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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 World Tour Finals
September 3 - 8, 2019

(27, Q10) 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 Rome Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/22-25/2019	Jurmala Three Star	12	2nd	540	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/30-8/4/2019	Vienna Major Five Star	Q15	41st	60	US$0.00
FIVB	7/17-21/2019	Edmonton Three Star	9	5th	360	US$3,000.00
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

World Tour Finals Rome Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 9/4/2019	Qualifier 1	Olivier Barthelemy / Jeremy Silvestre, France (Q23)	Won 21-19, 21-17	0:35
Wed, 9/4/2019	Qualifier 2	Robin Seidl / Philipp Waller, Austria (Q7)	Won 21-17, 21-13	0:32
Thu, 9/5/2019	Pool F	Michal Bryl / Grzegorz Fijalek, Poland (6)	Won 22-20, 22-20	0:48
Thu, 9/5/2019	Pool F	Martins Plavins / Edgars Tocs, Latvia (11)	Lost 14-21, 18-21	0:35
Fri, 9/6/2019	Winner 1	Mirco Gerson / Adrian Heidrich, Switzerland (21)	Lost 17-21, 21-16, 12-15	0:52

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	14	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	72	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	11	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	4	1	2	$31,500.00	21	18	53.8 %
Total	FIVB	33	0	2	1	0	2	0	5	0	7	2	14	$48,100.00	43	43	50.0 %

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
12	0	1	0	0	2	1	5	1	2	$15,750.00	2019	FIVB	12	0	1	0	0	2	1	5	1	2	$15,750.00
34	0	2	1	0	2	5	8	2	14	$24,050.00	Total	Total	34	0	2	1	0	2	5	8	2	14	$24,050.00

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	13	56.5%	4	17.4%	6	26.1%	17-6	73.9%	5	13.5%	11	29.7%	21	56.8%	5-32	13.5%	26-36	41.9%	18-34	34.6%	2	1	24-36	40.0%

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

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 16-16 (Lead 12 Series, Trail 9 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 6 Bryl/Fijalek, Poland 1-0
9/5/19	FIVB	World Tour Finals Rome	Pool F	Nolvak/Tiisaar	27, Q10	Bryl/Fijalek	6	22-20, 22-20	0:48
Trail the series against # 11 Plavins/Tocs, Latvia 0-2
9/5/19	FIVB	World Tour Finals Rome	Pool F	Plavins/Tocs	11	Nolvak/Tiisaar	27, Q10	21-14, 21-18	0:35
5/23/19	FIVB	Jinjiang Four Star	Pool H	Plavins/Tocs	9	Nolvak/Tiisaar	24	21-17, 18-21, 15-11	0:47
Series tied with # 12, Q1 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 1-1
8/25/19	FIVB	Jurmala Three Star	Gold Medal	Samoilovs/Smedins	2	Nolvak/Tiisaar	12	23-21, 21-14	0:38
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 # 13 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
Lead the series against # 14 Leshukov/Semenov, Russia 1-0
5/3/18	FIVB	Mersin Three Star	Pool E	Nolvak/Tiisaar	28, Q10	Leshukov/Semenov	21, Q1	21-18, 7-21, 15-11	0:40
Lead the series against # 16 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
Trail the series against # 21 Gerson/Heidrich, Switzerland 0-1
9/6/19	FIVB	World Tour Finals Rome	Winner 1	Gerson/Heidrich	21	Nolvak/Tiisaar	27, Q10	21-17, 16-21, 15-12	0:52
Trail the series against # 24, Q6 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 # 28, Q12 Koekelkoren/van Walle, Belgium 0-1
2/16/17	FIVB	Kish Island Three Star	Winner 1	Koekelkoren/van Walle	5	Nolvak/Tiisaar	28	21-15, 21-11	0:29
Trail the series against # 29, Q13 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
Trail the series against # 32, Q15 Ontiveros/Virgen, Mexico 0-2
7/9/19	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Qualifier 1	Ontiveros/Virgen	Q18	Nolvak/Tiisaar	Q15	21-19, 21-17	0:34
10/13/17	FIVB	Qinzhou Three Star	Winner 2	Ontiveros/Virgen	4	Nolvak/Tiisaar	20	21-18, 21-12	0:32
Lead the series against Brunner/Priddy, United States 1-0
3/8/19	FIVB	Sydney Three Star	Winner 2	Nolvak/Tiisaar	18	Brunner/Priddy	12, Q2	20-22, 21-16, 15-5	0:41
Lead the series against Dressler/Huber, Austria 2-1
7/30/19	FIVB	Vienna Major Five Star	Qualifier 1	Dressler/Huber	Q18	Nolvak/Tiisaar	Q15	21-17, 21-15	0:35
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
Series tied with # Q3 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
Trail the series against # Q4 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
Lead the series against # Q5 Allen/Slick, United States 1-0
8/24/19	FIVB	Jurmala Three Star	Winner 3	Nolvak/Tiisaar	12	Allen/Slick	3	16-21, 21-16, 15-8	0:46
Lead the series against # Q7 Seidl/Waller, Austria 1-0
9/4/19	FIVB	World Tour Finals Rome	Qualifier 2	Nolvak/Tiisaar	27, Q10	Seidl/Waller	Q7	21-17, 21-13	0:32
Trail the series against # Q17 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 # Q18 Rudol/Szalankiewicz, Poland 1-0
5/24/19	FIVB	Jinjiang Four Star	Pool H	Nolvak/Tiisaar	24	Rudol/Szalankiewicz	25, Q3	23-21, 21-13	0:40
Lead the series against # Q19 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
Lead the series against # Q22 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 # Q23 Barthelemy/Silvestre, France 1-0
9/4/19	FIVB	World Tour Finals Rome	Qualifier 1	Nolvak/Tiisaar	27, Q10	Barthelemy/Silvestre	Q23	21-19, 21-17	0:35
Lead the series against # Q24 Huerta/Menendez, Spain 1-0
8/23/19	FIVB	Jurmala Three Star	Pool E	Nolvak/Tiisaar	12	Huerta/Menendez	21	21-10, 22-20	0:31