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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite Saquarema
Thursday, April 9, 2026

Match #34: Pool D

(4) Melissa Humana-Paredes/Brandie Wilkerson, Canada
vs.
(9) Anna-Lena Grune/Sandra Ittlinger, Germany

Melissa Humana-Paredes
Canada

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 10, 1992 (33 yrs old)

Home Town:

Toronto, ON

Height:

175 cm (5'9")

Weight:

63 kg (139 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

106

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$576,075.00

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

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	26	3	3	1	0	15	1	2	0	0	0	US$309,500.00

Previous Saquarema Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2025	Brandie Wilkerson - 9th	Melissa Humana-Paredes - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	10	5th	960	US$18,000.00
FIVB	9/24-28/2025	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	6	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	9/17-21/2025	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	6	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	8/13-17/2025	BPT Elite Montréal	4	1st	1200	US$30,000.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2025	BPT Elite Gstaad	10	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	5/28-6/1/2025	BPT Elite Ostrava	7	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	4/16-20/2025	BPT Elite Brasília	7	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	4/9-13/2025	BPT Elite Saquarema	7	9th	600	US$7,500.00

BPT Elite Saquarema Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 4/9/2026	Pool D	Menia Bentele / Annique Niederhauser, Switzerland (21, Q7)
Thu, 4/9/2026	Pool D	Thainara Feitosa / Verena Figueira, Brazil (16)
Thu, 4/9/2026	Pool D	Anna-Lena Grune / Sandra Ittlinger, Germany (9)

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$36,000.00
World Tour Finals	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$35,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	20	2	2	1	0	12	0	2	0	0	0	0	$228,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00
Total	26	3	3	1	0	15	1	2	0	0	0	0	$309,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Melissa Humana-Paredes												Brandie Wilkerson
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
6	1	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	$76,500.00	World Championships	5	0	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	$53,000.00
7	0	1	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	$88,500.00	World Tour Finals	6	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	0	$41,750.00
49	6	2	2	0	17	7	7	6	0	$287,100.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	38	2	2	2	0	14	9	1	2	0	$166,750.00
33	2	6	1	4	5	9	4	2	0	$115,975.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	33	3	1	3	0	8	7	5	3	0	$90,825.00
3	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$8,000.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,500.00
2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U23 World Championships
2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
106	10	11	5	7	31	19	12	8	0	$576,075.00	Total	86	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
2023	FIVB	10	2	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	$132,000.00	38	16	70.4 %
2024	FIVB	7	0	3	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	$77,000.00	25	13	65.8 %
2025	FIVB	8	1	0	0	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	$100,500.00	27	9	75.0 %
Total	FIVB	25	3	3	1	0	15	1	2	0	0	0	0	$309,500.00	90	38	70.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Melissa Humana-Paredes													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	2009	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2010	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00	2011	FIVB
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2011	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2012	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,850.00	2013	FIVB
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2013	FIVB Age Group WC
5	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	$21,500.00	2014	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$1,000.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2014	FIVB Age Group WC
10	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	3	1	$23,787.50	2015	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	$600.00
13	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	3	1	$30,187.50	2016	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	$11,850.00
8	1	2	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	$80,500.00	2017	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	2	6	0	0	0	$34,000.00
10	2	0	0	1	2	4	1	0	0	$58,500.00	2018	FIVB	10	1	1	2	0	3	1	0	2	0	$56,500.00
12	3	2	0	1	5	0	1	0	0	$97,500.00	2019	FIVB	11	2	0	2	0	2	2	3	0	0	$46,500.00
											2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,000.00
9	0	3	1	2	1	1	1	0	0	$72,500.00	2021	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	4	2	2	0	0	$16,000.00
5	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	$34,000.00	2022	FIVB	7	0	1	0	0	3	2	0	1	0	$35,625.00
10	2	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	$66,000.00	2023	FIVB	10	2	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	$66,000.00
7	0	3	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	$38,500.00	2024	FIVB	7	0	3	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	$38,500.00
8	1	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	$50,250.00	2025	FIVB	8	1	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	$50,250.00
105	10	11	5	7	31	19	12	8	2	$576,075.00	Total	Total	85	6	5	5	0	30	18	8	5	8	$358,825.00

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	65	74.7%	15	17.2%	7	8.0%	80-7	92.0%	10	24.4%	9	22.0%	22	53.7%	10-31	24.4%	65-22	74.7%	25-16	61.0%	0	0	90-38	70.3%
2025-2026	22	84.6%	3	11.5%	1	3.8%	25-1	96.2%	2	20.0%	3	30.0%	5	50.0%	2-8	20.0%	22-5	81.5%	5-4	55.6%	0	0	27-9	75.0%
Against the Field	16	80.0%	3	15.0%	1	5.0%	19-1	95.0%	2	11.8%	3	17.6%	12	70.6%	2-15	11.8%	32-24	57.1%	10-8	55.6%	0	0	21-16	56.8%

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	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	3
World Championships	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	2
World Tour Finals	0	0	0	0	5	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	2	0	40	11	0	0	15	15	4	1	1	0	2	2	64	29
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
Total	0	0	2	0	54	16	1	0	23	18	6	1	1	0	3	3	90	38

Anna-Lena Grüne
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 30, 2001 (24 yrs old)

Home Town:

Giesen

Height:

173 cm (5'8")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$45,794.12

Sandra Ittlinger
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 24, 1994 (31 yrs old)

Home Town:

München

Height:

181 cm (5'11")

Weight:

63 kg (139 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Xiamen 2024)

Career Winnings:

US$171,438.70

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	Money
FIVB	10	0	0	1	0	2	0	3	1	1	1	0	US$65,000.00

Previous Saquarema Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2023	Did not play	Karla Borger - 19th
2024	Did not play	Karla Borger - 19th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	21	9th	800	US$11,000.00
FIVB	10/22-26/2025	BPT Elite Cape Town	7	3rd	1000	US$17,000.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	9	13th	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	8/27-31/2025	BPT Elite Hamburg	11	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	8/13-17/2025	BPT Elite Montréal	12	9th	600	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/5-9/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	4	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2025	BPT Elite Gstaad	12	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2025	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	1	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	5/28-6/1/2025	BPT Elite Ostrava	18, Q2	19th	380	US$2,500.00

BPT Elite Saquarema Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 4/9/2026	Pool D	Thainara Feitosa / Verena Figueira, Brazil (16)
Thu, 4/9/2026	Pool D	Menia Bentele / Annique Niederhauser, Switzerland (21, Q7)
Thu, 4/9/2026	Pool D	Melissa Humana-Paredes / Brandie Wilkerson, Canada (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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$11,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	7	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	$48,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$5,500.00
Total	10	0	0	1	0	2	0	3	1	2	0	0	$65,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Anna-Lena Grune												Sandra Ittlinger
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	1	0	0	0	$5,500.00	World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	$16,000.00
											World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,000.00
8	0	0	1	0	2	2	2	0	0	$24,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	28	0	0	1	1	5	9	9	1	0	$75,250.00
10	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	0	0	$10,375.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	47	1	1	1	3	7	10	12	4	0	$71,250.00
15	4	2	1	0	4	3	1	0	0	$4,020.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	7	0	1	0	1	3	1	1	0	0	$5,845.00
											U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
36	4	2	2	0	8	10	6	1	0	$44,145.00	Total	90	1	2	2	6	15	22	26	5	0	$171,345.00

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
2025	FIVB	9	0	0	1	0	2	0	3	1	2	0	0	$65,000.00	19	19	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	9	0	0	1	0	2	0	3	1	2	0	0	$65,000.00	19	19	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Anna-Lena Grune													Sandra Ittlinger
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2011	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2012	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2014	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,000.00
											2014	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2016	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00
											2017	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$3,750.00
											2018	FIVB	12	0	1	0	0	5	5	1	0	0	$25,895.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2018	FIVB Age Group WC
											2019	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	1	2	7	2	0	$25,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$50.00	2020	FIVB
6	1	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$3,170.00	2021	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	1	$8,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	2021	FIVB Age Group WC
5	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	$3,475.00	2022	FIVB	10	0	0	0	1	4	2	3	0	0	$21,875.00
											2023	FIVB	12	0	1	0	0	1	5	3	1	1	$20,875.00
12	3	0	0	0	4	1	3	0	1	$4,950.00	2024	FIVB	14	1	0	1	4	2	2	4	0	0	$31,950.00
9	0	0	1	0	2	4	2	0	0	$32,500.00	2025	FIVB	9	0	0	1	0	2	4	2	0	0	$32,500.00
35	4	2	2	0	8	10	6	1	2	$44,145.00	Total	Total	89	1	2	2	6	15	22	26	5	10	$171,345.00

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	11	64.7%	4	23.5%	2	11.8%	15-2	88.2%	4	19.0%	2	9.5%	15	71.4%	4-17	19.0%	11-15	42.3%	8-4	66.7%	0	0	19-19	50.0%
2025-2026	11	64.7%	4	23.5%	2	11.8%	15-2	88.2%	4	19.0%	2	9.5%	15	71.4%	4-17	19.0%	11-15	42.3%	8-4	66.7%	0	0	19-19	50.0%
Against the Field	3	75.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	0	0.0%	1	12.5%	7	87.5%	0-8	0.0%	6-14	30.0%	0-4	0.0%	0	0	3-9	25.0%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	0	5	9	0	0	6	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	13	14
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3
Total	0	0	1	0	10	11	0	0	7	7	0	1	1	0	0	0	19	19

Head to Head Results
Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson lead the series 2-0

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
4/9/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Pool D
8/15/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Montréal	Pool D	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	4	Grune/Ittlinger	12	19-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:49
5/29/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Ostrava	Pool F	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	7	Grune/Ittlinger	18, Q2	21-10, 21-18	0:30