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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$350,000 Adelaide Australia Open
March 25 - 30, 2008

(12) Patrick Heuscher/Sascha Heyer, Switzerland

Patrick Heuscher
Switzerland

Photo: Adrian Knecht

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 22, 1976 (48 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kehrsiten

Height:

194 cm (6'4")

Weight:

93 kg (205 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

141

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$507,180.00

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

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	36	0	1	1	0	4	2	14	1	11	2	US$258,050.00
FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$2,000.00
Overall	37	1	1	1	0	4	2	14	1	11	2	US$260,050.00

Previous Adelaide Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/5-9/2007	Stare Jablonki Open	7	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/15-19/2007	Aland Open	6	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB C&S	8/9-12/2007	Vaduz Satellite	1	1st	20	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/1-5/2007	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	11	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/24-29/2007	Gstaad World Championships	7	17th	200	US$7,000.00
FIVB	7/10-15/2007	Berlin Grand Slam	5	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2007	Stavanger Grand Slam	4	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2007	Paris Grand Slam	11	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	6/5-10/2007	Zagreb Open	7	2nd	540	US$22,000.00
FIVB	5/23-27/2007	Italian Open	6	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	5/1-5/2007	Shanghai Open	8	3rd	480	US$16,000.00

Adelaide Australia Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 3/27/2008	Winner 1	Martins Plavins / Aleksandrs Samoilovs, Latvia (21, Q2)	Won 21-19, 23-25, 15-10	0:56
Thu, 3/27/2008	Winner 2	Stein Metzger / Mark Williams, United States (28)	Won 21-18, 20-22, 18-16	1:03
Fri, 3/28/2008	Winner 3	Harley Marques / Pedro Solberg, Brazil (4)	Lost 19-21, 21-19, 12-15	1:03
Fri, 3/28/2008	Contender 4	Phil Dalhausser / Todd Rogers, United States (2)	Lost 13-21, 20-22	0:43

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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$18,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	16	0	0	0	0	4	0	7	0	5	0	0	$132,900.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	17	0	1	1	0	0	2	6	1	4	2	0	$107,150.00
Satellite	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
Total	37	1	1	1	0	4	2	14	1	11	2	0	$260,050.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Patrick Heuscher												Sascha Heyer
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00
6	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	$25,125.00	World Championships	7	0	1	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	$38,875.00
47	1	2	3	0	10	16	12	2	0	$238,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	48	0	2	1	1	6	18	12	6	0	$193,725.00
72	2	3	4	3	13	22	12	4	0	$230,880.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	87	0	2	3	0	10	21	21	13	0	$173,027.50
2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,750.00	Challenger	3	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	$2,100.00
10	5	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$9,425.00	Satellite	8	2	1	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	$5,465.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$750.00	Goodwill Games
141	9	7	9	3	26	42	29	6	0	$507,180.00	Total	155	2	6	8	1	16	45	38	19	0	$413,192.50

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
2007	FIVB	10	0	1	1	0	2	0	5	0	1	0	0	$105,400.00	37	16	69.8 %
2007	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	5	0	100.0 %
2008	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$5,500.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	11	0	1	1	0	2	0	6	0	1	0	0	$110,900.00	39	18	68.4 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	5	0	100.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Patrick Heuscher													Sascha Heyer
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1995	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											1996	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	$2,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1997	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	$1,850.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	$850.00	1998	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	1998	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$625.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	1999	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	$1,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$175.00	1999	FIVB C&S	3	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	$1,140.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	3	$4,000.00	2000	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,750.00	2000	FIVB C&S	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,050.00
11	0	0	0	1	3	4	3	0	0	$30,375.00	2001	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	1	$12,625.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,300.00	2001	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
10	0	0	1	0	0	6	2	1	0	$21,805.00	2002	FIVB	9	0	1	0	0	1	1	4	2	0	$22,152.50
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00	2002	FIVB C&S
9	0	0	2	0	3	3	1	0	0	$43,500.00	2003	FIVB	10	0	1	0	0	4	1	4	0	0	$40,500.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	2003	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00
11	1	3	2	1	3	1	0	0	0	$75,750.00	2004	FIVB	13	0	1	1	0	3	6	2	0	0	$51,300.00
11	1	0	1	0	4	3	2	0	0	$64,875.00	2005	FIVB	10	0	1	0	1	1	6	0	1	0	$54,225.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,700.00	2005	FIVB C&S
8	1	0	0	1	2	3	1	0	0	$45,175.00	2006	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	1	0	$26,300.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	2006	FIVB C&S
10	0	1	1	0	2	5	1	0	0	$52,700.00	2007	FIVB	10	0	1	1	0	2	5	1	0	0	$52,700.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	2007	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,750.00	2008	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,750.00
97	9	6	8	3	19	28	13	1	10	$353,955.00	Total	Total	109	2	6	6	1	12	30	20	12	20	$275,467.50

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	59	72.0%	10	12.2%	13	15.9%	69-13	84.1%	17	22.7%	14	18.7%	44	58.7%	17-58	22.7%	59-44	57.3%	27-27	50.0%	2	1	88-72	55.0%
2007-2008	32	71.1%	8	17.8%	5	11.1%	40-5	88.9%	12	27.9%	10	23.3%	21	48.8%	12-31	27.9%	32-21	60.4%	20-15	57.1%	1	0	53-36	59.6%
Against the Field	25	59.5%	6	14.3%	11	26.2%	31-11	73.8%	10	20.0%	10	20.0%	30	60.0%	10-40	20.0%	50-58	46.3%	32-42	43.2%	1	0	42-50	45.7%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
World Championships	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	0	27	18	0	0	11	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	39	34
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	16	1	1	1	0	0	1	41	33
Satellite	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
Total	0	0	1	0	34	20	0	1	31	34	2	1	1	0	1	1	93	72

Head to Head Results
Heuscher/Heyer lead the series against the field 28-16 (Lead 14 Series, Trail 7 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Barsuk/Kolodinsky, Russia 1-2
8/3/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool F	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	6	Heuscher/Heyer	11	21-19, 14-21, 15-10	0:56
6/30/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 3	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	7	Heuscher/Heyer	4	21-9, 19-21, 15-12	0:52
5/5/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Bronze Medal	Heuscher/Heyer	8	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	17	21-19, 21-17	0:46
Trail the series against # 2 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 0-1
3/28/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Contender 4	Dalhausser/Rogers	2	Heuscher/Heyer	12	21-13, 22-20	0:43
Trail the series against # 3 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 0-3
7/14/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 2	Araujo/Magalhaes	3	Heuscher/Heyer	5	21-19, 21-16	0:47
6/29/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool D	Araujo/Magalhaes	13	Heuscher/Heyer	4	21-18, 26-24	1:00
5/4/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Semi-Finals	Araujo/Magalhaes	3	Heuscher/Heyer	8	18-21, 21-16, 15-11	1:01
Trail the series against # 4 Marques/Solberg, Brazil 0-1
3/28/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Winner 3	Marques/Solberg	4	Heuscher/Heyer	12	21-19, 19-21, 15-12	1:03
Lead the series against # 5 Reckermann/Urbatzka, Germany 1-0
6/22/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 2	Heuscher/Heyer	11	Reckermann/Urbatzka	19	14-21, 21-19, 15-11	1:05
Lead the series against # 6 Schacht/Slack, Australia 1-0
6/9/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Semi-Finals	Heuscher/Heyer	7	Schacht/Slack	18	20-22, 21-14, 15-10	1:06
Lead the series against # 7 Wu/Xu, China 3-2
8/17/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 4	Wu/Xu	1	Heuscher/Heyer	6	24-22, 21-11	0:37
8/4/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 2	Wu/Xu	5	Heuscher/Heyer	11	15-21, 21-16, 15-10	1:01
7/13/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool E	Heuscher/Heyer	5	Wu/Xu	12	21-23, 24-22, 15-9	1:02
6/9/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Contender 5	Heuscher/Heyer	7	Wu/Xu	3	21-18, 23-21	0:47
5/3/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 4	Heuscher/Heyer	8	Wu/Xu	5	21-19, 21-12	0:39
Lead the series against # 8 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 1-0
5/25/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 2	Heuscher/Heyer	6	Nummerdor/Schuil	5	19-21, 29-27, 17-15	1:09
Lead the series against # 11 Doppler/Gartmayer, Austria 2-0
6/28/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool D	Heuscher/Heyer	4	Doppler/Gartmayer	20	19-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:55
5/25/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 3	Heuscher/Heyer	6	Doppler/Gartmayer	13	19-21, 21-14, 15-4	0:52
Lead the series against # 13 Gosch/Horst, Austria 2-0
8/16/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 2	Heuscher/Heyer	6	Gosch/Horst	11	18-21, 21-13, 17-15	1:04
7/26/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool T	Heuscher/Heyer	7	Gosch/Horst	18	24-22, 21-18	0:46
Trail the series against # 14 Brink/Dieckmann, Germany 1-3
9/7/07	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 4	Brink/Dieckmann	4	Heuscher/Heyer	7	21-19, 23-21	0:43
6/23/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 3	Brink/Dieckmann	6	Heuscher/Heyer	11	21-12, 21-16	0:42
6/22/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool F	Heuscher/Heyer	11	Brink/Dieckmann	6	21-19, 21-15	0:44
5/25/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 4	Brink/Dieckmann	2	Heuscher/Heyer	6	21-18, 21-19	0:45
Lead the series against # 15 Laciga/Schnider, Switzerland 1-0
9/7/07	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 3	Heuscher/Heyer	7	Laciga/Schnider	16	17-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:55
Trail the series against # 17 Boersma/Ronnes, Netherlands 0-1
5/24/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 1	Boersma/Ronnes	27, Q8	Heuscher/Heyer	6	16-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:57
Lead the series against # 20 Li/Zhou, China 2-0
8/2/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool F	Heuscher/Heyer	11	Li/Zhou	22	21-15, 20-22, 15-12	1:00
6/8/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Contender 2	Heuscher/Heyer	7	Li/Zhou	24, Q14	21-17, 25-23	0:44
Lead the series against # 21, Q2 Plavins/Samoilovs, Latvia 3-1
3/27/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Winner 1	Heuscher/Heyer	12	Plavins/Samoilovs	21, Q2	21-19, 23-25, 15-10	0:56
9/6/07	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 2	Plavins/Samoilovs	23, Q1	Heuscher/Heyer	7	21-16, 21-15	0:35
6/30/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 1	Heuscher/Heyer	4	Plavins/Samoilovs	23, Q5	21-14, 22-20	0:40
6/21/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool F	Heuscher/Heyer	11	Plavins/Samoilovs	22, Q9	21-11, 21-17	0:36
Series tied with # 22 Herrera/Mesa, Spain 1-1
7/27/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Winner 1	Herrera/Mesa	24	Heuscher/Heyer	7	24-22, 19-21, 15-12	1:13
6/30/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 2	Heuscher/Heyer	4	Herrera/Mesa	16	21-19, 23-21	0:45
Lead the series against # 23 Lione/Varnier, Italy 3-0
8/3/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool F	Heuscher/Heyer	11	Lione/Varnier	27	21-16, 21-12	0:33
7/13/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool E	Heuscher/Heyer	5	Lione/Varnier	21	21-13, 21-16	0:38
6/8/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Contender 3	Heuscher/Heyer	7	Lione/Varnier	15	21-19, 21-19	0:43
Lead the series against # 24, Q5 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 3-0
8/16/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 1	Heuscher/Heyer	6	Lochhead/Pitman	27	23-21, 21-17	0:43
6/28/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool D	Heuscher/Heyer	4	Lochhead/Pitman	29, Q6	21-13, 21-16	0:34
5/24/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 1	Heuscher/Heyer	6	Lochhead/Pitman	22	21-18, 21-19	0:40
Trail the series against # 25, Q3 Asahi/Shiratori, Japan 0-1
6/7/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Winner 1	Asahi/Shiratori	26, Q13	Heuscher/Heyer	7	12-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:50
Lead the series against # 28 Metzger/Williams, United States 1-0
3/27/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Winner 2	Heuscher/Heyer	12	Metzger/Williams	28	21-18, 20-22, 18-16	1:03
Lead the series against # Q4 Deulofeu/Salvetti, France 1-0
7/12/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool E	Heuscher/Heyer	5	Deulofeu/Salvetti	28	21-16, 19-21, 15-9	0:52
Lead the series against # Q20 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 1-0
9/7/07	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 2	Heuscher/Heyer	7	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	9	21-11, 21-15	0:34