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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Lucerne Open
May 12 - 17, 2015

(24) 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 Lucerne Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/21-25/2015	Fuzhou Open	24, Q10	9th	240	US$2,000.00
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

Lucerne Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/14/2015	Pool H	Piotr Kantor / Bartosz Losiak, Poland (9)	Lost 15-21, 15-21	0:38
Thu, 5/14/2015	Pool H	Alexander Brouwer / Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands (8)	Lost 16-21, 23-25	0:35
Fri, 5/15/2015	Pool H	Daniel Dearing / Garrett May, Canada (25, Q10)	Lost 21-18, 17-21, 11-15	0:50

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$2,800.00	5	5	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	2	3	6	$19,375.00	24	28	46.2 %
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
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$1,400.00	2015	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$1,400.00
23	0	0	0	0	2	5	2	4	10	$10,437.50	Total	Total	23	0	0	0	0	2	5	2	4	10	$17,512.50

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%
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	3	50.0%	2	33.3%	1	16.7%	5-1	83.3%	2	16.7%	1	8.3%	9	75.0%	2-10	16.7%	6-16	27.3%	8-4	66.7%	1	0	8-10	44.4%

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 6-11 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 10 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 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 # 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 # 4 Felipe/Filho, Brazil 0-1
9/19/09	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Winner 2	Felipe/Filho	12	Kissling/Kovatsch	10	21-16, 21-16	0:39
Trail the series against # 8 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 0-1
5/14/15	FIVB	Lucerne Open	Pool H	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	8	Kissling/Kovatsch	24	21-16, 25-23	0:35
Trail the series against # 9 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 0-1
5/14/15	FIVB	Lucerne Open	Pool H	Kantor/Losiak	9	Kissling/Kovatsch	24	21-15, 21-15	0:38
Trail the series against # 11 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 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
Lead the series against # 18 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 # 21 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
Trail the series against # 22, Q4 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 # 23 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
Trail the series against # 25, Q10 Dearing/May, Canada 0-1
5/15/15	FIVB	Lucerne Open	Pool H	Dearing/May	25, Q10	Kissling/Kovatsch	24	18-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:50
Trail the series against # 26 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 # Q7 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 # Q17 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