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US$250,000 BPT Challenge Nuvali
May 20 - 24, 2026

(27, Q7) Andressa Cavalcanti/Taina Silva, Brazil

Andressa Cavalcanti Ramalho
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 27, 1996 (29 yrs old)

Home Town:

João Pessoa

Height:

176 cm (5'9")

Weight:

64 kg (141 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

1 (Miguel Pereira 2019)

Career Winnings:

US$81,780.90

Tainá Silva Bigi
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 31, 1995 (30 yrs old)

Home Town:

Aracaju, Sergipe

Height:

176 cm (5'9")

Weight:

78 kg (172 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB U18/19 World Championships Porto 2013)

Career FIVB WT Best:

2nd (Saquarema 2023)

Career Winnings:

US$112,200.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	Money
FIVB	21	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	3	1	2	7	2	US$50,450.00

Previous Nuvali Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2023	Did not play	Victoria Lopes - 3rd
2024	Taina Silva - 5th	Andressa Cavalcanti - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/13-17/2026	BPT Challenge Xiamen	30, Q8	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2026	BPT Elite Brasília	Q15	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	4/8-12/2026	BPT Elite Saquarema	22, Q9	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	3/11-15/2026	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Q11	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	12/3-7/2025	BPT Elite Itapema	Q7	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	9/24-28/2025	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	22, Q16	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	9/17-21/2025	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Q15	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	8/5-9/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	Q9	33rd	180	US$0.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2025	BPT Elite Gstaad	Q13	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2025	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	22	25th	220	US$1,500.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2025	BPT Challenge Alanya	17	25th	220	US$1,500.00

BPT Challenge Nuvali Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/20/2026	Qualifier 1	Meile Green / Kiana Stevenson, New Zealand (Q26)	Won 21-12, 21-13	0:33
Wed, 5/20/2026	Qualifier 2	Anouk Dupin / Marine Kinna, France (Q10)	Won 24-22, 21-18	0:40
Thu, 5/21/2026	Pool F	Xinyi Xia / Xu Yan, China (6)	Won 21-16, 21-19	0:43
Thu, 5/21/2026	Pool F	Olivia MacDonald / Shaunna Polley, New Zealand (11)	Won 21-10, 20-22, 15-13	0:47
Sat, 5/23/2026	Winner 2	Maddie Anderson / Alaina Chacon, United States (10)	Lost 16-21, 19-21	0:43

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	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	2	5	0	$32,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	2	0	$17,950.00
Total	21	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	3	3	7	0	$50,450.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Andressa Cavalcanti												Taina Silva
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	$3,500.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$9,000.00
											World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00
23	0	1	0	0	1	9	6	6	0	$41,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	29	0	0	0	0	2	12	10	5	0	$41,750.00
22	0	1	3	0	4	5	3	2	0	$33,725.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	36	0	1	3	2	2	10	4	7	0	$49,600.00
5	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	$2,650.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,850.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00
2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
55	2	2	4	0	7	15	11	8	0	$81,125.00	Total	73	1	1	4	2	7	25	14	12	0	$112,200.00

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
2015	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2016	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,200.00	2	2	50.0 %
2024	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$18,000.00	6	8	42.9 %
2025	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	5	1	$22,250.00	7	17	29.2 %
2026	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	0	$9,000.00	9	7	56.3 %
Total	FIVB	21	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	3	3	7	2	$50,450.00	24	35	40.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Andressa Cavalcanti													Taina Silva
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	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2013	FIVB Age Group WC	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2014	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2015	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$600.00	2016	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$600.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2016	FIVB Age Group WC
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	$750.00	2018	FIVB	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,250.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$500.00	2019	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	$5,100.00
											2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
3	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$4,400.00	2021	FIVB	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	3	$8,000.00
8	0	1	2	0	1	2	1	1	0	$25,875.00	2022	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	0	0	$11,250.00
12	0	1	1	0	1	5	4	0	0	$23,375.00	2023	FIVB	16	0	1	3	1	2	5	4	0	0	$45,750.00
5	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	$10,000.00	2024	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	4	5	1	0	0	$24,625.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	5	1	$11,125.00	2025	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	5	1	$11,125.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	$4,500.00	2026	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	$4,500.00
55	2	2	4	0	7	15	11	8	6	$81,125.00	Total	Total	73	1	1	4	2	7	25	14	12	7	$112,200.00

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	17	68.0%	3	12.0%	5	20.0%	20-5	80.0%	4	11.8%	5	14.7%	25	73.5%	4-30	11.8%	17-25	40.5%	7-10	41.2%	0	0	24-35	40.7%
2025-2026	11	64.7%	3	17.6%	3	17.6%	14-3	82.4%	2	8.7%	4	17.4%	17	73.9%	2-21	8.7%	11-17	39.3%	5-7	41.7%	0	0	16-24	40.0%
Against the Field	4	80.0%	1	20.0%	0	0.0%	5-0	100.0%	2	28.6%	2	28.6%	3	42.9%	2-5	28.6%	8-6	57.1%	6-4	60.0%	0	0	7-5	58.3%

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	5	6	11	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	21
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	4	2	8	7	0	0	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	14
Total	0	0	6	7	14	18	0	0	4	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	35

Head to Head Results
Cavalcanti/Silva lead the series against the field 7-5 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 5 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Paulikiene/Raupelyte, Lithuania 1-0
11/8/24	FIVB	Elite16 Rio de Janeiro	Pool D	Cavalcanti/Silva	12	Paulikiene/Raupelyte	4	28-30, 21-11, 15-13	0:57
Trail the series against # 2 Loreen/Quiggle, United States 0-1
9/17/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Qualifier 1	Loreen/Quiggle	17, Q2	Cavalcanti/Silva	Q15	21-17, 21-15	0:33
Trail the series against # 4 Durish/Koenig, United States 0-1
5/14/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Pool C	Durish/Koenig	14	Cavalcanti/Silva	30, Q8	21-19, 19-21, 17-15	0:49
Lead the series against # 6 Xia/Yan, China 1-0
5/21/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nuvali	Pool F	Cavalcanti/Silva	27, Q7	Xia/Yan	6	21-16, 21-19	0:43
Trail the series against # 10 Anderson/Chacon, United States 0-1
5/23/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nuvali	Winner 2	Anderson/Chacon	10	Cavalcanti/Silva	27, Q7	21-16, 21-19	0:43
Lead the series against # 11 MacDonald/Polley, New Zealand 1-0
5/21/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nuvali	Pool F	Cavalcanti/Silva	27, Q7	MacDonald/Polley	11	21-10, 20-22, 15-13	0:47
Trail the series against # 12 Alchin/Fleming, Australia 0-1
5/15/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Winner 2	Alchin/Fleming	7	Cavalcanti/Silva	30, Q8	25-23, 10-21, 15-11	0:50
Trail the series against # 14 Gonzalez/Vergara, Spain 0-1
8/5/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Baden	Qualifier 2	Gonzalez/Vergara	28, Q8	Cavalcanti/Silva	Q9	21-15, 23-21	0:35
Lead the series against # 29 Parkkinen/Prihti, Finland 1-0
5/15/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Winner 1	Cavalcanti/Silva	30, Q8	Parkkinen/Prihti	13	22-20, 21-12	0:36
Lead the series against # 31, Q12 Hogenhout/Negenman, Netherlands 1-0
5/13/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Qualifier 3	Cavalcanti/Silva	30, Q8	Hogenhout/Negenman	Q9	17-21, 21-16, 17-15	0:51
Lead the series against # Q10 Dupin/Kinna, France 1-0
5/20/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nuvali	Qualifier 2	Cavalcanti/Silva	27, Q7	Dupin/Kinna	Q10	24-22, 21-18	0:40
Lead the series against # Q26 Green/Stevenson, New Zealand 1-0
5/20/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nuvali	Qualifier 1	Cavalcanti/Silva	27, Q7	Green/Stevenson	Q26	21-12, 21-13	0:33