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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Gstaad
July 5 - 11, 2021

(Q4) 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 Gstaad Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/1-6/2021	Ostrava 4 Star	26, Q6	25th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	5/25-29/2021	Sochi 4 Star	Q4	33rd	160	US$0.00
FIVB	4/16-20/2021	Cancun 4 Star - 1st	25, Q6	17th	320	US$3,000.00
FIVB	3/8-12/2021	Doha 4-star	23	25th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	11/13-17/2019	Chetumal Four Star	25, Q6	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	10/29-11/3/2019	Qinzhou Three Star	15	9th	300	US$2,000.00
FIVB	9/3-8/2019	World Tour Finals Rome	Q13	33rd	240	US$0.00
FIVB	8/14-18/2019	Moscow Four Star	Q5	33rd	160	US$0.00
FIVB	7/30-8/4/2019	Vienna Major Five Star	30, Q21	17th	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/16-20/2019	Espinho Four Star	Q11	33rd	160	US$0.00
FIVB	5/29-6/2/2019	Ostrava Four Star	Q19	33rd	160	US$0.00
FIVB	5/22-26/2019	Jinjiang Four Star	Q13	41st	40	US$0.00
FIVB	4/29-5/4/2019	Kuala Lumpur Three Star	26, Q13	4th	420	US$4,000.00
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

Gstaad 4 Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 7/6/2021	Qualifier 2	Corinne Quiggle / Allie Wheeler, United States (32, Q13)	Lost 21-17, 15-21, 9-15	0:45

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	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	7	$12,000.00	17	13	56.7 %
2020	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00	5	4	55.6 %
2021	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	$7,000.00	5	8	38.5 %
Total	FIVB	21	0	2	0	1	1	0	3	0	2	2	10	$26,700.00	39	31	55.7 %

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
10	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	7	$6,000.00	2019	FIVB	10	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	7	$6,000.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2019	FIVB Age Group WC
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$3,000.00	2020	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$3,000.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	$3,500.00	2021	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	$3,500.00
25	0	2	1	1	1	3	3	2	12	$13,350.00	Total	Total	47	0	2	0	3	5	4	7	6	20	$22,587.50

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%
2020-2021	12	75.0%	2	12.5%	2	12.5%	14-2	87.5%	1	9.1%	3	27.3%	7	63.6%	1-10	9.1%	12-7	63.2%	3-5	37.5%	0	0	15-12	55.6%
Against the Field	3	60.0%	0	0.0%	2	40.0%	3-2	60.0%	3	25.0%	2	16.7%	7	58.3%	3-9	25.0%	6-14	30.0%	6-8	42.9%	0	0	6-11	35.3%

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
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 trail the series against the field 6-11 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 8 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 6 Cavalcanti/Silva, Brazil 0-1
7/31/19	FIVB	Vienna Major Five Star	Pool C	Cavalcanti/Silva	3	Carro/Soria	30, Q21	21-19, 21-12	0:30
Trail the series against # 7 Artacho/Clancy, Australia 0-2
4/18/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 1st	Winner 1	Artacho/Clancy	2	Carro/Soria	25, Q6	21-19, 21-19	0:41
11/1/19	FIVB	Qinzhou Three Star	Pool B	Artacho/Clancy	2	Carro/Soria	15	21-11, 14-21, 15-8	0:40
Trail the series against # 8 Kholomina/Makroguzova, Russia 0-1
6/3/21	FIVB	Ostrava 4 Star	Pool G	Kholomina/Makroguzova	7	Carro/Soria	26, Q6	21-14, 21-9	0:58
Trail the series against # 10 Graudina/Samoilova, Latvia 0-1
6/3/21	FIVB	Ostrava 4 Star	Pool G	Graudina/Samoilova	10	Carro/Soria	26, Q6	21-15, 19-21, 15-10	0:45
Lead the series against # 15 Menegatti/Orsi Toth, Italy 1-0
7/31/19	FIVB	Vienna Major Five Star	Pool C	Carro/Soria	30, Q21	Menegatti/Orsi Toth	19	22-20, 22-20	0:38
Trail the series against # 19 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 # 20 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
Series tied with # 23 McNamara/McNamara, Canada 1-1
5/13/18	FIVB	Bangkok One Star	Semi-Finals	Carro/Soria	5	McNamara/McNamara	13, Q6	14-21, 22-20, 18-16	0:51
5/11/18	FIVB	Bangkok One Star	Pool D	McNamara/McNamara	13, Q6	Carro/Soria	5	16-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:40
Lead the series against # 24 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
Trail the series against # 25 Kociolek/Wojtasik, Poland 0-1
8/1/19	FIVB	Vienna Major Five Star	Winner 1	Kociolek/Wojtasik	28	Carro/Soria	30, Q21	21-15, 24-22	0:39
Trail the series against # 26, Q5 Arvaniti/Karagkouni, Greece 0-2
7/17/19	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Qualifier 2	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	26, Q6	Carro/Soria	Q11	21-16, 21-10	0:27
3/6/19	FIVB	Sydney Three Star	Qualifier 2	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	27, Q8	Carro/Soria	Q9	21-15, 21-18	0:36
Lead the series against # 27, Q6 Ahtiainen/Lehtonen, Finland 1-0
5/29/19	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Qualifier 1	Carro/Soria	Q19	Ahtiainen/Lehtonen	Q14	21-10, 21-17	0:31
Trail the series against # 32, Q13 Quiggle/Wheeler, United States 0-1
7/6/21	FIVB	Gstaad 4 Star	Qualifier 2	Quiggle/Wheeler	32, Q13	Carro/Soria	Q4	17-21, 21-15, 15-9	0:45
Lead the series against # Q14 van Driel/van Driel, Netherlands 1-0
4/16/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 1st	Qualifier 1	Carro/Soria	25, Q6	van Driel/van Driel	Q27	21-17, 21-17	0:35