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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite Brasília
Thursday, April 30, 2026

Match #15: Pool C

(3) Valentina Gottardi/Reka Orsi Toth, Italy
vs.
(15) Lea Kunst/Melanie Paul, Germany

Valentina Gottardi
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 19, 2002 (23 yrs old)

Home Town:

Modena

Height:

186 cm (6'1")

Weight:

67 kg (147 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$171,468.50

Reka Orsi Toth
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 12, 1999 (27 yrs old)

Home Town:

Budapest

Height:

178 cm (5'10")

Weight:

68 kg (150 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$88,435.03

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	12	1	1	0	0	7	1	0	1	0	0	US$146,500.00

Previous Brasília Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2025	Reka Orsi Toth - 5th	Valentina Gottardi - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	9	5th	960	US$18,000.00
FIVB	10/22-26/2025	BPT Elite Cape Town	2	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	9/24-28/2025	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	4	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	8/27-31/2025	BPT Elite Hamburg	6	1st	1200	US$40,000.00
FIVB	8/13-17/2025	BPT Elite Montréal	9	13th	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2025	BPT Challenge Alanya	2	2nd	760	US$13,000.00
FIVB	5/28-6/1/2025	BPT Elite Ostrava	12	5th	760	US$9,000.00

BPT Elite Brasília Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 4/30/2026	Pool C	Maddie Anderson / Alaina Chacon, United States (22, Q10)
Thu, 4/30/2026	Pool C	Lea Kunst / Melanie Paul, Germany (15)
Fri, 5/1/2026	Pool C	Talita Antunes / Taiana Lima, Brazil (10)

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$18,000.00
World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$15,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	9	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$13,000.00
Total	12	1	1	0	0	7	1	0	1	0	0	0	$146,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Valentina Gottardi												Reka Orsi Toth
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	$0.00	Olympic Games
3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$23,500.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$10,700.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$11,250.00	World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00
25	1	0	0	4	10	7	2	0	0	$104,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	14	1	0	0	0	6	4	2	0	0	$55,750.00
8	2	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	$30,750.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	$9,125.00
4	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$1,000.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	18	1	2	5	1	5	3	1	0	0	$3,650.00
											U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											U17 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
45	3	4	1	5	14	13	3	0	0	$171,000.00	Total	43	2	3	5	1	13	10	6	1	1	$86,725.00

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
2024	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$23,000.00	4	4	50.0 %
2025	FIVB	9	1	1	0	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	$121,000.00	29	15	65.9 %
Total	FIVB	11	1	1	0	0	7	1	0	1	0	0	0	$144,000.00	33	19	63.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Valentina Gottardi													Reka Orsi Toth
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2014	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2016	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2018	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2019	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00
											2019	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$3,850.00	2021	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$150.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2021	FIVB Age Group WC
9	0	2	1	1	1	2	1	0	1	$19,400.00	2022	FIVB	8	0	0	2	1	3	0	0	1	1	$2,850.00
10	1	1	0	2	1	4	1	0	0	$35,250.00	2023	FIVB	7	0	1	1	0	1	2	2	0	0	$1,400.00
10	0	0	0	2	5	3	0	0	0	$39,500.00	2024	FIVB	10	1	1	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	$16,600.00
11	2	1	0	0	6	1	1	0	0	$71,750.00	2025	FIVB	11	1	1	0	0	6	3	0	0	0	$64,375.00
44	3	4	1	5	14	13	3	0	1	$169,750.00	Total	Total	42	2	3	5	1	13	10	6	1	1	$85,475.00

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	23	71.9%	5	15.6%	4	12.5%	28-4	87.5%	5	25.0%	8	40.0%	7	35.0%	5-15	25.0%	23-7	76.7%	10-12	45.5%	0	0	33-19	63.5%
2025-2026	21	75.0%	4	14.3%	3	10.7%	25-3	89.3%	4	25.0%	6	37.5%	6	37.5%	4-12	25.0%	21-6	77.8%	8-9	47.1%	0	0	29-15	65.9%
Against the Field	8	66.7%	2	16.7%	2	16.7%	10-2	83.3%	1	11.1%	4	44.4%	4	44.4%	1-8	11.1%	16-8	66.7%	6-12	33.3%	0	0	11-10	52.4%

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	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2
World Tour Finals	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	12	6	0	0	9	7	1	0	0	0	1	0	23	13
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	1
Total	0	0	0	0	17	10	0	0	13	8	2	0	0	0	1	1	33	19

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$35,318.50

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$24,640.15

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
FIVB	10	0	0	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	2	1	US$43,700.00

Previous Brasília Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/26-29/2026	BPT Challenge Nayarit	1	4th	680	US$7,000.00
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 Elite Brasília Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 4/30/2026	Pool C	Talita Antunes / Taiana Lima, Brazil (10)
Thu, 4/30/2026	Pool C	Valentina Gottardi / Reka Orsi Toth, Italy (3)
Fri, 5/1/2026	Pool C	Maddie Anderson / Alaina Chacon, United States (22, Q10)

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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$8,700.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	$24,000.00
Total	10	0	0	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	2	0	$43,700.00

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
8	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	0	$8,100.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	$4,350.00
19	0	0	1	1	2	4	5	4	0	$20,250.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	7	0	0	1	1	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
37	1	0	2	2	2	9	13	5	0	$34,850.00	Total	25	1	1	1	4	1	8	4	2	0	$23,750.00

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	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$16,450.00	9	4	69.2 %
Total	FIVB	9	0	0	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	2	1	$41,200.00	23	12	65.7 %

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
3	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	$8,225.00	2026	FIVB	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	$8,225.00
36	1	0	2	2	2	9	13	5	2	$33,600.00	Total	Total	24	1	1	1	4	1	8	4	2	2	$22,500.00

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	15	68.2%	5	22.7%	2	9.1%	20-2	90.9%	3	23.1%	5	38.5%	5	38.5%	3-10	23.1%	15-5	75.0%	8-7	53.3%	0	0	23-12	65.7%
2025-2026	15	68.2%	5	22.7%	2	9.1%	20-2	90.9%	3	23.1%	5	38.5%	5	38.5%	3-10	23.1%	15-5	75.0%	8-7	53.3%	0	0	23-12	65.7%
Against the Field	4	80.0%	1	20.0%	0	0.0%	5-0	100.0%	2	40.0%	1	20.0%	2	40.0%	2-3	40.0%	8-4	66.7%	6-2	75.0%	0	0	7-3	70.0%

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	2	1	1	0	0	16	9
Total	0	0	3	2	13	3	0	0	6	4	0	2	1	1	0	0	23	12

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
4/30/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Pool C