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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Anapa Open
May 28 - June 1, 2014

(15) 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 Anapa Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2013	Gabriel Kissling - 25th	Sebastian Chevallier - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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

Anapa Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/29/2014	Pool B	Kristo Kollo / Rivo Vesik, Estonia (18)	Lost 10-21, 22-24	0:35
Thu, 5/29/2014	Pool B	Ilya Leshukov / Aleksander Margiev, Russia (31)	Lost 16-21, 15-21	0:34
Fri, 5/30/2014	Pool B	Martins Plavins / Aleksandrs Solovejs, Latvia (2)	Won 20-22, 21-17, 17-15	0:53

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	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	$6,175.00	10	8	55.6 %
Total	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	2	$10,175.00	14	12	53.8 %
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
4	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	$3,087.50	2014	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	$3,087.50
14	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	2	6	$5,837.50	Total	Total	14	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	2	6	$12,912.50

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	6	75.0%	1	12.5%	1	12.5%	7-1	87.5%	5	41.7%	1	8.3%	6	50.0%	5-7	41.7%	12-12	50.0%	12-4	75.0%	0	0	12-8	60.0%

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 10-3 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 2 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 2 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 # 4 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
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 # 7 Dumek/Kubala, Czech Republic 1-0
4/24/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool G	Kissling/Kovatsch	26, Q9	Dumek/Kubala	23, Q3	21-16, 21-15	0:34
Lead the series against # 12 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 # 17 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
Trail the series against # 18 Kollo/Vesik, Estonia 0-1
5/29/14	FIVB	Anapa Open	Pool B	Kollo/Vesik	18	Kissling/Kovatsch	15	21-10, 24-22	0:35
Lead the series against # 19 Giginoglu/Sekerci, Türkiye 1-0
4/22/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Qualifier 2	Kissling/Kovatsch	26, Q9	Giginoglu/Sekerci	Q8	21-16, 21-13	0:34
Lead the series against # 27, Q4 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
Trail the series against # 31 Leshukov/Margiev, Russia 0-1
5/29/14	FIVB	Anapa Open	Pool B	Leshukov/Margiev	31	Kissling/Kovatsch	15	21-16, 21-15	0:34
Lead the series against # Q17 Pelka/Popek, Poland 1-0
12/12/13	FIVB	Durban Open	Pool C	Kissling/Kovatsch	19, Q3	Pelka/Popek	30	15-21, 21-9, 15-12	0:47