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US$1,000,000 Beach Volleyball World Championships
October 6 - 15, 2023

(11) 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 Tlaxcala Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2022	Cinja Tillmann - 9th	Svenja Muller - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/27-10/1/2023	Elite16 Paris	4	9th	600	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/16-20/2023	Elite16 Hamburg	4	3rd	1000	US$14,000.00
FIVB	7/26-30/2023	Elite16 Montréal	Q1	17th	400	US$0.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2023	Elite16 Gstaad	14, Q4	4th	900	US$10,000.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2023	Elite16 Ostrava	10	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	3/22-26/2023	Elite16 Tepic	3	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	2/1-5/2023	Doha Elite16	3	13th	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	1/26-29/2023	Beach Pro Tour Finals	7	9th	0	US$7,500.00

Beach Volleyball World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sat, 10/7/2023	Pool K	Hailey Harward / Alix Klineman, United States (38)	Lost 23-25, 14-21	0:41
Sun, 10/8/2023	Pool K	Jie Dong / Fan Wang, China (35)	Won 21-13, 21-16	0:34
Mon, 10/9/2023	Pool K	Victoria Lopes / Taina Silva, Brazil (14)	Won 21-15, 22-24, 15-12	0:54
Wed, 10/11/2023	Winner 1	Liliana Fernandez / Paula Soria, Spain (29)	Won 22-20, 21-16	0:39
Thu, 10/12/2023	Winner 2	Victoria Lopes / Taina Silva, Brazil (14)	Lost 19-21, 24-22, 13-15	0:54

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	8	1	0	1	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	0	$94,500.00	28	14	66.7 %
2023	FIVB	8	0	0	1	1	2	0	2	1	1	0	0	$62,000.00	24	13	64.9 %
Total	FIVB	18	1	0	3	1	4	0	7	1	1	0	0	$162,100.00	59	29	67.0 %

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
8	1	0	1	0	2	4	0	0	0	$47,250.00	2022	FIVB	8	1	0	1	0	2	4	0	0	0	$47,250.00
8	0	0	1	1	2	3	1	0	0	$31,000.00	2023	FIVB	8	0	0	1	1	2	3	1	0	0	$31,000.00
24	1	0	4	2	4	9	2	1	1	$82,150.00	Total	Total	50	3	1	4	2	10	9	12	4	5	$122,800.00

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%
2022-2023	31	63.3%	13	26.5%	5	10.2%	44-5	89.8%	12	30.8%	8	20.5%	19	48.7%	12-27	30.8%	31-19	62.0%	25-13	65.8%	2	0	58-32	64.4%
Against the Field	36	63.2%	14	24.6%	7	12.3%	50-7	87.7%	17	28.3%	11	18.3%	32	53.3%	17-43	28.3%	72-60	54.5%	62-36	63.3%	2	0	69-48	59.0%

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
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 35-21 (Lead 16 Series, Trail 5 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Lisboa/Silva, Brazil 0-2
6/3/23	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Winner 2	Lisboa/Silva	1	Muller/Tillmann	10	22-20, 21-16	0:39
3/25/22	FIVB	Rosarito Elite 16	Pool A	Lisboa/Silva	1	Muller/Tillmann	16, Q11	21-11, 21-18	0:34
Trail the series against # 2 Brasher/Nuss, United States 0-4
8/20/23	FIVB	Elite16 Hamburg	Semi-Finals	Brasher/Nuss	3	Muller/Tillmann	4	21-18, 21-16	0:37
7/9/23	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Bronze Medal	Brasher/Nuss	5	Muller/Tillmann	14, Q4	21-19, 21-16	0:39
2/3/23	FIVB	Doha Elite16	Pool C	Brasher/Nuss	14, Q2	Muller/Tillmann	3	21-18, 21-14	0:33
5/21/22	FIVB	Kusadasi Challenge	Winner 2	Brasher/Nuss	20, Q8	Muller/Tillmann	4	21-16, 21-14	0:32
Trail the series against # 3 Cheng/Hughes, United States 1-4
9/29/23	FIVB	Elite16 Paris	Pool D	Cheng/Hughes	5	Muller/Tillmann	4	21-18, 21-19	0:39
8/17/23	FIVB	Elite16 Hamburg	Pool D	Cheng/Hughes	5	Muller/Tillmann	4	18-21, 21-15, 15-10	0:45
7/9/23	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Semi-Finals	Cheng/Hughes	3	Muller/Tillmann	14, Q4	21-16, 21-18	0:35
7/7/23	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Pool C	Muller/Tillmann	14, Q4	Cheng/Hughes	3	18-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:47
1/28/23	FIVB	Beach Pro Tour Finals	Pool B	Cheng/Hughes	9	Muller/Tillmann	7	21-14, 21-15	0:32
Series tied with # 4 Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson, Canada 1-1
9/30/23	FIVB	Elite16 Paris	Winner 1	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	3	Muller/Tillmann	4	21-14, 19-21, 15-11	0:50
8/19/23	FIVB	Elite16 Hamburg	Winner 2	Muller/Tillmann	4	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	2	22-20, 21-10	0:40
Series tied with # 5 Artacho/Clancy, Australia 1-1
3/25/23	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Winner 2	Artacho/Clancy	4	Muller/Tillmann	3	16-21, 21-14, 15-9	0:43
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 # 6 Salgado/Seixas, Brazil 4-1
8/20/23	FIVB	Elite16 Hamburg	Bronze Medal	Muller/Tillmann	4	Salgado/Seixas	8	21-15, 21-19	0:40
7/8/23	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Winner 2	Muller/Tillmann	14, Q4	Salgado/Seixas	12	21-16, 15-21, 16-14	0:55
1/26/23	FIVB	Beach Pro Tour Finals	Pool B	Muller/Tillmann	7	Salgado/Seixas	2	21-18, 22-20	0:38
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
Trail the series against # 7 Brunner/Huberli, Switzerland 1-2
1/26/23	FIVB	Beach Pro Tour Finals	Pool B	Brunner/Huberli	6	Muller/Tillmann	7	21-18, 21-19	0:37
8/11/22	FIVB	Hamburg Elite 16	Pool A	Brunner/Huberli	8	Muller/Tillmann	1	21-14, 26-24	0:41
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 # 8 Schoon/Stam, Netherlands 2-2
7/6/23	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Pool C	Muller/Tillmann	14, Q4	Schoon/Stam	6	21-16, 21-13	0:33
6/1/23	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Pool B	Muller/Tillmann	10	Schoon/Stam	2	21-13, 20-22, 15-6	0:47
1/27/23	FIVB	Beach Pro Tour Finals	Pool B	Schoon/Stam	3	Muller/Tillmann	7	21-15, 21-18	0:36
3/18/22	FIVB	Tlaxcala Challenge	Winner 1	Schoon/Stam	5	Muller/Tillmann	19, Q3	16-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:50
Lead the series against # 10 Gottardi/Menegatti, Italy 2-0
8/18/23	FIVB	Elite16 Hamburg	Pool D	Muller/Tillmann	4	Gottardi/Menegatti	13, Q1	21-19, 21-19	0:42
6/2/23	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Pool B	Muller/Tillmann	10	Gottardi/Menegatti	15, Q4	21-17, 13-21, 16-14	0:52
Lead the series against # 13 Mader/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 2-1
6/2/23	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Pool B	Muller/Tillmann	10	Mader/Verge-Depre	7	21-10, 21-19	0:33
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 # 14 Lopes/Silva, Brazil 2-1
10/12/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Winner 2	Lopes/Silva	14	Muller/Tillmann	11	21-19, 22-24, 15-13	0:54
10/9/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool K	Muller/Tillmann	11	Lopes/Silva	14	21-15, 22-24, 15-12	0:54
5/21/22	FIVB	Kusadasi Challenge	Lucky Loser	Muller/Tillmann	4	Lopes/Silva	10	21-17, 21-19	0:36
Lead the series against # 15 Donlin/Flint, United States 1-0
3/23/23	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Pool C	Muller/Tillmann	3	Donlin/Flint	6	21-13, 21-14	0:32
Lead the series against # 17 Bobner/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 1-0
7/6/23	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Pool C	Muller/Tillmann	14, Q4	Bobner/Verge-Depre	11	21-18, 23-25, 15-12	0:56
Series tied with # 18 Graudina/Samoilova, Latvia 1-1
8/11/22	FIVB	Hamburg Elite 16	Pool A	Graudina/Samoilova	9	Muller/Tillmann	1	21-13, 14-21, 15-13	0:45
3/24/22	FIVB	Rosarito Elite 16	Pool A	Muller/Tillmann	16, Q11	Graudina/Samoilova	8	21-19, 23-25, 15-10	0:53
Lead the series against # 19 Lippmann/Ludwig, Germany 1-0
9/29/23	FIVB	Elite16 Paris	Pool D	Muller/Tillmann	4	Lippmann/Ludwig	13, Q1	21-11, 14-21, 15-11	0:45
Lead the series against # 21 Hermannova/Stochlova, Czech Republic 1-0
7/5/23	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Qualifier 2	Muller/Tillmann	14, Q4	Hermannova/Stochlova	Q12	21-12, 21-14	0:29
Lead the series against # 23 Cavalcanti/De Souza, Brazil 1-0
3/23/22	FIVB	Rosarito Elite 16	Qualifier 1	Muller/Tillmann	16, Q11	Cavalcanti/De Souza	Q6	18-21, 21-15, 15-11	0:52
Lead the series against # 24 Placette/Richard, France 4-0
9/28/23	FIVB	Elite16 Paris	Pool D	Muller/Tillmann	4	Placette/Richard	12	21-17, 21-12	0:36
8/19/23	FIVB	Elite16 Hamburg	Winner 1	Muller/Tillmann	4	Placette/Richard	14, Q10	21-19, 21-15	0:39
3/24/23	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Pool C	Muller/Tillmann	3	Placette/Richard	14, Q4	21-16, 21-11	0:32
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 # 25 Ahtiainen/Lahti, Finland 3-0
7/5/23	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Qualifier 1	Muller/Tillmann	14, Q4	Ahtiainen/Lahti	Q13	21-18, 21-10	0:34
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 # 29 Fernandez/Soria, Spain 1-0
10/11/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Winner 1	Muller/Tillmann	11	Fernandez/Soria	29	22-20, 21-16	0:39
Lead the series against # 30 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 # 33 Alvarez/Moreno, Spain 1-0
8/12/22	FIVB	Hamburg Elite 16	Pool A	Muller/Tillmann	1	Alvarez/Moreno	16, Q13	22-20, 21-18	0:40
Lead the series against # 35 Dong/Wang, China 1-0
10/8/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool K	Muller/Tillmann	11	Dong/Wang	35	21-13, 21-16	0:34
Lead the series against # 36 Kongphopsarutawadee/Naraphornrapat, Thailand 2-0
8/17/23	FIVB	Elite16 Hamburg	Pool D	Muller/Tillmann	4	Kongphopsarutawadee/Naraphornrapat	12	21-14, 21-9	0:30
6/10/22	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool I	Muller/Tillmann	16	Kongphopsarutawadee/Naraphornrapat	33	17-21, 21-15, 15-11	0:49
Trail the series against # 38 Harward/Klineman, United States 0-1
10/7/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool K	Harward/Klineman	38	Muller/Tillmann	11	25-23, 21-14	0:41