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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 Xiamen Four Star
April 23 - 28, 2019

(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 Xiamen Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2016	Taylor Pischke - 5th	Did not play
2018	Sarah Pavan - 1st	Melissa Humana-Paredes - 1st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/16-21/2018	Las Vegas Four Star	3	2nd	720	US$16,000.00
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

Xiamen Four Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 4/25/2019	Pool D	Lena Plesiutschnig / Katharina Schutzenhofer, Austria (29, Q8)	Won 21-14, 21-19	0:33
Fri, 4/26/2019	Pool D	Sandra Ittlinger / Chantal Laboureur, Germany (13)	Won 21-9, 21-19	0:32
Sat, 4/27/2019	Winner 2	Karla Borger / Julia Sude, Germany (15)	Won 21-17, 21-14	0:35
Sat, 4/27/2019	Winner 3	Sara Hughes / Summer Ross, United States (9)	Lost 21-23, 16-21	0:35

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	3	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$30,000.00	12	4	75.0 %
Total	FIVB	22	3	3	1	5	2	1	5	0	1	0	1	$308,000.00	80	28	74.1 %

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
3	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$15,000.00	2019	FIVB	3	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$15,000.00
57	3	4	3	5	7	15	10	8	2	$232,325.00	Total	Total	60	3	6	4	6	13	12	9	4	3	$382,225.00

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	56	77.8%	11	15.3%	5	6.9%	67-5	93.1%	14	29.8%	11	23.4%	22	46.8%	14-33	29.8%	112-44	71.8%	50-32	61.0%	0	0	81-38	68.1%

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 38-15 (Lead 16 Series, Trail 5 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Hermannova/Slukova, Czech Republic 5-0
8/17/18	FIVB	2018 World Tour Finals Hamburg	Pool B	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	6	Hermannova/Slukova	2	21-17, 21-19	0:36
8/24/17	FIVB	2017 World Tour Finals Hamburg	Pool C	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	3	Hermannova/Slukova	6	17-21, 21-13, 15-11	0:45
7/1/17	FIVB	Porec Major Five Star	Gold Medal	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	6	Hermannova/Slukova	5	32-34, 21-12, 15-6	0:59
6/15/17	FIVB	The Hague Three Star	Pool G	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	10	Hermannova/Slukova	7	21-19, 21-12	0:33
5/20/17	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Four Star	Semi-Finals	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	11	Hermannova/Slukova	7	21-19, 21-19	0:40
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
Series tied with # 3 Bednarczuk/Lisboa, Brazil 3-3
8/16/18	FIVB	2018 World Tour Finals Hamburg	Pool B	Bednarczuk/Lisboa	3	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	6	21-19, 21-15	0:33
7/15/18	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Semi-Finals	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	1	Bednarczuk/Lisboa	3	14-21, 21-12, 15-13	0:46
4/22/18	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Semi-Finals	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	1	Bednarczuk/Lisboa	7	21-19, 21-14	0:34
7/7/17	FIVB	Gstaad Major Five Star	Winner 3	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	5	Bednarczuk/Lisboa	3	21-17, 21-17	0:34
6/18/17	FIVB	The Hague Three Star	Bronze Medal	Bednarczuk/Lisboa	4	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	10	16-21, 21-13, 15-11	0:47
5/21/17	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Four Star	Gold Medal	Bednarczuk/Lisboa	4	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	11	21-14, 13-21, 15-13	0:50
Lead the series against # 5 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
Lead the series against # 6 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
Trail the series against # 7 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 # 8 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 # 9 Hughes/Ross, United States 1-2
4/27/19	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Winner 3	Hughes/Ross	9	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	4	23-21, 21-16	0:35
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 # 10, 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
Trail the series against # 11 Artacho/Clancy, Australia 0-1
8/15/18	FIVB	2018 World Tour Finals Hamburg	Pool B	Artacho/Clancy	7	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	6	21-16, 21-19	0:36
Trail the series against # 12 Keizer/Meppelink, Netherlands 0-1
8/1/18	FIVB	Vienna Major	Pool A	Keizer/Meppelink	16	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	1	24-22, 21-14	0:39
Lead the series against # 13 Ittlinger/Laboureur, Germany 1-0
4/26/19	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Pool D	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	4	Ittlinger/Laboureur	13	21-9, 21-19	0:32
Lead the series against # 15 Borger/Sude, Germany 1-0
4/27/19	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Winner 2	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	4	Borger/Sude	15	21-17, 21-14	0:35
Lead the series against # 16 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 # 17 Bieneck/Schneider, Germany 2-1
8/17/18	FIVB	2018 World Tour Finals Hamburg	Pool B	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	6	Bieneck/Schneider	9	21-19, 21-17	0:38
5/18/18	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Winner 2	Bieneck/Schneider	10	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	2	14-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:46
4/21/18	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Winner 2	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	1	Bieneck/Schneider	15	21-13, 21-18	0:31
Lead the series against # 19 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 # 20 Mader/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 4-0
6/29/18	FIVB	Poland Four Star	Winner 1	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	1	Mader/Verge-Depre	14	24-22, 21-15	0:40
7/22/17	FIVB	Olsztyn Four Star	Winner 3	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	3	Mader/Verge-Depre	7	21-15, 26-28, 15-10	0:57
7/8/17	FIVB	Gstaad Major Five Star	Bronze Medal	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	5	Mader/Verge-Depre	9	21-15, 21-12	0:35
6/30/17	FIVB	Porec Major Five Star	Winner 3	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	6	Mader/Verge-Depre	12	24-26, 21-15, 20-18	0:58
Lead the series against # 23 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 # 24 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
Trail the series against # 25, Q3 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 # 29, Q8 Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer, Austria 2-0
4/25/19	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Pool D	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	4	Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer	29, Q8	21-14, 21-19	0:33
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 # Q13 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