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European Championship Tour
€ 50,000 2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Biel/Bienne Masters
August 7 - 10, 2014

(16) 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 (6 times)

Career CEV Best:

5th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$30,072.74

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 (6 times)

Career CEV Best:

5th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$27,863.76

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
CEV C&S	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	3	1	0	0	0	US$2,103.80
CEV Under Age	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
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	42	0	0	0	0	5	3	7	2	7	6	1	4	7	US$35,902.85

Previous Biel Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/15-20/2014	The Hague Grand Slam	Q16	41st	40	US$0.00
FIVB	7/9-13/2014	Gstaad Grand Slam	32	25th	160	US$4,000.00
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

2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Biel/Bienne Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 8/8/2014	Pool A	Adrian Gavira / Pablo Herrera, Spain (1)	Lost 13-21, 16-21	0:35
Fri, 8/8/2014	Pool A	Matteo Ingrosso / Paolo Ingrosso, Italy (8)	Lost 15-21, 13-21	0:39
Sat, 8/9/2014	Pool A	Sebastian Dollinger / Lars Fluggen, Germany (9)	Lost 16-21, 21-15, 6-15	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	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
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	0	$23,287.50	Total	30	0	0	0	0	2	5	3	6	0	$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 %
2010	CEV C&S	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	$150.00	2	4	33.3 %
2011	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2011	CEV C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$800.00	2	4	33.3 %
2011	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	5	2	71.4 %
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 %
2012	CEV C&S	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	$600.00	3	6	33.3 %
2013	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	3	3	50.0 %
2014	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	4	$10,175.00	11	14	44.0 %
2014	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,250.00	0	5	0.0 %
Total	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	5	$14,175.00	15	18	45.5 %
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	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	$3,750.00	8	10	44.4 %
Total	CEV C&S	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	3	1	0	$1,550.00	7	14	33.3 %
Total	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	5	2	71.4 %

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	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2008	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$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
											2009	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2010	FIVB Age Group WC
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$75.00	2010	CEV C&S	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$75.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2010	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
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
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$400.00	2011	CEV C&S	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$512.50
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2011	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$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
4	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	$300.00	2012	CEV C&S	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	$300.00
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
4	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	$393.75	2013	CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$187.50
8	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	4	$5,087.50	2014	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	4	$5,087.50
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$625.00	2014	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$625.00
41	0	0	0	0	7	14	5	4	11	$11,131.25	Total	Total	40	0	0	0	0	8	11	6	4	11	$18,487.50

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	9	75.0%	1	8.3%	2	16.7%	10-2	83.3%	2	13.3%	3	20.0%	10	66.7%	2-13	13.3%	9-10	47.4%	3-5	37.5%	0	0	12-15	44.4%
2013-2014	0		0		0		0-0		0	0.0%	1	20.0%	4	80.0%	0-5	0.0%	0-4	0.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	0-5	0.0%
Against the Field	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	2	28.6%	5	71.4%	0-7	0.0%	4-10	28.6%	0-4	0.0%	0	0	2-7	22.2%

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 5-10 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 7 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 0-1
8/8/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Biel/Bienne Masters	Pool A	Gavira/Herrera	1	Kissling/Kovatsch	16	21-13, 21-16	0:35
Trail the series against # 2 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
Lead the series against # 3 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 # 8 Ingrosso/Ingrosso, Italy 0-2
8/8/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Biel/Bienne Masters	Pool A	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	8	Kissling/Kovatsch	16	21-15, 21-13	0:39
5/7/14	FIVB	Puerto Vallarta Open	Pool C	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	14	Kissling/Kovatsch	19	23-21, 21-15	0:46
Trail the series against # 9 Dollinger/Fluggen, Germany 0-1
8/9/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Biel/Bienne Masters	Pool A	Dollinger/Fluggen	9	Kissling/Kovatsch	16	21-16, 15-21, 15-6	0:33
Lead the series against # 10, Q1 Eglseer/Koraimann, Austria 1-0
8/5/11	CEV Under Age	2011 CEV U23 European Championship	Winner 2	Kissling/Kovatsch	9	Eglseer/Koraimann	7	21-12, 21-12	0:29
Trail the series against # 11 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 # 12, Q3 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 # 13, Q5 Krou/Rowlandson, France 0-1
7/3/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Novi Sad Masters	Pool A	Krou/Rowlandson	17, Q6	Kissling/Kovatsch	16	21-14, 21-16	0:34
Series tied with # Q2 Spijkers/van Dorsten, Netherlands 1-1
7/15/14	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Spijkers/van Dorsten	30, Q17	Kissling/Kovatsch	Q16	23-25, 24-22, 15-11	0:58
6/25/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Kissling/Kovatsch	Q18	Spijkers/van Dorsten	Q15	21-19, 23-21	0:39
Trail the series against # Q10 Silva/Silva Reis, Portugal 0-1
8/9/12	CEV C&S	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Vaduz	Qualifier 2	Silva/Silva Reis	16, Q16	Kissling/Kovatsch	Q1	21-18, 16-21, 15-13	0:53