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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Doha Challenge
May 5 - 8, 2022

(23, Q13) 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 Doha Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
FIVB	7/13-18/2021	Rubavu 2 Star	13	5th	240	US$1,000.00
FIVB	6/10-13/2021	Sofia 1 Star 2	12	5th	120	€ 300.00

Doha Challenge Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/5/2022	Qualifier 1	Devon May / Myriam Robitaille, Canada (Q20)	Won 21-11, 21-14	0:33
Thu, 5/5/2022	Qualifier 2	Pleun Ypma / Emi van Driel, Netherlands (Q4)	Won 21-18, 18-21, 21-19	0:58
Fri, 5/6/2022	Pool B	Carol Salgado / Barbara Seixas, Brazil (2)	Lost 16-21, 15-21	0:37
Fri, 5/6/2022	Pool B	Barbora Hermannova / Marie-Sara Stochlova, Czech Republic (14)	Lost 18-21, 21-23	0:41

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	7	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	$5,900.00	14	11	56.0 %

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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2022	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
24	1	1	1	1	4	6	5	2	3	$5,750.00	Total	Total	18	0	1	1	0	4	6	3	1	2	$3,650.00

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	6	54.5%	3	27.3%	2	18.2%	9-2	81.8%	4	18.2%	4	18.2%	14	63.6%	4-18	18.2%	12-28	30.0%	14-12	53.8%	0	0	13-20	39.4%

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
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
Series tied against the field 5-5 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 5 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
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 # 6 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 # 14 Hermannova/Stochlova, Czech Republic 0-1
5/6/22	FIVB	Doha Challenge	Pool B	Hermannova/Stochlova	14	Kotnik/Lovsin	23, Q13	21-18, 23-21	0:41
Lead the series against # 17, Q1 Rivas/Vorpahl, Chile 1-0
9/11/21	FIVB	Cervia 1 Star	Winner 2	Kotnik/Lovsin	5	Rivas/Vorpahl	2	21-15, 21-14	0:34
Lead the series against # Q4 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 # Q7 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
Trail the series against # Q10 Klinger/Klinger, Austria 0-1
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 # Q12 Dumbauskaite/Grudzinskaite, Lithuania 1-0
6/11/21	FIVB	Sofia 1 Star 2	Pool D	Kotnik/Lovsin	12	Dumbauskaite/Grudzinskaite	5, Q2	21-13, 21-17	0:34
Lead the series against # Q19 Sinisalo/Sinisalo, Finland 1-0
9/18/21	FIVB	Madrid 1 Star	Semi-Finals	Kotnik/Lovsin	4	Sinisalo/Sinisalo	9	21-19, 21-14	0:33
Lead the series against # Q20 May/Robitaille, Canada 1-0
5/5/22	FIVB	Doha Challenge	Qualifier 1	Kotnik/Lovsin	23, Q13	May/Robitaille	Q20	21-11, 21-14	0:33