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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Nayarit
March 26 - 29, 2026

(1) 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$34,068.50

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$23,390.15

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
FIVB	9	0	0	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	2	1	US$41,200.00

Previous Nayarit Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/18-22/2026	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	2	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	3/11-15/2026	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	12	9th	600	US$6,200.00
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	36	9th	800	US$11,000.00
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

BPT Challenge Nayarit Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 3/26/2026	Pool A	Pity Lima / Alessandra Rezende, Brazil (32)	Won 21-10, 21-12	0:29
Thu, 3/26/2026	Pool A	Maddie Anderson / Alaina Chacon, United States (16)	Won 21-13, 20-22, 15-13	0:55
Fri, 3/27/2026	Winner 2	Carly Kan / Natalie Myszkowski, United States (13)	Won 21-15, 21-23, 15-9	0:51
Sat, 3/28/2026	Winner 3	Urszula Lunio / Natalia Okla, Poland (23)	Won 21-19, 21-12	0:39
Sat, 3/28/2026	Semi-Finals	Xinyi Xia / Xu Yan, China (4)	Lost 16-21, 22-20, 11-15	0:51
Sun, 3/29/2026	Bronze Medal	Maddie Anderson / Alaina Chacon, United States (16)	Lost 19-21, 15-21	0:43

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$6,200.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	$24,000.00
Total	9	0	0	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	2	0	$41,200.00

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
7	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	0	$6,850.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	$3,100.00
19	0	0	1	1	2	4	5	4	0	$20,250.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	7	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	$12,000.00
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
36	1	0	2	2	2	9	13	5	0	$33,600.00	Total	24	1	1	1	4	1	8	4	2	0	$22,500.00

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 %
2026	FIVB	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$16,450.00	9	4	69.2 %
Total	FIVB	9	0	0	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	2	1	$41,200.00	23	12	65.7 %

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
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
3	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	$8,225.00	2026	FIVB	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	$8,225.00
36	1	0	2	2	2	9	13	5	2	$33,600.00	Total	Total	24	1	1	1	4	1	8	4	2	2	$22,500.00

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	15	68.2%	5	22.7%	2	9.1%	20-2	90.9%	3	23.1%	5	38.5%	5	38.5%	3-10	23.1%	15-5	75.0%	8-7	53.3%	0	0	23-12	65.7%
2025-2026	15	68.2%	5	22.7%	2	9.1%	20-2	90.9%	3	23.1%	5	38.5%	5	38.5%	3-10	23.1%	15-5	75.0%	8-7	53.3%	0	0	23-12	65.7%
Against the Field	3	50.0%	3	50.0%	0	0.0%	6-0	100.0%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1-2	33.3%	6-2	75.0%	8-2	80.0%	0	0	7-2	77.8%

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	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	3	1	7	3	0	0	5	2	0	2	1	1	0	0	16	9
Total	0	0	3	2	13	3	0	0	6	4	0	2	1	1	0	0	23	12

Head to Head Results
Kunst/Paul lead the series against the field 7-2 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 0 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 4 Xia/Yan, China 1-1
3/28/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nayarit	Semi-Finals	Xia/Yan	4	Kunst/Paul	1	21-16, 20-22, 15-11	0:51
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 # 11 Alupei/Vaida, Romania 1-0
3/19/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	Pool B	Kunst/Paul	2	Alupei/Vaida	18, Q1	24-22, 21-17	0:46
Lead the series against # 13 Kan/Myszkowski, United States 1-0
3/27/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nayarit	Winner 2	Kunst/Paul	1	Kan/Myszkowski	13	21-15, 21-23, 15-9	0:51
Series tied with # 16 Anderson/Chacon, United States 1-1
3/29/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nayarit	Bronze Medal	Anderson/Chacon	16	Kunst/Paul	1	21-19, 21-15	0:43
3/26/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nayarit	Pool A	Kunst/Paul	1	Anderson/Chacon	16	21-13, 20-22, 15-13	0:55
Lead the series against # 18 Hollas/Remmelg, Estonia 1-0
3/19/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Yucatan	Qualifier 1	Kunst/Paul	29, Q15	Hollas/Remmelg	Q18	21-18, 21-23, 15-13	0:57
Lead the series against # 23 Lunio/Okla, Poland 1-0
3/28/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nayarit	Winner 3	Kunst/Paul	1	Lunio/Okla	23	21-19, 21-12	0:39
Lead the series against # 32 Lima/Rezende, Brazil 1-0
3/26/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nayarit	Pool A	Kunst/Paul	1	Lima/Rezende	32	21-10, 21-12	0:29