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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite Gstaad
July 1 - 5, 2026

(Q8) 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$88,950.00

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$89,100.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	Money
FIVB	50	2	0	0	3	5	0	15	2	7	10	1	3	2	US$177,900.00

Previous Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2022	Mark Nicolaidis - 17th	Izac Carracher - 17th
2023	Mark Nicolaidis - 21st	Izac Carracher - 21st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2026	BPT Elite Brasília	Q3	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	4/8-12/2026	BPT Elite Saquarema	21, Q4	9th	600	US$6,200.00
FIVB	3/18-22/2026	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	4	4th	680	US$7,000.00
FIVB	3/11-15/2026	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	14	9th	600	US$6,200.00
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	12	17th	640	US$7,000.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	7	9th	600	US$6,000.00
FIVB	9/24-28/2025	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	9	9th	600	US$7,500.00
FIVB	9/17-21/2025	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	10	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	8/13-17/2025	BPT Elite Montréal	14, Q2	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	8/6-10/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	6	5th	600	US$5,000.00

BPT Elite Gstaad Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/1/2026	Qualifier 1	Adrian Gavira / Alejandro Huerta, Spain (20, Q9)	Lost 14-21, 24-22, 13-15	0:47

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	21	0	0	0	0	3	0	8	2	6	2	0	$98,400.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	22	0	0	0	3	2	0	5	0	10	1	1	$54,500.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,200.00
Total	50	2	0	0	3	5	0	15	2	18	3	2	$177,900.00

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
21	0	0	0	0	3	10	6	2	0	$49,200.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	21	0	0	0	0	3	10	6	2	0	$49,200.00
22	0	0	0	3	2	5	10	1	1	$27,250.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	22	0	0	0	3	2	5	10	1	1	$27,250.00
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
50	2	0	0	3	5	17	18	3	2	$88,950.00	Total	55	2	0	0	3	5	20	20	3	2	$89,100.00

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	12	0	0	0	1	2	0	4	0	5	0	0	$61,250.00	21	25	45.7 %
2026	FIVB	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	$19,400.00	8	11	42.1 %
Total	FIVB	50	2	0	0	3	5	0	15	2	18	3	2	$177,900.00	85	97	46.7 %

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
12	0	0	0	1	2	4	5	0	0	$30,625.00	2025	FIVB	12	0	0	0	1	2	4	5	0	0	$30,625.00
5	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	$9,700.00	2026	FIVB	5	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	$9,700.00
50	2	0	0	3	5	17	18	3	2	$88,950.00	Total	Total	55	2	0	0	3	5	20	20	3	2	$89,100.00

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	51	62.2%	15	18.3%	16	19.5%	66-16	80.5%	14	15.2%	22	23.9%	56	60.9%	14-78	15.2%	51-56	47.7%	29-38	43.3%	5	3	85-97	46.7%
2025-2026	15	60.0%	5	20.0%	5	20.0%	20-5	80.0%	7	18.4%	9	23.7%	22	57.9%	7-31	18.4%	15-22	40.5%	12-14	46.2%	2	0	29-36	44.6%
Against the Field	4	40.0%	3	30.0%	3	30.0%	7-3	70.0%	2	8.0%	7	28.0%	16	64.0%	2-23	8.0%	8-30	21.1%	10-20	33.3%	1	0	10-25	28.6%

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	11	3	16	31	1	0	4	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	32	43
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	7	2	18	22	0	5	11	7	0	3	0	3	0	0	36	42
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	18	5	44	61	1	6	18	19	2	3	0	3	2	0	85	97

Head to Head Results
Carracher/Nicolaidis trail the series against the field 10-25 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 11 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Ahman/Hellvig, Sweden 0-2
7/27/24	FIVB	Olympic Games Paris 2024	Pool A	Ahman/Hellvig	1	Carracher/Nicolaidis	24	21-14, 21-19	0:36
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 # 2 Fokerots/Plavins, Latvia 1-2
9/25/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	Pool D	Fokerots/Plavins	4	Carracher/Nicolaidis	9	21-11, 21-19	0:28
5/29/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Ostrava	Pool A	Fokerots/Plavins	12	Carracher/Nicolaidis	13	21-14, 15-21, 16-14	0:39
11/18/23	FIVB	Challenge Chiang Mai	Winner 1	Carracher/Nicolaidis	19, Q6	Fokerots/Plavins	24, Q15	21-15, 27-25	0:35
Trail the series against # 3 Andersson/Nilsson, Sweden 1-3
4/10/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Winner 1	Andersson/Nilsson	3	Carracher/Nicolaidis	21, Q4	24-22, 21-10	0:38
3/21/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	Winner 2	Carracher/Nicolaidis	4	Andersson/Nilsson	1	By Forfeit
3/12/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Pool B	Andersson/Nilsson	2	Carracher/Nicolaidis	14	21-16, 22-20	0:39
10/9/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Newport Beach	Pool B	Andersson/Nilsson	2	Carracher/Nicolaidis	7	24-22, 21-18	0:37
Trail the series against # 4 Gauthier-Rat/Rotar, France 0-1
6/15/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Alanya	Semi-Finals	Gauthier-Rat/Rotar	10, Q1	Carracher/Nicolaidis	19	21-15, 21-17	0:33
Series tied with # 5 Aye/Daubas, France 2-2
4/8/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Pool D	Aye/Daubas	4	Carracher/Nicolaidis	21, Q4	22-20, 17-21, 15-11	0:49
11/16/25	FIVB	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool L	Carracher/Nicolaidis	12	Aye/Daubas	13	21-19, 24-22	0:39
8/8/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Baden	Pool F	Aye/Daubas	22	Carracher/Nicolaidis	6	21-18, 21-18	0:37
6/12/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Alanya	Pool C	Carracher/Nicolaidis	19	Aye/Daubas	14	19-21, 21-10, 15-7	0:42
Trail the series against # 6 Benesh/Crabb, United States 0-1
3/12/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Pool B	Benesh/Crabb	11	Carracher/Nicolaidis	14	21-19, 21-16	0:35
Trail the series against # 9 Goncalves/Lanci, Brazil 0-3
3/14/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Winner 1	Goncalves/Lanci	1	Carracher/Nicolaidis	14	21-15, 18-21, 15-13	0:58
9/27/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	Winner 2	Goncalves/Lanci	6	Carracher/Nicolaidis	9	21-18, 23-21	0:39
3/23/24	FIVB	Challenge Recife	Winner 1	Goncalves/Lanci	3	Carracher/Nicolaidis	17, Q3	21-15, 21-11	0:34
Lead the series against # 11 Lima/Loyola, Brazil 1-0
9/24/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	Pool D	Carracher/Nicolaidis	9	Lima/Loyola	16	22-20, 19-21, 15-10	0:49
Trail the series against # 13 Capogrosso/Capogrosso, Argentina 0-4
9/17/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Pool C	Capogrosso/Capogrosso	15	Carracher/Nicolaidis	10	21-14, 21-14	0:31
4/17/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Pool B	Capogrosso/Capogrosso	2	Carracher/Nicolaidis	11	24-22, 23-21	0:39
8/22/24	FIVB	Elite16 Hamburg	Pool A	Capogrosso/Capogrosso	8	Carracher/Nicolaidis	9	21-19, 21-17	0:35
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 # 14 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 # 15 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 # 18, Q5 Pearse/Potts, Australia 0-1
3/22/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	Semi-Finals	Pearse/Potts	21, Q2	Carracher/Nicolaidis	4	21-19, 13-21, 15-8	0:43
Trail the series against # 20, Q9 Gavira/Huerta, Spain 0-1
7/1/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Qualifier 1	Gavira/Huerta	20, Q9	Carracher/Nicolaidis	Q8	21-14, 22-24, 15-13	0:47
Trail the series against # Q1 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 0-2
11/15/25	FIVB	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool L	Grimalt/Grimalt	36	Carracher/Nicolaidis	12	21-19, 19-21, 15-13	0:56
5/7/22	FIVB	Doha Challenge	Lucky Loser	Grimalt/Grimalt	15, Q2	Carracher/Nicolaidis	20, Q6	21-16, 12-21, 15-11	0:49
Series tied with # Q4 Bello/Bello, England 2-2
10/8/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Newport Beach	Pool B	Carracher/Nicolaidis	7	Bello/Bello	15, Q6	21-18, 21-23, 22-20	1:03
3/28/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	Pool F	Bello/Bello	6	Carracher/Nicolaidis	7	21-18, 21-16	0:38
7/10/24	FIVB	Elite16 Vienna	Qualifier 2	Carracher/Nicolaidis	13, Q2	Bello/Bello	Q7	21-19, 16-21, 15-10	0:52
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 # Q12 Sagstetter/Sagstetter, Germany 1-0
3/14/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Lucky Loser	Carracher/Nicolaidis	14	Sagstetter/Sagstetter	24, Q7	19-21, 26-24, 15-11	0:57