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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Xiamen
May 14 - 18, 2025

(28, Q5) Lea Kunst/Melanie Paul, Germany

Lea Sophie Kunst
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 18, 2001 (24 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 Xiamen Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2024	Julia Sude - 19th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/19-23/2025	BPT Challenge Yucatan	29, Q15	25th	220	US$1,500.00

BPT Challenge Xiamen Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/14/2025	Qualifier 2	Menia Bentele / Annique Niederhauser, Switzerland (Q12)	Won 21-14, 21-16	0:32
Thu, 5/15/2025	Pool E	Stefanie Fejes / Jasmine Fleming, Australia (5)	Won 21-18, 21-17	0:38
Thu, 5/15/2025	Pool E	Shuting Cao / Jie Dong, China (12)	Lost 21-19, 19-21, 16-18	0:58
Fri, 5/16/2025	Winner 1	Marie-Alex Belanger / Lea Monkhouse, Canada (25, Q3)	Won 23-21, 21-19	0:42
Fri, 5/16/2025	Winner 2	Madelyne Anderson / Brook Bauer, United States (22)	Won 21-19, 24-26, 16-14	1:10
Sat, 5/17/2025	Winner 3	Elizabeth Alchin / Georgia Johnson, Australia (4)	Won 21-13, 21-10	0:33
Sat, 5/17/2025	Semi-Finals	Niina Ahtiainen / Taru Lahti, Finland (21)	Lost 12-21, 21-18, 12-15	0:49
Sun, 5/18/2025	Bronze Medal	Savvy Simo / Abby Van Winkle, United States (29, Q6)	Won 21-18, 21-15	0:37

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	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$10,500.00	8	4	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$10,500.00	8	4	66.7 %

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
2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	$5,250.00	2025	FIVB	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	$5,250.00
27	1	0	2	1	2	4	12	4	1	$13,375.00	Total	Total	17	1	1	1	3	1	4	4	1	1	$7,150.00

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	8	72.7%	2	18.2%	1	9.1%	10-1	90.9%	0	0.0%	2	40.0%	3	60.0%	0-5	0.0%	16-6	72.7%	4-6	40.0%	0	0	10-6	62.5%

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 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 7-4 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 3 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Wang/Xia, China 0-1
3/20/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Yucatan	Pool D	Wang/Xia	4	Kunst/Paul	29, Q15	21-11, 21-17	0:32
Lead the series against # 4 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 # 5 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
Trail the series against # 12 Cao/Dong, China 0-1
5/15/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Pool E	Cao/Dong	12	Kunst/Paul	28, Q5	19-21, 21-19, 18-16	0:58
Trail the series against # 21 Ahtiainen/Lahti, Finland 0-1
5/17/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Semi-Finals	Ahtiainen/Lahti	21	Kunst/Paul	28, Q5	21-12, 18-21, 15-12	0:49
Series tied with # 22 Anderson/Bauer, United States 1-1
5/16/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Winner 2	Kunst/Paul	28, Q5	Anderson/Bauer	22	21-19, 24-26, 16-14	1:10
3/20/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Yucatan	Pool D	Anderson/Bauer	20	Kunst/Paul	29, Q15	21-18, 21-19	0:30
Lead the series against # 25, Q3 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 # 29, Q6 Simo/Van Winkle, United States 1-0
5/18/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Bronze Medal	Kunst/Paul	28, Q5	Simo/Van Winkle	29, Q6	21-18, 21-15	0:37
Lead the series against # Q7 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 # Q12 Bentele/Niederhauser, Switzerland 1-0
5/14/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Qualifier 2	Kunst/Paul	28, Q5	Bentele/Niederhauser	Q12	21-14, 21-16	0:32