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European Championship Tour
€ 25,000 Ljubljana Masters
July 20 - 22, 2017

(Q4) Kusti Nolvak/Mart Tiisaar, Estonia

Kusti Nõlvak
Estonia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 6, 1991 (34 yrs old)

Home Town:

Tallinn

Height:

189 cm (6'2")

Weight:

82 kg (180 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Vilnius 2020)

Career CEV Best:

9th (Munich 2022)

Career Winnings:

US$73,448.46

Mart Tiisaar
Estonia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 5, 1991 (34 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rapla

Height:

205 cm (6'9")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Vilnius 2020)

Career CEV Best:

9th (Munich 2022)

Career Winnings:

US$77,757.02

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	41	Money
CEV	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	2	2	0	0	US$5,961.70
CEV C&S	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	US$1,024.65
FIVB	59	1	2	1	3	6	0	11	1	12	2	1	3	5	11	US$136,137.34
Overall	72	1	2	1	4	6	0	13	2	17	2	3	5	5	11	US$143,123.69

Previous Ljubljana Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV C&S	7/13-16/2017	Satellite Siofok	Q8	17th	40	€ 0.00
CEV C&S	7/7-9/2017	Satellite Kharkiv	8, Q5	9th	60	€ 120.00
FIVB	4/20-23/2017	Xiamen Three Star	20, Q15	17th	120	US$1,500.00
FIVB	4/15-16/2017	Langkawi One Star	5	3rd	120	US$1,200.00
FIVB	2/15-18/2017	Kish Island Three Star	28	17th	120	US$2,000.00
FIVB	2/7-11/2017	Fort Lauderdale Major Five Star	Q19	41st	48	US$0.00
CEV	9/1-4/2016	CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Jurmala Masters	Q10	21st	96	€ 0.00
CEV C&S	7/21-24/2016	CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Vaduz	Q12	17th	112	€ 0.00

Ljubljana Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/20/2017	Qualifier 1	Murat Giginoglu / Safa Urlu, Türkiye (10, Q13)	Lost 30-32, 21-17, 13-15	0:57

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	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$18,000.00
World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$6,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	12	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	3	0	0	$30,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	25	0	0	0	1	2	0	4	0	6	3	0	$44,550.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	20	1	2	1	1	3	0	5	0	5	0	0	$37,200.00
Confederation Championship	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	2	0	$5,500.00
Total	65	1	2	1	3	6	0	12	1	18	5	0	$141,250.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Kusti Nolvak												Mart Tiisaar
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	1	0	0	0	0	$9,000.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$9,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,000.00	World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,000.00
12	0	0	0	1	0	3	3	0	0	$15,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	13	0	0	0	1	0	3	4	0	0	$15,000.00
25	0	0	0	1	2	4	6	3	0	$22,275.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	33	0	0	0	1	4	4	7	3	1	$26,400.00
22	1	2	1	1	4	5	6	0	0	$18,825.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	23	1	2	2	1	3	6	6	0	0	$18,950.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	$2,750.00	Confederation Championship	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	$2,750.00
67	1	2	1	3	7	13	19	5	0	$70,850.00	Total	77	1	2	2	3	8	14	21	5	1	$75,100.00

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
2016	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$800.00	1	7	12.5 %
2016	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2016	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2017	FIVB	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$4,700.00	4	4	50.0 %
2017	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2017	CEV C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$120.00	2	3	40.0 %
Total	FIVB	9	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	$5,500.00	5	11	31.3 %
Total	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00	0	2	0.0 %
Total	CEV C&S	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$120.00	2	4	33.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Kusti Nolvak													Mart Tiisaar
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$400.00	2016	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$400.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2016	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2016	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	$2,350.00	2017	FIVB	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	$2,350.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2017	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$60.00	2017	CEV C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$60.00
14	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	1	5	$2,810.00	Total	Total	14	0	0	1	0	0	1	6	1	5	$2,810.00

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	3	42.9%	1	14.3%	3	42.9%	4-3	57.1%	0	0.0%	3	27.3%	8	72.7%	0-11	0.0%	3-8	27.3%	1-6	14.3%	0	0	4-14	22.2%
2016-2017	0		0		0		0-0		0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0-2	0.0%	0-0		0-2	0.0%	0	0	0-2	0.0%
Against the Field	0		0		0		0-0		0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0-2	0.0%	0-0		0-4	0.0%	0	0	0-2	0.0%

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	3	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1
World Tour Finals	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	7	6	8	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	8	19
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	8	9	12	21	0	0	4	10	0	1	0	1	0	0	25	42
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	5	3	20	5	0	0	14	12	3	2	1	1	1	2	44	25
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	1	3	8	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	12
Total	1	0	16	20	45	43	0	0	22	29	3	4	1	3	1	2	89	101

Head to Head Results
Nolvak/Tiisaar trail the series against the field 3-5 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 3 Pokersnik/Zemljak, Slovenia 1-0
7/8/17	CEV C&S	Satellite Kharkiv	Winner 1	Nolvak/Tiisaar	8, Q5	Pokersnik/Zemljak	9	21-16, 21-19	0:33
Lead the series against # 4 Schumann/Thole, Germany 1-0
4/20/17	FIVB	Xiamen Three Star	Qualifier 1	Nolvak/Tiisaar	20, Q15	Schumann/Thole	Q2	21-16, 21-18	0:36
Trail the series against # 5 Gregory/Sheaf, England 0-2
9/1/16	CEV	CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Jurmala Masters	Qualifier 1	Gregory/Sheaf	Q7	Nolvak/Tiisaar	Q10	21-12, 21-23, 15-12	0:46
7/21/16	CEV C&S	CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Vaduz	Qualifier 1	Gregory/Sheaf	10, Q5	Nolvak/Tiisaar	Q12	19-21, 22-20, 15-12	0:54
Trail the series against # 10, Q13 Giginoglu/Urlu, Türkiye 0-1
7/20/17	CEV	Ljubljana Masters	Qualifier 1	Giginoglu/Urlu	10, Q13	Nolvak/Tiisaar	Q4	32-30, 17-21, 15-13	0:57
Trail the series against # Q5 Leshukov/Likholetov, Russia 0-1
7/8/17	CEV C&S	Satellite Kharkiv	Contender 2	Leshukov/Likholetov	11, Q7	Nolvak/Tiisaar	8, Q5	21-16, 26-24	0:40
Trail the series against # Q6 Horl/Huber, Austria 0-1
7/13/17	CEV C&S	Satellite Siofok	Qualifier 1	Horl/Huber	10, Q9	Nolvak/Tiisaar	Q8	21-16, 22-24, 15-5	0:49
Lead the series against # Q15 Klasnic/Kolaric, Serbia 1-0
4/16/17	FIVB	Langkawi One Star	Bronze Medal	Nolvak/Tiisaar	5	Klasnic/Kolaric	6	21-17, 21-17	0:35