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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite Brasília
Saturday, May 2, 2026 Court #2 15:00

Match #40: Winner's Bracket Round 1

(13) Leona Kernen/Joana Mader, Switzerland
vs.
(10) Talita Antunes/Taiana Lima, Brazil

Leona Kernen
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 25, 2005 (20 yrs old)

Home Town:

Spiez

Height:

179 cm (5'10")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Spiez 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$37,533.85

Joana Heidrich Mäder
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 2, 1991 (34 yrs old)

Home Town:

Zürich

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

74 kg (163 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

130

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$433,963.98

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	US$12,400.00

Previous Brasília Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2012	Did not play	Romana Kayser - 41st
2024	Did not play	Anouk Verge-Depre - 17th
2025	Tanja Huberli - 13th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/8-12/2026	BPT Elite Saquarema	10	9th	600	US$6,200.00

BPT Elite Brasília Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 4/30/2026	Pool A	Anouk Verge-Depre / Zoe Verge-Depre, Switzerland (12)	Won 21-14, 21-19	0:37
Thu, 4/30/2026	Pool A	Rebecca Cavalcanti / Carol Salgado, Brazil (1)	Lost 18-21, 20-22	0:37
Fri, 5/1/2026	Pool A	Madison Shields / Kamila Tan, United States (24, Q14)	Won 23-21, 21-12	0:35
Sat, 5/2/2026	Winner 1	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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$12,400.00
Total	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$12,400.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Leona Kernen												Joana Mader
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00	World Championships	6	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	$34,400.00
											World Tour Finals	4	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	$50,500.00
9	0	0	0	1	1	3	2	1	0	$23,700.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	65	0	2	0	2	9	19	21	4	0	$237,675.00
3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$7,250.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	48	4	3	2	0	5	17	11	3	0	$106,875.00
13	1	1	0	2	5	1	3	0	0	$2,100.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,350.00
											U21 World Championships	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
29	1	2	1	3	6	5	7	3	0	$36,550.00	Total	130	5	8	3	4	18	39	34	7	0	$433,800.00

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,200.00	4	3	57.1 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,200.00	4	3	57.1 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Leona Kernen													Joana Mader
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2009	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2010	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	$1,400.00
											2010	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2011	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,750.00
											2011	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2012	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	5	$10,950.00
											2013	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	1	0	$25,675.00
											2014	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	0	0	$46,000.00
											2015	FIVB	12	1	0	1	0	0	5	4	0	1	$47,900.00
											2016	FIVB	14	1	2	1	0	4	0	5	1	0	$80,575.00
											2017	FIVB	8	0	1	0	1	3	1	2	0	0	$41,000.00
											2018	FIVB	7	0	1	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	$19,500.00
											2019	FIVB	12	1	0	0	1	0	4	4	2	0	$40,500.00
											2020	FIVB	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$350.00
											2021	FIVB	7	0	1	1	0	1	3	1	0	0	$23,000.00
2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2021	FIVB Age Group WC
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$1,150.00	2022	FIVB	6	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	$29,125.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2022	FIVB Age Group WC
7	0	1	0	1	2	0	3	0	0	$850.00	2023	FIVB	12	1	0	0	0	2	5	4	0	0	$26,000.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2023	FIVB Age Group WC
6	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	1	0	$600.00	2024	FIVB	12	0	2	0	0	2	6	1	1	0	$33,875.00
9	1	1	0	1	1	2	2	1	0	$27,750.00	2025	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2025	FIVB Age Group WC
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
30	1	3	1	3	6	6	7	3	0	$33,450.00	Total	Total	129	5	8	3	4	18	39	34	7	11	$430,700.00

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	4	66.7%	0	0.0%	2	33.3%	4-2	66.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	4-1	80.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	4-3	57.1%
2025-2026	4	66.7%	0	0.0%	2	33.3%	4-2	66.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	4-1	80.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	4-3	57.1%
Against the Field	4	80.0%	0	0.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	8-2	80.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	4-2	66.7%

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	4	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3
Total	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3

Talita Da Rocha Antunes
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 29, 1982 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Aquidauana

Height:

181 cm (5'11")

Weight:

65 kg (143 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

220

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$1,689,175.00

Taiana de Souza Lima
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 27, 1984 (41 yrs old)

Home Town:

Fortaleza - CE

Height:

175 cm (5'9")

Weight:

66 kg (145 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

146

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$627,250.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	CQ	Money
FIVB	50	6	5	2	3	8	0	11	3	4	2	2	1	1	1	US$537,150.00

Previous Brasília Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2009	Maria Antonelli - 13th	Elize Maia - Country Quota
2010	Maria Antonelli - 17th	Did not play
2011	Maria Antonelli - 5th	Vivian Cunha - 17th
2012	Maria Antonelli - 2nd	Vivian Cunha - 9th
2024	Taiana Lima - 21st	Talita Antunes - 21st
2025	Taiana Lima - 13th	Talita Antunes - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/8-12/2026	BPT Elite Saquarema	14	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	3/11-15/2026	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	9	9th	600	US$6,200.00
FIVB	12/3-7/2025	BPT Elite Itapema	6	2nd	1100	US$23,000.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	11	13th	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	9/24-28/2025	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	7	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	9/17-21/2025	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	7	9th	600	US$7,500.00

BPT Elite Brasília Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 4/30/2026	Pool C	Lea Kunst / Melanie Paul, Germany (15)	Won 21-18, 21-18	0:36
Thu, 4/30/2026	Pool C	Maddie Anderson / Alaina Chacon, United States (22, Q10)	Won 21-23, 21-18, 32-30	1:11
Fri, 5/1/2026	Pool C	Valentina Gottardi / Reka Orsi Toth, Italy (3)	Lost 14-21, 16-21	0:29
Sat, 5/2/2026	Winner 1	Leona Kernen / Joana Mader, Switzerland (13)

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
World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	28	5	4	1	2	3	0	6	3	3	0	0	$424,400.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	20	1	1	1	1	5	0	5	0	4	1	0	$105,750.00
Total	50	6	5	2	3	8	0	11	3	8	1	0	$537,150.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Talita Antunes												Taiana Lima
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
7	0	0	2	0	1	3	1	0	0	$64,000.00	World Championships	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	$38,500.00
4	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$82,000.00	World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
100	17	10	7	9	19	27	7	1	0	$946,025.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	81	6	7	2	5	7	21	19	2	0	$462,850.00
102	17	11	9	8	26	19	6	3	0	$588,600.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	52	1	3	2	3	8	17	12	2	0	$123,550.00
2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,500.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,050.00	Challenger	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,950.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
220	36	22	20	20	47	50	14	4	0	$1,689,175.00	Total	145	9	12	4	8	16	39	34	4	0	$626,850.00

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
2013	FIVB	12	5	1	1	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	$231,000.00	61	10	85.9 %
2014	FIVB	5	0	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	$90,750.00	23	7	76.7 %
2019	FIVB	11	0	1	0	1	3	0	2	0	2	0	2	$68,000.00	38	20	65.5 %
2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$8,000.00	4	2	66.7 %
2021	FIVB	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	$35,000.00	13	5	72.2 %
2024	FIVB	7	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	$36,000.00	14	11	56.0 %
2025	FIVB	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	$47,000.00	9	13	40.9 %
2026	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$15,200.00	6	7	46.2 %
Total	FIVB	49	6	5	2	3	8	0	11	3	8	1	2	$530,950.00	168	75	69.1 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Talita Antunes													Taiana Lima
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	$1,950.00	2002	FIVB
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2002	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2003	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,000.00	2004	FIVB
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,050.00	2004	FIVB C&S
											2004	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
15	2	2	0	2	2	2	1	1	3	$83,375.00	2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,250.00
14	0	2	0	1	7	4	0	0	0	$78,050.00	2006	FIVB
16	2	0	2	1	7	2	1	1	0	$104,000.00	2007	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2007	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,950.00
13	1	2	0	3	4	3	0	0	0	$78,900.00	2008	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,250.00
14	4	3	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	$154,475.00	2009	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
13	2	1	4	3	1	0	2	0	0	$116,150.00	2010	FIVB	9	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	5	$25,475.00
14	1	0	3	3	6	1	0	0	0	$105,350.00	2011	FIVB	11	0	0	1	0	2	2	3	0	3	$31,350.00
											2011	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$400.00
10	1	2	1	1	1	4	0	0	0	$79,550.00	2012	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	0	0	$23,750.00
12	5	1	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	$115,500.00	2013	FIVB	12	5	1	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	$115,500.00
11	4	1	0	1	3	2	0	0	0	$150,375.00	2014	FIVB	11	1	1	0	2	3	3	0	1	0	$112,375.00
10	7	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$217,500.00	2015	FIVB	10	0	2	1	0	1	1	2	0	3	$76,500.00
11	2	2	1	2	1	3	0	0	0	$120,500.00	2016	FIVB	10	0	1	0	1	1	4	2	1	0	$46,500.00
9	3	1	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	$104,000.00	2017	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	3	$21,500.00
											2018	FIVB	8	0	1	0	0	0	1	5	1	0	$27,500.00
11	0	1	0	1	3	2	2	0	2	$34,000.00	2019	FIVB	11	0	1	0	1	3	2	2	0	2	$34,000.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00
7	1	0	0	0	1	4	1	0	0	$22,500.00	2021	FIVB	6	1	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	$25,500.00
8	1	1	1	0	1	4	0	0	0	$48,250.00	2022	FIVB	9	0	0	0	2	2	3	2	0	0	$22,750.00
10	0	0	0	0	2	6	2	0	0	$15,500.00	2023	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	0	$2,500.00
7	0	1	1	0	1	0	3	1	0	$18,000.00	2024	FIVB	7	0	1	1	0	1	0	3	1	0	$18,000.00
6	0	1	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	$23,500.00	2025	FIVB	6	0	1	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	$23,500.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$7,600.00	2026	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$7,600.00
219	36	22	20	20	47	50	14	4	6	$1,686,075.00	Total	Total	145	9	12	5	8	16	39	34	4	18	$624,150.00

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	118	72.8%	27	16.7%	17	10.5%	145-17	89.5%	23	29.1%	18	22.8%	38	48.1%	23-56	29.1%	118-38	75.6%	50-35	58.8%	0	2	168-75	69.1%
2025-2026	11	68.8%	2	12.5%	3	18.8%	13-3	81.3%	2	11.1%	1	5.6%	15	83.3%	2-16	11.1%	11-15	42.3%	4-4	50.0%	0	1	15-20	42.9%
Against the Field	6	54.5%	2	18.2%	3	27.3%	8-3	72.7%	3	23.1%	2	15.4%	8	61.5%	3-10	23.1%	12-16	42.9%	10-10	50.0%	0	0	11-13	45.8%

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
World Tour Finals	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	4	2	52	19	1	0	31	11	9	3	1	2	5	4	103	41
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	12	2	28	12	0	0	18	13	2	2	1	1	1	1	63	31
Total	1	1	16	4	82	32	1	0	49	25	11	5	2	3	6	5	168	75

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
5/2/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Winner 1