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US$250,000 BPT Challenge Xiamen
May 14 - 18, 2025

(20) 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 Xiamen Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2014	Did not play	Angela Lobato - 17th
2015	Did not play	Angela Lobato - 25th
2019	Paula Soria - 33rd	Maria Carro - 33rd
2024	Did not play	Liliana Fernandez - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/30-5/3/2025	BPT Futures Valencia	1	2nd	360	€ 700.00
FIVB	4/16-20/2025	BPT Elite Brasília	20, Q7	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	4/9-13/2025	BPT Elite Saquarema	Q4	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	3/19-23/2025	BPT Challenge Yucatan	24, Q4	17th	340	US$2,250.00

BPT Challenge Xiamen Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/15/2025	Pool D	Kylie Deberg / Toni Rodriguez, United States (13)	Lost 16-21, 18-21	0:35
Thu, 5/15/2025	Pool D	Elizabeth Alchin / Georgia Johnson, Australia (4)	Lost 19-21, 13-21	0:35

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	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	$6,950.00	7	9	43.8 %
Total	FIVB	27	1	3	0	1	1	0	3	0	4	4	10	$34,650.00	51	40	56.0 %

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
5	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	$3,475.00	2025	FIVB	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	$3,475.00
58	1	3	1	1	8	13	11	6	14	$44,725.00	Total	Total	85	4	3	1	4	12	9	23	9	20	$60,212.50

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	2	50.0%	1	25.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3	75.0%	0-4	0.0%	4-4	50.0%	2-4	33.3%	0	1	3-5	37.5%

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 3-4 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 Alchin/Johnson, Australia 0-1
5/15/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Pool D	Alchin/Johnson	4	Carro/Soria	20	21-19, 21-13	0:35
Lead the series against # 10 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
Trail the series against # 13 Deberg/Rodriguez, United States 0-1
5/15/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Pool D	Deberg/Rodriguez	13	Carro/Soria	20	21-16, 21-18	0:35
Trail the series against # 16 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
Trail the series against # 26 Chamereau/Vieira, France 0-1
4/9/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Qualifier 1	Chamereau/Vieira	24, Q13	Carro/Soria	Q4	19-21, 21-17, 15-9	0:53
Lead the series against # 32, Q10 Romaniuk/Serdiuk, Ukraine 1-0
5/3/25	FIVB	BPT Futures Valencia	Semi-Finals	Carro/Soria	1	Romaniuk/Serdiuk	3	21-17, 21-16	0:46
Lead the series against # Q9 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