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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$380,000 Brasília Open
April 15 - 20, 2012

(19) 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 Brasília Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2011	Becchara Palmer - 9th	Louise Bawden - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	11/1-6/2011	Phuket Open	19	4th	420	US$11,200.00
FIVB	7/11-16/2011	Moscow Grand Slam	23	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	7/4-9/2011	Gstaad Grand Slam	19	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/27-7/2/2011	Stavanger Grand Slam	16	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/13-19/2011	Rome World Championships	18	9th	400	US$11,000.00
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

Brasília Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 4/17/2012	Winner 1	Simone Kuhn / Nadine Zumkehr, Switzerland (14)	Won 23-21, 22-20	0:42
Tue, 4/17/2012	Winner 2	Chen Xue / Xi Zhang, China (3)	Lost 21-13, 18-21, 8-15	0:43
Wed, 4/18/2012	Contender 2	Lauren Fendrick / Brooke Niles, United States (13)	Won 13-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:49
Wed, 4/18/2012	Contender 3	Katrien Gielen / Liesbeth Mouha, Belgium (11)	Won 21-18, 21-19	0:35
Wed, 4/18/2012	Contender 4	Laura Ludwig / Sara Niedrig, Germany (9)	Lost 17-21, 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$)
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 %
2010	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	4	0	$51,600.00	19	28	40.4 %
2011	FIVB	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	5	0	0	$61,650.00	29	22	56.9 %
2012	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	27	0	1	0	1	1	0	6	3	10	4	1	$156,250.00	67	60	52.8 %

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
12	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	0	$25,800.00	2010	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	0	$25,800.00
10	0	0	0	1	0	4	5	0	0	$30,825.00	2011	FIVB	10	0	0	0	1	0	4	5	0	0	$30,825.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,000.00	2012	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,000.00
32	0	1	0	1	1	9	10	5	5	$79,125.00	Total	Total	55	1	2	0	2	3	13	13	7	14	$98,800.00

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%
2011-2012	34	68.0%	10	20.0%	6	12.0%	44-6	88.0%	7	17.9%	8	20.5%	24	61.5%	7-32	17.9%	34-24	58.6%	17-14	54.8%	1	0	52-38	57.8%
Against the Field	27	58.7%	9	19.6%	10	21.7%	36-10	78.3%	7	14.0%	6	12.0%	37	74.0%	7-43	14.0%	54-72	42.9%	32-32	50.0%	1	0	44-52	45.8%

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 trail the series against the field 27-40 (Lead 12 Series, Trail 11 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings, United States 0-1
7/6/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool C	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	3	Bawden/Palmer	19	21-15, 21-10	0:29
Trail the series against # 2 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 0-7
6/30/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool A	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Bawden/Palmer	16	17-21, 21-8, 15-10	0:43
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 # 3 Xue/Zhang, China 0-4
4/17/12	FIVB	Brasília Open	Winner 2	Xue/Zhang	3	Bawden/Palmer	19	13-21, 21-18, 15-8	0:43
11/5/11	FIVB	Phuket Open	Semi-Finals	Xue/Zhang	1	Bawden/Palmer	19	21-18, 21-13	0:43
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 # 4 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 # 5 Kessy/Ross, United States 1-3
11/4/11	FIVB	Phuket Open	Winner 4	Kessy/Ross	2	Bawden/Palmer	19	21-19, 18-21, 15-11	1:16
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
Trail the series against # 6 Cunha/Lima, Brazil 1-3
11/4/11	FIVB	Phuket Open	Winner 3	Bawden/Palmer	19	Cunha/Lima	6	21-10, 21-15	0:36
7/7/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 1	Cunha/Lima	16, Q3	Bawden/Palmer	19	16-21, 26-24, 15-11	0:55
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
Trail the series against # 7 Cicolari/Menegatti, Italy 1-2
11/6/11	FIVB	Phuket Open	Bronze Medal	Cicolari/Menegatti	5	Bawden/Palmer	19	21-19, 21-15	0:47
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
Series tied with # 8 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
Series tied with # 9 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 2-2
4/18/12	FIVB	Brasília Open	Contender 4	Ludwig/Niedrig	9	Bawden/Palmer	19	21-17, 21-16	0:37
7/13/11	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool G	Ludwig/Niedrig	7	Bawden/Palmer	23	21-17, 17-21, 15-13	0:51
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
Lead the series against # 10 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
Lead the series against # 11 Gielen/Mouha, Belgium 1-0
4/18/12	FIVB	Brasília Open	Contender 3	Bawden/Palmer	19	Gielen/Mouha	11	21-18, 21-19	0:35
Lead the series against # 13 Fendrick/Niles, United States 3-0
4/18/12	FIVB	Brasília Open	Contender 2	Bawden/Palmer	19	Fendrick/Niles	13	13-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:49
11/5/11	FIVB	Phuket Open	Contender 6	Bawden/Palmer	19	Fendrick/Niles	11	23-21, 18-21, 15-12	1:05
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
Trail the series against # 14 Kuhn/Zumkehr, Switzerland 1-3
4/17/12	FIVB	Brasília Open	Winner 1	Bawden/Palmer	19	Kuhn/Zumkehr	14	23-21, 22-20	0:42
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
Lead the series against # 15 Cook/Hinchley, Australia 1-0
7/22/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 2	Bawden/Palmer	24	Cook/Hinchley	26, Q21	21-15, 23-21	0:53
Lead the series against # 18 Lavalle/Maestrini, Brazil 2-0
11/3/11	FIVB	Phuket Open	Winner 1	Bawden/Palmer	19	Lavalle/Maestrini	14	21-15, 17-21, 15-12	0:52
4/29/11	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 2	Bawden/Palmer	19, Q1	Lavalle/Maestrini	20, Q9	19-21, 21-16, 15-9	0:55
Trail the series against # 20 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 1-3
6/29/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool A	Holtwick/Semmler	17	Bawden/Palmer	16	21-19, 22-24, 15-9	0:48
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
Trail the series against # 21 Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani, Greece 0-2
7/1/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	19	Bawden/Palmer	16	21-14, 21-14	0:32
5/20/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Winner 1	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	11	Bawden/Palmer	16	22-20, 21-13	0:37
Lead the series against # 22 Birlova/Ukolova, Russia 1-0
7/13/11	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool G	Bawden/Palmer	23	Birlova/Ukolova	10	21-14, 16-21, 15-7	0:49
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 # 30, Q3 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 # 32, Q18 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 # Q4 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
Trail the series against # Q5 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
Series tied with # Q11 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
Lead the series against # Q15 Mizoe/Tanaka, Japan 1-0
5/4/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Qualifier 3	Bawden/Palmer	21, Q1	Mizoe/Tanaka	Q16	21-16, 21-14	0:31
Lead the series against # Q17 Brzostek/Wojtasik, Poland 1-0
4/18/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Qualifier 2	Bawden/Palmer	25, Q1	Brzostek/Wojtasik	Q16	17-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:57
Lead the series against # Q22 MacTavish/Rodrigue, Canada 1-0
5/18/11	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Qualifier 2	Bawden/Palmer	15, Q2	MacTavish/Rodrigue	Q31	21-16, 21-15	0:35