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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite Joao Pessoa
Friday, March 13, 2026

Match #49: Winner's Bracket Round 2

(22, Q9) Devon Newberry/Savvy Simo, United States
vs.
(11) Giada Bianchi/Claudia Scampoli, Italy

Devon Newberry
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 20, 2000 (25 yrs old)

Home Town:

Santa Monica, CA

Height:

178 cm (5'10")

Weight:

68 kg (150 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Mount Maunganui 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$15,000.00

Savvy Simo
United States

Photo: NORCECA

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 8, 1998 (27 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rancho Santa Fe, CA

Height:

178 cm (5'10")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Balikesir 2022)

Career Winnings:

US$27,359.25

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$9,000.00

Previous Joao Pessoa Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results 1st Tournament

BPT Elite Joao Pessoa Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 3/11/2026	Qualifier 1	Stefania Kun / Lilla Villam, Hungary (Q8)	Won 20-22, 21-9, 16-14	0:47
Wed, 3/11/2026	Pool C	Tina Graudina / Anastasija Samoilova, Latvia (3)	Won 21-18, 20-22, 15-10
Thu, 3/12/2026	Pool C	Piper Ferch / Teegan Van Gunst, United States (10)	Won 21-14, 21-13
Fri, 3/13/2026	Pool C	Kyce Martins / Talita Simonetti, Brazil (15)	Won 21-11, 22-24, 15-9
Fri, 3/13/2026	Winner 1	Svenja Muller / Cinja Tillmann, Germany (6)	Won 21-19, 17-21, 15-5
Fri, 3/13/2026	Winner 2	Giada Bianchi / Claudia Scampoli, Italy (11)

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$9,000.00
Total	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$9,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Devon Newberry												Savvy Simo
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Youth Olympic Games
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$7,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	$4,500.00
4	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	$6,750.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	21	0	1	0	1	3	4	4	3	0	$22,125.00
2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$500.00
											U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
11	1	0	2	2	0	1	2	1	0	$15,000.00	Total	30	1	1	0	1	3	4	8	5	0	$27,125.00

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

Devon Newberry													Savvy Simo
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2018	FIVB
2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2018	FIVB Age Group WC
											2022	FIVB	6	1	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	$6,750.00
											2023	FIVB	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	$4,750.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$250.00	2024	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	3	$2,500.00
6	1	0	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	$10,250.00	2025	FIVB	8	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	3	0	$8,625.00
10	1	0	2	2	0	1	2	1	1	$10,500.00	Total	Total	29	1	1	0	1	3	4	8	5	6	$22,625.00

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	1	25.0%	3	75.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	1-0	100.0%	4-0	100.0%	0	0	5-0	100.0%
2025-2026	1	25.0%	3	75.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	1-0	100.0%	4-0	100.0%	0	0	5-0	100.0%
Against the Field	1	25.0%	3	75.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	2-0	100.0%	8-0	100.0%	0	0	5-0	100.0%

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	1	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
Total	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0

Giada Bianchi
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 11, 2001 (24 yrs old)

Home Town:

Monza

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

77 kg (169 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Corigliano Rossano 2024)

Career Winnings:

US$43,062.00

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$72,627.97

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	Money
FIVB	11	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	2	1	3	0	US$64,000.00

Previous Joao Pessoa Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2024	Reka Orsi Toth - 13th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	12/3-7/2025	BPT Elite Itapema	7	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	20	17th	640	US$7,000.00
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

BPT Elite Joao Pessoa Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 3/11/2026	Pool B	Thainara Feitosa / Verena Figueira, Brazil (14)	Won 22-20, 21-13
Thu, 3/12/2026	Pool B	Sofia Bisgaard / Cirkeline Hog, Denmark (23, Q12)	Won 24-22, 22-20
Fri, 3/13/2026	Pool B	Taryn Brasher / Kristen Cruz, United States (2)	Lost 18-21, 12-21
Fri, 3/13/2026	Winner 1	Raisa Schoon / Katja Stam, Netherlands (7)	Won 19-21, 23-21, 15-13
Fri, 3/13/2026	Winner 2	Devon Newberry / Savvy Simo, United States (22, Q9)

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	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	3	0	0	$50,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,000.00
Total	11	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	2	4	0	0	$64,000.00

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	1	0	0	$3,500.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	$10,700.00
											World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00
13	0	0	0	0	1	7	4	0	0	$30,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	15	0	0	0	0	1	5	8	0	0	$28,250.00
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
27	1	2	2	1	3	8	9	0	0	$42,125.00	Total	60	7	2	2	2	9	15	15	2	1	$69,995.00

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	9	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	4	0	0	$50,000.00	16	18	47.1 %
Total	FIVB	10	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	2	4	0	0	$55,000.00	18	21	46.2 %

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
11	0	0	0	1	1	5	4	0	0	$28,875.00	2025	FIVB	11	1	0	0	1	1	3	5	0	0	$36,250.00
26	1	2	2	1	3	8	9	0	0	$37,625.00	Total	Total	59	7	2	2	2	9	15	15	2	5	$65,495.00

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	13	72.2%	3	16.7%	2	11.1%	16-2	88.9%	5	20.8%	4	16.7%	15	62.5%	5-19	20.8%	13-15	46.4%	8-6	57.1%	0	1	21-22	48.8%
2025-2026	12	75.0%	2	12.5%	2	12.5%	14-2	87.5%	5	23.8%	4	19.0%	12	57.1%	5-16	23.8%	12-12	50.0%	7-6	53.8%	0	1	19-19	50.0%
Against the Field	3	75.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	1	10.0%	2	20.0%	7	70.0%	1-9	10.0%	6-12	33.3%	2-6	25.0%	0	1	4-10	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	4	0	7	13	0	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	17
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	10	15	1	0	6	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	21	22

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
3/13/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Winner 2