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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite Gstaad
Thursday, July 2, 2026 Court #3 16:00

Match #23: Pool E

(8) Svenja Muller/Cinja Tillmann, Germany
vs.
(20, Q9) Megan J. Rice/Geena Urango, United States

Svenja Müller
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 13, 2001 (25 yrs old)

Home Town:

Dortmund

Height:

192 cm (6'4")

Weight:

76 kg (167 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$274,769.03

Cinja Tillmann
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 13, 1991 (34 yrs old)

Home Town:

Senden

Height:

174 cm (5'9")

Weight:

62 kg (136 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$331,509.93

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
CEV	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	US$37,151.00
FIVB	41	3	3	4	2	11	0	12	3	2	0	US$497,586.24
Overall	45	4	3	5	2	11	0	13	3	3	0	US$534,737.24

Previous Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2021	Sarah Schneider - Country Quota	Chantal Laboureur - 17th
2023	Cinja Tillmann - 4th	Svenja Muller - 4th
2024	Cinja Tillmann - 13th	Svenja Muller - 13th
2025	Cinja Tillmann - 9th	Svenja Muller - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/27-31/2026	BPT Elite Ostrava	10	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	3/11-15/2026	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	6	9th	600	US$6,200.00
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	8	17th	640	US$7,000.00
FIVB	10/22-26/2025	BPT Elite Cape Town	3	1st	1200	US$40,000.00
FIVB	9/24-28/2025	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	5	9th	600	US$7,500.00
FIVB	8/27-31/2025	BPT Elite Hamburg	1	4th	900	US$12,000.00
FIVB	8/13-17/2025	BPT Elite Montréal	7	2nd	1100	US$20,000.00
CEV	7/30-8/3/2025	EuroBeachVolley 2025	8	3rd	720	€ 10,000.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2025	BPT Elite Gstaad	4	9th	600	US$7,500.00

BPT Elite Gstaad Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/1/2026	Pool E	Ally Batenhorst / Sara Hughes, United States (17, Q1)	Won 21-16, 21-8	0:29
Thu, 7/2/2026	Pool E	Megan J. Rice / Geena Urango, United States (20, Q9)
Fri, 7/3/2026	Pool E	Lexy Denaburg / Julia Donlin, United States (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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$53,000.00
World Tour Finals	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$107,500.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	29	3	2	2	2	8	0	7	3	1	0	0	$321,200.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	$14,000.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,600.00
Confederation Championship	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$33,500.00
Total	45	4	3	5	2	11	0	13	3	3	0	0	$530,800.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Svenja Muller												Cinja Tillmann
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	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	$26,500.00	World Championships	4	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	$30,000.00
3	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$53,750.00	World Tour Finals	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$53,750.00
29	3	2	2	2	8	10	1	0	0	$160,600.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	33	3	2	2	2	8	10	2	0	3	$162,450.00
5	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	$7,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	17	0	0	0	1	3	3	7	2	1	$27,850.00
4	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,900.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	10	2	1	1	0	2	0	2	1	1	$13,100.00
											Challenger	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,250.00
											U23 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$0.00
4	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	$16,750.00	Confederation Championship	7	1	1	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	$27,500.00
51	4	3	6	3	11	17	4	1	1	$266,500.00	Total	80	6	5	6	3	18	18	14	4	5	$317,900.00

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
2021	FIVB	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$5,600.00	7	2	77.8 %
2022	FIVB	8	1	0	1	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	0	$94,500.00	28	14	66.7 %
2022	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00	1	2	33.3 %
2023	FIVB	10	0	1	1	1	3	0	2	1	1	0	0	$150,000.00	30	18	62.5 %
2023	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	2	1	66.7 %
2024	FIVB	9	1	1	0	0	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	$105,000.00	25	16	61.0 %
2024	CEV	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$20,000.00	7	0	100.0 %
2025	FIVB	9	1	1	1	1	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	$124,500.00	30	12	71.4 %
2025	CEV	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00	5	1	83.3 %
2026	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$15,200.00	5	5	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	40	3	3	4	2	11	0	12	3	2	0	0	$494,800.00	125	67	65.1 %
Total	CEV	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$33,500.00	15	4	78.9 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Svenja Muller													Cinja Tillmann
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2010	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
											2011	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2012	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
											2012	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
											2012	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2013	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$5,100.00
											2013	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,250.00
											2013	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2013	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2014	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$600.00
											2017	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$1,550.00
											2017	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2018	FIVB	7	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	$10,750.00
											2019	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	$10,000.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2019	FIVB Age Group WC
											2019	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00	2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,000.00
											2020	CEV	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00
5	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	$3,800.00	2021	FIVB	6	0	0	1	1	0	1	3	0	0	$11,300.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	2021	FIVB Age Group WC
											2021	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
8	1	0	1	0	2	4	0	0	0	$47,250.00	2022	FIVB	8	1	0	1	0	2	4	0	0	0	$47,250.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2022	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
10	0	1	1	1	3	3	1	0	0	$75,000.00	2023	FIVB	10	0	1	1	1	3	3	1	0	0	$75,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2023	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
9	1	1	0	0	4	3	0	0	0	$52,500.00	2024	FIVB	9	1	1	0	0	4	3	0	0	0	$52,500.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00	2024	CEV	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00
9	1	1	1	1	1	3	1	0	0	$62,250.00	2025	FIVB	9	1	1	1	1	1	3	1	0	0	$62,250.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00	2025	CEV	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00
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
50	4	3	6	3	11	17	4	1	1	$265,250.00	Total	Total	82	6	5	6	3	18	18	16	4	6	$316,650.00

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	76	70.4%	22	20.4%	10	9.3%	98-10	90.7%	24	29.6%	18	22.2%	39	48.1%	24-57	29.6%	76-39	66.1%	46-28	62.2%	3	0	125-67	65.1%
2025-2026	21	72.4%	6	20.7%	2	6.9%	27-2	93.1%	7	31.8%	7	31.8%	8	36.4%	7-15	31.8%	21-8	72.4%	13-9	59.1%	1	0	35-17	67.3%
Against the Field	20	74.1%	4	14.8%	3	11.1%	24-3	88.9%	5	14.3%	8	22.9%	22	62.9%	5-30	14.3%	40-44	47.6%	18-22	45.0%	0	0	29-33	46.8%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
World Championships	0	0	0	0	7	2	0	0	4	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	12	5
World Tour Finals	0	0	0	0	5	7	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	7	9
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	7	1	54	21	0	0	17	14	5	4	2	2	3	2	88	44
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	2	0	6	2	1	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	6
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	5	1
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	4	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	15	4
Total	0	0	9	1	84	34	1	0	30	24	7	7	5	2	4	3	140	71

Megan J. Rice
United States

Photo: NORCECA

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 4, 1998 (27 yrs old)

Home Town:

Hermosa Beach, CA

Height:

183 cm (6'0")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$7,325.00

Geena Urango
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 2, 1989 (36 yrs old)

Home Town:

Los Alamitos, CA

Height:

179 cm (5'11")

Weight:

50 kg (110 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Chetumal 2019)

Career Winnings:

US$11,250.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	Money
FIVB	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	US$12,000.00

Previous Gstaad Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2026	BPT Elite Brasília	18, Q4	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	3/18-22/2026	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	22	4th	680	US$7,000.00

BPT Elite Gstaad Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/1/2026	Qualifier 1	Anna Pavelkova / Katerina Pavelkova, Czechia (Q8)	Won 19-21, 23-21, 15-9	2:37
Wed, 7/1/2026	Pool E	Lexy Denaburg / Julia Donlin, United States (5)	Won 21-17, 16-21, 15-10	0:45
Thu, 7/2/2026	Pool E	Svenja Muller / Cinja Tillmann, Germany (8)
Fri, 7/3/2026	Pool E	Ally Batenhorst / Sara Hughes, United States (17, Q1)

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$5,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,000.00
Total	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$12,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Megan J. Rice												Geena Urango
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	0	0	$2,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	$2,500.00
2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	$4,625.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	$4,250.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$200.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,500.00
5	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	$7,325.00	Total	8	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	2	$11,250.00

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	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$9,500.00	7	5	58.3 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$9,500.00	7	5	58.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Megan J. Rice													Geena Urango
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2015	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
											2018	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$750.00
											2019	FIVB	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,500.00
2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	$1,325.00	2025	FIVB
2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	$4,750.00	2026	FIVB	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	$4,750.00
4	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	$6,075.00	Total	Total	7	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	2	$10,000.00

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%	1	16.7%	0	0.0%	6-0	100.0%	1	16.7%	1	16.7%	4	66.7%	1-5	16.7%	5-4	55.6%	2-1	66.7%	0	0	7-5	58.3%
2025-2026	5	83.3%	1	16.7%	0	0.0%	6-0	100.0%	1	16.7%	1	16.7%	4	66.7%	1-5	16.7%	5-4	55.6%	2-1	66.7%	0	0	7-5	58.3%
Against the Field	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	1	16.7%	1	16.7%	4	66.7%	1-5	16.7%	2-8	20.0%	4-2	66.7%	0	0	3-5	37.5%

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	2	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	4	2
Total	0	0	2	0	3	3	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	7	5

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
7/2/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Pool E