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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 1to1energy Grand Slam
July 6 - 11, 2009

(Q8) 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 Gstaad Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/25-7/4/2009	Stavanger World Championships	32	37th	40	US$3,400.00
FIVB	5/27-31/2009	Seoul Open	25, Q7	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	5/19-24/2009	Japan Open	22, Q6	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	4/28-5/2/2009	Shanghai Open	20	7th	300	US$7,600.00

Gstaad Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 7/7/2009	Qualifier 1	Vivian Cunha / Angela Lavalle, Brazil (Q25)	Won 21-13, 15-21, 17-15	0:52
Tue, 7/7/2009	Qualifier 2	Bibiana Candelas / Mayra Garcia, Mexico (27, Q9)	Lost 17-21, 13-21	0:36

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	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	$16,600.00	11	10	52.4 %
Total	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	7	$16,600.00	12	15	44.4 %

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
5	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	$8,300.00	2009	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	$8,300.00
24	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	3	17	$11,100.00	Total	Total	27	1	1	0	1	2	4	3	2	13	$18,925.00

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	3	37.5%	3	37.5%	2	25.0%	6-2	75.0%	0	0.0%	4	30.8%	9	69.2%	0-13	0.0%	6-18	25.0%	6-12	33.3%	0	0	6-15	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
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 trail the series against the field 6-11 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 9 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 7 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 0-1
6/29/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool H	Salgado/Salgado	8	Jensen/Palmer	32	19-21, 21-13, 15-11	0:50
Lead the series against # 12 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
Series tied with # 15 Huang/Zhang, China 1-1
5/28/09	FIVB	Seoul Open	Winner 1	Huang/Zhang	8	Jensen/Palmer	25, Q7	23-21, 14-21, 15-10	0:49
5/1/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 4	Jensen/Palmer	20	Huang/Zhang	1	21-15, 21-19	0:38
Trail the series against # 17 Mouha/Van Breedam, Belgium 0-2
6/27/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool H	Mouha/Van Breedam	17	Jensen/Palmer	32	21-8, 21-14	0:32
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 # 18 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
Lead the series against # 20 Jursone/Minusa, Latvia 1-0
5/1/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 3	Jensen/Palmer	20	Jursone/Minusa	11	21-13, 16-21, 16-14	0:48
Trail the series against # 22, Q3 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
Trail the series against # 24, Q2 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 # 27, Q9 Candelas/Garcia, Mexico 0-1
7/7/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Candelas/Garcia	27, Q9	Jensen/Palmer	Q8	21-17, 21-13	0:36
Trail the series against # 31, Q21 Baquerizo/Fernandez, Spain 0-1
6/3/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Qualifier 1	Baquerizo/Fernandez	Q41	Jensen/Palmer	Q24	21-14, 11-21, 16-14	0:48
Trail the series against 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
Trail the series against # Q11 Mooren/Wesselink, Netherlands 0-1
7/1/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool H	Mooren/Wesselink	41	Jensen/Palmer	32	21-16, 21-11	0:30
Lead the series against # Q13 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 # Q25 Cunha/Lavalle, Brazil 1-0
7/7/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Jensen/Palmer	Q8	Cunha/Lavalle	Q25	21-13, 15-21, 17-15	0:52
Lead the series against # Q30 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