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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$1,000,000 Beach Volleyball World Championships
October 6 - 15, 2023

(45) Chase Budinger/Miles Evans, United States

Chase Budinger
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 22, 1988 (37 yrs old)

Home Town:

Encinitas, CA

Height:

201 cm (6'7")

Weight:

94 kg (207 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Haikou 2023)

Career Winnings:

US$112,125.00

Miles Evans
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 12, 1989 (36 yrs old)

Home Town:

Santa Barbara, CA

Height:

193 cm (6'4")

Weight:

81 kg (178 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$114,732.20

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	Money
FIVB	38	1	2	1	3	8	0	9	3	5	2	2	2	US$168,250.00

Previous Tlaxcala Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2022	Troy Field - 25th	Logan Webber - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/27-10/1/2023	Elite16 Paris	Q14	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	7/26-30/2023	Elite16 Montréal	16, Q13	9th	600	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/20-23/2023	Challenge Edmonton	11	19th	300	US$1,000.00
FIVB	7/13-16/2023	Challenge Portugal	16	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	6/15-18/2023	Challenge Jurmala	10	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2023	Elite16 Ostrava	Q7	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	4/13-16/2023	Challenge Saquarema	17, Q10	2nd	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	4/6-9/2023	Challenge Itapema	Q5	25th	220	US$0.00

Beach Volleyball World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 10/6/2023	Pool D	Andre Loyola / George Wanderley, Brazil (4)	Lost 17-21, 22-24	0:41
Sat, 10/7/2023	Pool D	Theo Brunner / Trevor Crabb, United States (21)	Lost 18-21, 18-21	0:36
Sun, 10/8/2023	Pool D	Sergiy Popov / Eduard Reznik, Ukraine (28)	Won 21-15, 21-11	0:32
Tue, 10/10/2023	Lucky Loser	Miguel Sarabia / Juan Virgen, Mexico (12)	Won 24-22, 21-19	0:43
Wed, 10/11/2023	Winner 1	David Ahman / Jonatan Hellvig, Sweden (2)	Lost 17-21, 15-21	0:36

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Miles Evans - 17th	Chase Budinger - 17th
2025	World Championships	Adelaide	Miles Evans - 17th	Chase Budinger - 17th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/6-15/2023	Beach Volleyball World Championships	45	17th	640	US$7,000.00
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	16	17th	640	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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$14,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	15	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	3	5	1	0	$59,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	20	1	2	1	3	5	0	5	0	2	1	0	$94,750.00
Total	38	1	2	1	3	8	0	9	3	9	2	0	$168,250.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Chase Budinger												Miles Evans
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
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$7,000.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$7,000.00
18	0	0	0	0	3	6	7	2	0	$34,750.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	20	0	0	0	1	3	6	6	1	0	$34,750.00
38	1	3	1	3	6	8	5	4	0	$63,625.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	39	1	2	1	3	5	8	8	1	0	$60,375.00
7	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	$6,750.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	17	1	4	1	0	1	6	3	1	0	$12,045.00
66	1	4	1	3	11	16	15	7	0	$112,125.00	Total	79	2	6	2	4	9	21	19	3	0	$114,170.00

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
2023	FIVB	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	1	0	$27,000.00	17	14	54.8 %
Total	FIVB	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	1	0	$27,000.00	17	14	54.8 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Chase Budinger													Miles Evans
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2017	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$150.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	$5,750.00	2018	FIVB	15	0	1	1	0	0	2	6	0	5	$10,695.00
11	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	2	4	$12,500.00	2019	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	1	$8,250.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2020	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$1,500.00
4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	$3,500.00	2021	FIVB	8	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	$1,250.00
7	0	1	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	$6,250.00	2022	FIVB	7	0	2	0	1	0	2	1	0	1	$8,200.00
9	0	1	0	0	0	3	4	1	0	$13,500.00	2023	FIVB	9	0	1	0	0	0	3	4	1	0	$13,500.00
37	0	3	0	0	3	7	10	6	8	$41,500.00	Total	Total	50	1	5	1	1	1	12	14	2	13	$43,545.00

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	49	59.8%	20	24.4%	13	15.9%	69-13	84.1%	17	25.0%	7	10.3%	44	64.7%	17-51	25.0%	49-44	52.7%	37-20	64.9%	2	4	88-68	56.4%
2022-2023	14	53.8%	10	38.5%	2	7.7%	24-2	92.3%	6	26.1%	1	4.3%	16	69.6%	6-17	26.1%	14-16	46.7%	16-3	84.2%	2	0	32-19	62.7%
Against the Field	20	55.6%	8	22.2%	8	22.2%	28-8	77.8%	10	20.0%	3	6.0%	37	74.0%	10-40	20.0%	40-64	38.5%	36-22	62.1%	1	4	39-47	45.3%

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	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3
World Championships	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	9	5	12	14	0	0	2	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	27
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	6	1	26	12	2	0	20	11	3	4	1	3	1	2	59	33
Total	0	0	15	6	42	31	4	0	22	22	3	4	1	3	1	2	88	68

Head to Head Results
Budinger/Evans lead the series against the field 13-11 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 7 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Mol/Sorum, Norway 0-1
7/28/23	FIVB	Elite16 Montréal	Pool A	Mol/Sorum	1	Budinger/Evans	16, Q13	21-8, 21-16	0:31
Trail the series against # 2 Ahman/Hellvig, Sweden 0-1
10/11/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Winner 1	Ahman/Hellvig	2	Budinger/Evans	45	21-17, 21-15	0:36
Lead the series against # 3 Benesh/Partain, United States 1-0
4/14/23	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Pool E	Budinger/Evans	17, Q10	Benesh/Partain	8, Q2	17-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:52
Trail the series against # 4 Loyola/Wanderley, Brazil 0-1
10/6/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool D	Loyola/Wanderley	4	Budinger/Evans	45	21-17, 24-22	0:41
Trail the series against # 8 Cottafava/Nicolai, Italy 0-1
6/16/23	FIVB	Challenge Jurmala	Pool C	Cottafava/Nicolai	3	Budinger/Evans	10	17-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:46
Trail the series against # 9 Goncalves/Lanci, Brazil 1-4
7/29/23	FIVB	Elite16 Montréal	Winner 1	Goncalves/Lanci	11	Budinger/Evans	16, Q13	21-19, 21-19	0:39
7/14/23	FIVB	Challenge Portugal	Pool D	Budinger/Evans	16	Goncalves/Lanci	9	19-21, 21-19, 15-9	0:58
6/17/23	FIVB	Challenge Jurmala	Winner 1	Goncalves/Lanci	7	Budinger/Evans	10	21-17, 21-19	0:39
5/31/23	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Qualifier 1	Goncalves/Lanci	15, Q10	Budinger/Evans	Q7	21-10, 21-16	0:35
4/16/23	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Gold Medal	Goncalves/Lanci	1	Budinger/Evans	17, Q10	18-21, 21-12, 15-13	0:54
Trail the series against # 10 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 0-1
9/27/23	FIVB	Elite16 Paris	Qualifier 1	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	13, Q3	Budinger/Evans	Q14	21-17, 21-18	0:35
Lead the series against # 12 Sarabia/Virgen, Mexico 1-0
10/10/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Lucky Loser	Budinger/Evans	45	Sarabia/Virgen	12	24-22, 21-19	0:43
Lead the series against # 14 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 1-0
7/27/23	FIVB	Elite16 Montréal	Pool A	Budinger/Evans	16, Q13	Grimalt/Grimalt	8	21-12, 23-25, 15-10	0:49
Lead the series against # 15 Immers/van de Velde, Netherlands 1-0
4/15/23	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Winner 2	Budinger/Evans	17, Q10	Immers/van de Velde	4	21-14, 23-21	0:35
Lead the series against # 17 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 1-0
7/26/23	FIVB	Elite16 Montréal	Qualifier 2	Budinger/Evans	16, Q13	Gavira/Herrera	Q5	21-16, 21-19	0:37
Lead the series against # 20 Horl/Horst, Austria 1-0
4/16/23	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Semi-Finals	Budinger/Evans	17, Q10	Horl/Horst	13	19-21, 22-20, 15-11	0:58
Trail the series against # 21 Brunner/Crabb, United States 0-2
10/7/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool D	Brunner/Crabb	21	Budinger/Evans	45	21-18, 21-18	0:36
7/15/23	FIVB	Challenge Portugal	Winner 1	Brunner/Crabb	12, Q3	Budinger/Evans	16	21-17, 21-10	0:34
Lead the series against # 22 Gauthier-Rat/Krou, France 1-0
7/27/23	FIVB	Elite16 Montréal	Pool A	Budinger/Evans	16, Q13	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	9	15-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:42
Lead the series against # 25 Lupo/Rossi, Italy 2-0
6/16/23	FIVB	Challenge Jurmala	Pool C	Budinger/Evans	10	Lupo/Rossi	15, Q3	26-24, 17-21, 15-11	0:54
4/14/23	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Pool E	Budinger/Evans	17, Q10	Lupo/Rossi	5	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # 28 Popov/Reznik, Ukraine 1-0
10/8/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool D	Budinger/Evans	45	Popov/Reznik	28	21-15, 21-11	0:32
Lead the series against # 32 Burnett/McHugh, Australia 1-0
4/15/23	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Winner 1	Budinger/Evans	17, Q10	Burnett/McHugh	21	21-16, 17-21, 15-7	0:46
Lead the series against # 38 Bassereau/Lyneel, France 1-0
4/13/23	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Qualifier 2	Budinger/Evans	17, Q10	Bassereau/Lyneel	Q7	21-9, 21-12	0:28