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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 Cancun Hub - 1st Event
April 16 - 20, 2021

(24, Q6) 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$72,805.99

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$78,656.48

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
FIVB	59	1	2	1	3	6	0	11	1	12	2	1	3	5	11	US$136,137.34
Overall	67	1	2	1	3	6	0	12	1	15	2	3	5	5	11	US$142,099.04

Previous Cancun Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	9/16-20/2020	EuroBeachVolley 2020	17	25th	180	€ 500.00
FIVB	9/11-13/2020	Vilnius One Star	2	1st	0	€ 1,000.00
FIVB	11/13-17/2019	Chetumal Four Star	19	17th	320	US$3,000.00
FIVB	10/30-11/3/2019	Qinzhou Three Star	3	17th	240	US$1,500.00
FIVB	9/3-8/2019	World Tour Finals Rome	27, Q10	17th	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/22-25/2019	Jurmala Three Star	12	2nd	540	US$8,000.00
CEV	8/6-11/2019	European Championships	26	25th	180	€ 500.00
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

Cancun 4 Star - 1st Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 4/16/2021	Qualifier 1	Joaquin Bello / Luis Javier Bello, England (Q27)	Won 21-14, 19-21, 16-14	0:54
Fri, 4/16/2021	Qualifier 2	Jasper Bouter / Ruben Penninga, Netherlands (Q11)	Won 21-15, 21-17	0:28
Sat, 4/17/2021	Pool H	Alexander Brouwer / Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands (9)	Lost 15-21, 17-21	0:32
Sun, 4/18/2021	Pool H	Josue Gaxiola / Jose Rubio, Mexico (8)	Won 21-11, 21-11	0:30
Sun, 4/18/2021	Winner 1	Ilya Leshukov / Konstantin Semenov, Russia (16)	Lost 13-21, 17-21	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	5	$30,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	25	0	0	0	1	2	0	4	0	6	3	9	$44,550.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	20	1	2	1	1	3	0	5	0	5	0	2	$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	16	$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	5	$15,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	13	0	0	0	1	0	3	4	0	5	$15,000.00
25	0	0	0	1	2	4	6	3	9	$22,275.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	33	0	0	0	1	4	4	7	3	14	$26,400.00
22	1	2	1	1	4	5	6	0	2	$18,825.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	25	1	4	2	1	3	6	6	0	2	$20,000.00
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	16	$70,850.00	Total	79	1	4	2	3	8	14	21	5	21	$76,150.00

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 %
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 %
2018	FIVB	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	7	$11,100.00	17	14	54.8 %
2018	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2019	FIVB	11	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	4	1	2	$31,500.00	21	18	53.8 %
2019	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$500.00	0	3	0.0 %
2020	FIVB	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$5,500.00	6	4	60.0 %
2020	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$500.00	0	2	0.0 %
2021	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,000.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	37	1	2	1	0	2	0	5	0	10	2	14	$56,600.00	52	49	51.5 %
Total	CEV	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	$1,000.00	0	8	0.0 %

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
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
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
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2018	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00	2019	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00
3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$2,750.00	2020	FIVB	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$2,750.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00	2020	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,500.00	2021	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$1,500.00
43	1	2	1	0	2	5	14	4	14	$28,800.00	Total	Total	44	1	2	1	0	2	5	14	4	15	$28,800.00

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%
2020-2021	8	66.7%	2	16.7%	2	16.7%	10-2	83.3%	4	30.8%	2	15.4%	7	53.8%	4-9	30.8%	8-7	53.3%	6-4	60.0%	1	0	15-11	57.7%
Against the Field	11	55.0%	4	20.0%	5	25.0%	15-5	75.0%	1	3.1%	10	31.3%	21	65.6%	1-31	3.1%	22-36	37.9%	10-30	25.0%	2	1	18-34	34.6%

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 11-21 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 10 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 5 Ehlers/Fluggen, Germany 1-1
11/15/19	FIVB	Chetumal Four Star	Winner 1	Ehlers/Fluggen	7	Nolvak/Tiisaar	19	21-12, 21-19	0:36
7/19/19	FIVB	Edmonton Three Star	Winner 2	Nolvak/Tiisaar	9	Ehlers/Fluggen	3	14-21, 22-20, 15-9	0:46
Lead the series against # 8 Gaxiola/Rubio, Mexico 1-0
4/18/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 1st	Pool H	Nolvak/Tiisaar	24, Q6	Gaxiola/Rubio	8	21-11, 21-11	0:30
Trail the series against # 9 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 0-1
4/17/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 1st	Pool H	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	9	Nolvak/Tiisaar	24, Q6	21-15, 21-17	0:32
Trail the series against # 10 Perusic/Schweiner, Czechia 0-2
8/7/19	CEV	European Championships	Pool G	Perusic/Schweiner	10	Nolvak/Tiisaar	26	21-19, 14-21, 15-6	0:43
10/11/18	FIVB	Yangzhou Four Star	Pool H	Perusic/Schweiner	9	Nolvak/Tiisaar	24	21-16, 17-21, 15-13	0:45
Trail the series against # 11 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 1-2
9/16/20	CEV	EuroBeachVolley 2020	Pool A	Samoilovs/Smedins	16	Nolvak/Tiisaar	17	21-17, 21-18	0:40
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 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
Series tied with # 16 Leshukov/Semenov, Russia 1-1
4/18/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 1st	Winner 1	Leshukov/Semenov	16	Nolvak/Tiisaar	24, Q6	21-13, 21-17	0:34
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
Series tied with # 19 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 # 21 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 0-1
8/6/19	CEV	European Championships	Pool G	Kantor/Losiak	7	Nolvak/Tiisaar	26	21-16, 21-15	0:32
Trail the series against # 23, Q2 Ermacora/Pristauz, Austria 0-1
8/8/19	CEV	European Championships	Pool G	Ermacora/Pristauz	23	Nolvak/Tiisaar	26	21-17, 21-18	0:35
Trail the series against # 26 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
Trail the series against # 27, Q10 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 Evans/Kolinske, United States 1-2
8/24/19	FIVB	Jurmala Three Star	Winner 2	Nolvak/Tiisaar	12	Evans/Kolinske	11	21-15, 22-20	0:36
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
Trail the series against # Q1 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 0-4
11/14/19	FIVB	Chetumal Four Star	Pool C	Grimalt/Grimalt	14	Nolvak/Tiisaar	19	18-21, 29-27, 17-15	1:12
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 # 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
Lead the series against # Q9 Azaad/Capogrosso, Argentina 1-0
11/15/19	FIVB	Chetumal Four Star	Pool C	Nolvak/Tiisaar	19	Azaad/Capogrosso	30, Q13	21-17, 21-12	0:34
Lead the series against # Q11 Bouter/Penninga, Netherlands 1-0
4/16/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 1st	Qualifier 2	Nolvak/Tiisaar	24, Q6	Bouter/Penninga	Q11	21-15, 21-17	0:28
Series tied with # Q15 Huerta/Menendez, Spain 1-1
11/1/19	FIVB	Qinzhou Three Star	Winner 1	Huerta/Menendez	24	Nolvak/Tiisaar	3	21-16, 21-19	0:35
8/23/19	FIVB	Jurmala Three Star	Pool E	Nolvak/Tiisaar	12	Huerta/Menendez	21	21-10, 22-20	0:31
Lead the series against # Q27 Bello/Bello, England 1-0
4/16/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 1st	Qualifier 1	Nolvak/Tiisaar	24, Q6	Bello/Bello	Q27	21-14, 19-21, 16-14	0:54