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

Match #10: Pool D

(9) Anna-Lena Grune/Sandra Ittlinger, Germany
vs.
(16) Thainara Feitosa/Verena Figueira, Brazil

Anna-Lena Grüne
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 30, 2001 (24 yrs old)

Home Town:

Giesen

Height:

173 cm (5'8")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$45,794.12

Sandra Ittlinger
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 24, 1994 (31 yrs old)

Home Town:

München

Height:

181 cm (5'11")

Weight:

63 kg (139 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Xiamen 2024)

Career Winnings:

US$171,438.70

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	Money
FIVB	10	0	0	1	0	2	0	3	1	1	1	0	US$65,000.00

Previous Saquarema Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2023	Did not play	Karla Borger - 19th
2024	Did not play	Karla Borger - 19th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	21	9th	800	US$11,000.00
FIVB	10/22-26/2025	BPT Elite Cape Town	7	3rd	1000	US$17,000.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	9	13th	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	8/27-31/2025	BPT Elite Hamburg	11	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	8/13-17/2025	BPT Elite Montréal	12	9th	600	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/5-9/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	4	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2025	BPT Elite Gstaad	12	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2025	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	1	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	5/28-6/1/2025	BPT Elite Ostrava	18, Q2	19th	380	US$2,500.00

BPT Elite Saquarema Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 4/9/2026	Pool D	Thainara Feitosa / Verena Figueira, Brazil (16)
Thu, 4/9/2026	Pool D	Menia Bentele / Annique Niederhauser, Switzerland (21, Q7)
Thu, 4/9/2026	Pool D	Melissa Humana-Paredes / Brandie Wilkerson, Canada (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	7	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	$48,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$5,500.00
Total	10	0	0	1	0	2	0	3	1	2	0	0	$65,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Anna-Lena Grune												Sandra Ittlinger
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	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	$16,000.00
											World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,000.00
8	0	0	1	0	2	2	2	0	0	$24,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	28	0	0	1	1	5	9	9	1	0	$75,250.00
10	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	0	0	$10,375.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	47	1	1	1	3	7	10	12	4	0	$71,250.00
15	4	2	1	0	4	3	1	0	0	$4,020.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	7	0	1	0	1	3	1	1	0	0	$5,845.00
											U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
36	4	2	2	0	8	10	6	1	0	$44,145.00	Total	90	1	2	2	6	15	22	26	5	0	$171,345.00

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	9	0	0	1	0	2	0	3	1	2	0	0	$65,000.00	19	19	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	9	0	0	1	0	2	0	3	1	2	0	0	$65,000.00	19	19	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Anna-Lena Grune													Sandra Ittlinger
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2012	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2014	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,000.00
											2014	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2016	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00
											2017	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$3,750.00
											2018	FIVB	12	0	1	0	0	5	5	1	0	0	$25,895.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2018	FIVB Age Group WC
											2019	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	1	2	7	2	0	$25,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$50.00	2020	FIVB
6	1	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$3,170.00	2021	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	1	$8,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	2021	FIVB Age Group WC
5	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	$3,475.00	2022	FIVB	10	0	0	0	1	4	2	3	0	0	$21,875.00
											2023	FIVB	12	0	1	0	0	1	5	3	1	1	$20,875.00
12	3	0	0	0	4	1	3	0	1	$4,950.00	2024	FIVB	14	1	0	1	4	2	2	4	0	0	$31,950.00
9	0	0	1	0	2	4	2	0	0	$32,500.00	2025	FIVB	9	0	0	1	0	2	4	2	0	0	$32,500.00
35	4	2	2	0	8	10	6	1	2	$44,145.00	Total	Total	89	1	2	2	6	15	22	26	5	10	$171,345.00

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	11	64.7%	4	23.5%	2	11.8%	15-2	88.2%	4	19.0%	2	9.5%	15	71.4%	4-17	19.0%	11-15	42.3%	8-4	66.7%	0	0	19-19	50.0%
2025-2026	11	64.7%	4	23.5%	2	11.8%	15-2	88.2%	4	19.0%	2	9.5%	15	71.4%	4-17	19.0%	11-15	42.3%	8-4	66.7%	0	0	19-19	50.0%
Against the Field	3	75.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	0	0.0%	1	12.5%	7	87.5%	0-8	0.0%	6-14	30.0%	0-4	0.0%	0	0	3-9	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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	0	5	9	0	0	6	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	13	14
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3
Total	0	0	1	0	10	11	0	0	7	7	0	1	1	0	0	0	19	19

Thainara Mylena Feitosa de Oliveira
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 21, 2001 (24 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Nayarit 2026)

Career Winnings:

US$26,350.00

Verena Figueira de Oliveira
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 3, 1996 (29 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Maricá 2024)

Career Winnings:

US$17,575.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	US$19,950.00

Previous Saquarema Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2024	Andressa Cavalcanti - 19th	Did not play
2025	Talita Simonetti - 19th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/26-29/2026	BPT Challenge Nayarit	3	2nd	760	US$13,000.00
FIVB	3/18-22/2026	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	5	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	3/11-15/2026	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	14	17th	460	US$3,700.00

BPT Elite Saquarema Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 4/9/2026	Pool D	Anna-Lena Grune / Sandra Ittlinger, Germany (9)
Thu, 4/9/2026	Pool D	Melissa Humana-Paredes / Brandie Wilkerson, Canada (4)
Thu, 4/9/2026	Pool D	Menia Bentele / Annique Niederhauser, Switzerland (21, Q7)

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	0	1	0	0	$3,700.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$16,250.00
Total	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$19,950.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Thainara Feitosa												Verena Figueira
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
9	0	0	0	1	0	2	4	1	0	$15,600.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	$8,850.00
6	0	1	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$10,750.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$8,125.00
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$600.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
16	0	1	0	1	0	5	6	1	0	$26,350.00	Total	9	1	1	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	$17,575.00

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	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$19,950.00	8	6	57.1 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$19,950.00	8	6	57.1 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Thainara Feitosa													Verena Figueira
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2022	FIVB
											2023	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	$4,000.00	2024	FIVB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$500.00
6	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	0	$12,375.00	2025	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$7,000.00
3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$9,975.00	2026	FIVB	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$9,975.00
15	0	1	0	1	0	5	6	1	1	$26,350.00	Total	Total	8	1	1	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	$17,575.00

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	40.0%	1	20.0%	2	40.0%	3-2	60.0%	5	55.6%	1	11.1%	3	33.3%	5-4	55.6%	2-3	40.0%	6-3	66.7%	0	0	8-6	57.1%
2025-2026	2	40.0%	1	20.0%	2	40.0%	3-2	60.0%	5	55.6%	1	11.1%	3	33.3%	5-4	55.6%	2-3	40.0%	6-3	66.7%	0	0	8-6	57.1%
Against the Field	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	2-2	50.0%	0-4	0.0%	0	0	1-3	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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	7	3
Total	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	1	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	8	6

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 D