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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 BPT Challenge Saquarema
April 13 - 16, 2023

(4) Lezana Placette/Alexia Richard, France

Lézana Placette
France

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 11, 1997 (28 yrs old)

Home Town:

Croix

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Montpellier 2019)

Career Winnings:

US$88,669.17

Alexia Richard
France

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 3, 1996 (29 yrs old)

Home Town:

La Teste de Buch

Height:

184 cm (6'0")

Weight:

76 kg (167 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB Haikou 2024)

Career Winnings:

US$88,144.92

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	37	41	Money
FIVB	73	0	0	1	2	6	1	18	3	10	9	5	9	7	0	2	US$173,304.50
FIVB Age Group WC	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	US$0.00
Overall	76	0	0	1	2	6	1	18	3	12	9	5	9	7	1	2	US$173,304.50

Previous Saquarema Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/6-9/2023	Challenge Itapema	5	19th	300	US$1,000.00
FIVB	3/22-26/2023	Elite16 Tepic	14, Q4	9th	600	US$6,000.00
FIVB	3/16-19/2023	La Paz Challenge	8	5th	600	US$3,750.00
FIVB	11/3-6/2022	Cape Town Elite 16	8	4th	900	US$10,000.00
FIVB	9/28-10/2/2022	Paris Elite 16	12	9th	600	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/10-14/2022	Hamburg Elite 16	Q6	17th	400	US$0.00
FIVB	7/14-17/2022	Espinho Challenge	14, Q2	5th	600	US$3,750.00
FIVB	6/10-19/2022	Beach Volleyball World Championships	34	17th	640	US$7,000.00
FIVB	5/5-8/2022	Doha Challenge	19, Q3	19th	300	US$1,000.00
FIVB	4/14-17/2022	Itapema Challenge	21, Q8	19th	300	US$1,000.00

Challenge Saquarema Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 4/14/2023	Pool D	Maria Carro / Angela Lobato, Spain (21, Q6)	Lost 9-21, 27-25, 10-15	0:53
Fri, 4/14/2023	Pool D	Meimei Lin / Jinjin Zeng, China (16)	Won 21-16, 21-19	0:38
Sat, 4/15/2023	Winner 1	Valentina Gottardi / Marta Menegatti, Italy (3)	Lost 21-23, 20-22	0:50

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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
Youth Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$21,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	22	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	3	11	2	0	$57,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	38	0	0	1	1	4	1	10	0	8	5	0	$79,750.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	1	2	0	$14,940.00
U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
Total	76	0	0	1	2	6	1	18	3	26	9	0	$173,190.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Lezana Placette												Alexia Richard
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Youth Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$10,500.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$10,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	World Tour Finals
23	0	0	0	1	1	6	11	2	0	$28,750.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	23	0	0	0	1	1	6	11	2	0	$28,750.00
40	0	0	1	1	5	10	8	5	0	$40,375.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	40	0	0	1	1	5	10	9	5	0	$40,875.00
14	1	0	1	0	1	6	1	2	0	$8,660.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	12	0	0	0	0	3	5	1	2	0	$7,870.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
85	1	0	2	2	7	22	26	9	0	$88,285.00	Total	82	0	0	1	2	9	21	27	9	0	$87,995.00

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
2014	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00	7	5	58.3 %
2016	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2018	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	$7,300.00	4	9	30.8 %
2019	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	4	$10,000.00	11	14	44.0 %
2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2021	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	3	$10,640.00	11	12	47.8 %
2022	FIVB	8	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	4	1	0	$28,750.00	13	15	46.4 %
2023	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	$13,250.00	7	8	46.7 %
Total	FIVB	35	0	0	0	1	3	0	9	0	7	6	9	$69,940.00	46	59	43.8 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$0.00	7	6	53.8 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Lezana Placette													Alexia Richard
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00	2014	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2016	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	$600.00	2017	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$250.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	4	$4,240.00	2018	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	1	4	$4,800.00
11	1	0	0	0	1	3	0	1	5	$5,500.00	2019	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	1	4	$5,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	3	$5,320.00	2021	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	3	$5,320.00
8	0	0	0	1	1	1	4	1	0	$14,375.00	2022	FIVB	8	0	0	0	1	1	1	4	1	0	$14,375.00
4	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	$6,625.00	2023	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	$6,625.00
47	1	0	1	1	3	10	9	6	16	$36,660.00	Total	Total	44	0	0	0	1	5	9	10	6	13	$36,370.00

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	62	63.9%	18	18.6%	17	17.5%	80-17	82.5%	21	16.5%	21	16.5%	85	66.9%	21-106	16.5%	62-85	42.2%	39-38	50.6%	3	4	104-127	45.0%
2022-2023	23	67.6%	5	14.7%	6	17.6%	28-6	82.4%	9	20.0%	7	15.6%	29	64.4%	9-36	20.0%	23-29	44.2%	14-13	51.9%	0	1	37-43	46.3%
Against the Field	16	66.7%	3	12.5%	5	20.8%	19-5	79.2%	6	18.2%	5	15.2%	22	66.7%	6-27	18.2%	32-40	44.4%	18-20	47.4%	1	1	26-31	45.6%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Youth Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2
World Championships	0	0	0	0	5	4	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	7
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	14	11	10	18	0	0	2	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	26	36
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	20	9	24	34	1	1	12	17	0	2	1	1	0	0	58	64
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	7	11	0	0	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	17
U21 World Championships	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
U18/19 World Championships	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3
Total	0	0	34	21	54	72	2	2	20	33	0	3	1	2	0	0	111	133

Head to Head Results
Placette/Richard trail the series against the field 12-15 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 5 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Cavalcanti/De Souza, Brazil 1-0
8/28/21	FIVB	Brno 2 Star	Pool E	Placette/Richard	8	Cavalcanti/De Souza	5	21-14, 21-16	0:36
Series tied with # 3 Gottardi/Menegatti, Italy 1-1
4/15/23	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Winner 1	Gottardi/Menegatti	3	Placette/Richard	4	23-21, 22-20	0:50
9/30/22	FIVB	Paris Elite 16	Pool D	Placette/Richard	12	Gottardi/Menegatti	5	19-21, 21-13, 16-14	0:56
Trail the series against # 5 Hermannova/Stochlova, Czech Republic 0-1
7/15/22	FIVB	Espinho Challenge	Pool B	Hermannova/Stochlova	11	Placette/Richard	14, Q2	18-21, 21-19, 24-22	1:07
Trail the series against # 6 Bobner/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 0-3
9/30/22	FIVB	Paris Elite 16	Pool D	Bobner/Verge-Depre	13, Q6	Placette/Richard	12	21-15, 21-13	0:34
8/10/22	FIVB	Hamburg Elite 16	Qualifier 2	Bobner/Verge-Depre	13, Q3	Placette/Richard	Q6	21-11, 26-24	0:42
3/16/22	FIVB	Tlaxcala Challenge	Qualifier 2	Bobner/Verge-Depre	21, Q6	Placette/Richard	Q11	23-21, 23-21	0:46
Trail the series against # 8 Lopes/Silva, Brazil 0-2
5/6/22	FIVB	Doha Challenge	Pool F	Lopes/Silva	7	Placette/Richard	19, Q3	26-24, 21-16	0:39
11/12/21	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Winner 2	Lopes/Silva	21, Q3	Placette/Richard	19	21-16, 18-11 Retired	0:38
Series tied with # 10 Almeida/Lima, Brazil 1-1
3/22/23	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Qualifier 2	Placette/Richard	14, Q4	Almeida/Lima	Q5	15-21, 22-20, 16-14	0:57
4/15/22	FIVB	Itapema Challenge	Pool D	Almeida/Lima	4	Placette/Richard	21, Q8	21-19, 21-19	0:42
Lead the series against # 12 Harward/Kolinske, United States 1-0
3/18/23	FIVB	La Paz Challenge	Winner 1	Placette/Richard	8	Harward/Kolinske	12	21-12, 21-17	0:30
Trail the series against # 14 Antunes/Coradello, Brazil 0-3
4/7/23	FIVB	Challenge Itapema	Pool E	Antunes/Coradello	17	Placette/Richard	5	21-13, 21-19	0:36
3/17/23	FIVB	La Paz Challenge	Pool E	Antunes/Coradello	5	Placette/Richard	8	21-14, 22-20	0:35
11/5/22	FIVB	Cape Town Elite 16	Semi-Finals	Antunes/Coradello	7	Placette/Richard	8	21-15, 21-19	0:33
Lead the series against # 15, Q4 Klinger/Klinger, Austria 1-0
7/16/22	FIVB	Espinho Challenge	Winner 1	Placette/Richard	14, Q2	Klinger/Klinger	20, Q11	18-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:55
Lead the series against # 16 Lin/Zeng, China 1-0
4/14/23	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Pool D	Placette/Richard	4	Lin/Zeng	16	21-16, 21-19	0:38
Lead the series against # 17, Q5 Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer, Austria 1-0
3/8/19	FIVB	Sydney Three Star	Winner 1	Placette/Richard	20	Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer	10	21-19, 21-15	0:34
Series tied with # 20 Ishii/Mizoe, Japan 1-1
4/7/23	FIVB	Challenge Itapema	Pool E	Ishii/Mizoe	20	Placette/Richard	5	20-22, 21-19, 15-13	0:55
11/5/22	FIVB	Cape Town Elite 16	Winner 1	Placette/Richard	8	Ishii/Mizoe	2	21-18, 10-21, 22-20	0:58
Lead the series against # 21, Q6 Carro/Lobato, Spain 2-1
4/14/23	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Pool D	Carro/Lobato	21, Q6	Placette/Richard	4	21-9, 25-27, 15-10	0:53
3/17/23	FIVB	La Paz Challenge	Pool E	Placette/Richard	8	Carro/Lobato	17, Q4	21-18, 21-11	0:29
11/4/22	FIVB	Cape Town Elite 16	Pool A	Placette/Richard	8	Carro/Lobato	9	21-18, 21-14	0:32
Lead the series against # Q1 Piersma/van Driel, Netherlands 1-0
3/16/22	FIVB	Tlaxcala Challenge	Qualifier 1	Placette/Richard	Q11	Piersma/van Driel	Q22	19-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:52
Trail the series against # Q20 Bobadilla/Valiente, Paraguay 0-2
8/18/14	FIVB Age Group WC	Nanjing Youth Olympic Games	Pool D	Bobadilla/Valiente	16	Placette/Richard	33	21-17, 21-12	0:33
8/1/14	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 19 World Championships	Winner 1	Bobadilla/Valiente	23	Placette/Richard	12	21-10, 21-19	0:34
Lead the series against # Q23 Chamereau/Vieira, France 1-0
11/12/21	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Winner 1	Placette/Richard	19	Chamereau/Vieira	27, Q5	18-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:54