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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Nayarit
Thursday, March 26, 2026

Match #12: Pool F

(11) Francesca Alupei/Beata Vaida, Romania
vs.
(22) Chenoa Christ/Sophia Neuss, Germany

Francesca Ioana Alupei
Romania

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 3, 2003 (23 yrs old)

Home Town:

Bucuresti

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

65 kg (143 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Mount Maunganui 2026)

Career Winnings:

US$7,884.25

Beata Vaida
Romania

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 28, 1997 (28 yrs old)

Home Town:

Satu-Mare

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

74 kg (163 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$12,818.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	33	Money
FIVB	13	1	1	1	1	2	0	3	0	1	1	0	1	US$15,473.21

Previous Nayarit Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/18-22/2026	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	18, Q1	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	3/11-15/2026	BPT Futures Coolangatta	2	2nd	360	US$700.00
FIVB	3/5-8/2026	BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar	7	5th	600	US$5,000.00
FIVB	2/5-8/2026	BPT Futures Mount Maunganui	3	1st	400	US$1,000.00
FIVB	10/15-19/2025	BPT Challenge Nuvali	24, Q3	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	9/18-21/2025	Futures Bondues Lille Metropole	6	5th	240	€ 300.00
FIVB	9/11-14/2025	Futures Warsaw	9	3rd	320	€ 500.00
FIVB	9/4-7/2025	Futures Budapest	8	9th	180	€ 200.00
FIVB	5/14-18/2025	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Q17	33rd	180	US$0.00
FIVB	5/1-4/2025	Futures Nuvali	11, Q2	4th	280	US$400.00
FIVB	4/8-11/2025	BPT Futures Songkhla	16, Q15	9th	180	US$200.00
FIVB	3/26-30/2025	BPT Futures Coolangatta	Q14	21st	60	US$0.00

BPT Challenge Nayarit Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 3/26/2026	Pool F	Chenoa Christ / Sophia Neuss, Germany (22)

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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	$12,000.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	8	1	1	1	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	$3,300.00
Total	13	1	1	1	1	2	0	3	0	2	0	0	$15,300.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Francesca Alupei												Beata Vaida
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$6,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	11	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	$7,500.00
8	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	$1,650.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	23	2	2	1	2	4	4	4	1	0	$4,850.00
											U21 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00
13	1	1	1	1	2	3	2	0	0	$7,650.00	Total	38	2	2	1	2	6	6	5	2	0	$12,350.00

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	8	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	1	$3,850.00	17	14	54.8 %
2026	FIVB	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$9,950.00	13	4	76.5 %
Total	FIVB	12	1	1	1	1	2	0	3	0	2	0	1	$13,800.00	30	18	62.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Francesca Alupei													Beata Vaida
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2016	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2017	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	$150.00
											2017	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2018	FIVB	11	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	6	$3,200.00
											2019	FIVB	8	0	1	0	1	2	1	1	1	1	$1,350.00
8	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	0	1	$1,925.00	2025	FIVB	8	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	0	1	$1,925.00
4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$4,975.00	2026	FIVB	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$4,975.00
12	1	1	1	1	2	3	2	0	1	$6,900.00	Total	Total	37	2	2	1	2	6	6	5	2	11	$11,600.00

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	18	75.0%	2	8.3%	4	16.7%	20-4	83.3%	10	41.7%	3	12.5%	11	45.8%	10-14	41.7%	18-11	62.1%	12-7	63.2%	0	0	30-18	62.5%
2025-2026	18	75.0%	2	8.3%	4	16.7%	20-4	83.3%	10	41.7%	3	12.5%	11	45.8%	10-14	41.7%	18-11	62.1%	12-7	63.2%	0	0	30-18	62.5%
Against the Field	2	50.0%	0	0.0%	2	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	4-4	50.0%	0-4	0.0%	0	0	2-4	33.3%

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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	2	1	3	2	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	6
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	3	1	10	4	0	0	6	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	23	12
Total	0	0	5	2	13	6	0	0	8	6	2	2	1	1	1	1	30	18

Chenoa Christ
Germany

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 14, 2000 (25 yrs old)

Home Town:

Wiesbaden

Height:

182 cm (6'0")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$10,383.65

Sophia Neuß
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 2, 2006 (19 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Laginha Beach 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$4,657.68

Team Career Summary

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

Previous Nayarit Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/18-22/2026	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	26, Q4	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	3/5-8/2026	BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar	11	9th	460	US$3,250.00

BPT Challenge Nayarit Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 3/26/2026	Pool F	Francesca Alupei / Beata Vaida, Romania (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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$7,000.00
Total	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$7,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Chenoa Christ												Sophia Neuss
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam
15	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	0	$5,625.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$3,500.00
16	3	2	1	0	4	2	4	0	0	$3,400.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	6	0	1	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	$900.00
											U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
36	3	2	1	0	4	4	10	5	0	$9,025.00	Total	10	0	1	0	2	0	4	2	0	0	$4,400.00

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
2026	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$5,500.00	4	4	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$5,500.00	4	4	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Chenoa Christ													Sophia Neuss
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
5	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	$550.00	2021	FIVB
6	0	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	$900.00	2022	FIVB
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	$0.00	2023	FIVB
											2023	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
13	3	0	0	0	3	1	4	1	1	$2,950.00	2024	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2024	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	$1,125.00	2025	FIVB	5	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	$900.00
											2025	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$2,750.00	2026	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$2,750.00
35	3	2	1	0	4	4	10	5	6	$8,275.00	Total	Total	11	0	1	0	2	0	5	2	0	1	$3,650.00

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	4	80.0%	0	0.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2	66.7%	0-3	0.0%	4-2	66.7%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	4-4	50.0%
2025-2026	4	80.0%	0	0.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2	66.7%	0-3	0.0%	4-2	66.7%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	4-4	50.0%
Against the Field	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	2-2	50.0%	0-4	0.0%	0	0	1-3	25.0%

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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4
Total	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4

Head to Head Results
Alupei/Vaida lead the series 1-0

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
3/26/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nayarit	Pool F
3/6/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar	Winner 2	Alupei/Vaida	7	Christ/Neuss	11	21-18, 22-20	0:43