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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$800,000 St. Petersburg Grand Slam
June 16 - 20, 2015

(30, Q8) 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 St. Petersburg Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/25-31/2015	Moscow Grand Slam	Q20	41st	40	US$0.00
FIVB	5/12-17/2015	Lucerne Open	24	25th	120	US$800.00
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

St. Petersburg Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 6/16/2015	Qualifier 2	Hevaldo Moreira / Bruno de Paula, Brazil (Q9)	Won 23-21, 12-21, 15-10	0:52
Wed, 6/17/2015	Pool C	Reinder Nummerdor / Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands (3)	Lost 14-21, 21-19, 8-15	0:51
Wed, 6/17/2015	Pool C	Tri Bourne / John Hyden, United States (14)	Lost 21-19, 11-21, 11-15	0:47
Thu, 6/18/2015	Pool C	Esteban Grimalt / Marco Grimalt, Chile (19)	Lost 13-21, 19-21	0:37

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	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	$6,800.00	6	9	40.0 %
Total	FIVB	17	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	2	4	7	$23,375.00	25	32	43.9 %
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
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	$3,400.00	2015	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	$3,400.00
25	0	0	0	0	2	5	2	5	11	$12,437.50	Total	Total	25	0	0	0	0	2	5	2	5	11	$19,512.50

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	2	25.0%	1	12.5%	5	62.5%	3-5	37.5%	0	0.0%	2	20.0%	8	80.0%	0-10	0.0%	4-14	22.2%	2-14	12.5%	1	0	4-14	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 3-12 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 10 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Nummerdor/Varenhorst, Netherlands 0-1
6/17/15	FIVB	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	Pool C	Nummerdor/Varenhorst	3	Kissling/Kovatsch	30, Q8	21-14, 19-21, 15-8	0:51
Series tied with # 11 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 # 12 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 0-1
4/23/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool G	Lupo/Nicolai	7	Kissling/Kovatsch	26, Q9	21-18, 21-15	0:34
Trail the series against # 14 Bourne/Hyden, United States 0-1
6/17/15	FIVB	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	Pool C	Bourne/Hyden	14	Kissling/Kovatsch	30, Q8	19-21, 21-11, 15-11	0:47
Trail the series against # 15 Walkenhorst/Windscheif, Germany 0-1
6/25/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Walkenhorst/Windscheif	19, Q2	Kissling/Kovatsch	Q18	21-14, 21-17	0:34
Trail the series against # 17 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 # 19 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 0-1
6/18/15	FIVB	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	Pool C	Grimalt/Grimalt	19	Kissling/Kovatsch	30, Q8	21-13, 21-19	0:37
Lead the series against # 23 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 # 24, Q2 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 # 25, Q3 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 # 28, Q5 Eithun/Horrem, Norway 0-2
5/26/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Eithun/Horrem	27, Q13	Kissling/Kovatsch	Q20	14-21, 21-11, 15-12	0:50
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 # Q7 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
Lead the series against # Q9 de Paula/Moreira, Brazil 1-0
6/16/15	FIVB	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Kissling/Kovatsch	30, Q8	Moreira/de Paula	Q9	23-21, 12-21, 15-10	0:52