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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Edmonton Three Star
July 17 - 21, 2019

(9) 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 Edmonton Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/8-13/2019	Gstaad Major Series	Q15	41st	60	US$0.00
FIVB	5/22-26/2019	Jinjiang Four Star	24	17th	320	US$3,000.00
FIVB	4/30-5/4/2019	Kuala Lumpur Three Star	14	9th	300	US$2,000.00
FIVB	3/11-16/2019	Doha Four Star	30, Q15	17th	320	US$3,000.00
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

Edmonton Three Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/18/2019	Pool H	Mihails Samoilovs / Aleksandrs Solovejs, Latvia (24, Q2)	Lost 21-15, 20-22, 5-15	0:45
Thu, 7/18/2019	Pool H	Christoph Dressler / Alexander Huber, Austria (8)	Won 21-11, 39-37	0:51
Fri, 7/19/2019	Winner 1	Florian Breer / Quentin Metral, Switzerland (17)	Won 21-17, 21-19	0:36
Fri, 7/19/2019	Winner 2	Nils Ehlers / Lars Fluggen, Germany (3)	Won 14-21, 22-20, 15-9	0:46
Sat, 7/20/2019	Winner 3	Nico Beeler / Marco Krattiger, Switzerland (10)	Lost 17-21, 17-21	0:36

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	8	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	3	1	1	$17,500.00	13	14	48.1 %
Total	FIVB	30	0	1	1	0	2	0	5	0	6	2	13	$34,100.00	35	39	47.3 %

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
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
9	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	1	1	$8,750.00	2019	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	1	1	$8,750.00
31	0	1	1	0	2	5	7	2	13	$17,050.00	Total	Total	31	0	1	1	0	2	5	7	2	13	$17,050.00

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	10	71.4%	1	7.1%	3	21.4%	11-3	78.6%	6	33.3%	3	16.7%	9	50.0%	6-12	33.3%	20-18	52.6%	14-12	53.8%	0	0	17-15	53.1%

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 lead the series against the field 12-10 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 6 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 O'Gorman/Saxton, Canada 1-1
5/24/19	FIVB	Jinjiang Four Star	Winner 1	O'Gorman/Saxton	15	Nolvak/Tiisaar	24	23-21, 21-14	0:35
3/12/19	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Qualifier 2	Nolvak/Tiisaar	30, Q15	O'Gorman/Saxton	Q2	21-17, 21-18	0:36
Lead the series against # 3 Ehlers/Fluggen, Germany 1-0
7/19/19	FIVB	Edmonton Three Star	Winner 2	Nolvak/Tiisaar	9	Ehlers/Fluggen	3	14-21, 22-20, 15-9	0:46
Series tied with # 5 Bergmann/Harms, Germany 1-1
5/1/19	FIVB	Kuala Lumpur Three Star	Pool C	Nolvak/Tiisaar	14	Bergmann/Harms	3	21-19, 24-22	0:40
5/9/18	FIVB	Lucerne Three Star	Qualifier 2	Bergmann/Harms	27, Q10	Nolvak/Tiisaar	Q7	25-23, 22-20	0:40
Trail the series against # 7, Q1 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 # 8 Dressler/Huber, Austria 2-0
7/18/19	FIVB	Edmonton Three Star	Pool H	Nolvak/Tiisaar	9	Dressler/Huber	8	21-11, 39-37	0:51
5/1/19	FIVB	Kuala Lumpur Three Star	Pool C	Nolvak/Tiisaar	14	Dressler/Huber	19	21-16, 19-21, 15-13	0:51
Trail the series against # 10 Beeler/Krattiger, Switzerland 1-2
7/20/19	FIVB	Edmonton Three Star	Winner 3	Beeler/Krattiger	10	Nolvak/Tiisaar	9	21-17, 21-17	0:36
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 # 13 Berntsen/Mol, Norway 0-1
7/26/18	FIVB	Tokyo Three Star	Pool D	Berntsen/Mol	20	Nolvak/Tiisaar	13	21-15, 16-21, 15-10	0:46
Lead the series against # 15 Jongklang/Khaolumtarn, Thailand 1-0
7/19/18	FIVB	Haiyang Three Star	Pool D	Nolvak/Tiisaar	13	Jongklang/Khaolumtarn	20	21-17, 21-17	0:32
Lead the series against # 17 Breer/Metral, Switzerland 1-0
7/19/19	FIVB	Edmonton Three Star	Winner 1	Nolvak/Tiisaar	9	Breer/Metral	17	21-17, 21-19	0:36
Lead the series against # 18 Hasegawa/Takahashi, Japan 1-0
3/8/19	FIVB	Sydney Three Star	Winner 1	Nolvak/Tiisaar	18	Hasegawa/Takahashi	30	14-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:50
Lead the series against # 19 Pokersnik/Zemljak, Slovenia 2-0
6/24/18	FIVB	Singapore Two Star	Semi-Finals	Nolvak/Tiisaar	10	Pokersnik/Zemljak	3	21-14, 22-20	0:39
6/23/18	FIVB	Singapore Two Star	Pool C	Nolvak/Tiisaar	10	Pokersnik/Zemljak	3	21-19, 26-24	0:47
Lead the series against # 21 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 # 24, Q2 Samoilovs/Solovejs, Latvia 0-1
7/18/19	FIVB	Edmonton Three Star	Pool H	Samoilovs/Solovejs	24, Q2	Nolvak/Tiisaar	9	15-21, 22-20, 15-5	0:45
Trail the series against # 26, Q3 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
Trail the series against # Q6 Inkiew/Techakijvorakul, Thailand 0-1
10/2/18	FIVB	Qinzhou Three Star	Winner 1	Inkiew/Techakijvorakul	11	Nolvak/Tiisaar	8	18-21, 24-22, 15-10	0:46