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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Sochi
May 25 - 30, 2021

(Q12) Samuele Cottafava/Jakob Windisch, Italy

Samuele Cottafava
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 1, 1998 (27 yrs old)

Home Town:

Modena

Height:

193 cm (6'4")

Weight:

82 kg (180 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$190,531.39

Jakob Windisch
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 20, 1999 (26 yrs old)

Home Town:

Bressanone

Height:

200 cm (6'7")

Weight:

87 kg (191 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$16,669.76

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
FIVB	16	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	4	1	4	US$14,505.81

Previous Sochi Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/28-5/2/2021	Cancun 4 Star - 3rd	Q5	33rd	160	US$0.00
FIVB	4/22-26/2021	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	Q14	33rd	160	US$0.00
FIVB	4/16-20/2021	Cancun 4 Star - 1st	30, Q14	17th	320	US$3,000.00
FIVB	8/19-23/2020	Baden One Star	12	5th	0	€ 300.00
FIVB	7/30-8/2/2020	Ljubljana One Star	5	5th	0	€ 300.00
FIVB	11/6-9/2019	Tel Aviv One Star	1	1st	200	€ 1,000.00
FIVB	9/3-8/2019	World Tour Finals Rome	30	25th	360	US$4,000.00
FIVB	8/15-18/2019	Knokke-Heist One Star	Q2	17th	80	€ 0.00
FIVB	8/8-11/2019	Budapest One Star	11, Q2	1st	200	€ 1,000.00
FIVB	8/1-4/2019	Ljubljana One Star	Q4	17th	80	€ 0.00
FIVB	6/6-10/2019	Baden One Star	16, Q16	13th	90	€ 150.00
FIVB	4/18-21/2019	Göteborg One Star	13, Q15	9th	100	€ 200.00

Sochi 4 Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/26/2021	Qualifier 1	Ardis Bedritis / Arturs Rinkevics, Latvia (Q21)	Won 21-17, 21-13	0:30
Wed, 5/26/2021	Qualifier 2	Robin Seidl / Philipp Waller, Austria (27, Q5)	Lost 14-21, 22-24	0:37

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$)
World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$4,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$6,000.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	9	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	2	0	0	$3,950.00
Total	16	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	4	1	0	$13,950.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Samuele Cottafava												Jakob Windisch
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$11,000.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$1,600.00
4	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	$40,750.00	World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00
27	1	2	1	2	7	10	4	0	0	$108,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
18	0	1	1	1	2	4	4	1	0	$26,750.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	0	$5,250.00
11	3	1	1	0	2	2	2	0	0	$2,575.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	27	6	0	2	1	6	9	3	0	0	$5,325.00
											U21 World Championships	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
63	4	4	4	3	12	20	10	2	0	$189,325.00	Total	45	6	1	2	1	6	10	9	2	1	$14,175.00

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
2019	FIVB	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	$5,350.00	14	8	63.6 %
2020	FIVB	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,600.00	9	4	69.2 %
2021	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	$3,000.00	5	5	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	13	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	3	1	3	$9,950.00	28	17	62.2 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Samuele Cottafava													Jakob Windisch
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	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2017	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2018	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
6	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	$2,675.00	2019	FIVB	7	1	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	0	$2,825.00
											2019	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
3	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$800.00	2020	FIVB	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$800.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	$1,500.00	2021	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	$1,500.00
13	2	0	0	0	2	2	3	1	3	$4,975.00	Total	Total	18	2	1	0	0	3	2	5	1	4	$5,125.00

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	26	78.8%	3	9.1%	4	12.1%	29-4	87.9%	7	30.4%	4	17.4%	12	52.2%	7-16	30.4%	26-12	68.4%	10-8	55.6%	1	0	37-20	64.9%
2020-2021	18	75.0%	2	8.3%	4	16.7%	20-4	83.3%	3	27.3%	1	9.1%	7	63.6%	3-8	27.3%	18-7	72.0%	5-5	50.0%	0	0	23-12	65.7%
Against the Field	5	71.4%	1	14.3%	1	14.3%	6-1	85.7%	0	0.0%	1	11.1%	8	88.9%	0-9	0.0%	10-16	38.5%	2-4	33.3%	0	0	6-10	37.5%

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
World Tour Finals	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	7	4	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	8
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	8	2	9	5	0	0	5	3	3	0	0	0	3	0	28	10
Total	0	0	15	6	11	9	0	0	5	5	3	0	0	0	3	0	37	20

Head to Head Results
Cottafava/Windisch trail the series against the field 2-8 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 7 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Krasilnikov/Stoyanovskiy, Russia 0-2
4/17/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 1st	Pool C	Krasilnikov/Stoyanovskiy	3	Cottafava/Windisch	30, Q14	21-13, 21-10	0:31
9/5/19	FIVB	World Tour Finals Rome	Pool C	Krasilnikov/Stoyanovskiy	3	Cottafava/Windisch	30	21-15, 21-17	0:31
Trail the series against # 9 Leshukov/Semenov, Russia 0-1
9/6/19	FIVB	World Tour Finals Rome	Pool C	Leshukov/Semenov	14	Cottafava/Windisch	30	21-17, 21-17	0:33
Trail the series against # 11 Carambula/Rossi, Italy 0-1
4/18/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 1st	Winner 1	Carambula/Rossi	7	Cottafava/Windisch	30, Q14	21-18, 21-11	0:31
Trail the series against # 25, Q4 Breer/Krattiger, Switzerland 0-1
8/21/20	FIVB	Baden One Star	Pool D	Breer/Krattiger	5	Cottafava/Windisch	12	21-15, 21-19	0:39
Trail the series against # 27, Q5 Seidl/Waller, Austria 0-1
5/26/21	FIVB	Sochi 4 Star	Qualifier 2	Seidl/Waller	27, Q5	Cottafava/Windisch	Q12	21-14, 24-22	0:37
Trail the series against # 28, Q7 Boermans/de Groot, Netherlands 0-1
4/22/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	Qualifier 2	Boermans/de Groot	31, Q30	Cottafava/Windisch	Q14	26-24, 13-21, 15-6	0:47
Lead the series against # Q3 O'Gorman/Saxton, Canada 1-0
4/18/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 1st	Pool C	Cottafava/Windisch	30, Q14	O'Gorman/Saxton	19	21-18, 21-11	0:33
Trail the series against # Q15 Pokersnik/Zemljak, Slovenia 0-1
8/22/20	FIVB	Baden One Star	Winner 2	Pokersnik/Zemljak	11	Cottafava/Windisch	12	14-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:48
Lead the series against # Q21 Bedritis/Rinkevics, Latvia 1-0
5/26/21	FIVB	Sochi 4 Star	Qualifier 1	Cottafava/Windisch	Q12	Bedritis/Rinkevics	Q21	21-17, 21-13	0:30