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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite Saquarema
April 8 - 12, 2026

(9) Anna-Lena Grune/Sandra Ittlinger, Germany

Anna-Lena Grüne
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 30, 2001 (24 yrs old)

Home Town:

Giesen

Height:

173 cm (5'8")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$48,894.12

Sandra Ittlinger
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 24, 1994 (31 yrs old)

Home Town:

München

Height:

181 cm (5'11")

Weight:

63 kg (139 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Xiamen 2024)

Career Winnings:

US$174,538.70

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	Money
FIVB	10	0	0	1	0	2	0	4	1	1	1	0	US$71,200.00

Previous Saquarema Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2023	Did not play	Karla Borger - 19th
2024	Did not play	Karla Borger - 19th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	21	9th	800	US$11,000.00
FIVB	10/22-26/2025	BPT Elite Cape Town	7	3rd	1000	US$17,000.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	9	13th	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	8/27-31/2025	BPT Elite Hamburg	11	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	8/13-17/2025	BPT Elite Montréal	12	9th	600	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/5-9/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	4	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2025	BPT Elite Gstaad	12	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2025	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	1	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	5/28-6/1/2025	BPT Elite Ostrava	18, Q2	19th	380	US$2,500.00

BPT Elite Saquarema Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 4/9/2026	Pool D	Thainara Feitosa / Verena Figueira, Brazil (16)	Lost 14-21, 18-21	0:36
Thu, 4/9/2026	Pool D	Menia Bentele / Annique Niederhauser, Switzerland (21, Q7)	Won 21-17, 21-12	0:30
Fri, 4/10/2026	Pool D	Melissa Humana-Paredes / Brandie Wilkerson, Canada (4)	Lost 16-21, 14-21	0:32
Sat, 4/11/2026	Lucky Loser	Dorina Klinger / Ronja Klinger, Austria (15)	Won 30-32, 21-18, 15-10	0:56
Sat, 4/11/2026	Winner 1	Taryn Brasher / Kristen Cruz, United States (2)	Lost 21-15, 12-21, 10-15	0:40

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	7	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	1	1	0	0	$54,700.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$5,500.00
Total	10	0	0	1	0	2	0	4	1	2	0	0	$71,200.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Anna-Lena Grune												Sandra Ittlinger
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	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	$16,000.00
											World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,000.00
8	0	0	1	0	2	3	2	0	0	$27,350.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	28	0	0	1	1	5	10	9	1	0	$78,350.00
10	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	0	0	$10,375.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	47	1	1	1	3	7	10	12	4	0	$71,250.00
15	4	2	1	0	4	3	1	0	0	$4,020.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	7	0	1	0	1	3	1	1	0	0	$5,845.00
											U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
36	4	2	2	0	8	11	6	1	0	$47,245.00	Total	90	1	2	2	6	15	23	26	5	0	$174,445.00

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	9	0	0	1	0	2	0	3	1	2	0	0	$65,000.00	19	19	50.0 %
2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,200.00	2	3	40.0 %
Total	FIVB	10	0	0	1	0	2	0	4	1	2	0	0	$71,200.00	21	22	48.8 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Anna-Lena Grune													Sandra Ittlinger
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2011	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2012	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2014	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,000.00
											2014	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2016	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00
											2017	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$3,750.00
											2018	FIVB	12	0	1	0	0	5	5	1	0	0	$25,895.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2018	FIVB Age Group WC
											2019	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	1	2	7	2	0	$25,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$50.00	2020	FIVB
6	1	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$3,170.00	2021	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	1	$8,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	2021	FIVB Age Group WC
5	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	$3,475.00	2022	FIVB	10	0	0	0	1	4	2	3	0	0	$21,875.00
											2023	FIVB	12	0	1	0	0	1	5	3	1	1	$20,875.00
12	3	0	0	0	4	1	3	0	1	$4,950.00	2024	FIVB	14	1	0	1	4	2	2	4	0	0	$31,950.00
9	0	0	1	0	2	4	2	0	0	$32,500.00	2025	FIVB	9	0	0	1	0	2	4	2	0	0	$32,500.00
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
36	4	2	2	0	8	11	6	1	2	$47,245.00	Total	Total	90	1	2	2	6	15	23	26	5	10	$174,445.00

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	12	63.2%	4	21.1%	3	15.8%	16-3	84.2%	5	20.8%	2	8.3%	17	70.8%	5-19	20.8%	12-17	41.4%	9-5	64.3%	0	0	21-22	48.8%
2025-2026	12	63.2%	4	21.1%	3	15.8%	16-3	84.2%	5	20.8%	2	8.3%	17	70.8%	5-19	20.8%	12-17	41.4%	9-5	64.3%	0	0	21-22	48.8%
Against the Field	4	66.7%	0	0.0%	2	33.3%	4-2	66.7%	1	9.1%	1	9.1%	9	81.8%	1-10	9.1%	8-18	30.8%	2-6	25.0%	0	0	5-12	29.4%

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	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	0	6	11	1	0	6	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	15	17
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3
Total	0	0	1	0	11	13	1	0	7	8	0	1	1	0	0	0	21	22

Head to Head Results
Grune/Ittlinger trail the series against the field 5-12 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 6 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 Cavalcanti/Salgado, Brazil 1-1
11/20/25	FIVB	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	Winner 2	Cavalcanti/Salgado	2	Grune/Ittlinger	21	21-17, 21-18	0:39
8/14/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Montréal	Pool D	Grune/Ittlinger	12	Cavalcanti/Salgado	5	21-11, 21-17	0:32
Trail the series against # 2 Brasher/Cruz, United States 0-3
4/11/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Winner 1	Brasher/Cruz	2	Grune/Ittlinger	9	15-21, 21-12, 15-10	0:40
10/9/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Newport Beach	Pool A	Brasher/Cruz	1	Grune/Ittlinger	9	21-14, 21-12	0:30
7/3/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Pool A	Brasher/Cruz	1	Grune/Ittlinger	12	21-18, 21-15	0:32
Trail the series against # 4 Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson, Canada 0-3
4/10/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Pool D	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	4	Grune/Ittlinger	9	21-16, 21-14	0:32
8/15/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Montréal	Pool D	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	4	Grune/Ittlinger	12	19-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:49
5/29/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Ostrava	Pool F	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	7	Grune/Ittlinger	18, Q2	21-10, 21-18	0:30
Trail the series against # 5 Coradello/Lopes, Brazil 0-1
8/29/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Hamburg	Pool B	Coradello/Lopes	2	Grune/Ittlinger	11	21-11, 15-21, 15-9	0:45
Trail the series against # 7 Schoon/Stam, Netherlands 0-1
10/26/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Cape Town	Semi-Finals	Schoon/Stam	17, Q1	Grune/Ittlinger	7	21-14, 21-19	0:34
Lead the series against # 11, Q2 Chamereau/Vieira, France 1-0
10/24/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Cape Town	Winner 1	Grune/Ittlinger	7	Chamereau/Vieira	8	21-18, 21-19	0:37
Lead the series against # 13 Dumbauskaite/Grudzinskaite, Lithuania 1-0
10/23/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Cape Town	Pool F	Grune/Ittlinger	7	Dumbauskaite/Grudzinskaite	18, Q2	21-16, 21-18	0:31
Trail the series against # 15 Klinger/Klinger, Austria 1-2
4/11/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Lucky Loser	Grune/Ittlinger	9	Klinger/Klinger	15	30-32, 21-18, 15-10	0:56
10/8/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Newport Beach	Pool A	Klinger/Klinger	8	Grune/Ittlinger	9	21-15, 21-16	0:32
8/16/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Montréal	Winner 1	Klinger/Klinger	6	Grune/Ittlinger	12	21-14, 21-19	0:36
Trail the series against # 16 Feitosa/Figueira, Brazil 0-1
4/9/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Pool D	Feitosa/Figueira	16	Grune/Ittlinger	9	21-14, 21-18	0:36
Lead the series against # 21, Q7 Bentele/Niederhauser, Switzerland 1-0
4/9/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Pool D	Grune/Ittlinger	9	Bentele/Niederhauser	21, Q7	21-17, 21-12	0:30