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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite16 Hamburg
Wednesday, August 5, 2026 Stadium Court 11:30

Match #6: Qualifier's Bracket Round 1

(Q6) Louisa Lippmann/Melanie Paul, Germany
vs.
(Q11) Menia Bentele/Annique Niederhauser, Switzerland

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$97,990.13

Melanie Paul
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 27, 2000 (25 yrs old)

Home Town:

Buenos Aires

Height:

177 cm (5'10")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Lille 2023)

Career Winnings:

US$25,757.28

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00

Previous Hamburg Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2023	Laura Ludwig - 5th	Did not play
2024	Laura Ludwig - 5th	Did not play
2025	Linda Bock - 9th	Did not play

Recent Results 1st Tournament

BPT Elite16 Hamburg Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/5/2026	Qualifier 1	Menia Bentele / Annique Niederhauser, Switzerland (Q11)

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Louisa Lippmann												Melanie Paul
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	$0.00	Olympic Games
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$9,000.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$5,500.00
19	0	0	0	0	4	10	2	2	0	$44,750.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	$4,350.00
14	1	2	0	0	2	3	3	2	1	$32,125.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	8	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	2	2	$12,750.00
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	12	1	1	0	3	1	4	2	0	0	$1,900.00
4	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	$8,000.00	Confederation Championship
40	1	2	1	0	6	16	8	4	1	$93,875.00	Total	28	1	1	1	4	1	8	5	4	2	$24,500.00

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

Individual Finishes by Season

Louisa Lippmann													Melanie Paul
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	1	0	0	1	$3,000.00	2022	FIVB	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2022	CEV
8	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	1	0	$17,875.00	2023	FIVB	4	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	$950.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00	2023	CEV
12	0	1	0	0	3	5	3	0	0	$26,125.00	2024	FIVB	7	0	0	0	1	0	3	2	0	1	$450.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2024	CEV
10	1	1	0	0	0	6	1	1	0	$37,750.00	2025	FIVB	6	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	1	$12,375.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2025	CEV
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	$1,125.00	2026	FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	2	0	$10,225.00
39	1	2	1	0	6	16	8	4	1	$93,875.00	Total	Total	27	1	1	1	4	1	8	5	4	2	$24,500.00

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	0-0	0-0	0	0	0-0
2025-2026	0	0	0	0-0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Menia Bentele
Switzerland

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 26, 2001 (24 yrs old)

Home Town:

Immenstadt

Height:

181 cm (5'11")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Cervia 2023)

Career Winnings:

US$27,044.36

Annique Niederhauser
Switzerland

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 26, 2003 (23 yrs old)

Home Town:

Hondrich

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (4 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

2nd (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$21,729.81

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	Money
FIVB	22	0	2	0	0	1	0	4	1	4	2	2	4	1	US$29,451.82

Previous Hamburg Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/22-26/2026	BPT Challenge Shangluo	30	25th	220	US$1,500.00
FIVB	7/1-5/2026	BPT Elite Gstaad	Q16	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	6/18-21/2026	BPT Futures Geneva	1	2nd	360	€ 1,050.00
FIVB	6/10-14/2026	BPT Challenge Alanya	28	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	5/27-31/2026	BPT Elite Ostrava	Q14	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	5/20-24/2026	BPT Challenge Nuvali	24	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	5/13-17/2026	BPT Challenge Xiamen	17	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	4/8-12/2026	BPT Elite Saquarema	21, Q7	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	3/18-22/2026	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	16	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	3/5-8/2026	BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar	5	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	10/15-19/2025	BPT Challenge Nuvali	17	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	Q12	21st	300	US$0.00
FIVB	10/1-5/2025	BPT Challenge Veracruz	19	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	8/13-17/2025	BPT Elite Montréal	Q10	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	8/5-9/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	22, Q2	25th	220	US$1,500.00

BPT Elite16 Hamburg Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/5/2026	Qualifier 1	Louisa Lippmann / Melanie Paul, Germany (Q6)

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	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	$5,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	2	1	$21,750.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	5	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$2,350.00
Total	22	0	2	0	0	1	0	4	1	8	4	1	$29,100.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Menia Bentele												Annique Niederhauser
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	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	3	0	$3,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	0	$3,500.00
20	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	5	6	$13,375.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	11	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	3	1	$10,875.00
26	1	3	3	1	5	10	2	1	0	$4,425.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	16	0	3	0	2	5	3	3	0	0	$2,625.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$2,500.00	Confederation Championship
59	1	3	4	1	6	15	13	9	6	$23,800.00	Total	38	0	4	0	2	5	6	13	6	1	$20,500.00

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	11	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	1	4	1	1	$10,800.00	13	18	41.9 %
2026	FIVB	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	3	0	$18,300.00	11	19	36.7 %
Total	FIVB	21	0	2	0	0	1	0	4	1	8	4	1	$29,100.00	24	37	39.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Menia Bentele													Annique Niederhauser
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	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2020	FIVB
7	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	1	1	$500.00	2021	FIVB
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2021	FIVB Age Group WC
7	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	2	$4,000.00	2022	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$1,150.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2022	CEV
12	1	0	3	0	1	2	1	3	1	$1,600.00	2023	FIVB	6	0	1	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	$700.00
											2023	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2023	CEV
7	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	0	1	$650.00	2024	FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	1	0	$600.00
11	0	1	0	0	1	3	4	1	1	$5,400.00	2025	FIVB	12	0	1	0	0	1	3	5	1	1	$8,900.00
10	0	1	0	0	0	2	4	3	0	$9,150.00	2026	FIVB	10	0	1	0	0	0	2	4	3	0	$9,150.00
58	1	3	4	1	6	15	13	9	6	$23,800.00	Total	Total	37	0	4	0	2	5	6	13	6	1	$20,500.00

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	16	72.7%	2	9.1%	4	18.2%	18-4	81.8%	6	15.4%	6	15.4%	27	69.2%	6-33	15.4%	16-27	37.2%	8-10	44.4%	0	0	24-37	39.3%
2025-2026	16	72.7%	2	9.1%	4	18.2%	18-4	81.8%	6	15.4%	6	15.4%	27	69.2%	6-33	15.4%	16-27	37.2%	8-10	44.4%	0	0	24-37	39.3%
Against the Field	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	3	42.9%	0	0.0%	4	57.1%	3-4	42.9%	2-8	20.0%	8-2	80.0%	0	0	5-5	50.0%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	4	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	3	1	6	11	0	0	3	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	19
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	5	5	0	0	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	11	9
Total	0	0	4	5	11	21	0	0	7	9	2	0	0	0	0	2	24	37

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
8/5/26	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Hamburg	Qualifier 1