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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$800,000 Long Beach Grand Slam
August 23 - 28, 2016

(17) 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 Long Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2013	Taylor Pischke - 17th	Melissa Humana-Paredes - 17th
2014	Taylor Pischke - 17th	Melissa Humana-Paredes - 17th
2015	Taylor Pischke - 41st	Melissa Humana-Paredes - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/25-30/2016	A1 Major Klagenfurt	20	17th	240	US$7,000.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2016	Gstaad Major	23	25th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/2/2016	Porec Major	18	17th	240	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/14-18/2016	Poland Grand Slam	17	9th	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	6/7-11/2016	Major Hamburg	24	9th	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	5/17-21/2016	Cincinnati Open	10	17th	180	US$1,200.00
FIVB	4/20-24/2016	Fuzhou Open	14	25th	120	US$800.00
FIVB	4/13-17/2016	Xiamen Open	12	5th	300	US$3,375.00
FIVB	3/15-20/2016	Vitória Open	19	9th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	3/8-13/2016	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	25, Q2	25th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2015	Puerto Vallarta Open	13	9th	240	US$2,000.00

Long Beach Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/24/2016	Pool A	Maria Antonelli / Liliane Maestrini, Brazil (16, Q1)	Lost 11-21, 21-23	0:36
Wed, 8/24/2016	Pool A	April Ross / Kerri Walsh Jennings, United States (1)	Lost 16-21, 17-21	0:36
Thu, 8/25/2016	Pool A	Carolina Horta / Ana Patricia Silva, Brazil (32, Q14)	Won 21-19, 26-24	0:37
Fri, 8/26/2016	Winner 1	Katrin Holtwick / Ilka Semmler, Germany (13)	Lost 11-21, 17-21	0:31

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	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	2	3	1	$47,575.00	17	21	44.7 %
2016	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	4	3	0	$60,375.00	23	30	43.4 %
Total	FIVB	28	0	0	0	0	3	0	9	0	8	7	1	$154,650.00	53	68	43.8 %
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
10	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	3	1	$23,787.50	2015	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	3	1	$23,787.50
12	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	3	0	$30,187.50	2016	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	3	0	$30,187.50
35	0	1	2	0	4	10	9	8	1	$78,325.00	Total	Total	31	0	0	2	0	4	9	8	7	1	$77,325.00

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%
2015-2016	27	62.8%	7	16.3%	9	20.9%	34-9	79.1%	6	13.0%	6	13.0%	34	73.9%	6-40	13.0%	27-34	44.3%	13-15	46.4%	0	2	40-51	44.0%
Against the Field	9	50.0%	2	11.1%	7	38.9%	11-7	61.1%	1	5.6%	1	5.6%	16	88.9%	1-17	5.6%	18-30	37.5%	6-16	27.3%	0	1	12-24	33.3%

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 13-24 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 12 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Ross/Walsh Jennings, United States 0-4
8/24/16	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Pool A	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	17	21-16, 21-17	0:36
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
Trail the series against # 2 Antunes/Maestrini, Brazil 0-1
3/18/16	FIVB	Vitória Open	Winner 2	Antunes/Maestrini	1	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	19	21-16, 21-12	0:29
Trail the series against # 3 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 # 5 Laboureur/Sude, Germany 0-4
7/27/16	FIVB	A1 Major Klagenfurt	Pool D	Laboureur/Sude	4	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	20	22-20, 21-18	0:37
6/15/16	FIVB	Poland Grand Slam	Pool A	Laboureur/Sude	16	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	17	17-21, 21-14, 15-12	0:41
4/16/16	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Winner 3	Laboureur/Sude	15	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	12	21-17, 21-12	0:31
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 # 6 Brzostek/Wojtasik, Poland 0-1
6/15/16	FIVB	Poland Grand Slam	Pool A	Brzostek/Wojtasik	1	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	17	12-21, 21-16, 15-8	0:41
Trail the series against # 8 Fendrick/Sweat, United States 1-2
4/22/16	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool C	Fendrick/Sweat	3	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	14	23-21, 21-12	0:34
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 # 9 Felisberta/Lima, Brazil 0-1
3/16/16	FIVB	Vitória Open	Pool C	Felisberta/Lima	3	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	19	21-19, 21-16	0:40
Trail the series against # 10 Forrer/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 0-2
4/15/16	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool E	Forrer/Verge-Depre	5	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	12	19-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:43
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 # 11 Hermannova/Slukova, Czech Republic 2-0
6/29/16	FIVB	Porec Major	Pool B	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	18	Hermannova/Slukova	15	17-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:41
3/18/16	FIVB	Vitória Open	Winner 1	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	19	Hermannova/Slukova	21	23-21, 21-18	0:42
Lead the series against # 12 Gallay/Klug, Argentina 2-1
7/27/16	FIVB	A1 Major Klagenfurt	Pool D	Gallay/Klug	13	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	20	21-19, 21-17	0:40
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 # 13 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 1-3
8/26/16	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Winner 1	Holtwick/Semmler	13	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	17	21-11, 21-17	0:31
6/10/16	FIVB	Major Hamburg	Winner 1	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	24	Holtwick/Semmler	18	21-18, 21-17	0:38
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 # 16, Q1 Antonelli/Maestrini, Brazil 0-1
8/24/16	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Pool A	Antonelli/Maestrini	16, Q1	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	17	21-11, 23-21	0:36
Trail the series against # 21 Carico/Ross, United States 0-1
7/7/16	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Pool G	Carico/Ross	26, Q6	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	23	18-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:48
Trail the series against # 25 Gordon/Wilkerson, Canada 0-1
5/18/16	FIVB	Cincinnati Open	Pool G	Gordon/Wilkerson	23, Q3	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	10	20-22, 21-18, 15-13	0:50
Lead the series against # 31, Q12 Flint/Kolinske, United States 1-0
6/10/14	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 23 World Championships	Qualifier 2	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	4, Q1	Flint/Kolinske	36, Q9	21-11, 21-18	0:28
Lead the series against # 32, Q14 Horta/Silva, Brazil 1-0
8/25/16	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Pool A	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	17	Horta/Silva	32, Q14	21-19, 26-24	0:37
Lead the series against # Q3 Mersmann/Schneider, Germany 2-0
4/16/16	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Winner 2	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	12	Mersmann/Schneider	22, Q3	21-17, 21-16	0:33
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 # Q6 Kjolberg/Kongshavn, Norway 1-0
5/14/15	FIVB	Lucerne Open	Pool G	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	7	Kjolberg/Kongshavn	26, Q4	21-13, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # Q16 Davidova/Olivova, Czech Republic 1-0
10/8/15	FIVB	Puerto Vallarta Open	Pool D	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	13	Davidova/Olivova	29, Q13	21-15, 21-14	0:33
Lead the series against # Q17 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