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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite Gstaad
Thursday, July 2, 2026 Court #2 14:00

Match #15: Pool C

(3) Melissa Humana-Paredes/Brandie Wilkerson, Canada
vs.
(15) Kelly Cheng/Megan Kraft, United States

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:

108

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$608,825.00

Brandie Wilkerson
Canada

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 1, 1992 (34 yrs old)

Home Town:

Lausanne, Switzerland

Height:

179 cm (5'10")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$391,575.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	28	4	4	1	0	15	1	2	0	0	0	US$375,000.00

Previous Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2015	Taylor Pischke - 25th	Did not play
2016	Taylor Pischke - 25th	Julie Gordon - 25th
2017	Sarah Pavan - 3rd	Heather Bansley - 9th
2018	Sarah Pavan - 1st	Heather Bansley - 3rd
2019	Sarah Pavan - 5th	Heather Bansley - 9th
2021	Sarah Pavan - 3rd	Heather Bansley - 5th
2022	Sarah Pavan - 5th	Sophie Bukovec - 5th
2023	Brandie Wilkerson - 5th	Melissa Humana-Paredes - 5th
2024	Brandie Wilkerson - 5th	Melissa Humana-Paredes - 5th
2025	Brandie Wilkerson - 5th	Melissa Humana-Paredes - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/27-31/2026	BPT Elite Ostrava	6	1st	1200	US$40,000.00
FIVB	4/8-12/2026	BPT Elite Saquarema	4	2nd	1100	US$23,000.00
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

BPT Elite Gstaad Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/1/2026	Pool C	Kylie Deberg / Betsi Flint, United States (22, Q11)	Won 21-19, 21-19	0:39
Thu, 7/2/2026	Pool C	Kelly Cheng / Megan Kraft, United States (15)
Fri, 7/3/2026	Pool C	Savvy Cory / Devon Newberry, United States (10)

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	22	3	3	1	0	12	0	2	0	0	0	0	$294,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00
Total	28	4	4	1	0	15	1	2	0	0	0	0	$375,000.00

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	1	$88,500.00	World Tour Finals	6	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	0	$41,750.00
51	7	3	2	0	17	7	7	6	1	$319,850.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	40	3	3	2	0	14	9	1	2	5	$199,500.00
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	3	$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
108	11	12	5	7	31	19	12	8	2	$608,825.00	Total	88	7	6	5	0	30	18	8	5	8	$391,575.00

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 %
2026	FIVB	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$63,000.00	13	2	86.7 %
Total	FIVB	27	4	4	1	0	15	1	2	0	0	0	0	$372,500.00	103	40	72.0 %

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
2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$31,500.00	2026	FIVB	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$31,500.00
107	11	12	5	7	31	19	12	8	2	$607,575.00	Total	Total	87	7	6	5	0	30	18	8	5	8	$390,325.00

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	75	76.5%	16	16.3%	7	7.1%	91-7	92.9%	12	26.7%	9	20.0%	24	53.3%	12-33	26.7%	75-24	75.8%	28-16	63.6%	0	0	103-40	72.0%
2025-2026	32	86.5%	4	10.8%	1	2.7%	36-1	97.3%	4	28.6%	3	21.4%	7	50.0%	4-10	28.6%	32-7	82.1%	8-4	66.7%	0	0	40-11	78.4%
Against the Field	22	71.0%	8	25.8%	1	3.2%	30-1	96.8%	4	18.2%	3	13.6%	15	68.2%	4-18	18.2%	44-30	59.5%	24-8	75.0%	0	0	34-19	64.2%

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	46	12	0	0	19	15	6	1	1	0	3	3	77	31
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	60	17	1	0	27	18	8	1	1	0	4	4	103	40

Kelly Claes Cheng
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 18, 1995 (30 yrs old)

Home Town:

Fullerton, CA

Height:

188 cm (6'2")

Weight:

72 kg (158 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$477,675.00

Megan Kraft
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 27, 2002 (23 yrs old)

Home Town:

San Diego, CA

Height:

183 cm (6'0")

Weight:

68 kg (150 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$185,813.42

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	US$38,100.00

Previous Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2017	Sara Hughes - 9th	Did not play
2018	Brittany Hochevar - Country Quota	Did not play
2019	Sarah Marmelstein - 33rd	Did not play
2021	Sarah Marmelstein - 9th	Did not play
2022	Did not play	Emily Stockman - 9th
2023	Sara Hughes - 2nd	Did not play
2024	Did not play	Terese Cannon - 2nd
2025	Molly Shaw - 9th	Terese Cannon - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/27-31/2026	BPT Elite Ostrava	11	9th	600	US$6,200.00
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2026	BPT Elite Brasília	8	9th	600	US$6,200.00
FIVB	4/8-12/2026	BPT Elite Saquarema	6	9th	600	US$6,200.00
FIVB	3/11-15/2026	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	4	3rd	1000	US$17,000.00

BPT Elite Gstaad Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/1/2026	Pool C	Savvy Cory / Devon Newberry, United States (10)	Won 21-15, 21-16	0:34
Thu, 7/2/2026	Pool C	Melissa Humana-Paredes / Brandie Wilkerson, Canada (3)
Fri, 7/3/2026	Pool C	Kylie Deberg / Betsi Flint, United States (22, Q11)

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	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	$38,100.00
Total	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	$38,100.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Kelly Cheng												Megan Kraft
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	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
5	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	$53,500.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$9,000.00
4	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$92,750.00	World Tour Finals	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$40,000.00
42	5	1	2	6	8	14	2	0	3	$229,050.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	27	0	4	3	1	5	8	5	0	0	$118,050.00
28	3	3	0	1	10	6	2	1	2	$97,375.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	11	0	0	0	2	3	4	0	1	1	$16,625.00
4	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	$5,000.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$1,520.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
87	10	4	5	7	21	26	7	1	5	$477,675.00	Total	47	3	5	3	4	8	15	6	1	1	$185,195.00

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
2026	FIVB	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	$35,600.00	16	4	80.0 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	$35,600.00	16	4	80.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Kelly Cheng													Megan Kraft
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2013	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2014	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2015	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$9,000.00	2016	FIVB
7	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	0	0	$23,750.00	2017	FIVB
10	0	1	0	1	1	3	2	1	1	$27,750.00	2018	FIVB
											2018	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
15	0	2	1	0	3	7	0	0	2	$49,000.00	2019	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$4,000.00	2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$200.00
9	2	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	1	$41,000.00	2021	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$320.00
											2021	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
8	4	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	$126,500.00	2022	FIVB	12	2	0	0	2	2	6	0	0	0	$26,375.00
11	2	1	0	1	5	2	0	0	0	$84,625.00	2023	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	2	4	3	1	0	$14,250.00
6	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	$31,500.00	2024	FIVB	6	0	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	$67,000.00
9	1	0	0	3	3	2	0	0	0	$61,500.00	2025	FIVB	9	0	2	1	1	4	0	1	0	0	$58,000.00
4	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	$17,800.00	2026	FIVB	4	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	$17,800.00
86	10	4	5	7	21	26	7	1	5	$476,425.00	Total	Total	46	3	5	3	4	8	15	6	1	1	$183,945.00

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	85.7%	2	14.3%	0	0.0%	14-0	100.0%	1	20.0%	1	20.0%	3	60.0%	1-4	20.0%	12-3	80.0%	3-1	75.0%	1	0	16-4	80.0%
2025-2026	12	85.7%	2	14.3%	0	0.0%	14-0	100.0%	1	20.0%	1	20.0%	3	60.0%	1-4	20.0%	12-3	80.0%	3-1	75.0%	1	0	16-4	80.0%
Against the Field	8	88.9%	1	11.1%	0	0.0%	9-0	100.0%	1	20.0%	1	20.0%	3	60.0%	1-4	20.0%	16-6	72.7%	4-2	66.7%	0	0	10-4	71.4%

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	0	0	13	0	0	0	2	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	16	4
Total	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	2	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	16	4

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
7/2/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Pool C

Overall Head to Head Results
Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson lead the series 1-0

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
7/2/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Pool C
6/6/26	AVP League	AVP League Week 2 - Aspen		Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson		Cheng/Kraft		17-15, 11-15, 15-10	0:46