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

Match #17: Pool A

(1) Lea Kunst/Melanie Paul, Germany
vs.
(16) Madelyne Anderson/Alaina Chacon, United States

Lea Sophie Kunst
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 18, 2001 (24 yrs old)

Home Town:

Varel

Height:

185 cm (6'1")

Weight:

75 kg (165 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Ios 2024)

Career Winnings:

US$31,693.50

Melanie Paul
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 27, 2000 (25 yrs old)

Home Town:

Buenos Aires

Height:

177 cm (5'10")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Lille 2023)

Career Winnings:

US$21,015.15

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
FIVB	9	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	1	US$36,450.00

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	2	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	3/11-15/2026	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	12	9th	600	US$6,200.00
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	36	9th	800	US$11,000.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2025	BPT Elite Gstaad	Q10	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2025	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	18	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2025	BPT Challenge Alanya	Q1	33rd	180	US$0.00
FIVB	5/14-18/2025	BPT Challenge Xiamen	28, Q5	3rd	720	US$9,000.00

BPT Challenge Nayarit Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 3/26/2026	Pool A	Pity Lima / Alessandra Rezende, Brazil (32)	Won 21-10, 21-12	0:29
Thu, 3/26/2026	Pool A	Madelyne Anderson / Alaina Chacon, United States (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	1	0	0	0	0	$11,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$6,200.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	$19,250.00
Total	9	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	0	$36,450.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Lea Kunst												Melanie Paul
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	1	0	0	0	$5,500.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$5,500.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	0	$6,850.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	$3,100.00
19	0	0	1	0	2	4	5	4	0	$17,875.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	7	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	$9,625.00
8	1	0	1	1	0	1	4	0	0	$1,000.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	12	1	1	0	3	1	4	2	0	0	$1,900.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
36	1	0	2	1	2	9	13	5	0	$31,225.00	Total	24	1	1	1	3	1	8	4	2	0	$20,125.00

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
2025	FIVB	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	$24,750.00	14	8	63.6 %
2026	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$9,450.00	6	2	75.0 %
Total	FIVB	8	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	1	$34,200.00	20	10	66.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Lea Kunst													Melanie Paul
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	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2018	FIVB Age Group WC
3	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	$250.00	2021	FIVB
6	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	1	0	$3,125.00	2022	FIVB	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$500.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	$1,000.00	2023	FIVB	4	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	$950.00
10	1	0	0	1	1	2	4	1	0	$3,750.00	2024	FIVB	7	0	0	0	1	0	3	2	0	1	$450.00
8	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	2	1	$17,250.00	2025	FIVB	6	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	1	$12,375.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$4,725.00	2026	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$4,725.00
35	1	0	2	1	2	9	13	5	2	$30,100.00	Total	Total	23	1	1	1	3	1	8	4	2	2	$19,000.00

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	14	73.7%	3	15.8%	2	10.5%	17-2	89.5%	3	27.3%	4	36.4%	4	36.4%	3-8	27.3%	14-4	77.8%	6-6	50.0%	0	0	20-10	66.7%
2025-2026	14	73.7%	3	15.8%	2	10.5%	17-2	89.5%	3	27.3%	4	36.4%	4	36.4%	3-8	27.3%	14-4	77.8%	6-6	50.0%	0	0	20-10	66.7%
Against the Field	2	66.7%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	4-0	100.0%	4-0	100.0%	0	0	4-0	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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	3	1	6	3	0	0	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	13	7
Total	0	0	3	2	12	3	0	0	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	20	10

Madelyne May Anderson
United States

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 26, 2001 (24 yrs old)

Home Town:

Palm Beach Gardens, FL

Height:

185 cm (6'1")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$24,885.43

Alaina Chacon
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 22, 1999 (27 yrs old)

Home Town:

Crown Point, IN

Height:

175 cm (5'9")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$11,525.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	US$4,500.00

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	20	17th	340	US$2,250.00

BPT Challenge Nayarit Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 3/26/2026	Pool A	Kadeliye Halaiti / Mingli Zhou, China (17)	Won 21-18, 21-14	0:37
Thu, 3/26/2026	Pool A	Lea Kunst / Melanie Paul, Germany (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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$4,500.00
Total	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$4,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Madelyne Anderson												Alaina Chacon
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
7	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	0	$5,750.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,000.00
13	0	1	0	0	2	3	3	2	0	$15,625.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	0	$6,125.00
6	4	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$2,550.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	8	2	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	$2,400.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
27	4	1	0	1	2	7	6	4	0	$23,925.00	Total	17	2	2	2	1	0	2	5	2	0	$11,525.00

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,250.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,250.00	2	2	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Madelyne Anderson													Alaina Chacon
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	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2021	FIVB Age Group WC
3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$5,000.00	2022	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$0.00	2023	FIVB
9	3	0	0	1	2	2	1	0	0	$6,550.00	2024	FIVB	9	0	2	1	1	0	0	4	1	0	$2,650.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	2	1	$10,125.00	2025	FIVB	6	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	$6,625.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,125.00	2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,125.00
26	4	1	0	1	2	7	6	4	1	$22,800.00	Total	Total	16	2	2	2	1	0	2	5	2	0	$10,400.00

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	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	2-2	50.0%	0-0	0	0	2-2	50.0%
2025-2026	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	2-2	50.0%	0-0	0	0	2-2	50.0%
Against the Field	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	4-2	66.7%	0-0	0	0	2-1	66.7%

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	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Total	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
3/26/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nayarit	Pool A