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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite Joao Pessoa
March 11 - 15, 2026

(6) Svenja Muller/Cinja Tillmann, Germany

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$244,421.65

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$285,376.18

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	39	3	3	4	2	10	0	12	3	2	0	US$486,086.24

Previous Joao Pessoa Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2023	Cinja Tillmann - 5th	Svenja Muller - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	8	17th	640	US$7,000.00
FIVB	10/22-26/2025	BPT Elite Cape Town	3	1st	1200	US$40,000.00
FIVB	9/24-28/2025	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	5	9th	600	US$7,500.00
FIVB	8/27-31/2025	BPT Elite Hamburg	1	4th	900	US$12,000.00
FIVB	8/13-17/2025	BPT Elite Montréal	7	2nd	1100	US$20,000.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2025	BPT Elite Gstaad	4	9th	600	US$7,500.00
FIVB	5/28-6/1/2025	BPT Elite Ostrava	2	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	4/9-13/2025	BPT Elite Saquarema	4	3rd	1000	US$17,000.00
FIVB	3/26-30/2025	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	4	5th	760	US$9,000.00

BPT Elite Joao Pessoa Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 3/11/2026	Pool F	Carolina Horta / Elize Maia, Brazil (19, Q4)	Won 18-21, 21-15, 15-11
Thu, 3/12/2026	Pool F	Erika Kliokmanaite / Ieva Vasiliauskaite, Lithuania (18, Q2)	Lost 18-21, 21-18, 8-15
Fri, 3/13/2026	Pool F	Raisa Schoon / Katja Stam, Netherlands (7)	Lost 21-23, 24-22, 12-15
Fri, 3/13/2026	Winner 1	Devon Newberry / Savvy Simo, United States (22, Q9)	Lost 19-21, 21-17, 5-15

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	27	3	2	2	2	7	0	7	3	1	0	0	$309,700.00
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	39	3	3	4	2	10	0	12	3	2	0	0	$485,800.00

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
27	3	2	2	2	7	10	1	0	0	$154,850.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	31	3	2	2	2	7	10	2	0	0	$156,700.00
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
45	3	3	5	3	10	16	3	1	0	$244,000.00	Total	71	5	4	5	3	16	16	13	4	0	$284,650.00

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	10	0	1	1	1	3	0	2	1	1	0	0	$150,000.00	30	18	62.5 %
2024	FIVB	9	1	1	0	0	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	$105,000.00	25	16	61.0 %
2025	FIVB	9	1	1	1	1	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	$124,500.00	30	12	71.4 %
2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,200.00	1	3	25.0 %
Total	FIVB	39	3	3	4	2	10	0	12	3	2	0	0	$485,800.00	121	65	65.1 %

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
10	0	1	1	1	3	3	1	0	0	$75,000.00	2023	FIVB	10	0	1	1	1	3	3	1	0	0	$75,000.00
9	1	1	0	0	4	3	0	0	0	$52,500.00	2024	FIVB	9	1	1	0	0	4	3	0	0	0	$52,500.00
9	1	1	1	1	1	3	1	0	0	$62,250.00	2025	FIVB	9	1	1	1	1	1	3	1	0	0	$62,250.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,100.00	2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,100.00
45	3	3	5	3	10	16	3	1	1	$244,000.00	Total	Total	71	5	4	5	3	16	16	13	4	5	$284,650.00

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	72	69.2%	22	21.2%	10	9.6%	94-10	90.4%	24	30.4%	18	22.8%	37	46.8%	24-55	30.4%	72-37	66.1%	46-28	62.2%	3	0	121-65	65.1%
2025-2026	17	68.0%	6	24.0%	2	8.0%	23-2	92.0%	7	35.0%	7	35.0%	6	30.0%	7-13	35.0%	17-6	73.9%	13-9	59.1%	1	0	31-15	67.4%
Against the Field	12	60.0%	5	25.0%	3	15.0%	17-3	85.0%	5	19.2%	7	26.9%	14	53.8%	5-21	19.2%	24-28	46.2%	20-20	50.0%	0	0	22-24	47.8%

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
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	51	20	0	0	16	13	5	4	2	2	3	2	84	42
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	73	32	1	0	25	21	6	6	4	2	3	3	121	65

Head to Head Results
Muller/Tillmann trail the series against the field 22-24 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 5 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Lisboa/Silva, Brazil 2-5
8/31/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Hamburg	Bronze Medal	Lisboa/Silva	5	Muller/Tillmann	1	21-16, 21-18	0:32
4/12/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Winner 3	Muller/Tillmann	4	Lisboa/Silva	5	16-21, 21-15, 17-15	0:47
5/2/24	FIVB	Elite16 Brasília	Pool A	Lisboa/Silva	1	Muller/Tillmann	8	21-15, 21-12	0:31
12/9/23	FIVB	BPT Finals Doha 2023	Semi-Finals	Muller/Tillmann	8	Lisboa/Silva	1	21-18, 17-21, 17-15	0:50
12/6/23	FIVB	BPT Finals Doha 2023	Pool A	Lisboa/Silva	1	Muller/Tillmann	8	21-16, 24-22	0:36
6/3/23	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Winner 2	Lisboa/Silva	1	Muller/Tillmann	10	22-20, 21-16	0:39
3/25/22	FIVB	Rosarito Elite 16	Pool A	Lisboa/Silva	1	Muller/Tillmann	16, Q11	21-11, 21-18	0:34
Trail the series against # 2 Brasher/Cruz, United States 2-7
4/12/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Semi-Finals	Brasher/Cruz	2	Muller/Tillmann	4	21-16, 17-21, 15-12	0:45
12/6/24	FIVB	Finals Doha 2024	Pool B	Muller/Tillmann	2	Brasher/Cruz	6	23-25, 22-20, 15-8	0:52
7/4/24	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Pool C	Brasher/Cruz	3	Muller/Tillmann	11	21-13, 21-16	0:32
4/19/24	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Winner 1	Muller/Tillmann	8	Brasher/Cruz	3	22-20, 24-22	0:43
12/9/23	FIVB	BPT Finals Doha 2023	Gold Medal	Brasher/Cruz	2	Muller/Tillmann	8	21-17, 21-14	0:33
8/20/23	FIVB	Elite16 Hamburg	Semi-Finals	Brasher/Cruz	3	Muller/Tillmann	4	21-18, 21-16	0:37
7/9/23	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Bronze Medal	Brasher/Cruz	5	Muller/Tillmann	14, Q4	21-19, 21-16	0:39
2/3/23	FIVB	Doha Elite16	Pool C	Brasher/Cruz	14, Q2	Muller/Tillmann	3	21-18, 21-14	0:33
5/21/22	FIVB	Kusadasi Challenge	Winner 2	Brasher/Cruz	20, Q8	Muller/Tillmann	4	21-16, 21-14	0:32
Lead the series against # 3 Graudina/Samoilova, Latvia 6-3
10/26/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Cape Town	Semi-Finals	Muller/Tillmann	3	Graudina/Samoilova	5	21-16, 21-18	0:33
8/17/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Montréal	Semi-Finals	Muller/Tillmann	7	Graudina/Samoilova	2	15-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:43
8/15/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Montréal	Pool B	Muller/Tillmann	7	Graudina/Samoilova	2	21-12, 22-20	0:32
8/5/24	FIVB	Olympic Games Paris 2024	Winner 1	Graudina/Samoilova	9	Muller/Tillmann	10	21-13, 17-21, 18-16	0:51
7/4/24	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Pool C	Muller/Tillmann	11	Graudina/Samoilova	6	22-20, 21-16	0:35
5/3/24	FIVB	Elite16 Brasília	Pool A	Graudina/Samoilova	9	Muller/Tillmann	8	16-21, 21-15, 15-10	0:44
12/7/23	FIVB	BPT Finals Doha 2023	Pool A	Muller/Tillmann	8	Graudina/Samoilova	10	16-21, 21-15, 15-6	0:41
8/11/22	FIVB	Hamburg Elite 16	Pool A	Graudina/Samoilova	9	Muller/Tillmann	1	21-13, 14-21, 15-13	0:45
3/24/22	FIVB	Rosarito Elite 16	Pool A	Muller/Tillmann	16, Q11	Graudina/Samoilova	8	21-19, 23-25, 15-10	0:53
Lead the series against # 5 Coradello/Lopes, Brazil 2-1
9/27/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	Winner 2	Coradello/Lopes	1	Muller/Tillmann	5	16-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:51
8/25/24	FIVB	Elite16 Hamburg	Semi-Finals	Muller/Tillmann	1	Coradello/Lopes	10	21-17, 25-23	0:38
7/10/24	FIVB	Elite16 Vienna	Pool C	Muller/Tillmann	6	Coradello/Lopes	11	21-17, 21-18	0:36
Trail the series against # 7 Schoon/Stam, Netherlands 3-5
3/13/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Pool F	Schoon/Stam	7	Muller/Tillmann	6	23-21, 22-24, 15-12
10/26/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Cape Town	Gold Medal	Muller/Tillmann	3	Schoon/Stam	17, Q1	21-17, 25-23	0:45
12/5/24	FIVB	Finals Doha 2024	Pool B	Schoon/Stam	3	Muller/Tillmann	2	21-17, 21-17	0:38
11/24/23	FIVB	Elite16 Joao Pessoa	Pool C	Schoon/Stam	3	Muller/Tillmann	6	21-18, 18-21, 22-20	1:05
7/6/23	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Pool C	Muller/Tillmann	14, Q4	Schoon/Stam	6	21-16, 21-13	0:33
6/1/23	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Pool B	Muller/Tillmann	10	Schoon/Stam	2	21-13, 20-22, 15-6	0:47
1/27/23	FIVB	Beach Pro Tour Finals	Pool B	Schoon/Stam	3	Muller/Tillmann	7	21-15, 21-18	0:36
3/18/22	FIVB	Tlaxcala Challenge	Winner 1	Schoon/Stam	5	Muller/Tillmann	19, Q3	16-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:50
Lead the series against # 11 Bianchi/Scampoli, Italy 1-0
4/11/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Winner 2	Muller/Tillmann	4	Bianchi/Scampoli	18, Q2	23-21, 18-21, 15-9	0:54
Lead the series against # 17, Q1 Chamereau/Vieira, France 2-0
7/28/24	FIVB	Olympic Games Paris 2024	Pool C	Muller/Tillmann	10	Chamereau/Vieira	15	21-14, 21-12	0:36
5/2/24	FIVB	Elite16 Brasília	Pool A	Muller/Tillmann	8	Chamereau/Vieira	16, Q15	21-12, 21-16	0:34
Series tied with # 18, Q2 Kliokmanaite/Vasiliauskaite, Lithuania 1-1
3/12/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Pool F	Kliokmanaite/Vasiliauskaite	18, Q2	Muller/Tillmann	6	21-18, 18-21, 15-8
10/23/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Cape Town	Pool C	Muller/Tillmann	3	Kliokmanaite/Vasiliauskaite	22, Q9	21-19, 20-22, 15-7	0:44
Lead the series against # 19, Q4 Horta/Maia, Brazil 1-0
3/11/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Pool F	Muller/Tillmann	6	Horta/Maia	19, Q4	18-21, 21-15, 15-11
Trail the series against # 22, Q9 Newberry/Simo, United States 0-1
3/13/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Winner 1	Newberry/Simo	22, Q9	Muller/Tillmann	6	21-19, 17-21, 15-5
Trail the series against # Q5 Almeida/De Souza, Brazil 0-1
5/30/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Ostrava	Winner 1	Almeida/De Souza	15	Muller/Tillmann	2	33-31, 21-13	0:46
Lead the series against # Q11 Cavalcanti/Silva, Brazil 2-0
9/26/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	Winner 1	Muller/Tillmann	5	Cavalcanti/Silva	22, Q16	21-12, 21-11	0:27
4/10/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Pool D	Muller/Tillmann	4	Cavalcanti/Silva	16	21-16, 21-15	0:33