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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$1,000,000 Beach Volleyball World Championships
June 10 - 19, 2022

(20) Sophie Bukovec/Brandie Wilkerson, Canada

Sophie Bukovec
Canada

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 22, 1995 (30 yrs old)

Home Town:

Toronto

Height:

183 cm (6'0")

Weight:

64 kg (141 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

1 (Halifax 2023)

Career Winnings:

US$80,922.34

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

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	7	0	1	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	1	US$71,250.00

Previous Rome Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2019	Did not play	Heather Bansley - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/19-22/2022	Kusadasi Challenge	13	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	4/14-17/2022	Itapema Challenge	18, Q6	5th	600	US$3,750.00
FIVB	3/16-20/2022	Tlaxcala Challenge	Q9	25th	220	US$0.00

Beach Volleyball World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 6/10/2022	Pool E	Esmee Bobner / Zoe Verge-Depre, Switzerland (29)	Won 24-22, 21-17	0:42
Sat, 6/11/2022	Pool E	Valentina Cali / Margherita Tega, Italy (44)	Won 21-12, 22-20	0:37
Sun, 6/12/2022	Pool E	Kelly Cheng / Betsi Flint, United States (5)	Won 21-19, 21-19	0:38
Wed, 6/15/2022	Winner 1	Worapeerachayakorn Kongphopsarutawadee / Taravadee Naraphornrapat, Thailand (33)	Won 21-16, 19-21, 15-12	0:49
Thu, 6/16/2022	Winner 2	Karla Borger / Julia Sude, Germany (13)	Won 19-21, 21-19, 15-10	0:56
Fri, 6/17/2022	Winner 3	Valentina Gottardi / Marta Menegatti, Italy (43)	Won 21-15, 21-12	0:36
Sat, 6/18/2022	Semi-Finals	Svenja Muller / Cinja Tillmann, Germany (16)	Won 21-15, 15-21, 15-12	0:48
Sun, 6/19/2022	Gold Medal	Duda Lisboa / Ana Patricia Silva, Brazil (2)	Lost 17-21, 19-21	0:39

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Did not play	Heather Bansley - 5th
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Did not play	Heather Bansley - 17th
2022	World Championships	Rome	Brandie Wilkerson - 2nd	Sophie Bukovec - 2nd
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Did not play	Melissa Humana-Paredes - 5th
2025	World Championships	Adelaide	Did not play	Melissa Humana-Paredes - 5th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/10-19/2022	Beach Volleyball World Championships	20	2nd	1440	US$45,000.00

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$)
World Championships	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$45,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$20,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	$6,250.00
Total	7	0	1	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	1	0	$71,250.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Sophie Bukovec												Brandie Wilkerson
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$22,500.00	World Championships	5	0	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	$53,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,750.00	World Tour Finals	6	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	0	$41,750.00
14	0	0	0	0	2	5	5	0	0	$21,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	37	2	2	2	0	14	9	1	2	0	$166,750.00
25	0	1	1	1	3	4	2	4	0	$26,250.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	33	3	1	3	0	8	7	5	3	0	$90,825.00
12	1	1	0	1	1	1	4	2	0	$6,325.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U23 World Championships
3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
60	2	3	1	2	6	14	13	7	0	$80,325.00	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
2022	FIVB	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	$51,250.00	13	5	72.2 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	$51,250.00	13	5	72.2 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Sophie Bukovec													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	0	0	1	$0.00	2012	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$0.00	2012	FIVB Age Group WC
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00	2013	FIVB Age Group WC
											2014	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$1,000.00
2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2014	FIVB Age Group WC
											2015	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	$600.00
											2016	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	$11,850.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2017	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	2	6	0	0	0	$34,000.00
12	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	6	$5,000.00	2018	FIVB	10	1	1	2	0	3	1	0	2	0	$56,500.00
7	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	3	$2,675.00	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
3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$650.00	2021	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	4	2	2	0	0	$16,000.00
4	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	$25,625.00	2022	FIVB	4	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	$25,625.00
34	1	2	0	1	2	5	6	5	12	$33,950.00	Total	Total	57	3	2	4	0	12	15	8	5	8	$194,075.00

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	13	72.2%	4	22.2%	1	5.6%	17-1	94.4%	3	27.3%	1	9.1%	7	63.6%	3-8	27.3%	13-7	65.0%	7-2	77.8%	0	0	20-9	69.0%
2021-2022	13	72.2%	4	22.2%	1	5.6%	17-1	94.4%	3	27.3%	1	9.1%	7	63.6%	3-8	27.3%	13-7	65.0%	7-2	77.8%	0	0	20-9	69.0%
Against the Field	9	64.3%	4	28.6%	1	7.1%	13-1	92.9%	2	22.2%	0	0.0%	7	77.8%	2-7	22.2%	18-14	56.3%	12-2	85.7%	0	0	15-8	65.2%

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	3	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	7	1
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	4
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	2	1	3	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	4
Total	0	0	2	1	12	3	0	0	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	20	9

Head to Head Results
Bukovec/Wilkerson lead the series against the field 9-5 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 3 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Lisboa/Silva, Brazil 0-1
6/19/22	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Gold Medal	Lisboa/Silva	2	Bukovec/Wilkerson	20	21-17, 21-19	0:39
Trail the series against # 4 Salgado/Seixas, Brazil 0-1
4/15/22	FIVB	Itapema Challenge	Pool F	Salgado/Seixas	6	Bukovec/Wilkerson	18, Q6	21-15, 21-16	0:36
Lead the series against # 5 Cheng/Flint, United States 1-0
6/12/22	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool E	Bukovec/Wilkerson	20	Cheng/Flint	5	21-19, 21-19	0:38
Series tied with # 13 Borger/Sude, Germany 1-1
6/16/22	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Winner 2	Bukovec/Wilkerson	20	Borger/Sude	13	19-21, 21-19, 15-10	0:56
4/16/22	FIVB	Itapema Challenge	Winner 2	Borger/Sude	9	Bukovec/Wilkerson	18, Q6	21-19, 27-25	0:46
Trail the series against # 15 Laboureur/Schulz, Germany 0-1
3/16/22	FIVB	Tlaxcala Challenge	Qualifier 2	Laboureur/Schulz	23, Q8	Bukovec/Wilkerson	Q9	21-15, 21-19	0:38
Series tied with # 16 Muller/Tillmann, Germany 1-1
6/18/22	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Semi-Finals	Bukovec/Wilkerson	20	Muller/Tillmann	16	21-15, 15-21, 15-12	0:48
5/21/22	FIVB	Kusadasi Challenge	Winner 1	Muller/Tillmann	4	Bukovec/Wilkerson	13	21-11, 21-12	0:27
Lead the series against # 17 Cannon/Marmelstein, United States 1-0
4/15/22	FIVB	Itapema Challenge	Pool F	Bukovec/Wilkerson	18, Q6	Cannon/Marmelstein	7	21-19, 21-14	0:34
Lead the series against # 29 Bobner/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 2-0
6/10/22	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool E	Bukovec/Wilkerson	20	Bobner/Verge-Depre	29	24-22, 21-17	0:42
5/20/22	FIVB	Kusadasi Challenge	Pool A	Bukovec/Wilkerson	13	Bobner/Verge-Depre	12	21-19, 21-17	0:41
Lead the series against # 33 Kongphopsarutawadee/Naraphornrapat, Thailand 1-0
6/15/22	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Winner 1	Bukovec/Wilkerson	20	Kongphopsarutawadee/Naraphornrapat	33	21-16, 19-21, 15-12	0:49
Lead the series against # 43 Gottardi/Menegatti, Italy 1-0
6/17/22	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Winner 3	Bukovec/Wilkerson	20	Gottardi/Menegatti	43	21-15, 21-12	0:36
Lead the series against # 44 Cali/Tega, Italy 1-0
6/11/22	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool E	Bukovec/Wilkerson	20	Cali/Tega	44	21-12, 22-20	0:37