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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$380,000 Otera Open
August 10 - 15, 2009

(20, Q1) Louise Bawden/Becchara Palmer, Australia

Louise Bawden
Australia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 7, 1981 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Melbourne

Height:

184 cm (6'0")

Weight:

72 kg (158 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Stare Jablonki 2009)

Career Winnings:

US$314,787.50

Becchara Palmer
Australia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 18, 1988 (37 yrs old)

Home Town:

Adelaide

Height:

183 cm (6'0")

Weight:

73 kg (161 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

1 (Sydney 2019)

Career Winnings:

US$139,025.00

Awards

Top Rookie 2009

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	Money
FIVB	34	0	1	0	1	3	0	9	3	11	1	4	1	US$207,650.00

Previous Kristiansand Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2007	Did not play	Alice Rohkamper - 33rd
2008	Did not play	Alice Rohkamper - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/3-8/2009	Stare Jablonki Open	26, Q3	2nd	540	US$21,000.00
FIVB	7/27-8/1/2009	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	30, Q15	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	7/20-26/2009	Marseille Grand Slam	43, Q7	33rd	60	US$1,800.00

Kristiansand Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 8/11/2009	Qualifier 2	Rivia Oliveira / Nora Tawhid, Sweden (Q16)	Won 21-23, 21-9, 15-9	0:44
Wed, 8/12/2009	Winner 1	Geeske Banck / Anja Gunther, Germany (13)	Won 21-17, 21-19	0:44
Wed, 8/12/2009	Winner 2	Laura Ludwig / Sara Niedrig, Germany (4)	Won 21-18, 18-21, 15-13	0:52
Thu, 8/13/2009	Winner 3	Barbara Hansel / Sara Montagnolli, Austria (5)	Won 21-16, 21-14	0:38
Fri, 8/14/2009	Winner 4	Doris Schwaiger / Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria (8)	Lost 15-21, 13-21	0:38
Fri, 8/14/2009	Contender 6	Nila Ann Hakedal / Ingrid Torlen, Norway (9)	Lost 16-21, 13-21	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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$11,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	17	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	9	2	0	$99,900.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	15	0	1	0	1	2	0	4	3	2	2	0	$96,750.00
Total	34	0	1	0	1	3	0	9	3	12	4	0	$207,650.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Louise Bawden												Becchara Palmer
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	$21,500.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$9,600.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,500.00	World Tour Finals
56	0	0	1	1	7	17	16	11	0	$223,925.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	21	0	0	0	0	1	4	9	3	0	$51,700.00
23	0	1	0	2	3	9	2	4	0	$58,062.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	42	0	1	0	2	3	9	6	4	0	$68,025.00
5	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	$6,800.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	8	1	0	0	1	2	1	1	1	0	$9,525.00
											Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											Satellite	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$175.00
											U21 World Championships	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
91	0	1	2	3	17	27	21	15	0	$314,787.50	Total	82	2	2	0	3	7	19	17	8	0	$139,025.00

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
2009	FIVB	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	$37,000.00	16	8	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	$37,000.00	16	8	66.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Louise Bawden													Becchara Palmer
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2005	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2006	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$175.00
											2006	FIVB Age Group WC	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2007	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	$2,000.00
											2007	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2008	FIVB	8	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	5	$8,450.00
											2008	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
9	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	5	$19,500.00	2009	FIVB	10	0	1	0	0	2	0	3	1	3	$28,550.00
9	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	5	$19,500.00	Total	Total	32	1	2	0	1	3	4	4	3	14	$39,175.00

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	55	66.3%	17	20.5%	11	13.3%	72-11	86.7%	13	17.1%	11	14.5%	52	68.4%	13-63	17.1%	55-52	51.4%	30-22	57.7%	2	0	87-74	54.0%
2008-2009	11	73.3%	2	13.3%	2	13.3%	13-2	86.7%	3	33.3%	0	0.0%	6	66.7%	3-6	33.3%	11-6	64.7%	5-2	71.4%	0	0	16-8	66.7%
Against the Field	16	57.1%	5	17.9%	7	25.0%	21-7	75.0%	5	13.2%	6	15.8%	27	71.1%	5-33	13.2%	32-52	38.1%	20-26	43.5%	1	0	27-39	40.9%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
World Championships	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	7	0	24	24	0	0	5	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	36	39
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	17	15	1	1	0	1	0	1	47	31
Total	0	0	17	0	27	27	0	0	23	31	1	1	0	1	0	1	87	74

Head to Head Results
Bawden/Palmer lead the series against the field 11-8 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 5 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 0-2
8/8/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Gold Medal	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Bawden/Palmer	26, Q3	21-14, 21-16	0:38
7/29/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool C	Felisberta/Maestrini	3	Bawden/Palmer	30, Q15	21-15, 21-15	0:43
Trail the series against # 2 Antonelli/Antunes, Brazil 0-1
8/6/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 3	Antonelli/Antunes	2	Bawden/Palmer	26, Q3	21-19, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # 4 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 1-0
8/12/09	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 2	Bawden/Palmer	20, Q1	Ludwig/Niedrig	4	21-18, 18-21, 15-13	0:52
Lead the series against # 5 Hansel/Montagnolli, Austria 1-0
8/13/09	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 3	Bawden/Palmer	20, Q1	Hansel/Montagnolli	5	21-16, 21-14	0:38
Lead the series against # 7, Q3 Cunha/Lavalle, Brazil 1-0
8/8/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Semi-Finals	Bawden/Palmer	26, Q3	Cunha/Lavalle	11, Q9	21-19, 21-12	0:40
Series tied with # 8 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 1-1
8/14/09	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 4	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	8	Bawden/Palmer	20, Q1	21-15, 21-13	0:38
8/7/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 6	Bawden/Palmer	26, Q3	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	5	21-15, 21-15	0:34
Series tied with # 9 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 1-1
8/14/09	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 6	Hakedal/Torlen	9	Bawden/Palmer	20, Q1	21-16, 21-13	0:37
8/5/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 1	Bawden/Palmer	26, Q3	Hakedal/Torlen	7	19-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:48
Lead the series against # 11 Gioria/Momoli, Italy 1-0
7/29/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool C	Bawden/Palmer	30, Q15	Gioria/Momoli	14	21-18, 25-23	0:49
Trail the series against # 12 Martins/Santanna, Georgia 0-1
7/30/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 1	Martins/Santanna	21	Bawden/Palmer	30, Q15	15-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:54
Lead the series against # 13 Banck/Gunther, Germany 3-0
8/12/09	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 1	Bawden/Palmer	20, Q1	Banck/Gunther	13	21-17, 21-19	0:44
8/7/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 4	Bawden/Palmer	26, Q3	Banck/Gunther	12	21-12, 17-21, 18-16	0:57
7/28/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Bawden/Palmer	30, Q15	Banck/Gunther	Q2	27-25, 21-18	0:54
Trail the series against # 16 Lessard/Martin, Canada 0-1
7/21/09	FIVB	Marseille Grand Slam	Winner 1	Lessard/Martin	22	Bawden/Palmer	43, Q7	21-18, 21-16	0:44
Trail the series against # 17 Kuhn/Zumkehr, Switzerland 0-1
7/30/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool C	Kuhn/Zumkehr	19	Bawden/Palmer	30, Q15	17-21, 21-18, 15-9	0:56
Lead the series against # Q7 Boulton/Johns, England 1-0
7/28/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Bawden/Palmer	30, Q15	Boulton/Johns	Q18	21-16, 23-21	0:41
Lead the series against # Q16 Oliveira/Tawhid, Sweden 1-0
8/11/09	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Qualifier 2	Bawden/Palmer	20, Q1	Oliveira/Tawhid	Q16	21-23, 21-9, 15-9	0:44