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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$1,000,000 2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships
Wednesday, November 19, 2025 Stadium Court 20:00

Match #91: Winner's Bracket Round 1

(12) Mark Nicolaidis/Izac Carracher, Australia
vs.
(20) Lukas Pfretzschner/Sven Winter, Germany

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$79,400.00

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$79,250.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	Money
FIVB	45	2	0	0	2	5	0	13	2	6	10	1	1	2	US$158,500.00

Previous Adelaide Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
FIVB	6/11-15/2025	BPT Challenge Alanya	19	4th	680	US$7,000.00
FIVB	5/28-6/1/2025	BPT Elite Ostrava	13	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	5/14-18/2025	BPT Challenge Xiamen	2	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	4/16-20/2025	BPT Elite Brasília	11	9th	600	US$7,500.00
FIVB	4/9-13/2025	BPT Elite Saquarema	11	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	3/26-30/2025	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	7	19th	380	US$2,500.00

2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 11/14/2025	Pool L	Soufiane El Gharouti / Ilyas Lazaar, Morocco (37)	Won 21-11, 21-12	0:33
Sat, 11/15/2025	Pool L	Esteban Grimalt / Marco Grimalt, Chile (36)	Lost 19-21, 21-19, 13-15	0:56
Sun, 11/16/2025	Pool L	Calvin Aye / Remi Bassereau, France (13)	Won 21-19, 24-22	0:39
Wed, 11/19/2025	Winner 1	Lukas Pfretzschner / Sven Winter, Germany (20)

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2022	World Championships	Rome	Izac Carracher - 9th	Mark Nicolaidis - 9th
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Izac Carracher - 33rd	Mark Nicolaidis - 33rd

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/10-19/2022	Beach Volleyball World Championships	36	9th	800	US$11,000.00
FIVB	10/6-15/2023	Beach Volleyball World Championships	34	33rd	320	US$4,800.00

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	0	0	1	$22,800.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	17	0	0	0	0	3	0	6	2	6	0	0	$86,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	21	0	0	0	2	2	0	5	0	10	1	0	$47,500.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,200.00
Total	45	2	0	0	2	5	0	13	2	17	1	1	$158,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Mark Nicolaidis												Izac Carracher
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Youth Olympic Games
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$11,400.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$11,400.00
17	0	0	0	0	3	8	6	0	0	$43,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	17	0	0	0	0	3	8	6	0	0	$43,000.00
21	0	0	0	2	2	5	10	1	0	$23,750.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	21	0	0	0	2	2	5	10	1	0	$23,750.00
5	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$1,250.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,100.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
50	2	0	0	2	5	18	19	1	1	$79,400.00	Total	45	2	0	0	2	5	15	17	1	1	$79,250.00

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	11	0	0	0	1	2	0	4	0	4	0	0	$54,250.00	21	24	46.7 %
Total	FIVB	44	2	0	0	2	5	0	13	2	17	1	2	$151,500.00	77	85	47.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Mark Nicolaidis													Izac Carracher
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	1	0	0	0	$150.00	2017	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2018	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00	2018	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2019	FIVB Age Group WC
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
11	0	0	0	1	2	4	4	0	0	$27,125.00	2025	FIVB	11	0	0	0	1	2	4	4	0	0	$27,125.00
49	2	0	0	2	5	18	19	1	2	$75,900.00	Total	Total	44	2	0	0	2	5	15	17	1	2	$75,750.00

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	48	64.0%	13	17.3%	14	18.7%	61-14	81.3%	12	15.0%	17	21.3%	51	63.8%	12-68	15.0%	48-51	48.5%	25-31	44.6%	4	3	77-85	47.5%
2024-2025	24	70.6%	5	14.7%	5	14.7%	29-5	85.3%	8	19.5%	5	12.2%	28	68.3%	8-33	19.5%	24-28	46.2%	13-10	56.5%	3	0	40-38	51.3%
Against the Field	13	59.1%	3	13.6%	6	27.3%	16-6	72.7%	3	8.3%	7	19.4%	26	72.2%	3-33	8.3%	26-46	36.1%	12-26	31.6%	3	0	22-36	37.9%

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	6
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	10	1	14	27	0	0	4	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	35
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	7	2	17	21	0	5	8	7	0	2	0	2	0	0	32	39
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	17	3	41	56	0	6	15	16	2	2	0	2	2	0	77	85

Lukas Pfretzschner
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 13, 2000 (25 yrs old)

Home Town:

Dachau

Height:

193 cm (6'4")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (3 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$58,451.38

Sven Winter
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 21, 1998 (27 yrs old)

Home Town:

Freiburg

Height:

197 cm (6'6")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$80,569.88

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
FIVB	22	0	1	1	1	4	0	4	4	1	4	1	US$93,500.00

Previous Adelaide Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/22-26/2025	BPT Elite Cape Town	11	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	9/24-28/2025	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	Q4	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	9/17-21/2025	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	19, Q6	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	8/27-31/2025	BPT Elite Hamburg	Q1	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	8/13-17/2025	BPT Elite Montréal	15, Q5	9th	600	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/6-10/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	10	5th	600	US$5,000.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2025	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	6	25th	220	US$1,500.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2025	BPT Challenge Alanya	11	5th	600	US$5,000.00
FIVB	5/28-6/1/2025	BPT Elite Ostrava	Q3	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	4/9-13/2025	BPT Elite Saquarema	19, Q4	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	3/26-30/2025	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	22, Q8	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	3/19-23/2025	BPT Challenge Yucatan	7	17th	340	US$2,250.00

2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 11/14/2025	Pool E	Christoph Dressler / Philipp Waller, Austria (29)	Won 21-19, 21-19	0:37
Sun, 11/16/2025	Pool E	Hongjun Du / Yanwei Wang, China (44)	Won 21-14, 21-16	0:32
Mon, 11/17/2025	Pool E	Michal Bryl / Bartosz Losiak, Poland (5)	Lost 18-21, 19-21	0:41
Wed, 11/19/2025	Winner 1	Izac Carracher / Mark Nicolaidis, Australia (12)

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Did not play	Jonathan Erdmann - 33rd

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	$7,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	4	0	3	0	$45,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	10	0	1	1	1	3	0	1	0	1	1	0	$41,000.00
Total	22	0	1	1	1	4	0	4	4	1	4	0	$93,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Lukas Pfretzschner												Sven Winter
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	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Youth Olympic Games
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,500.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,900.00
17	0	0	0	0	2	7	5	3	0	$25,750.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	16	0	0	0	0	2	7	2	3	0	$26,750.00
23	0	1	1	1	3	3	3	4	0	$24,750.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	23	0	1	1	2	3	1	7	4	0	$33,500.00
10	0	1	1	0	2	2	4	0	0	$4,100.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	13	0	2	2	1	1	2	3	2	0	$13,600.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
55	0	3	2	1	9	13	12	7	0	$58,100.00	Total	55	0	3	3	3	7	10	12	9	0	$79,750.00

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
2023	FIVB	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	$12,250.00	11	8	57.9 %
2024	FIVB	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$32,000.00	14	11	56.0 %
2025	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	3	1	4	0	$42,250.00	20	22	47.6 %
Total	FIVB	21	0	1	1	1	4	0	4	4	1	4	1	$86,500.00	45	41	52.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Lukas Pfretzschner													Sven Winter
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2016	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2017	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2017	FIVB Age Group WC
											2018	FIVB	6	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	1	0	$8,000.00
2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2018	FIVB Age Group WC
6	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	1	$1,950.00	2019	FIVB	8	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	3	$9,900.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2019	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	2020	FIVB	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	$6,000.00
6	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	3	$2,750.00	2021	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	$2,400.00
9	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	1	1	$4,750.00	2022	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	$500.00
11	0	1	0	1	1	2	2	2	2	$7,025.00	2023	FIVB	8	0	2	0	1	2	1	1	0	1	$11,325.00
5	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	$16,000.00	2024	FIVB	5	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	$16,000.00
12	0	0	0	0	3	4	1	4	0	$21,125.00	2025	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	3	4	1	4	0	$21,125.00
54	0	3	2	1	9	13	12	7	7	$54,600.00	Total	Total	54	0	3	3	3	7	10	12	9	7	$76,250.00

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	29	64.4%	7	15.6%	9	20.0%	36-9	80.0%	7	19.4%	9	25.0%	20	55.6%	7-29	19.4%	29-20	59.2%	14-18	43.8%	2	3	45-41	52.3%
2024-2025	22	61.1%	6	16.7%	8	22.2%	28-8	77.8%	4	14.8%	7	25.9%	16	59.3%	4-23	14.8%	22-16	57.9%	10-15	40.0%	2	2	34-33	50.7%
Against the Field	13	59.1%	4	18.2%	5	22.7%	17-5	77.3%	3	12.5%	7	29.2%	14	58.3%	3-21	12.5%	26-24	52.0%	14-24	36.8%	0	2	20-26	43.5%

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	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	7	3	8	12	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	23
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	3	1	11	7	2	0	10	5	1	2	1	1	0	1	28	17
Total	0	0	10	4	21	20	2	0	10	13	1	2	1	1	0	1	45	41

Head to Head Results
Carracher/Nicolaidis lead the series 1-0

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
11/19/25	FIVB	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	Winner 1
8/16/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Montréal	Winner 1	Carracher/Nicolaidis	14, Q2	Pfretzschner/Winter	15, Q5	21-17, 21-17	0:35