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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 BPT Challenge Guadalajara
April 11 - 14, 2024

(9) Lezana Placette/Alexia Richard, France

Lézana Placette
France

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 11, 1997 (27 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 Guadalajara Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/28-31/2024	Challenge Saquarema	7	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	3/21-24/2024	Challenge Recife	7	9th	460	US$2,500.00
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
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

Challenge Guadalajara Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 4/12/2024	Pool D	Kimberly Hildreth / Teegan Van Gunst, United States (16, Q3)	Won 21-18, 21-15	0:34
Fri, 4/12/2024	Pool D	Daniela Alvarez / Tania Moreno, Spain (4)	Won By Forfeit
Sat, 4/13/2024	Winner 1	Agatha Bednarczuk / Rebecca Cavalcanti, Brazil (7)	Lost 12-21, 18-21	0:36

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	13	0	0	0	1	3	0	4	1	4	0	0	$52,500.00	24	28	46.2 %
2024	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	$7,500.00	6	6	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	48	0	0	0	2	5	0	14	1	11	6	9	$116,690.00	69	85	44.8 %
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
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
4	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	$3,750.00	2024	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	$3,750.00
60	1	0	1	2	5	16	13	6	16	$60,035.00	Total	Total	57	0	0	0	2	7	15	14	6	13	$59,745.00

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%
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	12	57.1%	4	19.0%	5	23.8%	16-5	76.2%	3	10.0%	5	16.7%	22	73.3%	3-27	10.0%	24-40	37.5%	14-20	41.2%	2	0	21-30	41.2%

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
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 14-15 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 6 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Brunner/Huberli, Switzerland 0-3
8/17/23	FIVB	Elite16 Hamburg	Pool C	Brunner/Huberli	6	Placette/Richard	14, Q10	22-20, 21-11	0:38
9/29/22	FIVB	Paris Elite 16	Pool D	Brunner/Huberli	4	Placette/Richard	12	21-15, 21-6	0:31
6/15/22	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Winner 1	Brunner/Huberli	11	Placette/Richard	34	21-14, 20-22, 15-11	0:56
Lead the series against # 2 McBain/Pavan, Canada 1-0
12/2/23	FIVB	Challenge Nuvali	Winner 2	Placette/Richard	8	McBain/Pavan	4	21-19, 10-21, 15-12	0:51
Trail the series against # 3, Q1 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
Series tied with # 4 Alvarez/Moreno, Spain 2-2
4/12/24	FIVB	Challenge Guadalajara	Pool D	Placette/Richard	9	Alvarez/Moreno	4	By Forfeit
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
Lead the series against # 5 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
Trail the series against # 7 Bednarczuk/Cavalcanti, Brazil 0-1
4/13/24	FIVB	Challenge Guadalajara	Winner 1	Bednarczuk/Cavalcanti	7	Placette/Richard	9	21-12, 21-18	0:36
Trail the series against # 8 Fernandez/Soria, Spain 0-2
10/20/23	FIVB	Challenge Goa	Pool B	Fernandez/Soria	11, Q1	Placette/Richard	2	21-18, 22-24, 15-12	0:59
4/26/23	FIVB	Elite16 Uberlândia	Qualifier 1	Fernandez/Soria	Q11	Placette/Richard	Q6	21-15, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # 10 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 # 11 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 # 12 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
Lead the series against # 14 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 # 15 Chamereau/Vieira, France 2-0
3/29/24	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Pool F	Placette/Richard	7	Chamereau/Vieira	18	By Forfeit
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 # 16, Q3 Hildreth/Van Gunst, United States 1-0
4/12/24	FIVB	Challenge Guadalajara	Pool D	Placette/Richard	9	Hildreth/Van Gunst	16, Q3	21-18, 21-15	0:34
Trail the series against # 17 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
Lead the series against # 22, Q8 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
Lead the series against # 23, Q13 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
Lead the series against # Q10 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