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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 BPT Challenge Chiang Mai
November 16 - 19, 2023

(15) 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 Chiang Mai Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/13-16/2023	Challenge Portugal	17	19th	300	US$1,000.00
FIVB	6/15-18/2023	Challenge Jurmala	12	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2023	Elite16 Ostrava	Q11	17th	400	US$0.00
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

Challenge Chiang Mai Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 11/17/2023	Pool C	Arthur Canet / Teo Rotar, France (10)	Won 21-18, 21-14	0:32
Fri, 11/17/2023	Pool C	Hugo Campos / Joao Pedrosa, Portugal (22)	Lost 22-20, 16-21, 11-15	0:49
Sat, 11/18/2023	Winner 1	Lukas Pfretzschner / Sven Winter, Germany (9)	Lost 12-21, 13-21	0:32

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	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	0	0	$14,500.00	6	11	35.3 %
Total	FIVB	55	1	2	1	2	5	0	11	1	14	3	15	$130,600.00	78	82	48.8 %

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
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
6	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	$7,250.00	2023	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	$7,250.00
56	1	2	1	2	5	12	15	3	15	$65,300.00	Total	Total	57	1	2	1	2	5	12	15	3	16	$65,300.00

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	42.9%	1	14.3%	3	42.9%	4-3	57.1%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3	75.0%	0-4	0.0%	6-6	50.0%	2-8	20.0%	0	0	4-7	36.4%

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 2-6 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 6 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Horl/Horst, Austria 0-1
7/14/23	FIVB	Challenge Portugal	Pool E	Horl/Horst	8	Nolvak/Tiisaar	17	21-19, 21-16	0:39
Trail the series against # 2 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 # 8 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
Trail the series against # 9 Pfretzschner/Winter, Germany 0-1
11/18/23	FIVB	Challenge Chiang Mai	Winner 1	Pfretzschner/Winter	9	Nolvak/Tiisaar	15	21-12, 21-13	0:32
Lead the series against # 10 Canet/Rotar, France 1-0
11/17/23	FIVB	Challenge Chiang Mai	Pool C	Nolvak/Tiisaar	15	Canet/Rotar	10	21-18, 21-14	0:32
Trail the series against # 12, Q1 Bourne/Schalk, United States 0-1
6/17/23	FIVB	Challenge Jurmala	Winner 1	Bourne/Schalk	8	Nolvak/Tiisaar	12	21-15, 16-21, 18-16	0:50
Trail the series against # 18, Q4 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
Trail the series against # 22 Campos/Pedrosa, Portugal 0-1
11/17/23	FIVB	Challenge Chiang Mai	Pool C	Campos/Pedrosa	22	Nolvak/Tiisaar	15	20-22, 21-16, 15-11	0:49