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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Gstaad Major, Five Star
July 3 - 8, 2017

(26, Q4) Kristina May/Taylor Pischke, Canada

Kristina Valjas May
Canada

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 2, 1987 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

Toronto

Height:

188 cm (6'2")

Weight:

68 kg (150 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Fuzhou 2015)

Career Winnings:

US$164,462.50

Taylor Pischke
Canada

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 18, 1993 (32 yrs old)

Home Town:

Winnipeg, MB

Height:

183 cm (6'0")

Weight:

69 kg (152 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (2 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

4th (Aydin 2019)

Career Winnings:

US$105,833.36

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	2	US$27,500.00

Previous Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2013	Jamie Broder - 25th	Did not play
2014	Jamie Broder - 25th	Did not play
2015	Jamie Broder - 9th	Melissa Humana-Paredes - 25th
2016	Jamie Broder - 25th	Melissa Humana-Paredes - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/26-7/1/2017	Porec Major Five Star	25	17th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	6/14-18/2017	The Hague Three Star	24	17th	120	US$1,500.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2017	Moscow Three Star	22	9th	180	US$2,000.00
FIVB	2/7-12/2017	Fort Lauderdale Major Five Star	20	25th	180	US$4,000.00

Gstaad Major Five Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 7/4/2017	Qualifier 2	Svetlana Kholomina / Olga Motrich, Russia (Q13)	Won 21-15, 19-21, 15-13	0:44
Wed, 7/5/2017	Pool G	Summer Ross / Brooke Sweat, United States (7)	Won 21-14, 21-19	0:30
Wed, 7/5/2017	Pool G	Julie Gordon / Camille Saxton, Canada (23)	Won 21-16, 20-22, 15-12	0:47
Thu, 7/6/2017	Pool G	Louise Bawden / Taliqua Clancy, Australia (10)	Lost 16-21, 18-21	0:35
Fri, 7/7/2017	Winner 2	Michala Frank / Kristyna Kolocova, Czech Republic (13)	Won 21-15, 24-22	0:37
Fri, 7/7/2017	Winner 3	Talita Antunes / Larissa Maestrini, Brazil (2)	Lost 14-21, 13-21	0:27

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	$22,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00
Total	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	$27,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Kristina May												Taylor Pischke
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$5,200.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$7,900.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$6,250.00	World Tour Finals
40	0	0	0	1	2	8	14	10	0	$128,175.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	23	0	0	0	0	2	5	7	8	0	$79,850.00
28	1	0	1	0	1	4	5	3	0	$22,537.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	15	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	4	0	$12,475.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,750.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	7	0	0	0	1	1	2	3	0	0	$5,175.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$550.00	Challenger
											U23 World Championships	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
76	1	0	1	1	3	17	21	13	0	$164,462.50	Total	50	0	0	2	1	6	12	12	12	0	$105,400.00

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
2017	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	$25,500.00	8	12	40.0 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	$25,500.00	8	12	40.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Kristina May													Taylor Pischke
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	2009	FIVB
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	$0.00	2010	FIVB
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2011	FIVB
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	$2,800.00	2012	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$550.00	2012	FIVB C&S
											2012	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
13	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	3	3	$20,875.00	2013	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,850.00
											2013	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
13	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	5	0	$37,587.50	2014	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	$21,500.00
											2014	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
14	1	0	1	1	1	3	6	1	0	$59,650.00	2015	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	3	1	$23,787.50
11	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	2	0	$29,250.00	2016	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	3	0	$30,187.50
5	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	$12,750.00	2017	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	$12,750.00
75	1	0	1	1	3	17	21	12	19	$163,462.50	Total	Total	36	0	0	2	0	5	10	10	8	1	$90,075.00

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	4	44.4%	4	44.4%	1	11.1%	8-1	88.9%	0	0.0%	2	15.4%	11	84.6%	0-13	0.0%	4-11	26.7%	4-3	57.1%	0	0	8-14	36.4%
2016-2017	4	44.4%	4	44.4%	1	11.1%	8-1	88.9%	0	0.0%	2	18.2%	9	81.8%	0-11	0.0%	4-9	30.8%	4-3	57.1%	0	0	8-12	40.0%
Against the Field	3	37.5%	4	50.0%	1	12.5%	7-1	87.5%	0	0.0%	1	11.1%	8	88.9%	0-9	0.0%	6-16	27.3%	8-4	66.7%	0	0	7-10	41.2%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	0	3	6	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	8
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4
Total	0	0	1	0	5	10	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	14

Head to Head Results
May/Pischke trail the series against the field 7-9 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 5 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Brunner/Huberli, Switzerland 0-2
6/28/17	FIVB	Porec Major Five Star	Pool H	Brunner/Huberli	9	May/Pischke	25	19-21, 21-10, 15-11	0:42
6/15/17	FIVB	The Hague Three Star	Pool H	Brunner/Huberli	9	May/Pischke	24	21-19, 21-9	0:28
Trail the series against # 2 Antunes/Maestrini, Brazil 0-2
7/7/17	FIVB	Gstaad Major Five Star	Winner 3	Antunes/Maestrini	2	May/Pischke	26, Q4	21-14, 21-13	0:27
6/2/17	FIVB	Moscow Three Star	Winner 2	Antunes/Maestrini	1	May/Pischke	22	21-18, 21-17	0:32
Trail the series against # 4 Hermannova/Slukova, Czech Republic 0-1
6/1/17	FIVB	Moscow Three Star	Pool F	Hermannova/Slukova	6	May/Pischke	22	21-13, 21-16	0:31
Lead the series against # 7 Ross/Sweat, United States 2-1
7/5/17	FIVB	Gstaad Major Five Star	Pool G	May/Pischke	26, Q4	Ross/Sweat	7	21-14, 21-19	0:30
6/1/17	FIVB	Moscow Three Star	Pool F	May/Pischke	22	Ross/Sweat	11	21-12, 25-27, 15-12	0:46
2/8/17	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major Five Star	Pool D	Ross/Sweat	13	May/Pischke	20	21-16, 15-21, 15-12	0:30
Trail the series against # 10 Bawden/Clancy, Australia 0-2
7/6/17	FIVB	Gstaad Major Five Star	Pool G	Bawden/Clancy	10	May/Pischke	26, Q4	21-16, 21-18	0:35
6/29/17	FIVB	Porec Major Five Star	Winner 1	Bawden/Clancy	10	May/Pischke	25	21-11, 21-18	0:29
Lead the series against # 13 Frank/Kolocova, Czech Republic 1-0
7/7/17	FIVB	Gstaad Major Five Star	Winner 2	May/Pischke	26, Q4	Frank/Kolocova	13	21-15, 24-22	0:37
Trail the series against # 19 Baieva/Davidova, Ukraine 0-1
6/29/17	FIVB	Porec Major Five Star	Pool H	Baieva/Davidova	24	May/Pischke	25	21-16, 21-18	0:35
Lead the series against # 23 Gordon/Saxton, Canada 1-0
7/5/17	FIVB	Gstaad Major Five Star	Pool G	May/Pischke	26, Q4	Gordon/Saxton	23	21-16, 20-22, 15-12	0:47
Lead the series against # Q5 Sliwka/Wojtasik, Poland 2-0
6/15/17	FIVB	The Hague Three Star	Pool H	May/Pischke	24	Sliwka/Wojtasik	25, Q7	21-18, 21-19	0:35
6/2/17	FIVB	Moscow Three Star	Winner 1	May/Pischke	22	Sliwka/Wojtasik	28	21-17, 19-21, 17-15	0:49
Lead the series against # Q13 Kholomina/Motrich, Russia 1-0
7/4/17	FIVB	Gstaad Major Five Star	Qualifier 2	May/Pischke	26, Q4	Kholomina/Motrich	Q13	21-15, 19-21, 15-13	0:44