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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite Gstaad
July 1 - 5, 2026

(13) Leona Kernen/Joana Mader, Switzerland

Leona Kernen
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 25, 2005 (20 yrs old)

Home Town:

Spiez

Height:

179 cm (5'10")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Spiez 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$53,268.10

Joana Heidrich Mäder
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 2, 1991 (34 yrs old)

Home Town:

Zürich

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

74 kg (163 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

147

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$494,854.60

Awards

Most Improved Player 2016

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	5	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	US$42,400.00

Previous Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2010	Did not play	Marlen Brunner - 41st
2011	Did not play	Marlen Brunner - 41st
2012	Did not play	Romana Kayser - 9th
2013	Did not play	Nadine Zumkehr - 9th
2014	Did not play	Nadine Zumkehr - 5th
2015	Did not play	Nadine Zumkehr - 17th
2016	Did not play	Nadine Zumkehr - 25th
2017	Did not play	Anouk Verge-Depre - 4th
2018	Did not play	Anouk Verge-Depre - 17th
2019	Did not play	Anouk Verge-Depre - 17th
2021	Did not play	Anouk Verge-Depre - 9th
2022	Annique Niederhauser - 25th	Did not play
2023	Did not play	Anouk Verge-Depre - 13th
2024	Annique Niederhauser - 17th	Anouk Verge-Depre - 9th
2025	Tanja Huberli - 4th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/10-14/2026	BPT Challenge Alanya	1	3rd	720	US$9,000.00
FIVB	5/27-31/2026	BPT Elite Ostrava	7	4th	900	US$12,000.00
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2026	BPT Elite Brasília	13	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	4/8-12/2026	BPT Elite Saquarema	10	9th	600	US$6,200.00

BPT Elite Gstaad Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/1/2026	Pool A	Toni Rodriguez / Molly Shaw, United States (12)	Lost 18-21, 21-16, 9-15	0:53
Thu, 7/2/2026	Pool A	Taryn Brasher / Kristen Cruz, United States (1)	Lost 21-17, 18-21, 8-15	0:49
Fri, 7/3/2026	Pool A	Dorina Klinger / Ronja Klinger, Austria (24, Q15)	Won 31-29, 13-21, 15-10	1:00
Sat, 7/4/2026	Winner 1	Kelly Cheng / Megan Kraft, United States (15)	Lost 21-14, 17-21, 9-15	0:49

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	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$33,400.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$9,000.00
Total	5	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$42,400.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Leona Kernen												Joana Mader
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	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00	World Championships	6	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	$34,400.00
											World Tour Finals	4	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	$50,500.00
11	0	0	0	2	2	4	2	1	0	$34,200.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	67	0	2	0	3	10	20	21	4	7	$248,175.00
4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	$11,750.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	49	4	3	3	0	5	17	11	3	3	$111,375.00
13	1	1	0	2	5	1	3	0	0	$2,100.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,350.00
3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	Confederation Championship	9	1	0	0	2	1	4	0	1	0	$24,250.00
35	1	3	2	4	7	7	8	3	0	$52,050.00	Total	142	6	8	4	7	20	44	34	8	11	$473,050.00

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
2026	FIVB	5	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$42,400.00	15	13	53.6 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$42,400.00	15	13	53.6 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Leona Kernen													Joana Mader
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2009	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2009	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2010	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	$1,400.00
											2010	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2011	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,750.00
											2011	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2012	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	5	$10,950.00
											2012	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$500.00
											2013	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	1	0	$25,675.00
											2013	CEV	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,250.00
											2014	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	0	0	$46,000.00
											2014	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$2,750.00
											2015	FIVB	12	1	0	1	0	0	5	4	0	1	$47,900.00
											2015	CEV	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$4,250.00
											2016	FIVB	14	1	2	1	0	4	0	5	1	0	$80,575.00
											2016	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
											2017	FIVB	8	0	1	0	1	3	1	2	0	0	$41,000.00
											2017	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
											2018	FIVB	7	0	1	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	$19,500.00
											2019	FIVB	12	1	0	0	1	0	4	4	2	0	$40,500.00
											2019	CEV	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$3,500.00
											2020	FIVB	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$350.00
											2020	CEV	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00
											2021	FIVB	7	0	1	1	0	1	3	1	0	0	$23,000.00
2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2021	FIVB Age Group WC
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$1,150.00	2022	FIVB	6	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	$29,125.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2022	FIVB Age Group WC
7	0	1	0	1	2	0	3	0	0	$850.00	2023	FIVB	12	1	0	0	0	2	5	4	0	0	$26,000.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2023	FIVB Age Group WC
											2023	CEV	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$3,500.00
6	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	1	0	$600.00	2024	FIVB	12	0	2	0	0	2	6	1	1	0	$33,875.00
											2024	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
9	1	1	0	1	1	2	2	1	0	$27,750.00	2025	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2025	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2025	CEV
5	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	$21,200.00	2026	FIVB	5	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	$21,200.00
35	1	3	2	4	7	7	8	3	0	$52,050.00	Total	Total	147	7	9	4	7	22	44	35	8	11	$480,050.00

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	60.0%	2	10.0%	6	30.0%	14-6	70.0%	1	12.5%	2	25.0%	5	62.5%	1-7	12.5%	12-5	70.6%	3-8	27.3%	0	0	15-13	53.6%
2025-2026	12	60.0%	2	10.0%	6	30.0%	14-6	70.0%	1	12.5%	2	25.0%	5	62.5%	1-7	12.5%	12-5	70.6%	3-8	27.3%	0	0	15-13	53.6%
Against the Field	3	30.0%	2	20.0%	5	50.0%	5-5	50.0%	1	14.3%	2	28.6%	4	57.1%	1-6	14.3%	6-8	42.9%	6-14	30.0%	0	0	6-11	35.3%

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	0	0	6	6	1	0	3	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	10	11
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	5	2
Total	0	0	0	0	7	7	1	0	6	3	0	2	1	1	0	0	15	13

Head to Head Results
Kernen/Mader trail the series against the field 6-11 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 7 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Brasher/Cruz, United States 0-1
7/2/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Pool A	Brasher/Cruz	1	Kernen/Mader	13	17-21, 21-18, 15-8	0:49
Trail the series against # 2 Cavalcanti/Salgado, Brazil 1-2
5/30/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Ostrava	Winner 2	Kernen/Mader	7	Cavalcanti/Salgado	2	21-16, 20-22, 15-13	0:52
5/2/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Winner 2	Cavalcanti/Salgado	1	Kernen/Mader	13	22-20, 29-27	0:47
4/30/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Pool A	Cavalcanti/Salgado	1	Kernen/Mader	13	21-18, 22-20	0:37
Trail the series against # 3 Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson, Canada 0-2
5/31/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Ostrava	Semi-Finals	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	6	Kernen/Mader	7	21-16, 18-21, 15-9	0:58
5/29/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Ostrava	Pool F	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	6	Kernen/Mader	7	21-17, 21-17	0:38
Trail the series against # 9 Coradello/Lopes, Brazil 0-1
5/31/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Ostrava	Bronze Medal	Coradello/Lopes	9	Kernen/Mader	7	21-19, 21-12	0:35
Lead the series against # 11 Lisboa/Silva, Brazil 1-0
4/10/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Pool C	Kernen/Mader	10	Lisboa/Silva	3	21-17, 21-12	0:34
Trail the series against # 12 Rodriguez/Shaw, United States 0-1
7/1/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Pool A	Rodriguez/Shaw	12	Kernen/Mader	13	21-18, 16-21, 15-9	0:53
Series tied with # 15 Cheng/Kraft, United States 1-1
7/4/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Winner 1	Cheng/Kraft	15	Kernen/Mader	13	14-21, 21-17, 15-9	0:49
5/30/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Ostrava	Winner 1	Kernen/Mader	7	Cheng/Kraft	11	21-17, 21-16	0:39
Lead the series against # 16 Verge-Depre/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 1-0
4/30/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Pool A	Kernen/Mader	13	Verge-Depre/Verge-Depre	12	21-14, 21-19	0:37
Trail the series against # 17, Q1 Batenhorst/Hughes, United States 0-1
4/11/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Winner 1	Batenhorst/Hughes	12	Kernen/Mader	10	21-23, 21-16, 16-14	0:57
Series tied with # 24, Q15 Klinger/Klinger, Austria 1-1
7/3/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Pool A	Kernen/Mader	13	Klinger/Klinger	24, Q15	31-29, 13-21, 15-10	1:00
4/9/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Pool C	Klinger/Klinger	15	Kernen/Mader	10	15-21, 23-21, 15-8	0:52
Lead the series against # Q7 Loreen/Quiggle, United States 1-0
5/27/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Ostrava	Pool F	Kernen/Mader	7	Loreen/Quiggle	18, Q3	17-21, 21-18, 16-14	0:49
Trail the series against # Q8 Pavelkova/Pavelkova, Czechia 0-1
5/28/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Ostrava	Pool F	Pavelkova/Pavelkova	19, Q4	Kernen/Mader	7	16-21, 22-20, 16-14	0:51