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

Match #10: Pool D

(9) Anna-Lena Grune/Sandra Ittlinger, Germany
vs.
(16) Xinyi Xia/Xu Yan, China

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$50,144.12

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$175,788.70

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	Money
FIVB	11	0	0	1	0	2	0	4	1	1	1	0	US$73,700.00

Previous Brasília Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2024	Did not play	Karla Borger - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/8-12/2026	BPT Elite Saquarema	9	9th	600	US$6,200.00
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 Brasília Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 4/30/2026	Pool D	Xinyi Xia / Xu Yan, China (16)
Thu, 4/30/2026	Pool D	Aline Chamereau / Clemence Vieira, France (21, Q8)
Fri, 5/1/2026	Pool D	Duda Lisboa / Ana Patricia Silva, Brazil (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	8	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	1	1	0	0	$57,200.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$5,500.00
Total	11	0	0	1	0	2	0	4	1	2	0	0	$73,700.00

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
9	0	0	1	0	2	3	2	0	0	$28,600.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	29	0	0	1	1	5	10	9	1	0	$79,600.00
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
37	4	2	2	0	8	11	6	1	0	$48,495.00	Total	91	1	2	2	6	15	23	26	5	0	$175,695.00

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 %
2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,200.00	2	3	40.0 %
Total	FIVB	10	0	0	1	0	2	0	4	1	2	0	0	$71,200.00	21	22	48.8 %

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
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,100.00	2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,100.00
36	4	2	2	0	8	11	6	1	2	$47,245.00	Total	Total	90	1	2	2	6	15	23	26	5	10	$174,445.00

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	12	63.2%	4	21.1%	3	15.8%	16-3	84.2%	5	20.8%	2	8.3%	17	70.8%	5-19	20.8%	12-17	41.4%	9-5	64.3%	0	0	21-22	48.8%
2025-2026	12	63.2%	4	21.1%	3	15.8%	16-3	84.2%	5	20.8%	2	8.3%	17	70.8%	5-19	20.8%	12-17	41.4%	9-5	64.3%	0	0	21-22	48.8%
Against the Field	2	66.7%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	3	25.0%	1	8.3%	8	66.7%	3-9	25.0%	4-16	20.0%	8-2	80.0%	0	0	6-9	40.0%

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	6	11	1	0	6	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	15	17
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	11	13	1	0	7	8	0	1	1	0	0	0	21	22

Xinyi Xia
China

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 14, 1997 (29 yrs old)

Home Town:

Urumqi

Height:

182 cm (6'0")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

112

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$283,752.85

Xu Yan
China

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 30, 2004 (21 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$23,750.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	US$37,750.00

Previous Brasília Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2024	Chen Xue - 5th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/26-29/2026	BPT Challenge Nayarit	4	1st	800	US$20,000.00
FIVB	3/18-22/2026	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	6	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	3/5-8/2026	BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar	3	5th	600	US$5,000.00
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	37	17th	640	US$7,000.00

BPT Elite Brasília Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 4/30/2026	Pool D	Anna-Lena Grune / Sandra Ittlinger, Germany (9)
Thu, 4/30/2026	Pool D	Duda Lisboa / Ana Patricia Silva, Brazil (4)
Fri, 5/1/2026	Pool D	Aline Chamereau / Clemence Vieira, France (21, Q8)

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	0	0	1	0	0	$7,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$28,250.00
Total	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	$37,750.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Xinyi Xia												Xu Yan
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	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	$16,000.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00
2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$23,500.00	World Tour Finals
32	0	0	2	0	4	10	5	4	0	$90,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,250.00
52	6	3	3	1	6	16	11	6	0	$127,787.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	7	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	0	$17,000.00
20	2	5	1	2	4	4	2	0	0	$25,700.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	7	3	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	$2,000.00
112	8	8	6	4	15	33	21	10	0	$283,237.50	Total	16	4	0	1	0	2	3	3	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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,000.00	2	2	50.0 %
2026	FIVB	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$28,250.00	10	3	76.9 %
Total	FIVB	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	$35,250.00	12	5	70.6 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Xinyi Xia													Xu Yan
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$23,750.00	2013	FIVB
13	0	0	2	0	2	2	3	2	2	$33,187.50	2014	FIVB
9	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	4	$5,400.00	2015	FIVB
8	0	1	0	0	0	3	3	1	0	$13,700.00	2016	FIVB
3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$6,000.00	2017	FIVB
14	0	3	0	1	3	5	1	1	0	$28,050.00	2018	FIVB
16	0	0	0	1	1	6	5	3	0	$33,400.00	2019	FIVB
2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$9,500.00	2020	FIVB
4	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	$5,500.00	2021	FIVB
11	1	2	2	0	1	2	3	0	0	$19,100.00	2022	FIVB
10	1	0	2	1	1	4	1	0	0	$36,625.00	2023	FIVB	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00
											2023	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
11	2	0	0	1	4	4	0	0	0	$45,650.00	2024	FIVB	5	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	$2,100.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	$8,000.00	2025	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	$5,525.00
3	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$14,125.00	2026	FIVB	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$14,125.00
111	8	8	6	4	15	33	21	10	6	$281,987.50	Total	Total	16	4	0	1	1	2	3	3	2	0	$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	7	53.8%	4	30.8%	2	15.4%	11-2	84.6%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	3	75.0%	1-3	25.0%	7-3	70.0%	5-2	71.4%	0	0	12-5	70.6%
2025-2026	7	53.8%	4	30.8%	2	15.4%	11-2	84.6%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	3	75.0%	1-3	25.0%	7-3	70.0%	5-2	71.4%	0	0	12-5	70.6%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	3	60.0%	2	40.0%	3-2	60.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	0-4	0.0%	6-4	60.0%	0	0	3-4	42.9%

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	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	4	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	10	3
Total	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	0	4	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	12	5

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 D