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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Tlaxcala
March 18 - 22, 2026

(16) Menia Bentele/Annique Niederhauser, Switzerland

Menia Bentele
Switzerland

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 26, 2001 (24 yrs old)

Home Town:

Immenstadt

Height:

181 cm (5'11")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Cervia 2023)

Career Winnings:

US$27,044.36

Annique Niederhauser
Switzerland

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 26, 2003 (23 yrs old)

Home Town:

Hondrich

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (4 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

2nd (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$21,729.81

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	Money
FIVB	21	0	2	0	0	1	0	4	1	4	2	2	4	1	US$29,451.82

Previous Tlaxcala Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2022	Anna Lutz - 33rd	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/5-8/2026	BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar	5	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	10/15-19/2025	BPT Challenge Nuvali	17	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	Q12	21st	300	US$0.00
FIVB	10/1-5/2025	BPT Challenge Veracruz	19	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	8/13-17/2025	BPT Elite Montréal	Q10	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	8/5-9/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	22, Q2	25th	220	US$1,500.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2025	BPT Elite Gstaad	16	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	6/26-29/2025	BPT Futures Geneva	1	5th	240	€ 300.00
FIVB	6/19-22/2025	Futures Messina	6	2nd	360	€ 700.00
FIVB	5/21-24/2025	BPT Futures Spiez	5	9th	180	€ 200.00
FIVB	5/14-18/2025	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Q12	33rd	180	US$0.00
FIVB	4/30-5/3/2025	BPT Futures Valencia	6	13th	140	€ 100.00

BPT Challenge Tlaxcala Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 3/19/2026	Pool A	Anna Pavelkova / Katerina Pavelkova, Czechia (17)	Lost 17-21, 19-21	0:34
Thu, 3/19/2026	Pool A	Anna Cepek / Ana Juarez, Mexico (32)	Won 21-12, 21-8	0:26
Fri, 3/20/2026	Winner 1	Xinyi Xia / Xu Yan, China (6)	Lost 17-21, 21-17, 12-15	0:45

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	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	$5,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	2	1	$21,750.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	5	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$2,350.00
Total	21	0	2	0	0	1	0	4	1	8	4	1	$29,100.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Menia Bentele												Annique Niederhauser
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	3	0	$3,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	0	$3,500.00
20	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	5	6	$13,375.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	11	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	3	1	$10,875.00
26	1	3	3	1	5	10	2	1	0	$4,425.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	16	0	3	0	2	5	3	3	0	0	$2,625.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$2,500.00	Confederation Championship
58	1	3	4	1	6	15	13	9	6	$23,800.00	Total	37	0	4	0	2	5	6	13	6	1	$20,500.00

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	11	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	1	4	1	1	$10,800.00	13	18	41.9 %
2026	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$5,500.00	2	4	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	13	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	1	5	1	1	$16,300.00	15	22	40.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Menia Bentele													Annique Niederhauser
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	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2020	FIVB
7	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	1	1	$500.00	2021	FIVB
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2021	FIVB Age Group WC
7	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	2	$4,000.00	2022	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$1,150.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2022	CEV
12	1	0	3	0	1	2	1	3	1	$1,600.00	2023	FIVB	6	0	1	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	$700.00
											2023	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2023	CEV
7	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	0	1	$650.00	2024	FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	1	0	$600.00
11	0	1	0	0	1	3	4	1	1	$5,400.00	2025	FIVB	12	0	1	0	0	1	3	5	1	1	$8,900.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$2,750.00	2026	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$2,750.00
50	1	2	4	1	6	14	10	6	6	$17,400.00	Total	Total	29	0	3	0	2	5	5	10	3	1	$14,100.00

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	16	72.7%	2	9.1%	4	18.2%	18-4	81.8%	6	15.4%	6	15.4%	27	69.2%	6-33	15.4%	16-27	37.2%	8-10	44.4%	0	0	24-37	39.3%
2025-2026	16	72.7%	2	9.1%	4	18.2%	18-4	81.8%	6	15.4%	6	15.4%	27	69.2%	6-33	15.4%	16-27	37.2%	8-10	44.4%	0	0	24-37	39.3%
Against the Field	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	1	7.7%	1	7.7%	11	84.6%	1-12	7.7%	2-22	8.3%	4-2	66.7%	0	0	3-12	20.0%

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	4	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	3	1	6	11	0	0	3	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	19
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	5	5	0	0	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	11	9
Total	0	0	4	5	11	21	0	0	7	9	2	0	0	0	0	2	24	37

Head to Head Results
Bentele/Niederhauser trail the series against the field 2-8 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 7 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Kunst/Paul, Germany 0-1
5/14/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Qualifier 2	Kunst/Paul	28, Q5	Bentele/Niederhauser	Q12	21-14, 21-16	0:32
Trail the series against # 6 Xia/Yan, China 0-1
3/20/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	Winner 1	Xia/Yan	6	Bentele/Niederhauser	16	21-17, 17-21, 15-12	0:45
Trail the series against # 9 Matsumoto/Matsumoto, Japan 0-1
3/6/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar	Winner 2	Matsumoto/Matsumoto	6	Bentele/Niederhauser	5	21-16, 21-14	0:31
Trail the series against # 13 Paulikiene/Raupelyte, Lithuania 0-1
8/7/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Baden	Pool F	Paulikiene/Raupelyte	27, Q6	Bentele/Niederhauser	22, Q2	21-13, 21-18	0:32
Trail the series against # 15 Parkkinen/Prihti, Finland 0-1
10/18/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nuvali	Winner 2	Parkkinen/Prihti	25, Q4	Bentele/Niederhauser	17	21-14, 21-17	0:33
Trail the series against # 17 Pavelkova/Pavelkova, Czechia 1-2
3/19/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	Pool A	Pavelkova/Pavelkova	17	Bentele/Niederhauser	16	21-17, 21-19	0:34
10/3/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Veracruz	Winner 1	Pavelkova/Pavelkova	18	Bentele/Niederhauser	19	21-14, 21-13	0:27
6/22/25	FIVB	Futures Messina	Semi-Finals	Bentele/Niederhauser	6	Pavelkova/Pavelkova	1	19-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:44
Lead the series against # 32 Cepek/Juarez, Mexico 1-0
3/19/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	Pool A	Bentele/Niederhauser	16	Cepek/Juarez	32	21-12, 21-8	0:26
Trail the series against # Q8 Dunn/Mckay, Canada 0-1
5/22/25	FIVB	BPT Futures Spiez	Pool D	Dunn/Mckay	13	Bentele/Niederhauser	5	21-18, 21-18	0:34