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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Port Dickson Three Star
April 29 - May 4, 2019

(26, Q13) Maria Carro/Paula Soria, Spain

María Belén Carro Márquez de Acuña
Spain

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 15, 1999 (26 yrs old)

Home Town:

Madrid

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

83 kg (183 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Madrid 2021)

Career Winnings:

US$45,369.19

Paula Soria Gutiérrez
Spain

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 31, 1993 (32 yrs old)

Home Town:

Orihuela

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

67 kg (147 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$61,149.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	28	1	3	0	1	1	0	3	0	3	1	4	9	2	US$34,914.42

Previous Kuala Lumpur Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/23-28/2019	Xiamen Four Star	Q26	33rd	160	US$0.00
FIVB	3/6-10/2019	Sydney Three Star	Q9	33rd	120	US$0.00
FIVB	9/30-10/4/2018	Qinzhou Three Star	28, Q8	9th	300	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2018	Ostrava Four Star	Q20	41st	40	US$0.00
FIVB	5/10-13/2018	Bangkok One Star	5	2nd	180	US$700.00
FIVB	5/3-6/2018	Manila One Star	5	2nd	180	US$700.00

Kuala Lumpur Three Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 4/30/2019	Qualifier 1	Agata Ceynowa / Martyna Kloda, Poland (Q20)	Won 21-19, 19-21, 15-10	0:54
Tue, 4/30/2019	Qualifier 2	Reika Murakami / Kaho Sakaguchi, Japan (Q4)	Won 21-15, 21-16	0:38
Wed, 5/1/2019	Pool G	Ekaterina Birlova / Evgenia Ukolova, Russia (7)	Won 19-21, 21-14, 15-10	0:51
Wed, 5/1/2019	Pool G	Lena Plesiutschnig / Katharina Schutzenhofer, Austria (10)	Won 19-21, 21-14, 15-8	0:45
Thu, 5/2/2019	Winner 2	Ksenia Dabizha / Daria Rudykh, Russia (27, Q14)	Won 24-26, 21-11, 15-12	0:50
Fri, 5/3/2019	Winner 3	Victoria Bieneck / Isabel Schneider, Germany (3)	Won 21-16, 21-13	0:44
Fri, 5/3/2019	Semi-Finals	Barbora Hermannova / Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic (1)	Lost 18-21, 15-21	0:36
Sat, 5/4/2019	Bronze Medal	Karla Borger / Julia Sude, Germany (2)	Lost 21-23, 19-21	0:42

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 Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$8,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	0	$14,750.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	9	1	3	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$11,400.00
Total	28	1	3	0	1	1	0	3	0	4	4	0	$34,650.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Maria Carro												Paula Soria
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	1	0	$9,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	18	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	2	0	$11,250.00
32	0	0	0	0	4	8	4	5	1	$25,500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	43	0	0	1	2	7	3	10	7	0	$37,212.50
12	1	3	0	1	4	2	0	0	0	$6,225.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	15	4	3	0	1	3	2	1	0	0	$8,250.00
											U23 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00
59	1	3	1	1	8	13	11	6	1	$44,725.00	Total	86	4	3	1	4	12	9	23	9	0	$60,212.50

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	4	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	$1,700.00	12	6	66.7 %
2019	FIVB	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	$6,000.00	11	6	64.7 %
Total	FIVB	8	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	$7,700.00	23	12	65.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Maria Carro													Paula Soria
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2010	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2011	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$0.00
											2013	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2014	FIVB	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	$2,850.00
											2014	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2015	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	4	$3,087.50
											2016	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	$2,400.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2016	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2017	FIVB Age Group WC
4	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$850.00	2018	FIVB	6	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	$1,750.00
4	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	$3,000.00	2019	FIVB	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	$3,000.00
11	0	2	0	1	1	1	1	0	5	$3,850.00	Total	Total	34	0	2	0	3	5	2	5	4	13	$13,087.50

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	36	75.0%	5	10.4%	7	14.6%	41-7	85.4%	11	25.0%	9	20.5%	24	54.5%	11-33	25.0%	36-24	60.0%	16-16	50.0%	0	1	52-41	55.9%
2018-2019	18	78.3%	2	8.7%	3	13.0%	20-3	87.0%	9	36.0%	3	12.0%	13	52.0%	9-16	36.0%	18-13	58.1%	11-6	64.7%	0	0	29-19	60.4%
Against the Field	6	66.7%	1	11.1%	2	22.2%	7-2	77.8%	4	33.3%	1	8.3%	7	58.3%	4-8	33.3%	12-14	46.2%	10-6	62.5%	0	0	11-10	52.4%

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 Tour Finals	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	3	1	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	10	9	3	9	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	21
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	6	1	11	5	0	0	11	3	4	1	0	1	1	3	33	14
Total	0	0	20	12	15	17	0	0	12	7	4	1	0	1	1	3	52	41

Head to Head Results
Carro/Soria lead the series against the field 7-5 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 4 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Hermannova/Slukova, Czech Republic 0-1
5/3/19	FIVB	Kuala Lumpur Three Star	Semi-Finals	Hermannova/Slukova	1	Carro/Soria	26, Q13	21-18, 21-15	0:36
Trail the series against # 2 Borger/Sude, Germany 0-1
5/4/19	FIVB	Kuala Lumpur Three Star	Bronze Medal	Borger/Sude	2	Carro/Soria	26, Q13	23-21, 21-19	0:42
Lead the series against # 3 Bieneck/Schneider, Germany 1-0
5/3/19	FIVB	Kuala Lumpur Three Star	Winner 3	Carro/Soria	26, Q13	Bieneck/Schneider	3	21-16, 21-13	0:44
Series tied with # 7 Birlova/Ukolova, Russia 1-1
5/1/19	FIVB	Kuala Lumpur Three Star	Pool G	Carro/Soria	26, Q13	Birlova/Ukolova	7	19-21, 21-14, 15-10	0:51
10/3/18	FIVB	Qinzhou Three Star	Winner 2	Birlova/Ukolova	7	Carro/Soria	28, Q8	19-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:50
Lead the series against # 10 Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer, Austria 1-0
5/1/19	FIVB	Kuala Lumpur Three Star	Pool G	Carro/Soria	26, Q13	Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer	10	19-21, 21-14, 15-8	0:45
Lead the series against # 13 Lunde/Ulveseth, Norway 1-0
4/24/19	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Qualifier 1	Carro/Soria	Q26	Lunde/Ulveseth	Q7	21-18, 21-19	0:36
Trail the series against # 15 Nishibori/Shiratori, Japan 0-1
5/6/18	FIVB	Manila One Star	Gold Medal	Nishibori/Shiratori	2	Carro/Soria	5	21-14, 21-18	0:36
Trail the series against # 20 Hashimoto/Mizoe, Japan 0-1
4/24/19	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Qualifier 2	Hashimoto/Mizoe	30, Q10	Carro/Soria	Q26	21-17, 21-17	0:37
Lead the series against # 27, Q14 Dabizha/Rudykh, Russia 1-0
5/2/19	FIVB	Kuala Lumpur Three Star	Winner 2	Carro/Soria	26, Q13	Dabizha/Rudykh	27, Q14	24-26, 21-11, 15-12	0:50
Lead the series against # Q4 Murakami/Sakaguchi, Japan 1-0
4/30/19	FIVB	Kuala Lumpur Three Star	Qualifier 2	Carro/Soria	26, Q13	Murakami/Sakaguchi	Q4	21-15, 21-16	0:38
Lead the series against # Q20 Ceynowa/Kloda, Poland 1-0
4/30/19	FIVB	Kuala Lumpur Three Star	Qualifier 1	Carro/Soria	26, Q13	Ceynowa/Kloda	Q20	21-19, 19-21, 15-10	0:54