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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$800,000 World Tour Finals - Italy
October 6 - 10, 2021

(6) 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 Cagliari Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/24-8/6/2021	Tokyo Olympic Games	1	5th	0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/5-11/2021	Gstaad 4 Star	5	3rd	640	US$10,000.00
FIVB	6/1-6/2021	Ostrava 4 Star	2	4th	560	US$8,000.00
FIVB	5/25-29/2021	Sochi 4 Star	2	17th	320	US$3,000.00
FIVB	4/28-5/2/2021	Cancun 4 Star - 3rd	2	4th	560	US$8,000.00
FIVB	4/22-26/2021	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	2	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	4/16-20/2021	Cancun 4 Star - 1st	4	2nd	720	US$16,000.00
FIVB	3/8-12/2021	Doha 4-star	1	2nd	720	US$16,000.00

World Tour Finals - Italy Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 10/6/2021	Pool B	Agatha Bednarczuk / Duda Lisboa, Brazil (2)	Won 21-18, 22-20	0:38
Wed, 10/6/2021	Pool B	Sanne Keizer / Madelein Meppelink, Netherlands (7)	Won 21-17, 25-23	0:39
Fri, 10/8/2021	Pool B	Kelly Cheng / Sarah Marmelstein, United States (3)	Won 13-21, 21-14, 15-11	0:44
Fri, 10/8/2021	Pool B	Joana Mader / Anouk Verge-Depre, Switzerland (9)	Won 21-15, 21-11	0:34
Sat, 10/9/2021	Semi-Finals	Alix Klineman / April Ross, United States (10)	Won 21-15, 21-12	0:44
Sun, 10/10/2021	Gold Medal	Karla Borger / Julia Sude, Germany (8)	Lost 13-21, 21-23	0:37

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	12	3	2	0	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	$195,000.00	50	15	76.9 %
2021	FIVB	9	0	3	1	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	$145,000.00	35	15	70.0 %
Total	FIVB	40	6	7	2	7	7	1	6	0	3	0	1	$618,000.00	153	54	73.9 %

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
12	3	2	0	1	5	0	1	0	0	$97,500.00	2019	FIVB	12	3	2	0	1	5	0	1	0	0	$97,500.00
9	0	3	1	2	1	1	1	0	0	$72,500.00	2021	FIVB	9	0	3	1	2	1	1	1	0	0	$72,500.00
75	6	8	4	7	12	16	12	8	2	$387,325.00	Total	Total	78	6	10	5	8	18	13	11	4	3	$537,225.00

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%
2020-2021	22	64.7%	10	29.4%	2	5.9%	32-2	94.1%	3	18.8%	3	18.8%	10	62.5%	3-13	18.8%	22-10	68.8%	13-5	72.2%	0	0	35-15	70.0%
Against the Field	23	65.7%	10	28.6%	2	5.7%	33-2	94.3%	6	25.0%	4	16.7%	14	58.3%	6-18	25.0%	46-28	62.2%	32-12	72.7%	0	0	39-20	66.1%

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 38-19 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Bednarczuk/Lisboa, Brazil 6-7
10/6/21	FIVB	World Tour Finals - Italy	Pool B	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	6	Bednarczuk/Lisboa	2	21-18, 22-20	0:38
7/11/21	FIVB	Gstaad 4 Star	Semi-Finals	Bednarczuk/Lisboa	2	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	5	21-13, 21-18	0:38
5/1/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 3rd	Semi-Finals	Bednarczuk/Lisboa	1	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	2	21-15, 20-22, 16-14	0:56
3/11/21	FIVB	Doha 4-star	Semi-Finals	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	1	Bednarczuk/Lisboa	3	24-22, 26-24	0:48
9/7/19	FIVB	World Tour Finals Rome	Winner 3	Bednarczuk/Lisboa	4	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	1	21-18, 21-14	0:37
8/3/19	FIVB	Vienna Major Five Star	Semi-Finals	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	2	Bednarczuk/Lisboa	4	21-17, 21-12	0:41
6/14/19	FIVB	Warsaw Four Star	Winner 3	Bednarczuk/Lisboa	2	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	6	16-21, 21-13, 15-12	0:42
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 # 3 Cheng/Marmelstein, United States 4-1
10/8/21	FIVB	World Tour Finals - Italy	Pool B	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	6	Cheng/Marmelstein	3	13-21, 21-14, 15-11	0:44
5/1/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 3rd	Winner 3	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	2	Cheng/Marmelstein	16, Q2	21-18, 20-22, 15-12	1:00
3/9/21	FIVB	Doha 4-star	Pool A	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	1	Cheng/Marmelstein	16, Q1	24-22, 18-21, 16-14	0:57
7/26/19	FIVB	Tokyo Four Star	Pool B	Cheng/Marmelstein	11, Q2	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	2	21-14, 21-18	0:35
7/2/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Pool I	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	9	Cheng/Marmelstein	16	22-24, 21-17, 18-16	0:56
Lead the series against # 4 Kholomina/Makroguzova, Russia 4-1
4/30/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 3rd	Winner 2	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	2	Kholomina/Makroguzova	7	21-10, 12-21, 17-15	0:51
3/11/21	FIVB	Doha 4-star	Winner 3	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	1	Kholomina/Makroguzova	8	22-20, 24-26, 15-9	0:54
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 # 5 Brunner/Huberli, Switzerland 6-0
9/6/19	FIVB	World Tour Finals Rome	Winner 2	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	1	Brunner/Huberli	5	21-12, 15-21, 15-7	0:40
8/2/19	FIVB	Vienna Major Five Star	Winner 3	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	2	Brunner/Huberli	7	21-7, 21-17	0:32
7/5/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Semi-Finals	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	9	Brunner/Huberli	17	23-21, 17-21, 19-17	1:07
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 Keizer/Meppelink, Netherlands 3-1
10/6/21	FIVB	World Tour Finals - Italy	Pool B	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	6	Keizer/Meppelink	7	21-17, 25-23	0:39
7/4/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Winner 2	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	9	Keizer/Meppelink	8	21-18, 18-21, 15-9	0:53
6/14/19	FIVB	Warsaw Four Star	Winner 2	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	6	Keizer/Meppelink	7	21-17, 21-19	0:34
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 # 8 Borger/Sude, Germany 5-2
10/10/21	FIVB	World Tour Finals - Italy	Gold Medal	Borger/Sude	8	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	6	21-13, 23-21	0:37
7/26/21	FIVB	Tokyo Olympic Games	Pool A	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	1	Borger/Sude	13	21-17, 21-14	0:41
4/24/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	Winner 2	Borger/Sude	17	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	2	21-14, 21-15	0:38
4/18/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 1st	Winner 2	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	4	Borger/Sude	16	21-18, 16-21, 15-12	0:50
7/31/19	FIVB	Vienna Major Five Star	Pool B	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	2	Borger/Sude	15	22-20, 21-23, 16-14	0:53
6/14/19	FIVB	Warsaw Four Star	Winner 1	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	6	Borger/Sude	15	20-22, 21-18, 17-15	0:53
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 # 9 Mader/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 6-1
10/8/21	FIVB	World Tour Finals - Italy	Pool B	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	6	Mader/Verge-Depre	9	21-15, 21-11	0:34
7/29/21	FIVB	Tokyo Olympic Games	Pool A	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	1	Mader/Verge-Depre	12	21-13, 24-22	0:43
6/5/21	FIVB	Ostrava 4 Star	Semi-Finals	Mader/Verge-Depre	3	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	2	21-19, 21-18	0:40
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
Trail the series against # 10 Klineman/Ross, United States 4-6
10/9/21	FIVB	World Tour Finals - Italy	Semi-Finals	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	6	Klineman/Ross	10	21-15, 21-12	0:44
5/28/21	FIVB	Sochi 4 Star	Winner 1	Klineman/Ross	6	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	2	21-13, 21-14	0:36
5/2/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 3rd	Bronze Medal	Klineman/Ross	5	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	2	21-16, 21-15	0:40
3/12/21	FIVB	Doha 4-star	Gold Medal	Klineman/Ross	2	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	1	22-20, 21-18	0:42
7/27/19	FIVB	Tokyo Four Star	Winner 2	Klineman/Ross	1	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	2	21-18, 21-19	0:43
7/6/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Gold Medal	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	9	Klineman/Ross	5	23-21, 23-21	0:58
5/19/19	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Gold Medal	Klineman/Ross	5	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	2	25-23, 18-21, 15-10	0:56
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