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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Xiamen
May 14 - 18, 2025

(25, Q3) Marie-Alex Belanger/Lea Monkhouse, Canada

Marie-Alex Bélanger
Canada

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 13, 1993 (32 yrs old)

Home Town:

Joliette

Height:

186 cm (6'1")

Weight:

75 kg (165 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Halifax 2024)

Career Winnings:

US$11,400.00

Lea Monkhouse
Canada

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 16, 1999 (26 yrs old)

Home Town:

Mississauga

Height:

181 cm (5'11")

Weight:

73 kg (161 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Halifax 2024)

Career Winnings:

US$11,796.85

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	37	Money
FIVB	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	US$21,800.00

Previous Xiamen Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/16-20/2025	BPT Elite Brasília	24, Q13	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	4/9-13/2025	BPT Elite Saquarema	Q12	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	11/6-10/2024	Elite16 Rio de Janeiro	Q11	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	10/16-20/2024	Elite16 Joao Pessoa	Q14	17th	400	US$0.00
FIVB	8/21-25/2024	BPT Futures Halifax	1	2nd	360	US$700.00

BPT Challenge Xiamen Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/14/2025	Qualifier 2	Takemi Nishibori / Riko Tsujimura, Japan (Q14)	Won 21-13, 21-14	0:31
Thu, 5/15/2025	Pool H	Devon Newberry / Jaden Whitmarsh, United States (8)	Lost 17-21, 18-21	0:38
Thu, 5/15/2025	Pool H	Reika Murakami / Asami Shiba, Japan (9)	Won 21-19, 18-21, 19-17	0:50
Fri, 5/16/2025	Winner 1	Lea Kunst / Melanie Paul, Germany (28, Q5)	Lost 21-23, 19-21	0:42

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	0	0	1	$3,400.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	$12,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	$5,500.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$900.00
Total	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	2	1	$21,800.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Marie-Alex Belanger												Lea Monkhouse
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	0	0	1	$1,700.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$1,700.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	0	$6,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	$6,000.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	$3,250.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	$3,250.00
3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$450.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	5	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	$800.00
											U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
19	0	1	0	0	0	4	7	3	1	$11,400.00	Total	17	0	1	1	0	0	6	5	2	1	$11,750.00

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
2023	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$200.00	2	3	40.0 %
2024	FIVB	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$700.00	5	3	62.5 %
2025	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$4,750.00	3	5	37.5 %
Total	FIVB	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	2	0	$5,650.00	10	11	47.6 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Marie-Alex Belanger													Lea Monkhouse
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2019	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2019	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$500.00	2022	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	$100.00	2023	FIVB	4	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	$850.00
3	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$350.00	2024	FIVB	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$350.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$2,375.00	2025	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$2,375.00
15	0	1	0	0	0	1	7	3	3	$3,325.00	Total	Total	13	0	1	1	0	0	3	5	2	1	$3,675.00

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	8	53.3%	2	13.3%	5	33.3%	10-5	66.7%	2	11.1%	7	38.9%	9	50.0%	2-16	11.1%	8-9	47.1%	4-12	25.0%	1	0	13-21	38.2%
2024-2025	7	50.0%	2	14.3%	5	35.7%	9-5	64.3%	1	7.1%	6	42.9%	7	50.0%	1-13	7.1%	7-7	50.0%	3-11	21.4%	1	0	11-18	37.9%
Against the Field	2	40.0%	2	40.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	0	0.0%	3	50.0%	3	50.0%	0-6	0.0%	4-6	40.0%	4-8	33.3%	0	0	4-7	36.4%

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	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	2	3	1	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	10
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	2	1	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	3
Total	0	0	4	4	6	12	0	0	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	13	21

Head to Head Results
Belanger/Monkhouse trail the series against the field 3-4 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 8 Newberry/Whitmarsh, United States 0-1
5/15/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Pool H	Newberry/Whitmarsh	8	Belanger/Monkhouse	25, Q3	21-17, 21-18	0:38
Lead the series against # 9 Murakami/Shiba, Japan 1-0
5/15/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Pool H	Belanger/Monkhouse	25, Q3	Murakami/Shiba	9	21-19, 18-21, 19-17	0:50
Lead the series against # 14 Ciezkowska/Lunio, Poland 1-0
4/16/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Qualifier 1	Belanger/Monkhouse	24, Q13	Ciezkowska/Lunio	Q4	24-22, 12-21, 15-11	0:47
Trail the series against # 22 Anderson/Bauer, United States 0-2
11/6/24	FIVB	Elite16 Rio de Janeiro	Qualifier 1	Anderson/Bauer	Q6	Belanger/Monkhouse	Q11	19-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:53
8/25/24	FIVB	BPT Futures Halifax	Gold Medal	Anderson/Bauer	4	Belanger/Monkhouse	1	21-18, 17-21, 17-15	0:57
Trail the series against # 28, Q5 Kunst/Paul, Germany 0-1
5/16/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Winner 1	Kunst/Paul	28, Q5	Belanger/Monkhouse	25, Q3	23-21, 21-19	0:42
Lead the series against # Q14 Nishibori/Tsujimura, Japan 1-0
5/14/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Qualifier 2	Belanger/Monkhouse	25, Q3	Nishibori/Tsujimura	Q14	21-13, 21-14	0:31