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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$800,000 Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam
March 8 - 13, 2016

(25, Q2) Melissa Humana-Paredes/Taylor Pischke, Canada

Melissa Humana-Paredes
Canada

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 10, 1992 (32 yrs old)

Home Town:

Toronto, ON

Height:

175 cm (5'9")

Weight:

63 kg (139 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$518,325.00

Taylor Pischke
Canada

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 18, 1993 (31 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

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 Rio de Janeiro Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/7-11/2015	Puerto Vallarta Open	13	9th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/18-23/2015	Long Beach Grand Slam	Q5	41st	40	US$0.00
FIVB	7/6-11/2015	Gstaad Major Series	26	25th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/26-7/4/2015	Netherlands World Championships	24	9th	500	US$11,000.00
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

Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 3/8/2016	Qualifier 1	Maria Julia Benet / Virginia Zonta, Argentina (Q31)	Won 19-21, 21-17, 15-7	0:52
Tue, 3/8/2016	Qualifier 2	Alexandra Jupiter / Laura Longuet, France (Q15)	Won 22-20, 21-16	0:35
Wed, 3/9/2016	Pool H	April Ross / Kerri Walsh Jennings, United States (8)	Lost 24-22, 19-21, 8-15	0:55
Wed, 3/9/2016	Pool H	Ekaterina Birlova / Evgenia Ukolova, Russia (24)	Lost 17-21, 19-21	0:35
Thu, 3/10/2016	Pool H	Lauren Fendrick / Brooke Sweat, United States (9)	Lost 13-21, 14-21	0:34

Head to Head Results
Humana-Paredes/Pischke trail the series against the field 17-31 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 14 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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 # 6 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 # 7 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 # 8 Ross/Walsh Jennings, United States 0-3
3/9/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Pool H	Ross/Walsh Jennings	8	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	25, Q2	22-24, 21-19, 15-8	0:55
7/8/15	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Pool G	Ross/Walsh Jennings	7	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	26	21-13, 21-17	0:35
9/24/14	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Pool B	Ross/Walsh Jennings	2	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	18	21-16, 21-14	0:33
Series tied with # 9 Fendrick/Sweat, United States 1-1
3/10/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Pool H	Fendrick/Sweat	9	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	25, Q2	21-13, 21-14	0:34
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 # 10 Borger/Buthe, Germany 0-2
7/8/15	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Pool G	Borger/Buthe	10	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	26	14-7 Retired	0:16
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 # 13 Menegatti/Orsi Toth, Italy 2-3
10/9/15	FIVB	Puerto Vallarta Open	Pool D	Menegatti/Orsi Toth	4	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	13	21-13, 18-21, 15-9	1:02
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
Trail the series against # 14 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
Lead the series against # 16 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
Trail the series against # 17 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 # 20 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
Trail the series against # 21 Matauatu/Pata, Vanuatu 0-1
10/10/15	FIVB	Puerto Vallarta Open	Winner 2	Matauatu/Pata	6	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	13	21-18, 21-15	0:35
Lead the series against # 22 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
Trail the series against # 24 Birlova/Ukolova, Russia 0-1
3/9/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Pool H	Birlova/Ukolova	24	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	25, Q2	21-17, 21-19	0:35
Trail the series against # 27, Q5 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
Lead the series against # 28, Q6 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
Trail the series against # 29, Q7 Lahti/Lehtonen, Finland 1-2
10/9/15	FIVB	Puerto Vallarta Open	Winner 1	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	13	Lahti/Lehtonen	9	19-21, 21-13, 15-13	0:49
6/4/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Winner 1	Lahti/Lehtonen	28, Q10	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	19	21-15, 21-14	0:37
5/23/15	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 2	Lahti/Lehtonen	16	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	6	21-16, 22-20	0:38
Trail the series against # 30, Q9 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
Lead the series against # 32, Q20 Arvaniti/Karagkouni, Greece 1-0
5/10/14	FIVB	Puerto Vallarta Open	Winner 1	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	18	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	16	21-15, 23-21	0:39
Lead the series against # Q8 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
Lead the series against # Q13 Hansel/Schwaiger, Austria 2-1
6/4/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Pool C	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	19	Hansel/Schwaiger	30	24-22, 19-21, 17-15	1:01
5/21/15	FIVB	Prague Open	Pool F	Hansel/Schwaiger	22, Q1	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	6	16-21, 21-19, 15-9	0:49
5/13/15	FIVB	Lucerne Open	Pool G	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	7	Hansel/Schwaiger	23	21-19, 14-21, 15-12	0:50
Lead the series against # Q15 Jupiter/Longuet, France 1-0
3/8/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	25, Q2	Jupiter/Longuet	Q15	22-20, 21-16	0:35
Lead the series against # Q17 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 # Q31 Benet/Zonta, Argentina 1-0
3/8/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	25, Q2	Benet/Zonta	Q31	19-21, 21-17, 15-7	0:52