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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 BPT Challenge Saquarema
March 28 - 31, 2024

(3) 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 Saquarema Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2023	Miles Evans - 2nd	Chase Budinger - 2nd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/21-24/2024	Challenge Recife	5	4th	680	US$6,000.00
FIVB	3/5-9/2024	Elite16 Doha	13, Q3	13th	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	11/30-12/3/2023	Challenge Nuvali	1	5th	600	US$3,750.00
FIVB	11/16-19/2023	Challenge Chiang Mai	3	3rd	720	US$7,000.00
FIVB	11/2-5/2023	Challenge Haikou	5	1st	800	US$10,000.00
FIVB	10/19-22/2023	Challenge Goa	9	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	10/6-15/2023	Beach Volleyball World Championships	45	17th	640	US$7,000.00
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

Challenge Saquarema Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 3/29/2024	Pool C	Leo Dillier / Adrian Heidrich, Switzerland (22, Q16)	Won 21-14, 13-21, 15-9	0:41
Fri, 3/29/2024	Pool C	Vitor Felipe / Renato Lima, Brazil (15)	Lost By Forfeit
Sat, 3/30/2024	Winner 1	Mathias Berntsen / Hendrik Mol, Norway (12)	Won 21-17, 21-18	0:34
Sat, 3/30/2024	Winner 2	Andre Loyola / George Wanderley, Brazil (6)	Lost 17-21, 13-21	0:33

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	13	1	1	1	0	1	0	4	0	4	1	0	$50,250.00	32	19	62.7 %
2024	FIVB	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$14,750.00	7	8	46.7 %
Total	FIVB	16	1	1	1	1	2	0	4	1	4	1	0	$65,000.00	39	27	59.1 %

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
13	1	1	1	0	1	4	4	1	0	$25,125.00	2023	FIVB	13	1	1	1	0	1	4	4	1	0	$25,125.00
3	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	$7,375.00	2024	FIVB	3	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	$7,375.00
44	1	3	1	1	5	9	10	6	8	$60,500.00	Total	Total	57	2	5	2	2	3	14	14	2	13	$62,545.00

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%
2023-2024	28	56.0%	14	28.0%	8	16.0%	42-8	84.0%	12	25.5%	4	8.5%	31	66.0%	12-35	25.5%	28-31	47.5%	26-12	68.4%	2	4	56-47	54.4%
Against the Field	25	59.5%	13	31.0%	4	9.5%	38-4	90.5%	5	21.7%	2	8.7%	16	69.6%	5-18	21.7%	50-24	67.6%	36-12	75.0%	2	2	45-20	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
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 26-11 (Lead 16 Series, Trail 5 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Carvalhaes/Solberg, Brazil 1-0
3/23/24	FIVB	Challenge Recife	Winner 1	Budinger/Evans	5	Carvalhaes/Solberg	1	21-16, 21-16	0:40
Trail the series against # 4 Bello/Bello, England 1-2
3/24/24	FIVB	Challenge Recife	Bronze Medal	Bello/Bello	7	Budinger/Evans	5	26-24, 15-21, 15-13	0:56
12/2/23	FIVB	Challenge Nuvali	Winner 2	Bello/Bello	5	Budinger/Evans	1	21-15, 21-17	0:38
11/4/23	FIVB	Challenge Haikou	Winner 2	Budinger/Evans	5	Bello/Bello	7	21-19, 18-21, 15-12	0:53
Trail the series against # 6 Loyola/Wanderley, Brazil 0-2
3/30/24	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Winner 2	Loyola/Wanderley	6	Budinger/Evans	3	21-17, 21-13	0:33
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 # 7 Brunner/Crabb, United States 1-2
11/5/23	FIVB	Challenge Haikou	Gold Medal	Budinger/Evans	5	Brunner/Crabb	1	21-14, 23-21	0:35
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 # 11 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 # 12 Berntsen/Mol, Norway 2-0
3/30/24	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Winner 1	Budinger/Evans	3	Berntsen/Mol	12	21-17, 21-18	0:34
3/23/24	FIVB	Challenge Recife	Winner 2	Budinger/Evans	5	Berntsen/Mol	9	21-15, 21-12	0:30
Lead the series against # 13, Q3 Bourne/Schalk, United States 2-0
3/5/24	FIVB	Elite16 Doha	Qualifier 2	Budinger/Evans	13, Q3	Bourne/Schalk	Q11	21-18, 23-25, 15-13	0:55
11/5/23	FIVB	Challenge Haikou	Semi-Finals	Budinger/Evans	5	Bourne/Schalk	14	21-15, 21-19	0:38
Lead the series against # 14 Horl/Horst, Austria 2-0
11/18/23	FIVB	Challenge Chiang Mai	Winner 2	Budinger/Evans	3	Horl/Horst	1	21-15, 19-21, 15-8	0:46
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 # 15 Felipe/Lima, Brazil 0-1
3/29/24	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Pool C	Felipe/Lima	15	Budinger/Evans	3	By Forfeit
Series tied with # 16 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 1-1
10/21/23	FIVB	Challenge Goa	Winner 1	Gavira/Herrera	3	Budinger/Evans	9	21-17, 21-12	0:34
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 # 17, Q4 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 # 19, Q10 Breer/Krattiger, Switzerland 1-0
11/3/23	FIVB	Challenge Haikou	Pool E	Budinger/Evans	5	Breer/Krattiger	17, Q8	By Forfeit	0:04
Lead the series against # 21 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
Lead the series against # 22, Q16 Dillier/Heidrich, Switzerland 2-1
3/29/24	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Pool C	Budinger/Evans	3	Dillier/Heidrich	22, Q16	21-14, 13-21, 15-9	0:41
3/5/24	FIVB	Elite16 Doha	Qualifier 1	Budinger/Evans	13, Q3	Dillier/Heidrich	Q14	21-15, 19-21, 16-14	0:52
10/20/23	FIVB	Challenge Goa	Pool D	Dillier/Heidrich	16, Q5	Budinger/Evans	9	21-17, 17-21, 15-9	0:46
Lead the series against # Q1 Knasas/Stankevicius, Lithuania 1-0
7/14/23	FIVB	Challenge Portugal	Pool D	Budinger/Evans	16	Knasas/Stankevicius	21, Q8	21-17, 21-16	0:35
Lead the series against # Q2 Luini/Varenhorst, Netherlands 2-1
3/22/24	FIVB	Challenge Recife	Pool E	Budinger/Evans	5	Luini/Varenhorst	20, Q6	21-19, 21-15	0:38
7/26/23	FIVB	Elite16 Montréal	Qualifier 1	Budinger/Evans	16, Q13	Luini/Varenhorst	Q4	21-18, 14-21, 15-11	0:42
7/21/23	FIVB	Challenge Edmonton	Pool B	Luini/Varenhorst	14	Budinger/Evans	11	21-17, 21-19	0:35
Lead the series against # Q6 da Silva/Dos Santos, Brazil 1-0
4/13/23	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Qualifier 1	Budinger/Evans	17, Q10	Dos Santos/da Silva	Q23	21-14, 16-21, 15-12	0:47
Trail the series against # Q7 Campos/Pedrosa, Portugal 0-1
11/17/23	FIVB	Challenge Chiang Mai	Pool C	Campos/Pedrosa	22	Budinger/Evans	3	21-18, 21-17	0:34
Lead the series against # Q8 Lupo/Rossi, Italy 3-0
11/18/23	FIVB	Challenge Chiang Mai	Winner 1	Budinger/Evans	3	Lupo/Rossi	13	20-22, 21-16, 17-15	0:54
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 # Q12 Barthelemy/Cattet, France 1-0
11/3/23	FIVB	Challenge Haikou	Pool E	Budinger/Evans	5	Barthelemy/Cattet	20, Q12	21-15, 21-16	0:32
Lead the series against # Q18 Cuzmiciov/Elazar, Israel 1-0
12/2/23	FIVB	Challenge Nuvali	Winner 1	Budinger/Evans	1	Cuzmiciov/Elazar	23, Q8	21-14, 21-12	0:33
Lead the series against # Q29 Leitner/Pascariuc, Austria 1-0
10/20/23	FIVB	Challenge Goa	Pool D	Budinger/Evans	9	Leitner/Pascariuc	21, Q10	21-19, 21-19	0:36