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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Cincinnati Open
May 17 - 21, 2016

(10) 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 Cincinnati Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
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

Cincinnati Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Wed, 5/18/2016

Pool G

Julie Gordon / Brandie Wilkerson, Canada (23, Q3)

Lost 22-20, 18-21, 13-15

0:50

Wed, 5/18/2016

Pool G

Lena Plesiutschnig / Katharina Schutzenhofer, Austria (26)

Won 21-19, 21-16

0:34

Thu, 5/19/2016

Pool G

Linline Matauatu / Miller Pata, Vanuatu (7)

Lost 9-21, 23-25

0:35

Fri, 5/20/2016

Winner 1

Fan Wang / Yuan Yue, China (14)

Lost 16-21, 21-16, 12-15

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Melissa Humana-Paredes	Total	20	10	3	0.350	0	13	1	1
	1	20	10	3	0.350	0	13	1	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Taylor Pischke	Total	45	24	8	0.356	5	3	3	1
	1	45	24	8	0.356	5	3	3	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Melissa Humana-Paredes	20	10	3	0.350	0	13	1	1
Taylor Pischke	45	24	8	0.356	5	3	3	1
Total	65	34	11	0.354	5	16	4	2
Opponents	59	33	8	0.424	3	17	6	3

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	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	2	0	$13,375.00	13	15	46.4 %
Total	FIVB	22	0	0	0	0	3	0	7	0	5	6	1	$107,650.00	43	53	44.8 %
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
6	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	0	$6,687.50	2016	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	0	$6,687.50
29	0	1	2	0	4	8	6	7	1	$54,825.00	Total	Total	25	0	0	2	0	4	7	5	6	1	$53,825.00

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	14	73.7%	1	5.3%	4	21.1%	15-4	78.9%	1	7.1%	4	28.6%	9	64.3%	1-13	7.1%	28-18	60.9%	4-16	20.0%	0	0	16-17	48.5%

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 11-14 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 7 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 0-3
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 # 3 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 # 5 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 # 6 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 # 7 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 # 9 Capers/Kessy, United States 0-1
3/16/16	FIVB	Vitória Open	Pool C	Capers/Kessy	14	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	19	21-15, 17-21, 20-18	0:49
Lead the series against # 12 Hermannova/Slukova, Czech Republic 1-0
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 # 14 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 # 17 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 # 22 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
Trail the series against # 23, Q3 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 # 25 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 # 26 Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer, Austria 3-0
5/18/16	FIVB	Cincinnati Open	Pool G	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	10	Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer	26	21-19, 21-16	0:34
10/8/15	FIVB	Puerto Vallarta Open	Pool D	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	13	Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer	20	21-16, 21-18	0:37
4/23/15	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool F	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	6	Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer	22	21-18, 21-14	0:33