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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$1,000,000 2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships
Thursday, November 20, 2025 Court #2 22:00

Match #95: Winner's Bracket Round 2

(5) Tina Graudina/Anastasija Samoilova, Latvia
vs.
(36) Melanie Paul/Lea Kunst, Germany

Tina Graudina
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 9, 1998 (27 yrs old)

Home Town:

Jurmala

Height:

184 cm (6'0")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$267,980.41

Anastasija Kravcenoka Samoilova
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 19, 1997 (28 yrs old)

Home Town:

Daugavpils

Height:

178 cm (5'10")

Weight:

68 kg (150 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$269,480.41

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	33	Money
FIVB	69	2	5	4	8	10	2	16	3	12	1	2	3	US$535,819.61
FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	71	2	5	4	8	11	2	17	3	12	1	2	3	US$535,819.61

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	5	4th	900	US$12,000.00
FIVB	9/24-28/2025	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	2	9th	600	US$7,500.00
FIVB	9/17-21/2025	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	3	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	8/27-31/2025	BPT Elite Hamburg	3	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	8/13-17/2025	BPT Elite Montréal	2	4th	900	US$10,000.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2025	BPT Elite Gstaad	8	2nd	1100	US$23,000.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2025	Futures Jurmala	1	5th	240	€ 450.00
FIVB	5/28-6/1/2025	BPT Elite Ostrava	8	2nd	1100	US$23,000.00
FIVB	4/16-20/2025	BPT Elite Brasília	4	9th	600	US$7,500.00
FIVB	4/9-13/2025	BPT Elite Saquarema	6	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	12/4-7/2024	Finals Doha 2024	1	3rd	320	US$50,000.00

2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sat, 11/15/2025	Pool E	Atenas Gutierrez / Susana Torres, Mexico (44)	Won 21-17, 23-21	0:40
Sun, 11/16/2025	Pool E	Reika Murakami / Asami Shiba, Japan (29)	Won 21-18, 21-17	0:32
Mon, 11/17/2025	Pool E	Giada Bianchi / Claudia Scampoli, Italy (20)	Won 22-20, 21-15	0:33
Tue, 11/18/2025	Winner 1	Mila Konink / Desy Poiesz, Netherlands (26)	Won 21-9, 21-11	0:25
Thu, 11/20/2025	Winner 2	Lea Kunst / Melanie Paul, Germany (36)

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Anastasija Samoilova - 9th	Tina Graudina - 9th
2022	World Championships	Rome	Anastasija Samoilova - 9th	Tina Graudina - 9th
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Anastasija Samoilova - 9th	Tina Graudina - 9th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/28-7/6/2019	World Championships Hamburg	26	9th	800	US$11,000.00
FIVB	6/10-19/2022	Beach Volleyball World Championships	3	9th	800	US$11,000.00
FIVB	10/6-15/2023	Beach Volleyball World Championships	18	9th	800	US$11,000.00

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	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Youth Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	$44,000.00
World Tour Finals	4	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	$88,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	33	0	4	2	5	7	0	8	3	3	0	0	$303,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	23	2	1	1	2	1	0	2	0	10	2	0	$97,500.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$3,250.00
U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	71	2	5	4	8	11	2	17	3	13	2	0	$535,750.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Tina Graudina												Anastasija Samoilova
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Youth Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$22,000.00	World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$22,000.00
4	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	$44,000.00	World Tour Finals	4	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	$44,000.00
34	0	4	2	5	7	11	3	0	0	$151,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	33	0	4	2	5	7	11	3	0	0	$151,500.00
24	2	1	1	2	1	2	10	2	0	$48,750.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	25	2	1	1	2	1	2	10	3	0	$49,750.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$1,625.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	$2,125.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U17 World Championships
76	2	5	5	8	14	21	13	2	0	$267,875.00	Total	74	2	5	4	8	13	20	13	4	0	$269,375.00

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
2014	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	4	2	66.7 %
2017	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
2017	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	4	1	80.0 %
2018	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	5	0	1	$24,800.00	18	15	54.5 %
2019	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	5	1	1	$57,000.00	25	21	54.3 %
2021	FIVB	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$21,000.00	13	12	52.0 %
2022	FIVB	8	0	2	0	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	$93,000.00	20	17	54.1 %
2023	FIVB	13	1	0	1	1	2	1	3	2	2	0	0	$92,500.00	30	28	51.7 %
2024	FIVB	10	1	1	3	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	$126,000.00	40	18	69.0 %
2025	FIVB	10	0	2	0	2	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	$110,450.00	34	19	64.2 %
Total	FIVB	68	2	5	4	8	10	2	16	3	13	2	3	$524,750.00	181	131	58.0 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	8	3	72.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Tina Graudina													Anastasija Samoilova
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	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2014	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2015	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2016	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2017	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2017	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	0	1	$12,400.00	2018	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	0	1	$12,400.00
13	0	0	0	0	1	4	5	1	2	$28,500.00	2019	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	1	4	5	3	1	$30,000.00
5	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	1	0	$10,500.00	2021	FIVB	6	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	1	1	$10,500.00
8	0	2	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	$46,500.00	2022	FIVB	8	0	2	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	$46,500.00
13	1	0	1	1	3	5	2	0	0	$46,250.00	2023	FIVB	13	1	0	1	1	3	5	2	0	0	$46,250.00
10	1	1	3	1	2	2	0	0	0	$63,000.00	2024	FIVB	10	1	1	3	1	2	2	0	0	0	$63,000.00
10	0	2	0	2	4	2	0	0	0	$55,225.00	2025	FIVB	10	0	2	0	2	4	2	0	0	0	$55,225.00
75	2	5	5	8	14	21	13	2	5	$262,375.00	Total	Total	73	2	5	4	8	13	20	13	4	4	$263,875.00

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	121	67.2%	37	20.6%	22	12.2%	158-22	87.8%	20	15.5%	28	21.7%	81	62.8%	20-109	15.5%	121-81	59.9%	57-50	53.3%	3	0	181-131	58.0%
2024-2025	46	69.7%	14	21.2%	6	9.1%	60-6	90.9%	13	29.5%	5	11.4%	26	59.1%	13-31	29.5%	46-26	63.9%	27-11	71.1%	1	0	74-37	66.7%
Against the Field	31	62.0%	11	22.0%	8	16.0%	42-8	84.0%	9	16.4%	12	21.8%	34	61.8%	9-46	16.4%	62-64	49.2%	40-40	50.0%	2	0	53-52	50.5%

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	4	2	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	7	5
Youth Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2
World Championships	0	0	0	0	10	2	0	0	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	5
World Tour Finals	0	0	0	0	6	8	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	9	10
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	8	2	49	32	0	0	24	19	4	7	2	5	0	4	87	69
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	11	2	26	16	0	1	15	12	3	3	1	2	2	1	58	37
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	1	0	5	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	5
U21 World Championships	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
Total	0	0	20	4	107	62	0	1	49	42	7	12	4	8	2	5	189	134

Melanie Paul
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 27, 2000 (25 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Lille 2023)

Career Winnings:

US$15,165.15

Lea Sophie Kunst
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 18, 2001 (23 yrs old)

Home Town:

Varel

Height:

185 cm (6'1")

Weight:

75 kg (165 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Ios 2024)

Career Winnings:

US$25,843.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
FIVB	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	US$24,750.00

Previous Adelaide Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/2-6/2025	BPT Elite Gstaad	Q10	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2025	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	18	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2025	BPT Challenge Alanya	Q1	33rd	180	US$0.00
FIVB	5/14-18/2025	BPT Challenge Xiamen	28, Q5	3rd	720	US$9,000.00
FIVB	3/19-23/2025	BPT Challenge Yucatan	29, Q15	25th	220	US$1,500.00

2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 11/14/2025	Pool L	Leona Kernen / Annique Niederhauser, Switzerland (13)	Won 11-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:44
Sat, 11/15/2025	Pool L	Taliqua Clancy / Jana Milutinovic, Australia (12)	Won 21-14, 23-25, 15-6	0:50
Sun, 11/16/2025	Pool L	Xinyi Xia / Xu Yan, China (37)	Won 16-21, 21-18, 15-9	0:44
Tue, 11/18/2025	Winner 1	Wies Bekhuis / Emi van Driel, Netherlands (22)	Won 21-17, 21-19	0:37
Thu, 11/20/2025	Winner 2	Tina Graudina / Anastasija Samoilova, Latvia (5)

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	$11,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$13,750.00
Total	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	$24,750.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Melanie Paul												Lea Kunst
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	0	$5,500.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,500.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	0	$3,750.00
5	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	$6,875.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	17	0	0	1	0	2	3	5	4	0	$15,125.00
12	1	1	0	3	1	4	2	0	0	$1,900.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	8	1	0	1	1	0	1	4	0	0	$1,000.00
											U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
21	1	1	1	3	1	5	4	2	0	$14,275.00	Total	33	1	0	2	1	2	6	13	5	0	$25,375.00

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	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	$13,750.00	14	7	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	$13,750.00	14	7	66.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Melanie Paul													Lea Kunst
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 Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2021	FIVB	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	$250.00
4	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$500.00	2022	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	1	0	$3,125.00
4	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	$950.00	2023	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	$1,000.00
7	0	0	0	1	0	3	2	0	1	$450.00	2024	FIVB	10	1	0	0	1	1	2	4	1	0	$3,750.00
5	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	1	$6,875.00	2025	FIVB	7	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	2	1	$11,750.00
20	1	1	1	3	1	5	4	2	2	$8,775.00	Total	Total	32	1	0	2	1	2	6	13	5	2	$19,875.00

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	69.2%	3	23.1%	1	7.7%	12-1	92.3%	2	25.0%	3	37.5%	3	37.5%	2-6	25.0%	9-3	75.0%	5-4	55.6%	0	0	14-7	66.7%
2024-2025	9	69.2%	3	23.1%	1	7.7%	12-1	92.3%	2	25.0%	3	37.5%	3	37.5%	2-6	25.0%	9-3	75.0%	5-4	55.6%	0	0	14-7	66.7%
Against the Field	7	87.5%	1	12.5%	0	0.0%	8-0	100.0%	2	50.0%	1	25.0%	1	25.0%	2-2	50.0%	14-2	87.5%	6-2	75.0%	0	0	10-2	83.3%

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	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	3	1	3	3	0	0	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	10	6
Total	0	0	3	2	6	3	0	0	4	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	14	7

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
11/20/25	FIVB	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	Winner 2