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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Fuzhou Open
April 22 - 26, 2015

(6) 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 Fuzhou Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
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

Fuzhou Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 4/23/2015	Pool F	Greta Cicolari / Francesca Giogoli, Italy (27, Q8)	Won 21-19, 21-16	0:36
Thu, 4/23/2015	Pool F	Lena Plesiutschnig / Katharina Schutzenhofer, Austria (22)	Won 21-18, 21-14	0:33
Fri, 4/24/2015	Pool F	Ana Gallay / Georgina Klug, Argentina (11)	Won 21-18, 21-15	0:37
Sat, 4/25/2015	Winner 2	Lauren Fendrick / Brooke Sweat, United States (4)	Won 21-16, 21-13	0:33
Sat, 4/25/2015	Winner 3	Jamie Broder / Kristina May, Canada (13)	Lost 16-21, 22-20, 13-15	0:52

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	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,375.00	4	1	80.0 %
Total	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	1	0	$50,075.00	17	18	48.6 %
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
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,687.50	2015	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,687.50
14	0	1	2	0	3	3	3	2	0	$26,037.50	Total	Total	10	0	0	2	0	3	2	2	1	0	$25,037.50

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	14	60.9%	6	26.1%	3	13.0%	20-3	87.0%	2	9.5%	3	14.3%	16	76.2%	2-19	9.5%	28-30	48.3%	16-12	57.1%	0	1	22-22	50.0%

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 lead the series against the field 9-4 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 3 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
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
Lead the series against # 4 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 # 5 Bawden/Clancy, Australia 0-1
7/30/14	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool D	Bawden/Clancy	13	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	29, Q8	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # 11 Gallay/Klug, Argentina 1-0
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 # 12 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
Trail the series against # 13 Broder/May, Canada 0-1
4/25/15	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 3	Broder/May	13	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	6	21-16, 20-22, 15-13	0:52
Lead the series against # 22 Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer, Austria 1-0
4/23/15	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool F	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	6	Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer	22	21-18, 21-14	0:33
Lead the series against # 25, 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 # 26, Q5 Mersmann/Schneider, Germany 1-0
7/24/14	FIVB	ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball	Pool G	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	26, Q5	Mersmann/Schneider	23, Q4	21-15, 19-21, 15-11	0:53
Lead the series against # 27, Q8 Cicolari/Giogoli, Italy 1-0
4/23/15	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool F	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	6	Cicolari/Giogoli	27, Q8	21-19, 21-16	0:36
Series tied with # Q7 Lobato/Soria, Spain 1-1
6/14/14	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 23 World Championships	Winner 3	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	4, Q1	Lobato/Soria	16	21-19, 14-21, 15-13	1:00
6/12/14	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 23 World Championships	Pool D	Lobato/Soria	16	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	4, Q1	19-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:47
Lead the series against # Q15 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