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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
€ 15,000 BPT Futures Leuven
Thursday, July 9, 2026 Court #2 15:30

Match #10: Qualifier's Bracket Round 2

(Q5) Ophelie Lusson/Alex Merle, France
vs.
(Q4) Saofe Duval/Marilu Pally, France

Ophélie Lusson
France

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 15, 1995 (30 yrs old)

Home Town:

Montpellier

Height:

178 cm (5'10")

Weight:

61 kg (134 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$6,416.18

Alex Merle
France

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 10, 2000 (25 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Madrid 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$2,875.49

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	4	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	US$1,322.54

Previous Leuven Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2023	Anouk Dupin - 17th	Did not play
2024	Did not play	Pia Szewczyk - 21st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	12/11-14/2025	Futures Laginha Beach	3	3rd	320	US$500.00
FIVB	9/18-21/2025	Futures Bondues Lille Metropole	13	3rd	320	€ 500.00

BPT Futures Leuven Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/9/2026	Qualifier 1	Vilde Hobol / Oda Skaug, Norway (Q12)	Won 21-13, 21-16	0:32
Thu, 7/9/2026	Qualifier 2	Saofe Duval / Marilu Pally, France (Q4)	Lost 17-21, 16-21	0:27

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$)
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$1,200.00
Total	4	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$1,200.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Ophelie Lusson												Alex Merle
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	0	0	5	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam
11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	8	$2,400.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	$750.00
14	0	0	3	1	1	2	5	1	1	$2,540.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	12	0	1	2	0	3	2	4	0	0	$1,575.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00	Confederation Championship
33	0	0	3	1	1	5	5	4	14	$5,190.00	Total	16	0	1	2	0	3	2	4	2	2	$2,325.00

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	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,200.00	9	5	64.3 %
2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$1,200.00	10	6	62.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Ophelie Lusson													Alex Merle
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00	2013	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,000.00	2014	FIVB
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$400.00	2015	FIVB
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00	2016	FIVB
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	$2,250.00	2017	FIVB
3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	$750.00	2017	CEV
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$240.00	2018	FIVB
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$200.00	2019	FIVB
2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00	2023	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2024	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	1	$225.00
3	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	$600.00	2025	FIVB	6	0	1	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2026	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	$750.00
35	0	0	3	1	2	5	6	4	14	$5,690.00	Total	Total	16	0	1	2	0	3	2	4	2	2	$2,325.00

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	8	72.7%	1	9.1%	2	18.2%	9-2	81.8%	1	20.0%	0	0.0%	4	80.0%	1-4	20.0%	8-4	66.7%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	10-6	62.5%
2025-2026	8	72.7%	1	9.1%	2	18.2%	9-2	81.8%	1	20.0%	0	0.0%	4	80.0%	1-4	20.0%	8-4	66.7%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	10-6	62.5%
Against the Field	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	4-2	66.7%	0-0		0	0	2-1	66.7%

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
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	1	1	4	2	0	0	3	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	10	6
Total	0	0	1	1	4	2	0	0	3	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	10	6

Saofé Duval
France

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 27, 2006 (20 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Valencia 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$2,826.86

Marilu Pally
France

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 18, 2003 (22 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$1,358.36

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	41	Money
FIVB	7	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	US$1,998.64

Previous Leuven Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/25-28/2026	BPT Futures Bridlington	8	3rd	320	€ 750.00
FIVB	6/10-14/2026	BPT Challenge Alanya	Q20	41st	100	US$0.00

BPT Futures Leuven Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/9/2026	Qualifier 1	Krista Paegle / Marta Vildere, Latvia (Q13)	Won 25-27, 21-17, 15-9	0:54
Thu, 7/9/2026	Qualifier 2	Ophelie Lusson / Alex Merle, France (Q5)	Won 21-17, 21-16	0:27

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	0	1	$0.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	6	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	$1,750.00
Total	7	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	$1,750.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Saofe Duval												Marilu Pally
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	2	0	0	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$0.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
13	1	1	2	0	1	4	3	0	0	$1,925.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	7	0	0	2	0	1	2	1	0	0	$925.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
20	1	1	2	0	2	4	6	1	2	$1,925.00	Total	8	0	0	2	0	1	2	1	0	1	$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	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
2025	FIVB	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	10	4	71.4 %
2026	FIVB	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$750.00	6	2	75.0 %
Total	FIVB	6	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	$1,750.00	17	7	70.8 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Saofe Duval													Marilu Pally
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$0.00	2022	FIVB
4	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	$200.00	2023	FIVB
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	$0.00	2024	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2024	FIVB Age Group WC
5	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,350.00	2025	FIVB	4	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	$550.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2025	FIVB Age Group WC
2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	$375.00	2026	FIVB	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	$375.00
19	1	1	2	0	2	4	6	1	2	$1,925.00	Total	Total	7	0	0	2	0	1	2	1	0	1	$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	12	80.0%	1	6.7%	2	13.3%	13-2	86.7%	4	44.4%	0	0.0%	5	55.6%	4-5	44.4%	12-5	70.6%	5-2	71.4%	0	0	17-7	70.8%
2025-2026	11	84.6%	1	7.7%	1	7.7%	12-1	92.3%	4	44.4%	0	0.0%	5	55.6%	4-5	44.4%	11-5	68.8%	5-1	83.3%	0	0	16-6	72.7%
Against the Field	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	2-1	66.7%

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	6	1	7	1	0	0	2	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	17	6
Total	0	0	6	2	7	1	0	0	2	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	17	7

Head to Head Results
Duval/Pally lead the series 1-0

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
7/9/26	FIVB	BPT Futures Leuven	Qualifier 2	Duval/Pally	Q4	Lusson/Merle	Q5	21-17, 21-16	0:27