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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite Gstaad
Wednesday, July 1, 2026 Court #3 11:00

Match #3: Qualifier's Bracket Round 1

(Q5) Reika Murakami/Asami Shiba, Japan
vs.
(Q12) Linda Bock/Louisa Lippmann, Germany

Reika Murakami
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 10, 1997 (29 yrs old)

Home Town:

Hyogo

Height:

173 cm (5'8")

Weight:

62 kg (136 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$42,546.45

Asami Shiba
Japan

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 18, 1995 (30 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kanagawa

Height:

165 cm (5'5")

Weight:

63 kg (139 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$37,463.78

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	Money
FIVB	18	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	3	2	2	4	2	US$43,750.00

Previous Gstaad Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/26-29/2026	BPT Challenge Nayarit	2	5th	600	US$5,000.00
FIVB	3/5-8/2026	BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar	2	2nd	760	US$13,000.00
FIVB	12/3-7/2025	BPT Elite Itapema	17, Q1	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	29	17th	640	US$7,000.00
FIVB	10/22-26/2025	BPT Elite Cape Town	Q6	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	10/15-19/2025	BPT Challenge Nuvali	15	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	Q14	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	10/1-5/2025	BPT Challenge Veracruz	Q3	33rd	180	US$0.00
FIVB	8/27-31/2025	BPT Elite Hamburg	24, Q9	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	8/13-17/2025	BPT Elite Montréal	Q12	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	8/5-9/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	23	25th	220	US$1,500.00

BPT Elite Gstaad Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/1/2026	Qualifier 1	Linda Bock / Louisa Lippmann, Germany (Q12)

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	0	0	1	0	0	$7,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	$5,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	10	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	2	2	$31,750.00
Total	18	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	7	4	2	$43,750.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Reika Murakami												Asami Shiba
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	$3,500.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	World Tour Finals
9	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	0	$8,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	9	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	0	$8,000.00
35	0	1	0	0	2	1	6	10	15	$18,875.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	32	0	1	0	0	2	2	6	8	13	$20,125.00
29	2	3	3	2	7	5	2	3	2	$11,375.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	25	2	0	5	0	4	6	2	3	3	$5,300.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
77	2	4	3	2	9	9	14	15	18	$41,750.00	Total	67	2	1	5	0	6	10	13	13	16	$36,925.00

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	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00	2	2	50.0 %
2025	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	4	2	$22,750.00	9	23	28.1 %
2026	FIVB	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$18,000.00	7	2	77.8 %
Total	FIVB	17	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	7	4	2	$43,750.00	18	27	40.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Reika Murakami													Asami Shiba
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	2016	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2017	FIVB Age Group WC
9	1	0	1	0	3	1	1	2	0	$6,225.00	2018	FIVB	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$650.00
16	0	2	0	1	0	2	1	2	8	$3,800.00	2019	FIVB	14	1	0	2	0	3	1	1	2	4	$2,600.00
4	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	$900.00	2020	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	$1,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2021	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,000.00
12	0	0	0	1	1	4	3	2	1	$7,550.00	2022	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	4	3	$6,600.00
10	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	5	2	$800.00	2023	FIVB	7	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	2	$2,600.00
6	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	$2,100.00	2024	FIVB	7	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	2	$2,100.00
14	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	4	2	$11,375.00	2025	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	4	2	$11,375.00
2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$9,000.00	2026	FIVB	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$9,000.00
76	2	4	3	2	9	9	14	15	18	$41,750.00	Total	Total	66	2	1	5	0	6	10	13	13	16	$36,925.00

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	13	61.9%	3	14.3%	5	23.8%	16-5	76.2%	2	8.3%	3	12.5%	19	79.2%	2-22	8.3%	13-19	40.6%	5-8	38.5%	0	0	18-27	40.0%
2025-2026	12	66.7%	2	11.1%	4	22.2%	14-4	77.8%	2	8.7%	3	13.0%	18	78.3%	2-21	8.7%	12-18	40.0%	4-7	36.4%	0	0	16-25	39.0%
Against the Field	3	50.0%	1	16.7%	2	33.3%	4-2	66.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	10	100.0%	0-10	0.0%	6-20	23.1%	2-4	33.3%	0	0	4-12	25.0%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	5	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	2	2	7	8	0	0	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	15	16
Total	0	0	3	7	9	13	0	0	5	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	18	27

Linda Bock
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 27, 2000 (26 yrs old)

Home Town:

Borken

Height:

172 cm (5'8")

Weight:

60 kg (132 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Baden 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$40,710.63

Louisa Lippmann
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 23, 1994 (31 yrs old)

Home Town:

Herford

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

78 kg (172 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Baden 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$97,623.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	US$2,500.00
FIVB	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	4	2	2	2	US$77,750.00
Overall	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	5	2	2	2	US$80,250.00

Previous Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2024	Did not play	Laura Ludwig - 13th
2025	Louisa Lippmann - 13th	Linda Bock - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/10-14/2026	BPT Challenge Alanya	7	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	5/27-31/2026	BPT Elite Ostrava	Q2	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	17	9th	800	US$11,000.00
FIVB	10/22-26/2025	BPT Elite Cape Town	6	9th	600	US$7,500.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	7	13th	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	8/27-31/2025	BPT Elite Hamburg	8	9th	600	US$7,500.00
FIVB	8/5-9/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	7	1st	800	US$20,000.00
CEV	7/30-8/3/2025	EuroBeachVolley 2025	21	9th	460	€ 2,500.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2025	BPT Elite Gstaad	22, Q7	13th	460	US$4,500.00

BPT Elite Gstaad Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/1/2026	Qualifier 1	Reika Murakami / Asami Shiba, Japan (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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$11,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	$24,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	$42,250.00
Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00
Total	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	5	2	2	2	0	$80,250.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Linda Bock												Louisa Lippmann
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	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$5,500.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$9,000.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	0	$12,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	18	0	0	0	0	4	10	2	1	0	$44,750.00
6	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	$21,125.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	14	1	2	0	0	2	3	3	2	1	$32,125.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	Confederation Championship	4	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	$8,000.00
15	1	1	0	0	0	7	3	2	0	$40,125.00	Total	39	1	2	1	0	6	16	8	3	1	$93,875.00

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	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	4	2	1	1	0	$75,500.00	28	16	63.6 %
2025	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	2	2	50.0 %
2026	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$2,250.00	1	3	25.0 %
Total	FIVB	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	4	2	2	2	0	$77,750.00	29	19	60.4 %
Total	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	2	2	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Linda Bock													Louisa Lippmann
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2022	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$3,000.00
											2022	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
											2023	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	1	0	$17,875.00
											2023	CEV	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2024	FIVB	12	0	1	0	0	3	5	3	0	0	$26,125.00
											2024	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
10	1	1	0	0	0	6	1	1	0	$37,750.00	2025	FIVB	10	1	1	0	0	0	6	1	1	0	$37,750.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2025	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$1,125.00	2026	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$1,125.00
14	1	1	0	0	0	7	3	2	0	$40,125.00	Total	Total	38	1	2	1	0	6	16	8	3	1	$93,875.00

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	21	65.6%	4	12.5%	7	21.9%	25-7	78.1%	4	25.0%	4	25.0%	8	50.0%	4-12	25.0%	21-8	72.4%	8-11	42.1%	0	0	29-19	60.4%
2025-2026	21	65.6%	4	12.5%	7	21.9%	25-7	78.1%	4	25.0%	4	25.0%	8	50.0%	4-12	25.0%	21-8	72.4%	8-11	42.1%	0	0	29-19	60.4%
Against the Field	7	58.3%	1	8.3%	4	33.3%	8-4	66.7%	3	27.3%	2	18.2%	6	54.5%	3-8	27.3%	14-12	53.8%	8-12	40.0%	0	0	11-12	47.8%

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	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	1	4	5	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	9
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	4	0	7	5	0	0	5	3	2	0	0	0	1	1	19	9
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Total	0	0	5	1	15	11	0	0	8	8	2	0	0	0	1	1	31	21

Head to Head Results
Bock/Lippmann lead the series 1-0

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
7/1/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Qualifier 1
5/15/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Pool H	Bock/Lippmann	24, Q2	Murakami/Shiba	9	21-18, 21-14	0:34