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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$10,000 BPT Futures Laginha Beach
Saturday, December 13, 2025

Match #1: Pool A

(1) Erika Kliokmanaite/Ieva Vasiliauskaite, Lithuania
vs.
(16) Claudia Cruz/Melanie Soares, Cape Verde

Erika Kliokmanaite
Lithuania

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 13, 1985 (40 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kaunas

Height:

188 cm (6'2")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Klaipeda 2022)

Career Winnings:

US$11,139.46

Ieva Vasiliauskaite
Lithuania

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 13, 1999 (25 yrs old)

Home Town:

Vilnius

Height:

175 cm (5'9")

Weight:

79 kg (174 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB El-Alamein 2023)

Career Winnings:

US$10,427.95

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	10	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	1	1	US$13,836.27

Previous Laginha Beach Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	12/3-7/2025	BPT Elite Itapema	24, Q12	9th	600	US$7,500.00
FIVB	10/22-26/2025	BPT Elite Cape Town	22, Q9	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	9/11-14/2025	Futures Warsaw	6	2nd	360	€ 700.00
FIVB	8/5-9/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	Q20	41st	100	US$0.00

Futures Laginha Beach Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sat, 12/13/2025	Pool A	Claudia Cruz / Melanie Soares, Cape Verde (16)

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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$12,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,700.00
Total	10	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	$13,700.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Erika Kliokmanaite												Ieva Vasiliauskaite
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$6,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	$6,000.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	$2,500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	0	$2,500.00
8	1	2	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	$1,925.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	14	1	2	0	0	0	5	5	0	0	$1,600.00
											U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
17	1	2	0	1	2	5	1	2	0	$10,425.00	Total	33	1	2	0	0	1	7	11	3	0	$10,100.00

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	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	$900.00	5	7	41.7 %
2025	FIVB	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	$12,700.00	9	6	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	2	$13,600.00	14	13	51.9 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Erika Kliokmanaite													Ieva Vasiliauskaite
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2017	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2018	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	$50.00
											2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00
											2021	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
6	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	$3,350.00	2022	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	1	1	$550.00
5	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	$450.00	2023	FIVB	6	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	$950.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$225.00	2024	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	1	0	$2,050.00
4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	$6,350.00	2025	FIVB	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	$6,350.00
16	1	2	0	1	2	5	1	2	2	$10,375.00	Total	Total	32	1	2	0	0	1	7	11	3	7	$10,050.00

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	9	60.0%	2	13.3%	4	26.7%	11-4	73.3%	3	25.0%	3	25.0%	6	50.0%	3-9	25.0%	9-6	60.0%	5-7	41.7%	0	0	14-13	51.9%
2024-2025	6	60.0%	2	20.0%	2	20.0%	8-2	80.0%	1	20.0%	2	40.0%	2	40.0%	1-4	20.0%	6-2	75.0%	3-4	42.9%	0	0	9-6	60.0%
Against the Field	0		0		0		0-0		0		0		0		0-0		0-0		0-0		0	0	0-0

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	2	1	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	9	6
Total	0	0	2	4	6	4	0	0	4	3	2	0	0	0	0	2	14	13

Claudia Helena Cruz Pinto
Cape Verde

Photo not available

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 18, 1986 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

S. Vicente

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

First event

Career Winnings:

US$50.00

Melanie Yara Soares Lopes Rocha
Cape Verde

Photo not available

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 5, 1993 (32 yrs old)

Home Town:

S. Vicente

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

First event

Career Winnings:

US$50.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$100.00

Previous Laginha Beach Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results 1st Tournament

Futures Laginha Beach Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sat, 12/13/2025	Pool A	Erika Kliokmanaite / Ieva Vasiliauskaite, Lithuania (1)

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$)
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$100.00
Total	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$100.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Claudia Cruz												Melanie Soares
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	$50.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$50.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$50.00	Total	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$50.00

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

Individual Finishes by Season

Claudia Cruz

Melanie Soares

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$)

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	0	0	0	0-0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0-0
2024-2025	0	0	0	0-0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0-0
Against the Field	0	0	0	0-0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0-0

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
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
12/13/25	FIVB	Futures Laginha Beach	Pool A