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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 BPT Elite 16 Ostrava
June 5 - 9, 2024

(Q1) 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$115,875.00

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$118,482.20

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	Money
FIVB	39	1	2	1	3	8	0	9	3	5	2	2	2	US$175,750.00

Previous Ostrava Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2018	Did not play	Billy Kolinske - 41st
2019	Casey Patterson - 33rd	Did not play
2023	Miles Evans - 21st	Chase Budinger - 21st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/30-6/2/2024	Challenge Stare Jablonki	4	5th	600	US$3,750.00
FIVB	5/22-26/2024	BPT Elite16 Espinho	13, Q1	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	5/1-5/2024	Elite16 Brasília	9	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	4/25-28/2024	Challenge Xiamen	4	4th	680	US$6,000.00
FIVB	4/17-21/2024	Elite16 Tepic	Q3	17th	400	US$0.00
FIVB	4/11-14/2024	Challenge Guadalajara	7	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	3/28-31/2024	Challenge Saquarema	3	5th	600	US$3,750.00
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

Elite16 Ostrava Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/5/2024	Qualifier 1	Tadeas Trousil / David Westphal, Czechia (Q16)	Won 21-16, 21-15	0:32
Wed, 6/5/2024	Qualifier 2	Arnaud Gauthier-Rat / Youssef Krou, France (14, Q9)	Lost 17-21, 23-25	0:37

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	16	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	3	5	1	0	$67,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	20	1	2	1	3	5	0	5	0	2	1	0	$94,750.00
Total	39	1	2	1	3	8	0	9	3	9	2	0	$175,750.00

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
19	0	0	0	0	3	6	7	2	0	$38,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	21	0	0	0	1	3	6	6	1	0	$38,500.00
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
67	1	4	1	3	11	16	15	7	0	$115,875.00	Total	80	2	6	2	4	9	21	19	3	0	$117,920.00

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	10	0	0	0	2	4	0	1	1	2	0	0	$43,000.00	21	22	48.8 %
Total	FIVB	23	1	1	1	2	5	0	5	1	6	1	0	$93,250.00	53	41	56.4 %

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
10	0	0	0	2	4	2	2	0	0	$21,500.00	2024	FIVB	10	0	0	0	2	4	2	2	0	0	$21,500.00
51	1	3	1	2	8	10	12	6	8	$74,625.00	Total	Total	64	2	5	2	3	6	15	16	2	13	$76,670.00

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	58.3%	21	25.0%	14	16.7%	70-14	83.3%	17	24.6%	7	10.1%	45	65.2%	17-52	24.6%	49-45	52.1%	38-21	64.4%	2	4	89-70	56.0%
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	12	52.2%	4	17.4%	7	30.4%	16-7	69.6%	5	12.2%	3	7.3%	33	80.5%	5-36	12.2%	24-62	27.9%	18-20	47.4%	0	2	21-43	32.8%

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	13	16	0	0	2	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	29
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	43	33	4	0	22	22	3	4	1	3	1	2	89	70

Head to Head Results
Budinger/Evans trail the series against the field 17-33 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 13 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
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
Trail the series against # 3 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 # 4 Boermans/de Groot, Netherlands 0-2
6/1/24	FIVB	Challenge Stare Jablonki	Winner 2	Boermans/de Groot	2	Budinger/Evans	4	21-12, 21-18	1:37
5/2/24	FIVB	Elite16 Brasília	Pool A	Boermans/de Groot	1	Budinger/Evans	9	32-30, 21-17	0:42
Trail the series against # 5 Loyola/Wanderley, Brazil 1-2
5/24/24	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Espinho	Pool D	Budinger/Evans	13, Q1	Loyola/Wanderley	4	21-19, 21-14	0:38
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 # 6 Goncalves/Lanci, Brazil 1-6
5/23/24	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Espinho	Pool D	Goncalves/Lanci	5	Budinger/Evans	13, Q1	17-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:49
3/24/24	FIVB	Challenge Recife	Semi-Finals	Goncalves/Lanci	3	Budinger/Evans	5	21-16, 14-21, 15-7	0:46
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 # 7 Ehlers/Wickler, Germany 0-2
5/25/24	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Espinho	Winner 2	Ehlers/Wickler	6	Budinger/Evans	13, Q1	21-14, 21-14	0:34
5/4/24	FIVB	Elite16 Brasília	Winner 2	Ehlers/Wickler	3	Budinger/Evans	9	21-14, 23-21	0:37
Trail the series against # 8 Cottafava/Nicolai, Italy 0-2
3/7/24	FIVB	Elite16 Doha	Pool D	Cottafava/Nicolai	4	Budinger/Evans	13, Q3	21-19, 21-19	0:38
6/16/23	FIVB	Challenge Jurmala	Pool C	Cottafava/Nicolai	3	Budinger/Evans	10	17-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:46
Series tied with # 9 Immers/van de Velde, Netherlands 1-1
11/19/23	FIVB	Challenge Chiang Mai	Semi-Finals	Immers/van de Velde	4	Budinger/Evans	3	21-19, 23-21	0:39
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 # 10 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 # 11 Tijan/Younousse, Qatar 0-2
5/3/24	FIVB	Elite16 Brasília	Pool A	Tijan/Younousse	8	Budinger/Evans	9	21-19, 21-14	0:34
3/6/24	FIVB	Elite16 Doha	Pool D	Tijan/Younousse	12	Budinger/Evans	13, Q3	21-18, 19-21, 15-10	0:53
Trail the series against # 13, Q3 Pfretzschner/Winter, Germany 0-3
4/28/24	FIVB	Challenge Xiamen	Bronze Medal	Pfretzschner/Winter	2	Budinger/Evans	4	15-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:46
4/13/24	FIVB	Challenge Guadalajara	Winner 1	Pfretzschner/Winter	8	Budinger/Evans	7	17-21, 21-17, 15-6	0:54
7/21/23	FIVB	Challenge Edmonton	Pool B	Pfretzschner/Winter	23, Q23	Budinger/Evans	11	21-18, 21-14	0:35
Trail the series against # 14, Q9 Gauthier-Rat/Krou, France 1-3
6/5/24	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Qualifier 2	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	14, Q9	Budinger/Evans	Q1	21-17, 25-23	0:37
4/28/24	FIVB	Challenge Xiamen	Semi-Finals	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	21	Budinger/Evans	4	21-18, 21-18	0:39
4/26/24	FIVB	Challenge Xiamen	Pool D	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	21	Budinger/Evans	4	21-9, 21-18	0:35
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 # 16, Q15 Luini/Varenhorst, Netherlands 3-1
5/31/24	FIVB	Challenge Stare Jablonki	Pool D	Budinger/Evans	4	Luini/Varenhorst	21	28-26, 18-21, 15-11	0:57
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
Series tied with # Q2 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 1-1
4/17/24	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Qualifier 2	Grimalt/Grimalt	16, Q11	Budinger/Evans	Q3	18-21, 21-14, 15-12	0:49
7/27/23	FIVB	Elite16 Montréal	Pool A	Budinger/Evans	16, Q13	Grimalt/Grimalt	8	21-12, 23-25, 15-10	0:49
Trail the series against # Q4 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 0-2
5/31/24	FIVB	Challenge Stare Jablonki	Pool D	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	9	Budinger/Evans	4	By Forfeit
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 # Q5 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 2-1
6/1/24	FIVB	Challenge Stare Jablonki	Winner 1	Budinger/Evans	4	Gavira/Herrera	8	21-19, 21-17	0:37
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 # Q7 Capogrosso/Capogrosso, Argentina 1-0
5/22/24	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Espinho	Qualifier 2	Budinger/Evans	13, Q1	Capogrosso/Capogrosso	Q8	19-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:54
Trail the series against # Q8 Felipe/Lima, Brazil 0-1
3/29/24	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Pool C	Felipe/Lima	15	Budinger/Evans	3	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # Q10 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
Lead the series against # Q12 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
Trail the series against # Q14 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 # Q16 Trousil/Westphal, Czechia 1-0
6/5/24	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Qualifier 1	Budinger/Evans	Q1	Trousil/Westphal	Q16	21-16, 21-15	0:32