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AVP Tour
$300,000 Gold Series Chicago Open
September 1 - 3, 2023

(3) Melissa Humana-Paredes/Brandie Wilkerson

Melissa Humana-Paredes

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 10, 1992 (32 yrs old)

Home Town:

Toronto, ON

Height:

5'9"

College(s):

York University (Toronto)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

128

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$662,175.00

Brandie Wilkerson

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 1, 1992 (32 yrs old)

Home Town:

Lausanne, Switzerland

Height:

5'10"

Seasons:

Tournaments:

128

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$462,300.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	8	3	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$137,700.00
FIVB	16	2	3	1	0	9	0	1	0	0	0	US$194,000.00
PAN AM	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	25	5	8	1	0	10	0	1	0	0	0	US$331,700.00

Previous Chicago Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2017	Did not play	Nicole Branagh - 5th
2019	Sarah Pavan - 5th	Sara Hughes - 3rd
2021	Did not play	Sara Hughes - 5th
2022	Brandie Wilkerson - 2nd	Melissa Humana-Paredes - 2nd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/16-20/2023	Elite16 Hamburg	2	5th	760	US$8,000.00
AVP	8/4-6/2023	Gold Series Atlanta Open	3	2nd	2444	$22,000.00
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
AVP	5/18-21/2023	Pro Series Huntington Beach Open	3	5th	1796	$4,200.00
AVP	4/13-16/2023	Pro Series New Orleans Open	2	2nd	2095	$8,500.00
FIVB	3/22-26/2023	Elite16 Tepic	9	5th	760	US$8,000.00
AVP	3/16-19/2023	Pro Series Miami Open	1	1st	2205	$14,000.00
FIVB	2/1-5/2023	Doha Elite16	7	5th	760	US$8,000.00
AVP	9/2-4/2022	Chicago Open	3	2nd	2205	$22,000.00

Gold Series Chicago Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 9/1/2023

Winner 1

Lexy Denaburg / Carly Kan (14)

Won 21-17, 15-21, 19-17

1:01

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Melissa Humana-Paredes	Total	41	14	5	0.220	0	14	1	1
	1	10	4	1	0.300	0	5	1	1
	2	18	6	2	0.222	0	6	0	0
	3	13	4	2	0.154	0	3	0	0
Brandie Wilkerson	Total	35	23	3	0.571	1	5	1	4
	1	15	10	1	0.600	1	1	1	1
	2	9	5	2	0.333	0	1	0	2
	3	11	8	0	0.727	0	3	0	1

Fri, 9/1/2023

Winner 2

Brook Bauer / Tina Graudina (6)

Won 21-17, 21-19

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Melissa Humana-Paredes	Total	16	7	0	0.438	0	13	2	3
	1	6	0	0	0.000	0	7	1	2
	2	10	7	0	0.700	0	6	1	1
Brandie Wilkerson	Total	25	15	3	0.480	4	1	1	2
	1	15	9	2	0.467	1	1	0	1
	2	10	6	1	0.500	3	0	1	1

Sat, 9/2/2023

Winner 3

Kelly Cheng / Sara Hughes (2)

Lost 21-18, 19-21, 9-15

1:03

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Melissa Humana-Paredes	Total	41	19	5	0.341	0	12	1	3
	1	12	8	2	0.500	0	2	1	0
	2	19	8	3	0.263	0	7	0	1
	3	10	3	0	0.300	0	3	0	2
Brandie Wilkerson	Total	27	13	3	0.370	3	2	4	2
	1	7	2	2	0.000	1	0	2	1
	2	11	7	0	0.636	0	2	2	0
	3	9	4	1	0.333	2	0	0	1

Sun, 9/3/2023

Contender 4

Hailey Harward / Kelley Kolinske (8)

Won 21-17, 21-8

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Melissa Humana-Paredes	Total	18	8	4	0.222	0	10	1	0
	1	11	5	4	0.091	0	6	0	0
	2	7	3	0	0.429	0	4	1	0
Brandie Wilkerson	Total	21	9	1	0.381	7	6	4	3
	1	12	3	1	0.167	3	2	3	3
	2	9	6	0	0.667	4	4	1	0

Sun, 9/3/2023

Semi-Finals

Betsi Flint / Julia Scoles (4)

Won 21-13, 17-21, 15-9

1:00

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Melissa Humana-Paredes	Total	35	17	6	0.314	0	19	0	2
	1	12	4	2	0.167	0	8	0	1
	2	16	9	4	0.313	0	6	0	1
	3	7	4	0	0.571	0	5	0	0
Brandie Wilkerson	Total	24	16	2	0.583	1	3	2	4
	1	11	8	1	0.636	0	1	1	2
	2	7	4	1	0.429	1	1	1	2
	3	6	4	0	0.667	0	1	0	0

Sun, 9/3/2023

Finals

Taryn Kloth / Kristen Nuss (1)

Lost 14-21, 21-15, 8-15

1:17

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Melissa Humana-Paredes	Total	32	13	3	0.313	0	14	0	2
	1	11	3	2	0.091	0	3	0	1
	2	14	6	0	0.429	0	8	0	1
	3	7	4	1	0.429	0	3	0	0
Brandie Wilkerson	Total	33	16	4	0.364	2	2	1	8
	1	15	7	3	0.267	2	1	0	3
	2	12	7	0	0.583	0	1	1	2
	3	6	2	1	0.167	0	0	0	3

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Melissa Humana-Paredes	183	78	23	0.301	0	82	5	11
Brandie Wilkerson	165	92	16	0.461	18	19	13	23

Head to Head Results
Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson lead the series against the field 17-10 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Kloth/Nuss 3-6
9/3/23	AVP	Gold Series Chicago Open	Finals	Kloth/Nuss	1	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	3	21-14, 15-21, 15-8	1:17
8/6/23	AVP	Gold Series Atlanta Open	Finals	Kloth/Nuss	2	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	3	21-16, 21-12	0:47
8/5/23	AVP	Gold Series Atlanta Open	Winner 3	Kloth/Nuss	2	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	3	21-16, 21-17	0:48
7/29/23	FIVB	Elite16 Montréal	Winner 2	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	4	Kloth/Nuss	3	21-15, 14-21, 15-8	0:50
6/3/23	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Winner 2	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	13, Q1	Kloth/Nuss	8	21-19, 13-21, 15-12	0:52
5/20/23	AVP	Pro Series Huntington Beach Open	Winner 3	Kloth/Nuss	2	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	3	21-18, 21-14	0:41
4/16/23	AVP	Pro Series New Orleans Open	Semi-Finals	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	2	Kloth/Nuss	4	16-21, 21-15, 15-13	1:00
9/4/22	AVP	Chicago Open	Finals	Kloth/Nuss	6	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	3	21-18, 17-21, 15-10	1:06
9/2/22	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 2	Kloth/Nuss	6	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	3	21-18, 21-15	0:46
Trail the series against # 2 Cheng/Hughes 2-4
9/2/23	AVP	Gold Series Chicago Open	Winner 3	Cheng/Hughes	2	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	3	18-21, 21-19, 15-9	1:03
8/6/23	AVP	Gold Series Atlanta Open	Semi-Finals	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	3	Cheng/Hughes	1	21-18, 22-20	0:47
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
4/16/23	AVP	Pro Series New Orleans Open	Finals	Cheng/Hughes	1	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	2	21-9, 21-18	0:41
2/2/23	FIVB	Doha Elite16	Pool B	Cheng/Hughes	2	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	7	12-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:50
Lead the series against # 4 Flint/Scoles 3-0
9/3/23	AVP	Gold Series Chicago Open	Semi-Finals	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	3	Flint/Scoles	4	21-13, 17-21, 15-9	1:00
7/30/23	FIVB	Elite16 Montréal	Gold Medal	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	4	Flint/Scoles	14, Q6	21-15, 16-21, 15-13	0:48
3/19/23	AVP	Pro Series Miami Open	Finals	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	1	Flint/Scoles	3	21-16, 24-22	0:53
Lead the series against # 5 Murphy/Quiggle 1-0
9/3/22	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 3	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	3	Murphy/Quiggle	10	21-13, 21-17	0:37
Lead the series against # 6 Bauer/Graudina 1-0
9/1/23	AVP	Gold Series Chicago Open	Winner 2	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	3	Bauer/Graudina	6	21-17, 21-19	0:43
Lead the series against # 8 Harward/Kolinske 3-0
9/3/23	AVP	Gold Series Chicago Open	Contender 4	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	3	Harward/Kolinske	8	21-17, 21-8	0:35
6/16/23	FIVB	Challenge Jurmala	Pool C	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	3	Harward/Kolinske	22, Q14	18-21, 21-13, 15-10	0:47
5/19/23	AVP	Pro Series Huntington Beach Open	Winner 2	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	3	Harward/Kolinske	6	21-12, 21-14	0:38
Lead the series against # 12 Pavan/Urango 1-0
8/5/23	AVP	Gold Series Atlanta Open	Contender 4	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	3	Pavan/Urango	11	24-22, 21-18	0:55
Lead the series against # 13 Hildreth/Van Gunst 2-0
5/19/23	AVP	Pro Series Huntington Beach Open	Winner 1	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	3	Hildreth/Van Gunst	14, Q2	21-15, 21-17	0:42
3/19/23	AVP	Pro Series Miami Open	Contender 4	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	1	Hildreth/Van Gunst	10	23-21, 21-9	0:42
Lead the series against # 14 Denaburg/Kan 1-0
9/1/23	AVP	Gold Series Chicago Open	Winner 1	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	3	Denaburg/Kan	14	21-17, 15-21, 19-17	1:01