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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite Joao Pessoa
Saturday, March 14, 2026

Match #42: Winner's Bracket Round 1

(6, Q1) Nicolas Capogrosso/Tomas Capogrosso, Argentina
vs.
(4) Calvin Aye/Remi Bassereau, France

Nicolás Capogrosso
Argentina

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 15, 1995 (31 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rosario

Height:

202 cm (6'8")

Weight:

94 kg (207 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$117,425.00

Tomas Capogrosso
Argentina

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 8, 2002 (23 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rosario

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

79 kg (174 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$91,384.25

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	Money
FIVB	40	0	3	0	2	4	0	8	3	8	3	4	3	1	US$181,300.00

Previous Joao Pessoa Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2024	Tomas Capogrosso - 4th	Nicolas Capogrosso - 4th
2025	Tomas Capogrosso - 13th	Nicolas Capogrosso - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	12/3-7/2025	BPT Elite Itapema	7	9th	600	US$7,500.00
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	11	17th	640	US$7,000.00
FIVB	9/24-28/2025	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	15	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	9/17-21/2025	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	15	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	8/27-31/2025	BPT Elite Hamburg	10	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	8/13-17/2025	BPT Elite Montréal	8	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2025	BPT Elite Gstaad	4	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	5/28-6/1/2025	BPT Elite Ostrava	3	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	4/16-20/2025	BPT Elite Brasília	2	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	4/9-13/2025	BPT Elite Saquarema	4	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	3/26-30/2025	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	2	2nd	1100	US$23,000.00

BPT Elite Joao Pessoa Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 3/12/2026	Pool F	Felipe Alves / Vitor Felipe, Brazil (19, Q11)	Lost 21-19, 18-21, 11-15
Thu, 3/12/2026	Pool F	Trevor Crabb / Wyatt Harrison, United States (18, Q3)	Lost 19-21, 21-19, 14-16
Fri, 3/13/2026	Pool F	Chase Budinger / Miles Evans, United States (7)	Won 21-19, 21-18
Sat, 3/14/2026	Winner 1	Calvin Aye / Remi Bassereau, France (4)

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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$18,800.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	23	0	2	0	1	4	0	2	3	10	0	0	$129,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	14	0	1	0	1	0	0	6	0	3	3	0	$33,000.00
Total	40	0	3	0	2	4	0	8	3	15	3	1	$181,300.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Nicolas Capogrosso												Tomas Capogrosso
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	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$13,500.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$9,400.00
30	0	2	0	1	4	5	10	1	0	$66,750.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	23	0	2	0	1	4	5	10	0	0	$64,750.00
37	0	1	0	1	2	9	8	9	0	$36,175.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	15	0	1	0	1	0	6	3	3	0	$16,500.00
3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$500.00
76	0	3	1	2	6	14	21	10	1	$117,425.00	Total	44	0	3	1	2	5	12	15	3	1	$91,150.00

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	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	3	1	1	$30,800.00	14	19	42.4 %
2023	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	6	2	0	$14,500.00	15	15	50.0 %
2024	FIVB	8	0	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	$46,500.00	20	13	60.6 %
2025	FIVB	11	0	1	0	0	3	0	1	3	3	0	0	$82,000.00	21	19	52.5 %
Total	FIVB	39	0	3	0	2	4	0	8	3	15	3	1	$173,800.00	70	66	51.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Nicolas Capogrosso													Tomas Capogrosso
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,687.50	2014	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$3,687.50	2015	FIVB
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	$1,800.00	2016	FIVB
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	$4,400.00	2017	FIVB
8	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	3	$6,500.00	2018	FIVB
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	$5,200.00	2019	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00	2020	FIVB
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	$2,500.00	2021	FIVB	4	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	$500.00
10	0	1	0	0	0	4	3	1	1	$15,400.00	2022	FIVB	10	0	1	0	0	0	4	3	1	1	$15,400.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	2	0	$7,250.00	2023	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	2	0	$7,250.00
8	0	1	0	2	1	1	3	0	0	$23,250.00	2024	FIVB	8	0	1	0	2	1	1	3	0	0	$23,250.00
11	0	1	0	0	3	4	3	0	0	$41,000.00	2025	FIVB	11	0	1	0	0	3	4	3	0	0	$41,000.00
75	0	3	1	2	6	14	21	10	18	$113,675.00	Total	Total	43	0	3	1	2	5	12	15	3	2	$87,400.00

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	40	59.7%	11	16.4%	16	23.9%	51-16	76.1%	17	25.0%	10	14.7%	41	60.3%	17-51	25.0%	40-41	49.4%	28-26	51.9%	3	1	71-68	51.1%
2025-2026	15	60.0%	3	12.0%	7	28.0%	18-7	72.0%	4	23.5%	3	17.6%	10	58.8%	4-13	23.5%	15-10	60.0%	7-10	41.2%	0	1	22-21	51.2%
Against the Field	10	62.5%	2	12.5%	4	25.0%	12-4	75.0%	4	33.3%	2	16.7%	6	50.0%	4-8	33.3%	20-10	66.7%	12-12	50.0%	0	1	16-12	57.1%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	6	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	6
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	3	7	22	16	0	0	8	10	2	1	0	1	0	2	35	37
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	13	3	11	11	1	2	4	6	1	1	0	1	0	1	30	25
Total	0	0	16	10	39	30	1	3	12	18	3	2	0	2	0	3	71	68

Calvin Aye
France

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 21, 2001 (24 yrs old)

Home Town:

Dunkerque

Height:

197 cm (6'6")

Weight:

87 kg (191 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Cortegaça 2022)

Career Winnings:

US$60,585.63

Rémi Bassereau
France

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 26, 1999 (27 yrs old)

Home Town:

Villeneuve St Georges

Height:

194 cm (6'4")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$76,088.98

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	Money
FIVB	17	0	1	1	1	1	2	4	1	1	2	2	US$99,750.00

Previous Joao Pessoa Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2025	Remi Bassereau - 2nd	Calvin Aye - 2nd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	13	9th	800	US$11,000.00
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	Q1	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	9/17-21/2025	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	21, Q7	2nd	1100	US$23,000.00
FIVB	8/27-31/2025	BPT Elite Hamburg	18, Q5	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	8/6-10/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	22	3rd	720	US$9,000.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2025	BPT Elite Gstaad	23, Q12	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2025	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	13	25th	220	US$1,500.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2025	BPT Challenge Alanya	14	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	5/28-6/1/2025	BPT Elite Ostrava	20, Q8	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	5/14-18/2025	BPT Challenge Xiamen	6	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	4/9-13/2025	BPT Elite Saquarema	18, Q3	9th	600	US$7,500.00
FIVB	3/19-23/2025	BPT Challenge Yucatan	13	9th	460	US$3,250.00

BPT Elite Joao Pessoa Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 3/12/2026	Pool D	Ardis Bedritis / Arturs Rinkevics, Latvia (21, Q10)	Won 21-19, 21-18
Thu, 3/12/2026	Pool D	Adrielson Dos Santos / Arthur da Silva, Brazil (16)	Won 22-24, 21-8, 15-9
Fri, 3/13/2026	Pool D	Elouan Chouikh / Joadel Gardoque, France (9)	Won 21-19, 21-16
Sat, 3/14/2026	Winner 1	Nicolas Capogrosso / Tomas Capogrosso, Argentina (6, Q1)

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	1	0	0	0	0	$11,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	8	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	$59,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	8	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	0	1	1	0	$29,250.00
Total	17	0	1	1	1	1	2	4	1	3	2	0	$99,750.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Calvin Aye												Remi Bassereau
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$5,500.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$7,200.00
12	0	1	0	1	1	2	5	1	0	$33,750.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	15	0	1	0	1	0	6	5	1	0	$40,250.00
23	0	0	1	0	4	3	4	8	0	$19,500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	20	0	0	2	0	5	6	3	4	0	$28,125.00
7	1	0	2	0	1	2	1	0	0	$1,250.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$350.00
											U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
43	1	1	3	1	6	8	10	9	0	$60,000.00	Total	40	0	2	2	2	5	13	9	5	1	$75,925.00

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	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00	7	6	53.8 %
2025	FIVB	13	0	1	1	1	0	0	4	1	3	2	0	$82,250.00	30	24	55.6 %
Total	FIVB	16	0	1	1	1	1	2	4	1	3	2	0	$92,250.00	37	30	55.2 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Calvin Aye													Remi Bassereau
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2016	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$50.00	2021	FIVB
10	1	0	0	0	3	2	1	2	1	$7,825.00	2022	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	$8,000.00
9	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	4	0	$1,500.00	2023	FIVB	10	0	1	0	0	1	4	1	2	1	$12,175.00
8	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	1	2	$5,750.00	2024	FIVB	11	0	0	1	0	4	0	5	1	0	$10,875.00
13	0	1	1	1	0	5	3	2	0	$41,125.00	2025	FIVB	13	0	1	1	1	0	5	3	2	0	$41,125.00
42	1	1	3	1	6	8	10	9	3	$56,250.00	Total	Total	39	0	2	2	2	5	13	9	5	1	$72,175.00

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	23	56.1%	11	26.8%	7	17.1%	34-7	82.9%	6	21.4%	5	17.9%	17	60.7%	6-22	21.4%	23-17	57.5%	17-12	58.6%	0	1	40-30	57.1%
2025-2026	18	56.3%	9	28.1%	5	15.6%	27-5	84.4%	6	25.0%	2	8.3%	16	66.7%	6-18	25.0%	18-16	52.9%	15-7	68.2%	0	1	33-24	57.9%
Against the Field	6	66.7%	2	22.2%	1	11.1%	8-1	88.9%	3	21.4%	2	14.3%	9	64.3%	3-11	21.4%	12-18	40.0%	10-6	62.5%	0	0	11-12	47.8%

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	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	5	1	7	8	0	0	7	2	1	1	0	1	0	1	20	14
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	9	7	0	0	7	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	17	14
Total	0	0	5	1	18	16	0	0	15	9	1	2	1	1	0	1	40	30

Head to Head Results
Aye/Bassereau lead the series 1-0

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
3/14/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Winner 1
9/19/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Winner 1	Aye/Bassereau	21, Q7	Capogrosso/Capogrosso	15	21-17, 21-17	0:35