Child/Mark Heese, Canada

John Child
Canada

Photo: Raymond Wardenær

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 4, 1967 (56 yrs old)

Home Town:

Toronto, ON

Resides:

Toronto, ON

Height:

189 cm (6'2")

Weight:

93 kg (205 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

128

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Berlin 1996)

Career Winnings:

US$467,137.50

Mark Heese
Canada

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 15, 1969 (54 yrs old)

Home Town:

Aurora, ON

Height:

184 cm (6'0")

Weight:

85 kg (187 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

166

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Berlin 1996)

Career Winnings:

US$518,387.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	Money
FIVB	114	1	5	8	8	20	1	12	21	13	15	8	1	1	US$789,200.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$2,600.00
Overall	115	1	5	9	8	20	1	12	21	13	15	8	1	1	US$791,800.00

Previous Rhodes Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/4-8/2002	Spain Open	5	9	120	US$3,900.00
FIVB	8/7-11/2002	Spain Open	5	5	180	US$6,675.00
FIVB	8/1-4/2002	Austria Grand Slam	5	5	240	US$8,500.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2002	Portugal Open	4	5	180	US$6,675.00
FIVB	7/17-21/2002	France Grand Slam	15	25	40	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/10-14/2002	Canada Open	11	2	270	US$15,000.00
FIVB	7/3-7/2002	Norway Open	14	9	120	US$3,900.00
FIVB	6/19-23/2002	Switzerland Open	16	5	180	US$6,675.00
FIVB	6/12-16/2002	Germany Open	15	4	210	US$9,300.00
FIVB	8/29-9/4/2001	Goodwill Games	13	13	0	US$1,500.00
FIVB	8/8-12/2001	Belgium Open	12	17	72	US$3,000.00
FIVB	8/1-5/2001	Klagenfurt World Championships	8	17	100	US$2,750.00
FIVB	7/25-29/2001	Portugal Open	5	9	144	US$5,500.00
FIVB	7/11-15/2001	Italy Open	3	25	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/4-8/2001	Norway Open	4	4	252	US$11,000.00
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2001	Germany Open	5	5	216	US$9,000.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2001	Swiss Open	8	5	216	US$9,000.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2001	Spain Open	7	4	252	US$11,000.00

Hellas Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 6/6/2003

Pool E

Stephane Canet / Mathieu Hamel, France (21)

Won 21-15, 21-15

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
John Child	Total	21	10	N/A	N/A	0	10	0	N/A
	1	21	10	N/A	N/A	0	10	0	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
Mark Heese	Total	20	11	N/A	N/A	2	1	2	N/A
	1	20	11	N/A	N/A	2	1	2	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A

Fri, 6/6/2003

Pool E

Andrew Schacht / Joshua Slack, Australia (12)

Won 25-23, 21-14

0:47

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
John Child	Total	18	7	N/A	N/A	1	12	2	N/A
	1	18	7	N/A	N/A	1	12	2	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
Mark Heese	Total	19	12	N/A	N/A	0	3	0	N/A
	1	19	12	N/A	N/A	0	3	0	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A

Sat, 6/7/2003

Pool E

Javier Bosma / Pablo Herrera, Spain (28, Q6)

Won By Forfeit

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
John Child	Total	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
	1	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
Mark Heese	Total	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
	1	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A

Sat, 6/7/2003

Winner 1

Richard Kogel / Sander Mulder, Netherlands (27)

Won 21-14, 21-18

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
John Child	Total	11	5	N/A	N/A	1	3	0	N/A
	1	11	5	N/A	N/A	1	3	0	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
Mark Heese	Total	20	14	N/A	N/A	0	3	1	N/A
	1	20	14	N/A	N/A	0	3	1	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A

Sat, 6/7/2003

Winner 2

Martin Laciga / Paul Laciga, Switzerland (4)

Won 16-21, 21-18, 15-8

0:53

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
John Child	Total	25	11	N/A	N/A	7	0	0	N/A
	1	25	11	N/A	N/A	7	0	0	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
	3	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
Mark Heese	Total	27	15	N/A	N/A	1	7	0	N/A
	1	27	15	N/A	N/A	1	7	0	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
	3	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A

Sun, 6/8/2003

Semi-Finals

Marcio Araujo / Benjamin Insfran, Brazil (1)

Lost 15-21, 19-21

0:37

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
John Child	Total	9	5	N/A	N/A	0	1	1	N/A
	1	9	5	N/A	N/A	0	1	1	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
Mark Heese	Total	33	23	N/A	N/A	0	1	1	N/A
	1	33	23	N/A	N/A	0	1	1	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A

Sun, 6/8/2003

Bronze Medal

Nikolas Berger / Clemens Doppler, Austria (14)

Lost 17-21, 21-18, 16-18

1:01

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
John Child	Total	19	10	N/A	N/A	4	5	1	N/A
	1	19	10	N/A	N/A	4	5	1	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
	3	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
Mark Heese	Total	30	18	N/A	N/A	0	5	1	N/A
	1	30	18	N/A	N/A	0	5	1	N/A
	2	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A
	3	0	0	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	N/A

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
John Child	103	48	N/A	N/A	13	31	4	N/A
Mark Heese	149	93	N/A	N/A	3	20	5	N/A

Head to Head Results
Child/Heese lead the series against the field 28-14

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Araujo/Insfran, Brazil 0-3
6/8/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Semi-Finals	Araujo/Insfran	1	Child/Heese	5	21-15, 21-19	0:37
8/3/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 3	Araujo/Insfran	6	Child/Heese	5	21-18, 21-19	0:44
7/27/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 2	Araujo/Insfran	5, Q1	Child/Heese	4	21-13, 21-19	0:44
Trail the series against # 4 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 1-2
6/7/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Winner 2	Child/Heese	5	Laciga/Laciga	4	16-21, 21-18, 15-8	0:53
6/14/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Pool B	Laciga/Laciga	2	Child/Heese	15	19-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:55
7/8/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Semi-Finals	Laciga/Laciga	2	Child/Heese	4	21-15, 21-17	0:40
Lead the series against # 7 Alvarez/Rossell, Cuba 1-0
7/26/96	FIVB	Atlanta XXVI Olympic Games	Contender 4	Child/Heese	8	Alvarez/Rossell	10	15-4	0:30
Lead the series against # 10 Holden/Leinemann, Canada 1-0
7/13/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 1	Child/Heese	11	Holden/Leinemann	12	21-17, 16-21, 15-8	0:58
Lead the series against # 11 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 2-1
8/1/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool E	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	20	Child/Heese	5	21-19, 21-19	0:49
7/27/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Child/Heese	4	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	14	19-21, 21-19, 15-13	1:00
7/7/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Contender 6	Child/Heese	4	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	7	21-19, 21-18	0:38
Lead the series against # 12 Schacht/Slack, Australia 2-1
6/6/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool E	Child/Heese	5	Schacht/Slack	12	25-23, 21-14	0:47
8/10/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Child/Heese	5	Schacht/Slack	11	21-13, 21-18	0:46
7/18/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool K	Schacht/Slack	39	Child/Heese	15	21-15, 21-14	0:46
Lead the series against # 13 Berg/Dahl, Sweden 1-0
7/26/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool D	Child/Heese	4	Berg/Dahl	20	22-20, 19-21, 16-14	1:15
Lead the series against # 14 Berger/Doppler, Austria 2-1
6/8/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Bronze Medal	Berger/Doppler	14	Child/Heese	5	21-17, 18-21, 18-16	1:01
8/9/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool E	Child/Heese	5	Berger/Doppler	12	21-17, 24-26, 16-14	1:17
7/13/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 2	Child/Heese	11	Berger/Doppler	13	24-22, 21-12	0:45
Series tied with # 15 Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 1-1
6/16/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Bronze Medal	Dieckmann/Reckermann	6	Child/Heese	15	21-12, 18-21, 15-13	1:04
7/27/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 2	Child/Heese	5	Dieckmann/Reckermann	21	21-12, 21-15	0:38
Trail the series against # 16 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 1-2
7/26/02	FIVB	Portugal Open	Pool D	Child/Heese	4	Heuscher/Kobel	13	21-15, 21-17	0:36
7/12/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Pool F	Heuscher/Kobel	6	Child/Heese	11	16-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:58
6/30/01	FIVB	Germany Open	Contender 6	Heuscher/Kobel	16	Child/Heese	5	25-23, 21-17	0:44
Lead the series against # 18 Egger/Heyer, Switzerland 2-1
7/6/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool C	Child/Heese	14	Egger/Heyer	19, Q2	21-16, 14-21, 15-13	0:54
7/27/01	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Child/Heese	5	Egger/Heyer	28, Q3	21-14, 16-21, 15-13	0:47
7/13/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Winner 1	Egger/Heyer	30, Q12	Child/Heese	3	22-20, 21-19	0:44
Lead the series against # 20 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 3-2
6/15/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Winner 1	Child/Heese	15	Brenha/Maia	16	21-12, 21-18	0:36
8/3/01	FIVB	Klagenfurt World Championships	Winner 1	Brenha/Maia	27	Child/Heese	8	21-17, 11-21, 15-13	0:51
7/13/01	FIVB	Italy Open	Contender 1	Brenha/Maia	19	Child/Heese	3	27-25, 21-11	0:50
6/22/01	FIVB	Swiss Open	Contender 2	Child/Heese	8	Brenha/Maia	10	21-19, 21-13	0:37
7/28/96	FIVB	Atlanta XXVI Olympic Games	Bronze Medal	Child/Heese	8	Brenha/Maia	18	12-5, 12-8	1:17
Lead the series against # 21 Canet/Hamel, France 3-0
6/6/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool E	Child/Heese	5	Canet/Hamel	21	21-15, 21-15	0:43
8/3/02	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Winner 2	Child/Heese	5	Canet/Hamel	27	21-17, 30-28	0:59
6/15/02	FIVB	Germany Open	Pool B	Child/Heese	15	Canet/Hamel	18	22-24, 21-13, 15-11	1:06
Lead the series against # 22, Q4 Pimponi/Raffaelli, Italy 1-0
8/9/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool E	Child/Heese	5	Pimponi/Raffaelli	21	21-17, 21-15	0:44
Lead the series against # 27 Kogel/Mulder, Netherlands 1-0
6/7/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Winner 1	Child/Heese	5	Kogel/Mulder	27	21-14, 21-18	0:42
Lead the series against # 28, Q6 Bosma/Herrera, Spain 1-0
6/7/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Pool E	Child/Heese	5	Bosma/Herrera	28, Q6	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # 30, Q23 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 1-0
9/7/02	FIVB	Spain Open	Pool E	Child/Heese	5	Kais/Vesik	28, Q17	21-16, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # Q5 Kouchnerev/Sayfulin, Russia 2-0
7/13/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Pool F	Child/Heese	11	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	22	21-15, 21-19	0:56
7/5/02	FIVB	Norway Open	Pool C	Child/Heese	14	Kouchnerev/Sayfulin	30	21-15, 27-25	0:50
Lead the series against # Q10 Ljubicic/Slean, Canada 1-0
7/12/02	FIVB	Canada Open	Pool F	Child/Heese	11	Ljubicic/Slean	27, Q8	21-10, 21-16	0:39
Lead the series against # Q13 Goranson/Goranson, Norway 1-0
7/6/01	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 1	Child/Heese	4	Goranson/Goranson	29	21-12, 21-15	0:38