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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Nuvali
May 20 - 24, 2026

(6) Xinyi Xia/Xu Yan, China

Xinyi Xia
China

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 14, 1997 (29 yrs old)

Home Town:

Urumqi

Height:

182 cm (6'0")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

114

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$288,002.85

Xu Yan
China

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 30, 2004 (21 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$28,000.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	Money
FIVB	7	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	US$46,250.00

Previous Nuvali Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/13-17/2026	BPT Challenge Xiamen	1	4th	680	US$7,000.00
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2026	BPT Elite Brasília	16	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	3/26-29/2026	BPT Challenge Nayarit	4	1st	800	US$20,000.00
FIVB	3/18-22/2026	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	6	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	3/5-8/2026	BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar	3	5th	600	US$5,000.00
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	37	17th	640	US$7,000.00

BPT Challenge Nuvali Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/21/2026	Pool F	Andressa Cavalcanti / Taina Silva, Brazil (27, Q7)	Lost 16-21, 19-21	0:43
Thu, 5/21/2026	Pool F	Inna Makhno / Iryna Makhno, Ukraine (22)	Lost By Forfeit

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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	5	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	$36,750.00
Total	7	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	$46,250.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Xinyi Xia												Xu Yan
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	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	$16,000.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00
2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$23,500.00	World Tour Finals
32	0	0	2	0	4	10	6	4	0	$90,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,250.00
54	6	3	3	2	6	16	11	7	0	$132,037.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	9	1	0	0	1	1	2	1	3	0	$21,250.00
20	2	5	1	2	4	4	2	0	0	$25,700.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	7	3	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	$2,000.00
114	8	8	6	5	15	33	22	11	0	$287,487.50	Total	18	4	0	1	1	2	3	4	3	0	$28,000.00

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
2025	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,000.00	2	2	50.0 %
2026	FIVB	6	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	$39,250.00	14	10	58.3 %
Total	FIVB	7	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	$46,250.00	16	12	57.1 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Xinyi Xia													Xu Yan
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$23,750.00	2013	FIVB
13	0	0	2	0	2	2	3	2	2	$33,187.50	2014	FIVB
9	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	4	$5,400.00	2015	FIVB
8	0	1	0	0	0	3	3	1	0	$13,700.00	2016	FIVB
3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$6,000.00	2017	FIVB
14	0	3	0	1	3	5	1	1	0	$28,050.00	2018	FIVB
16	0	0	0	1	1	6	5	3	0	$33,400.00	2019	FIVB
2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$9,500.00	2020	FIVB
4	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	$5,500.00	2021	FIVB
11	1	2	2	0	1	2	3	0	0	$19,100.00	2022	FIVB
10	1	0	2	1	1	4	1	0	0	$36,625.00	2023	FIVB	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00
											2023	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
11	2	0	0	1	4	4	0	0	0	$45,650.00	2024	FIVB	5	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	$2,100.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	$8,000.00	2025	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	$5,525.00
6	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	$19,625.00	2026	FIVB	6	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	$19,625.00
114	8	8	6	5	15	33	22	11	6	$287,487.50	Total	Total	19	4	0	1	2	2	3	4	3	0	$28,000.00

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	8	47.1%	6	35.3%	3	17.6%	14-3	82.4%	2	20.0%	1	10.0%	7	70.0%	2-8	20.0%	8-7	53.3%	8-4	66.7%	0	1	16-12	57.1%
2025-2026	8	47.1%	6	35.3%	3	17.6%	14-3	82.4%	2	20.0%	1	10.0%	7	70.0%	2-8	20.0%	8-7	53.3%	8-4	66.7%	0	1	16-12	57.1%
Against the Field	6	60.0%	4	40.0%	0	0.0%	10-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	5	100.0%	0-5	0.0%	12-8	60.0%	8-0	100.0%	0	1	10-5	66.7%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	6	3	0	0	6	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	14	7
Total	0	0	0	0	8	7	0	0	6	3	1	1	0	1	1	0	16	12

Head to Head Results
Xia/Yan lead the series against the field 10-5 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 5 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Paulikiene/Raupelyte, Lithuania 0-1
5/16/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Semi-Finals	Paulikiene/Raupelyte	4	Xia/Yan	1	21-9, 24-22	0:35
Trail the series against # 4 Durish/Koenig, United States 0-1
3/7/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar	Winner 3	Durish/Koenig	9	Xia/Yan	3	21-14, 21-15	0:31
Trail the series against # 7 Placette/Richard, France 0-1
5/17/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Bronze Medal	Placette/Richard	15	Xia/Yan	1	21-10, 27-25	0:35
Lead the series against # 14 Gonzalez/Vergara, Spain 2-0
3/28/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nayarit	Winner 3	Xia/Yan	4	Gonzalez/Vergara	14	21-12, 21-13	0:31
3/6/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar	Winner 2	Xia/Yan	3	Gonzalez/Vergara	4	21-13, 21-11	0:31
Lead the series against # 16 Kan/Myszkowski, United States 1-0
3/26/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nayarit	Pool D	Xia/Yan	4	Kan/Myszkowski	13	21-16, 21-15	0:32
Lead the series against # 20 Hollas/Remmelg, Estonia 1-0
5/16/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Winner 3	Xia/Yan	1	Hollas/Remmelg	16	21-17, 11-21, 16-14	0:43
Lead the series against # 21, Q1 Dong/Kaiyue, China 2-0
3/27/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nayarit	Winner 2	Xia/Yan	4	Dong/Kaiyue	15	21-18, 21-18	0:36
3/5/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar	Pool C	Xia/Yan	3	Dong/Kaiyue	14	21-16, 21-19	0:38
Trail the series against # 22 Makhno/Makhno, Ukraine 0-1
5/21/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nuvali	Pool F	Makhno/Makhno	22	Xia/Yan	6	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # 24 Bentele/Niederhauser, Switzerland 2-0
5/14/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Pool A	Xia/Yan	1	Bentele/Niederhauser	17	21-19, 21-16	0:37
3/20/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	Winner 1	Xia/Yan	6	Bentele/Niederhauser	16	21-17, 17-21, 15-12	0:45
Trail the series against # 27, Q7 Cavalcanti/Silva, Brazil 0-1
5/21/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nuvali	Pool F	Cavalcanti/Silva	27, Q7	Xia/Yan	6	21-16, 21-19	0:43
Lead the series against # Q6 Lunio/Okla, Poland 1-0
3/19/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	Pool F	Xia/Yan	6	Lunio/Okla	27	21-14, 18-21, 15-9	0:45
Lead the series against # Q15 Glagau/Thorup, Canada 1-0
5/14/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Pool A	Xia/Yan	1	Glagau/Thorup	32, Q13	21-17, 18-21, 15-13	0:48