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

(10) Piper Ferch/Teegan Van Gunst, United States

Piper Ferch
United States

Photo: NORCECA

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 20, 2003 (22 yrs old)

Home Town:

Redmond, WA

Height:

178 cm (5'10")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$17,025.00

Teegan Van Gunst
United States

Photo: NORCECA

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 17, 1995 (31 yrs old)

Home Town:

Fayetteville, GA

Height:

183 cm (6'0")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$45,213.98

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	US$29,250.00

Previous Joao Pessoa Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2024	Did not play	Kimberly Hildreth - 3rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	12/3-7/2025	BPT Elite Itapema	8	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	10/22-26/2025	BPT Elite Cape Town	21, Q5	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	10/15-19/2025	BPT Challenge Nuvali	9	17th	340	US$2,250.00

BPT Elite Joao Pessoa Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 3/11/2026	Pool C	Kyce Martins / Talita Simonetti, Brazil (15)	Won 21-14, 16-21, 15-11
Thu, 3/12/2026	Pool C	Devon Newberry / Savvy Simo, United States (22, Q9)	Lost 14-21, 13-21
Fri, 3/13/2026	Pool C	Tina Graudina / Anastasija Samoilova, Latvia (3)	Lost 21-17, 13-21, 13-15
Fri, 3/13/2026	Lucky Loser	Sophie Bukovec / Lea Monkhouse, Canada (20, Q6)	Won 22-20, 14-21, 16-14
Fri, 3/13/2026	Winner 1	Lea Kunst / Melanie Paul, Germany (12)	Won 18-21, 21-16, 15-11
Fri, 3/13/2026	Winner 2	Duda Lisboa / Ana Patricia Silva, Brazil (1)

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$27,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,250.00
Total	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	$29,250.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Piper Ferch												Teegan Van Gunst
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$13,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	13	0	0	1	0	2	3	5	1	0	$29,000.00
4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	$3,375.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	11	0	0	0	1	2	2	5	1	0	$15,000.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$150.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,050.00
9	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	1	0	$17,025.00	Total	28	0	3	1	1	4	5	11	2	0	$45,050.00

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	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	$20,250.00	6	7	46.2 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	$20,250.00	6	7	46.2 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Piper Ferch													Teegan Van Gunst
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2023	FIVB	6	0	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$5,425.00
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$1,650.00	2024	FIVB	10	0	0	1	0	0	2	6	1	0	$13,250.00
6	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	1	$10,875.00	2025	FIVB	10	0	0	0	1	3	1	4	1	0	$21,875.00
8	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	1	1	$12,525.00	Total	Total	27	0	3	1	1	4	5	11	2	0	$40,550.00

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	5	55.6%	2	22.2%	2	22.2%	7-2	77.8%	2	22.2%	2	22.2%	5	55.6%	2-7	22.2%	5-5	50.0%	4-4	50.0%	0	0	9-9	50.0%
2025-2026	5	55.6%	2	22.2%	2	22.2%	7-2	77.8%	2	22.2%	2	22.2%	5	55.6%	2-7	22.2%	5-5	50.0%	4-4	50.0%	0	0	9-9	50.0%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	2	50.0%	2	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	6-4	60.0%	0	0	3-3	50.0%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	0	4	3	1	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	7
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Total	0	0	1	0	5	4	1	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	9

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 3-3 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Graudina/Samoilova, Latvia 0-2
3/13/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Pool C	Graudina/Samoilova	3	Ferch/Van Gunst	10	17-21, 21-13, 15-13
10/25/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Cape Town	Winner 3	Graudina/Samoilova	5	Ferch/Van Gunst	21, Q5	16-21, 21-14, 15-8	0:38
Lead the series against # 12 Kunst/Paul, Germany 1-0
3/13/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Winner 1	Ferch/Van Gunst	10	Kunst/Paul	12	18-21, 21-16, 15-11
Lead the series against # 15 Martins/Simonetti, Brazil 1-0
3/11/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Pool C	Ferch/Van Gunst	10	Martins/Simonetti	15	21-14, 16-21, 15-11
Lead the series against # 20, Q6 Bukovec/Monkhouse, Canada 1-0
3/13/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Lucky Loser	Ferch/Van Gunst	10	Bukovec/Monkhouse	20, Q6	22-20, 14-21, 16-14
Trail the series against # 22, Q9 Newberry/Simo, United States 0-1
3/12/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Pool C	Newberry/Simo	22, Q9	Ferch/Van Gunst	10	21-14, 21-13