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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 BPT Elite 16 Ostrava
May 31 - June 4, 2023

(Q11) 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 Ostrava Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2022	Mart Tiisaar - 13th	Kusti Nolvak - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/22-26/2023	Elite16 Tepic	11	9th	600	US$6,000.00
FIVB	3/16-19/2023	La Paz Challenge	2	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	8/10-14/2022	Hamburg Elite 16	6	9th	600	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/6-9/2022	Gstaad Elite 16	11	17th	400	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/10-19/2022	Beach Volleyball World Championships	22	5th	960	US$18,000.00
FIVB	6/1-5/2022	Jurmala Elite 16	11	4th	900	US$10,000.00

Elite16 Ostrava Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/31/2023	Qualifier 1	Troy Field / Paul Lotman, United States (Q6)	Won 21-15, 21-17	0:35
Wed, 5/31/2023	Qualifier 2	Andy Benesh / Miles Partain, United States (13, Q3)	Lost 21-15, 11-21, 17-19	0:50

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	8	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	1	2	0	0	$50,500.00	14	17	45.2 %
2023	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$8,500.00	4	5	44.4 %
Total	FIVB	52	1	2	1	2	5	0	9	1	13	3	15	$124,600.00	76	76	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
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
8	0	0	0	2	1	3	2	0	0	$25,250.00	2022	FIVB	8	0	0	0	2	1	3	2	0	0	$25,250.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$4,250.00	2023	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$4,250.00
53	1	2	1	2	5	10	14	3	15	$62,300.00	Total	Total	54	1	2	1	2	5	10	14	3	16	$62,300.00

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%
2022-2023	11	44.0%	6	24.0%	8	32.0%	17-8	68.0%	3	13.0%	6	26.1%	14	60.9%	3-20	13.0%	11-14	44.0%	9-14	39.1%	2	2	22-30	42.3%
Against the Field	3	30.0%	3	30.0%	4	40.0%	6-4	60.0%	0	0.0%	8	36.4%	14	63.6%	0-22	0.0%	6-24	20.0%	6-24	20.0%	1	1	7-25	21.9%

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 6-20 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 10 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Mol/Sorum, Norway 1-0
6/3/22	FIVB	Jurmala Elite 16	Pool C	Nolvak/Tiisaar	11	Mol/Sorum	6	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 3 Carambula/Ranghieri, Italy 0-1
3/24/23	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Pool C	Carambula/Ranghieri	6	Nolvak/Tiisaar	11	21-16, 21-11	0:32
Trail the series against # 4 Perusic/Schweiner, Czech Republic 0-3
8/11/22	FIVB	Hamburg Elite 16	Pool C	Perusic/Schweiner	3	Nolvak/Tiisaar	6	25-27, 21-16, 15-13	0:55
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 # 6 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 # 7 Tijan/Younousse, Qatar 0-2
6/4/22	FIVB	Jurmala Elite 16	Semi-Finals	Tijan/Younousse	1	Nolvak/Tiisaar	11	21-11, 21-14	0:30
5/26/22	FIVB	Ostrava Elite 16	Pool B	Tijan/Younousse	2	Nolvak/Tiisaar	7	21-15, 21-15	0:33
Lead the series against # 10 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 2-1
3/23/23	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Pool C	Nolvak/Tiisaar	11	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	3	21-19, 14-21, 15-12	0:42
6/13/22	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool C	Nolvak/Tiisaar	22	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	3	21-16, 12-21, 15-12	0:46
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 # 12 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 # 13, Q3 Benesh/Partain, United States 0-1
5/31/23	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Qualifier 2	Benesh/Partain	13, Q3	Nolvak/Tiisaar	Q11	15-21, 21-11, 19-17	0:50
Trail the series against # 14, Q8 Felipe/Lima, Brazil 0-1
6/17/22	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Winner 3	Felipe/Lima	12	Nolvak/Tiisaar	22	21-18, 21-15	0:40
Lead the series against # 16, Q12 Brunner/Crabb, United States 1-0
3/23/23	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Pool C	Nolvak/Tiisaar	11	Brunner/Crabb	14, Q6	21-10, 26-28, 15-11	0:51
Trail the series against # Q1 Loyola/Wanderley, Brazil 0-3
6/5/22	FIVB	Jurmala Elite 16	Bronze Medal	Loyola/Wanderley	3	Nolvak/Tiisaar	11	21-17, 18-21, 15-13	0:51
6/2/22	FIVB	Jurmala Elite 16	Pool C	Loyola/Wanderley	3	Nolvak/Tiisaar	11	24-22, 18-21, 15-13	0:56
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 # Q2 Cottafava/Nicolai, Italy 0-2
3/24/23	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Winner 1	Cottafava/Nicolai	9	Nolvak/Tiisaar	11	21-11, 21-16	0:28
4/15/22	FIVB	Itapema Challenge	Pool A	Cottafava/Nicolai	13	Nolvak/Tiisaar	12	21-15, 21-18	0:32
Lead the series against # Q6 Field/Lotman, United States 1-0
5/31/23	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Qualifier 1	Nolvak/Tiisaar	Q11	Field/Lotman	Q6	21-15, 21-17	0:35
Trail the series against # Q13 Pristauz/Seidl, Austria 0-1
3/17/23	FIVB	La Paz Challenge	Pool B	Pristauz/Seidl	11	Nolvak/Tiisaar	2	21-14, 21-12	0:27
Lead the series against # Q16 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