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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$800,000 Gstaad Grand Slam
July 9 - 13, 2014

(32) Jonas Kissling/Mats Kovatsch, Switzerland

Jonas Kissling
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 7, 1990 (35 yrs old)

Home Town:

Strattlingen

Height:

194 cm (6'4")

Weight:

87 kg (191 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (4 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (Fuzhou 2014)

Career Winnings:

US$27,860.81

Mats Kovatsch
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 21, 1989 (37 yrs old)

Home Town:

Bein

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (4 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (Fuzhou 2014)

Career Winnings:

US$26,285.13

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	29	33	41	Money
CEV	7	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	US$6,424.05
FIVB	21	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	2	5	0	3	7	US$27,375.00
FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	30	0	0	0	0	4	1	3	1	4	5	1	4	7	US$33,799.05

Previous Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2013	Gabriel Kissling - 41st	Sebastian Chevallier - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	7/1-5/2014	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Novi Sad Masters	16	17th	128	€ 250.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2014	Stavanger Grand Slam	Q18	33rd	80	US$0.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2014	Moscow Grand Slam	Q18	41st	40	US$0.00
FIVB	5/28-6/1/2014	Anapa Open	15	25th	120	US$800.00
FIVB	5/6-10/2014	Puerto Vallarta Open	19	9th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2014	Shanghai Grand Slam	Q17	33rd	80	US$0.00
FIVB	4/22-26/2014	Fuzhou Open	26, Q9	5th	300	US$3,375.00
FIVB	12/11-14/2013	Durban Open	19, Q3	9th	250	US$4,000.00

Gstaad Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/10/2014	Pool A	Phil Dalhausser / Sean Rosenthal, United States (1)	Lost 17-21, 16-21	0:39
Thu, 7/10/2014	Pool A	Michal Kadziola / Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland (17)	Lost 17-21, 17-21	0:39
Fri, 7/11/2014	Pool A	Ryan Doherty / Nick Lucena, United States (16, Q2)	Lost 15-21, 12-21	0:33

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	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	10	$12,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	2	2	0	$15,375.00
U21 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
Total	23	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	2	5	11	$27,375.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Jonas Kissling												Mats Kovatsch
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$1,700.00
21	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	15	$13,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	11	$10,125.00
14	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	3	4	$9,037.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	10	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	2	1	$9,687.50
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	$0.00	U21 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$750.00	Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
41	0	0	0	0	2	5	5	9	20	$23,287.50	Total	30	0	0	0	0	2	5	3	6	14	$22,012.50

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
2008	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2009	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	3	2	60.0 %
2011	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2012	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
2012	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	8	4	66.7 %
2013	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	3	3	50.0 %
2014	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	3	$10,175.00	11	13	45.8 %
2014	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00	0	2	0.0 %
Total	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	4	$14,175.00	15	17	46.9 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	3	3	50.0 %
Total	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	$2,750.00	8	7	53.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Jonas Kissling													Mats Kovatsch
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$0.00	2008	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2009	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2010	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2011	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2012	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2012	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$1,250.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	$2,750.00	2013	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	3	$9,825.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$250.00	2013	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$625.00
7	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	3	$5,087.50	2014	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	3	$5,087.50
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$125.00	2014	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$125.00
23	0	0	0	0	4	5	1	3	10	$9,462.50	Total	Total	23	0	0	0	0	4	4	3	3	9	$16,912.50

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	14	56.0%	4	16.0%	7	28.0%	18-7	72.0%	7	18.9%	5	13.5%	25	67.6%	7-30	18.9%	14-25	35.9%	11-12	47.8%	1	0	26-37	41.3%
2013-2014	10	71.4%	2	14.3%	2	14.3%	12-2	85.7%	6	23.1%	3	11.5%	17	65.4%	6-20	23.1%	10-17	37.0%	8-5	61.5%	0	0	18-22	45.0%
Against the Field	3	50.0%	0	0.0%	3	50.0%	3-3	50.0%	2	11.1%	0	0.0%	16	88.9%	2-16	11.1%	6-32	15.8%	4-6	40.0%	0	0	5-19	20.8%

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	10	1	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	18
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	5	0	11	13	0	0	5	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	19
U21 World Championships	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3
Total	0	0	9	11	14	22	0	0	6	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	40

Head to Head Results
Kissling/Kovatsch trail the series against the field 6-14 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 11 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Rosenthal, United States 0-1
7/10/14	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool A	Dalhausser/Rosenthal	1	Kissling/Kovatsch	32	21-17, 21-16	0:39
Trail the series against # 2 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 0-1
4/23/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool G	Lupo/Nicolai	7	Kissling/Kovatsch	26, Q9	21-18, 21-15	0:34
Trail the series against # 5 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 0-1
12/12/13	FIVB	Durban Open	Pool C	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Kissling/Kovatsch	19, Q3	21-15, 21-16	0:34
Lead the series against # 9 Gabathuler/Gerson, Switzerland 1-0
4/25/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 1	Kissling/Kovatsch	26, Q9	Gabathuler/Gerson	17	21-19, 21-16	0:34
Trail the series against # 11 Felipe/Goncalves, Brazil 0-1
4/29/14	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Felipe/Goncalves	5, Q1	Kissling/Kovatsch	Q17	22-20, 22-20	0:41
Trail the series against # 15 Stiekema/Varenhorst, Netherlands 0-2
4/25/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 3	Stiekema/Varenhorst	12	Kissling/Kovatsch	26, Q9	21-15, 21-17	0:34
8/24/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Varna Masters	Winner 2	Stiekema/Varenhorst	1	Kissling/Kovatsch	8	21-13, 21-14	0:31
Trail the series against # 16, Q2 Doherty/Lucena, United States 0-1
7/11/14	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool A	Doherty/Lucena	16, Q2	Kissling/Kovatsch	32	21-15, 21-12	0:33
Trail the series against # 17 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 0-1
7/10/14	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool A	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	17	Kissling/Kovatsch	32	21-17, 21-17	0:39
Trail the series against # 18 Walkenhorst/Windscheif, Germany 0-1
6/25/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Walkenhorst/Windscheif	19, Q2	Kissling/Kovatsch	Q18	21-14, 21-17	0:34
Trail the series against # 27, Q4 Huber/Seidl, Austria 0-1
7/3/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Novi Sad Masters	Pool A	Huber/Seidl	1	Kissling/Kovatsch	16	21-16, 21-13	0:33
Trail the series against # 29, Q8 Ontiveros/Virgen, Mexico 0-1
5/9/14	FIVB	Puerto Vallarta Open	Winner 2	Ontiveros/Virgen	1	Kissling/Kovatsch	19	21-19, 21-15	0:38
Trail the series against # 30, Q11 Ingrosso/Ingrosso, Italy 0-1
5/7/14	FIVB	Puerto Vallarta Open	Pool C	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	14	Kissling/Kovatsch	19	23-21, 21-15	0:46
Lead the series against # 31, Q12 Hatch/Redmann, Canada 1-0
12/13/13	FIVB	Durban Open	Winner 1	Kissling/Kovatsch	19, Q3	Hatch/Redmann	7	19-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:45
Series tied with # Q5 Plavins/Solovejs, Latvia 1-1
5/30/14	FIVB	Anapa Open	Pool B	Kissling/Kovatsch	15	Plavins/Solovejs	2	20-22, 21-17, 17-15	0:53
12/13/13	FIVB	Durban Open	Pool C	Plavins/Solovejs	14	Kissling/Kovatsch	19, Q3	21-14, 27-25	0:39
Lead the series against # Q15 Garcia/Marco, Spain 2-1
8/25/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Varna Masters	Contender 2	Kissling/Kovatsch	8	Garcia/Marco	6	23-21, 21-16	0:43
8/15/12	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Kissling/Kovatsch	Q22	Garcia/Marco	Q11	21-13, 23-21	0:38
7/7/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Novi Sad Masters	Contender 5	Garcia/Marco	8	Kissling/Kovatsch	16, Q2	21-16, 16-21, 15-12	0:50
Lead the series against # Q17 Spijkers/van Dorsten, Netherlands 1-0
6/25/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Kissling/Kovatsch	Q18	Spijkers/van Dorsten	Q15	21-19, 23-21	0:39