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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite Joao Pessoa
March 11 - 15, 2026

(19, Q4) Carolina Horta/Elize Maia, Brazil

Carolina Horta Máximo
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 20, 1992 (33 yrs old)

Home Town:

Fortaleza (CE)

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

68 kg (150 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$78,900.00

Elize Maia Secomandi
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 20, 1984 (41 yrs old)

Home Town:

Vitória

Height:

184 cm (6'0")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$130,986.90

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	Money
FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	US$16,500.00

Previous Joao Pessoa Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2023	Ana Luiza - 17th	Did not play
2024	Did not play	Thainara Feitosa - 17th
2025	Elize Maia - 19th	Carolina Horta - 19th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	12/3-7/2025	BPT Elite Itapema	23, Q10	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	9/24-28/2025	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	Q15	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	9/17-21/2025	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	22, Q9	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	4/16-20/2025	BPT Elite Brasília	Q10	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	4/9-13/2025	BPT Elite Saquarema	Q11	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	3/19-23/2025	BPT Challenge Yucatan	Q12	33rd	180	US$0.00

BPT Elite Joao Pessoa Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 3/11/2026	Qualifier 1	Valerie Dvornikova / Veronika Kleiblova, Czechia (Q13)	Won 21-11, 16-21, 15-12	0:47
Wed, 3/11/2026	Pool F	Svenja Muller / Cinja Tillmann, Germany (6)	Lost 21-18, 15-21, 11-15	0:47
Thu, 3/12/2026	Pool F	Raisa Schoon / Katja Stam, Netherlands (7)	Lost 19-21, 17-21	0:42
Fri, 3/13/2026	Pool F	Erika Kliokmanaite / Ieva Vasiliauskaite, Lithuania (18, Q2)	Won 21-19, 27-25	0:46

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	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	3	0	$16,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
Total	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	3	1	$16,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Carolina Horta												Elize Maia
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$5,500.00
20	0	1	0	0	2	2	8	5	0	$54,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	25	0	0	0	1	3	5	8	7	0	$67,625.00
20	0	0	0	0	2	3	5	3	1	$16,225.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	28	2	1	2	0	3	10	3	1	1	$49,087.50
9	2	2	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	$8,425.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	9	1	0	1	0	2	2	1	0	0	$7,650.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U23 World Championships
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
51	2	3	0	1	5	8	15	8	1	$78,900.00	Total	63	3	1	3	1	8	18	12	8	1	$129,862.50

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	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	3	1	$11,500.00	6	8	42.9 %
2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,500.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	3	1	$14,000.00	8	10	44.4 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Carolina Horta													Elize Maia
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2008	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,250.00
											2009	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2011	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2011	FIVB Age Group WC
											2012	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2013	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	$6,625.00
											2014	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$400.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2014	FIVB Age Group WC
8	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	2	1	$22,187.50	2015	FIVB	3	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$5,687.50
4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	$4,287.50	2016	FIVB	12	2	1	0	1	1	3	1	3	0	$57,000.00
5	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	$6,925.00	2017	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	3	$21,500.00
8	0	1	0	0	0	2	4	1	0	$28,000.00	2018	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	$5,250.00
6	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	$5,000.00	2019	FIVB	5	0	0	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	$7,500.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00	2021	FIVB	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$5,400.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,500.00	2022	FIVB	5	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	$6,000.00
5	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	$1,750.00	2023	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$0.00	2024	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	$5,000.00
6	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	1	$5,750.00	2025	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	1	$5,750.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,250.00	2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,250.00
50	2	3	0	1	5	8	14	8	9	$77,650.00	Total	Total	62	3	1	3	1	8	18	11	8	9	$128,612.50

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	4	44.4%	2	22.2%	3	33.3%	6-3	66.7%	3	23.1%	3	23.1%	7	53.8%	3-10	23.1%	4-7	36.4%	5-6	45.5%	0	0	9-13	40.9%
2025-2026	4	44.4%	2	22.2%	3	33.3%	6-3	66.7%	3	23.1%	3	23.1%	7	53.8%	3-10	23.1%	4-7	36.4%	5-6	45.5%	0	0	9-13	40.9%
Against the Field	2	50.0%	1	25.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	1	16.7%	1	16.7%	4	66.7%	1-5	16.7%	4-8	33.3%	4-4	50.0%	0	0	4-6	40.0%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	4	3	2	8	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	12
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Total	0	0	5	4	2	8	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	13

Head to Head Results
Horta/Maia trail the series against the field 3-5 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 5 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Graudina/Samoilova, Latvia 0-1
9/18/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Pool C	Graudina/Samoilova	3	Horta/Maia	22, Q9	21-18, 14-21, 15-4	0:40
Trail the series against # 5 Coradello/Lopes, Brazil 0-1
12/4/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Itapema	Pool B	Coradello/Lopes	2	Horta/Maia	23, Q10	21-14, 21-16	0:31
Trail the series against # 6 Muller/Tillmann, Germany 0-1
3/11/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Pool F	Muller/Tillmann	6	Horta/Maia	19, Q4	18-21, 21-15, 15-11	0:47
Trail the series against # 7 Schoon/Stam, Netherlands 0-1
3/12/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Pool F	Schoon/Stam	7	Horta/Maia	19, Q4	21-19, 21-17	0:42
Trail the series against # 17, Q1 Chamereau/Vieira, France 0-1
9/19/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Pool C	Chamereau/Vieira	10	Horta/Maia	22, Q9	21-10, 22-20	0:34
Lead the series against # 18, Q2 Kliokmanaite/Vasiliauskaite, Lithuania 1-0
3/13/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Pool F	Horta/Maia	19, Q4	Kliokmanaite/Vasiliauskaite	18, Q2	21-19, 27-25	0:46
Lead the series against # Q11 Cavalcanti/Silva, Brazil 1-0
12/3/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Itapema	Qualifier 1	Horta/Maia	23, Q10	Cavalcanti/Silva	Q7	19-21, 21-15, 15-9	0:53
Lead the series against # Q13 Dvornikova/Kleiblova, Czechia 1-0
3/11/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Qualifier 1	Horta/Maia	19, Q4	Dvornikova/Kleiblova	Q13	21-11, 16-21, 15-12	0:47