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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite Saquarema
Thursday, April 9, 2026

Match #31: Pool A

(1) Rebecca Cavalcanti/Carol Salgado, Brazil
vs.
(12) Ally Batenhorst/Sara Hughes, United States

Rebecca Cavalcanti Barbosa Silva
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 23, 1993 (32 yrs old)

Home Town:

Fortaleza

Height:

175 cm (5'9")

Weight:

78 kg (172 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$348,650.00

Carolina Salgado Collet Solberg
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 6, 1987 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rio de Janeiro

Height:

177 cm (5'10")

Weight:

67 kg (147 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

232

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$974,100.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	14	3	1	1	1	3	0	3	1	0	0	US$237,750.00

Previous Saquarema Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2024	Agatha Bednarczuk - 9th	Did not play
2025	Carol Salgado - 9th	Rebecca Cavalcanti - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	12/3-7/2025	BPT Elite Itapema	1	1st	1200	US$40,000.00
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	2	3rd	1280	US$35,000.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	5	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	9/24-28/2025	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	11	1st	1200	US$40,000.00
FIVB	9/17-21/2025	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	11	4th	900	US$12,000.00
FIVB	8/27-31/2025	BPT Elite Hamburg	4	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	8/13-17/2025	BPT Elite Montréal	5	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2025	BPT Elite Gstaad	3	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	5/28-6/1/2025	BPT Elite Ostrava	4	9th	600	US$7,500.00
FIVB	4/16-20/2025	BPT Elite Brasília	5	2nd	1100	US$23,000.00
FIVB	4/9-13/2025	BPT Elite Saquarema	14	9th	600	US$7,500.00

BPT Elite Saquarema Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 4/9/2026	Pool A	Erika Kliokmanaite / Ieva Vasiliauskaite, Lithuania (24, Q3)
Thu, 4/9/2026	Pool A	Ieva Dumbauskaite / Gerda Grudzinskaite, Lithuania (13)
Thu, 4/9/2026	Pool A	Ally Batenhorst / Sara Hughes, United States (12)

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$35,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	12	3	1	0	1	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	$199,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,250.00
Total	14	3	1	1	1	3	0	3	1	0	0	0	$237,750.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Rebecca Cavalcanti												Carol Salgado
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	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	$34,000.00	World Championships	9	0	0	1	0	2	3	3	0	0	$62,500.00
2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$13,750.00	World Tour Finals	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	$28,000.00
35	3	2	2	3	7	14	1	0	0	$186,750.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	101	6	8	4	5	21	35	7	4	0	$541,950.00
31	3	4	5	1	6	8	2	1	0	$108,400.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	108	6	6	11	7	16	33	5	0	0	$334,100.00
2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$5,750.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$7,550.00
2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	4	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
78	7	7	9	5	14	27	4	1	0	$348,650.00	Total	232	15	16	17	15	41	73	16	4	0	$974,100.00

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	13	3	1	1	1	3	0	3	1	0	0	0	$237,750.00	46	24	65.7 %
Total	FIVB	13	3	1	1	1	3	0	3	1	0	0	0	$237,750.00	46	24	65.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Rebecca Cavalcanti													Carol Salgado
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2002	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2003	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2004	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$2,750.00
											2004	FIVB Age Group WC	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2005	FIVB	13	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	0	8	$22,925.00
											2005	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2006	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	4	$19,875.00
											2006	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2007	FIVB	17	0	0	0	0	3	7	1	1	5	$45,850.00
											2008	FIVB	18	1	0	3	2	2	4	2	0	4	$72,850.00
											2009	FIVB	13	0	0	1	0	5	3	0	0	4	$44,150.00
											2010	FIVB	15	0	0	3	1	3	5	3	0	0	$68,600.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2010	FIVB Age Group WC
											2011	FIVB	15	0	1	0	0	4	10	0	0	0	$65,800.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2011	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2012	FIVB Age Group WC
											2013	FIVB	13	1	2	3	0	1	4	1	0	1	$80,500.00
2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$8,500.00	2014	FIVB	10	0	1	0	2	1	3	1	1	1	$50,750.00
											2015	FIVB	9	0	0	0	1	1	4	1	2	0	$35,750.00
2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	$3,400.00	2016	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$750.00	2017	FIVB	8	1	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	3	$18,550.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	$2,000.00	2018	FIVB	12	0	3	0	3	2	3	1	0	0	$70,500.00
16	3	2	4	1	2	4	0	0	0	$94,500.00	2019	FIVB	13	0	2	1	1	1	4	3	0	1	$60,000.00
6	0	1	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	$18,500.00	2021	FIVB	8	0	0	1	0	1	3	1	0	2	$15,500.00
6	0	1	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	$30,250.00	2022	FIVB	12	2	2	1	1	4	2	0	0	0	$65,375.00
12	1	0	1	0	2	8	0	0	0	$35,875.00	2023	FIVB	14	3	2	0	1	4	3	1	0	0	$62,000.00
12	0	1	0	2	2	5	2	0	0	$36,000.00	2024	FIVB	9	2	0	1	0	2	4	0	0	0	$53,500.00
13	3	1	1	1	3	4	0	0	0	$118,875.00	2025	FIVB	13	3	1	1	1	3	4	0	0	0	$118,875.00
77	7	7	9	5	14	27	4	1	3	$348,650.00	Total	Total	231	15	16	17	15	41	73	16	4	34	$974,100.00

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	32	78.0%	5	12.2%	4	9.8%	37-4	90.2%	9	31.0%	6	20.7%	14	48.3%	9-20	31.0%	32-14	69.6%	14-10	58.3%	0	0	46-24	65.7%
2025-2026	32	78.0%	5	12.2%	4	9.8%	37-4	90.2%	9	31.0%	6	20.7%	14	48.3%	9-20	31.0%	32-14	69.6%	14-10	58.3%	0	0	46-24	65.7%
Against the Field	12	85.7%	1	7.1%	1	7.1%	13-1	92.9%	4	30.8%	2	15.4%	7	53.8%	4-9	30.8%	24-14	63.2%	10-6	62.5%	0	0	17-10	63.0%

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	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	7	1
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	14	10	0	0	16	8	4	1	0	1	3	1	37	21
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Total	0	0	0	0	18	11	0	0	20	9	4	2	1	1	3	1	46	24

Ally Batenhorst
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 26, 2002 (23 yrs old)

Home Town:

Houston, TX

Height:

193 cm (6'5")

Weight:

79 kg (174 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$11,500.00

Sara Hughes
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 14, 1995 (31 yrs old)

Home Town:

Long Beach, CA

Height:

178 cm (5'10")

Weight:

58 kg (128 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$373,094.92

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	4	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	US$23,000.00

Previous Saquarema 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	3	3rd	720	US$9,000.00
FIVB	3/5-8/2026	BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar	1	3rd	720	US$9,000.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	12	13th	460	US$5,000.00

BPT Elite Saquarema Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 4/9/2026	Pool A	Ieva Dumbauskaite / Gerda Grudzinskaite, Lithuania (13)
Thu, 4/9/2026	Pool A	Erika Kliokmanaite / Ieva Vasiliauskaite, Lithuania (24, Q3)
Thu, 4/9/2026	Pool A	Rebecca Cavalcanti / Carol Salgado, Brazil (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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$5,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$18,000.00
Total	4	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$23,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Ally Batenhorst												Sara Hughes
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	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											World Championships	4	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$53,500.00
											World Tour Finals	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$86,250.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	29	3	1	1	2	8	10	1	0	0	$146,500.00
2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$9,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	32	3	0	5	1	4	7	4	2	0	$80,625.00
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	5	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$6,070.00
											U23 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											U21 World Championships	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	3	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	$11,500.00	Total	81	10	1	8	4	17	23	6	3	0	$372,945.00

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	1	0	0	0	$5,000.00	1	2	33.3 %
2026	FIVB	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$18,000.00	8	3	72.7 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$23,000.00	9	5	64.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Ally Batenhorst													Sara Hughes
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2011	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$0.00
											2012	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2012	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2013	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2014	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2015	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2016	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$9,000.00
											2017	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	0	0	$24,750.00
											2018	FIVB	12	1	0	1	0	4	4	2	0	0	$50,000.00
											2019	FIVB	9	0	0	1	1	1	4	1	0	1	$27,500.00
											2020	FIVB	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$4,000.00
											2021	FIVB	9	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	5	$8,320.00
											2022	FIVB	9	4	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	$121,750.00
											2023	FIVB	11	2	1	0	1	5	2	0	0	0	$84,625.00
											2024	FIVB	6	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	$31,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,500.00	2025	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,500.00
2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$9,000.00	2026	FIVB	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$9,000.00
3	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	$11,500.00	Total	Total	80	10	1	8	4	17	23	6	3	8	$372,945.00

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	30.0%	3	30.0%	4	40.0%	6-4	60.0%	3	75.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	3-1	75.0%	3-0	100.0%	6-5	54.5%	0	0	9-5	64.3%
2025-2026	3	30.0%	3	30.0%	4	40.0%	6-4	60.0%	3	75.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	3-1	75.0%	3-0	100.0%	6-5	54.5%	0	0	9-5	64.3%
Against the Field	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	2-0	100.0%	2-4	33.3%	0	0	2-2	50.0%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	4	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	8	3
Total	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	4	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	9	5

Head to Head Results
Cavalcanti/Salgado lead the series 1-0

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
4/9/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Pool A
10/8/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Newport Beach	Pool D	Cavalcanti/Salgado	5	Batenhorst/Hughes	12	15-21, 21-13, 15-11	0:46