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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$1,000,000 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships 2015
June 26 - July 4, 2015

(24) 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 The Hague Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/17-21/2015	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	20	25th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/8-13/2015	Stavanger Major Series	19	9th	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	6/1-6/2015	Porec Major Series	19	17th	240	US$7,000.00
FIVB	5/25-31/2015	Moscow Grand Slam	20	25th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	5/19-24/2015	Prague Open	6	9th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	5/11-17/2015	Lucerne Open	7	17th	180	US$1,200.00
FIVB	4/22-26/2015	Fuzhou Open	6	5th	300	US$3,375.00
FIVB	9/23-28/2014	São Paulo Grand Slam	18	5th	480	US$17,000.00
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

Netherlands World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sat, 6/27/2015	Pool A	Majo Orellana / Maria Orellana, Guatemala (48)	Won 21-11, 21-7	0:30
Sun, 6/28/2015	Pool A	Madelein Meppelink / Marleen Van Iersel, Netherlands (1)	Lost 15-21, 14-21	0:36
Mon, 6/29/2015	Pool A	Tatyana Mashkova / Irina Tsimbalova, Kazakhstan (25)	Won 22-24, 24-22, 15-12	0:58
Wed, 7/1/2015	Winner 1	Dominika Nestarcova / Natalia Pridalova, Slovakia (14)	Won 24-22, 21-15	0:42
Thu, 7/2/2015	Winner 2	Agatha Bednarczuk / Barbara Seixas, Brazil (6)	Lost 15-21, 14-21	0:37

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2015	World Championships	The Hague	Taylor Pischke - 9th	Melissa Humana-Paredes - 9th
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Sarah Pavan - 4th	Jamie Broder - 33rd
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Sarah Pavan - 1st	Did not play
2022	World Championships	Rome	Sarah Pavan - 5th	Did not play
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Brandie Wilkerson - 5th	Did not play
2025	World Championships	Adelaide	Brandie Wilkerson - 5th	Did not play

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/26-7/4/2015	Netherlands World Championships	24	9th	500	US$11,000.00

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 %
2015	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	2	2	0	$43,575.00	17	17	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	0	4	3	0	$90,275.00	30	34	46.9 %
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
8	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	2	0	$21,787.50	2015	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	2	0	$21,787.50
21	0	1	2	0	3	6	5	4	0	$46,137.50	Total	Total	17	0	0	2	0	3	5	4	3	0	$45,137.50

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	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%
2014-2015	18	58.1%	7	22.6%	6	19.4%	25-6	80.6%	3	11.1%	3	11.1%	21	77.8%	3-24	11.1%	18-21	46.2%	10-9	52.6%	0	5	28-35	44.4%
Against the Field	12	46.2%	6	23.1%	8	30.8%	18-8	69.2%	3	6.7%	6	13.3%	36	80.0%	3-42	6.7%	24-62	27.9%	18-28	39.1%	0	5	21-50	29.6%

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 14-25 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 13 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Meppelink/Van Iersel, Netherlands 0-2
6/28/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Pool A	Meppelink/Van Iersel	1	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	24	21-15, 21-14	0:36
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 # 3 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 # 4 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 # 6 Bednarczuk/Seixas, Brazil 0-5
7/2/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Winner 2	Bednarczuk/Seixas	6	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	24	21-15, 21-14	0:37
6/12/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Winner 2	Bednarczuk/Seixas	1	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	19	21-16, 21-19	0:37
6/3/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Pool C	Bednarczuk/Seixas	3	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	19	21-19, 21-18	0:42
5/27/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool D	Bednarczuk/Seixas	4	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	20	21-13, 21-16	0:39
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 # 7 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 # 9 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 # 10 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
Lead the series against # 12 Wang/Yue, China 1-0
6/12/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Winner 1	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	19	Wang/Yue	10	21-17, 21-18	0:39
Series tied with # 13 Menegatti/Orsi Toth, Italy 2-2
6/18/15	FIVB	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	Pool D	Menegatti/Orsi Toth	4	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	20	16-21, 21-19, 16-14	0:57
6/10/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Pool C	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	19	Menegatti/Orsi Toth	3	26-24, 20-22, 15-13	0:53
5/27/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool D	Menegatti/Orsi Toth	13	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	20	21-11, 21-18	0:37
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
Lead the series against # 14 Nestarcova/Pridalova, Slovakia 2-0
7/1/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Winner 1	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	24	Nestarcova/Pridalova	14	24-22, 21-15	0:42
6/3/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Pool C	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	19	Nestarcova/Pridalova	14	21-17, 21-18	0:36
Lead the series against # 15 Fendrick/Sweat, United States 1-0
4/25/15	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 2	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	6	Fendrick/Sweat	4	21-16, 21-13	0:33
Trail the series against # 17 Bawden/Clancy, Australia 0-1
7/30/14	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool D	Bawden/Clancy	13	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	29, Q8	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 18 Laboureur/Sude, Germany 0-1
6/18/15	FIVB	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	Pool D	Laboureur/Sude	13, Q3	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	20	21-16, 21-13	0:35
Trail the series against # 23 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 # 25 Mashkova/Tsimbalova, Kazakhstan 2-1
6/29/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Pool A	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	24	Mashkova/Tsimbalova	25	22-24, 24-22, 15-12	0:58
5/21/15	FIVB	Prague Open	Pool F	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	6	Mashkova/Tsimbalova	27, Q7	21-19, 19-21, 15-8	0:50
5/15/15	FIVB	Lucerne Open	Winner 1	Mashkova/Tsimbalova	27, Q5	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	7	21-11, 21-17	0:32
Trail the series against # 27 Artacho/Laird, Australia 0-2
6/11/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Pool C	Artacho/Laird	30, Q25	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	19	25-23, 21-13	0:40
6/15/14	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 23 World Championships	Semi-Finals	Artacho/Laird	2	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	4, Q1	18-21, 22-20, 15-9	0:53
Trail the series against # 29 Broder/May, Canada 0-2
5/13/15	FIVB	Lucerne Open	Pool G	Broder/May	10	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	7	21-16, 18-21, 15-12	0:50
4/25/15	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 3	Broder/May	13	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	6	21-16, 20-22, 15-13	0:52
Trail the series against # 33 Forrer/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 0-1
6/20/15	FIVB	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	Pool D	Forrer/Verge-Depre	29, Q6	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	20	21-19, 19-21, 15-10	0:58
Lead the series against # 35 Baran/Sliwka, Poland 1-0
8/20/14	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool G	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	26	Baran/Sliwka	10	21-12, 21-17	0:27
Lead the series against # 36 Gallay/Klug, Argentina 2-0
5/22/15	FIVB	Prague Open	Pool F	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	6	Gallay/Klug	11	21-19, 18-21, 16-14	1:01
4/24/15	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool F	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	6	Gallay/Klug	11	21-18, 21-15	0:37
Lead the series against # 39 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 # 46 Braakman/Sinnema, Netherlands 1-0
5/22/15	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 1	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	6	Braakman/Sinnema	29, Q19	21-13, 21-18	0:34
Lead the series against # 48 Orellana/Orellana, Guatemala 1-0
6/27/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Pool A	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	24	Orellana/Orellana	48	21-11, 21-7	0:30