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

Match #23: Pool E

(8) Nina Brunner/Tanja Huberli, Switzerland
vs.
(20, Q6) Carolina Horta/Elize Maia, Brazil

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

Carolina Horta Máximo
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 20, 1992 (33 yrs old)

Home Town:

Fortaleza (CE)

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

68 kg (150 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$77,650.00

Elize Maia Secomandi
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 20, 1984 (41 yrs old)

Home Town:

Vitória

Height:

184 cm (6'0")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$129,736.90

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	Money
FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	US$14,000.00

Previous Saquarema Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2023	Ana Luiza - 33rd	Did not play
2024	Did not play	Thamela Coradello - 9th
2025	Elize Maia - 25th	Carolina Horta - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/11-15/2026	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	19, Q4	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	12/3-7/2025	BPT Elite Itapema	23, Q10	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	9/24-28/2025	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	Q15	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	9/17-21/2025	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	22, Q9	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	4/16-20/2025	BPT Elite Brasília	Q10	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	4/9-13/2025	BPT Elite Saquarema	Q11	25th	300	US$0.00

BPT Elite Saquarema Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 4/8/2026	Qualifier 1	Manu Pereira / Geovania de Lima, Brazil (Q11)	Won 21-15, 21-19	0:37
Thu, 4/9/2026	Pool E	Thamela Coradello / Victoria Lopes, Brazil (5)
Thu, 4/9/2026	Pool E	Nina Brunner / Tanja Huberli, Switzerland (8)
Thu, 4/9/2026	Pool E	Monika Paulikiene / Aine Raupelyte, Lithuania (17, Q4)

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	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	3	0	$14,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
Total	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	3	1	$14,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Carolina Horta												Elize Maia
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$5,500.00
20	0	1	0	0	2	2	7	5	0	$53,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	25	0	0	0	1	3	5	7	7	0	$66,375.00
20	0	0	0	0	2	3	5	3	1	$16,225.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	28	2	1	2	0	3	10	3	1	1	$49,087.50
9	2	2	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	$8,425.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	9	1	0	1	0	2	2	1	0	0	$7,650.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U23 World Championships
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
51	2	3	0	1	5	8	14	8	1	$77,650.00	Total	63	3	1	3	1	8	18	11	8	1	$128,612.50

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	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	3	1	$11,500.00	6	8	42.9 %
2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,500.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	3	1	$14,000.00	9	10	47.4 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Carolina Horta													Elize Maia
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2008	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,250.00
											2009	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2011	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2011	FIVB Age Group WC
											2012	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2013	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	$6,625.00
											2014	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$400.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2014	FIVB Age Group WC
8	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	2	1	$22,187.50	2015	FIVB	3	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$5,687.50
4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	$4,287.50	2016	FIVB	12	2	1	0	1	1	3	1	3	0	$57,000.00
5	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	$6,925.00	2017	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	3	$21,500.00
8	0	1	0	0	0	2	4	1	0	$28,000.00	2018	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	$5,250.00
6	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	$5,000.00	2019	FIVB	5	0	0	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	$7,500.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00	2021	FIVB	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$5,400.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,500.00	2022	FIVB	5	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	$6,000.00
5	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	$1,750.00	2023	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$0.00	2024	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	$5,000.00
6	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	1	$5,750.00	2025	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	1	$5,750.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,250.00	2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,250.00
50	2	3	0	1	5	8	14	8	9	$77,650.00	Total	Total	62	3	1	3	1	8	18	11	8	9	$128,612.50

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	50.0%	2	25.0%	2	25.0%	6-2	75.0%	3	27.3%	3	27.3%	5	45.5%	3-8	27.3%	4-5	44.4%	5-5	50.0%	0	0	9-10	47.4%
2025-2026	4	50.0%	2	25.0%	2	25.0%	6-2	75.0%	3	27.3%	3	27.3%	5	45.5%	3-8	27.3%	4-5	44.4%	5-5	50.0%	0	0	9-10	47.4%
Against the Field	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	2	33.3%	0	0.0%	4	66.7%	2-4	33.3%	4-8	33.3%	4-0	100.0%	0	0	4-4	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	4	3	2	5	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	9
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Total	0	0	5	4	2	5	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	10

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
4/9/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Pool E