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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 BPT Challenge Recife
March 21 - 24, 2024

(14) Monika Paulikiene/Aine Raupelyte, Lithuania

Monika Povilaityte Paulikiene
Lithuania

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 30, 1994 (30 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$64,690.35

Aine Raupelyte
Lithuania

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 28, 2000 (24 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$47,565.55

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	Money
FIVB	31	0	0	2	3	2	0	8	4	6	1	2	1	1	US$93,800.00

Previous Recife Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/5-9/2024	Elite16 Doha	Q7	17th	400	US$0.00
FIVB	11/30-12/3/2023	Challenge Nuvali	10	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	11/16-19/2023	Challenge Chiang Mai	6	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	11/2-5/2023	Challenge Haikou	11	4th	680	US$6,000.00
FIVB	10/19-22/2023	Challenge Goa	8	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	10/6-15/2023	Beach Volleyball World Championships	26	17th	640	US$7,000.00
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

Challenge Recife Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 3/22/2024	Pool B	Liliana Fernandez / Paula Soria, Spain (11)	Won 22-20, 21-18	0:39
Fri, 3/22/2024	Pool B	Tina Graudina / Anastasija Samoilova, Latvia (2)	Lost 12-21, 16-21	0:31
Sat, 3/23/2024	Winner 1	Akiko Hasegawa / Miki Ishii, Japan (22, Q12)	Won 21-15, 21-11	0:35
Sat, 3/23/2024	Winner 2	Esmee Bobner / Zoe Verge-Depre, Switzerland (10)	Won 18-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:48
Sun, 3/24/2024	Semi-Finals	Tina Graudina / Anastasija Samoilova, Latvia (2)	Lost 21-18, 15-21, 9-15	0:49
Sun, 3/24/2024	Bronze Medal	Karla Borger / Sandra Ittlinger, Germany (5)	Won 21-14, 17-21, 15-9	0:44

Head to Head Results
Paulikiene/Raupelyte lead the series against the field 17-14 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 7 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 Lopes/Silva, Brazil 1-1
11/5/23	FIVB	Challenge Haikou	Bronze Medal	Lopes/Silva	7	Paulikiene/Raupelyte	11	21-15, 21-16	0:37
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 # 2 Graudina/Samoilova, Latvia 0-2
3/24/24	FIVB	Challenge Recife	Semi-Finals	Graudina/Samoilova	2	Paulikiene/Raupelyte	14	18-21, 21-15, 15-9	0:49
3/22/24	FIVB	Challenge Recife	Pool B	Graudina/Samoilova	2	Paulikiene/Raupelyte	14	21-12, 21-16	0:31
Trail the series against # 3 Bednarczuk/Cavalcanti, Brazil 0-1
3/5/24	FIVB	Elite16 Doha	Qualifier 2	Bednarczuk/Cavalcanti	14, Q2	Paulikiene/Raupelyte	Q7	21-15, 19-21, 15-8	0:45
Lead the series against # 4 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 # 5 Borger/Ittlinger, Germany 2-1
3/24/24	FIVB	Challenge Recife	Bronze Medal	Paulikiene/Raupelyte	14	Borger/Ittlinger	5	21-14, 17-21, 15-9	0:44
11/18/23	FIVB	Challenge Chiang Mai	Winner 1	Borger/Ittlinger	3	Paulikiene/Raupelyte	6	21-13, 14-21, 15-9	0:40
4/14/23	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Pool A	Paulikiene/Raupelyte	24, Q16	Borger/Ittlinger	13	21-17, 18-21, 15-12	0:48
Trail the series against # 7 Placette/Richard, France 0-2
12/2/23	FIVB	Challenge Nuvali	Winner 1	Placette/Richard	8	Paulikiene/Raupelyte	10	22-20, 21-14	0:35
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 # 8 Alvarez/Moreno, Spain 1-0
12/1/23	FIVB	Challenge Nuvali	Pool C	Paulikiene/Raupelyte	10	Alvarez/Moreno	3	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # 9 Hermannova/Stochlova, Czech Republic 2-0
10/20/23	FIVB	Challenge Goa	Pool E	Paulikiene/Raupelyte	8	Hermannova/Stochlova	5	21-16, 22-20	0:40
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 # 10 Bobner/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 1-2
3/23/24	FIVB	Challenge Recife	Winner 2	Paulikiene/Raupelyte	14	Bobner/Verge-Depre	10	18-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:48
11/3/23	FIVB	Challenge Haikou	Pool B	Bobner/Verge-Depre	2	Paulikiene/Raupelyte	11	16-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:44
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 # 11 Fernandez/Soria, Spain 3-0
3/22/24	FIVB	Challenge Recife	Pool B	Paulikiene/Raupelyte	14	Fernandez/Soria	11	22-20, 21-18	0:39
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 # 12 Chamereau/Vieira, France 1-0
11/3/23	FIVB	Challenge Haikou	Pool B	Paulikiene/Raupelyte	11	Chamereau/Vieira	14	19-21, 23-21, 15-8	0:53
Trail the series against # 17 Mader/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 0-2
10/21/23	FIVB	Challenge Goa	Winner 1	Mader/Verge-Depre	7	Paulikiene/Raupelyte	8	21-19, 22-20	0:42
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 # 18, Q2 Bansley/Bukovec, Canada 1-0
12/1/23	FIVB	Challenge Nuvali	Pool C	Paulikiene/Raupelyte	10	Bansley/Bukovec	15, Q3	By Forfeit	1:51
Trail the series against # 20, Q7 Cao/Zhu, China 0-1
11/5/23	FIVB	Challenge Haikou	Semi-Finals	Cao/Zhu	20, Q4	Paulikiene/Raupelyte	11	21-14, 21-18	0:37
Lead the series against # 22, Q12 Hasegawa/Ishii, Japan 3-0
3/23/24	FIVB	Challenge Recife	Winner 1	Paulikiene/Raupelyte	14	Hasegawa/Ishii	22, Q12	21-15, 21-11	0:35
3/5/24	FIVB	Elite16 Doha	Qualifier 1	Paulikiene/Raupelyte	Q7	Hasegawa/Ishii	Q10	21-18, 21-18	0:39
11/17/23	FIVB	Challenge Chiang Mai	Pool F	Paulikiene/Raupelyte	6	Hasegawa/Ishii	18	17-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:48
Trail the series against # Q8 Bianchin/Scampoli, Italy 0-2
10/20/23	FIVB	Challenge Goa	Pool E	Bianchin/Scampoli	17	Paulikiene/Raupelyte	8	23-21, 10-21, 15-13	1:02
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 # Q17 Maruyama/Shiba, Japan 1-0
11/17/23	FIVB	Challenge Chiang Mai	Pool F	Paulikiene/Raupelyte	6	Maruyama/Shiba	19, Q4	19-21, 21-19, 17-15	0:50