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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Xiamen
May 14 - 18, 2025

(3) Christoph Dressler/Philipp Waller, Austria

Christoph Dressler
Austria

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 2, 1993 (32 yrs old)

Home Town:

Feldbach

Height:

197 cm (6'6")

Weight:

96 kg (211 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

115

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$96,368.20

Philipp Waller
Austria

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 26, 1995 (30 yrs old)

Home Town:

Linz

Height:

186 cm (6'1")

Weight:

78 kg (172 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$125,659.88

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	13	0	0	0	2	1	0	3	3	4	0	US$58,000.00

Previous Xiamen Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2013	Thomas Kunert - 33rd	Did not play
2014	Thomas Kunert - 17th	Did not play
2015	Thomas Kunert - 17th	Did not play
2016	Thomas Kunert - 9th	Did not play
2017	Thomas Kunert - 5th	Did not play
2018	Robin Seidl - 33rd	Did not play
2019	Did not play	Robin Seidl - 33rd
2024	Maximilian Trummer - 25th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/26-30/2025	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	18, Q2	9th	600	US$7,500.00
FIVB	3/19-23/2025	BPT Challenge Yucatan	17	4th	680	US$7,000.00

BPT Challenge Xiamen Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/15/2025	Pool C	Kevin Cuzmiciov / Eylon Elazar, Israel (30, Q10)	Lost 19-21, 12-21	0:33
Fri, 5/16/2025	Pool C	Mateus De Paula / Adelmo Goncalves, Brazil (14)	Won 21-16, 21-16	0:38
Fri, 5/16/2025	Winner 1	Samuele Cottafava / Gianluca Dal Corso, Italy (15)	Won 21-19, 21-15	0:33
Sat, 5/17/2025	Winner 2	Ahmed Tijan / Cherif Younousse, Qatar (1)	Lost 15-21, 25-27	0:47

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	1	0	0	$7,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	$21,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	7	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	$30,000.00
Total	13	0	0	0	2	1	0	3	3	4	0	0	$58,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Christoph Dressler												Philipp Waller
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	0	0	2	0	0	$9,400.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$14,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
29	0	0	0	0	0	4	7	3	0	$19,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	20	0	0	0	1	1	10	5	1	0	$41,500.00
51	0	0	1	2	3	10	18	5	0	$47,387.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	37	0	0	1	4	5	12	5	6	0	$58,750.00
24	4	2	1	2	6	2	3	3	0	$19,550.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	14	3	1	1	0	3	3	0	1	0	$10,090.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00	U23 World Championships
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
115	4	2	2	4	10	18	32	13	0	$95,337.50	Total	77	3	1	2	5	10	27	11	8	0	$124,840.00

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	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$17,750.00	9	7	56.3 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$17,750.00	9	7	56.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Christoph Dressler													Philipp Waller
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	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2010	FIVB Age Group WC
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$0.00	2011	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2012	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2012	FIVB Age Group WC
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	$3,150.00	2013	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00	2013	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	2	$3,000.00	2014	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2014	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	5	$1,600.00	2015	FIVB
13	0	0	0	0	1	3	5	3	1	$13,387.50	2016	FIVB
8	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	4	$7,850.00	2017	FIVB
15	0	1	0	0	2	0	4	1	7	$10,000.00	2018	FIVB	13	1	0	0	0	2	3	1	1	5	$9,990.00
8	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	3	$5,300.00	2019	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	3	3	$21,000.00
3	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,900.00	2020	FIVB	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$5,500.00
5	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	$7,900.00	2021	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	1	$8,000.00
9	0	0	0	1	0	2	5	1	0	$8,450.00	2022	FIVB	11	0	1	0	1	2	7	0	0	0	$31,975.00
5	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	$150.00	2023	FIVB	8	1	0	0	0	1	2	3	1	0	$5,375.00
8	2	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	1	$3,650.00	2024	FIVB	8	0	0	2	2	0	2	1	1	0	$14,000.00
3	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	$8,875.00	2025	FIVB	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	$8,875.00
104	4	2	2	3	9	14	28	13	29	$75,212.50	Total	Total	67	3	1	2	4	9	23	7	8	10	$104,715.00

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	17	58.6%	7	24.1%	5	17.2%	24-5	82.8%	3	12.5%	7	29.2%	14	58.3%	3-21	12.5%	17-14	54.8%	10-12	45.5%	1	0	28-26	51.9%
2024-2025	17	58.6%	7	24.1%	5	17.2%	24-5	82.8%	3	12.5%	7	29.2%	14	58.3%	3-21	12.5%	17-14	54.8%	10-12	45.5%	1	0	28-26	51.9%
Against the Field	9	60.0%	5	33.3%	1	6.7%	14-1	93.3%	2	14.3%	3	21.4%	9	64.3%	2-12	14.3%	18-16	52.9%	14-8	63.6%	1	0	17-12	58.6%

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	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	4	1	4	4	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	9
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	9	5	0	0	8	5	0	2	0	2	0	0	17	14
Total	0	0	4	1	14	11	1	0	9	10	0	2	0	2	0	0	28	26

Head to Head Results
Dressler/Waller lead the series against the field 7-4 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Tijan/Younousse, Qatar 0-1
5/17/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Winner 2	Tijan/Younousse	1	Dressler/Waller	3	21-15, 27-25	0:47
Lead the series against # 2 Carracher/Nicolaidis, Australia 1-0
3/27/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	Pool F	Dressler/Waller	18, Q2	Carracher/Nicolaidis	7	16-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:46
Trail the series against # 5 Campos/Pedrosa, Portugal 0-1
3/23/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Yucatan	Bronze Medal	Campos/Pedrosa	23	Dressler/Waller	17	21-12, 14-21, 21-19	0:51
Trail the series against # 7 Friedli/Haussener, Switzerland 0-1
3/23/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Yucatan	Semi-Finals	Friedli/Haussener	26, Q14	Dressler/Waller	17	21-19, 27-25	0:44
Lead the series against # 12 Huster/Just, Germany 2-0
3/28/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	Winner 1	Dressler/Waller	18, Q2	Huster/Just	21, Q7	21-17, 21-19	0:33
3/20/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Yucatan	Pool A	Dressler/Waller	17	Huster/Just	16	21-18, 21-13	0:34
Lead the series against # 14 De Paula/Goncalves, Brazil 1-0
5/16/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Pool C	Dressler/Waller	3	De Paula/Goncalves	14	21-16, 21-16	0:38
Lead the series against # 15 Cottafava/Dal Corso, Italy 1-0
5/16/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Winner 1	Dressler/Waller	3	Cottafava/Dal Corso	15	21-19, 21-15	0:33
Lead the series against # 25, Q2 Heidrich/Jordan, Switzerland 1-0
3/21/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Yucatan	Winner 1	Dressler/Waller	17	Heidrich/Jordan	29, Q20	25-23, 21-19	0:36
Lead the series against # 28 Bourne/Cory, United States 1-0
3/26/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	Qualifier 1	Dressler/Waller	18, Q2	Bourne/Cory	Q15	21-15, 17-21, 16-14	1:02
Trail the series against # 30, Q10 Cuzmiciov/Elazar, Israel 0-1
5/15/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Pool C	Cuzmiciov/Elazar	30, Q10	Dressler/Waller	3	21-19, 21-12	0:33