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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Itapema Challenge
April 14 - 17, 2022

(12) 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 Itapema Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2021	Mart Tiisaar - 5th	Kusti Nolvak - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/23-27/2022	Rosarito Elite 16	Q9	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	3/16-20/2022	Tlaxcala Challenge	16	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	11/10-14/2021	Itapema Four Star	9	5th	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/19-22/2021	Prague 2 Star	3	5th	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 Challenge Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 4/15/2022	Pool A	Samuele Cottafava / Paolo Nicolai, Italy (13)	Lost 15-21, 18-21	0:32
Fri, 4/15/2022	Pool A	Tomas Semerad / Jakub Sepka, Czech Republic (24, Q21)	Won 21-10, 21-10	0:30
Sat, 4/16/2022	Winner 1	Alvaro Filho / Evandro Goncalves, Brazil (10)	Won 18-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:54
Sat, 4/16/2022	Winner 2	Martin Ermacora / Moritz Pristauz, Austria (16)	Won 21-16, 21-11	0:31
Sun, 4/17/2022	Semi-Finals	Ondrej Perusic / David Schweiner, Czech Republic (3)	Lost 19-21, 21-15, 8-3 Retired	0:53
Sun, 4/17/2022	Bronze Medal	Leon Luini / Ruben Penninga, Netherlands (21, Q9)	Lost By Forfeit

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	11	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	4	1	2	$31,500.00	21	18	53.8 %
2020	FIVB	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$5,500.00	6	4	60.0 %
2021	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	$12,000.00	9	7	56.3 %
2022	FIVB	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$8,500.00	4	6	40.0 %
Total	FIVB	44	1	2	1	1	4	0	6	0	11	3	15	$74,100.00	62	60	50.8 %

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
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
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
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
3	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	$4,250.00	2022	FIVB	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	$4,250.00
45	1	2	1	1	4	6	12	3	15	$37,050.00	Total	Total	46	1	2	1	1	4	6	12	3	16	$37,050.00

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%
2021-2022	13	65.0%	3	15.0%	4	20.0%	16-4	80.0%	4	18.2%	6	27.3%	12	54.5%	4-18	18.2%	13-12	52.0%	7-10	41.2%	3	2	23-24	48.9%
Against the Field	9	60.0%	2	13.3%	4	26.7%	11-4	73.3%	4	17.4%	8	34.8%	11	47.8%	4-19	17.4%	18-18	50.0%	12-24	33.3%	0	2	15-23	39.5%

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 6-13 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 8 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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
Trail the series against # 2 Bryl/Losiak, Poland 0-1
3/18/22	FIVB	Tlaxcala Challenge	Winner 1	Bryl/Losiak	3	Nolvak/Tiisaar	16	21-18, 21-19	0:36
Trail the series against # 3 Perusic/Schweiner, Czech Republic 0-2
4/17/22	FIVB	Itapema Challenge	Semi-Finals	Perusic/Schweiner	3	Nolvak/Tiisaar	12	19-21, 21-15, 8-3 Retired	0:53
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 # 8 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 # 9 Seidl/Waller, Austria 1-1
3/23/22	FIVB	Rosarito Elite 16	Qualifier 1	Seidl/Waller	16, Q8	Nolvak/Tiisaar	Q9	28-26, 17-21, 15-12	0:57
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 # 10 Filho/Goncalves, Brazil 1-0
4/16/22	FIVB	Itapema Challenge	Winner 1	Nolvak/Tiisaar	12	Filho/Goncalves	10	18-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:54
Lead the series against # 11, Q1 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
Trail the series against # 13 Cottafava/Nicolai, Italy 0-1
4/15/22	FIVB	Itapema Challenge	Pool A	Cottafava/Nicolai	13	Nolvak/Tiisaar	12	21-15, 21-18	0:32
Trail the series against # 14 Breer/Krattiger, Switzerland 0-1
4/22/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	Qualifier 2	Breer/Krattiger	26, Q9	Nolvak/Tiisaar	Q8	21-13, 21-18	0:32
Lead the series against # 16 Ermacora/Pristauz, Austria 1-0
4/16/22	FIVB	Itapema Challenge	Winner 2	Nolvak/Tiisaar	12	Ermacora/Pristauz	16	21-16, 21-11	0:31
Trail the series against # 19, Q6 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
Trail the series against # 21, Q9 Luini/Penninga, Netherlands 0-1
4/17/22	FIVB	Itapema Challenge	Bronze Medal	Luini/Penninga	21, Q9	Nolvak/Tiisaar	12	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # 24, Q21 Semerad/Sepka, Czech Republic 1-0
4/15/22	FIVB	Itapema Challenge	Pool A	Nolvak/Tiisaar	12	Semerad/Sepka	24, Q21	21-10, 21-10	0:30
Lead the series against # Q5 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