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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Xiamen
Friday, May 15, 2026 Court #2 11:00

Match #33: Winner's Bracket Round 1

(31, Q10) Miki Ishii/Mayu Kikuchi, Japan
vs.
(28, Q5) Daniele Kvedaraite/Jekaterina Saule, Lithuania

Miki Ishii Koshikawa
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 7, 1989 (36 yrs old)

Home Town:

Fujisawa

Height:

172 cm (5'8")

Weight:

60 kg (132 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$96,090.00

Mayu Kikuchi
Japan

Photo not available

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 24, 2001 (24 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Sanya 2026)

Career Winnings:

US$2,525.00

Team Career Summary

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

Previous Xiamen Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2018	Megumi Murakami - 41st	Did not play
2019	Megumi Murakami - 9th	Did not play
2024	Akiko Hasegawa - 19th	Did not play
2025	Saki Maruyama - 17th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/12-15/2026	BPT Futures Haikou	4	3rd	320	US$500.00
FIVB	3/5-8/2026	BPT Futures Sanya	2	1st	400	US$1,000.00

BPT Challenge Xiamen Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/13/2026	Qualifier 2	Kristen Almhjell / Christina Malbrecht, Canada (Q23)	Won 21-10, 21-12	0:34
Wed, 5/13/2026	Qualifier 3	Shuting Cao / Ahedan Mushajiang, China (Q7)	Won 21-13, 21-18	0:36
Thu, 5/14/2026	Pool B	Maria Gonzalez / Allanis Navas, Puerto Rico (2)	Won 17-21, 24-22, 16-14	0:58
Thu, 5/14/2026	Pool B	Lezana Placette / Alexia Richard, France (15)	Lost 21-19, 16-21, 11-15	0:51
Fri, 5/15/2026	Winner 1	Daniele Kvedaraite / Jekaterina Saule, Lithuania (28, Q5)

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	$2,250.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00
Total	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,750.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Miki Ishii												Mayu Kikuchi
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	1	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$8,300.00	World Championships
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00	World Tour Finals
19	0	0	0	0	4	1	10	0	0	$24,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam
43	0	0	0	0	3	12	16	3	1	$48,050.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,125.00
15	2	1	2	1	4	2	2	0	0	$13,240.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	11	1	0	1	1	3	0	5	0	0	$1,400.00
83	2	1	2	1	11	16	30	4	2	$96,090.00	Total	12	1	0	1	1	3	0	5	0	0	$2,525.00

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	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	12	3	80.0 %
Total	FIVB	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	12	3	80.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Miki Ishii													Mayu Kikuchi
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2015	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$8,900.00	2016	FIVB
8	1	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	2	$5,375.00	2017	FIVB
11	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	1	3	$14,365.00	2018	FIVB
16	0	1	0	0	2	4	4	1	4	$22,800.00	2019	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00	2020	FIVB
7	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	1	0	$9,000.00	2021	FIVB
12	0	0	0	0	3	2	7	0	0	$17,125.00	2022	FIVB
10	0	0	0	0	1	3	5	0	1	$8,525.00	2023	FIVB
7	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	0	$4,000.00	2024	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$150.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	$1,125.00	2025	FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	2	0	3	0	0	$500.00
2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00	2026	FIVB	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00
82	2	1	2	1	11	16	30	4	15	$94,965.00	Total	Total	11	1	0	1	1	3	0	5	0	0	$1,400.00

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	10	83.3%	1	8.3%	1	8.3%	11-1	91.7%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1-2	33.3%	10-1	90.9%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	12-3	80.0%
2025-2026	10	83.3%	1	8.3%	1	8.3%	11-1	91.7%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1-2	33.3%	10-1	90.9%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	12-3	80.0%
Against the Field	5	71.4%	1	14.3%	1	14.3%	6-1	85.7%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1-2	33.3%	10-2	83.3%	4-4	50.0%	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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	3	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	9	2
Total	0	0	2	0	4	2	0	0	3	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	12	3

Daniele Kvedaraite
Lithuania

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 29, 2002 (23 yrs old)

Home Town:

Vilnius

Height:

185 cm (6'1")

Weight:

75 kg (165 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$10,313.78

Jekaterina Kovalskaja Saule
Lithuania

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 9, 1999 (26 yrs old)

Home Town:

Vilnius

Height:

176 cm (5'9")

Weight:

65 kg (143 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB El-Alamein 2023)

Career Winnings:

US$10,579.53

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	17	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	2	2	1	4	2	1	US$18,681.31

Previous Xiamen Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2025	Jekaterina Saule - 9th	Daniele Kvedaraite - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	12/3-7/2025	BPT Elite Itapema	Q9	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	10/15-19/2025	BPT Challenge Nuvali	11	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	8/5-9/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	21, Q1	25th	220	US$1,500.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2025	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	28, Q8	25th	220	US$1,500.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2025	BPT Challenge Alanya	23, Q7	25th	220	US$1,500.00
FIVB	5/14-18/2025	BPT Challenge Xiamen	27, Q4	9th	460	US$3,250.00

BPT Challenge Xiamen Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/13/2026	Qualifier 3	Siyu Qi / Yu Tong, China (Q12)	Won 21-18, 21-11	0:33
Thu, 5/14/2026	Pool E	Molly Phillips / Abby Van Winkle, United States (5)	Lost 18-21, 11-21	0:33
Thu, 5/14/2026	Pool E	Carly Kan / Natalie Myszkowski, United States (12)	Won 21-12, 21-12	0:31
Fri, 5/15/2026	Winner 1	Miki Ishii / Mayu Kikuchi, Japan (31, 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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	3	1	$17,250.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,300.00
Total	17	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	2	3	4	1	$18,550.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Daniele Kvedaraite												Jekaterina Saule
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	1	0	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
14	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	3	1	$8,625.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	14	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	4	1	$9,125.00
12	0	0	2	0	2	4	4	0	0	$1,150.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	5	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	$1,150.00
											U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
27	0	0	2	0	2	7	6	4	1	$9,775.00	Total	22	1	0	2	0	1	3	5	5	1	$10,275.00

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
2023	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2024	FIVB	8	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	1	$6,300.00	21	12	63.6 %
2025	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	1	$10,000.00	9	12	42.9 %
Total	FIVB	16	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	2	3	4	3	$16,300.00	30	25	54.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Daniele Kvedaraite													Jekaterina Saule
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2017	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00	2020	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2021	FIVB
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$200.00	2022	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$500.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	$200.00	2023	FIVB	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$500.00
8	0	0	2	0	1	2	2	0	1	$3,150.00	2024	FIVB	8	0	0	2	0	1	2	2	0	1	$3,150.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	1	$5,000.00	2025	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	1	$5,000.00
26	0	0	2	0	2	7	6	4	5	$8,650.00	Total	Total	21	1	0	2	0	1	3	5	5	4	$9,150.00

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	20	74.1%	4	14.8%	3	11.1%	24-3	88.9%	8	25.8%	4	12.9%	19	61.3%	8-23	25.8%	20-19	51.3%	12-7	63.2%	0	0	32-26	55.2%
2025-2026	7	70.0%	2	20.0%	1	10.0%	9-1	90.0%	2	14.3%	3	21.4%	9	64.3%	2-12	14.3%	7-9	43.8%	4-4	50.0%	0	0	11-13	45.8%
Against the Field	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4	100.0%	0-4	0.0%	4-8	33.3%	0-0		0	0	2-4	33.3%

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	13	3	5	13	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	20
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	3	1	5	1	0	0	3	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	13	5
Total	0	0	16	5	10	14	0	0	4	5	0	2	2	0	0	0	32	26

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
5/15/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Winner 1