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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Qinzhou Three Star
October 29 - November 3, 2019

(9) 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 Qinzhou Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2019	Brittany Kendall - 25th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/17-21/2019	Edmonton Three Star	11	4th	420	US$4,000.00
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

Qinzhou Three Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 10/31/2019	Pool H	Yui Nagata / Yukako Suzuki, Japan (24, Q2)	Lost 17-21, 21-15, 13-15	0:45
Fri, 11/1/2019	Pool H	Jingzhe Wang / Shuhui Wen, China (8)	Lost 16-21, 8-21	0:30

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 %
2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00	0	2	0.0 %
Total	FIVB	10	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	$20,300.00	18	15	54.5 %

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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$500.00	2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$500.00
47	2	0	2	1	3	4	8	9	18	$41,550.00	Total	Total	80	2	2	0	3	7	17	17	8	24	$136,625.00

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%
2019-2020	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%
Against the Field	2	33.3%	4	66.7%	0	0.0%	6-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	2	28.6%	5	71.4%	0-7	0.0%	4-10	28.6%	8-4	66.7%	0	0	6-7	46.2%

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 trail the series against the field 5-6 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 6 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 3 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
Trail the series against # 5 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
Trail the series against # 8 Wang/Wen, China 0-1
11/1/19	FIVB	Qinzhou Three Star	Pool H	Wang/Wen	8	Laird/Palmer	9	21-16, 21-8	0:30
Trail the series against # 12 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 # 14 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
Lead the series against # 18 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 # 20 Lobato/Navarro, Spain 0-1
7/9/19	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Qualifier 1	Lobato/Navarro	Q22	Laird/Palmer	Q11	21-16, 21-17	0:37
Trail the series against # 24, Q2 Nagata/Suzuki, Japan 0-1
10/31/19	FIVB	Qinzhou Three Star	Pool H	Nagata/Suzuki	24, Q2	Laird/Palmer	9	21-17, 15-21, 15-13	0:45
Lead the series against # 31, Q7 Dave/Starikov, Israel 1-0
2/21/19	FIVB	Phnom Penh Two Star	Qualifier 2	Laird/Palmer	22, Q15	Dave/Starikov	Q3	21-18, 15-21, 15-12	0:49