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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 BPT Challenge Recife
March 21 - 24, 2024

(7) 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$101,183.92

Alexia Richard
France

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 3, 1996 (30 yrs old)

Home Town:

La Teste de Buch

Height:

184 cm (6'0")

Weight:

76 kg (167 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$100,659.67

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	37	41	Money
CEV	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	3	0	0	0	US$7,858.55
FIVB	76	0	0	2	2	6	1	19	3	10	9	5	9	7	0	2	US$188,054.50
FIVB Age Group WC	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	US$0.00
Overall	86	0	0	2	2	6	1	20	3	15	9	5	12	7	1	2	US$195,913.05

Previous Recife Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/5-9/2024	Elite16 Doha	Q4	17th	400	US$0.00
FIVB	11/30-12/3/2023	Challenge Nuvali	8	4th	680	US$6,000.00
FIVB	11/22-26/2023	Elite16 Joao Pessoa	13, Q1	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	11/16-19/2023	Challenge Chiang Mai	9	19th	300	US$1,000.00
FIVB	10/19-22/2023	Challenge Goa	2	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	10/6-15/2023	Beach Volleyball World Championships	24	17th	640	US$7,000.00
FIVB	9/27-10/1/2023	Elite16 Paris	12	13th	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	8/16-20/2023	Elite16 Hamburg	14, Q10	9th	600	US$6,000.00
CEV	8/2-5/2023	European Championships	19	17th	360	€ 1,000.00
FIVB	7/13-16/2023	Challenge Portugal	14, Q3	5th	600	US$3,750.00
FIVB	4/26-30/2023	Elite16 Uberlândia	Q6	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	4/13-16/2023	Challenge Saquarema	4	9th	460	US$2,500.00
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

Challenge Recife Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 3/22/2024	Pool F	Heather Bansley / Sophie Bukovec, Canada (18, Q2)	Lost 17-21, 15-21	0:37
Fri, 3/22/2024	Pool F	Hegeile Almeida / Vitoria De Souza, Brazil (19, Q4)	Won 21-19, 21-18	0:34
Sat, 3/23/2024	Lucky Loser	Daniela Alvarez / Tania Moreno, Spain (8)	Won 21-15, 21-18	0:36
Sat, 3/23/2024	Winner 1	Tina Graudina / Anastasija Samoilova, Latvia (2)	Lost 18-21, 21-18, 11-15	0:46

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	23	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	3	11	2	1	$60,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	40	0	0	2	1	4	1	11	0	8	5	8	$92,000.00
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	1	$0.00
U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
Confederation Championship	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	3	0	$7,000.00
Total	86	0	0	2	2	6	1	20	3	29	12	10	$194,940.00

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	1	$0.00	World Tour Finals
24	0	0	0	1	1	6	11	2	2	$30,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	24	0	0	0	1	1	6	11	2	2	$30,000.00
42	0	0	2	1	5	11	8	5	10	$46,500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	42	0	0	2	1	5	11	9	5	9	$47,000.00
14	1	0	1	0	1	6	1	2	2	$8,660.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	12	0	0	0	0	3	5	1	2	1	$7,870.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$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
7	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	0	$3,500.00	Confederation Championship	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	0	$3,500.00
95	1	0	3	2	7	24	29	12	16	$99,160.00	Total	93	0	0	2	2	9	23	31	12	13	$98,870.00

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 %
2019	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	2	3	40.0 %
2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2020	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00	1	2	33.3 %
2021	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	3	$10,640.00	11	12	47.8 %
2021	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$500.00	0	2	0.0 %
2022	FIVB	8	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	4	1	0	$28,750.00	13	15	46.4 %
2022	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$500.00	0	2	0.0 %
2023	FIVB	13	0	0	0	1	3	0	4	1	4	0	0	$52,500.00	24	28	46.2 %
2023	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00	1	2	33.3 %
2024	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$2,500.00	3	3	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	46	0	0	0	2	5	0	12	1	11	6	9	$111,690.00	66	82	44.6 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$0.00	7	6	53.8 %
Total	CEV	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	$5,500.00	4	11	26.7 %

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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2017	CEV
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
											2018	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
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	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2019	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2020	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00	2021	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00	2022	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00
13	0	0	0	1	3	5	4	0	0	$26,250.00	2023	FIVB	13	0	0	0	1	3	5	4	0	0	$26,250.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2023	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,250.00	2024	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,250.00
64	1	0	1	2	5	15	16	8	16	$60,285.00	Total	Total	61	0	0	0	2	7	14	17	8	13	$59,995.00

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	66	64.1%	20	19.4%	17	16.5%	86-17	83.5%	24	17.9%	23	17.2%	87	64.9%	24-110	17.9%	66-87	43.1%	44-40	52.4%	3	4	113-131	46.3%
2023-2024	26	65.0%	7	17.5%	7	17.5%	33-7	82.5%	9	17.6%	10	19.6%	32	62.7%	9-42	17.6%	26-32	44.8%	16-17	48.5%	2	1	44-50	46.8%
Against the Field	14	70.0%	1	5.0%	5	25.0%	15-5	75.0%	4	10.8%	4	10.8%	29	78.4%	4-33	10.8%	28-50	35.9%	10-18	35.7%	2	2	21-36	36.8%

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	15	11	11	19	0	0	2	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	28	37
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	20	9	27	35	1	1	15	18	0	3	2	1	0	0	65	67
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
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	4	12	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	16
Total	0	0	35	21	62	86	2	2	24	38	0	4	2	2	0	0	125	153

Head to Head Results
Placette/Richard trail the series against the field 15-24 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 8 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Lopes/Silva, Brazil 1-3
12/3/23	FIVB	Challenge Nuvali	Bronze Medal	Lopes/Silva	1	Placette/Richard	8	21-17, 21-14	0:36
7/15/23	FIVB	Challenge Portugal	Winner 1	Placette/Richard	14, Q3	Lopes/Silva	8	14-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:52
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
Trail the series against # 2 Graudina/Samoilova, Latvia 0-3
3/23/24	FIVB	Challenge Recife	Winner 1	Graudina/Samoilova	2	Placette/Richard	7	21-18, 18-21, 15-11	0:46
12/1/23	FIVB	Challenge Nuvali	Pool E	Graudina/Samoilova	5	Placette/Richard	8	By Forfeit
8/11/22	CEV	EuroBeachVolley 2021	Pool D	Graudina/Samoilova	4	Placette/Richard	29	21-17, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # 4 Ahtiainen/Lahti, Finland 1-0
10/7/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool A	Placette/Richard	24	Ahtiainen/Lahti	25	21-17, 21-15	0:36
Lead the series against # 5 Borger/Ittlinger, Germany 1-0
8/17/23	FIVB	Elite16 Hamburg	Pool C	Placette/Richard	14, Q10	Borger/Ittlinger	11	21-16, 21-17	0:40
Trail the series against # 8 Alvarez/Moreno, Spain 1-2
3/23/24	FIVB	Challenge Recife	Lucky Loser	Placette/Richard	7	Alvarez/Moreno	8	21-15, 21-18	0:36
12/3/23	FIVB	Challenge Nuvali	Semi-Finals	Alvarez/Moreno	3	Placette/Richard	8	21-19, 21-18	0:39
10/21/23	FIVB	Challenge Goa	Winner 1	Alvarez/Moreno	4	Placette/Richard	2	21-19, 19-21, 15-12	1:00
Series tied with # 9 Hermannova/Stochlova, Czechia 1-1
8/2/23	CEV	European Championships	Pool C	Placette/Richard	19	Hermannova/Stochlova	14	16-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:54
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 # 10 Bobner/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 0-5
3/5/24	FIVB	Elite16 Doha	Qualifier 2	Bobner/Verge-Depre	15, Q5	Placette/Richard	Q4	18-21, 22-20, 15-7	0:47
10/11/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Winner 1	Bobner/Verge-Depre	17	Placette/Richard	24	26-24, 21-16	0:46
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 # 11 Fernandez/Soria, Spain 0-3
10/20/23	FIVB	Challenge Goa	Pool B	Fernandez/Soria	11, Q1	Placette/Richard	2	21-18, 22-24, 15-12	0:59
8/3/23	CEV	European Championships	Winner 1	Fernandez/Soria	20	Placette/Richard	19	21-14, 21-12	0:37
4/26/23	FIVB	Elite16 Uberlândia	Qualifier 1	Fernandez/Soria	Q11	Placette/Richard	Q6	21-15, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # 12 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
Lead the series against # 14 Paulikiene/Raupelyte, Lithuania 2-0
12/2/23	FIVB	Challenge Nuvali	Winner 1	Placette/Richard	8	Paulikiene/Raupelyte	10	22-20, 21-14	0:35
8/16/23	FIVB	Elite16 Hamburg	Qualifier 1	Placette/Richard	14, Q10	Paulikiene/Raupelyte	Q7	27-25, 21-16	0:45
Lead the series against # 15, Q1 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
Trail the series against # 18, Q2 Bansley/Bukovec, Canada 0-1
3/22/24	FIVB	Challenge Recife	Pool F	Bansley/Bukovec	18, Q2	Placette/Richard	7	21-17, 21-15	0:37
Lead the series against # 19, Q4 Almeida/De Souza, Brazil 1-0
3/22/24	FIVB	Challenge Recife	Pool F	Placette/Richard	7	Almeida/De Souza	19, Q4	21-19, 21-18	0:34
Lead the series against # 20, Q7 Cao/Zhu, China 1-0
12/1/23	FIVB	Challenge Nuvali	Pool E	Placette/Richard	8	Cao/Zhu	17, Q5	21-11, 24-22	0:39
Lead the series against # 21, Q11 Sliwka/Wachowicz, Poland 1-0
11/23/23	FIVB	Elite16 Joao Pessoa	Pool D	Placette/Richard	13, Q1	Sliwka/Wachowicz	12	21-18, 21-16	0:33
Trail the series against # Q5 Antunes/Lima, Brazil 0-3
4/23/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	Pool E	Antunes/Lima	5	Placette/Richard	28, Q11	21-5, 21-17	0:32
7/9/19	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Qualifier 2	Antunes/Lima	25, Q5	Placette/Richard	Q21	21-11, 21-18	0:32
4/24/19	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Qualifier 2	Antunes/Lima	22, Q2	Placette/Richard	Q15	21-12, 21-18	0:33
Trail the series against # Q6 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 # Q16 Polley/Zeimann, New Zealand 2-1
3/22/23	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Qualifier 1	Placette/Richard	14, Q4	Polley/Zeimann	Q13	21-11, 21-18	0:31
7/14/22	FIVB	Espinho Challenge	Qualifier 2	Placette/Richard	14, Q2	Polley/Zeimann	Q15	19-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:57
8/28/21	FIVB	Brno 2 Star	Winner 1	Polley/Zeimann	10	Placette/Richard	8	21-18, 21-19	0:41
Lead the series against # Q19 Coakley/Sweat, United States 1-0
3/5/24	FIVB	Elite16 Doha	Qualifier 1	Placette/Richard	Q4	Coakley/Sweat	Q13	21-16, 21-14	0:32