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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$1,000,000 FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Championships
June 13 - 19, 2011

(18) Louise Bawden/Becchara Palmer, Australia

Louise Bawden
Australia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 7, 1981 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Melbourne

Height:

184 cm (6'0")

Weight:

72 kg (158 lb)

Seasons:

10

Tournaments:

91

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 (36 yrs old)

Home Town:

Adelaide

Height:

183 cm (6'0")

Weight:

73 kg (161 lb)

Seasons:

13

Tournaments:

82

Career Wins:

2

Career FIVB WT Wins:

1 (Sydney 2019)

Career Winnings:

US$139,025.00

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 Rome Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2010	Becchara Palmer - 17th	Louise Bawden - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/6-11/2011	Beijing Grand Slam	17	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	5/17-22/2011	Myslowice Open	15, Q2	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	5/3-8/2011	Shanghai Open	21, Q1	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	4/26-5/1/2011	Sanya Open	19, Q1	13th	180	US$4,250.00
FIVB	4/17-22/2011	Brasilia Open	25, Q1	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/24-29/2010	The Hague Open	19	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/16-21/2010	Aland Open	22	13th	180	US$4,250.00
FIVB	8/9-14/2010	Kristiansand Open	18	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	8/2-7/2010	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	27, Q4	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/26-31/2010	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	25, Q1	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	7/19-25/2010	Marseille Open	24	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/5-10/2010	Gstaad Grand Slam	29	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/28-7/3/2010	Stavanger Grand Slam	23	17th	160	US$5,100.00

Rome World Championships Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Mon, 6/13/2011

Pool G

Madelein Meppelink / Marloes Wesselink, Netherlands (42)

Won 21-16, 21-14

0:34

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Louise Bawden	Total	14	8	4	0.286	1	2	0	2
	1	7	4	2	0.286	0	0	0	1
	2	7	4	2	0.286	1	2	0	1
Becchara Palmer	Total	30	14	7	0.233	1	8	4	4
	1	15	6	5	0.067	1	4	3	1
	2	15	8	2	0.400	0	4	1	3

Tue, 6/14/2011

Pool G

Laura Ludwig / Sara Niedrig, Germany (7)

Won 21-14, 29-27

0:46

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Louise Bawden	Total	15	8	1	0.467	2	1	0	1
	1	5	2	1	0.200	1	0	0	1
	2	10	6	0	0.600	1	1	0	0
Becchara Palmer	Total	34	21	4	0.500	2	13	1	6
	1	15	9	1	0.533	1	5	1	1
	2	19	12	3	0.474	1	8	0	5

Wed, 6/15/2011

Pool G

Geeske Banck / Anja Gunther, Germany (31)

Won 21-19, 22-20

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Louise Bawden	Total	19	7	6	0.053	3	2	0	2
	1	11	3	4	-0.091	2	1	0	2
	2	8	4	2	0.250	1	1	0	0
Becchara Palmer	Total	25	16	4	0.480	0	9	5	1
	1	11	8	1	0.636	0	4	3	0
	2	14	8	3	0.357	0	5	2	1

Thu, 6/16/2011

Winner 1

Ying Huang / Yuan Yue, China (30)

Won 24-26, 22-20, 15-11

1:03

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Louise Bawden	Total	29	18	3	0.517	6	3	3	4
	1	10	7	2	0.500	3	1	1	2
	2	13	8	1	0.538	2	1	1	1
	3	6	3	0	0.500	1	1	1	1
Becchara Palmer	Total	29	19	3	0.552	0	10	2	5
	1	10	6	2	0.400	0	2	2	2
	2	12	8	1	0.583	0	5	0	1
	3	7	5	0	0.714	0	3	0	2

Fri, 6/17/2011

Winner 2

Lenka Hajeckova / Hana Skalnikova, Czech Republic (22)

Lost 21-16, 19-21, 13-15

0:53

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Louise Bawden	Total	24	12	2	0.417	4	4	0	2
	1	10	5	1	0.400	2	0	0	1
	2	11	5	1	0.364	2	4	0	0
	3	3	2	0	0.667	0	0	0	1
Becchara Palmer	Total	46	20	11	0.196	0	19	2	5
	1	7	4	1	0.429	0	5	2	1
	2	23	10	5	0.217	0	9	0	3
	3	16	6	5	0.063	0	5	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Louise Bawden	101	53	16	0.366	16	12	3	11
Becchara Palmer	164	90	29	0.372	3	59	14	21
Total	265	143	45	0.370	19	71	17	32
Opponents	268	130	53	0.287	10	65	10	36

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2009	World Championships	Stavanger	Did not play	Heike Jensen - 37th
2013	World Championships	Stare Jablonki	Taliqua Clancy - 17th	Did not play
2015	World Championships	The Hague	Taliqua Clancy - 5th	Did not play
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Taliqua Clancy - 17th	Did not play
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Did not play	Nicole Laird - 33rd

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/13-19/2011	Rome World Championships	18	9th	400	US$11,000.00

Head to Head Results
Bawden/Palmer trail the series against the field 29-41 (Lead 12 Series, Trail 12 Series, 6 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 0-6
6/8/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool A	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Bawden/Palmer	17	21-14, 21-13	0:33
4/20/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 3	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Bawden/Palmer	25, Q1	21-16, 18-21, 15-5	0:52
5/20/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool A	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Bawden/Palmer	16	21-10, 21-12	0:34
5/6/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 2	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Bawden/Palmer	17	21-11, 21-13	0:36
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 0-4
4/28/11	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 2	Antonelli/Antunes	3	Bawden/Palmer	19, Q1	22-20, 21-18	0:44
8/6/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Winner 2	Antonelli/Antunes	2	Bawden/Palmer	27, Q4	21-18, 21-18	0:42
6/10/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool C	Antonelli/Antunes	3	Bawden/Palmer	14	21-15, 21-15	0:36
8/6/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 3	Antonelli/Antunes	2	Bawden/Palmer	26, Q3	21-19, 21-17	0:39
Trail the series against # 3 Kessy/Ross, United States 1-2
5/19/11	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	2	Bawden/Palmer	15, Q2	21-15, 21-19	0:38
4/29/11	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 3	Kessy/Ross	6	Bawden/Palmer	19, Q1	21-12, 21-16	0:35
4/19/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 1	Bawden/Palmer	25, Q1	Kessy/Ross	8	21-18, 21-12	0:38
Series tied with # 4 Keizer/Van Iersel, Netherlands 1-1
6/11/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 1	Keizer/Van Iersel	18	Bawden/Palmer	14	21-16, 21-15	0:40
5/7/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 2	Bawden/Palmer	17	Keizer/Van Iersel	15	21-14, 21-18	0:38
Trail the series against # 6 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 1-3
5/5/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 2	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	5	Bawden/Palmer	21, Q1	21-15, 28-26	0:42
4/20/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 4	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	6	Bawden/Palmer	25, Q1	22-20, 21-15	0:37
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
Lead the series against # 7 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 2-0
6/14/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool G	Bawden/Palmer	18	Ludwig/Niedrig	7	21-14, 29-27	0:46
8/12/09	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 2	Bawden/Palmer	20, Q1	Ludwig/Niedrig	4	21-18, 18-21, 15-13	0:52
Trail the series against # 8 Xue/Zhang, China 0-2
5/6/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 4	Xue/Zhang	2	Bawden/Palmer	21, Q1	21-18, 21-16	0:35
7/7/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool D	Xue/Zhang	4	Bawden/Palmer	29	21-14, 21-15	0:35
Trail the series against # 9 Cunha/Lima, Brazil 0-2
7/29/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool H	Cunha/Lima	24, Q7	Bawden/Palmer	25, Q1	21-14, 21-18	0:39
6/18/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 2	Cunha/Lima	6, Q3	Bawden/Palmer	22	17-21, 21-17, 18-16	1:00
Series tied with # 10 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 2-2
6/10/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Winner 1	Salgado/Salgado	11, Q1	Bawden/Palmer	17	21-13, 21-13	0:37
8/4/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool F	Bawden/Palmer	27, Q4	Salgado/Salgado	11	25-27, 23-21, 15-12	1:06
7/28/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool H	Bawden/Palmer	25, Q1	Salgado/Salgado	8	23-21, 17-21, 19-17	1:05
5/7/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 3	Salgado/Salgado	8	Bawden/Palmer	17	21-19, 21-12	0:37
Lead the series against # 12 Fendrick/Niles, United States 1-0
8/6/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Winner 1	Bawden/Palmer	27, Q4	Fendrick/Niles	21	21-16, 18-21, 17-15	1:01
Series tied with # 13 Cicolari/Menegatti, Italy 1-1
8/12/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 2	Cicolari/Menegatti	17	Bawden/Palmer	18	24-22, 21-13	0:43
5/6/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Bawden/Palmer	17	Cicolari/Menegatti	16	21-13, 7-21, 15-13	0:45
Lead the series against # 14 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
Lead the series against # 15 Hinchley/Rohkamper, Australia 1-0
5/18/11	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Qualifier 3	Bawden/Palmer	15, Q2	Hinchley/Rohkamper	Q15	21-16, 21-19	0:41
Series tied with # 16 Lessard/Martin, Canada 1-1
5/19/11	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 1	Bawden/Palmer	15, Q2	Lessard/Martin	18	21-11, 21-15	0:37
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 0-3
6/8/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool A	Kuhn/Zumkehr	16	Bawden/Palmer	17	21-14, 23-25, 15-11	0:56
5/19/11	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 2	Kuhn/Zumkehr	16	Bawden/Palmer	15, Q2	14-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:50
7/30/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool C	Kuhn/Zumkehr	19	Bawden/Palmer	30, Q15	17-21, 21-18, 15-9	0:56
Trail the series against # 19 Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani, Greece 0-1
5/20/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	11	Bawden/Palmer	16	22-20, 21-13	0:37
Trail the series against # 20 Kolocova/Slukova, Czech Republic 0-2
7/23/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 4	Kolocova/Slukova	14	Bawden/Palmer	24	21-18, 21-19	0:51
7/1/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool G	Kolocova/Slukova	26, Q5	Bawden/Palmer	23	21-19, 21-16	0:41
Trail the series against # 21 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 0-2
8/5/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool F	Nystrom/Nystrom	22	Bawden/Palmer	27, Q4	21-17, 21-18	0:40
7/8/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool D	Nystrom/Nystrom	20	Bawden/Palmer	29	21-11, 21-15	0:36
Trail the series against # 22 Hajeckova/Skalnikova, Czech Republic 0-3
6/17/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Winner 2	Hajeckova/Skalnikova	22	Bawden/Palmer	18	16-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:53
8/26/10	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 1	Hajeckova/Skalnikova	14	Bawden/Palmer	19	26-24, 15-21, 15-13	0:58
5/18/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool A	Hajeckova/Skalnikova	17, Q4	Bawden/Palmer	16	22-20, 21-11	0:41
Lead the series against # 23 Baquerizo/Fernandez, Spain 2-0
4/28/11	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 1	Bawden/Palmer	19, Q1	Baquerizo/Fernandez	14	21-12, 21-14	0:35
8/5/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 2	Bawden/Palmer	26, Q3	Baquerizo/Fernandez	23	21-12, 21-12	0:27
Series tied with # 24 Kohler/Sude, Germany 1-1
5/6/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 2	Bawden/Palmer	21, Q1	Kohler/Sude	27	21-14, 17-21, 16-14	0:55
8/19/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 3	Kohler/Sude	29, Q9	Bawden/Palmer	22	23-21, 21-14	0:45
Lead the series against # 25 Kadijk/Mooren, Netherlands 1-0
5/5/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Bawden/Palmer	21, Q1	Kadijk/Mooren	12, Q21	21-19, 21-19	0:35
Series tied with # 27 Hansel/Montagnolli, Austria 1-1
7/28/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool H	Hansel/Montagnolli	9	Bawden/Palmer	25, Q1	20-22, 21-19, 15-7	0:59
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 # 28 Martins/Santanna, Georgia 2-1
5/6/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 3	Bawden/Palmer	21, Q1	Martins/Santanna	19	23-21, 21-13	0:37
7/22/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 3	Bawden/Palmer	24	Martins/Santanna	16	20-22, 21-15, 20-18	0:59
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 # 30 Huang/Yue, China 1-0
6/16/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Winner 1	Bawden/Palmer	18	Huang/Yue	30	24-26, 22-20, 15-11	1:03
Lead the series against # 31 Banck/Gunther, Germany 4-1
6/15/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool G	Bawden/Palmer	18	Banck/Gunther	31	21-19, 22-20	0:44
8/11/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 1	Banck/Gunther	15	Bawden/Palmer	18	21-15, 21-17	0:39
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
Lead the series against # 36 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
Trail the series against # 40 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 1-2
7/7/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool D	Holtwick/Semmler	13	Bawden/Palmer	29	21-18, 22-20	0:42
6/18/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 1	Bawden/Palmer	22	Holtwick/Semmler	11	21-17, 16-21, 15-11	0:54
6/9/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool C	Holtwick/Semmler	19	Bawden/Palmer	14	14-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:44
Lead the series against # 42 Meppelink/Wesselink, Netherlands 2-0
6/13/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool G	Bawden/Palmer	18	Meppelink/Wesselink	42	21-16, 21-14	0:34
6/9/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool A	Bawden/Palmer	17	Meppelink/Wesselink	32, Q5	21-17, 17-21, 15-12	0:58
Lead the series against # 43 Cook/West, Australia 1-0
4/27/11	FIVB	Sanya Open	Qualifier 3	Bawden/Palmer	19, Q1	Cook/West	Q17	21-13, 25-23	0:40