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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Puerto Vallarta Open
May 6 - 10, 2014

(19) Jonas Kissling/Mats Kovatsch, Switzerland

Jonas Kissling
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 7, 1990 (34 yrs old)

Home Town:

Strattlingen

Height:

194 cm (6'4")

Weight:

87 kg (191 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (2 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (Fuzhou 2014)

Career Winnings:

US$22,537.50

Mats Kovatsch
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 21, 1989 (36 yrs old)

Home Town:

Bein

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (2 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (Fuzhou 2014)

Career Winnings:

US$21,512.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	29	33	41	Money
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	23	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	2	5	1	3	7	US$27,375.00

Previous Puerto Vallarta Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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

Puerto Vallarta Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/7/2014	Pool C	Matteo Ingrosso / Paolo Ingrosso, Italy (14)	Lost 21-23, 15-21	0:46
Wed, 5/7/2014	Pool C	Jan Hadrava / Robert Kufa, Czech Republic (3)	Lost 13-21, 24-22, 9-15	0:48
Thu, 5/8/2014	Pool C	Ricardo Galindo / Aldo Miramontes, Mexico (30)	Won 21-15, 21-14	0:33
Fri, 5/9/2014	Winner 1	Armin Dollinger / Clemens Wickler, Germany (21, Q2)	Won 14-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:53
Fri, 5/9/2014	Winner 2	Lombardo Ontiveros / Juan Virgen, Mexico (1)	Lost 19-21, 15-21	0:38

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	0	$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	0	$0.00
Total	23	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	2	5	0	$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	0	$1,700.00
21	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	$13,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	$10,125.00
14	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	3	0	$9,037.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	10	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	2	0	$9,687.50
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
39	0	0	0	0	2	5	4	8	0	$22,537.50	Total	29	0	0	0	0	2	5	2	6	0	$21,512.50

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 %
2012	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
2013	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	3	3	50.0 %
2014	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	$5,375.00	9	6	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	2	$9,375.00	13	10	56.5 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	3	3	50.0 %

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	2012	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
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
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	$2,687.50	2014	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	$2,687.50
13	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	1	6	$5,437.50	Total	Total	13	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	1	6	$12,512.50

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	4	57.1%	2	28.6%	1	14.3%	6-1	85.7%	3	30.0%	1	10.0%	6	60.0%	3-7	30.0%	8-12	40.0%	10-4	71.4%	0	0	9-8	52.9%

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 lead the series against the field 7-4 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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 # 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 # 3 Hadrava/Kufa, Czech Republic 0-1
5/7/14	FIVB	Puerto Vallarta Open	Pool C	Hadrava/Kufa	3	Kissling/Kovatsch	19	21-13, 22-24, 15-9	0:48
Lead the series against # 6 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 # 10 Garcia/Marco, Spain 1-0
8/15/12	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Kissling/Kovatsch	Q22	Garcia/Marco	Q11	21-13, 23-21	0:38
Trail the series against # 14 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 # 16 O'Gorman/Pedlow, Canada 2-0
4/29/14	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Kissling/Kovatsch	Q17	O'Gorman/Pedlow	Q16	21-16, 15-21, 15-11	0:43
4/25/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 2	Kissling/Kovatsch	26, Q9	O'Gorman/Pedlow	24, Q4	20-22, 21-18, 15-11	0:50
Lead the series against # 21, Q2 Dollinger/Wickler, Germany 1-0
5/9/14	FIVB	Puerto Vallarta Open	Winner 1	Kissling/Kovatsch	19	Dollinger/Wickler	21, Q2	14-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:53
Lead the series against # 30 Galindo/Miramontes, Mexico 1-0
5/8/14	FIVB	Puerto Vallarta Open	Pool C	Kissling/Kovatsch	19	Galindo/Miramontes	30	21-15, 21-14	0:33
Lead the series against # Q7 Bao/Ha, China 1-0
12/11/13	FIVB	Durban Open	Qualifier 2	Kissling/Kovatsch	19, Q3	Bao/Ha	Q14	21-23, 21-18, 15-11	0:59