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

Match #11: Pool E

(8) Nina Brunner/Tanja Huberli, Switzerland
vs.
(17, Q4) Monika Paulikiene/Aine Raupelyte, Lithuania

Nina Betschart Brunner
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 14, 1995 (30 yrs old)

Home Town:

Steinhausen

Height:

175 cm (5'9")

Weight:

65 kg (143 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$331,584.25

Tanja Hüberli
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 27, 1992 (33 yrs old)

Home Town:

Thalwil

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

74 kg (163 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

120

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$424,018.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
FIVB	78	3	4	7	3	15	1	24	4	14	1	1	US$651,280.20

Previous Saquarema Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

BPT Elite Saquarema Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 4/9/2026	Pool E	Monika Paulikiene / Aine Raupelyte, Lithuania (17, Q4)
Thu, 4/9/2026	Pool E	Carolina Horta / Elize Maia, Brazil (20, Q6)
Thu, 4/9/2026	Pool E	Thamela Coradello / Victoria Lopes, Brazil (5)

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$)
Olympic Games	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$68,000.00
World Tour Finals	5	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	$70,500.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	32	2	3	3	2	8	0	3	3	5	1	0	$367,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	32	0	1	3	0	4	0	14	1	9	0	0	$140,600.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00
Total	78	3	4	7	3	15	1	24	4	14	1	0	$651,100.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Nina Brunner												Tanja Huberli
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	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	$34,000.00	World Championships	6	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	$39,900.00
5	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	$35,250.00	World Tour Finals	5	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	$35,250.00
34	2	3	3	2	8	6	5	1	0	$183,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	62	2	3	3	3	10	13	10	7	0	$263,250.00
37	0	1	3	0	4	18	9	2	0	$76,100.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	39	0	2	3	0	4	18	10	1	0	$82,150.00
3	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$2,500.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$3,000.00
											U23 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
4	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
3	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
92	5	4	7	4	20	31	14	3	0	$331,350.00	Total	120	4	5	7	4	18	40	21	8	0	$423,550.00

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
2016	FIVB	11	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	5	0	1	$87,600.00	28	23	54.9 %
2017	FIVB	9	0	0	1	0	1	0	4	0	2	1	0	$72,000.00	20	17	54.1 %
2018	FIVB	10	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	1	4	0	0	$57,000.00	22	19	53.7 %
2019	FIVB	12	0	0	0	2	2	0	5	0	3	0	0	$95,000.00	28	21	57.1 %
2020	FIVB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	5	0	100.0 %
2021	FIVB	9	0	1	0	0	3	1	4	0	0	0	0	$61,000.00	25	11	69.4 %
2022	FIVB	9	0	1	2	0	2	0	3	1	0	0	0	$91,500.00	28	14	66.7 %
2023	FIVB	8	0	1	0	1	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	$82,500.00	22	19	53.7 %
2024	FIVB	8	2	1	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	$103,500.00	31	10	75.6 %
Total	FIVB	77	3	4	7	3	15	1	24	4	14	1	1	$651,100.00	209	134	60.9 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Nina Brunner													Tanja Huberli
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2010	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2011	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,000.00	2012	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2012	FIVB Age Group WC
											2013	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	7	$12,150.00
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2013	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2014	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	6	3	0	3	$38,600.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2014	FIVB Age Group WC
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	$1,800.00	2015	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	0	$23,000.00
12	0	0	1	0	2	3	5	0	1	$44,800.00	2016	FIVB	11	0	0	1	0	2	2	5	0	1	$43,800.00
9	0	0	1	0	1	4	2	1	0	$36,000.00	2017	FIVB	9	0	0	1	0	1	4	2	1	0	$36,000.00
10	0	0	2	0	0	4	4	0	0	$28,500.00	2018	FIVB	10	0	0	2	0	0	4	4	0	0	$28,500.00
12	0	0	0	2	2	5	3	0	0	$47,500.00	2019	FIVB	12	0	0	0	2	2	5	3	0	0	$47,500.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$500.00	2020	FIVB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$500.00
9	0	1	0	0	4	4	0	0	0	$30,500.00	2021	FIVB	9	0	1	0	0	4	4	0	0	0	$30,500.00
9	0	1	2	0	2	4	0	0	0	$45,750.00	2022	FIVB	9	0	1	2	0	2	4	0	0	0	$45,750.00
8	0	1	0	1	3	3	0	0	0	$41,250.00	2023	FIVB	8	0	1	0	1	3	3	0	0	0	$41,250.00
8	2	1	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	$51,750.00	2024	FIVB	8	2	1	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	$51,750.00
											2025	FIVB	7	1	1	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	$24,250.00
91	5	4	7	4	20	31	14	3	3	$331,350.00	Total	Total	119	4	5	7	4	18	40	21	8	12	$423,550.00

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	135	72.6%	27	14.5%	24	12.9%	162-24	87.1%	40	27.4%	30	20.5%	76	52.1%	40-106	27.4%	135-76	64.0%	67-54	55.4%	7	4	209-134	60.9%
2025-2026	0		0		0		0-0		0		0		0		0-0		0-0		0-0		0	0	0-0
Against the Field	5	35.7%	2	14.3%	7	50.0%	7-7	50.0%	3	18.8%	3	18.8%	10	62.5%	3-13	18.8%	10-16	38.5%	10-20	33.3%	0	2	10-20	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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	9	2
World Championships	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	7	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	18	6
World Tour Finals	0	0	0	0	7	9	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	12
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	2	1	55	29	0	0	25	16	5	5	3	2	2	3	92	56
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	1	0	45	22	0	0	22	28	1	3	3	0	0	1	73	55
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	9	3
Total	0	0	3	1	129	62	0	0	59	53	7	10	7	3	3	4	209	134

Monika Povilaityte Paulikiene
Lithuania

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 30, 1994 (31 yrs old)

Home Town:

Tytuvenai

Height:

175 cm (5'9")

Weight:

62 kg (136 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

1 (Klaipeda 2022)

Career Winnings:

US$95,890.35

Aine Raupelyte
Lithuania

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 28, 2000 (25 yrs old)

Home Town:

Vilnius

Height:

197 cm (6'6")

Weight:

75 kg (165 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Tlaxcala 2026)

Career Winnings:

US$78,765.55

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	37	Money
FIVB	50	0	1	2	4	4	0	10	7	7	3	2	7	1	1	US$156,182.25

Previous Saquarema Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2023	Aine Raupelyte - 4th	Monika Paulikiene - 4th
2024	Aine Raupelyte - 25th	Monika Paulikiene - 25th
2025	Aine Raupelyte - 13th	Monika Paulikiene - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/26-29/2026	BPT Challenge Nayarit	7	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	3/18-22/2026	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	13	2nd	760	US$13,000.00
FIVB	12/3-7/2025	BPT Elite Itapema	10	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	31	37th	160	US$3,400.00
FIVB	10/22-26/2025	BPT Elite Cape Town	13	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	10/15-19/2025	BPT Challenge Nuvali	2	5th	600	US$5,000.00
FIVB	10/1-5/2025	BPT Challenge Veracruz	5	25th	220	US$1,500.00
FIVB	9/24-28/2025	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	Q3	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	9/17-21/2025	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	18, Q4	9th	600	US$7,500.00
FIVB	8/5-9/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	27, Q6	5th	600	US$5,000.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2025	BPT Elite Gstaad	Q15	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2025	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	24	25th	220	US$1,500.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2025	BPT Challenge Alanya	21	25th	220	US$1,500.00
FIVB	5/28-6/1/2025	BPT Elite Ostrava	Q11	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	4/16-20/2025	BPT Elite Brasília	15	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	4/9-13/2025	BPT Elite Saquarema	13	13th	460	US$4,500.00

BPT Elite Saquarema Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 4/8/2026	Qualifier 1	Teresa Cavalcanti / Barbara De Sousa, Brazil (Q13)	Won 21-12, 21-18	0:32
Thu, 4/9/2026	Pool E	Nina Brunner / Tanja Huberli, Switzerland (8)
Thu, 4/9/2026	Pool E	Thamela Coradello / Victoria Lopes, Brazil (5)
Thu, 4/9/2026	Pool E	Carolina Horta / Elize Maia, Brazil (20, Q6)

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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$10,400.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	23	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	7	9	3	0	$60,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	23	0	1	1	4	3	0	8	0	1	4	0	$85,250.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$500.00
Total	50	0	1	2	4	4	0	10	7	12	7	1	$156,150.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Monika Paulikiene												Aine Raupelyte
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	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$6,900.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$5,200.00
30	0	0	0	0	1	9	9	3	0	$30,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	23	0	0	0	0	1	9	9	3	0	$30,000.00
37	0	1	1	4	3	11	4	10	0	$52,625.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	24	0	1	1	4	3	8	2	4	0	$43,125.00
7	1	0	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	$5,850.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	6	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	$300.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00	U23 World Championships
2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
84	2	2	4	5	6	24	15	13	1	$95,375.00	Total	56	0	1	2	4	4	18	17	7	1	$78,625.00

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
2022	FIVB	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$500.00	4	1	80.0 %
2023	FIVB	13	0	0	0	2	0	0	6	0	4	0	1	$34,000.00	25	23	52.1 %
2024	FIVB	17	0	0	1	2	2	0	2	4	5	1	0	$59,250.00	31	34	47.7 %
2025	FIVB	16	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	3	3	6	1	$46,150.00	15	29	34.1 %
2026	FIVB	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$16,250.00	8	3	72.7 %
Total	FIVB	49	0	1	2	4	4	0	10	7	12	7	2	$156,150.00	83	90	48.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Monika Paulikiene													Aine Raupelyte
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	2011	FIVB Age Group WC
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2012	FIVB Age Group WC
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	$3,600.00	2013	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2013	FIVB Age Group WC
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,600.00	2014	FIVB
2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2014	FIVB Age Group WC
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	$1,000.00	2015	FIVB
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	2016	FIVB
4	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	$4,700.00	2017	FIVB
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	$3,050.00	2018	FIVB
7	1	0	1	1	1	2	0	1	0	$3,600.00	2022	FIVB	7	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	0	0	$800.00
13	0	0	0	2	0	6	4	0	1	$17,000.00	2023	FIVB	13	0	0	0	2	0	6	4	0	1	$17,000.00
17	0	0	1	2	2	6	5	1	0	$29,625.00	2024	FIVB	17	0	0	1	2	2	6	5	1	0	$29,625.00
16	0	0	0	0	2	4	3	6	1	$23,075.00	2025	FIVB	16	0	0	0	0	2	4	3	6	1	$23,075.00
2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$8,125.00	2026	FIVB	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$8,125.00
83	2	2	4	5	6	24	15	13	12	$95,375.00	Total	Total	55	0	1	2	4	4	18	17	7	2	$78,625.00

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	45	64.3%	13	18.6%	12	17.1%	58-12	82.9%	21	21.2%	28	28.3%	50	50.5%	21-78	21.2%	45-50	47.4%	34-40	45.9%	4	0	83-90	48.0%
2025-2026	15	62.5%	4	16.7%	5	20.8%	19-5	79.2%	4	12.9%	11	35.5%	16	51.6%	4-27	12.9%	15-16	48.4%	8-16	33.3%	0	0	23-32	41.8%
Against the Field	3	60.0%	0	0.0%	2	40.0%	3-2	60.0%	3	15.8%	3	15.8%	13	68.4%	3-16	15.8%	6-26	18.8%	6-10	37.5%	0	0	6-18	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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
World Championships	0	0	0	0	1	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	14	10	8	22	0	0	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	38
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	9	2	24	18	2	0	16	12	1	5	1	4	0	1	53	42
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	1
Total	0	0	23	12	35	48	3	0	19	19	1	6	2	4	0	1	83	90

Head to Head Results
Brunner/Huberli lead the series 2-0

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
4/9/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Pool E
8/24/24	FIVB	Elite16 Hamburg	Winner 2	Brunner/Huberli	2	Paulikiene/Raupelyte	13, Q1	21-11, 21-18	0:32
5/23/24	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Espinho	Pool A	Brunner/Huberli	9	Paulikiene/Raupelyte	16, Q10	21-18, 23-21	0:37