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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$800,000 São Paulo Grand Slam
September 23 - 28, 2014

(18) Melissa Humana-Paredes/Taylor Pischke, Canada

Melissa Humana-Paredes
Canada

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 10, 1992 (33 yrs old)

Home Town:

Toronto, ON

Height:

175 cm (5'9")

Weight:

63 kg (139 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

105

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$576,075.00

Taylor Pischke
Canada

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 18, 1993 (32 yrs old)

Home Town:

Winnipeg, MB

Height:

183 cm (6'0")

Weight:

69 kg (152 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (2 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

4th (Aydin 2019)

Career Winnings:

US$105,833.36

Awards

Top Rookie 2014
Most Improved Player 2017
Best Setter 2018, 2019
Best Defensive Player 2019
Team of the Year 2019 (with Sarah Pavan)
VolleyballMag.com BPT Sportsmanship 2023

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	41	Money
FIVB	28	0	0	0	0	3	0	9	0	8	7	1	US$154,650.00
FIVB Age Group WC	3	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	31	0	0	2	0	4	0	9	0	8	7	1	US$154,650.00

Previous São Paulo Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/19-23/2014	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	26	9th	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	7/29-8/2/2014	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	29, Q8	25th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/22-27/2014	ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball	26, Q5	17th	240	US$9,000.00
FIVB Age Group WC	6/10-15/2014	Under 23 World Championships	4, Q1	3rd	224	US$0.00
FIVB	5/7-11/2014	Puerto Vallarta Open	18	9th	240	US$2,000.00

São Paulo Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 9/24/2014	Pool B	Chantal Laboureur / Anni Schumacher, Germany (15, Q3)	Won 21-8, 25-23	0:34
Wed, 9/24/2014	Pool B	April Ross / Kerri Walsh Jennings, United States (2)	Lost 16-21, 14-21	0:33
Thu, 9/25/2014	Pool B	Rebecca Cavalcanti / Liliane Maestrini, Brazil (31)	Won 21-10, 21-11	0:32
Fri, 9/26/2014	Winner 1	Brittany Hochevar / Heather McGuire, United States (24, Q4)	Won 21-13, 21-18	0:35
Fri, 9/26/2014	Winner 2	Rimke Braakman / Jantine van der Vlist, Netherlands (28, Q7)	Won 21-14, 21-14	0:34
Fri, 9/26/2014	Winner 3	Madelein Meppelink / Marleen Van Iersel, Netherlands (9)	Lost 16-21, 15-21	0:35

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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$11,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	18	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	6	6	0	$125,700.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	9	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	2	1	0	$17,950.00
U23 World Championships	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	31	0	0	2	0	4	0	9	0	8	7	0	$154,650.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Melissa Humana-Paredes												Taylor Pischke
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	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
6	1	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	$76,500.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$7,900.00
7	0	1	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	$88,500.00	World Tour Finals
48	6	2	2	0	17	7	7	6	0	$287,100.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	23	0	0	0	0	2	5	7	8	0	$79,850.00
33	2	6	1	4	5	9	4	2	0	$115,975.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	15	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	4	0	$12,475.00
3	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$8,000.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	7	0	0	0	1	1	2	3	0	0	$5,175.00
2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U23 World Championships	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
105	10	11	5	7	31	19	12	8	0	$576,075.00	Total	50	0	0	2	1	6	12	12	12	0	$105,400.00

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
2012	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	3	1	75.0 %
2013	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,700.00	2	3	40.0 %
2013	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	5	1	83.3 %
2014	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	$43,000.00	11	14	44.0 %
2014	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	9	2	81.8 %
Total	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	1	0	$46,700.00	13	17	43.3 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	3	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	17	4	81.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Melissa Humana-Paredes													Taylor Pischke
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2009	FIVB Age Group WC
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	1	0	$1,000.00	2011	FIVB
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2011	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2012	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,850.00	2013	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,850.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2013	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	$21,500.00	2014	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	$21,500.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2014	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
13	0	1	2	0	2	3	3	2	0	$24,350.00	Total	Total	9	0	0	2	0	2	2	2	1	0	$23,350.00

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	36	62.1%	9	15.5%	13	22.4%	45-13	77.6%	8	13.8%	7	12.1%	43	74.1%	8-50	13.8%	36-43	45.6%	17-20	45.9%	0	5	53-68	43.8%
2013-2014	9	60.0%	2	13.3%	4	26.7%	11-4	73.3%	2	16.7%	1	8.3%	9	75.0%	2-10	16.7%	9-9	50.0%	4-5	44.4%	0	3	13-17	43.3%
Against the Field	7	35.0%	5	25.0%	8	40.0%	12-8	60.0%	2	6.7%	5	16.7%	23	76.7%	2-28	6.7%	14-38	26.9%	14-26	35.0%	0	4	14-36	28.0%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	5	1	17	34	0	0	6	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	46
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	15	12	0	0	7	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	20
U23 World Championships	0	0	1	0	6	1	0	0	5	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	14	3
U21 World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
Total	0	0	6	1	42	48	0	0	20	21	0	2	2	0	0	0	70	72

Head to Head Results
Humana-Paredes/Pischke trail the series against the field 6-13 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 11 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Antonelli/Felisberta, Brazil 0-1
7/30/14	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool D	Antonelli/Felisberta	4	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	29, Q8	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 2 Ross/Walsh Jennings, United States 0-1
9/24/14	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Pool B	Ross/Walsh Jennings	2	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	18	21-16, 21-14	0:33
Trail the series against # 3 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 0-2
7/25/14	FIVB	ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball	Winner 1	Holtwick/Semmler	3	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	26, Q5	15-21, 21-16, 21-19	0:54
7/24/13	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Winner 1	Holtwick/Semmler	7	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	31, Q8	21-18, 21-15	0:35
Trail the series against # 5 Bednarczuk/Seixas, Brazil 0-1
5/8/14	FIVB	Puerto Vallarta Open	Pool B	Bednarczuk/Seixas	2	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	18	19-21, 21-18, 15-7	0:53
Trail the series against # 6 Borger/Buthe, Germany 0-1
8/20/14	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool G	Borger/Buthe	7	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	26	21-13, 21-14	0:32
Trail the series against # 8, Q1 Alves/Lima, Brazil 0-2
8/22/14	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Winner 2	Alves/Lima	8	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	26	19-21, 21-9, 18-16	0:51
7/23/14	FIVB	ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball	Pool G	Alves/Lima	7	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	26, Q5	21-10, 22-20	0:32
Trail the series against # 9 Meppelink/Van Iersel, Netherlands 0-1
9/26/14	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Winner 3	Meppelink/Van Iersel	9	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	18	21-16, 21-15	0:35
Trail the series against # 10 Ludwig/Sude, Germany 0-1
7/23/14	FIVB	ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball	Pool G	Ludwig/Sude	10	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	26, Q5	20-22, 21-15, 15-10	0:46
Lead the series against # 11 Menegatti/Orsi Toth, Italy 1-0
7/24/13	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Pool B	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	31, Q8	Menegatti/Orsi Toth	18	18-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:48
Trail the series against # 14 Goricanec/Huberli, Switzerland 0-1
7/31/14	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool D	Goricanec/Huberli	20, Q1	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	29, Q8	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # 15, Q3 Laboureur/Schumacher, Germany 1-0
9/24/14	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Pool B	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	18	Laboureur/Schumacher	15, Q3	21-8, 25-23	0:34
Trail the series against # 16 Capers/Ross, United States 0-1
7/23/13	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Pool B	Capers/Ross	15, Q2	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	31, Q8	24-22, 18-21, 15-9	0:52
Trail the series against # 20 Moiseeva/Ukolova, Russia 0-1
8/21/14	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool G	Moiseeva/Ukolova	23	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	26	30-28, 21-15	0:41
Lead the series against # 21 Prokopeva/Syrtseva, Russia 1-0
8/21/14	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Winner 1	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	26	Prokopeva/Syrtseva	22	21-19, 16-21, 17-15	0:51
Lead the series against # 24, Q4 Hochevar/McGuire, United States 1-0
9/26/14	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Winner 1	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	18	Hochevar/McGuire	24, Q4	21-13, 21-18	0:35
Lead the series against # 28, Q7 Braakman/van der Vlist, Netherlands 1-0
9/26/14	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Winner 2	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	18	Braakman/van der Vlist	28, Q7	21-14, 21-14	0:34
Lead the series against # 31 Cavalcanti/Maestrini, Brazil 1-0
9/25/14	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Pool B	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	18	Cavalcanti/Maestrini	31	21-10, 21-11	0:32