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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$190,000 Keihan/SMFG Japan Open
May 19 - 24, 2009

(22, Q6) Heike Jensen/Becchara Palmer, Australia

Heike Jensen
Australia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 27, 1984 (41 yrs old)

Home Town:

Adelaide

Height:

186 cm (6'1")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

7th (FIVB Shanghai 2009)

Career Winnings:

US$15,250.00

Becchara Palmer
Australia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 18, 1988 (37 yrs old)

Home Town:

Adelaide

Height:

183 cm (6'0")

Weight:

73 kg (161 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

1 (Sydney 2019)

Career Winnings:

US$139,025.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	41	57	Money
FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	1	4	1	US$20,100.00

Previous Osaka Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2008	Becchara Palmer - 41st	Heike Jensen - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/28-5/2/2009	Shanghai Open	20	7th	300	US$7,600.00
FIVB	6/2-7/2008	Stare Jablonki Open	Q24	57th	6	US$0.00
FIVB	5/26-31/2008	Barcelona Open	Q23	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	5/20-25/2008	Osaka Open	Q17	41st	18	US$0.00

Japan Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/20/2009	Qualifier 1	Mutsumi Ozaki / Ayumi Shiratori, Japan (Q27)	Won 21-18, 21-14	0:42
Wed, 5/20/2009	Qualifier 2	Ying Li / Lu Wang, China (Q11)	Won 18-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:51
Thu, 5/21/2009	Winner 1	Geeske Banck / Anja Gunther, Germany (11)	Lost 20-22, 22-20, 10-15	0:51
Thu, 5/21/2009	Contender 1	Doris Schwaiger / Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria (6)	Won 21-19, 12-21, 15-13	0:50
Fri, 5/22/2009	Contender 2	Liesbeth Mouha / Liesbet Van Breedam, Belgium (12)	Lost 12-21, 15-21	0:34

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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,400.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$3,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	$13,200.00
Total	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	$20,100.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Heike Jensen												Becchara Palmer
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,700.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$9,600.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,750.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	21	0	0	0	0	1	4	9	3	0	$51,700.00
20	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	4	0	$11,800.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	42	0	1	0	2	3	9	6	4	0	$68,025.00
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	8	1	0	0	1	2	1	1	1	0	$9,525.00
											Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											Satellite	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$175.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
29	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	5	0	$15,250.00	Total	82	2	2	0	3	7	19	17	8	0	$139,025.00

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
2008	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00	1	5	16.7 %
2009	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	$10,400.00	7	4	63.6 %
Total	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	5	$10,400.00	8	9	47.1 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Heike Jensen													Becchara Palmer
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2002	FIVB Age Group WC
											2005	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2006	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$175.00
											2006	FIVB Age Group WC	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	$1,000.00	2007	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	$2,000.00
											2007	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	$1,800.00	2008	FIVB	8	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	5	$8,450.00
											2008	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$5,200.00	2009	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$5,200.00
21	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	15	$8,000.00	Total	Total	24	1	1	0	1	2	4	2	2	11	$15,825.00

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	8	53.3%	4	26.7%	3	20.0%	12-3	80.0%	1	5.9%	4	23.5%	12	70.6%	1-16	5.9%	8-12	40.0%	5-7	41.7%	0	0	13-19	40.6%
2008-2009	8	53.3%	4	26.7%	3	20.0%	12-3	80.0%	1	5.9%	4	23.5%	12	70.6%	1-16	5.9%	8-12	40.0%	5-7	41.7%	0	0	13-19	40.6%
Against the Field	6	60.0%	2	20.0%	2	20.0%	8-2	80.0%	1	7.7%	3	23.1%	9	69.2%	1-12	7.7%	12-18	40.0%	6-10	37.5%	0	0	9-14	39.1%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	2	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	11
Total	0	0	7	7	0	6	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	19

Head to Head Results
Jensen/Palmer lead the series against the field 7-5 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 5 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 3 Huang/Zhang, China 1-0
5/1/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 4	Jensen/Palmer	20	Huang/Zhang	1	21-15, 21-19	0:38
Trail the series against # 4, Q1 Leao/Ribeiro, Brazil 0-1
5/1/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 5	Leao/Ribeiro	4	Jensen/Palmer	20	14-21, 21-12, 15-10	0:43
Lead the series against # 6 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 1-0
5/21/09	FIVB	Japan Open	Contender 1	Jensen/Palmer	22, Q6	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	6	21-19, 12-21, 15-13	0:50
Trail the series against # 11 Banck/Gunther, Germany 0-1
5/21/09	FIVB	Japan Open	Winner 1	Banck/Gunther	11	Jensen/Palmer	22, Q6	22-20, 20-22, 15-10	0:51
Trail the series against # 12 Mouha/Van Breedam, Belgium 0-1
5/22/09	FIVB	Japan Open	Contender 2	Mouha/Van Breedam	12	Jensen/Palmer	22, Q6	21-12, 21-15	0:34
Trail the series against # 17 Xue/Zhang, China 0-1
4/30/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Xue/Zhang	13	Jensen/Palmer	20	21-18, 21-17	0:33
Trail the series against # 23, Q2 Petrova/Skalnikova, Czech Republic 0-1
5/14/08	FIVB	Seoul Open	Qualifier 2	Petrova/Skalnikova	28, Q9	Jensen/Palmer	Q24	21-14, 22-20	0:40
Lead the series against # 31, Q7 Blundell/Harrison, New Zealand 1-0
4/30/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 2	Jensen/Palmer	20	Blundell/Harrison	19	22-20, 21-15	0:36
Lead the series against # Q11 Li/Wang, China 1-0
5/20/09	FIVB	Japan Open	Qualifier 2	Jensen/Palmer	22, Q6	Li/Wang	Q11	18-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:51
Lead the series against # Q15 Suzuki/Tanaka, Japan 1-0
4/30/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 1	Jensen/Palmer	20	Suzuki/Tanaka	29, Q4	21-14, 21-17	0:34
Lead the series against # Q23 Lacerda/Monteiro, Portugal 1-0
5/27/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Qualifier 1	Jensen/Palmer	Q23	Lacerda/Monteiro	Q42	21-10, 21-10	0:32
Lead the series against # Q27 Ozaki/Shiratori, Japan 1-0
5/20/09	FIVB	Japan Open	Qualifier 1	Jensen/Palmer	22, Q6	Ozaki/Shiratori	Q27	21-18, 21-14	0:42