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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 BPT Challenge Edmonton
July 20 - 23, 2023

(11) 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 Edmonton Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/13-16/2023	Challenge Portugal	5	19th	300	US$1,000.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2023	Elite16 Gstaad	Q5	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	11/29-12/3/2022	Torquay Elite 16	13, Q1	5th	760	US$8,000.00
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

Challenge Edmonton Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 7/21/2023	Pool B	Talita Antunes / Thamela Coradello, Brazil (14, Q4)	Won 27-29, 25-23, 17-15	1:06
Fri, 7/21/2023	Pool B	Carol Salgado / Barbara Seixas, Brazil (2)	Lost 17-21, 10-21	0:34
Sat, 7/22/2023	Winner 1	Andressa Cavalcanti / Vitoria De Souza, Brazil (5)	Won 21-16, 16-21, 15-12	0:49
Sat, 7/22/2023	Winner 2	Carol Salgado / Barbara Seixas, Brazil (2)	Lost 12-21, 9-21	0:29

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 %
2023	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	$4,750.00	2	5	28.6 %
Total	FIVB	19	0	3	1	0	5	0	2	1	5	1	1	$39,550.00	37	32	53.6 %

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
3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$2,375.00	2023	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$2,375.00
37	1	4	1	1	7	9	8	2	4	$22,925.00	Total	Total	30	0	3	1	0	7	9	6	1	3	$20,475.00

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%
2022-2023	17	63.0%	8	29.6%	2	7.4%	25-2	92.6%	4	12.5%	6	18.8%	22	68.8%	4-28	12.5%	17-22	43.6%	12-8	60.0%	0	0	29-30	49.2%
Against the Field	3	30.0%	3	30.0%	4	40.0%	6-4	60.0%	4	17.4%	4	17.4%	15	65.2%	4-19	17.4%	6-30	16.7%	14-16	46.7%	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
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 trail the series against the field 5-16 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 10 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Salgado/Seixas, Brazil 0-3
7/22/23	FIVB	Challenge Edmonton	Winner 2	Salgado/Seixas	2	Kotnik/Lovsin	11	21-12, 21-9	0:29
7/21/23	FIVB	Challenge Edmonton	Pool B	Salgado/Seixas	2	Kotnik/Lovsin	11	21-17, 21-10	0:34
5/6/22	FIVB	Doha Challenge	Pool B	Salgado/Seixas	2	Kotnik/Lovsin	23, Q13	21-16, 21-15	0:37
Lead the series against # 5 Cavalcanti/De Souza, Brazil 1-0
7/22/23	FIVB	Challenge Edmonton	Winner 1	Kotnik/Lovsin	11	Cavalcanti/De Souza	5	21-16, 16-21, 15-12	0:49
Trail the series against # 10 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 # 13 Gallay/Pereyra, Argentina 0-1
7/23/22	FIVB	Agadir Challenge	Winner 1	Gallay/Pereyra	1	Kotnik/Lovsin	18, Q5	21-18, 21-19	0:43
Lead the series against # 14, Q4 Antunes/Coradello, Brazil 1-0
7/21/23	FIVB	Challenge Edmonton	Pool B	Kotnik/Lovsin	11	Antunes/Coradello	14, Q4	27-29, 25-23, 17-15	1:06
Trail the series against # 15 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 # 17, Q7 Lippmann/Ludwig, Germany 1-0
11/4/22	FIVB	Cape Town Elite 16	Pool D	Kotnik/Lovsin	5	Lippmann/Ludwig	12	21-17, 21-12	0:34
Trail the series against # 19, Q11 Hermannova/Stochlova, Czech Republic 0-2
7/5/23	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Qualifier 1	Hermannova/Stochlova	Q12	Kotnik/Lovsin	Q5	21-18, 16-21, 15-10	0:49
5/6/22	FIVB	Doha Challenge	Pool B	Hermannova/Stochlova	14	Kotnik/Lovsin	23, Q13	21-18, 23-21	0:41
Trail the series against # 20 Sliwka/Wachowicz, Poland 0-1
7/14/23	FIVB	Challenge Portugal	Pool E	Sliwka/Wachowicz	17	Kotnik/Lovsin	5	21-16, 21-19	0:35
Trail the series against # 22, Q21 Klinger/Klinger, Austria 0-3
10/14/22	FIVB	Maldives Challenge	Pool A	Klinger/Klinger	13	Kotnik/Lovsin	12	21-15, 21-15	0:32
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
Trail the series against # Q5 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
Trail the series against # Q12 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 # Q14 Ahtiainen/Lahti, Finland 0-1
7/14/23	FIVB	Challenge Portugal	Pool E	Ahtiainen/Lahti	20, Q12	Kotnik/Lovsin	5	21-14, 21-18	0:36
Lead the series against # Q26 Hashimoto/Murakami, Japan 1-0
11/3/22	FIVB	Cape Town Elite 16	Pool D	Kotnik/Lovsin	5	Hashimoto/Murakami	13	21-8, 21-18	0:31
Lead the series against # Q32 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