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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 BPT Challenge Nuvali
November 30 - December 3, 2023

(1) Victoria Lopes/Taina Silva, Brazil

Victoria Lopes Pereira Tosta
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 16, 1999 (26 yrs old)

Home Town:

Ivinhema, Mato Grosso

Height:

178 cm (5'10")

Weight:

61 kg (134 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$222,725.00

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$107,700.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	41	CQ	Money
FIVB	48	0	1	4	2	5	0	13	3	5	1	5	5	1	1	2	US$173,950.00

Previous Nuvali Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	11/22-26/2023	Elite16 Joao Pessoa	10	9th	600	US$6,000.00
FIVB	11/2-5/2023	Challenge Haikou	7	3rd	720	US$7,000.00
FIVB	10/6-15/2023	Beach Volleyball World Championships	14	5th	960	US$18,000.00
FIVB	8/16-20/2023	Elite16 Hamburg	Q13	17th	400	US$0.00
FIVB	7/26-30/2023	Elite16 Montréal	Q7	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	7/20-23/2023	Challenge Edmonton	12	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	7/13-16/2023	Challenge Portugal	8	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2023	Elite16 Gstaad	Q3	17th	400	US$0.00
FIVB	6/15-18/2023	Challenge Jurmala	6	4th	680	US$6,000.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2023	Elite16 Ostrava	Q3	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	4/26-30/2023	Elite16 Uberlândia	14, Q2	13th	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	4/13-16/2023	Challenge Saquarema	8	2nd	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	4/6-9/2023	Challenge Itapema	11	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	3/16-19/2023	La Paz Challenge	18, Q6	3rd	720	US$7,000.00

Challenge Nuvali Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 12/1/2023	Pool A	Charanrutwadee Patcharamainaruebhorn / Woranatchayakorn Phirachayakrailert, Thailand (24)	Won 21-12, 21-11	0:29
Fri, 12/1/2023	Pool A	Jie Dong / Fan Wang, China (13, Q1)	Won 17-21, 21-18, 15-8	0:49
Sat, 12/2/2023	Winner 1	Heather Bansley / Sophie Bukovec, Canada (15, Q3)	Won 21-17, 21-16	0:37
Sat, 12/2/2023	Winner 2	Kimberly Hildreth / Teegan Van Gunst, United States (19, Q7)	Won 21-16, 21-11	0:31
Sun, 12/3/2023	Semi-Finals	Tina Graudina / Anastasija Samoilova, Latvia (5)	Lost 18-21, 17-21	0:37
Sun, 12/3/2023	Bronze Medal	Lezana Placette / Alexia Richard, France (8)	Won 21-17, 21-14	0:36

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$18,000.00
World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$20,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	17	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	3	8	0	0	$51,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	26	0	1	3	2	1	0	7	0	3	5	0	$81,250.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,700.00
Total	48	0	1	4	2	5	0	13	3	11	5	0	$173,950.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Victoria Lopes												Taina Silva
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$23,000.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$9,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00	World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00
33	3	2	2	0	5	12	8	0	0	$147,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	26	0	0	0	0	2	12	9	2	0	$40,500.00
26	0	1	3	2	1	7	3	5	0	$40,625.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	34	0	1	3	2	2	8	4	7	0	$46,350.00
3	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,850.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,850.00
3	1	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
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
69	5	3	6	3	9	21	11	5	0	$222,725.00	Total	68	1	1	4	2	7	23	13	9	0	$107,700.00

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
2018	FIVB	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,500.00	5	3	62.5 %
2019	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	0	$10,200.00	7	9	43.8 %
2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2021	FIVB	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	$16,000.00	14	11	56.0 %
2022	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	5	0	0	$22,500.00	11	18	37.9 %
2023	FIVB	15	0	1	3	1	1	0	4	1	4	0	0	$71,500.00	39	22	63.9 %
Total	FIVB	40	0	1	4	2	2	0	10	2	10	5	4	$122,700.00	76	64	54.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Victoria Lopes													Taina Silva
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2013	FIVB Age Group WC	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2014	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2015	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2016	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$600.00
2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2016	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2017	FIVB Age Group WC
2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,250.00	2018	FIVB	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,250.00
5	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	$5,100.00	2019	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	$5,100.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2019	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
7	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	3	$8,000.00	2021	FIVB	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	3	$8,000.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	0	0	$11,250.00	2022	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	0	0	$11,250.00
15	0	1	3	1	1	5	4	0	0	$35,750.00	2023	FIVB	15	0	1	3	1	1	5	4	0	0	$35,750.00
44	2	1	4	2	2	13	10	5	5	$61,350.00	Total	Total	46	1	1	4	2	2	14	11	5	6	$61,950.00

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	52	53.6%	20	20.6%	25	25.8%	72-25	74.2%	16	21.9%	12	16.4%	45	61.6%	16-57	21.9%	52-45	53.6%	36-37	49.3%	3	0	91-82	52.6%
2022-2023	27	52.9%	13	25.5%	11	21.6%	40-11	78.4%	11	26.2%	4	9.5%	27	64.3%	11-31	26.2%	27-27	50.0%	24-15	61.5%	2	0	53-42	55.8%
Against the Field	14	60.9%	5	21.7%	4	17.4%	19-4	82.6%	7	35.0%	4	20.0%	9	45.0%	7-13	35.0%	28-16	63.6%	24-16	60.0%	1	0	27-16	62.8%

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	1	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3
World Tour Finals	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	10	8	7	19	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	32
Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	2	13	2	25	19	2	1	14	9	1	5	3	2	0	1	60	41
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	6	4
Total	2	2	23	10	39	42	2	1	20	18	1	6	4	2	0	1	91	82

Head to Head Results
Lopes/Silva lead the series against the field 22-12 (Lead 13 Series, Trail 2 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 2 Ahtiainen/Lahti, Finland 2-2
7/14/23	FIVB	Challenge Portugal	Pool E	Lopes/Silva	8	Ahtiainen/Lahti	20, Q12	21-17, 22-20	0:40
4/26/23	FIVB	Elite16 Uberlândia	Qualifier 2	Lopes/Silva	14, Q2	Ahtiainen/Lahti	Q7	21-16, 21-16	0:35
9/28/22	FIVB	Paris Elite 16	Qualifier 1	Ahtiainen/Lahti	14, Q7	Lopes/Silva	Q10	21-17, 21-14	0:35
5/6/22	FIVB	Doha Challenge	Pool F	Ahtiainen/Lahti	18, Q2	Lopes/Silva	7	21-18, 21-12	0:38
Lead the series against # 3 Alvarez/Moreno, Spain 2-1
11/4/23	FIVB	Challenge Haikou	Winner 1	Lopes/Silva	7	Alvarez/Moreno	9	21-19, 18-21, 15-12	0:55
7/26/23	FIVB	Elite16 Montréal	Qualifier 1	Alvarez/Moreno	Q10	Lopes/Silva	Q7	21-13, 22-20	0:35
6/16/23	FIVB	Challenge Jurmala	Pool F	Lopes/Silva	6	Alvarez/Moreno	7	19-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:47
Trail the series against # 5 Graudina/Samoilova, Latvia 0-5
12/3/23	FIVB	Challenge Nuvali	Semi-Finals	Graudina/Samoilova	5	Lopes/Silva	1	21-18, 21-17	0:37
7/5/23	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Qualifier 2	Graudina/Samoilova	15, Q6	Lopes/Silva	Q3	21-15, 21-18	0:31
6/18/23	FIVB	Challenge Jurmala	Bronze Medal	Graudina/Samoilova	1	Lopes/Silva	6	21-11, 20-22, 15-13	0:46
4/27/23	FIVB	Elite16 Uberlândia	Pool C	Graudina/Samoilova	6	Lopes/Silva	14, Q2	21-14, 21-19	0:34
6/3/22	FIVB	Jurmala Elite 16	Pool A	Graudina/Samoilova	1	Lopes/Silva	16, Q6	18-21, 21-14, 15-10	0:41
Lead the series against # 7 Mader/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 1-0
6/17/23	FIVB	Challenge Jurmala	Winner 1	Lopes/Silva	6	Mader/Verge-Depre	2	20-22, 21-17, 15-11	0:50
Lead the series against # 8 Placette/Richard, France 3-1
12/3/23	FIVB	Challenge Nuvali	Bronze Medal	Lopes/Silva	1	Placette/Richard	8	21-17, 21-14	0:36
7/15/23	FIVB	Challenge Portugal	Winner 1	Placette/Richard	14, Q3	Lopes/Silva	8	14-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:52
5/6/22	FIVB	Doha Challenge	Pool F	Lopes/Silva	7	Placette/Richard	19, Q3	26-24, 21-16	0:39
11/12/21	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Winner 2	Lopes/Silva	21, Q3	Placette/Richard	19	21-16, 18-11 Retired	0:38
Series tied with # 10 Paulikiene/Raupelyte, Lithuania 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
Lead the series against # 12 Fernandez/Soria, Spain 1-0
7/5/23	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Qualifier 1	Lopes/Silva	Q3	Fernandez/Soria	Q14	19-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:47
Series tied with # 13, Q1 Dong/Wang, China 1-1
12/1/23	FIVB	Challenge Nuvali	Pool A	Lopes/Silva	1	Dong/Wang	13, Q1	17-21, 21-18, 15-8	0:49
10/7/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool K	Dong/Wang	35	Lopes/Silva	14	21-19, 21-19	0:38
Lead the series against # 14, Q2 Chamereau/Vieira, France 1-0
5/20/22	FIVB	Kusadasi Challenge	Pool C	Lopes/Silva	10	Chamereau/Vieira	22, Q13	25-23, 18-21, 17-15	1:02
Lead the series against # 15, Q3 Bansley/Bukovec, Canada 2-0
12/2/23	FIVB	Challenge Nuvali	Winner 1	Lopes/Silva	1	Bansley/Bukovec	15, Q3	21-17, 21-16	0:37
7/21/23	FIVB	Challenge Edmonton	Pool A	Lopes/Silva	12	Bansley/Bukovec	24, Q30	18-21, 21-16, 15-6	0:49
Lead the series against # 16 Klinger/Klinger, Austria 1-0
3/19/23	FIVB	La Paz Challenge	Bronze Medal	Lopes/Silva	18, Q6	Klinger/Klinger	22, Q16	21-17, 21-18	0:35
Lead the series against # 18 Lin/Zeng, China 2-0
11/3/23	FIVB	Challenge Haikou	Pool F	Lopes/Silva	7	Lin/Zeng	6	18-21, 21-16, 17-15	0:53
4/7/23	FIVB	Challenge Itapema	Pool B	Lopes/Silva	11	Lin/Zeng	14	21-12, 20-22, 18-16	0:48
Lead the series against # 19, Q7 Hildreth/Van Gunst, United States 1-0
12/2/23	FIVB	Challenge Nuvali	Winner 2	Lopes/Silva	1	Hildreth/Van Gunst	19, Q7	21-16, 21-11	0:31
Lead the series against # 21 Sliwka/Wachowicz, Poland 1-0
7/14/23	FIVB	Challenge Portugal	Pool E	Lopes/Silva	8	Sliwka/Wachowicz	17	21-13, 23-25, 15-9	0:48
Trail the series against # 22, Q11 MacDonald/Zeimann, New Zealand 0-1
8/16/23	FIVB	Elite16 Hamburg	Qualifier 2	MacDonald/Zeimann	16, Q12	Lopes/Silva	Q13	21-19, 21-23, 15-11	0:51
Lead the series against # 24 Patcharamainaruebhorn/Phirachayakrailert, Thailand 1-0
12/1/23	FIVB	Challenge Nuvali	Pool A	Lopes/Silva	1	Patcharamainaruebhorn/Phirachayakrailert	24	21-12, 21-11	0:29
Lead the series against # Q4 Carro/Lobato, Spain 1-0
11/11/21	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Pool E	Lopes/Silva	21, Q3	Carro/Lobato	12	21-17, 21-13	0:36
Lead the series against # Q6 Murphy/Quiggle, United States 1-0
7/8/22	FIVB	Gstaad Elite 16	Winner 1	Lopes/Silva	24	Murphy/Quiggle	22	21-14, 16-21, 15-13	0:48