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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$800,000 Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam
August 25 - 30, 2015

(Q26) Jonas Kissling/Mats Kovatsch, Switzerland

Jonas Kissling
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 7, 1990 (35 yrs old)

Home Town:

Strattlingen

Height:

194 cm (6'4")

Weight:

87 kg (191 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (4 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (Fuzhou 2014)

Career Winnings:

US$27,860.81

Mats Kovatsch
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 21, 1989 (37 yrs old)

Home Town:

Bein

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (4 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (Fuzhou 2014)

Career Winnings:

US$26,285.13

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
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	30	0	0	0	0	4	1	3	1	4	5	1	4	7	US$33,799.05

Previous Olsztyn Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/18-23/2015	Long Beach Grand Slam	Q13	41st	40	US$0.00
CEV	8/5-9/2015	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Biel/Bienne Masters	11	5th	192	€ 1,250.00
FIVB	7/21-26/2015	Yokohama Grand Slam	Q11	41st	40	US$0.00
FIVB	7/7-12/2015	Gstaad Major Series	31	25th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/16-20/2015	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	30, Q8	25th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	5/25-31/2015	Moscow Grand Slam	Q20	41st	40	US$0.00
CEV	5/20-24/2015	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Jurmala Masters	18, Q7	17th	64	€ 250.00
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

Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/26/2015	Qualifier 1	Sebastian Fuchs / Stefan Windscheif, Germany (25, Q7)	Lost 20-22, 16-21	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	10	$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	1	$0.00
Total	23	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	2	5	11	$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	1	$1,700.00
21	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	15	$13,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	11	$10,125.00
14	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	3	4	$9,037.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	10	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	2	1	$9,687.50
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	$0.00	U21 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$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	20	$23,287.50	Total	30	0	0	0	0	2	5	3	6	14	$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 %
2011	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
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 %
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 %
2014	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,250.00	0	5	0.0 %
2015	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	4	$10,800.00	7	14	33.3 %
2015	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,500.00	4	5	44.4 %
Total	FIVB	21	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	2	5	10	$27,375.00	26	37	41.3 %
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	7	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	2	0	1	$5,250.00	12	15	44.4 %

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	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	2011	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$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
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
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	1	0	0	$625.00	2014	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$625.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	4	$5,400.00	2015	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	4	$5,400.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$1,250.00	2015	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$750.00
39	0	0	0	0	5	7	5	6	16	$17,812.50	Total	Total	38	0	0	0	0	5	6	6	6	15	$24,762.50

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	37.5%	1	12.5%	4	50.0%	4-4	50.0%	2	13.3%	3	20.0%	10	66.7%	2-13	13.3%	6-18	25.0%	6-14	30.0%	1	0	7-16	30.4%

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 10-25 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 20 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Goncalves/Solberg, Brazil 0-1
7/9/15	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Pool B	Goncalves/Solberg	2	Kissling/Kovatsch	31	17-21, 21-14, 15-10	0:47
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
Trail the series against # 4 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 # 7 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 # 9 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 0-2
5/22/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Jurmala Masters	Pool B	Samoilovs/Smedins	2	Kissling/Kovatsch	18, Q7	21-15, 21-16	0:34
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 # 14 Krou/Rowlandson, France 1-2
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
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
Trail the series against # 15 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
Lead the series against # 16 Binstock/Schachter, Canada 1-0
7/10/15	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Pool B	Kissling/Kovatsch	31	Binstock/Schachter	18	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 17 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 # 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
Trail the series against # 21 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, Q7 Fuchs/Windscheif, Germany 0-1
8/26/15	FIVB	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Fuchs/Windscheif	25, Q7	Kissling/Kovatsch	Q26	22-20, 21-16	0:37
Trail the series against # 26 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
Trail the series against # 27 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 # 28 Plavins/Regza, Latvia 0-1
8/7/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Biel/Bienne Masters	Pool C	Plavins/Regza	6	Kissling/Kovatsch	11	20-22, 21-19, 20-18	0:56
Trail the series against # 32, Q25 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 Barbosa/Carvalhaes, Brazil 0-1
8/18/15	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Barbosa/Carvalhaes	32, Q20	Kissling/Kovatsch	Q13	21-18, 18-21, 15-13	0:47
Trail the series against # Q1 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
Lead the series against # Q3 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
Lead the series against # Q8 Gabathuler/Gerson, Switzerland 2-0
8/8/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Biel/Bienne Masters	Winner 1	Kissling/Kovatsch	11	Gabathuler/Gerson	4	21-18, 21-11	0:35
4/25/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 1	Kissling/Kovatsch	26, Q9	Gabathuler/Gerson	17	21-19, 21-16	0:34
Series tied with # Q10 Garcia/Marco, Spain 2-2
8/6/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Biel/Bienne Masters	Pool C	Garcia/Marco	3	Kissling/Kovatsch	11	21-14, 21-16	0:41
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 # Q11 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 # Q20 Dziadkou/Kavalenka, Belarus 0-1
5/22/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Jurmala Masters	Pool B	Dziadkou/Kavalenka	15	Kissling/Kovatsch	18, Q7	19-21, 23-21, 17-15	0:58
Trail the series against # Q24 Huber/Seidl, Austria 0-1
7/3/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Novi Sad Masters	Pool A	Huber/Seidl	1	Kissling/Kovatsch	16	21-16, 21-13	0:33
Lead the series against # Q30 Appelgren/Barrefalk, Sweden 1-0
5/21/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Jurmala Masters	Qualifier 2	Kissling/Kovatsch	18, Q7	Appelgren/Barrefalk	Q23	21-19, 21-11	0:40
Lead the series against # Q31 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