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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Xiamen
May 14 - 18, 2025

(2) 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

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2024	Mark Nicolaidis - 19th	Izac Carracher - 19th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/16-20/2025	BPT Elite Brasília	11	9th	600	US$7,500.00
FIVB	4/9-13/2025	BPT Elite Saquarema	11	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	3/26-30/2025	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	7	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	8/21-25/2024	Elite16 Hamburg	9	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/27-8/10/2024	Olympic Games Paris 2024	24	19th	0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/10-14/2024	Elite16 Vienna	13, Q2	13th	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	5/30-6/2/2024	Challenge Stare Jablonki	15	19th	300	US$1,000.00
FIVB	5/22-26/2024	BPT Elite16 Espinho	14, Q10	5th	760	US$8,000.00

BPT Challenge Xiamen Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/15/2025	Pool B	Florian Breer / Luc Fluckiger, Switzerland (31, Q12)	Won 19-21, 23-21, 15-12	0:55
Fri, 5/16/2025	Pool B	Samuele Cottafava / Gianluca Dal Corso, Italy (15)	Won 21-18, 21-17	0:29
Sat, 5/17/2025	Winner 2	Leo Dillier / Marco Krattiger, Switzerland (24, Q1)	Lost 21-16, 18-21, 6-15	0:44

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	8	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	3	0	0	$26,500.00	19	14	57.6 %
2025	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	$15,750.00	4	7	36.4 %
Total	FIVB	37	2	0	0	1	3	0	11	2	15	1	2	$113,000.00	60	68	46.9 %

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
8	1	0	0	0	2	2	3	0	0	$13,250.00	2024	FIVB	8	1	0	0	0	2	2	3	0	0	$13,250.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$7,875.00	2025	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$7,875.00
37	2	0	0	1	3	13	15	1	2	$56,500.00	Total	Total	42	2	0	0	1	3	16	17	1	2	$56,650.00

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%
2024-2025	24	70.6%	5	14.7%	5	14.7%	29-5	85.3%	8	19.0%	5	11.9%	29	69.0%	8-34	19.0%	24-29	45.3%	13-10	56.5%	3	0	40-39	50.6%
Against the Field	6	54.5%	0	0.0%	5	45.5%	6-5	54.5%	4	30.8%	3	23.1%	6	46.2%	4-9	30.8%	12-8	60.0%	8-16	33.3%	2	0	12-12	50.0%

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 6-9 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 6 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Tijan/Younousse, Qatar 0-2
8/1/24	FIVB	Olympic Games Paris 2024	Pool A	Tijan/Younousse	13	Carracher/Nicolaidis	24	21-14, 21-18	0:38
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 # 3 Dressler/Waller, Austria 0-1
3/27/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	Pool F	Dressler/Waller	18, Q2	Carracher/Nicolaidis	7	16-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:46
Trail the series against # 5 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 # 14 De Paula/Goncalves, Brazil 1-0
3/21/24	FIVB	Challenge Recife	Qualifier 1	Carracher/Nicolaidis	17, Q3	De Paula/Goncalves	Q30	19-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:49
Lead the series against # 15 Cottafava/Dal Corso, Italy 2-0
5/16/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Pool B	Carracher/Nicolaidis	2	Cottafava/Dal Corso	15	21-18, 21-17	0:29
4/17/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Pool B	Carracher/Nicolaidis	11	Cottafava/Dal Corso	14	21-17, 21-19	0:33
Trail the series against # 19 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 # 24, Q1 Dillier/Krattiger, Switzerland 0-1
5/17/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Winner 2	Dillier/Krattiger	24, Q1	Carracher/Nicolaidis	2	16-21, 21-18, 15-6	0:44
Trail the series against # 30, Q10 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
Lead the series against # 31, Q12 Breer/Fluckiger, Switzerland 1-0
5/15/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Pool B	Carracher/Nicolaidis	2	Breer/Fluckiger	31, Q12	19-21, 23-21, 15-12	0:55
Lead the series against # Q15 Batrane/Bialokoz, England 1-0
11/3/22	FIVB	Cape Town Elite 16	Pool B	Carracher/Nicolaidis	10	Batrane/Bialokoz	15, Q8	21-18, 21-17	0:33