Team Preview

Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Espinho Challenge
July 14 - 17, 2022

(19, Q9) Sofia Gonzalez/Paula Soria, Spain

Sofía González Racero
Spain

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 27, 2001 (24 yrs old)

Home Town:

Malaga

Height:

177 cm (5'10")

Weight:

59 kg (130 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$14,626.66

Paula Soria Gutiérrez
Spain

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 31, 1993 (32 yrs old)

Home Town:

Orihuela

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

67 kg (147 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$61,149.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	Money
FIVB	7	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	US$10,869.73

Previous Espinho Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2019	Did not play	Maria Carro - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/16-19/2022	Balikesir Futures	2	5th	240	€ 300.00
FIVB	5/19-22/2022	Madrid Futures	1	1st	400	€ 1,000.00
FIVB	5/5-8/2022	Doha Challenge	21, Q9	19th	300	US$1,000.00
FIVB	3/16-20/2022	Tlaxcala Challenge	Q16	25th	220	US$0.00

Espinho Challenge Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/14/2022	Qualifier 1	Elsa Descamps / Marine Kinna, France (Q24)	Won 21-15, 21-17	0:40
Thu, 7/14/2022	Qualifier 2	Daniela Alvarez / Tania Moreno, Spain (Q8)	Won 21-19, 14-21, 15-13	0:50
Fri, 7/15/2022	Pool F	Ines Castro / Beatriz Pinheiro, Portugal (6)	Won 21-15, 21-15	0:34
Fri, 7/15/2022	Pool F	Sandra Ittlinger / Isabel Schneider, Germany (7)	Won 23-21, 21-10	0:36
Sat, 7/16/2022	Winner 1	Worapeerachayakorn Kongphopsarutawadee / Taravadee Naraphornrapat, Thailand (10, Q1)	Won 21-15, 21-16	0:35
Sat, 7/16/2022	Winner 2	Lezana Placette / Alexia Richard, France (14, Q2)	Won 21-19, 27-25	0:50
Sun, 7/17/2022	Semi-Finals	Sarah Murphy / Corinne Quiggle, United States (13)	Lost 16-21, 19-21	0:38
Sun, 7/17/2022	Bronze Medal	Andressa Cavalcanti / Vitoria De Souza, Brazil (3)	Lost 19-21, 18-21	0:39

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	$9,500.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,300.00
Total	7	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	$10,800.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Sofia Gonzalez												Paula Soria
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00
											World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	18	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	2	0	$11,250.00
11	0	0	0	1	1	4	1	1	0	$10,375.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	43	0	0	1	2	7	3	10	7	0	$37,212.50
16	2	0	1	0	6	5	2	0	0	$2,725.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	15	4	3	0	1	3	2	1	0	0	$8,250.00
											U23 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00
32	2	1	1	1	7	11	4	1	0	$13,350.00	Total	86	4	3	1	4	12	9	23	9	0	$60,212.50

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
2022	FIVB	5	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	$8,300.00	15	7	68.2 %
Total	FIVB	5	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	$8,300.00	15	7	68.2 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Sofia Gonzalez													Paula Soria
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	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2011	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$0.00
											2013	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2014	FIVB	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	$2,850.00
											2014	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2015	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	4	$3,087.50
											2016	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	$2,400.00
											2018	FIVB	6	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	$1,750.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2018	FIVB Age Group WC
											2019	FIVB	10	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	7	$6,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2019	FIVB Age Group WC
											2020	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$3,000.00
4	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	$300.00	2021	FIVB	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	$4,000.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2021	FIVB Age Group WC
5	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	$4,150.00	2022	FIVB	5	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	$4,150.00
12	1	1	0	1	3	1	3	1	1	$4,450.00	Total	Total	53	2	2	0	4	6	4	8	7	20	$27,237.50

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	11	61.1%	3	16.7%	4	22.2%	14-4	77.8%	4	40.0%	0	0.0%	6	60.0%	4-6	40.0%	11-6	64.7%	7-4	63.6%	0	0	18-10	64.3%
2021-2022	11	61.1%	3	16.7%	4	22.2%	14-4	77.8%	4	40.0%	0	0.0%	6	60.0%	4-6	40.0%	11-6	64.7%	7-4	63.6%	0	0	18-10	64.3%
Against the Field	8	80.0%	1	10.0%	1	10.0%	9-1	90.0%	1	16.7%	0	0.0%	5	83.3%	1-5	16.7%	16-10	61.5%	4-2	66.7%	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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	5	1	3	3	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	10	7
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	7	2
Total	0	0	6	2	6	4	0	0	4	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	18	10

Head to Head Results
Gonzalez/Soria lead the series against the field 9-4 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Borger/Sude, Germany 0-1
5/6/22	FIVB	Doha Challenge	Pool D	Borger/Sude	4	Gonzalez/Soria	21, Q9	21-13, 21-18	0:34
Trail the series against # 3 Cavalcanti/De Souza, Brazil 0-1
7/17/22	FIVB	Espinho Challenge	Bronze Medal	Cavalcanti/De Souza	3	Gonzalez/Soria	19, Q9	21-19, 21-18	0:39
Lead the series against # 6 Castro/Pinheiro, Portugal 1-0
7/15/22	FIVB	Espinho Challenge	Pool F	Gonzalez/Soria	19, Q9	Castro/Pinheiro	6	21-15, 21-15	0:34
Lead the series against # 7 Ittlinger/Schneider, Germany 1-0
7/15/22	FIVB	Espinho Challenge	Pool F	Gonzalez/Soria	19, Q9	Ittlinger/Schneider	7	23-21, 21-10	0:36
Lead the series against # 10, Q1 Kongphopsarutawadee/Naraphornrapat, Thailand 1-0
7/16/22	FIVB	Espinho Challenge	Winner 1	Gonzalez/Soria	19, Q9	Kongphopsarutawadee/Naraphornrapat	10, Q1	21-15, 21-16	0:35
Trail the series against # 13 Murphy/Quiggle, United States 0-1
7/17/22	FIVB	Espinho Challenge	Semi-Finals	Murphy/Quiggle	13	Gonzalez/Soria	19, Q9	21-16, 21-19	0:38
Lead the series against # 14, Q2 Placette/Richard, France 1-0
7/16/22	FIVB	Espinho Challenge	Winner 2	Gonzalez/Soria	19, Q9	Placette/Richard	14, Q2	21-19, 27-25	0:50
Lead the series against # 20, Q11 Klinger/Klinger, Austria 1-0
6/18/22	FIVB	Balikesir Futures	Winner 1	Gonzalez/Soria	2	Klinger/Klinger	5	19-21, 21-16, 15-9	0:44
Trail the series against # Q3 Kliokmanaite/Paulikiene, Lithuania 0-1
6/18/22	FIVB	Balikesir Futures	Winner 2	Kliokmanaite/Paulikiene	1	Gonzalez/Soria	2	21-15, 21-14	0:31
Lead the series against # Q8 Alvarez/Moreno, Spain 1-0
7/14/22	FIVB	Espinho Challenge	Qualifier 2	Gonzalez/Soria	19, Q9	Alvarez/Moreno	Q8	21-19, 14-21, 15-13	0:50
Lead the series against # Q10 Bentele/Lutz, Switzerland 1-0
5/21/22	FIVB	Madrid Futures	Winner 2	Gonzalez/Soria	1	Bentele/Lutz	10, Q4	21-19, 21-18	0:44
Lead the series against # Q21 Klinke/Ottens, Germany 1-0
5/20/22	FIVB	Madrid Futures	Pool A	Gonzalez/Soria	1	Klinke/Ottens	9	21-17, 21-17	0:43
Lead the series against # Q24 Descamps/Kinna, France 1-0
7/14/22	FIVB	Espinho Challenge	Qualifier 1	Gonzalez/Soria	19, Q9	Descamps/Kinna	Q24	21-15, 21-17	0:40