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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
€ 15,000 BPT Futures Balikesir
Friday, June 26, 2026 Stadium Court 10:40

Match #1: Pool A

(1) Sofiia Kurnikova/Tetiana Lazarenko, Ukraine
vs.
(16) Merve Celebi/Yaren Sencel, Türkiye

Sofiia Kurnikova
Ukraine

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 6, 2006 (20 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Sveti Vlas 2026)

Career Winnings:

US$8,461.51

Tetiana Lazarenko
Ukraine

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 18, 2003 (22 yrs old)

Home Town:

Zaporozhye

Height:

181 cm (5'11")

Weight:

64 kg (141 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$47,296.14

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	US$11,392.70

Previous Balikesir Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/10-14/2026	BPT Challenge Alanya	15	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	6/4-7/2026	BPT Futures Sveti Vlas	1	1st	400	€ 1,500.00
FIVB	5/20-24/2026	BPT Challenge Nuvali	18	5th	600	US$5,000.00
FIVB	5/13-17/2026	BPT Challenge Xiamen	10	17th	340	US$2,250.00

BPT Futures Balikesir Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 6/26/2026	Pool A	Merve Celebi / Yaren Sencel, Türkiye (16)

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	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	$9,500.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,650.00
Total	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	$11,150.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Sofiia Kurnikova												Tetiana Lazarenko
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$5,500.00
											Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	7	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	0	$7,750.00
4	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	$7,250.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	11	2	0	0	0	2	1	3	2	0	$25,125.00
3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$825.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	22	5	3	5	0	5	2	0	0	0	$6,075.00
											U18/19 World Championships	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
7	1	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	$8,075.00	Total	43	8	3	6	0	7	7	7	2	0	$44,450.00

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	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	$11,000.00	10	6	62.5 %
Total	FIVB	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	$11,000.00	10	6	62.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Sofiia Kurnikova													Tetiana Lazarenko
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2020	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$100.00
											2021	FIVB	5	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,350.00
											2021	FIVB Age Group WC	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2022	FIVB	5	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	$1,300.00
											2023	FIVB	9	2	1	0	0	2	0	2	1	1	$1,650.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2024	FIVB	8	1	1	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	$9,100.00
											2025	FIVB	7	1	0	0	0	1	3	1	1	0	$25,375.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2025	FIVB Age Group WC
5	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	$8,000.00	2026	FIVB	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$5,500.00
7	1	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	1	$8,000.00	Total	Total	42	8	3	6	0	7	7	7	2	2	$44,375.00

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	62.5%	1	12.5%	2	25.0%	6-2	75.0%	4	50.0%	1	12.5%	3	37.5%	4-4	50.0%	5-3	62.5%	5-3	62.5%	0	0	10-6	62.5%
2025-2026	5	62.5%	1	12.5%	2	25.0%	6-2	75.0%	4	50.0%	1	12.5%	3	37.5%	4-4	50.0%	5-3	62.5%	5-3	62.5%	0	0	10-6	62.5%
Against the Field	0		0		0		0-0		0		0		0		0-0		0-0		0-0		0	0	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	0	3	3	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	6
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
Total	0	0	0	0	5	3	0	0	3	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	10	6

Merve Celebi
Türkiye

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 16, 1993 (32 yrs old)

Home Town:

Lefkosa

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

64 kg (141 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

13th (6 times)

Career Winnings:

US$2,097.54

Nursel Yaren Sencel
Türkiye

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 19, 1997 (29 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

21st (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$1,260.14

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	US$1,665.00

Previous Balikesir Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2022	Bahanur Gokalp - 13th	Did not play

Recent Results 1st Tournament

BPT Futures Balikesir Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 6/26/2026	Pool A	Sofiia Kurnikova / Tetiana Lazarenko, Ukraine (1)

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	1	0	$1,500.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$150.00
Total	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,650.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Merve Celebi												Yaren Sencel
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	1	1	0	$1,250.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$1,150.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	6	2	0	0	$625.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$75.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	6	3	1	0	$1,875.00	Total	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	$1,225.00

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	0	0	1	0	$1,500.00	0	2	0.0 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,500.00	0	2	0.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Merve Celebi													Yaren Sencel
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$400.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	$200.00	2018	FIVB
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$300.00	2019	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$550.00	2022	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$750.00	2025	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$750.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	6	3	1	0	$1,800.00	Total	Total	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	$1,150.00

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	0	0	0	0-0	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	0-2	0.0%	0-0	0	0	0-2	0.0%
2025-2026	0	0	0	0-0	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	0-2	0.0%	0-0	0	0	0-2	0.0%
Against the Field	0	0	0	0-0	0		0		0		0-0		0-0		0-0	0	0	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	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
6/26/26	FIVB	BPT Futures Balikesir	Pool A