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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$1,000,000 Beach Volleyball World Championships
October 6 - 15, 2023

(26) Monika Paulikiene/Aine Raupelyte, Lithuania

Monika Povilaityte Paulikiene
Lithuania

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 30, 1994 (31 yrs old)

Home Town:

Tytuvenai

Height:

175 cm (5'9")

Weight:

62 kg (136 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

1 (Klaipeda 2022)

Career Winnings:

US$87,765.35

Aine Raupelyte
Lithuania

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 28, 2000 (25 yrs old)

Home Town:

Vilnius

Height:

197 cm (6'6")

Weight:

75 kg (165 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$70,640.55

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	37	Money
FIVB	47	0	0	2	4	4	0	9	7	7	3	2	7	1	1	US$139,932.25

Previous Tlaxcala Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/27-10/1/2023	Elite16 Paris	Q9	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	8/16-20/2023	Elite16 Hamburg	Q7	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	7/13-16/2023	Challenge Portugal	12	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	6/15-18/2023	Challenge Jurmala	14, Q1	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2023	Elite16 Ostrava	Q14	17th	400	US$0.00
FIVB	4/13-16/2023	Challenge Saquarema	24, Q16	4th	680	US$6,000.00
FIVB	4/6-9/2023	Challenge Itapema	Q22	33rd	140	US$0.00
FIVB	3/16-19/2023	La Paz Challenge	24, Q24	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	12/27-30/2022	The Hague Futures	6	3rd	320	€ 500.00

Beach Volleyball World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sat, 10/7/2023	Pool B	Andressa Cavalcanti / Vitoria De Souza, Brazil (23)	Lost 13-21, 21-14, 13-15	0:49
Sun, 10/8/2023	Pool B	Taryn Brasher / Kristen Nuss, United States (2)	Lost 19-21, 15-21	0:35
Mon, 10/9/2023	Pool B	Akiko Hasegawa / Yurika Sakaguchi, Japan (47)	Won 21-18, 23-21	0:42
Tue, 10/10/2023	Lucky Loser	Miki Ishii / Sayaka Mizoe, Japan (30)	Won 21-17, 21-17	0:39
Wed, 10/11/2023	Winner 1	Duda Lisboa / Ana Patricia Silva, Brazil (1)	Lost 14-21, 15-21	0:30

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2013	World Championships	Stare Jablonki	Ieva Dumbauskaite - 37th	Did not play
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Aine Raupelyte - 17th	Monika Paulikiene - 17th
2025	World Championships	Adelaide	Aine Raupelyte - 37th	Monika Paulikiene - 37th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/6-15/2023	Beach Volleyball World Championships	26	17th	640	US$7,000.00
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	31	37th	160	US$3,400.00

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$10,400.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	22	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	7	9	3	0	$60,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	21	0	0	1	4	3	0	7	0	1	4	0	$69,000.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$500.00
Total	47	0	0	2	4	4	0	9	7	12	7	1	$139,900.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Monika Paulikiene												Aine Raupelyte
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
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$6,900.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$5,200.00
29	0	0	0	0	1	9	9	3	0	$30,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	22	0	0	0	0	1	9	9	3	0	$30,000.00
35	0	0	1	4	3	10	4	10	0	$44,500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	22	0	0	1	4	3	7	2	4	0	$35,000.00
7	1	0	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	$5,850.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	6	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	$300.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00	U23 World Championships
2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
81	2	1	4	5	6	23	15	13	1	$87,250.00	Total	53	0	0	2	4	4	17	17	7	1	$70,500.00

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	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$500.00	4	1	80.0 %
2023	FIVB	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	4	0	1	$20,500.00	17	16	51.5 %
Total	FIVB	10	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	4	0	1	$21,000.00	21	17	55.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Monika Paulikiene													Aine Raupelyte
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	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2011	FIVB Age Group WC
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2012	FIVB Age Group WC
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	$3,600.00	2013	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2013	FIVB Age Group WC
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,600.00	2014	FIVB
2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2014	FIVB Age Group WC
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	$1,000.00	2015	FIVB
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	2016	FIVB
4	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	$4,700.00	2017	FIVB
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	$3,050.00	2018	FIVB
7	1	0	1	1	1	2	0	1	0	$3,600.00	2022	FIVB	7	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	0	0	$800.00
9	0	0	0	1	0	3	4	0	1	$10,250.00	2023	FIVB	9	0	0	0	1	0	3	4	0	1	$10,250.00
44	2	1	3	2	2	10	7	6	11	$27,800.00	Total	Total	16	0	0	1	1	0	4	9	0	1	$11,050.00

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	42	65.6%	11	17.2%	11	17.2%	53-11	82.8%	18	19.1%	27	28.7%	49	52.1%	18-76	19.1%	42-49	46.2%	29-38	43.3%	4	0	75-87	46.3%
2022-2023	13	61.9%	6	28.6%	2	9.5%	19-2	90.5%	8	26.7%	8	26.7%	14	46.7%	8-22	26.7%	13-14	48.1%	14-10	58.3%	2	0	29-24	54.7%
Against the Field	12	52.2%	5	21.7%	6	26.1%	17-6	73.9%	7	13.2%	12	22.6%	34	64.2%	7-46	13.2%	24-62	27.9%	24-36	40.0%	3	0	27-49	35.5%

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	1	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	13	10	8	22	0	0	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	38
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	9	2	21	17	2	0	13	11	0	5	1	4	0	0	46	39
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	1
Total	0	0	22	12	32	47	3	0	16	18	0	6	2	4	0	0	75	87

Head to Head Results
Paulikiene/Raupelyte trail the series against the field 9-13 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 10 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Lisboa/Silva, Brazil 0-1
10/11/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Winner 1	Lisboa/Silva	1	Paulikiene/Raupelyte	26	21-14, 21-15	0:30
Trail the series against # 2 Brasher/Nuss, United States 0-2
10/8/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool B	Brasher/Nuss	2	Paulikiene/Raupelyte	26	21-19, 21-15	0:35
3/18/23	FIVB	La Paz Challenge	Winner 1	Brasher/Nuss	2	Paulikiene/Raupelyte	24, Q24	21-19, 20-22, 15-9	0:48
Trail the series against # 3 Cheng/Hughes, United States 0-1
3/17/23	FIVB	La Paz Challenge	Pool A	Cheng/Hughes	1	Paulikiene/Raupelyte	24, Q24	21-17, 21-17	0:33
Trail the series against # 4 Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson, Canada 0-1
6/17/23	FIVB	Challenge Jurmala	Winner 1	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	3	Paulikiene/Raupelyte	14, Q1	21-14, 21-14	0:30
Lead the series against # 9 Xia/Xue, China 1-0
4/15/23	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Winner 1	Paulikiene/Raupelyte	24, Q16	Xia/Xue	2	19-21, 21-13, 15-9	0:42
Trail the series against # 10 Gottardi/Menegatti, Italy 0-1
4/16/23	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Semi-Finals	Gottardi/Menegatti	3	Paulikiene/Raupelyte	24, Q16	21-19, 21-23, 18-16	1:04
Trail the series against # 13 Mader/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 0-1
9/27/23	FIVB	Elite16 Paris	Qualifier 1	Mader/Verge-Depre	Q8	Paulikiene/Raupelyte	Q9	21-18, 21-19	0:38
Lead the series against # 14 Lopes/Silva, Brazil 1-0
5/31/23	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Qualifier 1	Paulikiene/Raupelyte	Q14	Lopes/Silva	Q3	12-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:45
Trail the series against # 17 Bobner/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 0-1
6/16/23	FIVB	Challenge Jurmala	Pool B	Bobner/Verge-Depre	11	Paulikiene/Raupelyte	14, Q1	21-14, 21-18	0:32
Lead the series against # 21 Hermannova/Stochlova, Czech Republic 1-0
4/14/23	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Lucky Loser	Paulikiene/Raupelyte	24, Q16	Hermannova/Stochlova	5	25-23, 17-21, 15-11	0:51
Trail the series against # 23 Cavalcanti/De Souza, Brazil 0-3
10/7/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool B	Cavalcanti/De Souza	23	Paulikiene/Raupelyte	26	21-13, 14-21, 15-13	0:49
4/16/23	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Bronze Medal	Cavalcanti/De Souza	1	Paulikiene/Raupelyte	24, Q16	19-21, 21-12, 15-9	0:43
4/14/23	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Pool A	Cavalcanti/De Souza	1	Paulikiene/Raupelyte	24, Q16	21-19, 19-21, 15-11	0:50
Trail the series against # 24 Placette/Richard, France 0-1
8/16/23	FIVB	Elite16 Hamburg	Qualifier 1	Placette/Richard	14, Q10	Paulikiene/Raupelyte	Q7	27-25, 21-16	0:45
Lead the series against # 25 Ahtiainen/Lahti, Finland 1-0
3/17/23	FIVB	La Paz Challenge	Lucky Loser	Paulikiene/Raupelyte	24, Q24	Ahtiainen/Lahti	10	21-10, 12-21, 15-11	0:39
Lead the series against # 27 Borger/Ittlinger, Germany 1-0
4/14/23	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Pool A	Paulikiene/Raupelyte	24, Q16	Borger/Ittlinger	13	21-17, 18-21, 15-12	0:48
Lead the series against # 29 Fernandez/Soria, Spain 2-0
4/15/23	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Winner 2	Paulikiene/Raupelyte	24, Q16	Fernandez/Soria	18	26-24, 22-20	0:41
3/17/23	FIVB	La Paz Challenge	Pool A	Paulikiene/Raupelyte	24, Q24	Fernandez/Soria	13	24-22, 21-18	0:37
Lead the series against # 30 Ishii/Mizoe, Japan 1-0
10/10/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Lucky Loser	Paulikiene/Raupelyte	26	Ishii/Mizoe	30	21-17, 21-17	0:39
Trail the series against # 43 Bianchin/Scampoli, Italy 0-1
7/14/23	FIVB	Challenge Portugal	Pool A	Bianchin/Scampoli	13	Paulikiene/Raupelyte	12	21-19, 19-21, 15-12	0:46
Lead the series against # 47 Hasegawa/Sakaguchi, Japan 1-0
10/9/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool B	Paulikiene/Raupelyte	26	Hasegawa/Sakaguchi	47	21-18, 23-21	0:42