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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Katara Beach Volleyball Cup
March 11 - 16, 2019

(30, Q15) 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 Winnings:

US$68,767.61

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 Winnings:

US$73,076.18

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	59	1	2	1	3	6	0	11	1	12	2	1	3	5	11	US$136,137.34

Previous Doha Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2016	Mart Tiisaar - 41st	Kusti Nolvak - 41st
2018	Mart Tiisaar - 33rd	Kusti Nolvak - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/5-10/2019	Sydney Three Star	18	5th	360	US$3,000.00
FIVB	10/9-14/2018	Yangzhou Four Star	24	25th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	9/30-10/4/2018	Qinzhou Three Star	8	17th	240	US$1,500.00
FIVB	7/25-29/2018	Tokyo Three Star	13	9th	300	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/17-22/2018	Haiyang Three Star	13	9th	300	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2018	Poland Four Star	Q19	41st	40	US$0.00
FIVB	6/21-24/2018	Singapore Two Star	10	2nd	360	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/9-13/2018	Lucerne Three Star	Q7	33rd	120	US$0.00
FIVB	5/2-6/2018	Mersin Three Star	28, Q10	9th	300	US$2,000.00
FIVB	4/18-22/2018	Xiamen Four Star	Q20	41st	40	US$0.00

Doha Four Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 3/12/2019	Qualifier 1	Julian Horl / Tobias Winter, Austria (Q18)	Won 15-21, 21-19, 20-18	0:50
Tue, 3/12/2019	Qualifier 2	Grant O'Gorman / Ben Saxton, Canada (Q2)	Won 21-17, 21-18	0:36
Wed, 3/13/2019	Pool C	Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Janis Smedins, Latvia (3)	Won 21-14, 21-18	0:32
Wed, 3/13/2019	Pool C	Saymon Barbosa / Guto Carvalhaes, Brazil (14)	Lost 18-21, 18-21	0:38
Thu, 3/14/2019	Winner 1	Nikita Liamin / Igor Velichko, Russia (21)	Lost 17-21, 15-21	0:34

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
Total	59	1	2	1	3	6	0	11	1	15	3	0	$135,750.00

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
61	1	2	1	3	7	12	16	3	0	$68,100.00	Total	71	1	2	2	3	8	13	18	3	1	$72,350.00

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 %
2017	FIVB	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$4,700.00	4	4	50.0 %
2018	FIVB	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	7	$11,100.00	17	14	54.8 %
2019	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	$9,500.00	7	8	46.7 %
Total	FIVB	26	0	1	1	0	1	0	4	0	5	2	12	$26,100.00	29	33	46.8 %

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
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
13	0	1	0	0	0	4	1	0	7	$5,550.00	2018	FIVB	13	0	1	0	0	0	4	1	0	7	$5,550.00
4	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	$4,750.00	2019	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	$4,750.00
26	0	1	1	0	1	4	5	2	12	$13,050.00	Total	Total	26	0	1	1	0	1	4	5	2	12	$13,050.00

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	53	63.1%	12	14.3%	19	22.6%	65-19	77.4%	16	19.0%	16	19.0%	52	61.9%	16-68	19.0%	53-52	50.5%	28-35	44.4%	4	2	85-89	48.9%
2018-2019	28	75.7%	3	8.1%	6	16.2%	31-6	83.8%	7	21.2%	6	18.2%	20	60.6%	7-26	21.2%	28-20	58.3%	10-12	45.5%	0	0	38-32	54.3%
Against the Field	12	54.5%	3	13.6%	7	31.8%	15-7	68.2%	2	8.0%	4	16.0%	19	76.0%	2-23	8.0%	24-34	41.4%	10-22	31.3%	1	1	18-29	38.3%

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
Total	1	0	16	19	42	35	0	0	21	26	3	4	1	3	1	2	85	89

Head to Head Results
Nolvak/Tiisaar trail the series against the field 8-13 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 9 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 3 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 1-0
3/13/19	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Pool C	Nolvak/Tiisaar	30, Q15	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	21-14, 21-18	0:32
Trail the series against # 14 Barbosa/Carvalhaes, Brazil 0-1
3/13/19	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Pool C	Barbosa/Carvalhaes	14	Nolvak/Tiisaar	30, Q15	21-18, 21-18	0:38
Trail the series against # 15 Doppler/Horst, Austria 0-1
5/4/16	FIVB	Sochi Open	Pool A	Doppler/Horst	1	Nolvak/Tiisaar	32	21-14, 21-12	0:29
Trail the series against # 18, Q1 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 0-3
3/9/19	FIVB	Sydney Three Star	Winner 3	Grimalt/Grimalt	2	Nolvak/Tiisaar	18	19-21, 29-27, 17-15	1:06
3/7/19	FIVB	Sydney Three Star	Pool B	Grimalt/Grimalt	2	Nolvak/Tiisaar	18	25-23, 21-14	0:39
7/27/18	FIVB	Tokyo Three Star	Winner 2	Grimalt/Grimalt	7	Nolvak/Tiisaar	13	21-13, 18-21, 15-6	0:44
Trail the series against # 21 Liamin/Velichko, Russia 0-1
3/14/19	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Winner 1	Liamin/Velichko	21	Nolvak/Tiisaar	30, Q15	21-17, 21-15	0:34
Trail the series against # 22 Perusic/Schweiner, Czech Republic 0-1
10/11/18	FIVB	Yangzhou Four Star	Pool H	Perusic/Schweiner	9	Nolvak/Tiisaar	24	21-16, 17-21, 15-13	0:45
Series tied with # 25, Q5 Beeler/Krattiger, Switzerland 1-1
5/3/18	FIVB	Mersin Three Star	Pool E	Nolvak/Tiisaar	28, Q10	Beeler/Krattiger	5	21-19, 21-11	0:31
3/6/18	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Qualifier 2	Beeler/Krattiger	24, Q3	Nolvak/Tiisaar	Q19	21-19, 21-18	0:37
Trail the series against # 29, Q13 Gao/Li, China 0-1
6/24/18	FIVB	Singapore Two Star	Gold Medal	Gao/Li	4	Nolvak/Tiisaar	10	21-14, 21-17	0:36
Lead the series against # Q2 O'Gorman/Saxton, Canada 1-0
3/12/19	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Qualifier 2	Nolvak/Tiisaar	30, Q15	O'Gorman/Saxton	Q2	21-17, 21-18	0:36
Trail the series against # Q8 Evans/Kolinske, United States 0-2
10/12/18	FIVB	Yangzhou Four Star	Pool H	Evans/Kolinske	25, Q3	Nolvak/Tiisaar	24	21-14, 21-8	0:27
4/18/18	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Qualifier 1	Evans/Kolinske	Q13	Nolvak/Tiisaar	Q20	21-17, 21-15	0:39
Lead the series against # Q10 Durant/Schumann, Australia 1-0
7/27/18	FIVB	Tokyo Three Star	Winner 1	Nolvak/Tiisaar	13	Durant/Schumann	19	21-10, 21-19	0:32
Lead the series against # Q14 Kissling/Zandbergen, Switzerland 2-0
3/7/19	FIVB	Sydney Three Star	Pool B	Nolvak/Tiisaar	18	Kissling/Zandbergen	15	21-15, 21-14	0:34
6/23/18	FIVB	Singapore Two Star	Winner 1	Nolvak/Tiisaar	10	Kissling/Zandbergen	7	21-18, 17-21, 15-7	0:54
Trail the series against # Q17 Gomez/Rangel, Venezuela 0-1
6/27/18	FIVB	Poland Four Star	Qualifier 1	Gomez/Rangel	31, Q14	Nolvak/Tiisaar	Q19	21-13, 21-19	0:33
Lead the series against # Q18 Horl/Winter, Austria 1-0
3/12/19	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Qualifier 1	Nolvak/Tiisaar	30, Q15	Horl/Winter	Q18	15-21, 21-19, 20-18	0:50
Trail the series against # Q21 Kazdailis/Rumsevicius, Lithuania 0-1
2/20/18	FIVB	Kish Island Three Star	Qualifier 2	Kazdailis/Rumsevicius	26, Q13	Nolvak/Tiisaar	Q4	15-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:47
Lead the series against # Q23 Li/Zhou, China 1-0
10/2/18	FIVB	Qinzhou Three Star	Pool H	Nolvak/Tiisaar	8	Li/Zhou	24	21-15, 21-18	0:35