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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Edmonton Three Star
July 17 - 21, 2019

(11) Nicole Laird/Becchara Palmer, Australia

Nicole Laird
Australia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 18, 1993 (32 yrs old)

Home Town:

Sydney

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

69 kg (152 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$49,370.28

Becchara Palmer
Australia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 18, 1988 (37 yrs old)

Home Town:

Adelaide

Height:

183 cm (6'0")

Weight:

73 kg (161 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

1 (Sydney 2019)

Career Winnings:

US$139,025.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	12	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	5	1	US$25,100.00

Previous Edmonton Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/8-14/2019	Gstaad Major Series	Q11	41st	60	US$0.00
FIVB	6/28-7/6/2019	World Championships Hamburg	32	33rd	320	US$4,800.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2019	Warsaw Four Star	Q7	33rd	160	US$0.00
FIVB	5/22-26/2019	Jinjiang Four Star	Q6	33rd	160	US$0.00
FIVB	4/29-5/4/2019	Kuala Lumpur Three Star	Q1	33rd	120	US$0.00
FIVB	4/23-28/2019	Xiamen Four Star	Q17	33rd	160	US$0.00
FIVB	3/6-10/2019	Sydney Three Star	31, Q18	1st	600	US$10,000.00
FIVB	2/21-24/2019	Phnom Penh Two Star	22, Q15	19th	150	US$500.00

Edmonton Three Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/18/2019	Pool F	Victoria Kjolberg / Ane Tveit Hjortland, Norway (22)	Won 21-18, 18-21, 15-13	0:48
Fri, 7/19/2019	Pool F	Eva Freiberger / Valerie Teufl, Austria (27)	Won 21-15, 17-21, 15-12	0:47
Fri, 7/19/2019	Winner 2	Michala Frank / Michaela Kubickova, Czech Republic (7)	Won 21-14, 21-16	0:41
Sat, 7/20/2019	Winner 3	Kim DiCello / Kelly Reeves, United States (16)	Won 15-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:46
Sat, 7/20/2019	Semi-Finals	Emily Capers / Betsi Flint, United States (2)	Lost 15-21, 12-21	0:30
Sun, 7/21/2019	Bronze Medal	Azusa Futami / Akiko Hasegawa, Japan (13)	Lost 19-21, 17-21	0:36

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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,800.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	$16,300.00
Total	12	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	$25,100.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Nicole Laird												Becchara Palmer
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,600.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$9,600.00
14	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	0	$23,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	21	0	0	0	0	1	4	9	3	0	$51,700.00
13	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	$4,400.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	42	0	1	0	2	3	9	6	4	0	$68,025.00
19	2	1	2	1	2	3	1	4	0	$14,050.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	8	1	0	0	1	2	1	1	1	0	$9,525.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$250.00	Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											Satellite	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$175.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U23 World Championships
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
56	3	1	2	1	3	8	9	10	0	$49,300.00	Total	82	2	2	0	3	7	19	17	8	0	$139,025.00

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
2019	FIVB	9	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	$19,300.00	18	13	58.1 %
Total	FIVB	9	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	$19,300.00	18	13	58.1 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Nicole Laird													Becchara Palmer
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2005	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2006	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$175.00
											2006	FIVB Age Group WC	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2007	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	$2,000.00
											2007	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2008	FIVB	8	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	5	$8,450.00
											2008	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2009	FIVB	10	0	1	0	0	2	0	3	1	3	$28,550.00
											2010	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	0	$25,800.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2010	FIVB Age Group WC
											2011	FIVB	10	0	0	0	1	0	4	5	0	0	$30,825.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2011	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2012	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	0	0	$28,700.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00	2012	FIVB C&S
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2012	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2013	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$5,500.00	2014	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	$600.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2014	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2014	FIVB Age Group WC
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	$7,400.00	2015	FIVB
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	$9,500.00	2016	FIVB
10	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	6	$6,650.00	2017	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$1,375.00
5	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	$1,200.00	2018	FIVB
11	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	6	$10,550.00	2019	FIVB	9	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	6	$9,650.00
46	2	0	2	1	3	4	8	8	18	$41,050.00	Total	Total	79	2	2	0	3	7	17	17	7	24	$136,125.00

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	11	55.0%	8	40.0%	1	5.0%	19-1	95.0%	3	15.0%	3	15.0%	14	70.0%	3-17	15.0%	11-14	44.0%	11-4	73.3%	0	0	22-18	55.0%
2018-2019	9	56.3%	6	37.5%	1	6.3%	15-1	93.8%	3	20.0%	1	6.7%	11	73.3%	3-12	20.0%	9-11	45.0%	9-2	81.8%	0	0	18-13	58.1%
Against the Field	4	44.4%	5	55.6%	0	0.0%	9-0	100.0%	1	20.0%	0	0.0%	4	80.0%	1-4	20.0%	8-8	50.0%	12-0	100.0%	0	0	10-4	71.4%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	4	1	5	5	0	0	5	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	16	9
Total	0	0	7	5	7	8	0	1	6	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	22	18

Head to Head Results
Laird/Palmer lead the series against the field 9-4 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 2 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 2 Capers/Flint, United States 1-1
7/20/19	FIVB	Edmonton Three Star	Semi-Finals	Capers/Flint	2	Laird/Palmer	11	21-15, 21-12	0:30
3/10/19	FIVB	Sydney Three Star	Gold Medal	Laird/Palmer	31, Q18	Capers/Flint	7	21-19, 16-21, 15-13	0:49
Lead the series against # 7 Frank/Kubickova, Czech Republic 2-1
7/19/19	FIVB	Edmonton Three Star	Winner 2	Laird/Palmer	11	Frank/Kubickova	7	21-14, 21-16	0:41
4/24/19	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Qualifier 1	Laird/Palmer	Q17	Frank/Kubickova	Q16	21-17, 22-20	0:36
2/22/19	FIVB	Phnom Penh Two Star	Pool C	Frank/Kubickova	3	Laird/Palmer	22, Q15	21-18, 21-19	0:39
Trail the series against # 10 Chamereau/Jupiter, France 0-1
6/12/19	FIVB	Warsaw Four Star	Qualifier 2	Chamereau/Jupiter	30, Q10	Laird/Palmer	Q7	21-18, 21-18	0:36
Trail the series against # 13 Futami/Hasegawa, Japan 0-1
7/21/19	FIVB	Edmonton Three Star	Bronze Medal	Futami/Hasegawa	13	Laird/Palmer	11	21-19, 21-17	0:36
Lead the series against # 16 DiCello/Reeves, United States 1-0
7/20/19	FIVB	Edmonton Three Star	Winner 3	Laird/Palmer	11	DiCello/Reeves	16	15-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:46
Lead the series against # 17 Traballi/Zuccarelli, Italy 1-0
3/6/19	FIVB	Sydney Three Star	Qualifier 2	Laird/Palmer	31, Q18	Traballi/Zuccarelli	Q2	21-13, 21-19	0:32
Lead the series against # 22 Kjolberg/Tveit Hjortland, Norway 1-0
7/18/19	FIVB	Edmonton Three Star	Pool F	Laird/Palmer	11	Kjolberg/Tveit Hjortland	22	21-18, 18-21, 15-13	0:48
Lead the series against # 27 Freiberger/Teufl, Austria 1-0
7/19/19	FIVB	Edmonton Three Star	Pool F	Laird/Palmer	11	Freiberger/Teufl	27	21-15, 17-21, 15-12	0:47
Lead the series against # 30, Q7 Strauss/Strauss, Austria 2-0
5/22/19	FIVB	Jinjiang Four Star	Qualifier 1	Laird/Palmer	Q6	Strauss/Strauss	Q27	21-18, 18-21, 15-12	0:47
3/6/19	FIVB	Sydney Three Star	Qualifier 1	Laird/Palmer	31, Q18	Strauss/Strauss	Q15	21-18, 21-16	0:35