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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Fort Lauderdale Major
February 27 - March 4, 2018

(15) 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 Fort Lauderdale Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2015	Sarah Pavan - 4th	Did not play
2017	Brandie Wilkerson - 9th	Heather Bansley - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/23-26/2017	2017 World Tour Finals Hamburg	11	9th	0	US$15,000.00
FIVB	7/28-8/5/2017	Vienna World Championships	15	5th	640	US$18,000.00
FIVB	7/19-23/2017	Olsztyn Four Star	15	9th	240	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/3-8/2017	Gstaad Major Five Star	14	9th	360	US$8,000.00
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

Fort Lauderdale Major Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 2/28/2018	Pool B	Katarzyna Kociolek / Kinga Wojtasik, Poland (18)	Won 21-13, 21-12	0:31
Wed, 2/28/2018	Pool B	Melissa Humana-Paredes / Sarah Pavan, Canada (2)	Lost 12-21, 17-21	0:33
Thu, 3/1/2018	Winner 1	Niina Ahtiainen / Riikka Lehtonen, Finland (19)	Won 21-19, 21-16	0:37
Fri, 3/2/2018	Winner 2	Fernanda Alves / Barbara Seixas, Brazil (9)	Lost 21-16, 19-21, 13-15	0:56

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	8	0	0	0	0	2	0	6	0	0	0	0	$68,000.00	19	15	55.9 %
2018	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$8,000.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	2	0	8	0	0	0	0	$83,500.00	23	19	54.8 %

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
8	0	0	0	0	2	6	0	0	0	$34,000.00	2017	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	2	6	0	0	0	$34,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$4,000.00	2018	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$4,000.00
82	0	3	3	1	15	20	15	13	12	$315,750.00	Total	Total	24	0	0	0	0	2	9	3	2	8	$51,450.00

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%
2017-2018	33	66.0%	9	18.0%	8	16.0%	42-8	84.0%	9	29.0%	7	22.6%	15	48.4%	9-22	29.0%	33-15	68.8%	18-15	54.5%	1	0	52-30	63.4%
Against the Field	39	65.0%	10	16.7%	11	18.3%	49-11	81.7%	8	16.7%	11	22.9%	29	60.4%	8-40	16.7%	78-56	58.2%	36-44	45.0%	1	0	58-50	53.7%

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 11-14 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 7 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Humana-Paredes/Pavan, Canada 1-3
2/28/18	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major	Pool B	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	2	Bansley/Wilkerson	15	21-12, 21-17	0:33
8/23/17	FIVB	2017 World Tour Finals Hamburg	Pool C	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	3	Bansley/Wilkerson	11	20-22, 21-12, 15-9	0:49
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 # 3 Laboureur/Sude, Germany 1-2
7/20/17	FIVB	Olsztyn Four Star	Pool B	Bansley/Wilkerson	15	Laboureur/Sude	2	21-18, 21-13	0:36
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
Lead the series against # 4 Hermannova/Slukova, Czech Republic 1-0
8/24/17	FIVB	2017 World Tour Finals Hamburg	Pool C	Bansley/Wilkerson	11	Hermannova/Slukova	6	21-16, 21-15	0:33
Trail the series against # 6 Brunner/Huberli, Switzerland 0-1
7/31/17	FIVB	Vienna World Championships	Pool J	Brunner/Huberli	10	Bansley/Wilkerson	15	21-17, 21-19	0:38
Trail the series against # 7 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 # 8 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 # 9 Alves/Seixas, Brazil 0-3
3/2/18	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major	Winner 2	Alves/Seixas	9	Bansley/Wilkerson	15	16-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:56
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 # 10 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 # 13 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
Lead the series against # 18 Kociolek/Wojtasik, Poland 1-0
2/28/18	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major	Pool B	Bansley/Wilkerson	15	Kociolek/Wojtasik	18	21-13, 21-12	0:31
Lead the series against # 19 Ahtiainen/Lehtonen, Finland 1-0
3/1/18	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major	Winner 1	Bansley/Wilkerson	15	Ahtiainen/Lehtonen	19	21-19, 21-16	0:37
Lead the series against # 21 Borger/Kozuch, Germany 1-0
8/2/17	FIVB	Vienna World Championships	Winner 1	Bansley/Wilkerson	15	Borger/Kozuch	21	21-16, 21-19	0:40
Trail the series against # 24, Q2 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
Lead the series against # 28, Q4 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 # 30, Q11 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 # Q21 Giombini/Menegatti, Italy 1-0
9/14/16	FIVB	2016 World Tour Finals Toronto	Pool D	Bansley/Wilkerson	4	Giombini/Menegatti	12	21-14, 21-12	0:31