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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 Paris Elite 16
September 28 - October 2, 2022

(16, Q12) 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$31,009.83

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$29,869.28

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 Paris Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	8/15-20/2022	European Championships	23	17th	360	€ 1,000.00
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
FIVB	11/10-14/2021	Itapema Four Star	25	25th	240	US$2,000.00

Paris Elite 16 Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 9/28/2022	Qualifier 1	Emma Piersma / Mexime van Driel, Netherlands (Q5)	Won 21-15, 21-17	0:34
Wed, 9/28/2022	Qualifier 2	Ievgeniia Baieva / Valentyna Davidova, Ukraine (Q13)	Won 21-18, 21-18	0:37
Thu, 9/29/2022	Pool A	Karla Borger / Sandra Ittlinger, Germany (8)	Lost 10-21, 18-21	0:35
Thu, 9/29/2022	Pool A	Tina Graudina / Anastasija Samoilova, Latvia (9)	Lost 15-21, 17-21	0:34
Fri, 9/30/2022	Pool A	Duda Lisboa / Ana Patricia Silva, Brazil (1)	Lost 14-21, 12-21	0:30

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	2	$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	2	$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	2	$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	4	$11,625.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	19	0	0	0	0	1	5	4	4	5	$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	1	$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	6	$28,925.00	Total	52	0	4	2	0	8	15	11	6	6	$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	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	$9,900.00	14	11	56.0 %
2022	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00	1	2	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	12	0	3	1	0	2	0	1	1	2	1	1	$14,800.00	26	20	56.5 %
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$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											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
7	0	3	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	$5,300.00	2022	FIVB	6	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	$4,950.00
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
31	1	4	1	1	4	8	6	2	4	$11,050.00	Total	Total	24	0	3	1	0	4	8	4	1	3	$8,600.00

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%	1	16.7%	2	33.3%	4-2	66.7%	0	0.0%	2	13.3%	13	86.7%	0-15	0.0%	6-26	18.8%	2-8	20.0%	0	0	4-17	19.0%

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 3-7 (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 Lisboa/Silva, Brazil 0-1
9/30/22	FIVB	Paris Elite 16	Pool A	Lisboa/Silva	1	Kotnik/Lovsin	16, Q12	21-14, 21-12	0:30
Trail the series against # 2 Salgado/Seixas, Brazil 0-1
5/6/22	FIVB	Doha Challenge	Pool B	Salgado/Seixas	2	Kotnik/Lovsin	23, Q13	21-16, 21-15	0:37
Trail the series against # 8 Borger/Ittlinger, Germany 0-1
9/29/22	FIVB	Paris Elite 16	Pool A	Borger/Ittlinger	8	Kotnik/Lovsin	16, Q12	21-10, 21-18	0:35
Trail the series against # 9 Graudina/Samoilova, Latvia 0-1
9/29/22	FIVB	Paris Elite 16	Pool A	Graudina/Samoilova	9	Kotnik/Lovsin	16, Q12	21-15, 21-17	0:34
Trail the series against # Q1 Coradello/Maia, Brazil 0-1
8/27/21	FIVB	Brno 2 Star	Pool F	Coradello/Maia	7	Kotnik/Lovsin	18	16-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:47
Trail the series against # Q3 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 # Q5 Piersma/van Driel, Netherlands 1-0
9/28/22	FIVB	Paris Elite 16	Qualifier 1	Kotnik/Lovsin	16, Q12	Piersma/van Driel	Q5	21-15, 21-17	0:34
Lead the series against # Q13 Baieva/Davidova, Ukraine 1-0
9/28/22	FIVB	Paris Elite 16	Qualifier 2	Kotnik/Lovsin	16, Q12	Baieva/Davidova	Q13	21-18, 21-18	0:37
Trail the series against # Q14 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
Lead the series against # Q15 Descamps/Kinna, France 1-0
6/4/22	FIVB	Klaipeda Futures	Winner 2	Kotnik/Lovsin	2	Descamps/Kinna	13, Q7	21-9, 23-21	0:36