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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite Ostrava
Wednesday, May 27, 2026 Court #3 16:00

Match #11: Pool E

(8) Anna-Lena Grune/Sandra Ittlinger, Germany
vs.
(17, Q1) Ally Batenhorst/Sara Hughes, United States

Anna-Lena Grüne
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 30, 2001 (24 yrs old)

Home Town:

Giesen

Height:

173 cm (5'8")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$54,644.12

Sandra Ittlinger
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 24, 1994 (31 yrs old)

Home Town:

München

Height:

181 cm (5'11")

Weight:

63 kg (139 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Xiamen 2024)

Career Winnings:

US$180,288.70

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	Money
FIVB	12	0	0	1	0	3	0	4	1	1	1	0	US$82,700.00

Previous Ostrava Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2018	Did not play	Kim Van de Velde - 9th
2019	Did not play	Chantal Laboureur - 25th
2021	Did not play	Kim Van de Velde - 17th
2022	Did not play	Isabel Schneider - 17th
2024	Did not play	Karla Borger - 21st
2025	Sandra Ittlinger - 19th	Anna-Lena Grune - 19th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2026	BPT Elite Brasília	9	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	4/8-12/2026	BPT Elite Saquarema	9	9th	600	US$6,200.00
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	21	9th	800	US$11,000.00
FIVB	10/22-26/2025	BPT Elite Cape Town	7	3rd	1000	US$17,000.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	9	13th	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	8/27-31/2025	BPT Elite Hamburg	11	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	8/13-17/2025	BPT Elite Montréal	12	9th	600	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/5-9/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	4	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2025	BPT Elite Gstaad	12	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2025	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	1	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	5/28-6/1/2025	BPT Elite Ostrava	18, Q2	19th	380	US$2,500.00

BPT Elite Ostrava Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/27/2026	Pool E	Ally Batenhorst / Sara Hughes, United States (17, Q1)
Thu, 5/28/2026	Pool E	Valentyna Davidova / Anhelina Khmil, Ukraine (20, Q5)
Fri, 5/29/2026	Pool E	Valentina Gottardi / Reka Orsi Toth, Italy (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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$11,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	9	0	0	1	0	3	0	2	1	1	0	0	$66,200.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$5,500.00
Total	12	0	0	1	0	3	0	4	1	2	0	0	$82,700.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Anna-Lena Grune												Sandra Ittlinger
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	$5,500.00	World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	$16,000.00
											World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,000.00
10	0	0	1	0	3	3	2	0	0	$33,100.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	30	0	0	1	1	6	10	9	1	0	$84,100.00
10	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	0	0	$10,375.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	47	1	1	1	3	7	10	12	4	0	$71,250.00
15	4	2	1	0	4	3	1	0	0	$4,020.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	7	0	1	0	1	3	1	1	0	0	$5,845.00
											U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
38	4	2	2	0	9	11	6	1	0	$52,995.00	Total	92	1	2	2	6	16	23	26	5	0	$180,195.00

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
2025	FIVB	9	0	0	1	0	2	0	3	1	2	0	0	$65,000.00	19	19	50.0 %
2026	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$15,200.00	5	5	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	11	0	0	1	0	3	0	4	1	2	0	0	$80,200.00	24	24	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Anna-Lena Grune													Sandra Ittlinger
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2011	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2012	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2014	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,000.00
											2014	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2016	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00
											2017	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$3,750.00
											2018	FIVB	12	0	1	0	0	5	5	1	0	0	$25,895.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2018	FIVB Age Group WC
											2019	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	1	2	7	2	0	$25,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$50.00	2020	FIVB
6	1	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$3,170.00	2021	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	1	$8,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	2021	FIVB Age Group WC
5	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	$3,475.00	2022	FIVB	10	0	0	0	1	4	2	3	0	0	$21,875.00
											2023	FIVB	12	0	1	0	0	1	5	3	1	1	$20,875.00
12	3	0	0	0	4	1	3	0	1	$4,950.00	2024	FIVB	14	1	0	1	4	2	2	4	0	0	$31,950.00
9	0	0	1	0	2	4	2	0	0	$32,500.00	2025	FIVB	9	0	0	1	0	2	4	2	0	0	$32,500.00
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
37	4	2	2	0	9	11	6	1	2	$51,745.00	Total	Total	91	1	2	2	6	16	23	26	5	10	$178,945.00

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	14	60.9%	5	21.7%	4	17.4%	19-4	82.6%	5	20.0%	3	12.0%	17	68.0%	5-20	20.0%	14-17	45.2%	10-7	58.8%	0	0	24-24	50.0%
2025-2026	14	60.9%	5	21.7%	4	17.4%	19-4	82.6%	5	20.0%	3	12.0%	17	68.0%	5-20	20.0%	14-17	45.2%	10-7	58.8%	0	0	24-24	50.0%
Against the Field	2	28.6%	3	42.9%	2	28.6%	5-2	71.4%	3	15.8%	2	10.5%	14	73.7%	3-16	15.8%	4-28	12.5%	12-8	60.0%	0	0	8-18	30.8%

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	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	0	8	12	1	0	7	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	18	19
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3
Total	0	0	1	0	13	14	1	0	8	9	0	1	1	0	0	0	24	24

Ally Batenhorst
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 26, 2002 (23 yrs old)

Home Town:

Houston, TX

Height:

193 cm (6'5")

Weight:

79 kg (174 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$17,250.00

Sara Hughes
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 14, 1995 (31 yrs old)

Home Town:

Long Beach, CA

Height:

178 cm (5'10")

Weight:

58 kg (128 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$378,844.92

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	5	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	US$34,500.00

Previous Ostrava Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2018	Did not play	Summer Ross - 9th
2019	Did not play	Summer Ross - 9th
2021	Did not play	Emily Capers - Country Quota
2022	Did not play	Kelley Kolinske - 13th
2023	Did not play	Kelly Cheng - 5th
2024	Did not play	Kelly Cheng - 1st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/8-12/2026	BPT Elite Saquarema	12	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	3/18-22/2026	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	3	3rd	720	US$9,000.00
FIVB	3/5-8/2026	BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar	1	3rd	720	US$9,000.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	12	13th	460	US$5,000.00

BPT Elite Ostrava Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/27/2026	Qualifier 1	Martina Terenova / Barbora Tokosova, Slovakia (Q16)	Won 21-16, 21-16	0:31
Wed, 5/27/2026	Pool E	Anna-Lena Grune / Sandra Ittlinger, Germany (8)
Thu, 5/28/2026	Pool E	Valentina Gottardi / Reka Orsi Toth, Italy (5)
Fri, 5/29/2026	Pool E	Valentyna Davidova / Anhelina Khmil, Ukraine (20, 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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$16,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$18,000.00
Total	5	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$34,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Ally Batenhorst												Sara Hughes
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	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											World Championships	4	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$53,500.00
											World Tour Finals	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$86,250.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$8,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	30	3	1	1	2	9	10	1	0	0	$152,250.00
2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$9,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	32	3	0	5	1	4	7	4	2	0	$80,625.00
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	5	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$6,070.00
											U23 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											U21 World Championships	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	3	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	$17,250.00	Total	82	10	1	8	4	18	23	6	3	0	$378,695.00

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
2025	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$5,000.00	1	2	33.3 %
2026	FIVB	3	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$27,000.00	11	6	64.7 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$32,000.00	12	8	60.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Ally Batenhorst													Sara Hughes
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2011	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$0.00
											2012	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2012	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	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	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2015	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2016	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$9,000.00
											2017	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	0	0	$24,750.00
											2018	FIVB	12	1	0	1	0	4	4	2	0	0	$50,000.00
											2019	FIVB	9	0	0	1	1	1	4	1	0	1	$27,500.00
											2020	FIVB	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$4,000.00
											2021	FIVB	9	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	5	$8,320.00
											2022	FIVB	9	4	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	$121,750.00
											2023	FIVB	11	2	1	0	1	5	2	0	0	0	$84,625.00
											2024	FIVB	6	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	$31,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,500.00	2025	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,500.00
3	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$13,500.00	2026	FIVB	3	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$13,500.00
4	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	$16,000.00	Total	Total	81	10	1	8	4	18	23	6	3	8	$377,445.00

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	41.7%	3	25.0%	4	33.3%	8-4	66.7%	4	50.0%	2	25.0%	2	25.0%	4-4	50.0%	5-2	71.4%	7-6	53.8%	0	0	12-8	60.0%
2025-2026	5	41.7%	3	25.0%	4	33.3%	8-4	66.7%	4	50.0%	2	25.0%	2	25.0%	4-4	50.0%	5-2	71.4%	7-6	53.8%	0	0	12-8	60.0%
Against the Field	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	2	50.0%	1	25.0%	1	25.0%	2-2	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	4-4	50.0%	0	0	3-3	50.0%

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	1	0	2	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	4	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	8	3
Total	0	0	1	0	4	5	0	0	5	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	12	8

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
5/27/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Ostrava	Pool E