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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro
Saturday, August 1, 2026 Stadium Court 12:00

Match #41: Winner's Bracket Round 1

(5) Thamela Coradello/Victoria Lopes, Brazil
vs.
(6) Kelly Cheng/Megan Kraft, United States

Thâmela Coradello Galil
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 12, 2000 (26 yrs old)

Home Town:

Piúma

Height:

184 cm (6'0")

Weight:

73 kg (161 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$217,224.40

Victoria Lopes Pereira Tosta
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 16, 1999 (26 yrs old)

Home Town:

Ivinhema, Mato Grosso

Height:

178 cm (5'10")

Weight:

61 kg (134 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$256,175.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	Money
FIVB	23	3	2	4	1	6	0	4	1	0	1	0	US$338,400.00

Previous Rio de Janeiro Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2024	Victoria Lopes - 3rd	Thamela Coradello - 3rd
2025	Victoria Lopes - 2nd	Thamela Coradello - 2nd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/1-5/2026	BPT Elite Gstaad	9	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	5/27-31/2026	BPT Elite Ostrava	9	3rd	1000	US$17,000.00
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2026	BPT Elite Brasília	5	9th	600	US$6,200.00
FIVB	4/8-12/2026	BPT Elite Saquarema	5	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	3/11-15/2026	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	5	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	12/3-7/2025	BPT Elite Itapema	2	3rd	1000	US$17,000.00
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	1	4th	1120	US$28,000.00
FIVB	10/22-26/2025	BPT Elite Cape Town	1	9th	600	US$7,500.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	3	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	9/24-28/2025	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	1	2nd	1100	US$23,000.00
FIVB	9/17-21/2025	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	1	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	8/27-31/2025	BPT Elite Hamburg	2	2nd	1100	US$23,000.00
FIVB	8/13-17/2025	BPT Elite Montréal	1	5th	760	US$8,000.00

BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/30/2026	Pool E	Aline Chamereau / Clemence Vieira, France (20, Q4)	Won 18-21, 21-14, 15-13	0:51
Thu, 7/30/2026	Pool E	Kylie Deberg / Betsi Flint, United States (17, Q1)	Lost 21-15, 18-21, 14-16	0:43
Fri, 7/31/2026	Pool E	Ally Batenhorst / Sara Hughes, United States (8)	Won 21-14, 21-12	0:32
Sat, 8/1/2026	Winner 1	Kelly Cheng / Megan Kraft, United States (6)

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$28,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	22	3	2	4	0	6	0	4	1	1	0	0	$310,400.00
Total	23	3	2	4	1	6	0	4	1	1	0	0	$338,400.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Thamela Coradello												Victoria Lopes
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	Youth Olympic Games
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$14,000.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$23,000.00
											World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00
32	4	2	4	0	6	9	6	0	0	$181,200.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	39	3	2	4	0	7	13	9	0	0	$180,700.00
11	0	0	1	0	3	6	1	0	0	$18,500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	26	0	1	3	2	1	7	3	5	4	$40,625.00
2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,400.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,850.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
49	5	2	5	1	10	17	7	1	0	$216,100.00	Total	75	5	3	8	3	11	22	12	5	5	$256,175.00

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	4	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$64,000.00	17	7	70.8 %
2025	FIVB	13	2	2	1	1	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	$224,500.00	48	21	69.6 %
2026	FIVB	5	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	$43,700.00	17	11	60.7 %
Total	FIVB	22	3	2	4	1	6	0	4	1	1	0	0	$332,200.00	82	39	67.8 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Thamela Coradello													Victoria Lopes
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 Age Group WC	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2017	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2018	FIVB	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,250.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00	2018	FIVB Age Group WC
											2019	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	$5,100.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	2019	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
3	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$5,400.00	2021	FIVB	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	3	$8,000.00
7	1	0	1	0	0	3	2	0	0	$24,000.00	2022	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	0	0	$11,250.00
10	0	0	0	0	2	6	2	0	0	$15,500.00	2023	FIVB	16	0	1	3	1	2	5	4	0	0	$45,750.00
7	1	0	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	$34,000.00	2024	FIVB	11	1	0	2	0	2	5	1	0	0	$47,625.00
13	2	2	1	1	4	3	0	0	0	$112,250.00	2025	FIVB	13	2	2	1	1	4	3	0	0	0	$112,250.00
5	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	$21,850.00	2026	FIVB	5	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	$21,850.00
48	5	2	5	1	10	17	7	1	0	$213,000.00	Total	Total	74	5	3	8	3	11	22	12	5	5	$253,075.00

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	52	68.4%	14	18.4%	10	13.2%	66-10	86.8%	15	34.9%	8	18.6%	20	46.5%	15-28	34.9%	52-20	72.2%	29-18	61.7%	1	1	82-39	67.8%
2025-2026	39	68.4%	10	17.5%	8	14.0%	49-8	86.0%	15	39.5%	6	15.8%	17	44.7%	15-23	39.5%	39-17	69.6%	25-14	64.1%	1	1	65-32	67.0%
Against the Field	14	66.7%	4	19.0%	3	14.3%	18-3	85.7%	4	33.3%	2	16.7%	6	50.0%	4-8	33.3%	28-10	73.7%	16-10	61.5%	0	1	22-11	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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	6	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	38	18	1	0	25	13	5	4	4	0	3	2	76	37
Total	0	0	0	0	41	18	1	0	28	13	5	5	4	1	3	2	82	39

Kelly Claes Cheng
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 18, 1995 (30 yrs old)

Home Town:

Fullerton, CA

Height:

188 cm (6'2")

Weight:

72 kg (158 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$491,025.00

Megan Kraft
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 27, 2002 (23 yrs old)

Home Town:

San Diego, CA

Height:

183 cm (6'0")

Weight:

68 kg (150 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$199,163.42

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	US$64,800.00

Previous Rio de Janeiro Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2017	Sara Hughes - 5th	Did not play
2024	Did not play	Terese Cannon - 2nd
2025	Molly Shaw - 4th	Terese Cannon - 3rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/1-5/2026	BPT Elite Gstaad	15	2nd	1100	US$23,000.00
FIVB	5/27-31/2026	BPT Elite Ostrava	11	9th	600	US$6,200.00
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2026	BPT Elite Brasília	8	9th	600	US$6,200.00
FIVB	4/8-12/2026	BPT Elite Saquarema	6	9th	600	US$6,200.00
FIVB	3/11-15/2026	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	4	3rd	1000	US$17,000.00

BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/30/2026	Pool F	Anouk Verge-Depre / Zoe Verge-Depre, Switzerland (19, Q3)	Lost 14-21, 16-21	0:35
Thu, 7/30/2026	Pool F	Molley McBain / Ruby Sorra, Canada (18, Q2)	Won 21-13, 21-15	0:29
Fri, 7/31/2026	Pool F	Thainara Feitosa / Verena Figueira, Brazil (7)	Won 21-12, 21-17	0:33
Sat, 8/1/2026	Winner 1	Thamela Coradello / Victoria Lopes, Brazil (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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	$64,800.00
Total	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	$64,800.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Kelly Cheng												Megan Kraft
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	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
5	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	$53,500.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$9,000.00
4	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$92,750.00	World Tour Finals	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$40,000.00
43	5	2	2	6	8	14	2	0	3	$242,400.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	28	0	5	3	1	5	8	5	0	0	$131,400.00
28	3	3	0	1	10	6	2	1	2	$97,375.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	11	0	0	0	2	3	4	0	1	1	$16,625.00
4	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	$5,000.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$1,520.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
88	10	5	5	7	21	26	7	1	5	$491,025.00	Total	48	3	6	3	4	8	15	6	1	1	$198,545.00

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	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	$58,600.00	23	6	79.3 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	$58,600.00	23	6	79.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Kelly Cheng													Megan Kraft
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	1	0	0	0	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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2015	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$9,000.00	2016	FIVB
7	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	0	0	$23,750.00	2017	FIVB
10	0	1	0	1	1	3	2	1	1	$27,750.00	2018	FIVB
											2018	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
15	0	2	1	0	3	7	0	0	2	$49,000.00	2019	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$4,000.00	2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$200.00
9	2	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	1	$41,000.00	2021	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$320.00
											2021	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
8	4	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	$126,500.00	2022	FIVB	12	2	0	0	2	2	6	0	0	0	$26,375.00
11	2	1	0	1	5	2	0	0	0	$84,625.00	2023	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	2	4	3	1	0	$14,250.00
6	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	$31,500.00	2024	FIVB	6	0	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	$67,000.00
9	1	0	0	3	3	2	0	0	0	$61,500.00	2025	FIVB	9	0	2	1	1	4	0	1	0	0	$58,000.00
5	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	$29,300.00	2026	FIVB	5	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	$29,300.00
87	10	5	5	7	21	26	7	1	5	$487,925.00	Total	Total	47	3	6	3	4	8	15	6	1	1	$195,445.00

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	18	90.0%	2	10.0%	0	0.0%	20-0	100.0%	2	25.0%	1	12.5%	5	62.5%	2-6	25.0%	18-5	78.3%	4-1	80.0%	1	0	23-6	79.3%
2025-2026	18	90.0%	2	10.0%	0	0.0%	20-0	100.0%	2	25.0%	1	12.5%	5	62.5%	2-6	25.0%	18-5	78.3%	4-1	80.0%	1	0	23-6	79.3%
Against the Field	9	90.0%	1	10.0%	0	0.0%	10-0	100.0%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	18-4	81.8%	4-0	100.0%	0	0	11-2	84.6%

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	0	0	17	1	0	0	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	23	6
Total	0	0	0	0	17	1	0	0	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	23	6

Head to Head Results
Cheng/Kraft lead the series 1-0

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
8/1/26	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro	Winner 1
5/1/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Pool E	Cheng/Kraft	8	Coradello/Lopes	5	26-24, 21-19	0:41

Overall Head to Head Results
Series tied 1-1

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
8/1/26	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro	Winner 1
5/16/26	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Coradello/Lopes	3	Cheng/Kraft	2	21-15, 21-13	0:38
5/1/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Pool E	Cheng/Kraft	8	Coradello/Lopes	5	26-24, 21-19	0:41