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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$1,000,000 Beach Volleyball World Championships
October 6 - 15, 2023

(4) Melissa Humana-Paredes/Brandie Wilkerson, 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

Brandie Wilkerson
Canada

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 1, 1992 (33 yrs old)

Home Town:

Lausanne, Switzerland

Height:

179 cm (5'10")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$358,825.00

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 2018
VolleyballMag.com BPT Best Blocker 2023

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	25	3	3	1	0	15	1	2	0	0	0	US$309,500.00

Previous Tlaxcala Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2022	Did not play	Sophie Bukovec - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/27-10/1/2023	Elite16 Paris	3	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	8/16-20/2023	Elite16 Hamburg	2	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/26-30/2023	Elite16 Montréal	4	1st	1200	US$30,000.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2023	Elite16 Gstaad	7	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/15-18/2023	Challenge Jurmala	3	1st	800	US$10,000.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2023	Elite16 Ostrava	13, Q1	3rd	1000	US$14,000.00
FIVB	3/22-26/2023	Elite16 Tepic	9	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	2/1-5/2023	Doha Elite16	7	5th	760	US$8,000.00

Beach Volleyball World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sat, 10/7/2023	Pool D	Mahassine Siad / Imane Yakki, Morocco (45)	Won 21-9, 21-10	0:29
Sun, 10/8/2023	Pool D	Erika Bobadilla / Michelle Valiente, Paraguay (28)	Won 21-14, 21-10	0:34
Mon, 10/9/2023	Pool D	Barbora Hermannova / Marie-Sara Stochlova, Czech Republic (21)	Won 21-17, 24-22	0:44
Wed, 10/11/2023	Winner 1	Niina Ahtiainen / Taru Lahti, Finland (25)	Won 21-17, 21-17	0:44
Thu, 10/12/2023	Winner 2	Esmee Bobner / Zoe Verge-Depre, Switzerland (17)	Won 21-14, 21-11	0:35
Fri, 10/13/2023	Winner 3	Mariafe Artacho / Taliqua Clancy, Australia (5)	Lost 20-22, 16-21	0:43

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2015	World Championships	The Hague	Taylor Pischke - 9th	Did not play
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Sarah Pavan - 4th	Heather Bansley - 5th
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Sarah Pavan - 1st	Heather Bansley - 17th
2022	World Championships	Rome	Sarah Pavan - 5th	Sophie Bukovec - 2nd
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Brandie Wilkerson - 5th	Melissa Humana-Paredes - 5th
2025	World Championships	Adelaide	Brandie Wilkerson - 5th	Melissa Humana-Paredes - 5th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/6-15/2023	Beach Volleyball World Championships	4	5th	960	US$18,000.00
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	10	5th	960	US$18,000.00

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$36,000.00
World Tour Finals	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$35,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	19	2	2	1	0	12	0	2	0	0	0	0	$228,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00
Total	25	3	3	1	0	15	1	2	0	0	0	0	$309,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Melissa Humana-Paredes												Brandie Wilkerson
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	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
6	1	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	$76,500.00	World Championships	5	0	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	$53,000.00
7	0	1	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	$88,500.00	World Tour Finals	6	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	0	$41,750.00
48	6	2	2	0	17	7	7	6	0	$287,100.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	37	2	2	2	0	14	9	1	2	0	$166,750.00
33	2	6	1	4	5	9	4	2	0	$115,975.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	33	3	1	3	0	8	7	5	3	0	$90,825.00
3	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$8,000.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,500.00
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	85	6	5	5	0	30	18	8	5	0	$358,825.00

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
2023	FIVB	9	2	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	$112,000.00	35	14	71.4 %
Total	FIVB	9	2	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	$112,000.00	35	14	71.4 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Melissa Humana-Paredes													Brandie Wilkerson
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
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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$1,000.00
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	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	$600.00
13	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	3	1	$30,187.50	2016	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	$11,850.00
8	1	2	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	$80,500.00	2017	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	2	6	0	0	0	$34,000.00
10	2	0	0	1	2	4	1	0	0	$58,500.00	2018	FIVB	10	1	1	2	0	3	1	0	2	0	$56,500.00
12	3	2	0	1	5	0	1	0	0	$97,500.00	2019	FIVB	11	2	0	2	0	2	2	3	0	0	$46,500.00
											2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,000.00
9	0	3	1	2	1	1	1	0	0	$72,500.00	2021	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	4	2	2	0	0	$16,000.00
5	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	$34,000.00	2022	FIVB	7	0	1	0	0	3	2	0	1	0	$35,625.00
9	2	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	$56,000.00	2023	FIVB	9	2	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	$56,000.00
89	9	8	5	7	21	17	12	8	2	$477,325.00	Total	Total	69	5	2	5	0	20	16	8	5	8	$260,075.00

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	65	74.7%	15	17.2%	7	8.0%	80-7	92.0%	10	24.4%	9	22.0%	22	53.7%	10-31	24.4%	65-22	74.7%	25-16	61.0%	0	0	90-38	70.3%
2022-2023	28	70.0%	8	20.0%	4	10.0%	36-4	90.0%	2	14.3%	3	21.4%	9	64.3%	2-12	14.3%	28-9	75.7%	10-7	58.8%	0	0	38-16	70.4%
Against the Field	49	73.1%	12	17.9%	6	9.0%	61-6	91.0%	7	20.6%	7	20.6%	20	58.8%	7-27	20.6%	98-40	71.0%	38-26	59.4%	0	0	68-33	67.3%

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	1	2	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	3
World Championships	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	2
World Tour Finals	0	0	0	0	5	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	2	0	40	11	0	0	15	15	4	1	1	0	2	2	64	29
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
Total	0	0	2	0	54	16	1	0	23	18	6	1	1	0	3	3	90	38

Head to Head Results
Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson lead the series against the field 33-13 (Lead 18 Series, Trail 5 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Lisboa/Silva, Brazil 0-2
9/30/23	FIVB	Elite16 Paris	Winner 2	Lisboa/Silva	1	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	3	21-10, 21-19	0:32
3/23/23	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Pool A	Lisboa/Silva	1	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	9	21-19, 21-17	0:37
Lead the series against # 2 Brasher/Nuss, United States 2-0
7/29/23	FIVB	Elite16 Montréal	Winner 2	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	4	Brasher/Nuss	3	21-15, 14-21, 15-8	0:50
6/3/23	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Winner 2	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	13, Q1	Brasher/Nuss	8	21-19, 13-21, 15-12	0:52
Trail the series against # 3 Cheng/Hughes, United States 1-2
7/29/23	FIVB	Elite16 Montréal	Winner 1	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	4	Cheng/Hughes	2	21-19, 19-21, 17-15	0:58
7/8/23	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Winner 2	Cheng/Hughes	3	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	7	20-22, 21-18, 15-11	0:56
2/2/23	FIVB	Doha Elite16	Pool B	Cheng/Hughes	2	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	7	12-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:50
Trail the series against # 5 Artacho/Clancy, Australia 1-2
10/13/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Winner 3	Artacho/Clancy	5	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	4	22-20, 21-16	0:43
7/28/23	FIVB	Elite16 Montréal	Pool D	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	4	Artacho/Clancy	5	21-18, 21-19	0:40
7/6/23	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Pool B	Artacho/Clancy	2	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	7	21-16, 17-21, 15-13	0:51
Series tied with # 6 Salgado/Seixas, Brazil 1-1
9/29/23	FIVB	Elite16 Paris	Pool C	Salgado/Seixas	6	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	3	21-18, 21-18	0:43
3/24/23	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Pool A	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	9	Salgado/Seixas	8	21-15, 21-17	0:40
Lead the series against # 7 Brunner/Huberli, Switzerland 3-0
6/4/23	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Bronze Medal	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	13, Q1	Brunner/Huberli	5	21-16, 21-14	0:38
6/1/23	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Pool D	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	13, Q1	Brunner/Huberli	5	21-17, 21-18	0:38
2/3/23	FIVB	Doha Elite16	Pool B	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	7	Brunner/Huberli	10	21-15, 21-19	0:34
Trail the series against # 8 Schoon/Stam, Netherlands 0-3
9/28/23	FIVB	Elite16 Paris	Pool C	Schoon/Stam	11	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	3	21-9, 21-18	0:33
7/27/23	FIVB	Elite16 Montréal	Pool D	Schoon/Stam	12	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	4	21-17, 22-20	0:42
2/4/23	FIVB	Doha Elite16	Winner 2	Schoon/Stam	9	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	7	21-18, 21-19	0:40
Lead the series against # 9 Xia/Xue, China 2-0
8/17/23	FIVB	Elite16 Hamburg	Pool B	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	2	Xia/Xue	7	21-14, 21-14	0:35
7/30/23	FIVB	Elite16 Montréal	Semi-Finals	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	4	Xia/Xue	10	21-19, 17-21, 15-11	0:55
Trail the series against # 10 Gottardi/Menegatti, Italy 0-1
3/25/23	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Winner 2	Gottardi/Menegatti	15, Q10	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	9	21-10, 19-21, 15-7	0:52
Series tied with # 11 Muller/Tillmann, Germany 1-1
9/30/23	FIVB	Elite16 Paris	Winner 1	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	3	Muller/Tillmann	4	21-14, 19-21, 15-11	0:50
8/19/23	FIVB	Elite16 Hamburg	Winner 2	Muller/Tillmann	4	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	2	22-20, 21-10	0:40
Lead the series against # 13 Mader/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 1-0
7/7/23	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Pool B	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	7	Mader/Verge-Depre	10	26-24, 21-19	0:47
Lead the series against # 15 Donlin/Flint, United States 1-0
7/30/23	FIVB	Elite16 Montréal	Gold Medal	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	4	Donlin/Flint	14, Q6	21-15, 16-21, 15-13	0:48
Lead the series against # 17 Bobner/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 4-0
10/12/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Winner 2	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	4	Bobner/Verge-Depre	17	21-14, 21-11	0:35
7/28/23	FIVB	Elite16 Montréal	Pool D	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	4	Bobner/Verge-Depre	13, Q2	21-13, 21-15	0:34
6/18/23	FIVB	Challenge Jurmala	Gold Medal	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	3	Bobner/Verge-Depre	11	21-17, 21-17	0:36
5/31/23	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Qualifier 2	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	13, Q1	Bobner/Verge-Depre	Q8	21-17, 21-13	0:36
Lead the series against # 18 Graudina/Samoilova, Latvia 2-0
7/6/23	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Pool B	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	7	Graudina/Samoilova	15, Q6	21-16, 21-16	0:35
6/18/23	FIVB	Challenge Jurmala	Semi-Finals	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	3	Graudina/Samoilova	1	21-17, 21-16	0:36
Lead the series against # 19 Lippmann/Ludwig, Germany 1-0
8/18/23	FIVB	Elite16 Hamburg	Pool B	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	2	Lippmann/Ludwig	15, Q6	21-16, 21-18	0:37
Lead the series against # 21 Hermannova/Stochlova, Czech Republic 3-0
10/9/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool D	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	4	Hermannova/Stochlova	21	21-17, 24-22	0:44
6/1/23	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Pool D	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	13, Q1	Hermannova/Stochlova	12	21-15, 21-17	0:35
2/4/23	FIVB	Doha Elite16	Winner 1	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	7	Hermannova/Stochlova	12	21-10, 21-18	0:37
Lead the series against # 22 Bednarczuk/Cavalcanti, Brazil 2-1
9/29/23	FIVB	Elite16 Paris	Pool C	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	3	Bednarczuk/Cavalcanti	14, Q3	21-13, 21-18	0:39
8/17/23	FIVB	Elite16 Hamburg	Pool B	Bednarczuk/Cavalcanti	10	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	2	15-21, 23-21, 15-13	0:53
6/2/23	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Pool D	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	13, Q1	Bednarczuk/Cavalcanti	4	21-19, 21-16	0:38
Lead the series against # 23 Cavalcanti/De Souza, Brazil 1-0
2/2/23	FIVB	Doha Elite16	Pool B	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	7	Cavalcanti/De Souza	15, Q3	21-15, 21-15	0:38
Lead the series against # 25 Ahtiainen/Lahti, Finland 1-0
10/11/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Winner 1	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	4	Ahtiainen/Lahti	25	21-17, 21-17	0:44
Lead the series against # 26 Paulikiene/Raupelyte, Lithuania 1-0
6/17/23	FIVB	Challenge Jurmala	Winner 1	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	3	Paulikiene/Raupelyte	14, Q1	21-14, 21-14	0:30
Lead the series against # 28 Bobadilla/Valiente, Paraguay 1-0
10/8/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool D	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	4	Bobadilla/Valiente	28	21-14, 21-10	0:34
Lead the series against # 29 Fernandez/Soria, Spain 1-0
3/23/23	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Pool A	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	9	Fernandez/Soria	16, Q11	22-24, 21-12, 15-13	0:54
Lead the series against # 35 Dong/Wang, China 1-0
6/17/23	FIVB	Challenge Jurmala	Winner 2	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	3	Dong/Wang	16, Q6	22-20, 21-16	0:38
Lead the series against # 43 Bianchin/Scampoli, Italy 1-0
6/16/23	FIVB	Challenge Jurmala	Pool C	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	3	Bianchin/Scampoli	10	21-14, 21-11	0:29
Lead the series against # 45 Siad/Yakki, Morocco 1-0
10/7/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool D	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	4	Siad/Yakki	45	21-9, 21-10	0:29