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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Fuzhou Open
April 21 - 25, 2015

(24, Q10) 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 Fuzhou Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2013	Did not play	Sebastian Chevallier - 41st
2014	Mats Kovatsch - 5th	Jonas Kissling - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	11/4-8/2014	Doha Open	28	17th	180	US$1,200.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2014	Xiamen Open	22	17th	180	US$1,200.00
FIVB	8/20-24/2014	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Q14	41st	40	US$0.00
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
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

Fuzhou Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 4/21/2015	Qualifier 1	Iaroslav Rudykh / Neilton Santos, Azerbaijan (Q23)	Won 21-14, 21-16	0:35
Tue, 4/21/2015	Qualifier 2	Rahman Raoufi / Bahman Salemi, Iran (Q26)	Won 21-16, 24-26, 15-11	0:59
Wed, 4/22/2015	Pool H	Youssef Krou / Edouard Rowlandson, France (9)	Won 21-13, 21-15	0:35
Wed, 4/22/2015	Pool H	Jian Li / Jiaxin Wu, China (8)	Won 24-22, 21-18	0:41
Thu, 4/23/2015	Pool H	Michal Bryl / Kacper Kujawiak, Poland (25)	Lost 17-21, 18-21	0:37
Fri, 4/24/2015	Winner 1	Jackson Henriquez / Jesus Villafane, Venezuela (17)	Won 20-22, 21-19, 15-11	0:51
Fri, 4/24/2015	Winner 2	Sebastian Fuchs / Thomas Kaczmarek, Germany (12)	Lost 12-21, 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	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	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	2	5	$12,575.00	15	19	44.1 %
2015	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	5	2	71.4 %
Total	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	2	2	6	$18,575.00	24	25	49.0 %
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
11	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	5	$6,287.50	2014	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	5	$6,287.50
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,000.00	2015	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,000.00
22	0	0	0	0	2	5	2	3	10	$10,037.50	Total	Total	22	0	0	0	0	2	5	2	3	10	$17,112.50

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%
2014-2015	13	56.5%	4	17.4%	6	26.1%	17-6	73.9%	4	12.9%	5	16.1%	22	71.0%	4-27	12.9%	13-22	37.1%	8-11	42.1%	1	0	22-33	40.0%
Against the Field	4	44.4%	3	33.3%	2	22.2%	7-2	77.8%	4	23.5%	3	17.6%	10	58.8%	4-13	23.5%	8-18	30.8%	14-10	58.3%	1	0	12-14	46.2%

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 lead the series against the field 10-9 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 7 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 8 Li/Wu, China 1-0
4/22/15	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool H	Kissling/Kovatsch	24, Q10	Li/Wu	8	24-22, 21-18	0:41
Series tied with # 9 Krou/Rowlandson, France 1-1
4/22/15	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool H	Kissling/Kovatsch	24, Q10	Krou/Rowlandson	9	21-13, 21-15	0:35
11/5/14	FIVB	Doha Open	Pool E	Krou/Rowlandson	5	Kissling/Kovatsch	28	21-14, 21-23, 15-13	0:53
Trail the series against # 11 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 # 12 Fuchs/Kaczmarek, Germany 0-1
4/24/15	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 2	Fuchs/Kaczmarek	12	Kissling/Kovatsch	24, Q10	21-12, 21-12	0:33
Trail the series against # 16 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 # 17 Henriquez/Villafane, Venezuela 1-0
4/24/15	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 1	Kissling/Kovatsch	24, Q10	Henriquez/Villafane	17	20-22, 21-19, 15-11	0:51
Trail the series against # 18 Eithun/Horrem, Norway 0-1
10/10/14	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Winner 1	Eithun/Horrem	17, Q2	Kissling/Kovatsch	22	9-21, 21-13, 15-11	0:50
Trail the series against # 19 Poniewaz/Poniewaz, Germany 0-1
11/6/14	FIVB	Doha Open	Winner 1	Poniewaz/Poniewaz	9	Kissling/Kovatsch	28	21-16, 21-19	0:34
Trail the series against # 20 Petutschnig/Winter, Austria 0-1
10/8/14	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool F	Petutschnig/Winter	11	Kissling/Kovatsch	22	23-21, 21-10	0:35
Trail the series against # 25 Bryl/Kujawiak, Poland 0-2
4/23/15	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool H	Bryl/Kujawiak	25	Kissling/Kovatsch	24, Q10	21-17, 21-18	0:37
8/20/14	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Bryl/Kujawiak	31, Q19	Kissling/Kovatsch	Q14	21-19, 15-21, 18-16	0:54
Lead the series against # Q1 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 # Q9 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
Lead the series against # Q18 Court/Schumann, Australia 1-0
4/22/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Qualifier 1	Kissling/Kovatsch	26, Q9	Court/Schumann	Q24	21-18, 24-22	0:42
Lead the series against # Q23 Rudykh /Santos, Azerbaijan 1-0
4/21/15	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Qualifier 1	Kissling/Kovatsch	24, Q10	Rudykh /Santos	Q23	21-14, 21-16	0:35
Lead the series against # Q26 Raoufi/Salemi, Iran 1-0
4/21/15	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Qualifier 2	Kissling/Kovatsch	24, Q10	Raoufi/Salemi	Q26	21-16, 24-26, 15-11	0:59
Lead the series against # Q28 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