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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$800,000 Moscow Grand Slam
June 11 - 15, 2014

(Q18) 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 Moscow Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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

Moscow Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/11/2014	Qualifier 1	Grigoriy Goncharov / Serguei Prokopiev, Russia (10, Q15)	Lost 15-21, 16-21	0:34

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	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	2	$6,175.00	10	9	52.6 %
Total	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	3	$10,175.00	14	13	51.9 %
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	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	$2,500.00	8	5	61.5 %

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
5	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	2	$3,087.50	2014	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	2	$3,087.50
20	0	0	0	0	4	5	0	2	9	$7,337.50	Total	Total	20	0	0	0	0	4	4	2	2	8	$14,787.50

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	5	71.4%	0	0.0%	2	28.6%	5-2	71.4%	2	11.8%	1	5.9%	14	82.4%	2-15	11.8%	10-28	26.3%	4-6	40.0%	0	0	7-17	29.2%

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 6-9 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 6 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 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
Trail the series against # 5 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 # 10, Q15 Goncharov/Prokopiev, Russia 0-1
6/11/14	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Goncharov/Prokopiev	10, Q15	Kissling/Kovatsch	Q18	21-15, 21-16	0:34
Trail the series against # 12 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 # 19 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
Series tied with # 25, Q4 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 # 28, Q7 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
Lead the series against # Q6 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
Lead the series against # Q8 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
Trail the series against # Q10 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 # Q13 Dumek/Kubala, Czechia 1-0
4/24/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool G	Kissling/Kovatsch	26, Q9	Dumek/Kubala	23, Q3	21-16, 21-15	0:34