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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 Espinho Four Star
July 3 - 7, 2018

(1) 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 Espinho Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
FIVB	8/23-26/2017	2017 World Tour Finals Hamburg	3	4th	0	US$35,000.00
FIVB	7/28-8/5/2017	Vienna World Championships	7	4th	800	US$28,000.00
FIVB	7/19-23/2017	Olsztyn Four Star	3	2nd	640	US$16,000.00
FIVB	7/3-8/2017	Gstaad Major Five Star	5	3rd	720	US$20,000.00

Espinho Four Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/5/2018	Pool A	Rebecca Cavalcanti / Ana Patricia Silva, Brazil (32, Q15)	Won 15-21, 24-22, 15-12	0:49
Thu, 7/5/2018	Pool A	Ievgeniia Baieva / Valentyna Davidova, Ukraine (16)	Won 21-7, 21-12	0:26
Fri, 7/6/2018	Winner 2	Kelly Cheng / Brittany Hochevar, United States (9)	Lost 18-21, 16-21	0:32

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	6	1	0	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	$52,000.00	19	8	70.4 %
Total	FIVB	15	2	2	1	4	1	0	4	0	0	0	1	$213,000.00	57	19	75.0 %

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
6	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	$26,000.00	2018	FIVB	6	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	$26,000.00
50	2	3	3	4	5	14	9	8	2	$184,825.00	Total	Total	53	2	5	4	5	11	11	8	4	3	$334,725.00

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%
2017-2018	50	80.6%	8	12.9%	4	6.5%	58-4	93.5%	10	34.5%	3	10.3%	16	55.2%	10-19	34.5%	50-16	75.8%	18-7	72.0%	0	0	68-23	74.7%
Against the Field	32	82.1%	6	15.4%	1	2.6%	38-1	97.4%	7	33.3%	5	23.8%	9	42.9%	7-14	33.3%	64-18	78.0%	26-12	68.4%	0	0	45-15	75.0%

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 18-7 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 2 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 # 3 Bansley/Wilkerson, Canada 4-1
5/5/18	FIVB	Huntington Beach Four Star	Contender 7	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	2	Bansley/Wilkerson	13	25-23, 21-15	0:40
2/28/18	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major	Pool B	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	2	Bansley/Wilkerson	15	21-12, 21-17	0:33
8/23/17	FIVB	2017 World Tour Finals Hamburg	Pool C	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	3	Bansley/Wilkerson	11	20-22, 21-12, 15-9	0:49
6/17/17	FIVB	The Hague Three Star	Winner 3	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	10	Bansley/Wilkerson	12	21-18, 21-7	0:31
9/13/16	FIVB	2016 World Tour Finals Toronto	Country Quota	Bansley/Wilkerson	4	Humana-Paredes/Pavan		23-21, 21-13	0:36
Trail the series against # 4 Antonelli/Salgado, Brazil 0-2
5/5/18	FIVB	Huntington Beach Four Star	Winner 5	Antonelli/Salgado	6	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	2	21-16, 21-18	0:38
6/17/17	FIVB	The Hague Three Star	Semi-Finals	Antonelli/Salgado	15, Q1	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	10	21-19, 21-16	0:39
Lead the series against # 6 Hughes/Ross, United States 1-0
4/21/18	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Winner 3	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	1	Hughes/Ross	5	20-22, 21-19, 16-14	0:53
Trail the series against # 9 Cheng/Hochevar, United States 1-2
7/6/18	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Winner 2	Cheng/Hochevar	9	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	1	21-18, 21-16	0:32
6/28/18	FIVB	Poland Four Star	Pool A	Cheng/Hochevar	17	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	1	21-19, 21-18	0:36
4/22/18	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Gold Medal	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	1	Cheng/Hochevar	22, Q2	21-19, 21-14	0:33
Lead the series against # 11 Branagh/Walsh Jennings, United States 2-0
4/20/18	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Pool A	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	1	Branagh/Walsh Jennings	17	21-15, 22-24, 18-16	0:54
7/22/17	FIVB	Olsztyn Four Star	Semi-Finals	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	3	Branagh/Walsh Jennings	24, Q6	21-13, 19-21, 16-14	0:53
Lead the series against # 12 Wang/Xia, China 1-0
3/2/18	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major	Winner 2	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	2	Wang/Xia	16	21-18, 21-14	0:33
Trail the series against # 13 Baquerizo/Fernandez, Spain 0-1
6/29/18	FIVB	Poland Four Star	Winner 2	Baquerizo/Fernandez	24, Q4	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	1	21-19, 21-16	0:36
Lead the series against # 15 Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer, Austria 1-0
5/17/18	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Pool B	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	2	Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer	18	21-14, 15-21, 15-11	0:42
Lead the series against # 16 Baieva/Davidova, Ukraine 1-0
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 # 17 Broder/Pischke, Canada 1-0
2/28/18	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major	Pool B	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	2	Broder/Pischke	31, Q12	21-13, 21-14	0:32
Lead the series against # 19 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 # 32, Q15 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 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