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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
€ 5,000 BPT Futures Warsaw
Sunday, September 14, 2025 Court #1 10:00

Match #26: Semi-Finals

(8, Q1) Ariana Rudkovskaja/Skalve Krizanauskaite, Lithuania
vs.
(9) Francesca Alupei/Beata Vaida, Romania

Ariana Rudkovskaja
Lithuania

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 23, 2003 (22 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Warsaw 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$1,101.38

Skalve Krizanauskaite
Lithuania

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 31, 2002 (23 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$3,032.48

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	41	Money
FIVB	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	US$1,744.37

Previous Warsaw Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2022	Did not play	Aine Raupelyte - 17th
2023	Did not play	Ieva Dumbauskaite - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/25-29/2025	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	Q21	41st	100	US$0.00
FIVB	5/15-18/2025	BPT Futures Madrid	10, Q2	13th	140	€ 100.00

Futures Warsaw Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 9/11/2025	Qualifier 1	Weronika Antczak / Justyna Czupryniak, Poland (Q16)	Won 21-9, 21-13	0:29
Thu, 9/11/2025	Qualifier 2	Justyna Frommova / Jaroslava Marcelova , Czechia (Q8)	Won 21-16, 21-16	0:31
Fri, 9/12/2025	Pool A	Francesca Alupei / Beata Vaida, Romania (9)	Won 24-22, 21-14	0:40
Fri, 9/12/2025	Pool A	Urszula Lunio / Natalia Okla, Poland (1)	Lost 17-21, 18-21	0:37
Sat, 9/13/2025	Winner 1	Sofia Bisgaard / Anna Hauge, Denmark (12, Q4)	Won 21-16, 21-13	0:31
Sat, 9/13/2025	Winner 2	Urte Andriukaityte / Rugile Grudzinskaite, Lithuania (11)	Won 21-13, 21-15	0:28
Sun, 9/14/2025	Semi-Finals	Francesca Alupei / Beata Vaida, Romania (9)	Won 21-13, 21-16	0:32
Sun, 9/14/2025	Gold Medal	Erika Kliokmanaite / Ieva Vasiliauskaite, Lithuania (6)	Won 15-21, 26-24, 15-10	0:48

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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	$1,500.00
Total	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	$1,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Ariana Rudkovskaja												Skalve Krizanauskaite
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
4	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$750.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	18	1	0	0	0	6	7	4	0	0	$1,900.00
6	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$750.00	Total	21	1	0	0	0	6	7	5	0	0	$2,400.00

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00	0	2	0.0 %
2025	FIVB	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$1,100.00	9	4	69.2 %
Total	FIVB	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	$1,200.00	9	6	60.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Ariana Rudkovskaja													Skalve Krizanauskaite
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$50.00	2022	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	0	$800.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2023	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	1	$900.00
											2024	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$550.00	2025	FIVB	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$550.00
5	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	$600.00	Total	Total	20	1	0	0	0	5	7	5	0	2	$2,250.00

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	9	81.8%	1	9.1%	1	9.1%	10-1	90.9%	1	12.5%	2	25.0%	5	62.5%	1-7	12.5%	9-5	64.3%	2-3	40.0%	0	0	11-8	57.9%
2024-2025	9	81.8%	1	9.1%	1	9.1%	10-1	90.9%	1	16.7%	1	16.7%	4	66.7%	1-5	16.7%	9-4	69.2%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	11-6	64.7%
Against the Field	6	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	6-0	100.0%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	12-4	75.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	7-2	77.8%

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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	4	0	2	6	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	11	7
Total	0	0	4	1	2	6	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	11	8

Francesca Ioana Alupei
Romania

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 3, 2003 (23 yrs old)

Home Town:

Bucuresti

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

65 kg (143 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Mount Maunganui 2026)

Career Winnings:

US$7,884.25

Beata Vaida
Romania

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 28, 1997 (28 yrs old)

Home Town:

Satu-Mare

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

74 kg (163 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$12,818.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	33	Money
FIVB	13	1	1	1	1	2	0	3	0	1	1	1	1	US$15,473.21

Previous Warsaw Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2018	Did not play	Ariana Pirv - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/4-7/2025	Futures Budapest	8	9th	180	€ 200.00
FIVB	5/14-18/2025	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Q17	33rd	180	US$0.00
FIVB	5/1-4/2025	Futures Nuvali	11, Q2	4th	280	US$400.00
FIVB	4/8-11/2025	BPT Futures Songkhla	16, Q15	9th	180	US$200.00
FIVB	3/26-30/2025	BPT Futures Coolangatta	Q14	21st	60	US$0.00

Futures Warsaw Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 9/12/2025	Pool A	Skalve Krizanauskaite / Ariana Rudkovskaja, Lithuania (8, Q1)	Lost 22-24, 14-21	0:40
Fri, 9/12/2025	Pool A	Linda Abbuhl / Livia Stolz, Switzerland (16, Q11)	Won 22-20, 21-14	0:30
Sat, 9/13/2025	Winner 1	Amelia Panek / Zuzanna Rapczynska, Poland (14)	Won 21-10, 21-10	0:25
Sat, 9/13/2025	Winner 2	Julia Kielak / Marta Lodej, Poland (2)	Won 21-13, 21-13	0:33
Sun, 9/14/2025	Semi-Finals	Skalve Krizanauskaite / Ariana Rudkovskaja, Lithuania (8, Q1)	Lost 13-21, 16-21	0:32
Sun, 9/14/2025	Bronze Medal	Stefania Kun / Lilla Villam, Hungary (4)	Won 15-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:46

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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	$12,000.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	8	1	1	1	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	$3,300.00
Total	13	1	1	1	1	2	0	3	0	2	1	0	$15,300.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Francesca Alupei												Beata Vaida
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	$6,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	11	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	$7,500.00
8	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	$1,650.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	23	2	2	1	2	4	4	4	1	0	$4,850.00
											U21 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00
13	1	1	1	1	2	3	2	1	0	$7,650.00	Total	38	2	2	1	2	6	6	5	3	0	$12,350.00

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	6	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	$1,300.00	13	11	54.2 %
Total	FIVB	6	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	$1,300.00	13	11	54.2 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Francesca Alupei													Beata Vaida
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2016	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2017	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	$150.00
											2017	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2018	FIVB	11	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	6	$3,200.00
											2019	FIVB	8	0	1	0	1	2	1	1	1	1	$1,350.00
6	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	1	$650.00	2025	FIVB	6	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	1	$650.00
6	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	1	$650.00	Total	Total	31	1	1	1	2	4	5	4	2	11	$5,350.00

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	18	75.0%	2	8.3%	4	16.7%	20-4	83.3%	10	41.7%	3	12.5%	11	45.8%	10-14	41.7%	18-11	62.1%	12-7	63.2%	0	2	30-20	60.0%
2024-2025	11	73.3%	1	6.7%	3	20.0%	12-3	80.0%	5	31.3%	3	18.8%	8	50.0%	5-11	31.3%	11-8	57.9%	6-6	50.0%	0	0	17-14	54.8%
Against the Field	6	85.7%	0	0.0%	1	14.3%	6-1	85.7%	2	40.0%	0	0.0%	3	60.0%	2-3	40.0%	12-6	66.7%	4-2	66.7%	0	0	8-4	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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	2	1	3	4	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	8
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	3	1	10	4	0	0	6	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	23	12
Total	0	0	5	2	13	8	0	0	8	6	2	2	1	1	1	1	30	20

Head to Head Results
Krizanauskaite/Rudkovskaja lead the series 2-1

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
9/19/25	FIVB	Futures Bondues Lille Metropole	Pool C	Alupei/Vaida	6	Krizanauskaite/Rudkovskaja	3	21-19, 21-9	0:30
9/14/25	FIVB	Futures Warsaw	Semi-Finals	Krizanauskaite/Rudkovskaja	8, Q1	Alupei/Vaida	9	21-13, 21-16	0:32
9/12/25	FIVB	Futures Warsaw	Pool A	Krizanauskaite/Rudkovskaja	8, Q1	Alupei/Vaida	9	24-22, 21-14	0:40