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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 BPT Challenge La Paz
March 16 - 19, 2023

(2) 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 La Paz Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	8/16-21/2022	European Championships	5	9th	460	€ 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
FIVB	5/25-29/2022	Ostrava Elite 16	7	13th	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	4/14-17/2022	Itapema Challenge	12	4th	680	US$6,000.00
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

La Paz Challenge Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 3/17/2023	Pool B	Adrielson Dos Santos / Arthur da Silva, Brazil (23, Q17)	Won 24-22, 8-21, 15-11	0:43
Fri, 3/17/2023	Pool B	Moritz Pristauz / Robin Seidl, Austria (11)	Lost 14-21, 12-21	0:27
Sat, 3/18/2023	Winner 1	Thomas Hodges / Zachery Schubert, Australia (3)	Lost 21-19, 19-21, 13-15	0:48

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	14	0	0	0	1	0	3	5	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	80	1	4	2	3	8	14	22	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 %
2022	FIVB	8	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	1	2	0	0	$50,500.00	14	17	45.2 %
2022	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	2	2	50.0 %
2023	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	1	2	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	50	1	2	1	2	5	0	8	1	12	3	15	$118,600.00	73	73	50.0 %
Total	CEV	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	2	0	$4,500.00	3	12	20.0 %

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
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
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2022	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2023	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
58	1	2	1	2	5	10	17	5	15	$61,550.00	Total	Total	59	1	2	1	2	5	10	17	5	16	$61,550.00

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	4	36.4%	4	36.4%	3	27.3%	8-3	72.7%	3	23.1%	3	23.1%	7	53.8%	3-10	23.1%	8-12	40.0%	14-12	53.8%	0	1	11-13	45.8%

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 7-12 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 8 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Hodges/Schubert, Australia 0-1
3/18/23	FIVB	La Paz Challenge	Winner 1	Hodges/Schubert	3	Nolvak/Tiisaar	2	19-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:48
Lead the series against # 6 Sarabia/Virgen, Mexico 1-0
6/10/22	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool C	Nolvak/Tiisaar	22	Sarabia/Virgen	27	21-12, 24-26, 15-11	0:51
Trail the series against # 11 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
Trail the series against # 13 Berntsen/Mol, Norway 0-2
7/6/22	FIVB	Gstaad Elite 16	Pool F	Berntsen/Mol	27	Nolvak/Tiisaar	11	21-15, 9-21, 15-12	0:42
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 # 14 Horl/Horst, Austria 0-1
8/19/22	CEV	European Championships	Winner 2	Horl/Horst	22	Nolvak/Tiisaar	5	18-21, 21-18, 15-8	0:49
Trail the series against # 16 Boermans/de Groot, Netherlands 0-1
8/13/22	CEV	EuroBeachVolley 2021	Winner 1	Boermans/de Groot	5	Nolvak/Tiisaar	23	25-23, 21-14	0:37
Trail the series against # 17, Q2 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 # 19, Q4 Dearing/Schachter, Canada 1-0
6/15/22	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Winner 1	Nolvak/Tiisaar	22	Dearing/Schachter	26	21-18, 21-16	0:40
Lead the series against # 23, Q17 da Silva/Dos Santos, Brazil 1-0
3/17/23	FIVB	La Paz Challenge	Pool B	Nolvak/Tiisaar	2	Dos Santos/da Silva	23, Q17	24-22, 8-21, 15-11	0:43
Trail the series against # Q1 Breer/Krattiger, Switzerland 0-2
8/17/22	CEV	European Championships	Pool E	Breer/Krattiger	21	Nolvak/Tiisaar	5	21-18, 27-25	0:44
4/22/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	Qualifier 2	Breer/Krattiger	26, Q9	Nolvak/Tiisaar	Q8	21-13, 21-18	0:32
Trail the series against # Q6 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 1-3
3/18/22	FIVB	Tlaxcala Challenge	Pool D	Samoilovs/Smedins	4	Nolvak/Tiisaar	16	21-15, 21-19	0:37
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
Lead the series against # Q9 Pfretzschner/Sowa, Germany 2-0
8/18/22	CEV	European Championships	Winner 1	Nolvak/Tiisaar	5	Pfretzschner/Sowa	29	21-14, 21-17	0:37
11/12/21	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Winner 2	Nolvak/Tiisaar	9	Pfretzschner/Sowa	10	22-24, 21-19, 15-9	0:51
Lead the series against # Q15 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