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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 Las Vegas Four Star
October 16 - 21, 2018

(3) 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 Las Vegas Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/10-14/2018	Yangzhou Four Star	4	4th	560	US$8,000.00
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

Las Vegas Four Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 10/18/2018	Pool C	Reika Murakami / Chiyo Suzuki, Japan (30, Q8)	Won 21-14, 21-14	0:30
Fri, 10/19/2018	Pool C	Emily Capers / Betsi Flint, United States (19, Q3)	Won 21-10, 23-21	0:33
Sat, 10/20/2018	Winner 2	Katarzyna Kociolek / Kinga Wojtasik, Poland (12)	Won 21-17, 21-15	0:33
Sat, 10/20/2018	Winner 3	Marta Menegatti / Viktoria Orsi Toth, Italy (10)	Won 21-14, 21-16	0:31
Sat, 10/20/2018	Semi-Finals	Rebecca Cavalcanti / Ana Patricia Silva, Brazil (8, Q1)	Won 21-14, 21-19	0:35
Sun, 10/21/2018	Gold Medal	Heather Bansley / Brandie Wilkerson, Canada (2)	Lost 17-21, 21-17, 9-15	1:00

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	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$24,000.00	9	3	75.0 %
Total	FIVB	21	3	3	1	5	1	1	5	0	1	0	1	$302,000.00	77	27	74.0 %

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
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
2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$12,000.00	2019	FIVB	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$12,000.00
56	3	4	3	5	6	15	10	8	2	$229,325.00	Total	Total	59	3	6	4	6	12	12	9	4	3	$379,225.00

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	30	71.4%	10	23.8%	2	4.8%	40-2	95.2%	10	40.0%	4	16.0%	11	44.0%	10-15	40.0%	60-22	73.2%	40-12	76.9%	0	0	50-17	74.6%

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
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 21-7 (Lead 12 Series, Trail 2 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 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 # 2 Bansley/Wilkerson, Canada 4-2
10/21/18	FIVB	Las Vegas Four Star	Gold Medal	Bansley/Wilkerson	2	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	3	21-17, 17-21, 15-9	1:00
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 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, Q1 Cavalcanti/Silva, Brazil 2-0
10/20/18	FIVB	Las Vegas Four Star	Semi-Finals	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	3	Cavalcanti/Silva	8, Q1	21-14, 21-19	0:35
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 # 10 Menegatti/Orsi Toth, Italy 1-0
10/20/18	FIVB	Las Vegas Four Star	Winner 3	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	3	Menegatti/Orsi Toth	10	21-14, 21-16	0:31
Lead the series against # 12 Kociolek/Wojtasik, Poland 2-0
10/20/18	FIVB	Las Vegas Four Star	Winner 2	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	3	Kociolek/Wojtasik	12	21-17, 21-15	0:33
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 # 13 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
Trail the series against # 14 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 # 16 Lahti/Parkkinen, Finland 1-0
8/9/18	FIVB	Moscow Four Star	Pool A	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	1	Lahti/Parkkinen	16	21-19, 21-14	0:33
Lead the series against # 19, Q3 Capers/Flint, United States 1-0
10/19/18	FIVB	Las Vegas Four Star	Pool C	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	3	Capers/Flint	19, Q3	21-10, 23-21	0:33
Lead the series against # 21 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 # 24, Q5 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 # 30, Q8 Murakami/Suzuki, Japan 1-0
10/18/18	FIVB	Las Vegas Four Star	Pool C	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	3	Murakami/Suzuki	30, Q8	21-14, 21-14	0:30