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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 Itapema Four Star
November 10 - 14, 2021

(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$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 Itapema Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/19-22/2021	Prague 2 Star	3	5th	240	€ 1,000.00
CEV	8/12-15/2021	EuroBeachVolley 2021	23	17th	240	€ 1,000.00
FIVB	7/5-10/2021	Gstaad 4 Star	22	25th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	4/22-26/2021	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	Q8	33rd	160	US$0.00
FIVB	4/16-20/2021	Cancun 4 Star - 1st	24, Q6	17th	320	US$3,000.00

Itapema Four Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 11/11/2021	Pool H	Noe Aravena / Vicente Droguett, Chile (24, Q4)	Won 21-19, 21-14	0:35
Thu, 11/11/2021	Pool H	Saymon Barbosa / Oscar Brandao, Brazil (25, Q8)	Won 18-21, 21-19, 15-10	0:51
Fri, 11/12/2021	Winner 2	Lukas Pfretzschner / Robin Sowa, Germany (10)	Won 22-24, 21-19, 15-9	0:51
Sat, 11/13/2021	Winner 3	Andre Loyola / George Wanderley, Brazil (3)	Lost 11-21, 21-15, 11-15	0:47

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	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	$12,000.00	9	7	56.3 %
2021	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00	1	2	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	41	1	2	1	0	4	0	5	0	10	3	15	$65,600.00	58	54	51.8 %
Total	CEV	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	$2,000.00	1	10	9.1 %

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
5	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	1	$6,000.00	2021	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	2	$6,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2021	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
48	1	2	1	0	4	5	15	5	15	$33,800.00	Total	Total	49	1	2	1	0	4	5	15	5	16	$33,800.00

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	4	50.0%	3	37.5%	1	12.5%	7-1	87.5%	7	35.0%	7	35.0%	6	30.0%	7-13	35.0%	8-10	44.4%	20-16	55.6%	1	0	15-13	53.6%

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 lead the series against the field 9-5 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 3 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Loyola/Wanderley, Brazil 0-1
11/13/21	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Winner 3	Loyola/Wanderley	3	Nolvak/Tiisaar	9	21-11, 15-21, 15-11	0:47
Lead the series against # 4 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
Trail the series against # 5 Brunner/Schalk, United States 0-1
7/8/21	FIVB	Gstaad 4 Star	Pool F	Brunner/Schalk	27, Q5	Nolvak/Tiisaar	22	21-14, 21-16	0:31
Series tied with # 7 Dressler/Huber, Austria 2-2
9/18/20	CEV	EuroBeachVolley 2020	Pool A	Dressler/Huber	32	Nolvak/Tiisaar	17	22-24, 21-14, 19-17	0:56
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
Lead the series against # 10 Pfretzschner/Sowa, Germany 1-0
11/12/21	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Winner 2	Nolvak/Tiisaar	9	Pfretzschner/Sowa	10	22-24, 21-19, 15-9	0:51
Trail the series against # 11 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 # 13 Dziadkou/Piatrushka, Belarus 1-0
8/25/19	FIVB	Jurmala Three Star	Semi-Finals	Nolvak/Tiisaar	12	Dziadkou/Piatrushka	19	19-21, 21-15, 16-14	0:51
Lead the series against # 24, Q4 Aravena/Droguett, Chile 1-0
11/11/21	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Pool H	Nolvak/Tiisaar	9	Aravena/Droguett	24, Q4	21-19, 21-14	0:35
Lead the series against # 25, Q8 Barbosa/Brandao, Brazil 2-0
11/11/21	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Pool H	Nolvak/Tiisaar	9	Barbosa/Brandao	25, Q8	18-21, 21-19, 15-10	0:51
8/20/21	FIVB	Prague 2 Star	Pool C	Nolvak/Tiisaar	3	Barbosa/Brandao	11	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # Q9 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