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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$1,000,000 Beach Volleyball World Championships
Friday, October 6, 2023 Stadium Court 20:00

Match #23: Pool L

(12) Abril Flores/Atenas Gutierrez, Mexico
vs.
(37) Vanessa Muianga/Ana Sinaportar, Mozambique

Abril Cristina Flores Castro
Mexico

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 3, 2003 (22 yrs old)

Home Town:

Sinaloa

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (FIVB La Paz 2023)

Career Winnings:

US$10,150.00

Atenas Angelica Gutierrez Guzmán
Mexico

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 5, 2000 (25 yrs old)

Home Town:

Coatzacoalcos

Height:

171 cm (5'7")

Weight:

63 kg (139 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (3 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

9th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$24,000.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	Money
FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	3	3	US$19,300.00

Previous Tlaxcala Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2022	Maria Quintero - 19th	Maria Ibarra - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/20-23/2023	Challenge Edmonton	Q17	33rd	140	US$0.00
FIVB	7/13-16/2023	Challenge Portugal	Q13	33rd	140	US$0.00
FIVB	4/13-16/2023	Challenge Saquarema	11, Q3	19th	300	US$1,000.00
FIVB	4/6-9/2023	Challenge Itapema	Q4	25th	220	US$0.00
FIVB	3/22-26/2023	Elite16 Tepic	12	13th	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	3/16-19/2023	La Paz Challenge	6	9th	460	US$2,500.00

Beach Volleyball World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 10/6/2023	Pool L	Vanessa Muianga / Ana Sinaportar, Mozambique (37)	Won 21-8, 21-8	0:28
Sat, 10/7/2023	Pool L	Worapeerachayakorn Kongphopsarutawadee / Taravadee Naraphornrapat, Thailand (36)	Lost 15-21, 17-21	0:37
Mon, 10/9/2023	Pool L	Joana Mader / Anouk Verge-Depre, Switzerland (13)	Lost 6-21, 15-21	0:30
Tue, 10/10/2023	Lucky Loser	Dorina Klinger / Ronja Klinger, Austria (34)	Lost 18-21, 21-19, 10-15	0:50

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2022	World Championships	Rome	Did not play	Maria Quintero - 33rd
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Atenas Gutierrez - 33rd	Abril Flores - 33rd
2025	World Championships	Adelaide	Did not play	Susana Torres - 37th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/6-15/2023	Beach Volleyball World Championships	12	33rd	320	US$4,800.00

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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$4,800.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$10,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	0	$4,500.00
Total	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	3	1	$19,300.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Abril Flores												Atenas Gutierrez
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Youth Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$2,400.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$6,500.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$5,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	7	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	0	$9,750.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	0	$2,750.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	19	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	5	0	$7,000.00
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$750.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
15	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	3	1	$10,150.00	Total	31	0	0	0	0	0	6	9	6	3	$24,000.00

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
2023	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	3	$13,300.00	4	13	23.5 %
Total	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	3	$13,300.00	4	13	23.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Abril Flores													Atenas Gutierrez
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2018	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2019	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$750.00
											2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00
											2021	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00	2021	FIVB Age Group WC
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$500.00	2022	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	2	$6,900.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	3	$6,650.00	2023	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	3	$6,650.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	1	3	$7,150.00	Total	Total	23	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	4	9	$15,300.00

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	6	75.0%	0	0.0%	2	25.0%	6-2	75.0%	1	5.6%	2	11.1%	15	83.3%	1-17	5.6%	6-15	28.6%	1-4	20.0%	0	0	7-19	26.9%
2022-2023	4	66.7%	0	0.0%	2	33.3%	4-2	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	9.1%	10	90.9%	0-11	0.0%	4-10	28.6%	0-3	0.0%	0	0	4-13	23.5%
Against the Field	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	1	7.7%	1	7.7%	11	84.6%	1-12	7.7%	4-22	15.4%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	3-12	20.0%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	4	5	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	11
Total	0	0	4	5	3	12	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	19

Vanessa Muianga
Mozambique

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 20, 1995 (30 yrs old)

Home Town:

Maputo

Height:

171 cm (5'7")

Weight:

55 kg (121 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (FIVB Miguel Pereira 2019)

Career Winnings:

US$10,723.43

Ana Sinaportar
Mozambique

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 5, 2000 (25 yrs old)

Home Town:

Maputo

Height:

170 cm (5'7")

Weight:

62 kg (136 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

13th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$5,973.43

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	37	Money
FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	US$11,909.08

Previous Tlaxcala Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/29-7/2/2023	Futures Messina	2	13th	140	€ 100.00
FIVB	11/3-6/2022	Cape Town Elite 16	11	13th	460	US$5,000.00

Beach Volleyball World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 10/6/2023	Pool L	Abril Flores / Atenas Gutierrez, Mexico (12)	Lost 8-21, 8-21	0:28
Sat, 10/7/2023	Pool L	Joana Mader / Anouk Verge-Depre, Switzerland (13)	Lost 11-21, 11-21	0:28
Mon, 10/9/2023	Pool L	Worapeerachayakorn Kongphopsarutawadee / Taravadee Naraphornrapat, Thailand (36)	Lost 15-21, 13-21	0:31

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Liocadia Manhica - 37th	Did not play
2022	World Championships	Rome	Ana Sinaportar - 37th	Vanessa Muianga - 37th
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Ana Sinaportar - 37th	Vanessa Muianga - 37th
2025	World Championships	Adelaide	Mercia Mucheza - 37th	Did not play

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/10-19/2022	Beach Volleyball World Championships	38	37th	160	US$3,400.00
FIVB	10/6-15/2023	Beach Volleyball World Championships	37	37th	160	US$3,400.00

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$6,800.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$5,000.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00
Total	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	$11,900.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Vanessa Muianga												Ana Sinaportar
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Youth Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$6,800.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$3,400.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$3,750.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,500.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$150.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$50.00
											U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	3	$10,700.00	Total	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	2	$5,950.00

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
2022	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$8,400.00	0	6	0.0 %
2023	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$3,500.00	0	5	0.0 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	$11,900.00	0	11	0.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Vanessa Muianga													Ana Sinaportar
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	0	0	1	$1,700.00	2017	FIVB
											2018	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00	2019	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$4,200.00	2022	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$4,200.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$1,750.00	2023	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$1,750.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	$7,750.00	Total	Total	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	2	$5,950.00

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%	11	100.0%	0-11	0.0%	0-11	0.0%	0-0	0	0	0-11	0.0%
2022-2023	0	0	0	0-0	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	11	100.0%	0-11	0.0%	0-11	0.0%	0-0	0	0	0-11	0.0%
Against the Field	0	0	0	0-0	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	5	100.0%	0-5	0.0%	0-10	0.0%	0-0	0	0	0-5	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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Total	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11

Head to Head Results
Flores/Gutierrez lead the series 1-0

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
10/6/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool L	Flores/Gutierrez	12	Muianga/Sinaportar	37	21-8, 21-8	0:28