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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite Brasília
Friday, May 1, 2026

Match #35: Pool E

(5) Thamela Coradello/Victoria Lopes, Brazil
vs.
(8) Kelly Cheng/Megan Kraft, United States

Thâmela Coradello Galil
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 12, 2000 (25 yrs old)

Home Town:

Piúma

Height:

184 cm (6'0")

Weight:

73 kg (161 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$202,524.40

Victoria Lopes Pereira Tosta
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 16, 1999 (26 yrs old)

Home Town:

Ivinhema, Mato Grosso

Height:

178 cm (5'10")

Weight:

61 kg (134 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$241,475.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	20	3	2	3	1	6	0	3	1	0	0	US$309,000.00

Previous Brasília Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2024	Elize Maia - 17th	Taina Silva - 9th
2025	Victoria Lopes - 9th	Thamela Coradello - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/8-12/2026	BPT Elite Saquarema	5	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	3/11-15/2026	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	5	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	12/3-7/2025	BPT Elite Itapema	2	3rd	1000	US$17,000.00
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	1	4th	1120	US$28,000.00
FIVB	10/22-26/2025	BPT Elite Cape Town	1	9th	600	US$7,500.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	3	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	9/24-28/2025	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	1	2nd	1100	US$23,000.00
FIVB	9/17-21/2025	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	1	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	8/27-31/2025	BPT Elite Hamburg	2	2nd	1100	US$23,000.00
FIVB	8/13-17/2025	BPT Elite Montréal	1	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2025	BPT Elite Gstaad	2	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	5/28-6/1/2025	BPT Elite Ostrava	5	1st	1200	US$40,000.00

BPT Elite Brasília Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 4/30/2026	Pool E	Dorina Klinger / Ronja Klinger, Austria (20, Q6)
Thu, 4/30/2026	Pool E	Molly Phillips / Abby Van Winkle, United States (17, Q2)
Fri, 5/1/2026	Pool E	Kelly Cheng / Megan Kraft, United States (8)

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$28,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	19	3	2	3	0	6	0	3	1	0	0	0	$281,000.00
Total	20	3	2	3	1	6	0	3	1	0	0	0	$309,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Thamela Coradello												Victoria Lopes
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	Youth Olympic Games
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$14,000.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$23,000.00
											World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00
29	4	2	3	0	6	8	5	0	0	$166,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	36	3	2	3	0	7	12	8	0	0	$166,000.00
11	0	0	1	0	3	6	1	0	0	$18,500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	26	0	1	3	2	1	7	3	5	0	$40,625.00
2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,400.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,850.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
46	5	2	4	1	10	16	6	1	0	$201,400.00	Total	72	5	3	7	3	11	21	11	5	0	$241,475.00

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	4	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$64,000.00	17	7	70.8 %
2025	FIVB	13	2	2	1	1	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	$224,500.00	48	21	69.6 %
2026	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$18,000.00	7	3	70.0 %
Total	FIVB	19	3	2	3	1	6	0	3	1	0	0	0	$306,500.00	72	31	69.9 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Thamela Coradello													Victoria Lopes
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2016	FIVB Age Group WC	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2017	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2018	FIVB	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,250.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00	2018	FIVB Age Group WC
											2019	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	$5,100.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	2019	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
3	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$5,400.00	2021	FIVB	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	3	$8,000.00
7	1	0	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	$24,000.00	2022	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	0	0	$11,250.00
10	0	0	0	0	2	6	2	0	0	$15,500.00	2023	FIVB	16	0	1	3	1	2	5	4	0	0	$45,750.00
7	1	0	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	$34,000.00	2024	FIVB	11	1	0	2	0	2	5	1	0	0	$47,625.00
13	2	2	1	1	4	3	0	0	0	$112,250.00	2025	FIVB	13	2	2	1	1	4	3	0	0	0	$112,250.00
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$9,000.00	2026	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$9,000.00
45	5	2	4	1	10	16	6	1	0	$200,150.00	Total	Total	71	5	3	7	3	11	21	11	5	5	$240,225.00

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	68.2%	13	19.7%	8	12.1%	58-8	87.9%	13	37.1%	7	20.0%	15	42.9%	13-22	37.1%	45-15	75.0%	26-15	63.4%	1	1	72-31	69.9%
2025-2026	32	68.1%	9	19.1%	6	12.8%	41-6	87.2%	13	43.3%	5	16.7%	12	40.0%	13-17	43.3%	32-12	72.7%	22-11	66.7%	1	1	55-24	69.6%
Against the Field	19	63.3%	6	20.0%	5	16.7%	25-5	83.3%	3	20.0%	3	20.0%	9	60.0%	3-12	20.0%	38-16	70.4%	18-16	52.9%	0	1	28-17	62.2%

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	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	6	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	32	12	0	0	23	12	5	3	3	0	3	2	66	29
Total	0	0	0	0	35	12	0	0	26	12	5	4	3	1	3	2	72	31

Kelly Claes Cheng
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 18, 1995 (30 yrs old)

Home Town:

Fullerton, CA

Height:

188 cm (6'2")

Weight:

72 kg (158 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$471,475.00

Megan Kraft
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 27, 2002 (23 yrs old)

Home Town:

San Diego, CA

Height:

183 cm (6'0")

Weight:

68 kg (150 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$179,613.42

Team Career Summary

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

Previous Brasília Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2024	Sara Hughes - 5th	Did not play
2025	Molly Shaw - 13th	Terese Cannon - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/8-12/2026	BPT Elite Saquarema	6	9th	600	US$6,200.00
FIVB	3/11-15/2026	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	4	3rd	1000	US$17,000.00

BPT Elite Brasília Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 4/30/2026	Pool E	Molly Phillips / Abby Van Winkle, United States (17, Q2)
Thu, 4/30/2026	Pool E	Dorina Klinger / Ronja Klinger, Austria (20, Q6)
Fri, 5/1/2026	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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$25,700.00
Total	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$25,700.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Kelly Cheng												Megan Kraft
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	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
5	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	$53,500.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$9,000.00
4	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$92,750.00	World Tour Finals	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$40,000.00
40	5	1	2	6	8	12	2	0	0	$222,850.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	25	0	4	3	1	5	6	5	0	0	$111,850.00
28	3	3	0	1	10	6	2	1	0	$97,375.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	11	0	0	0	2	3	4	0	1	0	$16,625.00
4	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	$5,000.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$1,520.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
85	10	4	5	7	21	24	7	1	0	$471,475.00	Total	45	3	5	3	4	8	13	6	1	0	$178,995.00

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	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$23,200.00	9	2	81.8 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$23,200.00	9	2	81.8 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Kelly Cheng													Megan Kraft
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2013	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2014	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2015	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$9,000.00	2016	FIVB
7	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	0	0	$23,750.00	2017	FIVB
10	0	1	0	1	1	3	2	1	1	$27,750.00	2018	FIVB
											2018	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
15	0	2	1	0	3	7	0	0	2	$49,000.00	2019	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$4,000.00	2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$200.00
9	2	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	1	$41,000.00	2021	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$320.00
											2021	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
8	4	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	$126,500.00	2022	FIVB	12	2	0	0	2	2	6	0	0	0	$26,375.00
11	2	1	0	1	5	2	0	0	0	$84,625.00	2023	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	2	4	3	1	0	$14,250.00
6	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	$31,500.00	2024	FIVB	6	0	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	$67,000.00
9	1	0	0	3	3	2	0	0	0	$61,500.00	2025	FIVB	9	0	2	1	1	4	0	1	0	0	$58,000.00
2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$11,600.00	2026	FIVB	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$11,600.00
84	10	4	5	7	21	24	7	1	5	$470,225.00	Total	Total	44	3	5	3	4	8	13	6	1	1	$177,745.00

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	6	75.0%	2	25.0%	0	0.0%	8-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	6-1	85.7%	2-1	66.7%	1	0	9-2	81.8%
2025-2026	6	75.0%	2	25.0%	0	0.0%	8-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	6-1	85.7%	2-1	66.7%	1	0	9-2	81.8%
Against the Field	5	71.4%	2	28.6%	0	0.0%	7-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2	66.7%	0-3	0.0%	10-2	83.3%	4-2	66.7%	1	0	8-2	80.0%

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	6	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	9	2
Total	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	9	2

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
5/1/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Pool E