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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$1,000,000 Beach Volleyball World Championships
Thursday, October 12, 2023 Court #1 17:00

Match #98: Winner's Bracket Round 2

(11) Svenja Muller/Cinja Tillmann, Germany
vs.
(14) Taina Silva/Victoria Lopes, Brazil

Svenja Müller
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 13, 2001 (25 yrs old)

Home Town:

Dortmund

Height:

192 cm (6'4")

Weight:

76 kg (167 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$248,921.65

Cinja Tillmann
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 13, 1991 (34 yrs old)

Home Town:

Senden

Height:

174 cm (5'9")

Weight:

62 kg (136 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$289,876.18

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	40	3	3	4	2	11	0	12	3	2	0	US$495,086.24

Previous Tlaxcala Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2022	Cinja Tillmann - 9th	Svenja Muller - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/27-10/1/2023	Elite16 Paris	4	9th	600	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/16-20/2023	Elite16 Hamburg	4	3rd	1000	US$14,000.00
FIVB	7/26-30/2023	Elite16 Montréal	Q1	17th	400	US$0.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2023	Elite16 Gstaad	14, Q4	4th	900	US$10,000.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2023	Elite16 Ostrava	10	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	3/22-26/2023	Elite16 Tepic	3	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	2/1-5/2023	Doha Elite16	3	13th	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	1/26-29/2023	Beach Pro Tour Finals	7	9th	0	US$7,500.00

Beach Volleyball World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sat, 10/7/2023	Pool K	Hailey Harward / Alix Klineman, United States (38)	Lost 23-25, 14-21	0:41
Sun, 10/8/2023	Pool K	Jie Dong / Fan Wang, China (35)	Won 21-13, 21-16	0:34
Mon, 10/9/2023	Pool K	Victoria Lopes / Taina Silva, Brazil (14)	Won 21-15, 22-24, 15-12	0:54
Wed, 10/11/2023	Winner 1	Liliana Fernandez / Paula Soria, Spain (29)	Won 22-20, 21-16	0:39
Thu, 10/12/2023	Winner 2	Victoria Lopes / Taina Silva, Brazil (14)	Lost 19-21, 24-22, 13-15	0:54

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Did not play	Kim Van de Velde - 17th
2022	World Championships	Rome	Cinja Tillmann - 3rd	Svenja Muller - 3rd
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Cinja Tillmann - 9th	Svenja Muller - 9th
2025	World Championships	Adelaide	Cinja Tillmann - 17th	Svenja Muller - 17th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/10-19/2022	Beach Volleyball World Championships	16	3rd	1280	US$35,000.00
FIVB	10/6-15/2023	Beach Volleyball World Championships	11	9th	800	US$11,000.00
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	8	17th	640	US$7,000.00

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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$53,000.00
World Tour Finals	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$107,500.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	28	3	2	2	2	8	0	7	3	1	0	0	$318,700.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	$14,000.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,600.00
Total	40	3	3	4	2	11	0	12	3	2	0	0	$494,800.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Svenja Muller												Cinja Tillmann
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	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	$26,500.00	World Championships	4	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	$30,000.00
3	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$53,750.00	World Tour Finals	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$53,750.00
28	3	2	2	2	8	10	1	0	0	$159,350.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	32	3	2	2	2	8	10	2	0	0	$161,200.00
5	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	$7,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	17	0	0	0	1	3	3	7	2	0	$27,850.00
4	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,900.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	10	2	1	1	0	2	0	2	1	0	$13,100.00
											Challenger	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,250.00
											U23 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
46	3	3	5	3	11	16	3	1	0	$248,500.00	Total	72	5	4	5	3	17	16	13	4	0	$289,150.00

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
2021	FIVB	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$5,600.00	7	2	77.8 %
2022	FIVB	8	1	0	1	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	0	$94,500.00	28	14	66.7 %
2023	FIVB	8	0	0	1	1	2	0	2	1	1	0	0	$62,000.00	24	13	64.9 %
Total	FIVB	18	1	0	3	1	4	0	7	1	1	0	0	$162,100.00	59	29	67.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Svenja Muller													Cinja Tillmann
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2010	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
											2011	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2012	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
											2012	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
											2013	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$5,100.00
											2013	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,250.00
											2013	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2014	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$600.00
											2017	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$1,550.00
											2018	FIVB	7	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	$10,750.00
											2019	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	$10,000.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2019	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00	2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,000.00
5	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	$3,800.00	2021	FIVB	6	0	0	1	1	0	1	3	0	0	$11,300.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	2021	FIVB Age Group WC
8	1	0	1	0	2	4	0	0	0	$47,250.00	2022	FIVB	8	1	0	1	0	2	4	0	0	0	$47,250.00
8	0	0	1	1	2	3	1	0	0	$31,000.00	2023	FIVB	8	0	0	1	1	2	3	1	0	0	$31,000.00
24	1	0	4	2	4	9	2	1	1	$82,150.00	Total	Total	50	3	1	4	2	10	9	12	4	5	$122,800.00

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	75	70.1%	22	20.6%	10	9.3%	97-10	90.7%	24	29.6%	18	22.2%	39	48.1%	24-57	29.6%	75-39	65.8%	46-28	62.2%	3	0	124-67	64.9%
2022-2023	31	63.3%	13	26.5%	5	10.2%	44-5	89.8%	12	30.8%	8	20.5%	19	48.7%	12-27	30.8%	31-19	62.0%	25-13	65.8%	2	0	58-32	64.4%
Against the Field	37	63.8%	14	24.1%	7	12.1%	51-7	87.9%	17	27.4%	12	19.4%	33	53.2%	17-45	27.4%	74-62	54.4%	62-38	62.0%	2	0	70-50	58.3%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
World Championships	0	0	0	0	7	2	0	0	4	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	12	5
World Tour Finals	0	0	0	0	5	7	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	7	9
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	7	1	53	21	0	0	17	14	5	4	2	2	3	2	87	44
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	2	0	6	2	1	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	6
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	5	1
Total	0	0	9	1	75	33	1	0	26	22	6	6	4	2	3	3	124	67

Tainá Silva Bigi
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 31, 1995 (30 yrs old)

Home Town:

Aracaju, Sergipe

Height:

176 cm (5'9")

Weight:

78 kg (172 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB U18/19 World Championships Porto 2013)

Career FIVB WT Best:

2nd (Saquarema 2023)

Career Winnings:

US$112,200.00

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$251,825.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	41	CQ	Money
FIVB	48	0	1	4	2	5	0	13	3	5	1	5	5	1	1	2	US$173,950.00

Previous Tlaxcala Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2022	Victoria Lopes - 9th	Taina Silva - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/16-20/2023	Elite16 Hamburg	Q13	17th	400	US$0.00
FIVB	7/26-30/2023	Elite16 Montréal	Q7	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	7/20-23/2023	Challenge Edmonton	12	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	7/13-16/2023	Challenge Portugal	8	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2023	Elite16 Gstaad	Q3	17th	400	US$0.00
FIVB	6/15-18/2023	Challenge Jurmala	6	4th	680	US$6,000.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2023	Elite16 Ostrava	Q3	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	4/26-30/2023	Elite16 Uberlândia	14, Q2	13th	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	4/13-16/2023	Challenge Saquarema	8	2nd	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	4/6-9/2023	Challenge Itapema	11	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	3/16-19/2023	La Paz Challenge	18, Q6	3rd	720	US$7,000.00
FIVB	11/10-13/2022	Uberlandia Elite 16	12	9th	600	US$6,000.00

Beach Volleyball World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sat, 10/7/2023	Pool K	Jie Dong / Fan Wang, China (35)	Lost 19-21, 19-21	0:38
Sun, 10/8/2023	Pool K	Hailey Harward / Alix Klineman, United States (38)	Won 21-17, 21-17	0:36
Mon, 10/9/2023	Pool K	Svenja Muller / Cinja Tillmann, Germany (11)	Lost 15-21, 24-22, 12-15	0:54
Wed, 10/11/2023	Winner 1	Carol Salgado / Barbara Seixas, Brazil (6)	Won 22-20, 17-21, 16-14	1:00
Thu, 10/12/2023	Winner 2	Svenja Muller / Cinja Tillmann, Germany (11)	Won 21-19, 22-24, 15-13	0:54
Fri, 10/13/2023	Winner 3	Kelly Cheng / Sara Hughes, United States (3)	Lost 14-21, 16-21	0:33

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Victoria Lopes - 5th	Taina Silva - 5th
2025	World Championships	Adelaide	Did not play	Thamela Coradello - 4th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/6-15/2023	Beach Volleyball World Championships	14	5th	960	US$18,000.00

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$18,000.00
World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$20,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	17	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	3	8	0	0	$51,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	26	0	1	3	2	1	0	7	0	3	5	0	$81,250.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,700.00
Total	48	0	1	4	2	5	0	13	3	11	5	0	$173,950.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Taina Silva												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	1	0	0	0	0	$9,000.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$23,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00	World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00
29	0	0	0	0	2	12	10	5	0	$41,750.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	37	3	2	4	0	7	13	8	0	0	$176,350.00
36	0	1	3	2	2	10	4	7	0	$49,600.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	26	0	1	3	2	1	7	3	5	0	$40,625.00
3	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,850.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,850.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
73	1	1	4	2	7	25	14	12	0	$112,200.00	Total	73	5	3	8	3	11	22	11	5	0	$251,825.00

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
2018	FIVB	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,500.00	5	3	62.5 %
2019	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	0	$10,200.00	7	9	43.8 %
2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2021	FIVB	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	$16,000.00	14	11	56.0 %
2022	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	5	0	0	$22,500.00	11	18	37.9 %
2023	FIVB	12	0	1	1	1	1	0	3	1	4	0	0	$51,500.00	27	18	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	37	0	1	2	2	2	0	9	2	10	5	4	$102,700.00	64	60	51.6 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Taina Silva													Victoria Lopes
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2013	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2014	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2015	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$600.00	2016	FIVB
											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
3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,250.00	2018	FIVB	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,250.00
5	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	$5,100.00	2019	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	$5,100.00
											2019	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
7	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	3	$8,000.00	2021	FIVB	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	3	$8,000.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	0	0	$11,250.00	2022	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	0	0	$11,250.00
12	0	1	1	1	1	4	4	0	0	$25,750.00	2023	FIVB	12	0	1	1	1	1	4	4	0	0	$25,750.00
43	1	1	2	2	2	13	11	5	6	$51,950.00	Total	Total	41	2	1	2	2	2	12	10	5	5	$51,350.00

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	53.6%	20	20.6%	25	25.8%	72-25	74.2%	16	21.9%	12	16.4%	45	61.6%	16-57	21.9%	52-45	53.6%	36-37	49.3%	3	0	91-82	52.6%
2022-2023	27	52.9%	13	25.5%	11	21.6%	40-11	78.4%	11	26.2%	4	9.5%	27	64.3%	11-31	26.2%	27-27	50.0%	24-15	61.5%	2	0	53-42	55.8%
Against the Field	24	47.1%	10	19.6%	17	33.3%	34-17	66.7%	8	17.8%	5	11.1%	32	71.1%	8-37	17.8%	48-58	45.3%	36-44	45.0%	3	0	45-51	46.9%

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	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3
World Tour Finals	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	10	8	7	19	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	32
Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	2	13	2	25	19	2	1	14	9	1	5	3	2	0	1	60	41
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	6	4
Total	2	2	23	10	39	42	2	1	20	18	1	6	4	2	0	1	91	82

Head to Head Results
Muller/Tillmann lead the series 3-1

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
12/8/23	FIVB	BPT Finals Doha 2023	Winner 1	Muller/Tillmann	8	Lopes/Silva	9	18-21, 21-14, 15-9	0:42
10/12/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Winner 2	Lopes/Silva	14	Muller/Tillmann	11	21-19, 22-24, 15-13	0:54
10/9/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool K	Muller/Tillmann	11	Lopes/Silva	14	21-15, 22-24, 15-12	0:54
5/21/22	FIVB	Kusadasi Challenge	Lucky Loser	Muller/Tillmann	4	Lopes/Silva	10	21-17, 21-19	0:36