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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Yucatan
March 19 - 23, 2025

(24, 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 Yucatan Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

BPT Challenge Yucatan Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 3/19/2025	Qualifier 2	Carly Kan / Devanne Sours, United States (Q20)	Won 21-19, 17-21, 15-13	0:51
Thu, 3/20/2025	Pool H	Tanja Huberli / Leona Kernen, Switzerland (9)	Lost 21-17, 17-21, 12-15	0:50
Thu, 3/20/2025	Pool H	Xu Yan / Mingli Zhou, China (25, Q5)	Won 21-15, 21-16	0:28
Fri, 3/21/2025	Winner 1	Taliqua Clancy / Jana Milutinovic, Australia (15)	Lost 10-21, 21-19, 12-15	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	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	$8,000.00	10	8	55.6 %
2025	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,250.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	23	1	2	0	1	1	0	3	0	3	2	10	$29,950.00	46	33	58.2 %

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
7	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	$5,500.00	2021	FIVB	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	$4,000.00
9	0	0	0	0	2	4	3	0	0	$14,750.00	2022	FIVB	7	1	0	0	1	1	1	2	1	0	$5,400.00
11	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	2	2	$6,525.00	2023	FIVB	14	2	0	0	0	2	2	8	0	0	$14,750.00
6	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	$4,625.00	2024	FIVB	11	0	0	1	0	4	2	4	0	0	$13,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,125.00	2025	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,125.00
54	1	2	1	1	8	13	10	4	14	$42,375.00	Total	Total	81	4	2	1	4	12	9	22	7	20	$57,862.50

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%
2024-2025	6	66.7%	1	11.1%	2	22.2%	7-2	77.8%	1	12.5%	3	37.5%	4	50.0%	1-7	12.5%	6-4	60.0%	2-5	28.6%	0	1	8-10	44.4%
Against the Field	3	50.0%	1	16.7%	2	33.3%	4-2	66.7%	1	25.0%	1	25.0%	2	50.0%	1-3	25.0%	6-4	60.0%	4-6	40.0%	0	0	5-5	50.0%

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
Series tied against the field 2-2 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 9 Huberli/Kernen, Switzerland 0-1
3/20/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Yucatan	Pool H	Huberli/Kernen	9	Carro/Soria	24, Q4	17-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:50
Trail the series against # 15 Clancy/Milutinovic, Australia 0-1
3/21/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Yucatan	Winner 1	Clancy/Milutinovic	15	Carro/Soria	24, Q4	21-10, 19-21, 15-12	0:45
Lead the series against # 25, Q5 Yan/Zhou, China 1-0
3/20/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Yucatan	Pool H	Carro/Soria	24, Q4	Yan/Zhou	25, Q5	21-15, 21-16	0:28
Lead the series against # Q20 Kan/Sours, United States 1-0
3/19/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Yucatan	Qualifier 2	Carro/Soria	24, Q4	Kan/Sours	Q20	21-19, 17-21, 15-13	0:51