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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Tlaxcala
Friday, March 20, 2026

Match #24: Pool D

(4) Izac Carracher/Mark Nicolaidis, Australia
vs.
(20, Q1) Giuliano Massare/Gonzalo Melgarejo, Paraguay

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$83,100.00

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$83,250.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	Money
FIVB	47	2	0	0	2	5	0	14	2	7	10	1	1	2	US$166,200.00

Previous Tlaxcala Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2023	Mark Nicolaidis - 33rd	Izac Carracher - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/11-15/2026	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	14	9th	600	US$6,200.00
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	12	17th	640	US$7,000.00
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

BPT Challenge Tlaxcala Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 3/19/2026	Pool D	Cody Caldwell / Jacob LaBouliere, United States (29, Q7)	Lost 19-21, 21-14, 13-15	0:47
Fri, 3/20/2026	Pool D	Giuliano Massare / Gonzalo Melgarejo, Paraguay (20, Q1)

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	1	0	1	$22,800.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	18	0	0	0	0	3	0	7	2	6	0	0	$92,200.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	22	0	0	0	2	2	0	5	0	10	1	0	$49,000.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,200.00
Total	47	2	0	0	2	5	0	14	2	18	1	1	$166,200.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Izac Carracher												Mark Nicolaidis
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
											Youth Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	$11,400.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	$11,400.00
18	0	0	0	0	3	9	6	0	0	$46,100.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	18	0	0	0	0	3	9	6	0	0	$46,100.00
22	0	0	0	2	2	5	10	1	0	$24,500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	22	0	0	0	2	2	5	10	1	0	$24,500.00
3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,100.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	5	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$1,250.00
											U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
47	2	0	0	2	5	16	18	1	1	$83,100.00	Total	52	2	0	0	2	5	19	20	1	1	$83,250.00

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	12	0	0	0	1	2	0	4	0	5	0	0	$61,250.00	21	25	45.7 %
2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,200.00	2	4	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	46	2	0	0	2	5	0	14	2	18	1	2	$164,700.00	79	90	46.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Izac Carracher													Mark Nicolaidis
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2017	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$150.00
											2018	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2018	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00
											2019	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
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
12	0	0	0	1	2	4	5	0	0	$30,625.00	2025	FIVB	12	0	0	0	1	2	4	5	0	0	$30,625.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,100.00	2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,100.00
46	2	0	0	2	5	16	18	1	2	$82,350.00	Total	Total	51	2	0	0	2	5	19	20	1	2	$82,500.00

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	63.2%	14	18.4%	14	18.4%	62-14	81.6%	13	15.1%	19	22.1%	54	62.8%	13-73	15.1%	48-54	47.1%	27-33	45.0%	4	3	79-90	46.7%
2025-2026	12	63.2%	4	21.1%	3	15.8%	16-3	84.2%	6	18.8%	6	18.8%	20	62.5%	6-26	18.8%	12-20	37.5%	10-9	52.6%	1	0	23-29	44.2%
Against the Field	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	3	75.0%	1-3	25.0%	3	30.0%	2	20.0%	5	50.0%	3-7	30.0%	2-10	16.7%	6-10	37.5%	0	0	4-10	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
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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	7
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	10	1	15	29	1	0	4	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	30	38
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	7	2	17	22	0	5	8	7	0	2	0	2	0	0	32	40
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	42	59	1	6	15	18	2	2	0	2	2	0	79	90

Giuliano Massare Canillas
Paraguay

Photo: NORCECA

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 16, 2002 (24 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB Maricá 2024)

Career Winnings:

US$1,000.00

Gonzalo Melgarejo
Paraguay

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 17, 2000 (25 yrs old)

Home Town:

Asuncion

Height:

170 cm (5'7")

Weight:

60 kg (132 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB Maricá 2024)

Career Winnings:

US$2,700.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$2,000.00

Previous Tlaxcala Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results 1st Tournament

BPT Challenge Tlaxcala Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 3/18/2026	Qualifier 2	Joao Mares / Gabriel Zuliani, Brazil (Q16)	Won 21-12, 21-16	0:34
Thu, 3/19/2026	Pool D	Julian Friedli / Jonathan Jordan, Switzerland (13)	Lost 16-21, 17-21	0:33
Fri, 3/20/2026	Pool D	Izac Carracher / Mark Nicolaidis, Australia (4)

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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$500.00
Total	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Giuliano Massare												Gonzalo Melgarejo
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Youth Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$1,700.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$250.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$250.00
											U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
3	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00	Total	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	$2,700.00

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
2024	FIVB	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$500.00	4	2	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$500.00	4	2	66.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Giuliano Massare													Gonzalo Melgarejo
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2018	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$0.00
											2019	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2021	FIVB Age Group WC
											2022	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$1,700.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$250.00	2024	FIVB	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$250.00
2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00	Total	Total	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	$1,950.00

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	3	75.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	1	25.0%	1	25.0%	2	50.0%	1-3	25.0%	3-2	60.0%	2-1	66.7%	0	0	5-3	62.5%
2025-2026	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	1-1	50.0%	0-0		0	0	1-1	50.0%
Against the Field	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	2-2	50.0%	0-0		0	0	1-1	50.0%

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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	2
Total	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	5	3

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
3/20/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	Pool D