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European Championship Tour
€ 200,000 European Championships
August 15 - 20, 2022

(23) Tjasa Kotnik/Tajda Lovsin, Slovenia

Tjasa Kotnik
Slovenia

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 16, 1992 (33 yrs old)

Home Town:

Ljubljana

Height:

188 cm (6'2")

Weight:

77 kg (169 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Siofok 2019)

Career CEV Best:

17th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$31,773.45

Tajda Lovsin
Slovenia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 7, 1998 (27 yrs old)

Home Town:

Izola

Height:

175 cm (5'9")

Weight:

66 kg (145 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (4 times)

Career CEV Best:

17th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$29,957.39

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	Money
CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	US$2,687.05
FIVB	28	0	3	1	0	5	0	5	1	2	3	3	3	2	US$48,978.58
Overall	31	0	3	1	0	5	0	5	1	4	3	3	4	2	US$51,665.63

Previous Munich Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/21-24/2022	Agadir Challenge	18, Q5	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	6/29-7/2/2022	Ios Futures	2	2nd	360	€ 700.00
FIVB	6/2-5/2022	Klaipeda Futures	2	2nd	360	€ 700.00
FIVB	5/19-22/2022	Kusadasi Challenge	Q15	33rd	140	US$0.00
FIVB	5/5-8/2022	Doha Challenge	23, Q13	19th	300	US$1,000.00
FIVB	11/10-14/2021	Itapema Four Star	25	25th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	9/16-19/2021	Madrid 1 Star	4	2nd	180	€ 700.00
FIVB	9/9-12/2021	Cervia 1 Star	5	3rd	160	€ 500.00
FIVB	8/26-29/2021	Brno 2 Star	18	19th	150	€ 400.00

European Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Mon, 8/15/2022	Pool G	Margherita Bianchin / Claudia Scampoli, Italy (10)	Won 21-18, 21-18	0:39
Wed, 8/17/2022	Pool G	Chantal Laboureur / Sarah Schulz, Germany (7)	Lost 21-19, 21-23, 28-30	1:14
Thu, 8/18/2022	Winner 1	Inna Makhno / Iryna Makhno, Ukraine (31)	Lost 12-21, 17-21	0:33

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	$21,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	15	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	4	3	0	$23,250.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	7	0	3	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	$4,300.00
Confederation Championship	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$2,500.00
Total	31	0	3	1	0	5	0	5	1	10	4	0	$51,050.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Tjasa Kotnik												Tajda Lovsin
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
8	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	0	0	$10,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	7	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	1	0	$10,500.00
17	0	0	0	0	1	5	4	3	0	$11,625.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	19	0	0	0	0	1	5	4	4	1	$12,375.00
23	1	4	2	1	4	6	4	1	0	$5,550.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	21	0	4	2	0	5	8	2	0	0	$3,800.00
											U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$1,250.00	Confederation Championship	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$1,250.00
51	1	4	2	1	7	12	13	5	0	$28,925.00	Total	52	0	4	2	0	8	15	11	6	1	$27,925.00

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
2021	FIVB	6	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	$4,900.00	12	9	57.1 %
2022	FIVB	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	$4,900.00	12	8	60.0 %
2022	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00	1	2	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	11	0	3	1	0	2	0	1	0	2	1	1	$9,800.00	24	17	58.5 %
Total	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00	1	2	33.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Tjasa Kotnik													Tajda Lovsin
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2015	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2016	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2016	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2017	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
3	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	$520.00	2017	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$60.00
											2017	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	3	$750.00	2018	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$50.00
7	1	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	0	$1,900.00	2019	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	1	$550.00
											2019	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$150.00	2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$50.00
6	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	$2,450.00	2021	FIVB	7	0	1	1	0	2	1	1	1	0	$2,500.00
6	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	$2,800.00	2022	FIVB	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	$2,450.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2022	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
33	1	4	2	2	4	8	6	2	4	$9,070.00	Total	Total	28	0	3	1	0	6	9	5	1	3	$6,160.00

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	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	16.7%	5	83.3%	0-6	0.0%	1-5	16.7%	1-2	33.3%	0	0	2-7	22.2%
2021-2022	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	1-1	50.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	1-2	33.3%
Against the Field	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	2-4	33.3%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	1-3	25.0%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	4	3	4	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	10
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	7	4	9	13	2	2	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	25
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	10	4	0	0	6	2	3	1	1	0	0	3	20	10
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7
Total	0	0	11	7	25	27	2	2	7	12	3	1	1	0	0	3	49	52

Head to Head Results
Kotnik/Lovsin trail the series against the field 4-8 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 7 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Muller/Tillmann, Germany 0-1
11/11/21	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Pool H	Muller/Tillmann	8	Kotnik/Lovsin	25	21-17, 21-11	0:32
Trail the series against # 7 Laboureur/Schulz, Germany 0-1
8/17/22	CEV	European Championships	Pool G	Laboureur/Schulz	7	Kotnik/Lovsin	23	19-21, 23-21, 30-28	1:14
Lead the series against # 10 Bianchin/Scampoli, Italy 1-0
8/15/22	CEV	European Championships	Pool G	Kotnik/Lovsin	23	Bianchin/Scampoli	10	21-18, 21-18	0:39
Trail the series against # 13 Kliokmanaite/Paulikiene, Lithuania 0-1
6/5/22	FIVB	Klaipeda Futures	Gold Medal	Kliokmanaite/Paulikiene	1	Kotnik/Lovsin	2	21-19, 21-18	0:41
Trail the series against # 17 Alvarez/Moreno, Spain 0-1
7/22/22	FIVB	Agadir Challenge	Pool F	Alvarez/Moreno	19, Q6	Kotnik/Lovsin	18, Q5	21-14, 21-16	0:31
Lead the series against # 25 van Driel/Ypma, Netherlands 1-0
5/5/22	FIVB	Doha Challenge	Qualifier 2	Kotnik/Lovsin	23, Q13	Ypma/van Driel	Q4	21-18, 18-21, 21-19	0:58
Trail the series against # 26 Klinger/Klinger, Austria 0-2
7/2/22	FIVB	Ios Futures	Gold Medal	Klinger/Klinger	5	Kotnik/Lovsin	2	20-22, 21-17, 15-11	0:48
7/15/21	FIVB	Rubavu 2 Star	Pool A	Klinger/Klinger	12	Kotnik/Lovsin	13	21-23, 21-19, 15-12	0:54
Lead the series against # 28 Dumbauskaite/Grudzinskaite, Lithuania 2-0
7/2/22	FIVB	Ios Futures	Semi-Finals	Kotnik/Lovsin	2	Dumbauskaite/Grudzinskaite	6	16-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:48
6/11/21	FIVB	Sofia 1 Star 2	Pool D	Kotnik/Lovsin	12	Dumbauskaite/Grudzinskaite	5, Q2	21-13, 21-17	0:34
Trail the series against # 31 Makhno/Makhno, Ukraine 0-1
8/18/22	CEV	European Championships	Winner 1	Makhno/Makhno	31	Kotnik/Lovsin	23	21-12, 21-17	0:33
Trail the series against # 32 Chamereau/Vieira, France 0-1
8/27/21	FIVB	Brno 2 Star	Pool F	Chamereau/Vieira	19	Kotnik/Lovsin	18	21-9, 21-19	0:30