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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$800,000 Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam
August 25 - 30, 2015

(24, Q5) Isaac Kapa/Christopher McHugh, Australia

Isaac Kapa
Australia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 23, 1985 (39 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 (35 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 Olsztyn Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/18-23/2015	Long Beach Grand Slam	23	25th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/21-26/2015	Yokohama Grand Slam	17	17th	240	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/26-7/5/2015	Netherlands World Championships	23	9th	500	US$11,000.00
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

Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/26/2015	Qualifier 1	Rihards Finsters / Edgars Tocs, Latvia (Q28)	Won 21-17, 21-17	0:36
Wed, 8/26/2015	Qualifier 2	Jefferson Santos Pereira / Cherif Younousse, Qatar (Q21)	Won 26-24, 21-12	0:40
Thu, 8/27/2015	Pool H	Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Janis Smedins, Latvia (9)	Lost 18-21, 17-21	0:38
Thu, 8/27/2015	Pool H	Grzegorz Fijalek / Mariusz Prudel, Poland (8)	Lost 18-21, 11-21	0:35
Fri, 8/28/2015	Pool H	Sebastian Fuchs / Stefan Windscheif, Germany (25, Q7)	Lost 20-22, 19-21	0:42

Head to Head Results
Kapa/McHugh trail the series against the field 20-40 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 16 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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
Trail the series against # 3 Nummerdor/Varenhorst, Netherlands 0-2
7/22/15	FIVB	Yokohama Grand Slam	Pool A	Nummerdor/Varenhorst	1	Kapa/McHugh	17	By Forfeit
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 # 4 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 # 6 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
Series tied with # 7 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 3-3
8/19/15	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Pool G	Gavira/Herrera	10	Kapa/McHugh	23	21-10, 21-15	0:34
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
Trail the series against # 8 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 1-2
8/27/15	FIVB	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	Pool H	Fijalek/Prudel	8	Kapa/McHugh	24, Q5	21-18, 21-11	0:35
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 # 9 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 1-6
8/27/15	FIVB	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	Pool H	Samoilovs/Smedins	9	Kapa/McHugh	24, Q5	21-18, 21-17	0:38
8/3/14	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Kapa/McHugh	21	Samoilovs/Smedins	4	24-22, 21-17	0:42
7/24/14	FIVB	ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball	Pool E	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	Kapa/McHugh	21	21-16, 21-13	0:34
6/20/14	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool C	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Kapa/McHugh	14	By Forfeit
6/13/14	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool B	Samoilovs/Smedins	2	Kapa/McHugh	15	21-10, 22-20	0:36
5/2/14	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Kapa/McHugh	18	21-15, 16-21, 16-14	0:54
8/8/13	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool C	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Kapa/McHugh	14	21-15, 21-18	0:35
Trail the series against # 10 Saxton/Schalk, Canada 0-2
7/22/15	FIVB	Yokohama Grand Slam	Pool A	Saxton/Schalk	16	Kapa/McHugh	17	21-11, 21-15	0:30
4/30/14	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool B	Saxton/Schalk	15	Kapa/McHugh	18	22-20, 21-16	0:36
Series tied with # 11 Rego/Santos, Brazil 1-1
8/20/15	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Pool G	Rego/Santos	7	Kapa/McHugh	23	17-21, 21-12, 15-9	0:51
6/11/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Pool E	Kapa/McHugh	28, Q7	Rego/Santos	5	21-18, 22-24, 15-12	0:55
Trail the series against # 12 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
Lead the series against # 13 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 # 14 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 # 15 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
Trail the series against # 17 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
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 # 23, Q4 Giginoglu/Gogtepe, Türkiye 0-1
6/5/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Winner 1	Giginoglu/Gogtepe	24, Q3	Kapa/McHugh	27	15-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:54
Trail the series against # 25, Q7 Fuchs/Windscheif, Germany 0-1
8/28/15	FIVB	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	Pool H	Fuchs/Windscheif	25, Q7	Kapa/McHugh	24, Q5	22-20, 21-19	0:42
Trail the series against # 26 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
Lead the series against # Q3 Henriquez/Villafane, Venezuela 2-1
7/24/15	FIVB	Yokohama Grand Slam	Winner 1	Henriquez/Villafane	25	Kapa/McHugh	17	16-21, 29-27, 15-10	1:04
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 # Q8 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 # Q9 Kosiak/Rudol, Poland 0-1
4/22/15	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool E	Kosiak/Rudol	21	Kapa/McHugh	5	24-22, 21-12	0:39
Trail the series against # Q10 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
Series tied with # Q12 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 # Q21 Santos Pereira/Younousse, Qatar 1-0
8/26/15	FIVB	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Kapa/McHugh	24, Q5	Santos Pereira/Younousse	Q21	26-24, 21-12	0:40
Lead the series against # Q24 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 # Q28 Finsters/Tocs, Latvia 1-0
8/26/15	FIVB	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Kapa/McHugh	24, Q5	Finsters/Tocs	Q28	21-17, 21-17	0:36