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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$800,000 Smart Major Hamburg
June 7 - 11, 2016

(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 Hamburg Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
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

Major Hamburg Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/8/2016	Pool H	Louise Bawden / Taliqua Clancy, Australia (9)	Won 21-18, 18-21, 24-22	0:58
Wed, 6/8/2016	Pool H	Madelein Meppelink / Marleen Van Iersel, Netherlands (8)	Lost 13-21, 15-21	0:31
Thu, 6/9/2016	Pool H	Emily Capers / Jennifer Kessy, United States (25)	Won 21-19, 21-14	0:36
Fri, 6/10/2016	Winner 1	Katrin Holtwick / Ilka Semmler, Germany (18)	Won 21-18, 21-17	0:38
Fri, 6/10/2016	Winner 2	Laura Ludwig / Kira Walkenhorst, Germany (1)	Lost 18-21, 16-21	0:36

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	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	2	0	$24,375.00	16	17	48.5 %
Total	FIVB	23	0	0	0	0	3	0	8	0	5	6	1	$118,650.00	46	55	45.5 %
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
7	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	2	0	$12,187.50	2016	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	2	0	$12,187.50
30	0	1	2	0	4	9	6	7	1	$60,325.00	Total	Total	26	0	0	2	0	4	8	5	6	1	$59,325.00

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	12	48.0%	6	24.0%	7	28.0%	18-7	72.0%	4	8.5%	6	12.8%	37	78.7%	4-43	8.5%	24-70	25.5%	20-26	43.5%	0	2	22-50	30.6%

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 21-40 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 17 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Ludwig/Walkenhorst, Germany 0-1
6/10/16	FIVB	Major Hamburg	Winner 2	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	1	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	24	21-18, 21-16	0:36
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 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
Trail the series against # 4 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 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 # 7 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 # 8 Meppelink/Van Iersel, Netherlands 0-3
6/8/16	FIVB	Major Hamburg	Pool H	Meppelink/Van Iersel	8	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	24	21-13, 21-15	0:31
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
Series tied with # 9 Bawden/Clancy, Australia 1-1
6/8/16	FIVB	Major Hamburg	Pool H	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	24	Bawden/Clancy	9	21-18, 18-21, 24-22	0:58
7/30/14	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool D	Bawden/Clancy	13	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	29, Q8	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 10 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 # 12 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
Trail the series against # 14 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 # 15 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
Lead the series against # 17 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 # 18 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 1-2
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 # 20 Matauatu/Pata, Vanuatu 0-2
5/19/16	FIVB	Cincinnati Open	Pool G	Matauatu/Pata	7	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	10	21-9, 25-23	0:35
10/10/15	FIVB	Puerto Vallarta Open	Winner 2	Matauatu/Pata	6	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	13	21-18, 21-15	0:35
Trail the series against # 21 Laboureur/Sude, Germany 0-2
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 # 22 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 # 23 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
Series tied with # 25 Capers/Kessy, United States 1-1
6/9/16	FIVB	Major Hamburg	Pool H	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	24	Capers/Kessy	25	21-19, 21-14	0:36
3/16/16	FIVB	Vitória Open	Pool C	Capers/Kessy	14	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	19	21-15, 17-21, 20-18	0:49
Trail the series against # 26, Q2 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
Lead the series against # 27, Q3 Wang/Yue, China 2-1
5/20/16	FIVB	Cincinnati Open	Winner 1	Wang/Yue	14	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	10	21-16, 16-21, 15-12	0:45
4/15/16	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Winner 1	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	12	Wang/Yue	16	21-18, 21-19	0:42
6/12/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Winner 1	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	19	Wang/Yue	10	21-17, 21-18	0:39
Lead the series against # 28, Q5 Nestarcova/Pridalova, Slovakia 3-0
4/21/16	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool C	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	14	Nestarcova/Pridalova	19	24-22, 19-21, 19-17	0:59
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 # 30, Q6 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 # 31, Q7 Arvaniti/Karagkouni, Greece 2-0
4/14/16	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool E	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	12	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	28, Q5	21-17, 21-17	0:36
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 # 32, 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 # Q10 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