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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite Itapema
December 3 - 7, 2025

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$98,618.20

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 Itapema Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2019	Did not play	Robin Seidl - 9th
2021	Alexander Huber - 3rd	Did not play
2022	Did not play	Robin Seidl - 9th
2023	Did not play	Martin Ermacora - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	29	17th	640	US$7,000.00
FIVB	10/15-19/2025	BPT Challenge Nuvali	1	4th	680	US$7,000.00
FIVB	10/1-5/2025	BPT Challenge Veracruz	10	5th	600	US$5,000.00
FIVB	8/27-31/2025	BPT Elite Hamburg	22, Q13	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	8/13-17/2025	BPT Elite Montréal	Q7	17th	400	US$0.00
FIVB	8/6-10/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	18	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2025	BPT Elite Gstaad	15	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2025	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	12	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2025	BPT Challenge Alanya	5	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	5/28-6/1/2025	BPT Elite Ostrava	17, Q2	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	5/14-18/2025	BPT Challenge Xiamen	3	9th	460	US$3,250.00
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

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	5	7	3	0	$21,250.00	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	19	32	13	0	$97,587.50	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	13	0	0	0	2	1	0	3	3	4	0	0	$58,000.00	28	26	51.9 %
Total	FIVB	13	0	0	0	2	1	0	3	3	4	0	0	$58,000.00	28	26	51.9 %

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
14	0	0	0	2	1	7	4	0	0	$31,250.00	2025	FIVB	13	0	0	0	2	1	6	4	0	0	$29,000.00
115	4	2	2	4	10	19	32	13	29	$97,587.50	Total	Total	77	3	1	2	5	10	27	11	8	10	$124,840.00

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	6	54.5%	3	27.3%	2	18.2%	9-2	81.8%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	12-2	85.7%	6-6	50.0%	0	0	9-4	69.2%

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 9-4 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 2 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 3 Barbosa/Wanderley, Brazil 1-1
8/28/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Hamburg	Pool C	Dressler/Waller	22, Q13	Barbosa/Wanderley	15	21-16, 20-22, 15-8	0:50
6/14/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Alanya	Winner 2	Barbosa/Wanderley	30, Q15	Dressler/Waller	5	15-21, 21-15, 15-12	0:52
Lead the series against # 4 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 1-0
3/22/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Yucatan	Winner 2	Dressler/Waller	17	Grimalt/Grimalt	2	22-20, 21-13	0:36
Series tied with # 6 Gavira/Huerta, Spain 1-1
10/19/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nuvali	Semi-Finals	Gavira/Huerta	4	Dressler/Waller	1	22-20, 18-21, 16-14	0:55
10/4/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Veracruz	Winner 2	Dressler/Waller	10	Gavira/Huerta	20	21-16, 21-17	0:34
Lead the series against # 8 Cottafava/Dal Corso, Italy 2-0
8/13/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Montréal	Qualifier 1	Dressler/Waller	Q7	Cottafava/Dal Corso	Q10	21-16, 21-17	0:31
5/16/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Winner 1	Dressler/Waller	3	Cottafava/Dal Corso	15	21-19, 21-15	0:33
Trail the series against # 9 Alfieri/Ranghieri, Italy 0-1
10/19/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nuvali	Bronze Medal	Alfieri/Ranghieri	6	Dressler/Waller	1	17-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:51
Lead the series against # 11 Horst/Pristauz, Austria 1-0
10/18/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nuvali	Winner 2	Dressler/Waller	1	Horst/Pristauz	19	21-15, 21-16	0:33
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 # 16 Chouikh/Gardoque, France 1-0
6/13/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Alanya	Winner 1	Dressler/Waller	5	Chouikh/Gardoque	32, Q23	21-12, 16-21, 15-6	0:41
Lead the series against # 22, Q9 Smith/Webber, United States 1-0
6/12/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Alanya	Pool E	Dressler/Waller	5	Smith/Webber	28, Q12	21-18, 19-21, 15-13	0:55
Trail the series against # 23, Q10 Kantor/Lejawa, Poland 0-1
6/27/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	Winner 1	Kantor/Lejawa	30	Dressler/Waller	12	21-18, 21-17	0:36