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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Nayarit
Saturday, March 28, 2026

Match #54: Semi-Finals

(4) Xinyi Xia/Xu Yan, China
vs.
(1) Lea Kunst/Melanie Paul, Germany

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:

111

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$276,002.85

Xu Yan
China

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 30, 2004 (21 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$16,000.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	US$22,250.00

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	6	9th	460	US$3,250.00
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 Nayarit Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 3/26/2026	Pool D	Halle Hunt / Katie Lindstrom, United States (29)	Won 21-16, 21-12	0:34
Thu, 3/26/2026	Pool D	Carly Kan / Natalie Myszkowski, United States (13)	Won 21-16, 21-15	0:32
Fri, 3/27/2026	Winner 2	Jie Dong / Jiang Kaiyue, China (15)	Won 21-18, 21-18	0:36
Sat, 3/28/2026	Winner 3	Sofia Gonzalez / Ana Vergara, Spain (14)	Won 21-12, 21-13	0:31
Sat, 3/28/2026	Semi-Finals	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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$15,250.00
Total	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	$22,250.00

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
52	5	3	3	1	6	16	11	6	0	$121,287.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	7	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	0	$10,500.00
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
111	7	8	6	4	15	33	21	10	0	$275,487.50	Total	15	3	0	1	0	2	3	3	2	0	$16,000.00

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	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$8,250.00	8	3	72.7 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	$15,250.00	10	5	66.7 %

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
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$4,125.00	2026	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$4,125.00
110	7	8	6	4	15	33	21	10	6	$271,987.50	Total	Total	15	3	0	1	1	2	3	3	2	0	$12,500.00

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	7	63.6%	2	18.2%	2	18.2%	9-2	81.8%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	3	75.0%	1-3	25.0%	7-3	70.0%	3-2	60.0%	0	0	10-5	66.7%
2025-2026	7	63.6%	2	18.2%	2	18.2%	9-2	81.8%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	3	75.0%	1-3	25.0%	7-3	70.0%	3-2	60.0%	0	0	10-5	66.7%
Against the Field	6	75.0%	1	12.5%	1	12.5%	7-1	87.5%	0		0		0		0-0		12-0	100.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	7-1	87.5%

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	4	1	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	3
Total	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	0	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	5

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$34,068.50

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$23,390.15

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$41,200.00

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)	Won 21-13, 20-22, 15-13	0:55
Fri, 3/27/2026	Winner 2	Carly Kan / Natalie Myszkowski, United States (13)	Won 21-15, 21-23, 15-9	0:51
Sat, 3/28/2026	Winner 3	Urszula Lunio / Natalia Okla, Poland (23)	Won 21-19, 21-12	0:39
Sat, 3/28/2026	Semi-Finals	Xinyi Xia / Xu Yan, China (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	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	$24,000.00
Total	9	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	0	$41,200.00

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	$20,250.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	7	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	$12,000.00
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	$33,600.00	Total	24	1	1	1	3	1	8	4	2	0	$22,500.00

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	9	2	81.8 %
Total	FIVB	8	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	1	$34,200.00	23	10	69.7 %

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	15	68.2%	5	22.7%	2	9.1%	20-2	90.9%	3	27.3%	4	36.4%	4	36.4%	3-8	27.3%	15-4	78.9%	8-6	57.1%	0	0	23-10	69.7%
2025-2026	15	68.2%	5	22.7%	2	9.1%	20-2	90.9%	3	27.3%	4	36.4%	4	36.4%	3-8	27.3%	15-4	78.9%	8-6	57.1%	0	0	23-10	69.7%
Against the Field	3	50.0%	3	50.0%	0	0.0%	6-0	100.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	6-0	100.0%	8-0	100.0%	0	0	7-0	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	7	3	0	0	5	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	16	7
Total	0	0	3	2	13	3	0	0	6	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	23	10

Head to Head Results
Kunst/Paul lead the series 1-0

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
3/28/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nayarit	Semi-Finals
11/16/25	FIVB	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool L	Kunst/Paul	36	Xia/Yan	37	16-21, 21-18, 15-9	0:44