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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
€ 15,000 BPT Futures Budapest
Thursday, September 3, 2026 Court #1 15:25

Match #11: Qualifier's Bracket Round 2

(Q3) Rugile Grudzinskaite/Skalve Krizanauskaite, Lithuania
vs.
(Q6) Elsa Descamps/Alex Merle, France

Rugile Grudzinskaite
Lithuania

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 29, 2000 (25 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB El-Alamein 2023)

Career Winnings:

US$2,195.76

Skalve Krizanauskaite
Lithuania

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 31, 2002 (24 yrs old)

Home Town:

Vilnius

Height:

178 cm (5'10")

Weight:

71 kg (156 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Warsaw 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$3,473.03

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 Budapest Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2022	Urte Andriukaityte - 17th	Did not play
2025	Urte Andriukaityte - 9th	Did not play

Recent Results 1st Tournament

Futures Budapest Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 9/3/2026	Qualifier 1	Lilianna Szabo / Flora Zolnai, Hungary (Q14)	Won 21-11, 21-13	0:26
Thu, 9/3/2026	Qualifier 2	Elsa Descamps / Alex Merle, France (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$)
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	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

Rugile Grudzinskaite												Skalve Krizanauskaite
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	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam
											Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	$500.00
18	0	0	1	0	5	7	3	1	0	$1,575.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	21	1	0	0	0	6	9	4	0	0	$2,200.00
19	0	0	1	0	5	7	4	1	0	$1,575.00	Total	24	1	0	0	0	6	9	5	0	2	$2,700.00

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

Rugile Grudzinskaite													Skalve Krizanauskaite
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	1	0	1	0	0	$150.00	2022	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	0	$800.00
5	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	$550.00	2023	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	1	$900.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$250.00	2024	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	$550.00	2025	FIVB	4	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	$700.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$75.00	2026	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$300.00
18	0	0	1	0	5	7	4	1	0	$1,575.00	Total	Total	23	1	0	0	0	6	9	5	0	2	$2,700.00

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	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0	0	0-0	1-0	100.0%	0-0	0	0	1-0	100.0%
2025-2026	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0	0	0-0	1-0	100.0%	0-0	0	0	1-0	100.0%
Against the Field	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0	0	0-0	2-0	100.0%	0-0	0	0	1-0	100.0%

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
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Total	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Elsa Descamps
France

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 6, 1996 (29 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$4,822.63

Alex Merle
France

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 10, 2000 (26 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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00

Previous Budapest Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results 1st Tournament

Futures Budapest Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 9/3/2026	Qualifier 1	Celine Collette / Maeva Guignan, France (Q11)	Won 21-10, 21-14	0:29
Thu, 9/3/2026	Qualifier 2	Rugile Grudzinskaite / Skalve Krizanauskaite, Lithuania (Q3)

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	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

Elsa Descamps												Alex Merle
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	$0.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	$750.00
20	0	3	1	2	8	4	1	0	0	$3,300.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	13	0	1	2	0	3	2	4	0	0	$1,575.00
25	0	3	1	2	8	4	2	2	2	$3,300.00	Total	17	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

Individual Finishes by Season

Elsa Descamps													Alex Merle
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2021	FIVB
7	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	2	$300.00	2022	FIVB
3	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	$450.00	2023	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00
6	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	$1,025.00	2024	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	1	$225.00
6	0	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	$1,450.00	2025	FIVB	6	0	1	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$75.00	2026	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	$750.00
24	0	3	1	2	8	4	2	2	2	$3,300.00	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	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0	0	0-0	1-0	100.0%	0-0	0	0	1-0	100.0%
2025-2026	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0	0	0-0	1-0	100.0%	0-0	0	0	1-0	100.0%
Against the Field	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0	0	0-0	2-0	100.0%	0-0	0	0	1-0	100.0%

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
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Total	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
9/3/26	FIVB	Futures Budapest	Qualifier 2