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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite Gstaad
Wednesday, July 1, 2026 Court #2 09:00

Match #2: Qualifier's Bracket Round 1

(Q8) Izac Carracher/Mark Nicolaidis, Australia
vs.
(Q9) Adrian Gavira/Alejandro Huerta, Spain

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$88,950.00

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$89,100.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	Money
FIVB	50	2	0	0	3	5	0	15	2	7	10	1	2	2	US$177,900.00

Previous Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2022	Mark Nicolaidis - 17th	Izac Carracher - 17th
2023	Mark Nicolaidis - 21st	Izac Carracher - 21st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2026	BPT Elite Brasília	Q3	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	4/8-12/2026	BPT Elite Saquarema	21, Q4	9th	600	US$6,200.00
FIVB	3/18-22/2026	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	4	4th	680	US$7,000.00
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

BPT Elite Gstaad Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/1/2026	Qualifier 1	Adrian Gavira / Alejandro Huerta, Spain (Q9)

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	21	0	0	0	0	3	0	8	2	6	1	0	$98,400.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	22	0	0	0	3	2	0	5	0	10	1	1	$54,500.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,200.00
Total	50	2	0	0	3	5	0	15	2	18	2	2	$177,900.00

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
21	0	0	0	0	3	10	6	1	0	$49,200.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	21	0	0	0	0	3	10	6	1	0	$49,200.00
22	0	0	0	3	2	5	10	1	1	$27,250.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	22	0	0	0	3	2	5	10	1	1	$27,250.00
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
50	2	0	0	3	5	17	18	2	2	$88,950.00	Total	55	2	0	0	3	5	20	20	2	2	$89,100.00

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	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	$19,400.00	8	10	44.4 %
Total	FIVB	49	2	0	0	3	5	0	15	2	18	2	2	$177,900.00	85	96	47.0 %

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
4	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	$9,700.00	2026	FIVB	4	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	$9,700.00
49	2	0	0	3	5	17	18	2	2	$88,950.00	Total	Total	54	2	0	0	3	5	20	20	2	2	$89,100.00

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	51	62.2%	15	18.3%	16	19.5%	66-16	80.5%	14	15.4%	21	23.1%	56	61.5%	14-77	15.4%	51-56	47.7%	29-37	43.9%	5	3	85-96	47.0%
2025-2026	15	60.0%	5	20.0%	5	20.0%	20-5	80.0%	7	18.9%	8	21.6%	22	59.5%	7-30	18.9%	15-22	40.5%	12-13	48.0%	2	0	29-35	45.3%
Against the Field	7	43.8%	5	31.3%	4	25.0%	12-4	75.0%	3	11.5%	7	26.9%	16	61.5%	3-23	11.5%	14-30	31.8%	16-22	42.1%	1	0	16-26	38.1%

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	11	2	16	31	1	0	4	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	32	42
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	7	2	18	22	0	5	11	7	0	3	0	3	0	0	36	42
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	18	4	44	61	1	6	18	19	2	3	0	3	2	0	85	96

Adrián Gavira Collado
Spain

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 17, 1987 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

La Linea de la Concepcion

Height:

193 cm (6'4")

Weight:

89 kg (196 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

230

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$872,081.94

Alejandro Huerta Pastor
Spain

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 11, 1998 (28 yrs old)

Home Town:

Los Cristianos, Arona,Tenerife

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

85 kg (187 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$39,449.89

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	Money
CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	US$500.00
FIVB	11	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	1	1	1	1	US$42,353.52
Overall	12	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	1	1	1	2	US$42,853.52

Previous Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2009	Pablo Herrera - 3rd	Did not play
2010	Pablo Herrera - 9th	Did not play
2011	Pablo Herrera - 17th	Did not play
2013	Pablo Herrera - 5th	Did not play
2014	Pablo Herrera - 5th	Did not play
2015	Pablo Herrera - 17th	Did not play
2016	Pablo Herrera - 4th	Did not play
2017	Pablo Herrera - 17th	Did not play
2018	Pablo Herrera - 2nd	Did not play
2019	Pablo Herrera - 17th	Did not play
2021	Pablo Herrera - 9th	Cesar Menendez - 41st
2022	Pablo Herrera - 17th	Did not play
2023	Pablo Herrera - 13th	Did not play
2024	Pablo Herrera - 9th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/10-14/2026	BPT Challenge Alanya	9	5th	600	US$5,000.00
FIVB	5/7-10/2026	BPT Futures Madrid	1	9th	180	€ 300.00
FIVB	12/3-7/2025	BPT Elite Itapema	6	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	10/15-19/2025	BPT Challenge Nuvali	4	1st	800	US$20,000.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	14, Q5	13th	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	10/1-5/2025	BPT Challenge Veracruz	20	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	9/17-21/2025	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Q15	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	8/13-17/2025	BPT Elite Montréal	Q4	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	8/6-10/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	14	9th	460	US$3,250.00
CEV	7/30-8/3/2025	EuroBeachVolley 2025	25	25th	220	€ 500.00

BPT Elite Gstaad Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/1/2026	Qualifier 1	Izac Carracher / Mark Nicolaidis, Australia (Q8)

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	$7,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	$34,500.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$300.00
Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$500.00
Total	12	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	3	2	0	$42,800.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Adrian Gavira												Alejandro Huerta
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
4	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
8	0	0	0	0	4	0	4	0	0	$50,000.00	World Championships
4	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	$22,250.00	World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
84	1	4	4	4	23	19	20	8	0	$444,050.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	1	$6,250.00
86	4	5	6	3	20	27	14	2	5	$254,950.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	32	1	0	0	0	1	5	3	10	12	$25,000.00
4	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$6,000.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	17	2	0	3	5	1	3	3	0	0	$5,775.00
3	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$3,000.00	Challenger
3	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											U17 World Championships	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
17	1	0	2	1	6	2	3	2	0	$37,500.00	Confederation Championship	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$750.00
214	6	13	12	8	59	55	43	12	5	$817,750.00	Total	62	3	1	3	5	4	10	9	12	14	$37,775.00

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
2021	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,000.00	1	2	33.3 %
2025	FIVB	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	1	0	$34,000.00	12	11	52.2 %
2025	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$500.00	0	2	0.0 %
2026	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$5,300.00	4	4	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	10	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	3	1	0	$42,300.00	17	17	50.0 %
Total	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$500.00	0	2	0.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Adrian Gavira													Alejandro Huerta
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00	2005	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2006	FIVB C&S
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2006	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2006	CEV
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,000.00	2007	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00	2007	FIVB C&S
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2007	FIVB Age Group WC
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$1,300.00	2007	CEV
16	0	1	0	0	1	3	5	2	4	$32,250.00	2008	FIVB
4	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	$2,300.00	2008	CEV
11	0	2	3	0	4	2	0	0	0	$81,950.00	2009	FIVB
5	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$14,900.00	2009	CEV
13	0	1	1	2	4	4	1	0	0	$73,750.00	2010	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2010	CEV
8	0	0	0	1	4	2	1	0	0	$39,100.00	2011	FIVB
8	0	0	1	1	1	1	4	0	0	$28,750.00	2012	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2012	CEV
11	0	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	0	$50,950.00	2013	FIVB
2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$10,375.00	2013	CEV
11	0	0	0	0	5	4	0	2	0	$67,500.00	2014	FIVB
											2014	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
3	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$11,000.00	2014	CEV
11	1	0	1	0	2	3	4	0	0	$82,187.50	2015	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$2,625.00	2015	CEV
12	1	0	1	1	4	4	0	1	0	$61,687.50	2016	FIVB
											2016	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2016	CEV
9	0	1	0	0	3	4	1	0	0	$39,500.00	2017	FIVB
											2017	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$1,125.00	2017	CEV
11	1	1	1	0	3	3	2	0	0	$55,250.00	2018	FIVB	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	$650.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00	2018	CEV
12	0	1	1	0	5	2	3	0	0	$46,000.00	2019	FIVB	8	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	4	$2,875.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2019	CEV
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,500.00	2020	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$2,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2020	CEV
8	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	1	0	$11,500.00	2021	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	$2,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2021	CEV
9	0	1	0	1	2	2	3	0	0	$21,600.00	2022	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	2	$6,850.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2022	CEV
16	1	1	0	0	5	5	4	0	0	$35,875.00	2023	FIVB	11	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	6	1	$1,350.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2023	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
11	0	1	0	0	5	3	2	0	0	$27,250.00	2024	FIVB	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	3	$400.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2024	CEV
7	1	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	$17,000.00	2025	FIVB	9	2	0	1	0	0	3	2	1	0	$17,750.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00	2025	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$2,650.00	2026	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$2,650.00
229	9	13	13	8	64	59	46	12	5	$842,625.00	Total	Total	61	3	1	3	5	4	10	9	12	14	$37,775.00

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	12	80.0%	2	13.3%	1	6.7%	14-1	93.3%	3	15.8%	5	26.3%	11	57.9%	3-16	15.8%	12-11	52.2%	5-6	45.5%	0	0	17-17	50.0%
2025-2026	11	78.6%	2	14.3%	1	7.1%	13-1	92.9%	3	17.6%	4	23.5%	10	58.8%	3-14	17.6%	11-10	52.4%	5-5	50.0%	0	0	16-15	51.6%
Against the Field	6	85.7%	1	14.3%	0	0.0%	7-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	2	25.0%	6	75.0%	0-8	0.0%	12-12	50.0%	2-4	33.3%	0	0	7-8	46.7%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	2	2	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	6	4	0	0	6	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	14	8
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Total	0	0	2	2	7	12	0	0	6	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	17	19

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
7/1/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Qualifier 1