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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Tlaxcala
Friday, March 20, 2026

Match #37: Winner's Bracket Round 1

(6) Xinyi Xia/Xu Yan, China
vs.
(16) Menia Bentele/Annique Niederhauser, Switzerland

Xinyi Xia
China

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 14, 1997 (29 yrs old)

Home Town:

Urumqi

Height:

182 cm (6'0")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

110

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$272,002.85

Xu Yan
China

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 30, 2004 (21 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$12,000.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	US$14,250.00

Previous Tlaxcala Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2023	Chen Xue - 9th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/5-8/2026	BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar	3	5th	600	US$5,000.00
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	37	17th	640	US$7,000.00

BPT Challenge Tlaxcala Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 3/19/2026	Pool F	Urszula Lunio / Natalia Okla, Poland (27)	Won 21-14, 18-21, 15-9	0:45
Thu, 3/19/2026	Pool F	Megan J. Rice / Geena Urango, United States (22)	Lost 19-21, 15-21	0:36
Fri, 3/20/2026	Winner 1	Menia Bentele / Annique Niederhauser, Switzerland (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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,250.00
Total	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$14,250.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Xinyi Xia												Xu Yan
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	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	$16,000.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00
2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$23,500.00	World Tour Finals
31	0	0	2	0	4	10	5	4	0	$89,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam
51	5	3	3	1	6	15	11	6	0	$117,287.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	$6,500.00
20	2	5	1	2	4	4	2	0	0	$25,700.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	7	3	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	$2,000.00
110	7	8	6	4	15	32	21	10	0	$271,487.50	Total	14	3	0	1	0	2	2	3	2	0	$12,000.00

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,000.00	2	2	50.0 %
2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$12,000.00	5	4	55.6 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Xinyi Xia													Xu Yan
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$23,750.00	2013	FIVB
13	0	0	2	0	2	2	3	2	2	$33,187.50	2014	FIVB
9	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	4	$5,400.00	2015	FIVB
8	0	1	0	0	0	3	3	1	0	$13,700.00	2016	FIVB
3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$6,000.00	2017	FIVB
14	0	3	0	1	3	5	1	1	0	$28,050.00	2018	FIVB
16	0	0	0	1	1	6	5	3	0	$33,400.00	2019	FIVB
2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$9,500.00	2020	FIVB
4	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	$5,500.00	2021	FIVB
11	1	2	2	0	1	2	3	0	0	$19,100.00	2022	FIVB
10	1	0	2	1	1	4	1	0	0	$36,625.00	2023	FIVB	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00
											2023	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
11	2	0	0	1	4	4	0	0	0	$45,650.00	2024	FIVB	5	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	$2,100.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	$8,000.00	2025	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	$5,525.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00
109	7	8	6	4	15	32	21	10	6	$270,362.50	Total	Total	14	3	0	1	1	2	2	3	2	0	$10,875.00

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	3	60.0%	1	20.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	3	75.0%	1-3	25.0%	3-3	50.0%	2-1	66.7%	0	0	5-4	55.6%
2025-2026	3	60.0%	1	20.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	3	75.0%	1-3	25.0%	3-3	50.0%	2-1	66.7%	0	0	5-4	55.6%
Against the Field	2	50.0%	1	25.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	4-2	66.7%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	3-2	60.0%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Total	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4

Menia Bentele
Switzerland

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 26, 2001 (24 yrs old)

Home Town:

Immenstadt

Height:

181 cm (5'11")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Cervia 2023)

Career Winnings:

US$16,727.15

Annique Niederhauser
Switzerland

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 26, 2003 (22 yrs old)

Home Town:

Hondrich

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (3 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$15,083.85

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	Money
FIVB	13	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	1	1	1	2	1	1	US$16,497.79

Previous Tlaxcala Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2022	Anna Lutz - 33rd	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/5-8/2026	BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar	5	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	10/15-19/2025	BPT Challenge Nuvali	17	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	Q12	21st	300	US$0.00
FIVB	10/1-5/2025	BPT Challenge Veracruz	19	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	8/13-17/2025	BPT Elite Montréal	Q10	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	8/5-9/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	22, Q2	25th	220	US$1,500.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2025	BPT Elite Gstaad	16	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	6/26-29/2025	BPT Futures Geneva	1	5th	240	€ 300.00
FIVB	6/19-22/2025	Futures Messina	6	2nd	360	€ 700.00
FIVB	5/21-24/2025	BPT Futures Spiez	5	9th	180	€ 200.00
FIVB	5/14-18/2025	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Q12	33rd	180	US$0.00
FIVB	4/30-5/3/2025	BPT Futures Valencia	6	13th	140	€ 100.00

BPT Challenge Tlaxcala Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 3/19/2026	Pool A	Anna Pavelkova / Katerina Pavelkova, Czechia (17)	Lost 17-21, 19-21	0:34
Thu, 3/19/2026	Pool A	Anna Cepek / Ana Juarez, Mexico (32)	Won 21-12, 21-8	0:26
Fri, 3/20/2026	Winner 1	Xinyi Xia / Xu Yan, China (6)

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	0	0	3	0	0	$2,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	$12,500.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,300.00
Total	13	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	1	4	1	0	$16,300.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Menia Bentele												Annique Niederhauser
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	$2,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	$2,250.00
16	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	4	1	$8,750.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	$6,250.00
25	1	2	3	1	5	10	2	1	0	$3,900.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	15	0	2	0	2	5	3	3	0	0	$2,100.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
48	1	2	4	1	5	14	8	6	1	$14,900.00	Total	28	0	2	0	2	5	5	9	3	0	$14,100.00

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
2025	FIVB	11	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	1	4	1	1	$10,800.00	13	18	41.9 %
2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,250.00	2	3	40.0 %
Total	FIVB	12	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	1	4	1	1	$14,050.00	15	21	41.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Menia Bentele													Annique Niederhauser
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	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2020	FIVB
7	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	1	1	$500.00	2021	FIVB
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2021	FIVB Age Group WC
7	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	2	$4,000.00	2022	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$1,150.00
12	1	0	3	0	1	2	1	3	1	$1,600.00	2023	FIVB	6	0	1	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	$700.00
											2023	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
7	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	0	1	$650.00	2024	FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	1	0	$600.00
11	0	1	0	0	1	3	4	1	1	$5,400.00	2025	FIVB	12	0	1	0	0	1	3	5	1	1	$8,900.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,625.00	2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,625.00
47	1	2	4	1	5	14	8	6	6	$13,775.00	Total	Total	28	0	3	0	2	5	5	9	3	1	$12,975.00

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	11	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	11-0	100.0%	4	16.0%	3	12.0%	18	72.0%	4-21	16.0%	11-18	37.9%	4-3	57.1%	0	0	15-21	41.7%
2025-2026	11	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	11-0	100.0%	4	16.0%	3	12.0%	18	72.0%	4-21	16.0%	11-18	37.9%	4-3	57.1%	0	0	15-21	41.7%
Against the Field	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	1	12.5%	0	0.0%	7	87.5%	1-7	12.5%	2-14	12.5%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	2-7	22.2%

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	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	3	1	3	6	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	10
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	7	7
Total	0	0	3	3	7	12	0	0	4	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	15	21

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
3/20/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	Winner 1