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European Championship Tour
€ 25,000 2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Jurmala Masters
May 20 - 24, 2015

(18, Q7) 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 Jurmala Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
CEV	8/7-10/2014	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Biel/Bienne Masters	16	13th	144	€ 1,000.00
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
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

2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Jurmala Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/21/2015	Qualifier 1	Oleksii Denin / Kostyantyn Medyanyk, Ukraine (Q26)	Won 18-21, 21-14, 15-11	0:48
Thu, 5/21/2015	Qualifier 2	Martin Appelgren / Martin Barrefalk, Sweden (Q23)	Won 21-19, 21-11	0:40
Fri, 5/22/2015	Pool B	Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Janis Smedins, Latvia (2)	Lost 15-21, 16-21	0:34
Fri, 5/22/2015	Pool B	Aliaksandr Dziadkou / Aliaksandr Kavalenka, Belarus (15)	Lost 21-19, 21-23, 15-17	0:58

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	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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$2,800.00	5	5	50.0 %
2015	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00	2	2	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 %
Total	CEV	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	2	0	1	$4,000.00	10	12	45.5 %
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
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
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$125.00	2015	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$125.00
47	0	0	0	0	7	15	8	5	12	$13,856.25	Total	Total	46	0	0	0	0	8	12	9	5	12	$21,212.50

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%
2014-2015	3	60.0%	0	0.0%	2	40.0%	3-2	60.0%	1	11.1%	1	11.1%	7	77.8%	1-8	11.1%	3-7	30.0%	1-3	25.0%	0	0	4-10	28.6%
Against the Field	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	1	11.1%	1	11.1%	7	77.8%	1-8	11.1%	4-14	22.2%	2-4	33.3%	0	0	3-9	25.0%

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 6-18 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 12 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 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 # 3 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 # 4 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 # 5, Q1 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 # 6 Huber/Seidl, Austria 0-3
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
5/25/12	CEV C&S	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Baden	Winner 2	Huber/Seidl	1	Kissling/Kovatsch	8	17-21, 21-15, 15-9	0:48
7/29/11	CEV C&S	CEV Varna Challenger	Winner 1	Huber/Seidl	3	Kissling/Kovatsch	14, Q13	21-16, 21-12	0:31
Lead the series against # 8 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 # 9 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 # 10 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 # 11 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 # 12, Q3 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 # 15 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 # 16 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 # Q20 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 # Q23 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
Trail the series against # Q25 Kufa/Lenc, Czech Republic 0-1
7/14/11	CEV	CEV Serbian Masters	Qualifier 1	Kufa/Lenc	Q20	Kissling/Kovatsch	Q13	21-14, 23-21	0:34
Lead the series against # Q26 Denin/Medyanyk, Ukraine 1-0
5/21/15	CEV	2015 CEV Beach Volleyball European Jurmala Masters	Qualifier 1	Kissling/Kovatsch	18, Q7	Denin/Medyanyk	Q26	18-21, 21-14, 15-11	0:48