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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Gstaad Major, Five Star
July 3 - 8, 2017

(14) Heather Bansley/Brandie Wilkerson, Canada

Heather Bansley
Canada

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 13, 1987 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

London

Height:

176 cm (5'9")

Weight:

64 kg (141 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

130

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$458,625.00

Brandie Wilkerson
Canada

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 1, 1992 (33 yrs old)

Home Town:

Lausanne, Switzerland

Height:

179 cm (5'10")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$358,825.00

Awards

Best Defensive Player 2015, 2016, 2018

Awards

Best Blocker 2018
VolleyballMag.com BPT Best Blocker 2023

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	39	3	1	4	0	11	0	13	0	5	2	US$317,500.00

Previous Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2011	Elizabeth Maloney - 33rd	Did not play
2013	Sarah Pavan - 33rd	Did not play
2014	Sarah Pavan - 5th	Did not play
2015	Sarah Pavan - 3rd	Did not play
2016	Sarah Pavan - 9th	Julie Gordon - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/26-7/1/2017	Porec Major Five Star	13	9th	360	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/14-18/2017	The Hague Three Star	12	5th	240	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/16-21/2017	Rio de Janeiro Four Star	13	9th	240	US$4,000.00
FIVB	2/7-12/2017	Fort Lauderdale Major Five Star	11	9th	360	US$8,000.00
FIVB	9/13-18/2016	2016 World Tour Finals Toronto	4	9th	0	US$7,500.00

Gstaad Major Five Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/5/2017	Pool C	Ievgeniia Baieva / Valentyna Davidova, Ukraine (19)	Won 21-18, 19-21, 15-13	0:52
Wed, 7/5/2017	Pool C	Marta Menegatti / Rebecca Perry, Italy (30, Q8)	Won 21-13, 21-12	0:30
Thu, 7/6/2017	Pool C	Agatha Bednarczuk / Duda Lisboa, Brazil (3)	Lost 18-21, 21-17, 13-15	0:50
Thu, 7/6/2017	Winner 1	Juliana Felisberta / Carolina Horta, Brazil (28, Q7)	Won 21-18, 21-18	0:38
Fri, 7/7/2017	Winner 2	Chantal Laboureur / Julia Sude, Germany (6)	Lost 16-21, 18-21	0:35

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$25,000.00
World Tour Finals	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	$48,500.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	8	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	0	1	1	0	$70,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	22	2	1	3	0	7	0	6	0	2	1	0	$161,000.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$13,000.00
Total	39	3	1	4	0	11	0	13	0	5	2	0	$317,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Heather Bansley												Brandie Wilkerson
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	$28,500.00	World Championships	5	0	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	$53,000.00
5	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	$31,750.00	World Tour Finals	6	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	0	$41,750.00
58	0	2	4	0	6	15	14	10	0	$259,650.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	37	2	2	2	0	14	9	1	2	0	$166,750.00
52	2	3	4	1	14	11	6	6	0	$131,100.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	33	3	1	3	0	8	7	5	3	0	$90,825.00
3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$7,000.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$475.00	Challenger
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Satellite
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
129	4	5	8	2	26	29	27	16	0	$458,475.00	Total	85	6	5	5	0	30	18	8	5	0	$358,825.00

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
2016	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00	2	2	50.0 %
2017	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	$31,000.00	12	10	54.5 %
Total	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	$38,500.00	14	12	53.8 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Heather Bansley													Brandie Wilkerson
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	2007	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2008	FIVB C&S
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2009	FIVB
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	$5,400.00	2010	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$475.00	2010	FIVB C&S
13	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	3	5	$21,000.00	2011	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$150.00	2011	FIVB C&S
9	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	4	1	$18,000.00	2012	FIVB
10	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	3	3	$16,600.00	2013	FIVB
10	0	0	0	0	3	1	5	1	0	$45,187.50	2014	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$1,000.00
12	0	2	2	1	4	1	1	1	0	$103,687.50	2015	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	$600.00
9	0	1	1	0	2	5	0	0	0	$67,250.00	2016	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	$11,850.00
5	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	$15,500.00	2017	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	$15,500.00
78	0	3	3	1	14	17	15	13	12	$293,250.00	Total	Total	20	0	0	0	0	1	6	3	2	8	$28,950.00

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	68	64.8%	22	21.0%	15	14.3%	90-15	85.7%	18	27.3%	14	21.2%	34	51.5%	18-48	27.3%	68-34	66.7%	40-29	58.0%	1	0	109-63	63.4%
2016-2017	14	60.9%	4	17.4%	5	21.7%	18-5	78.3%	3	20.0%	5	33.3%	7	46.7%	3-12	20.0%	14-7	66.7%	7-10	41.2%	0	0	21-17	55.3%
Against the Field	25	58.1%	6	14.0%	12	27.9%	31-12	72.1%	5	17.9%	6	21.4%	17	60.7%	5-23	17.9%	50-34	59.5%	22-36	37.9%	0	0	36-35	50.7%

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	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3
World Championships	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	4
World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	6	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	8
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	11	8	0	0	5	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	17	15
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	32	11	0	0	26	15	3	3	3	0	2	1	68	31
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	9	2
Total	1	0	0	0	57	28	0	0	38	29	4	4	4	0	3	1	109	63

Head to Head Results
Bansley/Wilkerson trail the series against the field 9-11 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 6 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Bednarczuk/Lisboa, Brazil 0-1
7/6/17	FIVB	Gstaad Major Five Star	Pool C	Bednarczuk/Lisboa	3	Bansley/Wilkerson	14	21-18, 17-21, 15-13	0:50
Series tied with # 5 Humana-Paredes/Pavan, Canada 1-1
6/17/17	FIVB	The Hague Three Star	Winner 3	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	10	Bansley/Wilkerson	12	21-18, 21-7	0:31
9/13/16	FIVB	2016 World Tour Finals Toronto	Country Quota	Bansley/Wilkerson	4	Humana-Paredes/Pavan		23-21, 21-13	0:36
Trail the series against # 6 Laboureur/Sude, Germany 0-2
7/7/17	FIVB	Gstaad Major Five Star	Winner 2	Laboureur/Sude	6	Bansley/Wilkerson	14	21-16, 21-18	0:35
9/15/16	FIVB	2016 World Tour Finals Toronto	Pool D	Laboureur/Sude	5	Bansley/Wilkerson	4	19-21, 21-17, 15-9	0:49
Series tied with # 7 Ross/Sweat, United States 1-1
6/29/17	FIVB	Porec Major Five Star	Pool D	Bansley/Wilkerson	13	Ross/Sweat	4	10-21, 21-12, 15-11	0:38
6/15/17	FIVB	The Hague Three Star	Pool E	Ross/Sweat	5	Bansley/Wilkerson	12	23-21, 17-21, 15-12	0:48
Trail the series against # 8 Alves/Seixas, Brazil 0-2
5/19/17	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Four Star	Winner 2	Alves/Seixas	5	Bansley/Wilkerson	13	21-18, 11-21, 17-15	0:53
2/10/17	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major Five Star	Winner 2	Alves/Seixas	16, Q2	Bansley/Wilkerson	11	21-17, 21-19	0:37
Trail the series against # 9 Mader/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 0-2
6/30/17	FIVB	Porec Major Five Star	Winner 2	Mader/Verge-Depre	12	Bansley/Wilkerson	13	24-22, 21-15	0:43
2/9/17	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major Five Star	Pool F	Mader/Verge-Depre	6	Bansley/Wilkerson	11	13-21, 21-12, 17-15	0:47
Lead the series against # 13 Frank/Kolocova, Czech Republic 1-0
2/8/17	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major Five Star	Pool F	Bansley/Wilkerson	11	Frank/Kolocova	22	20-22, 21-15, 15-12	0:48
Trail the series against # 15 Bieneck/Schneider, Germany 0-1
5/18/17	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Four Star	Pool D	Bieneck/Schneider	20	Bansley/Wilkerson	13	21-17, 17-21, 15-9	0:45
Trail the series against # 18 Meppelink/van Gestel, Netherlands 0-1
6/28/17	FIVB	Porec Major Five Star	Pool D	Meppelink/van Gestel	20	Bansley/Wilkerson	13	14-21, 22-20, 15-11	0:51
Lead the series against # 19 Baieva/Davidova, Ukraine 1-0
7/5/17	FIVB	Gstaad Major Five Star	Pool C	Bansley/Wilkerson	14	Baieva/Davidova	19	21-18, 19-21, 15-13	0:52
Lead the series against # 28, Q7 Felisberta/Horta, Brazil 1-0
7/6/17	FIVB	Gstaad Major Five Star	Winner 1	Bansley/Wilkerson	14	Felisberta/Horta	28, Q7	21-18, 21-18	0:38
Lead the series against # 30, Q8 Menegatti/Perry, Italy 1-0
7/5/17	FIVB	Gstaad Major Five Star	Pool C	Bansley/Wilkerson	14	Menegatti/Perry	30, Q8	21-13, 21-12	0:30
Lead the series against Capers/Hochevar, United States 1-0
6/16/17	FIVB	The Hague Three Star	Winner 2	Bansley/Wilkerson	12	Capers/Hochevar	20, Q4	21-10, 21-13	0:33
Lead the series against # Q9 Schutzenhofer/Schwaiger, Austria 1-0
6/29/17	FIVB	Porec Major Five Star	Pool D	Bansley/Wilkerson	13	Schutzenhofer/Schwaiger	29	21-17, 21-14	0:32
Lead the series against # Q12 Nummerdor-Flier/Van Iersel, Netherlands 1-0
5/19/17	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Four Star	Pool D	Bansley/Wilkerson	13	Nummerdor-Flier/Van Iersel	29, Q8	21-6, 21-13	0:24