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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$1,000,000 2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships
November 14 - 23, 2025

(13) Leona Kernen/Annique Niederhauser, 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$31,333.85

Annique Niederhauser
Switzerland

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 26, 2003 (22 yrs old)

Home Town:

Hondrich

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (3 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$12,333.85

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	14	0	1	0	2	4	0	1	0	4	2	US$12,139.13
FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	15	0	2	0	2	4	0	1	0	4	2	US$12,139.13

Previous Adelaide Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 11/14/2025	Pool L	Lea Kunst / Melanie Paul, Germany (36)	Lost 21-11, 18-21, 11-15	0:44
Sat, 11/15/2025	Pool L	Xinyi Xia / Xu Yan, China (37)	Lost 21-19, 12-21, 9-15	0:40
Sun, 11/16/2025	Pool L	Taliqua Clancy / Jana Milutinovic, Australia (12)	Won 21-13, 21-19	0:34
Tue, 11/18/2025	Winner 1	Daniela Alvarez / Tania Moreno, Spain (18)	Lost 21-16, 16-21, 11-15	0:45

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2025	World Championships	Adelaide	Annique Niederhauser - 17th	Leona Kernen - 17th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	13	17th	640	US$7,000.00

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	0	0	1	0	0	$7,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$2,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	10	0	1	0	2	4	0	1	0	2	0	0	$2,900.00
Total	14	0	1	0	2	4	0	1	0	4	2	0	$11,900.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Leona Kernen												Annique Niederhauser
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00
7	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	1	0	$17,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	$2,250.00
3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$7,250.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	$3,500.00
13	1	1	0	2	5	1	3	0	0	$2,100.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	15	0	2	0	2	5	3	3	0	0	$2,100.00
3	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
27	1	2	1	3	6	4	7	3	0	$30,350.00	Total	26	0	2	0	2	5	4	9	3	0	$11,350.00

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
2022	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,300.00	2	4	33.3 %
2023	FIVB	5	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	$1,400.00	11	9	55.0 %
2023	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	6	2	75.0 %
2024	FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	$1,200.00	10	9	52.6 %
2025	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,000.00	1	3	25.0 %
Total	FIVB	14	0	1	0	2	4	0	1	0	4	2	0	$11,900.00	24	25	49.0 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	6	2	75.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Leona Kernen													Annique Niederhauser
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
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	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$1,150.00
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	6	0	1	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	$700.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2023	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
6	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	1	0	$600.00	2024	FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	1	0	$600.00
9	1	1	0	1	1	2	2	1	0	$27,750.00	2025	FIVB	12	0	1	0	0	1	3	5	1	1	$8,900.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2025	FIVB Age Group WC
29	1	3	1	3	6	5	7	3	0	$30,350.00	Total	Total	27	0	3	0	2	5	4	9	3	1	$11,350.00

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	65.2%	2	8.7%	6	26.1%	17-6	73.9%	7	26.9%	4	15.4%	15	57.7%	7-19	26.9%	15-15	50.0%	9-10	47.4%	0	0	24-25	49.0%
2024-2025	8	61.5%	1	7.7%	4	30.8%	9-4	69.2%	2	20.0%	1	10.0%	7	70.0%	2-8	20.0%	8-7	53.3%	3-5	37.5%	0	0	11-12	47.8%
Against the Field	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	3	75.0%	1-3	25.0%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2	66.7%	0-3	0.0%	2-4	33.3%	0-8	0.0%	0	0	1-6	14.3%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	2	2	10	6	0	0	8	5	1	2	0	2	0	1	21	18
Total	0	0	4	4	11	10	0	0	8	6	1	2	0	2	0	1	24	25

Head to Head Results
Kernen/Niederhauser trail the series against the field 1-6 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 5 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 12 Clancy/Milutinovic, Australia 1-0
11/16/25	FIVB	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool L	Kernen/Niederhauser	13	Clancy/Milutinovic	12	21-13, 21-19	0:34
Trail the series against # 14 Klinger/Klinger, Austria 0-2
8/26/23	FIVB	Futures Baden	Gold Medal	Klinger/Klinger	1	Kernen/Niederhauser	9	21-12, 21-19	0:38
8/24/23	FIVB	Futures Baden	Pool A	Klinger/Klinger	1	Kernen/Niederhauser	9	21-17, 21-19	0:40
Trail the series against # 18 Alvarez/Moreno, Spain 0-1
11/18/25	FIVB	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	Winner 1	Alvarez/Moreno	18	Kernen/Niederhauser	13	16-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:45
Trail the series against # 31 Paulikiene/Raupelyte, Lithuania 0-1
12/29/22	FIVB	The Hague Futures	Winner 2	Paulikiene/Raupelyte	6	Kernen/Niederhauser	12	22-20, 18-21, 15-10	0:48
Trail the series against # 36 Kunst/Paul, Germany 0-1
11/14/25	FIVB	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool L	Kunst/Paul	36	Kernen/Niederhauser	13	11-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:44
Trail the series against # 37 Xia/Yan, China 0-1
11/15/25	FIVB	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool L	Xia/Yan	37	Kernen/Niederhauser	13	19-21, 21-12, 15-9	0:40