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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$1,000,000 Beach Volleyball World Championships
June 10 - 19, 2022

(16) Svenja Muller/Cinja Tillmann, Germany

Svenja Müller
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 13, 2001 (24 yrs old)

Home Town:

Dortmund

Height:

192 cm (6'4")

Weight:

76 kg (167 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$241,321.65

Cinja Tillmann
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 13, 1991 (34 yrs old)

Home Town:

Senden

Height:

174 cm (5'9")

Weight:

62 kg (136 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$282,276.18

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	38	3	3	4	2	10	0	11	3	2	0	US$479,886.24

Previous Rome Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/25-29/2022	Ostrava Elite 16	14, Q2	1st	1200	US$30,000.00
FIVB	5/19-22/2022	Kusadasi Challenge	4	5th	600	US$3,750.00
FIVB	5/5-8/2022	Doha Challenge	6	5th	600	US$3,750.00
FIVB	3/23-27/2022	Rosarito Elite 16	16, Q11	9th	600	US$6,000.00
FIVB	3/16-20/2022	Tlaxcala Challenge	19, Q3	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	11/10-14/2021	Itapema Four Star	8	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	8/26-29/2021	Brno 2 Star	3	3rd	320	€ 1,600.00

Beach Volleyball World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 6/10/2022	Pool I	Worapeerachayakorn Kongphopsarutawadee / Taravadee Naraphornrapat, Thailand (33)	Won 17-21, 21-15, 15-11	0:49
Sun, 6/12/2022	Pool I	Reka Orsi Toth / Viktoria Orsi Toth, Italy (40)	Won 15-21, 1-1 Retired	0:23
Mon, 6/13/2022	Pool I	Hegeile Almeida / Taiana Lima, Brazil (9)	Won 24-22, 21-14	0:43
Wed, 6/15/2022	Winner 1	Niina Ahtiainen / Taru Lahti, Finland (31)	Won 21-18, 20-22, 18-16	1:01
Thu, 6/16/2022	Winner 2	Terese Cannon / Sarah Marmelstein, United States (17)	Won 19-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:54
Fri, 6/17/2022	Winner 3	Mariafe Artacho / Taliqua Clancy, Australia (8)	Won 21-23, 21-18, 16-14	1:00
Sat, 6/18/2022	Semi-Finals	Sophie Bukovec / Brandie Wilkerson, Canada (20)	Lost 15-21, 21-15, 12-15	0:48
Sun, 6/19/2022	Bronze Medal	Joana Mader / Anouk Verge-Depre, Switzerland (22)	Won 16-21, 7-10 Retired	0:50

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Did not play	Kim Van de Velde - 17th
2022	World Championships	Rome	Cinja Tillmann - 3rd	Svenja Muller - 3rd
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Cinja Tillmann - 9th	Svenja Muller - 9th
2025	World Championships	Adelaide	Cinja Tillmann - 17th	Svenja Muller - 17th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/10-19/2022	Beach Volleyball World Championships	16	3rd	1280	US$35,000.00
FIVB	10/6-15/2023	Beach Volleyball World Championships	11	9th	800	US$11,000.00
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	8	17th	640	US$7,000.00

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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$53,000.00
World Tour Finals	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$107,500.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	26	3	2	2	2	7	0	6	3	1	0	0	$303,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	$14,000.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,600.00
Total	38	3	3	4	2	10	0	11	3	2	0	0	$479,600.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Svenja Muller												Cinja Tillmann
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	$26,500.00	World Championships	4	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	$30,000.00
3	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$53,750.00	World Tour Finals	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$53,750.00
26	3	2	2	2	7	9	1	0	0	$151,750.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	30	3	2	2	2	7	9	2	0	0	$153,600.00
5	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	$7,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	17	0	0	0	1	3	3	7	2	0	$27,850.00
4	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,900.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	10	2	1	1	0	2	0	2	1	0	$13,100.00
											Challenger	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,250.00
											U23 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
44	3	3	5	3	10	15	3	1	0	$240,900.00	Total	70	5	4	5	3	16	15	13	4	0	$281,550.00

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
2021	FIVB	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$5,600.00	7	2	77.8 %
2022	FIVB	6	1	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	$81,000.00	26	9	74.3 %
Total	FIVB	8	1	0	2	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	$86,600.00	33	11	75.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Svenja Muller													Cinja Tillmann
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
											2011	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2012	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
											2012	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
											2013	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$5,100.00
											2013	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,250.00
											2013	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2014	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$600.00
											2017	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$1,550.00
											2018	FIVB	7	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	$10,750.00
											2019	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	$10,000.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2019	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00	2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,000.00
5	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	$3,800.00	2021	FIVB	6	0	0	1	1	0	1	3	0	0	$11,300.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	2021	FIVB Age Group WC
6	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	$40,500.00	2022	FIVB	6	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	$40,500.00
14	1	0	3	1	2	4	1	1	1	$44,400.00	Total	Total	40	3	1	3	1	8	4	11	4	5	$85,050.00

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	72	69.2%	22	21.2%	10	9.6%	94-10	90.4%	23	30.7%	15	20.0%	37	49.3%	23-52	30.7%	72-37	66.1%	45-25	64.3%	3	0	120-62	65.9%
2021-2022	19	70.4%	6	22.2%	2	7.4%	25-2	92.6%	8	36.4%	3	13.6%	11	50.0%	8-14	36.4%	19-11	63.3%	14-5	73.7%	2	0	35-16	68.6%
Against the Field	27	62.8%	13	30.2%	3	7.0%	40-3	93.0%	13	33.3%	6	15.4%	20	51.3%	13-26	33.3%	54-34	61.4%	52-18	74.3%	3	0	56-26	68.3%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
World Championships	0	0	0	0	7	2	0	0	4	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	12	5
World Tour Finals	0	0	0	0	5	7	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	7	9
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	7	1	50	18	0	0	16	12	5	4	2	2	3	2	83	39
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	2	0	6	2	1	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	6
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	5	1
Total	0	0	9	1	72	30	1	0	25	20	6	6	4	2	3	3	120	62

Head to Head Results
Muller/Tillmann lead the series against the field 23-7 (Lead 15 Series, Trail 2 Series, 5 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Schoon/Stam, Netherlands 0-1
3/18/22	FIVB	Tlaxcala Challenge	Winner 1	Schoon/Stam	5	Muller/Tillmann	19, Q3	16-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:50
Trail the series against # 2 Lisboa/Silva, Brazil 0-1
3/25/22	FIVB	Rosarito Elite 16	Pool A	Lisboa/Silva	1	Muller/Tillmann	16, Q11	21-11, 21-18	0:34
Lead the series against # 3 Graudina/Samoilova, Latvia 1-0
3/24/22	FIVB	Rosarito Elite 16	Pool A	Muller/Tillmann	16, Q11	Graudina/Samoilova	8	21-19, 23-25, 15-10	0:53
Series tied with # 4 Salgado/Seixas, Brazil 1-1
5/28/22	FIVB	Ostrava Elite 16	Winner 1	Muller/Tillmann	14, Q2	Salgado/Seixas	8	21-19, 17-21, 15-10	0:55
3/24/22	FIVB	Rosarito Elite 16	Pool A	Salgado/Seixas	9	Muller/Tillmann	16, Q11	21-19, 22-20	0:45
Lead the series against # 6 Hughes/Kolinske, United States 1-0
5/27/22	FIVB	Ostrava Elite 16	Pool C	Muller/Tillmann	14, Q2	Hughes/Kolinske	3	21-14, 21-19	0:32
Lead the series against # 7 Antunes/Cavalcanti, Brazil 1-0
5/29/22	FIVB	Ostrava Elite 16	Gold Medal	Muller/Tillmann	14, Q2	Antunes/Cavalcanti	4	21-18, 21-16	0:36
Lead the series against # 8 Artacho/Clancy, Australia 1-0
6/17/22	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Winner 3	Muller/Tillmann	16	Artacho/Clancy	8	21-23, 21-18, 16-14	1:00
Lead the series against # 9 Almeida/Lima, Brazil 2-0
6/13/22	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool I	Muller/Tillmann	16	Almeida/Lima	9	24-22, 21-14	0:43
11/11/21	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Pool H	Muller/Tillmann	8	Almeida/Lima	24, Q4	18-21, 21-16, 15-4	0:44
Lead the series against # 10 Humana-Paredes/Pavan, Canada 1-0
5/26/22	FIVB	Ostrava Elite 16	Pool C	Muller/Tillmann	14, Q2	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	6	21-19, 18-21, 15-13	0:54
Lead the series against # 11 Brunner/Huberli, Switzerland 1-0
5/28/22	FIVB	Ostrava Elite 16	Semi-Finals	Muller/Tillmann	14, Q2	Brunner/Huberli	13, Q1	24-22, 25-23	0:46
Series tied with # 13 Borger/Sude, Germany 1-1
5/7/22	FIVB	Doha Challenge	Winner 1	Muller/Tillmann	6	Borger/Sude	4	22-20, 21-16	0:42
3/17/22	FIVB	Tlaxcala Challenge	Pool F	Borger/Sude	7	Muller/Tillmann	19, Q3	21-17, 25-23	0:39
Series tied with # 15 Laboureur/Schulz, Germany 1-1
5/7/22	FIVB	Doha Challenge	Winner 2	Laboureur/Schulz	10	Muller/Tillmann	6	21-17, 21-19	0:40
8/28/21	FIVB	Brno 2 Star	Winner 2	Muller/Tillmann	3	Laboureur/Schulz	4	21-18, 18-21, 15-8	0:48
Lead the series against # 17 Cannon/Marmelstein, United States 1-0
6/16/22	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Winner 2	Muller/Tillmann	16	Cannon/Marmelstein	17	19-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:54
Series tied with # 20 Bukovec/Wilkerson, Canada 1-1
6/18/22	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Semi-Finals	Bukovec/Wilkerson	20	Muller/Tillmann	16	21-15, 15-21, 15-12	0:48
5/21/22	FIVB	Kusadasi Challenge	Winner 1	Muller/Tillmann	4	Bukovec/Wilkerson	13	21-11, 21-12	0:27
Series tied with # 22 Mader/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 1-1
6/19/22	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Bronze Medal	Muller/Tillmann	16	Mader/Verge-Depre	22	16-21, 7-10 Retired	0:50
5/27/22	FIVB	Ostrava Elite 16	Pool C	Mader/Verge-Depre	11	Muller/Tillmann	14, Q2	22-20, 20-22, 17-15	1:01
Lead the series against # 26 Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer, Austria 1-0
3/23/22	FIVB	Rosarito Elite 16	Qualifier 2	Muller/Tillmann	16, Q11	Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer	Q14	21-15, 20-22, 15-9	0:52
Lead the series against # 27 Ishii/Mizoe, Japan 1-0
5/25/22	FIVB	Ostrava Elite 16	Qualifier 2	Muller/Tillmann	14, Q2	Ishii/Mizoe	Q7	21-18, 21-15	0:35
Lead the series against # 31 Ahtiainen/Lahti, Finland 2-0
6/15/22	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Winner 1	Muller/Tillmann	16	Ahtiainen/Lahti	31	21-18, 20-22, 18-16	1:01
5/6/22	FIVB	Doha Challenge	Pool F	Muller/Tillmann	6	Ahtiainen/Lahti	18, Q2	15-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:48
Lead the series against # 33 Kongphopsarutawadee/Naraphornrapat, Thailand 1-0
6/10/22	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool I	Muller/Tillmann	16	Kongphopsarutawadee/Naraphornrapat	33	17-21, 21-15, 15-11	0:49
Lead the series against # 34 Placette/Richard, France 1-0
5/6/22	FIVB	Doha Challenge	Pool F	Muller/Tillmann	6	Placette/Richard	19, Q3	18-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:50
Lead the series against # 36 Kociolek/Wojtasik, Poland 1-0
5/20/22	FIVB	Kusadasi Challenge	Pool D	Muller/Tillmann	4	Kociolek/Wojtasik	16	22-24, 21-16, 15-9	0:50
Lead the series against # 40 Orsi Toth/Orsi Toth, Italy 2-0
6/12/22	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool I	Muller/Tillmann	16	Orsi Toth/Orsi Toth	40	15-21, 1-1 Retired	0:23
3/16/22	FIVB	Tlaxcala Challenge	Qualifier 2	Muller/Tillmann	19, Q3	Orsi Toth/Orsi Toth	Q19	21-15, 21-10	0:30