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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Xiamen
Thursday, May 14, 2026 Court #5 09:00

Match #7: Pool D

(4) Monika Paulikiene/Aine Raupelyte, Lithuania
vs.
(29, Q6) Anouk Dupin/Alex Merle, France

Monika Povilaityte Paulikiene
Lithuania

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 30, 1994 (31 yrs old)

Home Town:

Tytuvenai

Height:

175 cm (5'9")

Weight:

62 kg (136 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

1 (Klaipeda 2022)

Career Winnings:

US$99,740.35

Aine Raupelyte
Lithuania

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 28, 2000 (25 yrs old)

Home Town:

Vilnius

Height:

197 cm (6'6")

Weight:

75 kg (165 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Tlaxcala 2026)

Career Winnings:

US$82,615.55

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	37	Money
FIVB	51	0	1	2	4	4	0	11	7	7	3	2	7	1	1	US$163,882.25

Previous Xiamen Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2018	Ieva Dumbauskaite - 25th	Did not play
2024	Aine Raupelyte - 4th	Monika Paulikiene - 4th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/8-12/2026	BPT Elite Saquarema	17, Q4	9th	600	US$6,200.00
FIVB	3/26-29/2026	BPT Challenge Nayarit	7	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	3/18-22/2026	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	13	2nd	760	US$13,000.00
FIVB	12/3-7/2025	BPT Elite Itapema	10	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	31	37th	160	US$3,400.00
FIVB	10/22-26/2025	BPT Elite Cape Town	13	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	10/15-19/2025	BPT Challenge Nuvali	2	5th	600	US$5,000.00
FIVB	10/1-5/2025	BPT Challenge Veracruz	5	25th	220	US$1,500.00
FIVB	9/24-28/2025	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	Q3	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	9/17-21/2025	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	18, Q4	9th	600	US$7,500.00
FIVB	8/5-9/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	27, Q6	5th	600	US$5,000.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2025	BPT Elite Gstaad	Q15	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2025	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	24	25th	220	US$1,500.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2025	BPT Challenge Alanya	21	25th	220	US$1,500.00
FIVB	5/28-6/1/2025	BPT Elite Ostrava	Q11	25th	300	US$0.00

BPT Challenge Xiamen Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/14/2026	Pool D	Anouk Dupin / Alex Merle, France (29, Q6)

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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$10,400.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	23	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	7	9	3	0	$66,200.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	24	0	1	1	4	3	0	8	0	1	4	0	$86,750.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$500.00
Total	51	0	1	2	4	4	0	11	7	12	7	1	$163,850.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Monika Paulikiene												Aine Raupelyte
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	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$6,900.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$5,200.00
30	0	0	0	0	1	10	9	3	0	$33,100.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	23	0	0	0	0	1	10	9	3	0	$33,100.00
38	0	1	1	4	3	11	4	10	0	$53,375.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	25	0	1	1	4	3	8	2	4	0	$43,875.00
7	1	0	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	$5,850.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	6	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	$300.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00	U23 World Championships
2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
85	2	2	4	5	6	25	15	13	1	$99,225.00	Total	57	0	1	2	4	4	19	17	7	1	$82,475.00

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
2022	FIVB	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$500.00	4	1	80.0 %
2023	FIVB	13	0	0	0	2	0	0	6	0	4	0	1	$34,000.00	25	23	52.1 %
2024	FIVB	17	0	0	1	2	2	0	2	4	5	1	0	$59,250.00	31	34	47.7 %
2025	FIVB	16	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	3	3	6	1	$46,150.00	15	29	34.1 %
2026	FIVB	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$22,450.00	10	6	62.5 %
Total	FIVB	50	0	1	2	4	4	0	11	7	12	7	2	$162,350.00	85	93	47.8 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Monika Paulikiene													Aine Raupelyte
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	2011	FIVB Age Group WC
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2012	FIVB Age Group WC
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	$3,600.00	2013	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2013	FIVB Age Group WC
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,600.00	2014	FIVB
2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2014	FIVB Age Group WC
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	$1,000.00	2015	FIVB
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	2016	FIVB
4	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	$4,700.00	2017	FIVB
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	$3,050.00	2018	FIVB
7	1	0	1	1	1	2	0	1	0	$3,600.00	2022	FIVB	7	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	0	0	$800.00
13	0	0	0	2	0	6	4	0	1	$17,000.00	2023	FIVB	13	0	0	0	2	0	6	4	0	1	$17,000.00
17	0	0	1	2	2	6	5	1	0	$29,625.00	2024	FIVB	17	0	0	1	2	2	6	5	1	0	$29,625.00
16	0	0	0	0	2	4	3	6	1	$23,075.00	2025	FIVB	16	0	0	0	0	2	4	3	6	1	$23,075.00
3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$11,225.00	2026	FIVB	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$11,225.00
84	2	2	4	5	6	25	15	13	12	$98,475.00	Total	Total	56	0	1	2	4	4	19	17	7	2	$81,725.00

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	47	65.3%	13	18.1%	12	16.7%	60-12	83.3%	21	20.6%	28	27.5%	53	52.0%	21-81	20.6%	47-53	47.0%	34-40	45.9%	4	0	85-93	47.8%
2025-2026	17	65.4%	4	15.4%	5	19.2%	21-5	80.8%	4	11.8%	11	32.4%	19	55.9%	4-30	11.8%	17-19	47.2%	8-16	33.3%	0	0	25-35	41.7%
Against the Field	8	88.9%	0	0.0%	1	11.1%	8-1	88.9%	2	25.0%	2	25.0%	4	50.0%	2-6	25.0%	16-8	66.7%	4-6	40.0%	0	0	10-7	58.8%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
World Championships	0	0	0	0	1	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	14	10	9	24	1	0	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	41
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	9	2	24	18	2	0	16	12	1	5	1	4	0	1	53	42
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	1
Total	0	0	23	12	36	50	4	0	19	20	1	6	2	4	0	1	85	93

Anouk Dupin
France

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 29, 2002 (23 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$5,999.89

Alex Merle
France

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 10, 2000 (25 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Madrid 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$2,875.49

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	US$2,783.70

Previous Xiamen Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/15-18/2025	BPT Futures Madrid	6	2nd	360	€ 700.00

BPT Challenge Xiamen Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/13/2026	Qualifier 3	Marie-Alex Belanger / Amy Ozee, Canada (Q11)	Won 22-20, 21-16	0:39
Thu, 5/14/2026	Pool D	Monika Paulikiene / Aine Raupelyte, Lithuania (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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,150.00
Total	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,650.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Anouk Dupin												Alex Merle
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	0	0	0	0	$750.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$750.00
12	2	3	2	0	3	0	2	0	0	$3,575.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	11	0	1	2	0	3	2	3	0	0	$1,575.00
13	2	3	2	0	3	0	2	0	0	$4,325.00	Total	15	0	1	2	0	3	2	3	1	1	$2,325.00

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	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$450.00	2	2	50.0 %
2025	FIVB	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$700.00	4	1	80.0 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,150.00	6	3	66.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Anouk Dupin													Alex Merle
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	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	$400.00	2023	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00
3	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$375.00	2024	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	1	$225.00
6	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,800.00	2025	FIVB	6	0	1	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
											2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
12	2	3	2	0	3	0	2	0	0	$3,575.00	Total	Total	14	0	1	2	0	3	2	3	1	2	$1,575.00

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	5	83.3%	0	0.0%	1	16.7%	5-1	83.3%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1-2	33.3%	5-1	83.3%	1-2	33.3%	1	0	7-3	70.0%
2025-2026	4	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0-1	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	1	0	5-1	83.3%
Against the Field	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0		0		0		0-0		2-0	100.0%	0-0		0	0	1-0	100.0%

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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	6	3
Total	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	7	3

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
5/14/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Pool D