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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 BPT Challenge Saquarema
March 28 - 31, 2024

(Q5) 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 Saquarema Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/21-24/2024	Challenge Recife	18, Q4	19th	300	US$1,000.00
FIVB	11/30-12/3/2023	Challenge Nuvali	15	5th	600	US$3,750.00
FIVB	11/16-19/2023	Challenge Chiang Mai	15	9th	460	US$2,500.00
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

Challenge Saquarema Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 3/28/2024	Qualifier 1	Bradley Fuller / Ben O'Dea, New Zealand (24, Q28)	Lost 19-21, 19-21	0:37

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	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	2	0	0	$18,250.00	8	13	38.1 %
2024	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$1,000.00	2	3	40.0 %
Total	FIVB	58	1	2	1	2	6	0	11	1	15	3	16	$135,350.00	82	87	48.5 %

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
7	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	0	0	$9,125.00	2023	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	0	0	$9,125.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$500.00	2024	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$500.00
59	1	2	1	2	6	12	16	3	16	$67,675.00	Total	Total	60	1	2	1	2	6	12	16	3	17	$67,675.00

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%
2023-2024	6	37.5%	5	31.3%	5	31.3%	11-5	68.8%	2	13.3%	3	20.0%	10	66.7%	2-13	13.3%	6-10	37.5%	7-8	46.7%	0	0	13-18	41.9%
Against the Field	4	28.6%	4	28.6%	6	42.9%	8-6	57.1%	2	10.5%	9	47.4%	8	42.1%	2-17	10.5%	8-16	33.3%	12-30	28.6%	0	0	10-23	30.3%

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 10-23 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 10 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 4 Bello/Bello, England 1-1
3/22/24	FIVB	Challenge Recife	Pool F	Bello/Bello	7	Nolvak/Tiisaar	18, Q4	21-17, 21-16	0:41
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
Trail the series against # 5 Hodges/Schubert, Australia 0-2
12/2/23	FIVB	Challenge Nuvali	Winner 2	Hodges/Schubert	2	Nolvak/Tiisaar	15	13-21, 32-30, 15-8	0:54
3/18/23	FIVB	La Paz Challenge	Winner 1	Hodges/Schubert	3	Nolvak/Tiisaar	2	19-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:48
Trail the series against # 6 Loyola/Wanderley, Brazil 0-4
6/16/23	FIVB	Challenge Jurmala	Pool A	Loyola/Wanderley	1	Nolvak/Tiisaar	12	21-19, 20-22, 22-20	1:02
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
Lead the series against # 7 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
Lead the series against # 9 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 # 10 Pristauz/Seidl, Austria 0-2
12/1/23	FIVB	Challenge Nuvali	Pool C	Pristauz/Seidl	3	Nolvak/Tiisaar	15	21-17, 24-22	0:41
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 # 11 Popov/Reznik, Ukraine 0-1
7/14/23	FIVB	Challenge Portugal	Pool E	Popov/Reznik	5	Nolvak/Tiisaar	17	15-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:49
Trail the series against # 12 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 # 13, Q3 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 # 14 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 # 15 Felipe/Lima, Brazil 0-2
3/22/24	FIVB	Challenge Recife	Pool F	Felipe/Lima	19	Nolvak/Tiisaar	18, Q4	21-19, 14-21, 15-13	0:51
6/17/22	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Winner 3	Felipe/Lima	12	Nolvak/Tiisaar	22	21-18, 21-15	0:40
Trail the series against # 17, Q4 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
Lead the series against # 18, Q9 Aravena/Droguett, Chile 3-0
3/21/24	FIVB	Challenge Recife	Qualifier 2	Nolvak/Tiisaar	18, Q4	Aravena/Droguett	Q13	15-21, 21-10, 18-16	0:49
6/16/23	FIVB	Challenge Jurmala	Pool A	Nolvak/Tiisaar	12	Aravena/Droguett	13, Q1	18-21, 21-13, 15-13	0:49
11/11/21	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Pool H	Nolvak/Tiisaar	9	Aravena/Droguett	24, Q4	21-19, 21-14	0:35
Series tied with # 19, Q10 Breer/Krattiger, Switzerland 1-1
12/1/23	FIVB	Challenge Nuvali	Pool C	Nolvak/Tiisaar	15	Breer/Krattiger	10, Q1	21-16, 21-17	0:38
4/22/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	Qualifier 2	Breer/Krattiger	26, Q9	Nolvak/Tiisaar	Q8	21-13, 21-18	0:32
Series tied with # 24, Q28 Fuller/O'Dea, New Zealand 1-1
3/28/24	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Qualifier 1	Fuller/O'Dea	24, Q28	Nolvak/Tiisaar	Q5	21-19, 21-19	0:37
3/21/24	FIVB	Challenge Recife	Qualifier 1	Nolvak/Tiisaar	18, Q4	Fuller/O'Dea	Q29	21-17, 23-21	0:38
Lead the series against # Q6 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 # Q7 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
Lead the series against # Q8 Lupo/Rossi, Italy 1-0
12/2/23	FIVB	Challenge Nuvali	Winner 1	Nolvak/Tiisaar	15	Lupo/Rossi	9	21-19, 20-22, 15-12	1:00