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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$1,000,000 2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships
November 14 - 23, 2025

(36) Lea Kunst/Melanie Paul, Germany

Lea Sophie Kunst
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 18, 2001 (23 yrs old)

Home Town:

Varel

Height:

185 cm (6'1")

Weight:

75 kg (165 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Ios 2024)

Career Winnings:

US$25,843.50

Melanie Paul
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 27, 2000 (25 yrs old)

Home Town:

Buenos Aires

Height:

177 cm (5'10")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Lille 2023)

Career Winnings:

US$15,165.15

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
FIVB	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	US$24,750.00

Previous Adelaide Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/2-6/2025	BPT Elite Gstaad	Q10	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2025	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	18	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2025	BPT Challenge Alanya	Q1	33rd	180	US$0.00
FIVB	5/14-18/2025	BPT Challenge Xiamen	28, Q5	3rd	720	US$9,000.00
FIVB	3/19-23/2025	BPT Challenge Yucatan	29, Q15	25th	220	US$1,500.00

2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 11/14/2025	Pool L	Leona Kernen / Annique Niederhauser, Switzerland (13)	Won 11-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:44
Sat, 11/15/2025	Pool L	Taliqua Clancy / Jana Milutinovic, Australia (12)	Won 21-14, 23-25, 15-6	0:50
Sun, 11/16/2025	Pool L	Xinyi Xia / Xu Yan, China (37)	Won 16-21, 21-18, 15-9	0:44
Tue, 11/18/2025	Winner 1	Wies Bekhuis / Emi van Driel, Netherlands (22)	Won 21-17, 21-19	0:37
Thu, 11/20/2025	Winner 2	Tina Graudina / Anastasija Samoilova, Latvia (5)	Lost 16-21, 16-21	0:33

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2025	World Championships	Adelaide	Melanie Paul - 9th	Lea Kunst - 9th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	36	9th	800	US$11,000.00

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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$11,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$13,750.00
Total	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	$24,750.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Lea Kunst												Melanie Paul
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	$5,500.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$5,500.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	0	$3,750.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$0.00
17	0	0	1	0	2	3	5	4	0	$15,125.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	5	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	$6,875.00
8	1	0	1	1	0	1	4	0	0	$1,000.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	12	1	1	0	3	1	4	2	0	0	$1,900.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
33	1	0	2	1	2	7	13	5	0	$25,375.00	Total	21	1	1	1	3	1	6	4	2	0	$14,275.00

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
2025	FIVB	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	$24,750.00	14	8	63.6 %
Total	FIVB	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	$24,750.00	14	8	63.6 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Lea Kunst													Melanie Paul
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2018	FIVB Age Group WC
3	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	$250.00	2021	FIVB
6	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	1	0	$3,125.00	2022	FIVB	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$500.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	$1,000.00	2023	FIVB	4	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	$950.00
10	1	0	0	1	1	2	4	1	0	$3,750.00	2024	FIVB	7	0	0	0	1	0	3	2	0	1	$450.00
8	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	2	1	$17,250.00	2025	FIVB	6	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	1	$12,375.00
33	1	0	2	1	2	7	13	5	2	$25,375.00	Total	Total	21	1	1	1	3	1	6	4	2	2	$14,275.00

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	9	69.2%	3	23.1%	1	7.7%	12-1	92.3%	2	22.2%	3	33.3%	4	44.4%	2-7	22.2%	9-4	69.2%	5-4	55.6%	0	0	14-8	63.6%
2024-2025	9	69.2%	3	23.1%	1	7.7%	12-1	92.3%	2	22.2%	3	33.3%	4	44.4%	2-7	22.2%	9-4	69.2%	5-4	55.6%	0	0	14-8	63.6%
Against the Field	7	87.5%	1	12.5%	0	0.0%	8-0	100.0%	2	40.0%	1	20.0%	2	40.0%	2-3	40.0%	14-4	77.8%	6-2	75.0%	0	0	10-3	76.9%

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 Championships	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	3	1	3	3	0	0	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	10	6
Total	0	0	3	2	6	3	0	0	4	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	14	8

Head to Head Results
Kunst/Paul lead the series against the field 10-3 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 5 Graudina/Samoilova, Latvia 0-1
11/20/25	FIVB	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	Winner 2	Graudina/Samoilova	5	Kunst/Paul	36	21-16, 21-16	0:33
Lead the series against # 12 Clancy/Milutinovic, Australia 1-0
11/15/25	FIVB	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool L	Kunst/Paul	36	Clancy/Milutinovic	12	21-14, 23-25, 15-6	0:50
Lead the series against # 13 Kernen/Niederhauser, Switzerland 1-0
11/14/25	FIVB	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool L	Kunst/Paul	36	Kernen/Niederhauser	13	11-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:44
Lead the series against # 15 Chamereau/Vieira, France 1-0
6/26/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	Pool B	Kunst/Paul	18	Chamereau/Vieira	2	21-18, 36-34	0:52
Trail the series against # 16 Denaburg/Donlin, United States 0-1
6/27/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	Winner 2	Denaburg/Donlin	12	Kunst/Paul	18	21-17, 19-21, 15-9	0:45
Trail the series against # 17 Bock/Lippmann, Germany 0-1
7/2/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Qualifier 1	Bock/Lippmann	22, Q7	Kunst/Paul	Q10	21-19, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # 22 Bekhuis/van Driel, Netherlands 1-0
11/18/25	FIVB	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	Winner 1	Kunst/Paul	36	Bekhuis/van Driel	22	21-17, 21-19	0:37
Lead the series against # 23 Davidova/Khmil, Ukraine 1-0
6/26/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	Pool B	Kunst/Paul	18	Davidova/Khmil	15, Q2	22-20, 21-18	0:37
Lead the series against # 33 MacDonald/Polley, New Zealand 1-0
3/19/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Yucatan	Qualifier 2	Kunst/Paul	29, Q15	MacDonald/Polley	Q2	21-14, 21-16	0:33
Lead the series against # 35 Alchin/Johnson, Australia 1-0
5/17/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Winner 3	Kunst/Paul	28, Q5	Alchin/Johnson	4	21-13, 21-10	0:33
Lead the series against # 37 Xia/Yan, China 1-0
11/16/25	FIVB	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool L	Kunst/Paul	36	Xia/Yan	37	16-21, 21-18, 15-9	0:44
Lead the series against # 40 Belanger/Monkhouse, Canada 1-0
5/16/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Winner 1	Kunst/Paul	28, Q5	Belanger/Monkhouse	25, Q3	23-21, 21-19	0:42
Lead the series against # 42 Fejes/Fleming, Australia 1-0
5/15/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Pool E	Kunst/Paul	28, Q5	Fejes/Fleming	5	21-18, 21-17	0:38