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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite Joao Pessoa
March 11 - 15, 2026

(12) 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$35,318.50

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$24,640.15

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
FIVB	10	0	0	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	2	1	US$43,700.00

Previous Joao Pessoa Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2024	Did not play	Chenoa Christ - 17th

Recent 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
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

BPT Elite Joao Pessoa Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 3/11/2026	Pool A	Molly Phillips / Abby Van Winkle, United States (13)	Won 21-16, 21-17	0:34
Thu, 3/12/2026	Pool A	Tiffany Svenssohn / Kamila Tan, United States (24, Q14)	Won 21-11, 21-17	0:32
Fri, 3/13/2026	Pool A	Duda Lisboa / Ana Patricia Silva, Brazil (1)	Won 15-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:47
Fri, 3/13/2026	Winner 1	Piper Ferch / Teegan Van Gunst, United States (10)	Lost 21-18, 16-21, 11-15	0:47

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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$8,700.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	$24,000.00
Total	10	0	0	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	2	0	$43,700.00

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
8	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	0	$8,100.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	$4,350.00
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
37	1	0	2	2	2	9	13	5	0	$34,850.00	Total	25	1	1	1	4	1	8	4	2	0	$23,750.00

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,200.00	3	1	75.0 %
Total	FIVB	7	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	1	$30,950.00	17	9	65.4 %

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
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,100.00	2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,100.00
34	1	0	2	1	2	8	13	5	2	$28,475.00	Total	Total	22	1	1	1	3	1	7	4	2	2	$17,375.00

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	21.4%	5	35.7%	6	42.9%	3-11	21.4%	15-6	71.4%	8-7	53.3%	0	0	23-13	63.9%
2025-2026	15	68.2%	5	22.7%	2	9.1%	20-2	90.9%	3	21.4%	5	35.7%	6	42.9%	3-11	21.4%	15-6	71.4%	8-7	53.3%	0	0	23-13	63.9%
Against the Field	3	75.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	6-4	60.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	4-3	57.1%

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	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3
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	4	0	0	6	4	0	2	1	1	0	0	23	13

Head to Head Results
Kunst/Paul lead the series against the field 4-2 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Lisboa/Silva, Brazil 1-0
3/13/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Pool A	Kunst/Paul	12	Lisboa/Silva	1	15-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:47
Trail the series against # 3 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
Trail the series against # 10 Ferch/Van Gunst, United States 0-1
3/13/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Winner 1	Ferch/Van Gunst	10	Kunst/Paul	12	18-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:47
Lead the series against # 13 Phillips/Van Winkle, United States 1-0
3/11/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Pool A	Kunst/Paul	12	Phillips/Van Winkle	13	21-16, 21-17	0:34
Lead the series against # 17, Q1 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
Lead the series against # 24, Q14 Svenssohn/Tan, United States 1-0
3/12/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Pool A	Kunst/Paul	12	Svenssohn/Tan	24, Q14	21-11, 21-17	0:32