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

(9, Q3) 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 Chennai Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	11/12-17/2024	Challenge Haikou	21, Q8	3rd	720	US$7,000.00
FIVB	7/27-8/9/2024	Olympic Games Paris 2024	6	17th	0	US$0.00
FIVB	6/5-9/2024	Elite16 Ostrava	Q13	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	5/30-6/2/2024	Challenge Stare Jablonki	17	17th	360	US$1,500.00
FIVB	5/22-26/2024	BPT Elite16 Espinho	Q14	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	5/1-5/2024	Elite16 Brasília	Q10	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	4/25-28/2024	Challenge Xiamen	14	5th	600	US$3,750.00
FIVB	4/17-21/2024	Elite16 Tepic	Q9	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	4/11-14/2024	Challenge Guadalajara	9	9th	460	US$2,500.00
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

Challenge Chennai Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 11/21/2024	Qualifier 2	Lubica Siposova / Martina Terenova, Slovakia (Q14)	Won 21-11, 21-16	0:27
Fri, 11/22/2024	Pool D	Kylie Deberg / Hailey Harward, United States (16)	Won 28-26, 14-21, 15-10	0:45
Fri, 11/22/2024	Pool D	Savvy Simo / Abby Van Winkle, United States (21, Q7)	Lost 16-21, 21-16, 10-15	0:44
Sat, 11/23/2024	Winner 1	Lena Plesiutschnig / Katharina Schutzenhofer, Austria (13)	Won 21-17, 16-21, 15-7	0:43
Sat, 11/23/2024	Winner 2	Taliqua Clancy / Georgia Johnson, Australia (3)	Lost 19-21, 21-17, 14-16	0:51

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	13	0	0	1	0	1	1	3	0	7	0	0	$22,750.00	20	20	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	57	0	0	1	2	6	1	14	1	17	6	9	$131,940.00	83	99	45.6 %
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
13	0	0	1	0	2	3	7	0	0	$11,375.00	2024	FIVB	13	0	0	1	0	2	3	7	0	0	$11,375.00
69	1	0	2	2	7	16	19	6	16	$67,660.00	Total	Total	66	0	0	1	2	9	15	20	6	13	$67,370.00

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%
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	9	56.3%	6	37.5%	1	6.3%	15-1	93.8%	1	10.0%	2	20.0%	7	70.0%	1-9	10.0%	18-12	60.0%	14-6	70.0%	1	0	17-9	65.4%

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 lead the series against the field 14-4 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Paulikiene/Raupelyte, Lithuania 2-1
5/1/24	FIVB	Elite16 Brasília	Qualifier 1	Paulikiene/Raupelyte	Q7	Placette/Richard	Q10	22-20, 21-15	0:36
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 # 2 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 # 3 Clancy/Johnson, Australia 0-1
11/23/24	FIVB	Challenge Chennai	Winner 2	Clancy/Johnson	3	Placette/Richard	9, Q3	21-19, 17-21, 16-14	0:51
Lead the series against # 4 Chamereau/Vieira, France 3-0
11/16/24	FIVB	Challenge Haikou	Winner 3	Placette/Richard	21, Q8	Chamereau/Vieira	7	21-12, 22-20	0:34
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
Trail the series against # 5, Q1 Rodriguez/Shaw, United States 0-1
11/17/24	FIVB	Challenge Haikou	Semi-Finals	Rodriguez/Shaw	19, Q7	Placette/Richard	21, Q8	21-13, 21-18	0:33
Lead the series against # 11 Hladun/Lazarenko, Ukraine 1-0
11/22/23	FIVB	Elite16 Joao Pessoa	Qualifier 2	Placette/Richard	13, Q1	Hladun/Lazarenko	Q9	21-16, 26-24	0:39
Lead the series against # 13 Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer, Austria 2-0
11/23/24	FIVB	Challenge Chennai	Winner 1	Placette/Richard	9, Q3	Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer	13	21-17, 16-21, 15-7	0:43
3/8/19	FIVB	Sydney Three Star	Winner 1	Placette/Richard	20	Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer	10	21-19, 21-15	0:34
Lead the series against # 16 Deberg/Harward, United States 2-0
11/22/24	FIVB	Challenge Chennai	Pool D	Placette/Richard	9, Q3	Deberg/Harward	16	28-26, 14-21, 15-10	0:45
11/16/24	FIVB	Challenge Haikou	Winner 2	Placette/Richard	21, Q8	Deberg/Harward	14	21-16, 9-21, 15-10	0:43
Trail the series against # 21, Q7 Simo/Van Winkle, United States 0-1
11/22/24	FIVB	Challenge Chennai	Pool D	Simo/Van Winkle	21, Q7	Placette/Richard	9, Q3	21-16, 16-21, 15-10	0:44
Lead the series against # Q6 Schurholz/Uhl, Germany 1-0
11/14/24	FIVB	Challenge Haikou	Qualifier 2	Placette/Richard	21, Q8	Schurholz/Uhl	Q9	21-16, 16-21, 15-11	0:42
Lead the series against # Q14 Siposova/Terenova, Slovakia 1-0
11/21/24	FIVB	Challenge Chennai	Qualifier 2	Placette/Richard	9, Q3	Siposova/Terenova	Q14	21-11, 21-16	0:27
Lead the series against # Q22 Kruczek/Okla, Poland 1-0
11/13/24	FIVB	Challenge Haikou	Qualifier 1	Placette/Richard	21, Q8	Kruczek/Okla	Q25	21-10, 22-20	0:32