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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 BPT Elite16 Gstaad
July 3 - 7, 2024

(7) 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 Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2018	Sean Rosenthal - 17th	Billy Kolinske - 41st
2019	Casey Patterson - 25th	Did not play
2021	Casey Patterson - 33rd	Billy Kolinske - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/5-9/2024	Elite16 Ostrava	Q1	17th	400	US$0.00
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

Elite16 Gstaad Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/4/2024	Pool B	Ahmed Tijan / Cherif Younousse, Qatar (10)	Lost 17-21, 18-21	0:39
Thu, 7/4/2024	Pool B	Timothy Brewster / Logan Webber, United States (15, Q5)	Won 24-22, 21-14	0:35
Fri, 7/5/2024	Pool B	Andre Loyola / George Wanderley, Brazil (2)	Lost 21-18, 16-21, 10-15	0:51
Fri, 7/5/2024	Winner 1	Samuele Cottafava / Paolo Nicolai, Italy (9)	Lost 14-21, 12-21	0:31

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	11	0	0	0	2	4	0	2	1	2	0	0	$49,000.00	22	25	46.8 %
Total	FIVB	24	1	1	1	2	5	0	6	1	6	1	0	$99,250.00	54	44	55.1 %

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
11	0	0	0	2	4	3	2	0	0	$24,500.00	2024	FIVB	11	0	0	0	2	4	3	2	0	0	$24,500.00
52	1	3	1	2	8	11	12	6	8	$77,625.00	Total	Total	65	2	5	2	3	6	16	16	2	13	$79,670.00

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	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	7	36.8%	4	21.1%	8	42.1%	11-8	57.9%	3	10.7%	4	14.3%	21	75.0%	3-25	10.7%	14-40	25.9%	14-24	36.8%	1	0	15-32	31.9%

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 trail the series against the field 12-26 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 8 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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 # 2 Loyola/Wanderley, Brazil 1-3
7/5/24	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Pool B	Loyola/Wanderley	2	Budinger/Evans	7	18-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:51
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 # 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 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 # 5 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
Lead the series against # 6 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
Series tied with # 8 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 # 9 Cottafava/Nicolai, Italy 0-3
7/5/24	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Winner 1	Cottafava/Nicolai	9	Budinger/Evans	7	21-14, 21-12	0:31
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
Trail the series against # 10 Tijan/Younousse, Qatar 0-3
7/4/24	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Pool B	Tijan/Younousse	10	Budinger/Evans	7	21-17, 21-18	0:39
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 # 11 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
Lead the series against # 12 Breer/Krattiger, Switzerland 1-0
11/3/23	FIVB	Challenge Haikou	Pool E	Budinger/Evans	5	Breer/Krattiger	17, Q8	By Forfeit	0:04
Series tied with # 13, Q1 Bryl/Losiak, Poland 1-1
5/4/24	FIVB	Elite16 Brasília	Winner 1	Budinger/Evans	9	Bryl/Losiak	5	21-23, 21-16, 15-7	0:49
3/6/24	FIVB	Elite16 Doha	Pool D	Bryl/Losiak	5	Budinger/Evans	13, Q3	14-21, 23-21, 15-12	0:57
Lead the series against # 14, Q3 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 # 15, Q5 Brewster/Webber, United States 1-0
7/4/24	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Pool B	Budinger/Evans	7	Brewster/Webber	15, Q5	24-22, 21-14	0:35
Lead the series against # 16, Q15 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 # Q2 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