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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 Yangzhou Four Star
October 10 - 14, 2018

(4) Melissa Humana-Paredes/Sarah Pavan, 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

Sarah Pavan
Canada

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 16, 1986 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kitchener, ON

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

72 kg (158 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

103

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$603,225.00

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

Awards

Best Blocker 2015, 2017, 2019
Team of the Year 2019 (with Melissa Humana-Paredes)

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	CQ	Money
FIVB	45	7	7	2	7	10	1	7	0	3	0	1	US$686,000.00

Previous Yangzhou Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/15-19/2018	2018 World Tour Finals Hamburg	6	7th	0	US$15,000.00
FIVB	8/8-12/2018	Moscow Four Star	1	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/31-8/4/2018	Vienna Major	1	17th	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/9-15/2018	Gstaad Major	1	1st	1200	US$40,000.00
FIVB	7/3-7/2018	Espinho Four Star	1	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2018	Poland Four Star	1	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	5/16-20/2018	Itapema Four Star	2	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	5/1-6/2018	Huntington Beach Four Star	2	4th	560	US$8,000.00
FIVB	4/18-22/2018	Xiamen Four Star	1	1st	800	US$20,000.00
FIVB	2/27-3/4/2018	Fort Lauderdale Major	2	5th	720	US$12,000.00

Yangzhou Four Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 10/11/2018	Pool D	Ievgeniia Baieva / Valentyna Davidova, Ukraine (29, Q6)	Won 21-19, 21-19	0:38
Fri, 10/12/2018	Pool D	Katarzyna Kociolek / Kinga Wojtasik, Poland (13)	Won 21-13, 21-15	0:29
Sat, 10/13/2018	Winner 2	Elize Maia / Maria Clara Salgado, Brazil (25)	Won 21-15, 21-8	0:28
Sat, 10/13/2018	Winner 3	Fan Wang / Chen Xue, China (8)	Won 21-13, 21-17	0:33
Sat, 10/13/2018	Semi-Finals	Alix Klineman / April Ross, United States (2)	Lost 19-21, 27-25, 11-15	0:53
Sun, 10/14/2018	Bronze Medal	Sara Hughes / Summer Ross, United States (3)	Lost 21-16, 21-23, 5-15	0:44

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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$106,000.00
World Tour Finals	5	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$142,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	11	4	0	1	0	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	$220,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	22	1	6	1	4	3	0	5	0	2	0	0	$202,000.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$16,000.00
Total	45	7	7	2	7	10	1	7	0	3	0	0	$686,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Melissa Humana-Paredes												Sarah Pavan
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	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$0.00
6	1	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	$76,500.00	World Championships	6	1	0	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	$69,000.00
7	0	1	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	$88,500.00	World Tour Finals	7	0	1	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	$82,250.00
48	6	2	2	0	17	7	7	6	0	$287,100.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	49	4	2	4	0	10	11	12	4	0	$321,850.00
33	2	6	1	4	5	9	4	2	0	$115,975.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	36	1	7	2	4	7	9	5	1	0	$122,125.00
3	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$8,000.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$8,000.00
2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U23 World Championships
2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
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	103	7	10	6	8	23	22	19	5	0	$603,225.00

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
2016	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2017	FIVB	8	1	2	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$161,000.00	38	10	79.2 %
2018	FIVB	10	2	0	0	1	1	1	4	0	1	0	0	$117,000.00	30	13	69.8 %
2019	FIVB	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$8,000.00	4	2	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	20	3	2	1	5	1	1	5	0	1	0	1	$286,000.00	72	26	73.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Melissa Humana-Paredes													Sarah Pavan
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	0	0	1	0	0	$1,850.00	2013	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	2	$15,850.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2013	FIVB Age Group WC
5	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	$21,500.00	2014	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	3	1	5	1	0	$45,187.50
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2014	FIVB Age Group WC
10	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	3	1	$23,787.50	2015	FIVB	12	0	2	2	1	4	1	1	1	0	$103,687.50
13	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	3	1	$30,187.50	2016	FIVB	9	0	1	1	0	2	4	0	0	1	$63,500.00
8	1	2	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	$80,500.00	2017	FIVB	8	1	2	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	$80,500.00
10	2	0	0	1	2	4	1	0	0	$58,500.00	2018	FIVB	10	2	0	0	1	2	4	1	0	0	$58,500.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	2019	FIVB	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00
55	3	3	3	5	6	15	10	8	2	$221,325.00	Total	Total	58	3	5	4	6	12	12	9	4	3	$371,225.00

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	119	77.3%	27	17.5%	8	5.2%	146-8	94.8%	24	31.6%	13	17.1%	39	51.3%	24-52	31.6%	119-39	75.3%	51-21	70.8%	0	0	170-60	73.9%
2018-2019	59	81.9%	10	13.9%	3	4.2%	69-3	95.8%	11	30.6%	7	19.4%	18	50.0%	11-25	30.6%	59-18	76.6%	21-10	67.7%	0	0	80-28	74.1%
Against the Field	32	82.1%	5	12.8%	2	5.1%	37-2	94.9%	7	36.8%	5	26.3%	7	36.8%	7-12	36.8%	64-14	82.1%	24-14	63.2%	0	0	44-14	75.9%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
World Championships	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	8	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	19	3
World Tour Finals	0	1	0	0	9	3	0	0	3	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	13	8
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	23	4	0	0	12	5	4	1	1	0	4	0	44	10
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	34	9	0	0	34	11	7	5	1	4	1	6	78	35
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	4	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	12	3
Total	0	1	0	0	84	16	0	0	62	20	14	9	2	7	7	7	170	60

Head to Head Results
Humana-Paredes/Pavan lead the series against the field 21-4 (Lead 13 Series, Trail 0 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Alves/Seixas, Brazil 2-1
5/6/18	FIVB	Huntington Beach Four Star	Semi-Finals	Alves/Seixas	5	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	2	21-16, 12-21, 15-12	0:51
8/2/17	FIVB	Vienna World Championships	Winner 1	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	7	Alves/Seixas	8	21-16, 21-10	0:35
7/1/17	FIVB	Porec Major Five Star	Semi-Finals	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	6	Alves/Seixas	7	21-16, 21-11	0:37
Lead the series against # 2 Klineman/Ross, United States 2-1
10/13/18	FIVB	Yangzhou Four Star	Semi-Finals	Klineman/Ross	2	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	4	21-19, 25-27, 15-11	0:53
7/14/18	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Winner 3	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	1	Klineman/Ross	9	21-15, 21-15	0:36
5/4/18	FIVB	Huntington Beach Four Star	Winner 4	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	2	Klineman/Ross	7	27-29, 21-19, 15-12	1:00
Series tied with # 3 Hughes/Ross, United States 1-1
10/14/18	FIVB	Yangzhou Four Star	Bronze Medal	Hughes/Ross	3	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	4	16-21, 23-21, 15-5	0:44
4/21/18	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Winner 3	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	1	Hughes/Ross	5	20-22, 21-19, 16-14	0:53
Lead the series against # 6 Brunner/Huberli, Switzerland 3-0
8/25/17	FIVB	2017 World Tour Finals Hamburg	Winner 2	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	3	Brunner/Huberli	12	21-10, 21-12	0:29
8/3/17	FIVB	Vienna World Championships	Winner 2	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	7	Brunner/Huberli	10	21-17, 23-21	0:39
6/1/17	FIVB	Moscow Three Star	Pool G	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	7	Brunner/Huberli	10	21-8, 21-12	0:27
Lead the series against # 7 Kholomina/Makroguzova, Russia 2-1
8/2/18	FIVB	Vienna Major	Winner 1	Kholomina/Makroguzova	18	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	1	21-16, 21-19	0:35
7/13/18	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Winner 2	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	1	Kholomina/Makroguzova	19	21-16, 21-17	0:33
5/4/18	FIVB	Huntington Beach Four Star	Winner 3	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	2	Kholomina/Makroguzova	18	22-20, 28-26	0:46
Lead the series against # 8 Wang/Xue, China 1-0
10/13/18	FIVB	Yangzhou Four Star	Winner 3	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	4	Wang/Xue	8	21-13, 21-17	0:33
Lead the series against # 12 Ittlinger/Van de Velde, Germany 1-0
7/12/18	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Pool A	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	1	Ittlinger/Van de Velde	16, Q1	22-20, 21-12	0:34
Lead the series against # 13 Kociolek/Wojtasik, Poland 1-0
10/12/18	FIVB	Yangzhou Four Star	Pool D	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	4	Kociolek/Wojtasik	13	21-13, 21-15	0:29
Lead the series against # 16, Q3 Cavalcanti/Silva, Brazil 1-0
7/5/18	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Pool A	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	1	Cavalcanti/Silva	32, Q15	15-21, 24-22, 15-12	0:49
Lead the series against # 18 Alves/Maestrini, Brazil 1-0
6/29/17	FIVB	Porec Major Five Star	Pool F	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	6	Alves/Maestrini	11	21-23, 21-15, 15-7	0:46
Lead the series against # 21 Pridalova/Strbova, Slovakia 2-0
7/20/17	FIVB	Olsztyn Four Star	Pool C	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	3	Pridalova/Strbova	30	21-12, 21-14	0:31
6/16/17	FIVB	The Hague Three Star	Winner 2	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	10	Pridalova/Strbova	31, Q18	21-13, 21-15	0:31
Lead the series against # 25 Maia/Salgado, Brazil 1-0
10/13/18	FIVB	Yangzhou Four Star	Winner 2	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	4	Maia/Salgado	25	21-15, 21-8	0:28
Lead the series against # 29, Q6 Baieva/Davidova, Ukraine 2-0
10/11/18	FIVB	Yangzhou Four Star	Pool D	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	4	Baieva/Davidova	29, Q6	21-19, 21-19	0:38
7/5/18	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Pool A	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	1	Baieva/Davidova	16	21-7, 21-12	0:26
Lead the series against # Q7 Caluori/Gerson, Switzerland 1-0
7/11/18	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Pool A	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	1	Caluori/Gerson	32	21-14, 21-11	0:28