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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$1,000,000 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships 2015
June 26 - July 5, 2015

(23) Isaac Kapa/Christopher McHugh, Australia

Isaac Kapa
Australia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 23, 1985 (40 yrs old)

Home Town:

Adelaide

Height:

200 cm (6'7")

Weight:

97 kg (213 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB Klagenfurt 2014)

Career Winnings:

US$113,337.50

Christopher McHugh
Australia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 31, 1989 (36 yrs old)

Home Town:

Pambula

Height:

197 cm (6'6")

Weight:

93 kg (205 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

130

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$191,237.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	41	Money
FIVB	29	0	0	1	0	3	0	8	0	8	8	1	US$197,475.00

Previous The Hague Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2009	Did not play	Sam Boehm - 25th
2010	Sam Boehm - 7th	Joshua Slack - 17th
2011	Sam Boehm - 25th	Joshua Slack - 25th
2013	Christopher McHugh - 9th	Isaac Kapa - 9th
2014	Christopher McHugh - 17th	Isaac Kapa - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/16-20/2015	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	20	5th	480	US$17,000.00
FIVB	6/9-14/2015	Stavanger Major Series	28, Q7	17th	240	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/2-7/2015	Porec Major Series	27	17th	240	US$7,000.00
FIVB	5/25-31/2015	Moscow Grand Slam	Q3	41st	40	US$0.00
FIVB	4/21-25/2015	Fuzhou Open	5	25th	120	US$800.00
FIVB	7/30-8/3/2014	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	21	3rd	640	US$32,000.00
FIVB	7/22-27/2014	ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball	21	17th	240	US$9,000.00
FIVB	7/15-20/2014	The Hague Grand Slam	18	17th	240	US$9,000.00
FIVB	7/9-13/2014	Gstaad Grand Slam	19	25th	160	US$4,000.00

Netherlands World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sat, 6/27/2015	Pool B	Alexandr Dyachenko / Alexey Sidorenko, Kazakhstan (26)	Won 21-18, 21-12	0:38
Sun, 6/28/2015	Pool B	Sam O'Dea / Michael Watson, New Zealand (47)	Won 21-19, 21-17	0:42
Mon, 6/29/2015	Pool B	Ryan Doherty / John Mayer, United States (2)	Lost 14-21, 19-21	0:39
Wed, 7/1/2015	Winner 1	Jackson Henriquez / Jesus Villafane, Venezuela (28)	Won 21-12, 21-15	0:32
Thu, 7/2/2015	Winner 2	Alison Cerutti / Bruno Schmidt, Brazil (3)	Lost 15-21, 17-21	0:41

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2011	World Championships	Rome	Sam Boehm - 37th	Did not play
2013	World Championships	Stare Jablonki	Christopher McHugh - 9th	Isaac Kapa - 9th
2015	World Championships	The Hague	Christopher McHugh - 9th	Isaac Kapa - 9th
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Did not play	Damien Schumann - 9th
2022	World Championships	Rome	Did not play	Paul Burnett - 17th
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Did not play	Paul Burnett - 17th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/2-7/2013	Stare Jablonki World Championships	24	9th	500	US$11,000.00
FIVB	6/26-7/5/2015	Netherlands World Championships	23	9th	500	US$11,000.00

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 Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$22,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	21	0	0	1	0	2	0	5	0	6	6	0	$165,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	$10,475.00
Total	29	0	0	1	0	3	0	8	0	8	8	0	$197,475.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Isaac Kapa												Christopher McHugh
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$12,700.00	World Championships	5	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	$23,500.00
38	0	0	1	0	2	5	7	8	0	$88,550.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	51	0	0	1	0	4	8	12	10	0	$111,250.00
33	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	5	0	$11,937.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	56	0	1	1	1	3	7	7	14	0	$44,887.50
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$150.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	13	2	1	0	1	1	3	4	1	0	$11,600.00
											U21 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$0.00
75	0	0	1	0	5	8	9	13	0	$113,337.50	Total	130	2	2	2	2	9	23	26	26	0	$191,237.50

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
2013	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	1	2	0	$45,300.00	18	19	48.6 %
2014	FIVB	7	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	2	0	$76,000.00	11	20	35.5 %
2015	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	$42,800.00	11	13	45.8 %
Total	FIVB	21	0	0	1	0	2	0	6	0	6	5	1	$164,100.00	40	52	43.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Isaac Kapa													Christopher McHugh
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2006	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00	2007	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2007	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	$900.00	2008	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	$1,800.00
											2008	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2009	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	8	$5,300.00
											2009	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
13	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	11	$4,800.00	2010	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	10	$3,800.00
13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	10	$7,000.00	2011	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	6	$10,750.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	$1,750.00	2012	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
8	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	2	0	$22,650.00	2013	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	2	0	$22,650.00
7	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	2	0	$38,000.00	2014	FIVB	7	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	2	0	$38,000.00
6	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	$21,400.00	2015	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	$21,400.00
66	0	0	1	0	3	6	7	10	39	$96,500.00	Total	Total	72	0	0	1	0	4	8	10	14	35	$103,700.00

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	33	60.0%	11	20.0%	11	20.0%	44-11	80.0%	10	15.2%	12	18.2%	44	66.7%	10-56	15.2%	33-44	42.9%	21-23	47.7%	1	4	55-71	43.7%
2014-2015	17	60.7%	3	10.7%	8	28.6%	20-8	71.4%	4	11.4%	5	14.3%	26	74.3%	4-31	11.4%	17-26	39.5%	7-13	35.0%	1	3	25-42	37.3%
Against the Field	15	60.0%	5	20.0%	5	20.0%	20-5	80.0%	4	10.3%	4	10.3%	31	79.5%	4-35	10.3%	30-56	34.9%	18-18	50.0%	0	3	24-40	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 Championships	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	4
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	7	1	20	40	0	0	10	13	0	1	1	0	0	0	38	55
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	10	8	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	12
Total	0	0	7	1	34	50	0	0	13	19	0	1	1	0	0	0	55	71

Head to Head Results
Kapa/McHugh trail the series against the field 19-27 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 13 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Nummerdor/Varenhorst, Netherlands 0-1
6/4/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Pool F	Nummerdor/Varenhorst	6	Kapa/McHugh	27	16-21, 21-17, 17-15	0:52
Trail the series against # 2 Doherty/Mayer, United States 0-1
6/29/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Pool B	Doherty/Mayer	2	Kapa/McHugh	23	21-14, 21-19	0:39
Trail the series against # 3 Cerutti/Schmidt, Brazil 0-1
7/2/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Winner 2	Cerutti/Schmidt	3	Kapa/McHugh	23	21-15, 21-17	0:41
Series tied with # 4 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 1-1
8/2/14	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 3	Kapa/McHugh	21	Fijalek/Prudel	2	21-18, 30-28	0:50
7/4/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Pool A	Fijalek/Prudel	1	Kapa/McHugh	24	21-13, 19-21, 15-10	0:51
Trail the series against # 5 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 0-3
8/3/14	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Lupo/Nicolai	7	Kapa/McHugh	21	21-13, 21-15	0:33
7/17/14	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool B	Lupo/Nicolai	2	Kapa/McHugh	18	By Forfeit
5/1/13	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool D	Lupo/Nicolai	4	Kapa/McHugh	29, Q13	21-17, 21-13	0:35
Lead the series against # 7 Rego/Santos, Brazil 1-0
6/11/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Pool E	Kapa/McHugh	28, Q7	Rego/Santos	5	21-18, 22-24, 15-12	0:55
Lead the series against # 8 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 2-1
6/17/15	FIVB	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	Pool D	Kapa/McHugh	20	Erdmann/Matysik	4	15-21, 21-19, 15-9	1:02
6/22/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Winner 2	Erdmann/Matysik	10	Kapa/McHugh	19	21-14, 25-27, 15-10	1:01
6/14/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Winner 1	Kapa/McHugh	19	Erdmann/Matysik	6	21-16, 17-21, 15-13	0:55
Trail the series against # 9 Bourne/Hyden, United States 0-1
7/16/14	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool B	Bourne/Hyden	15, Q2	Kapa/McHugh	18	21-12, 21-16	0:40
Trail the series against # 10 Krasilnikov/Semenov, Russia 0-1
6/12/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Pool E	Krasilnikov/Semenov	21	Kapa/McHugh	28, Q7	21-15, 17-21, 15-10	0:46
Trail the series against # 14 Gibb/Patterson, United States 0-3
7/23/14	FIVB	ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball	Pool E	Gibb/Patterson	12	Kapa/McHugh	21	22-20, 21-16	0:43
6/14/14	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 1	Gibb/Patterson	11	Kapa/McHugh	15	21-14, 21-11	0:33
4/24/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool H	Gibb/Patterson	9	Kapa/McHugh	24	21-14, 25-23	0:41
Trail the series against # 15 Brunner/Lucena, United States 0-1
6/20/15	FIVB	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	Winner 3	Brunner/Lucena	26	Kapa/McHugh	20	21-14, 21-18	0:32
Lead the series against # 16 Gabathuler/Gerson, Switzerland 1-0
6/4/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Pool F	Kapa/McHugh	27	Gabathuler/Gerson	22	18-21, 21-19, 15-8	0:53
Trail the series against # 17 Saxton/Schalk, Canada 0-1
4/30/14	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool B	Saxton/Schalk	15	Kapa/McHugh	18	22-20, 21-16	0:36
Lead the series against # 18 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 3-2
6/17/15	FIVB	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	Pool D	Kapa/McHugh	20	Gavira/Herrera	13	21-16, 21-18	0:39
7/31/14	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool E	Kapa/McHugh	21	Gavira/Herrera	12	24-22, 21-17	0:40
4/30/14	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool B	Gavira/Herrera	2	Kapa/McHugh	18	21-13, 19-21, 15-10	0:44
8/23/13	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool E	Gavira/Herrera	5	Kapa/McHugh	12	21-16, 21-17	0:36
6/21/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool C	Kapa/McHugh	19	Gavira/Herrera	30, Q20	23-21, 21-18	0:37
Lead the series against # 19 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 2-1
6/19/15	FIVB	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	Winner 2	Kapa/McHugh	20	Grimalt/Grimalt	19	28-26, 18-21, 15-12	1:00
8/1/14	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool E	Grimalt/Grimalt	28, Q11	Kapa/McHugh	21	21-19, 21-16	0:36
7/2/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Pool A	Kapa/McHugh	24	Grimalt/Grimalt	25	21-15, 21-19	0:36
Trail the series against # 20 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 1-3
6/5/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Pool F	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	11	Kapa/McHugh	27	21-17, 21-19	0:37
7/25/14	FIVB	ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball	Winner 1	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	14	Kapa/McHugh	21	23-21, 21-15	0:38
7/10/14	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool C	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	14	Kapa/McHugh	19	21-18, 21-13	0:37
6/19/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool C	Kapa/McHugh	19	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	14	21-12, 21-14	0:34
Trail the series against # 24 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 1-2
6/19/14	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool C	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	19	Kapa/McHugh	14	23-21, 21-19	0:42
6/12/14	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool B	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	18	Kapa/McHugh	15	21-19, 21-14	0:34
5/1/13	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool D	Kapa/McHugh	29, Q13	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	13	21-15, 21-19	0:38
Series tied with # 26 Dyachenko/Sidorenko, Kazakhstan 2-2
6/27/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Pool B	Kapa/McHugh	23	Dyachenko/Sidorenko	26	21-18, 21-12	0:38
8/2/14	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 2	Kapa/McHugh	21	Dyachenko/Sidorenko	26	23-21, 21-14	0:39
7/18/14	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Winner 1	Dyachenko/Sidorenko	19	Kapa/McHugh	18	16-21, 21-19, 15-9	0:48
6/12/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool C	Dyachenko/Sidorenko	14	Kapa/McHugh	19	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # 28 Henriquez/Villafane, Venezuela 2-0
7/1/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Winner 1	Kapa/McHugh	23	Henriquez/Villafane	28	21-12, 21-15	0:32
6/10/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Qualifier 2	Kapa/McHugh	28, Q7	Henriquez/Villafane	Q10	21-19, 21-9	0:32
Lead the series against # 29 Huber/Seidl, Austria 1-0
8/24/13	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 1	Kapa/McHugh	12	Huber/Seidl	13	21-11, 21-23, 15-12	0:50
Lead the series against # 30 van de Velde/van Dorsten, Netherlands 1-0
6/13/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool C	Kapa/McHugh	19	van Dorsten/van de Velde	30	21-13, 18-21, 15-12	0:47
Trail the series against # 32 Krou/Rowlandson, France 0-1
6/13/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Winner 1	Krou/Rowlandson	18	Kapa/McHugh	28, Q7	17-21, 21-15, 15-12	0:49
Trail the series against # 35 Garcia/Marco, Spain 0-1
6/19/14	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool C	Garcia/Marco	30, Q12	Kapa/McHugh	14	30-28, 21-17	0:51
Lead the series against # 47 O'Dea/Watson, New Zealand 1-0
6/28/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Pool B	Kapa/McHugh	23	O'Dea/Watson	47	21-19, 21-17	0:42