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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 Torquay Elite 16
November 29 - December 3, 2022

(13, Q1) 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 Winnings:

US$29,174.20

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 Winnings:

US$28,033.65

Team Career Summary

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

Previous Torquay Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2022	Tajda Lovsin - 9th	Tjasa Kotnik - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	11/23-27/2022	Torquay Challenge	4	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	11/3-6/2022	Cape Town Elite 16	5	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	10/13-16/2022	Maldives Challenge	12	17th	360	US$1,500.00
FIVB	9/28-10/2/2022	Paris Elite 16	16, Q12	13th	460	US$5,000.00
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

Torquay Elite 16 Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 11/29/2022	Qualifier 1	Brianna Mears / Tara Phillips, Australia (Q16)	Won 21-13, 18-21, 15-10	0:44
Tue, 11/29/2022	Qualifier 2	Majabelle Lawac / Sherysyn Toko, Vanuatu (Q8)	Won 21-9, 21-9	0:22
Wed, 11/30/2022	Pool D	Julia Donlin / Betsi Flint, United States (5)	Lost 19-21, 17-21	0:33
Wed, 11/30/2022	Pool D	Nicole Laird / Alisha Stevens, Australia (12)	Won 21-15, 21-12	0:30
Thu, 12/1/2022	Pool D	Isabel Schneider / Julia Sude, Germany (4)	Won 21-19, 16-21, 15-12	0:51
Fri, 12/2/2022	Winner 1	Mariafe Artacho / Taliqua Clancy, Australia (1)	Lost 12-21, 18-21	0:36

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
Total	28	0	3	1	0	5	0	5	1	8	3	0	$48,550.00

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
48	1	4	2	1	7	12	11	4	0	$27,675.00	Total	49	0	4	2	0	8	15	9	5	1	$26,675.00

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	10	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	1	2	0	1	$29,900.00	23	18	56.1 %
Total	FIVB	16	0	3	1	0	4	0	2	1	3	1	1	$34,800.00	35	27	56.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Tjasa Kotnik													Tajda Lovsin
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2016	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2017	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$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
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
11	0	3	0	0	2	3	2	0	1	$15,300.00	2022	FIVB	10	0	2	0	0	2	3	2	0	1	$14,950.00
34	1	4	1	1	6	9	6	2	4	$20,550.00	Total	Total	27	0	3	1	0	6	9	4	1	3	$18,100.00

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	28	60.9%	12	26.1%	6	13.0%	40-6	87.0%	7	15.2%	8	17.4%	31	67.4%	7-39	15.2%	28-31	47.5%	19-14	57.6%	0	0	47-45	51.1%
2021-2022	25	67.6%	7	18.9%	5	13.5%	32-5	86.5%	3	12.0%	0	0.0%	22	88.0%	3-22	12.0%	25-22	53.2%	10-5	66.7%	0	0	35-27	56.5%
Against the Field	3	50.0%	2	33.3%	1	16.7%	5-1	83.3%	1	16.7%	1	16.7%	4	66.7%	1-5	16.7%	6-8	42.9%	6-4	60.0%	0	0	6-6	50.0%

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
Total	0	0	11	7	23	22	2	2	7	10	3	1	1	0	0	3	47	45

Head to Head Results
Kotnik/Lovsin lead the series against the field 5-4 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Artacho/Clancy, Australia 0-1
12/2/22	FIVB	Torquay Elite 16	Winner 1	Artacho/Clancy	1	Kotnik/Lovsin	13, Q1	21-12, 21-18	0:36
Lead the series against # 4 Schneider/Sude, Germany 1-0
12/1/22	FIVB	Torquay Elite 16	Pool D	Kotnik/Lovsin	13, Q1	Schneider/Sude	4	21-19, 16-21, 15-12	0:51
Trail the series against # 5 Donlin/Flint, United States 0-1
11/30/22	FIVB	Torquay Elite 16	Pool D	Donlin/Flint	5	Kotnik/Lovsin	13, Q1	21-19, 21-17	0:33
Trail the series against # 8 Kraft/Stockman, United States 0-2
11/25/22	FIVB	Torquay Challenge	Winner 1	Kraft/Stockman	2	Kotnik/Lovsin	4	18-21, 21-15, 15-10	0:45
11/4/22	FIVB	Cape Town Elite 16	Pool D	Kraft/Stockman	4	Kotnik/Lovsin	5	21-17, 21-18	0:33
Lead the series against # 12 Laird/Stevens, Australia 1-0
11/30/22	FIVB	Torquay Elite 16	Pool D	Kotnik/Lovsin	13, Q1	Laird/Stevens	12	21-15, 21-12	0:30
Lead the series against # 15, Q6 Fleming/Johnson, Australia 1-0
11/24/22	FIVB	Torquay Challenge	Pool D	Kotnik/Lovsin	4	Fleming/Johnson	16	21-17, 21-14	0:34
Lead the series against # Q8 Lawac/Toko, Vanuatu 1-0
11/29/22	FIVB	Torquay Elite 16	Qualifier 2	Kotnik/Lovsin	13, Q1	Lawac/Toko	Q8	21-9, 21-9	0:22
Lead the series against # Q16 Mears/Phillips, Australia 1-0
11/29/22	FIVB	Torquay Elite 16	Qualifier 1	Kotnik/Lovsin	13, Q1	Mears/Phillips	Q16	21-13, 18-21, 15-10	0:44