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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Nuvali
Wednesday, May 20, 2026 Court #3 08:00

Match #5: Qualifier's Bracket Round 1

(Q5) Chenoa Christ/Sophia Neuss, Germany
vs.
(Q28) Maisa Kyrolainen/Sara Sinisalo, Finland

Chenoa Christ
Germany

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 14, 2000 (25 yrs old)

Home Town:

Wiesbaden

Height:

182 cm (6'0")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$12,383.65

Sophia Neuß
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 2, 2006 (19 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Laginha Beach 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$6,657.68

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	US$11,000.00

Previous Nuvali Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2024	Hanna-Marie Schieder - 25th	Did not play
2024	Anna-Lena Grune - 1st	Did not play
2025	Tabea Schwarz - 17th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/13-17/2026	BPT Challenge Xiamen	23	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	3/26-29/2026	BPT Challenge Nayarit	22	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	3/18-22/2026	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	26, Q4	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	3/5-8/2026	BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar	11	9th	460	US$3,250.00

BPT Challenge Nuvali Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/20/2026	Qualifier 1	Maisa Kyrolainen / Sara Sinisalo, Finland (Q28)	Won 21-18, 21-13	0:37
Wed, 5/20/2026	Qualifier 2	Floor Hogenhout / Nigella Negenman, Netherlands (31, Q12)	Lost 12-21, 21-19, 14-16	0:45

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	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	$11,000.00
Total	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	$11,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Chenoa Christ												Sophia Neuss
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam
17	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	4	0	$7,625.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$5,500.00
16	3	2	1	0	4	2	4	0	0	$3,400.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	6	0	1	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	$900.00
											U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
38	3	2	1	0	4	5	11	5	0	$11,025.00	Total	12	0	1	0	2	0	5	3	0	0	$6,400.00

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	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	$11,000.00	8	8	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	$11,000.00	8	8	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Chenoa Christ													Sophia Neuss
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
5	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	$550.00	2021	FIVB
6	0	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	$900.00	2022	FIVB
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	$0.00	2023	FIVB
											2023	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
13	3	0	0	0	3	1	4	1	1	$2,950.00	2024	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2024	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	$1,125.00	2025	FIVB	5	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	$900.00
											2025	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	$5,500.00	2026	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	$5,500.00
38	3	2	1	0	4	5	11	5	7	$11,025.00	Total	Total	14	0	1	0	2	0	6	3	0	2	$6,400.00

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	5	83.3%	0	0.0%	1	16.7%	5-1	83.3%	2	22.2%	3	33.3%	4	44.4%	2-7	22.2%	5-4	55.6%	2-4	33.3%	1	0	8-8	50.0%
2025-2026	5	83.3%	0	0.0%	1	16.7%	5-1	83.3%	2	22.2%	3	33.3%	4	44.4%	2-7	22.2%	5-4	55.6%	2-4	33.3%	1	0	8-8	50.0%
Against the Field	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	2	33.3%	2	33.3%	2	33.3%	2-4	33.3%	2-4	33.3%	4-4	50.0%	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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	2	1	5	3	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	8
Total	0	0	2	1	5	3	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	8

Maisa Kyröläinen
Finland

Photo not available

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 13, 2009 (16 yrs old)

Home Town:

Mikkeli

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

41st (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$0.00

Sara Sinisalo
Finland

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 23, 2004 (21 yrs old)

Home Town:

Helsinki

Height:

182 cm (6'0")

Weight:

66 kg (145 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Corigliano Rossano 2023)

Career Winnings:

US$8,109.19

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	41	Money
FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	US$0.00

Previous Nuvali Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2025	Did not play	Anniina Muukka - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/13-17/2026	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Q17	41st	100	US$0.00

BPT Challenge Nuvali Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/20/2026	Qualifier 1	Chenoa Christ / Sophia Neuss, Germany (Q5)	Lost 18-21, 13-21	0:37

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Maisa Kyrolainen												Sara Sinisalo
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	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	12	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	2	0	$4,750.00
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	22	1	0	1	1	5	6	8	0	0	$2,287.50
											U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Total	35	1	0	2	1	5	6	10	2	1	$7,037.50

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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	0	2	0.0 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	0	2	0.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Maisa Kyrolainen													Sara Sinisalo
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2021	FIVB	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	$250.00
											2022	FIVB	10	0	0	1	0	3	2	2	1	1	$4,650.00
											2022	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2023	FIVB	8	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	2	$1,600.00
											2023	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2024	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	$0.00
											2025	FIVB	6	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	1	$537.50
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2026	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	Total	Total	36	1	0	2	1	5	7	10	2	8	$7,037.50

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	0	0	0	0-0	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	0-2	0.0%
2025-2026	0	0	0	0-0	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	0-2	0.0%
Against the Field	0	0	0	0-0	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	0-2	0.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	0-2	0.0%

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	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Total	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2

Head to Head Results
Christ/Neuss lead the series 1-0

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
5/20/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nuvali	Qualifier 1	Christ/Neuss	Q5	Kyrolainen/Sinisalo	Q28	21-18, 21-13	0:37