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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Volleyfest Three Star
March 6 - 10, 2019

(31, Q18) 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 Sydney Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2017	Louise Bawden - 3rd	Phoebe Bell - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	2/21-24/2019	Phnom Penh Two Star	22, Q15	19th	150	US$500.00

Sydney Three Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 3/6/2019	Qualifier 1	Nadine Strauss / Teresa Strauss, Austria (Q15)	Won 21-18, 21-16	0:35
Wed, 3/6/2019	Qualifier 2	Gaia Traballi / Agata Zuccarelli, Italy (Q2)	Won 21-13, 21-19	0:32
Thu, 3/7/2019	Pool B	Karla Borger / Julia Sude, Germany (2)	Lost 19-21, 21-16, 6-15	0:44
Fri, 3/8/2019	Pool B	Suzuka Hashimoto / Sayaka Mizoe, Japan (15)	Won 21-10, 23-21	0:34
Fri, 3/8/2019	Winner 1	Brittany Howard / Kelly Reeves, United States (12)	Won 18-21, 21-12, 15-12	0:44
Sat, 3/9/2019	Winner 2	Marta Menegatti / Viktoria Orsi Toth, Italy (4)	Won 8-21, 21-16, 15-6	0:40
Sat, 3/9/2019	Winner 3	Miki Ishii / Megumi Murakami, Japan (5)	Won 21-12, 21-19	0:33
Sun, 3/10/2019	Semi-Finals	Brooke Sweat / Kerri Walsh Jennings, United States (6)	Won 21-18, 18-21, 15-12	0:49
Sun, 3/10/2019	Gold Medal	Emily Capers / Betsi Flint, United States (7)	Won 21-19, 16-21, 15-13	0:49

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	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$10,500.00	10	3	76.9 %
Total	FIVB	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$10,500.00	10	3	76.9 %

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
4	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$6,150.00	2019	FIVB	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$5,250.00
39	2	0	2	0	3	4	8	8	12	$36,650.00	Total	Total	72	2	2	0	2	7	17	17	7	18	$131,725.00

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	7	63.6%	4	36.4%	0	0.0%	11-0	100.0%	2	18.2%	1	9.1%	8	72.7%	2-9	18.2%	14-16	46.7%	12-2	85.7%	0	0	13-9	59.1%

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
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 9-3 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Borger/Sude, Germany 0-1
3/7/19	FIVB	Sydney Three Star	Pool B	Borger/Sude	2	Laird/Palmer	31, Q18	21-19, 16-21, 15-6	0:44
Lead the series against # 4 Menegatti/Orsi Toth, Italy 1-0
3/9/19	FIVB	Sydney Three Star	Winner 2	Laird/Palmer	31, Q18	Menegatti/Orsi Toth	4	8-21, 21-16, 15-6	0:40
Lead the series against # 5 Ishii/Murakami, Japan 1-0
3/9/19	FIVB	Sydney Three Star	Winner 3	Laird/Palmer	31, Q18	Ishii/Murakami	5	21-12, 21-19	0:33
Lead the series against # 6 Sweat/Walsh Jennings, United States 1-0
3/10/19	FIVB	Sydney Three Star	Semi-Finals	Laird/Palmer	31, Q18	Sweat/Walsh Jennings	6	21-18, 18-21, 15-12	0:49
Lead the series against # 7 Capers/Flint, United States 1-0
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 # 12 Howard/Reeves, United States 1-0
3/8/19	FIVB	Sydney Three Star	Winner 1	Laird/Palmer	31, Q18	Howard/Reeves	12	18-21, 21-12, 15-12	0:44
Lead the series against # 15 Hashimoto/Mizoe, Japan 1-0
3/8/19	FIVB	Sydney Three Star	Pool B	Laird/Palmer	31, Q18	Hashimoto/Mizoe	15	21-10, 23-21	0:34
Trail the series against # 18 Frank/Kubickova, Czech Republic 0-1
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 # 25, Q5 Brzostek/Wachowicz, Poland 0-1
2/22/19	FIVB	Phnom Penh Two Star	Pool C	Brzostek/Wachowicz	10	Laird/Palmer	22, Q15	21-18, 24-22	0:42
Lead the series against # Q2 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 # Q15 Strauss/Strauss, Austria 1-0
3/6/19	FIVB	Sydney Three Star	Qualifier 1	Laird/Palmer	31, Q18	Strauss/Strauss	Q15	21-18, 21-16	0:35
Lead the series against # Q17 Kotlasova/Mokra, Czech Republic 1-0
2/21/19	FIVB	Phnom Penh Two Star	Qualifier 1	Laird/Palmer	22, Q15	Kotlasova/Mokra	Q10	21-16, 21-17	0:40