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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$1,000,000 Beach Volleyball World Championships
October 6 - 15, 2023

(34) Izac Carracher/Mark Nicolaidis, Australia

Izac Carracher
Australia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 14, 1999 (26 yrs old)

Home Town:

St Leonards

Height:

199 cm (6'6")

Weight:

95 kg (209 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$79,250.00

Mark William Nicolaidis
Australia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 20, 2000 (25 yrs old)

Home Town:

Auchenflower

Height:

184 cm (6'0")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$79,400.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	Money
FIVB	45	2	0	0	2	5	0	13	2	7	10	1	1	2	US$158,500.00

Previous Tlaxcala Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/26-30/2023	Elite16 Montréal	15, Q11	13th	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	7/20-23/2023	Challenge Edmonton	17	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	7/13-16/2023	Challenge Portugal	15	17th	360	US$1,500.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2023	Elite16 Gstaad	Q5	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	6/15-18/2023	Challenge Jurmala	9	17th	360	US$1,500.00
FIVB	3/16-19/2023	La Paz Challenge	Q7	33rd	140	US$0.00
FIVB	11/29-12/3/2022	Torquay Elite 16	11	9th	600	US$6,000.00
FIVB	11/23-27/2022	Torquay Challenge	5	5th	600	US$3,750.00
FIVB	11/2-6/2022	Cape Town Elite 16	10	9th	600	US$6,000.00
FIVB	10/27-30/2022	Dubai 2nd Challenge	12	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	10/22-25/2022	Dubai 1st Challenge	8	17th	360	US$1,500.00
FIVB	10/13-16/2022	Maldives Challenge	3	17th	360	US$1,500.00

Beach Volleyball World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sat, 10/7/2023	Pool J	Matthew Immers / Steven van de Velde, Netherlands (15)	Lost 12-21, 15-21	0:33
Sun, 10/8/2023	Pool J	Alexander Brouwer / Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands (10)	Lost 18-21, 21-23	0:40
Mon, 10/9/2023	Pool J	Poravid Taovato / Pithak Tipjan, Thailand (39)	Won 21-18, 21-9	0:30
Tue, 10/10/2023	Lucky Loser	Piotr Kantor / Jakub Zdybek, Poland (30)	Lost 17-21, 17-21	0:37

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2022	World Championships	Rome	Mark Nicolaidis - 9th	Izac Carracher - 9th
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Mark Nicolaidis - 33rd	Izac Carracher - 33rd
2025	World Championships	Adelaide	Mark Nicolaidis - 17th	Izac Carracher - 17th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/10-19/2022	Beach Volleyball World Championships	36	9th	800	US$11,000.00
FIVB	10/6-15/2023	Beach Volleyball World Championships	34	33rd	320	US$4,800.00
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	12	17th	640	US$7,000.00

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$)
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	1	0	1	0	1	$22,800.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	17	0	0	0	0	3	0	6	2	6	0	0	$86,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	21	0	0	0	2	2	0	5	0	10	1	0	$47,500.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,200.00
Total	45	2	0	0	2	5	0	13	2	18	1	1	$158,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Izac Carracher												Mark Nicolaidis
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
											Youth Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	$11,400.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	$11,400.00
17	0	0	0	0	3	8	6	0	0	$43,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	17	0	0	0	0	3	8	6	0	0	$43,000.00
21	0	0	0	2	2	5	10	1	0	$23,750.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	21	0	0	0	2	2	5	10	1	0	$23,750.00
3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,100.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	5	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$1,250.00
											U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
45	2	0	0	2	5	15	18	1	1	$79,250.00	Total	50	2	0	0	2	5	18	20	1	1	$79,400.00

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	13	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	6	0	0	$45,750.00	22	24	47.8 %
2023	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	2	$15,300.00	6	14	30.0 %
Total	FIVB	20	1	0	0	0	1	0	6	1	9	0	2	$61,050.00	28	38	42.4 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Izac Carracher													Mark Nicolaidis
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2017	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$150.00
											2018	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2018	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00
											2019	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
13	1	0	0	0	1	5	6	0	0	$22,875.00	2022	FIVB	13	1	0	0	0	1	5	6	0	0	$22,875.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	2	$7,650.00	2023	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	2	$7,650.00
20	1	0	0	0	1	7	9	0	2	$30,525.00	Total	Total	25	1	0	0	0	1	10	11	0	2	$30,675.00

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	48	64.0%	13	17.3%	14	18.7%	61-14	81.3%	12	14.8%	17	21.0%	52	64.2%	12-69	14.8%	48-52	48.0%	25-31	44.6%	4	3	77-86	47.2%
2022-2023	24	58.5%	8	19.5%	9	22.0%	32-9	78.0%	4	10.3%	12	30.8%	23	59.0%	4-35	10.3%	24-23	51.1%	12-21	36.4%	1	3	37-47	44.0%
Against the Field	16	61.5%	3	11.5%	7	26.9%	19-7	73.1%	3	6.4%	10	21.3%	34	72.3%	3-44	6.4%	32-62	34.0%	12-34	26.1%	3	0	25-48	34.2%

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	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
World Championships	0	0	0	0	5	4	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	7
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	10	1	14	27	0	0	4	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	35
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	7	2	17	21	0	5	8	7	0	2	0	2	0	0	32	39
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	11	2
Total	0	0	17	3	41	56	0	6	15	17	2	2	0	2	2	0	77	86

Head to Head Results
Carracher/Nicolaidis trail the series against the field 11-23 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 14 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Ahman/Hellvig, Sweden 0-1
10/28/22	FIVB	Dubai 2nd Challenge	Pool A	Ahman/Hellvig	1	Carracher/Nicolaidis	12	21-17, 21-16	0:31
Trail the series against # 3 Benesh/Partain, United States 0-2
7/28/23	FIVB	Elite16 Montréal	Pool B	Benesh/Partain	2	Carracher/Nicolaidis	15, Q11	21-23, 21-17, 18-16	0:54
10/14/22	FIVB	Maldives Challenge	Pool C	Benesh/Partain	22, Q9	Carracher/Nicolaidis	3	21-18, 22-20	0:37
Trail the series against # 4 Loyola/Wanderley, Brazil 0-1
6/16/22	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Winner 2	Loyola/Wanderley	5	Carracher/Nicolaidis	36	21-15, 21-15	0:38
Trail the series against # 7 Tijan/Younousse, Qatar 0-1
7/6/22	FIVB	Gstaad Elite 16	Pool A	Tijan/Younousse	1	Carracher/Nicolaidis	17	21-15, 21-16	0:31
Trail the series against # 10 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 0-4
10/8/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool J	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	10	Carracher/Nicolaidis	34	21-18, 23-21	0:40
7/27/23	FIVB	Elite16 Montréal	Pool B	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	7	Carracher/Nicolaidis	15, Q11	16-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:47
11/3/22	FIVB	Cape Town Elite 16	Pool B	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	2	Carracher/Nicolaidis	10	21-14, 21-16	0:34
9/29/22	FIVB	Paris Elite 16	Pool D	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	5	Carracher/Nicolaidis	13, Q3	25-23, 19-21, 15-13	0:53
Trail the series against # 11 Bryl/Losiak, Poland 0-1
9/30/22	FIVB	Paris Elite 16	Pool D	Bryl/Losiak	4	Carracher/Nicolaidis	13, Q3	21-12, 25-23	0:36
Series tied with # 12 Sarabia/Virgen, Mexico 1-1
10/28/22	FIVB	Dubai 2nd Challenge	Pool A	Carracher/Nicolaidis	12	Sarabia/Virgen	13	21-14, 21-19	0:36
7/22/22	FIVB	Agadir Challenge	Pool E	Sarabia/Virgen	17, Q3	Carracher/Nicolaidis	8	19-21, 21-15, 15-11	0:47
Lead the series against # 13 Felipe/Lima, Brazil 2-0
7/21/23	FIVB	Challenge Edmonton	Pool E	Carracher/Nicolaidis	17	Felipe/Lima	8	21-14, 21-17	0:35
6/12/22	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool L	Carracher/Nicolaidis	36	Felipe/Lima	12	21-9, 17-21, 15-12	0:50
Trail the series against # 14 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 0-1
5/7/22	FIVB	Doha Challenge	Lucky Loser	Grimalt/Grimalt	15, Q2	Carracher/Nicolaidis	20, Q6	21-16, 12-21, 15-11	0:49
Trail the series against # 15 Immers/van de Velde, Netherlands 0-1
10/7/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool J	Immers/van de Velde	15	Carracher/Nicolaidis	34	21-12, 21-15	0:33
Series tied with # 19 Bourne/Schalk, United States 1-1
7/26/23	FIVB	Elite16 Montréal	Qualifier 1	Carracher/Nicolaidis	15, Q11	Bourne/Schalk	Q6	28-26, 22-24, 16-14	1:03
7/21/23	FIVB	Challenge Edmonton	Pool E	Bourne/Schalk	5	Carracher/Nicolaidis	17	21-16, 21-18	0:34
Trail the series against # 21 Brunner/Crabb, United States 0-1
6/16/23	FIVB	Challenge Jurmala	Pool D	Brunner/Crabb	16	Carracher/Nicolaidis	9	21-14, 21-14	0:31
Trail the series against # 22 Gauthier-Rat/Krou, France 0-2
12/1/22	FIVB	Torquay Elite 16	Pool C	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	6	Carracher/Nicolaidis	11	21-14, 21-17	0:37
7/22/22	FIVB	Agadir Challenge	Pool E	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	5	Carracher/Nicolaidis	8	17-21, 21-18, 18-16	0:49
Trail the series against # 26 Campos/Pedrosa, Portugal 0-1
11/26/22	FIVB	Torquay Challenge	Winner 2	Campos/Pedrosa	10, Q1	Carracher/Nicolaidis	5	21-18, 17-21, 15-12	0:50
Lead the series against # 27 Berntsen/Mol, Norway 2-0
11/30/22	FIVB	Torquay Elite 16	Pool C	Carracher/Nicolaidis	11	Berntsen/Mol	3	21-19, 21-19	0:35
6/15/22	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Winner 1	Carracher/Nicolaidis	36	Berntsen/Mol	30	21-17, 21-16	0:36
Trail the series against # 28 Popov/Reznik, Ukraine 0-2
7/15/23	FIVB	Challenge Portugal	Lucky Loser	Popov/Reznik	5	Carracher/Nicolaidis	15	21-14, 21-17	0:45
10/24/22	FIVB	Dubai 1st Challenge	Lucky Loser	Popov/Reznik	3	Carracher/Nicolaidis	8	21-14, 21-16	0:34
Trail the series against # 30 Kantor/Zdybek, Poland 0-1
10/10/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Lucky Loser	Kantor/Zdybek	30	Carracher/Nicolaidis	34	21-17, 21-17	0:37
Series tied with # 32 Burnett/McHugh, Australia 1-1
7/26/23	FIVB	Elite16 Montréal	Qualifier 2	Carracher/Nicolaidis	15, Q11	Burnett/McHugh	Q3	21-14, 21-19	0:32
7/14/23	FIVB	Challenge Portugal	Pool C	Burnett/McHugh	10, Q2	Carracher/Nicolaidis	15	21-15, 20-22, 15-11	0:49
Trail the series against # 35 Capogrosso/Capogrosso, Argentina 0-1
10/29/22	FIVB	Dubai 2nd Challenge	Winner 1	Capogrosso/Capogrosso	11	Carracher/Nicolaidis	12	19-21, 21-15, 15-11	0:46
Lead the series against # 38 Bassereau/Lyneel, France 1-0
9/30/22	FIVB	Paris Elite 16	Pool D	Carracher/Nicolaidis	13, Q3	Bassereau/Lyneel	12	21-18, 16-21, 15-12	0:45
Lead the series against # 39 Taovato/Tipjan, Thailand 2-0
10/9/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool J	Carracher/Nicolaidis	34	Taovato/Tipjan	39	21-18, 21-9	0:30
11/24/22	FIVB	Torquay Challenge	Pool E	Carracher/Nicolaidis	5	Taovato/Tipjan	20, Q5	21-17, 21-16	0:40
Lead the series against # 43 Aravena/Droguett, Chile 1-0
5/6/22	FIVB	Doha Challenge	Pool E	Carracher/Nicolaidis	20, Q6	Aravena/Droguett	8	23-21, 21-15	0:36