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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$1,000,000 2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships
Wednesday, November 19, 2025 Stadium Court 22:00

Match #85: Winner's Bracket Round 1

(3) Taryn Brasher/Kristen Nuss, United States
vs.
(20) Giada Bianchi/Claudia Scampoli, Italy

Taryn Kloth Brasher
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 10, 1997 (28 yrs old)

Home Town:

Sioux Falls, SD

Height:

193 cm (6'4")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$401,750.00

Kristen Nuss
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 16, 1997 (27 yrs old)

Home Town:

New Orleans, LA

Height:

167 cm (5'6")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$401,750.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	36	11	4	3	2	8	0	6	1	0	0	US$803,500.00

Previous Adelaide Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	1	1st	1200	US$30,000.00
FIVB	9/17-21/2025	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	2	9th	600	US$7,500.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2025	BPT Elite Gstaad	1	1st	1200	US$40,000.00
FIVB	5/28-6/1/2025	BPT Elite Ostrava	1	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	4/16-20/2025	BPT Elite Brasília	2	1st	1200	US$40,000.00
FIVB	4/9-13/2025	BPT Elite Saquarema	2	2nd	1100	US$23,000.00
FIVB	3/26-30/2025	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	1	3rd	1000	US$17,000.00
FIVB	12/4-7/2024	Finals Doha 2024	6	1st	400	US$150,000.00

2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 11/14/2025	Pool C	Martina Maixnerova / Kylie Neuschaeferova, Czech Republic (46)	Won 21-13, 21-18	0:31
Sun, 11/16/2025	Pool C	Hegeile Almeida / Vitoria De Souza, Brazil (27)	Won 21-11, 21-19	0:34
Mon, 11/17/2025	Pool C	Wies Bekhuis / Emi van Driel, Netherlands (22)	Won 21-12, 21-15	0:29
Wed, 11/19/2025	Winner 1	Giada Bianchi / Claudia Scampoli, Italy (20)

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Kristen Nuss - 3rd	Taryn Brasher - 3rd

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/6-15/2023	Beach Volleyball World Championships	2	3rd	1280	US$35,000.00

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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$42,000.00
World Tour Finals	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$320,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	26	6	4	2	2	7	0	4	1	0	0	0	$418,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$22,500.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
Total	36	11	4	3	2	8	0	6	1	0	0	0	$803,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Taryn Brasher												Kristen Nuss
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	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$21,000.00	World Championships	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$21,000.00
3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$160,000.00	World Tour Finals	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$160,000.00
26	6	4	2	2	7	5	0	0	0	$209,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	26	6	4	2	2	7	5	0	0	0	$209,000.00
3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$11,250.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$11,250.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$500.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$500.00
36	11	4	3	2	8	7	0	0	0	$401,750.00	Total	36	11	4	3	2	8	7	0	0	0	$401,750.00

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
2022	FIVB	9	2	0	0	1	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	$73,500.00	36	15	70.6 %
2023	FIVB	12	3	2	2	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	$319,000.00	55	18	75.3 %
2024	FIVB	7	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	$242,000.00	27	10	73.0 %
2025	FIVB	7	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$162,000.00	34	7	82.9 %
Total	FIVB	35	11	4	3	2	8	0	6	1	0	0	0	$796,500.00	152	50	75.2 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Taryn Brasher													Kristen Nuss
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
9	2	0	0	1	5	1	0	0	0	$36,750.00	2022	FIVB	9	2	0	0	1	5	1	0	0	0	$36,750.00
12	3	2	2	1	3	1	0	0	0	$159,500.00	2023	FIVB	12	3	2	2	1	3	1	0	0	0	$159,500.00
7	3	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$121,000.00	2024	FIVB	7	3	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$121,000.00
7	3	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	$81,000.00	2025	FIVB	7	3	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	$81,000.00
35	11	4	3	2	8	7	0	0	0	$398,250.00	Total	Total	35	11	4	3	2	8	7	0	0	0	$398,250.00

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	114	80.9%	17	12.1%	10	7.1%	131-10	92.9%	19	32.2%	18	30.5%	22	37.3%	19-40	32.2%	114-22	83.8%	36-28	56.3%	2	0	152-50	75.2%
2024-2025	47	82.5%	6	10.5%	4	7.0%	53-4	93.0%	8	38.1%	4	19.0%	9	42.9%	8-13	38.1%	47-9	83.9%	14-8	63.6%	0	0	61-17	78.2%
Against the Field	44	81.5%	6	11.1%	4	7.4%	50-4	92.6%	4	17.4%	9	39.1%	10	43.5%	4-19	17.4%	88-20	81.5%	20-26	43.5%	0	0	54-23	70.1%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
World Championships	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	10	1
World Tour Finals	0	0	0	0	7	5	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	12	6
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	6	0	54	17	0	0	25	12	10	4	2	2	6	4	103	39
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	4	0	4	2	1	0	4	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	17	3
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	7	0
Total	0	0	12	0	76	24	1	0	34	15	15	5	3	2	11	4	152	50

Giada Bianchi
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 11, 2001 (24 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Corigliano Rossano 2024)

Career Winnings:

US$32,962.00

Claudia Scampoli
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 5, 2000 (25 yrs old)

Home Town:

Vasto

Height:

177 cm (5'10")

Weight:

71 kg (156 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$62,527.97

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	Money
FIVB	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	3	0	1	US$43,800.00

Previous Adelaide Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/22-26/2025	BPT Elite Cape Town	12	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	9/24-28/2025	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	15	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	8/27-31/2025	BPT Elite Hamburg	10	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2025	BPT Challenge Alanya	7	4th	680	US$7,000.00
FIVB	5/28-6/1/2025	BPT Elite Ostrava	19, Q3	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	4/16-20/2025	BPT Elite Brasília	17, Q1	9th	600	US$7,500.00
FIVB	4/9-13/2025	BPT Elite Saquarema	18, Q2	9th	600	US$7,500.00

2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sat, 11/15/2025	Pool E	Reika Murakami / Asami Shiba, Japan (29)	Lost 22-24, 14-21	0:36
Sun, 11/16/2025	Pool E	Atenas Gutierrez / Susana Torres, Mexico (44)	Won 18-21, 21-12, 15-13	0:50
Mon, 11/17/2025	Pool E	Tina Graudina / Anastasija Samoilova, Latvia (5)	Lost 20-22, 15-21	0:33
Tue, 11/18/2025	Lucky Loser	Aline Chamereau / Clemence Vieira, France (15)	Won 21-12, 22-20	0:37
Wed, 11/19/2025	Winner 1	Taryn Brasher / Kristen Nuss, United States (3)

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2022	World Championships	Rome	Did not play	Margherita Bianchin - 9th
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Did not play	Margherita Bianchin - 37th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	20	33rd	320	US$4,800.00

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	0	0	0	$4,800.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	0	0	$32,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,000.00
Total	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	3	0	0	$43,800.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Giada Bianchi												Claudia Scampoli
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Youth Olympic Games	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,400.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$9,600.00
											World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	7	4	0	0	$21,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	13	0	0	0	0	0	5	8	0	0	$19,250.00
4	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	$6,125.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	14	1	0	0	1	1	4	2	1	0	$22,375.00
9	1	2	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	$2,000.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	25	6	1	2	1	7	5	3	0	0	$6,670.00
											U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
25	1	2	2	1	2	8	8	0	0	$32,025.00	Total	58	7	2	2	2	8	15	14	2	1	$59,895.00

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
2024	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$5,000.00	2	3	40.0 %
2025	FIVB	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	3	0	1	$38,800.00	13	16	44.8 %
Total	FIVB	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	3	0	1	$43,800.00	15	19	44.1 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Giada Bianchi													Claudia Scampoli
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2018	FIVB	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$700.00
											2018	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2019	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	1	0	$2,400.00
											2020	FIVB	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$750.00
											2021	FIVB	10	1	0	2	0	2	1	1	1	2	$2,970.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2022	FIVB	7	1	0	0	0	1	4	1	0	0	$11,150.00
5	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	$1,150.00	2023	FIVB	11	2	0	0	0	1	2	5	0	1	$7,575.00
9	1	1	2	0	0	3	2	0	0	$7,600.00	2024	FIVB	8	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	2	$3,700.00
10	0	0	0	1	0	5	3	0	1	$23,275.00	2025	FIVB	10	1	0	0	1	0	3	4	0	1	$30,650.00
25	1	2	2	1	2	8	8	0	1	$32,025.00	Total	Total	58	7	2	2	2	8	15	14	2	6	$59,895.00

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	9	64.3%	3	21.4%	2	14.3%	12-2	85.7%	3	15.8%	4	21.1%	12	63.2%	3-16	15.8%	9-12	42.9%	6-6	50.0%	0	1	15-19	44.1%
2024-2025	9	64.3%	3	21.4%	2	14.3%	12-2	85.7%	3	15.8%	4	21.1%	12	63.2%	3-16	15.8%	9-12	42.9%	6-6	50.0%	0	1	15-19	44.1%
Against the Field	4	66.7%	1	16.7%	1	16.7%	5-1	83.3%	1	6.7%	4	26.7%	10	66.7%	1-14	6.7%	8-18	30.8%	4-10	28.6%	0	1	6-15	28.6%

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	4	0	3	12	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	15
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	4	2
Total	0	0	4	0	6	14	1	0	4	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	15	19

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
11/19/25	FIVB	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	Winner 1