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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 BPT Challenge Xiamen
April 25 - 28, 2024

(9) 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 Xiamen Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/21-24/2024	Challenge Recife	17, Q3	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	2/28-3/3/2024	BPT Futures Mollymook	1	1st	400	US$1,000.00
FIVB	11/30-12/3/2023	Challenge Nuvali	11, Q2	19th	300	US$1,000.00
FIVB	11/22-26/2023	Futures Geelong	1	9th	180	US$200.00
FIVB	11/16-19/2023	Challenge Chiang Mai	19, Q6	4th	680	US$6,000.00
FIVB	11/2-5/2023	Challenge Haikou	16	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	10/19-22/2023	Challenge Goa	Q4	25th	220	US$0.00
FIVB	10/6-15/2023	Beach Volleyball World Championships	34	33rd	320	US$4,800.00
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

Challenge Xiamen Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 4/26/2024	Pool D	Audrius Knasas / Patrikas Stankevicius, Lithuania (16)	Lost 21-23, 13-21	0:39
Fri, 4/26/2024	Pool D	Chase Budinger / Miles Evans, United States (4)	Lost 21-18, 11-21, 12-15	0:43

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	12	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	4	1	2	$25,000.00	15	23	39.5 %
2024	FIVB	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$4,500.00	9	3	75.0 %
Total	FIVB	28	2	0	0	1	1	0	9	1	11	1	2	$75,250.00	46	50	47.9 %

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
12	0	0	0	1	0	4	4	1	2	$12,500.00	2023	FIVB	12	0	0	0	1	0	4	4	1	2	$12,500.00
3	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$2,250.00	2024	FIVB	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$2,250.00
28	2	0	0	1	1	10	11	1	2	$37,625.00	Total	Total	33	2	0	0	1	1	13	13	1	2	$37,775.00

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%
2023-2024	23	69.7%	4	12.1%	6	18.2%	27-6	81.8%	5	14.7%	8	23.5%	21	61.8%	5-29	14.7%	23-21	52.3%	9-14	39.1%	2	2	34-37	47.9%
Against the Field	11	57.9%	3	15.8%	5	26.3%	14-5	73.7%	2	10.5%	6	31.6%	11	57.9%	2-17	10.5%	22-20	52.4%	10-22	31.3%	1	0	17-21	44.7%

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 11-14 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 10 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 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 # 4 Budinger/Evans, United States 1-3
4/26/24	FIVB	Challenge Xiamen	Pool D	Budinger/Evans	4	Carracher/Nicolaidis	9	18-21, 21-11, 15-12	0:43
3/22/24	FIVB	Challenge Recife	Pool E	Carracher/Nicolaidis	17, Q3	Budinger/Evans	5	By Forfeit
11/19/23	FIVB	Challenge Chiang Mai	Bronze Medal	Budinger/Evans	3	Carracher/Nicolaidis	19, Q6	27-25, 21-23, 15-9	0:55
11/4/23	FIVB	Challenge Haikou	Winner 1	Budinger/Evans	5	Carracher/Nicolaidis	16	21-15, 19-21, 15-10	0:49
Trail the series against # 6 Ha/Wu, China 0-1
12/1/23	FIVB	Challenge Nuvali	Pool B	Ha/Wu	14	Carracher/Nicolaidis	11, Q2	21-19, 17-21, 15-10	0:52
Lead the series against # 10 Berntsen/Mol, Norway 3-0
11/3/23	FIVB	Challenge Haikou	Pool D	Carracher/Nicolaidis	16	Berntsen/Mol	4	21-15, 21-19	0:38
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 # 11 Bello/Bello, England 0-1
12/1/22	FIVB	Torquay Elite 16	Pool C	Bello/Bello	14, Q3	Carracher/Nicolaidis	11	18-21, 22-20, 15-10	0:50
Lead the series against # 14, Q1 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
Trail the series against # 16 Knasas/Stankevicius, Lithuania 0-1
4/26/24	FIVB	Challenge Xiamen	Pool D	Knasas/Stankevicius	16	Carracher/Nicolaidis	9	23-21, 21-13	0:39
Lead the series against # 17, Q3 Breer/Krattiger, Switzerland 3-0
11/18/23	FIVB	Challenge Chiang Mai	Winner 2	Carracher/Nicolaidis	19, Q6	Breer/Krattiger	18, Q4	21-14, 16-21, 15-13	0:46
11/17/23	FIVB	Challenge Chiang Mai	Pool F	Carracher/Nicolaidis	19, Q6	Breer/Krattiger	18, Q4	24-22, 21-18	0:34
7/14/23	FIVB	Challenge Portugal	Pool C	Carracher/Nicolaidis	15	Breer/Krattiger	22	17-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:50
Trail the series against # 18, Q5 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 # 21 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 # 22, Q10 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 # Q7 Taovato/Tipjan, Thailand 3-0
11/17/23	FIVB	Challenge Chiang Mai	Pool F	Carracher/Nicolaidis	19, Q6	Taovato/Tipjan	6	21-15, 21-18	0:32
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
Trail the series against # Q14 Cuzmiciov/Elazar, Israel 0-1
12/1/23	FIVB	Challenge Nuvali	Pool B	Cuzmiciov/Elazar	23, Q8	Carracher/Nicolaidis	11, Q2	13-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:49
Trail the series against # Q16 Dillier/Heidrich, Switzerland 0-2
6/17/23	FIVB	Challenge Jurmala	Lucky Loser	Dillier/Heidrich	24, Q22	Carracher/Nicolaidis	9	21-17, 21-19	0:38
10/15/22	FIVB	Maldives Challenge	Lucky Loser	Dillier/Heidrich	16, Q1	Carracher/Nicolaidis	3	21-18, 22-20	0:36