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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Veracruz
October 1 - 5, 2025

(1) 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 Veracruz Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/24-28/2025	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	13	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	9/17-21/2025	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	12	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	8/6-10/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	11	4th	680	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2025	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	9, Q1	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2025	BPT Challenge Alanya	20, Q4	5th	600	US$5,000.00
FIVB	5/14-18/2025	BPT Challenge Xiamen	19	5th	600	US$5,000.00
FIVB	4/16-20/2025	BPT Elite Brasília	19, Q7	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	4/9-13/2025	BPT Elite Saquarema	20, Q7	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	3/26-30/2025	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	Q6	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	3/19-23/2025	BPT Challenge Yucatan	6	9th	460	US$3,250.00

BPT Challenge Veracruz Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 10/2/2025	Pool A	Lev Priima / Ryan Wilcox, United States (32, Q14)	Won 21-16, 21-12	0:26
Fri, 10/3/2025	Pool A	Enrico Rossi / Marco Viscovich, Italy (17)	Won 21-19, 21-16	0:35
Sat, 10/4/2025	Winner 2	Joaquin Bello / Luis Javier Bello, England (13)	Won 21-19, 18-21, 15-13	0:52
Sat, 10/4/2025	Winner 3	Christoph Dressler / Philipp Waller, Austria (10)	Won 21-17, 21-13	0:31
Sun, 10/5/2025	Semi-Finals	Samuele Cottafava / Gianluca Dal Corso, Italy (22)	Won 14-21, 21-14, 15-11	0:41
Sun, 10/5/2025	Gold Medal	Saymon Barbosa / George Wanderley, Brazil (3)	Lost 16-21, 17-21	0:32

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	12	0	0	0	2	4	0	3	1	2	0	0	$49,000.00	24	28	46.2 %
2025	FIVB	11	0	1	0	1	3	0	1	2	2	1	0	$56,000.00	28	17	62.2 %
Total	FIVB	36	1	2	1	3	8	0	8	3	8	2	0	$155,250.00	84	64	56.8 %

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
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
12	0	0	0	2	4	4	2	0	0	$24,500.00	2024	FIVB	12	0	0	0	2	4	4	2	0	0	$24,500.00
11	0	1	0	1	3	3	2	1	0	$28,000.00	2025	FIVB	11	0	1	0	1	3	3	2	1	0	$28,000.00
64	1	4	1	3	11	15	14	7	8	$105,625.00	Total	Total	77	2	6	2	4	9	20	18	3	13	$107,670.00

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%
2024-2025	35	62.5%	10	17.9%	11	19.6%	45-11	80.4%	11	24.4%	6	13.3%	28	62.2%	11-34	24.4%	35-28	55.6%	21-17	55.3%	0	4	56-49	53.3%
Against the Field	14	60.9%	4	17.4%	5	21.7%	18-5	78.3%	5	38.5%	1	7.7%	7	53.8%	5-8	38.5%	28-14	66.7%	18-12	60.0%	0	0	23-13	63.9%

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 lead the series against the field 21-10 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 3 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Campos/Pedrosa, Portugal 2-3
9/18/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Pool A	Campos/Pedrosa	24, Q13	Budinger/Evans	12	21-17, 21-12	0:32
6/12/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Alanya	Pool D	Budinger/Evans	20, Q4	Campos/Pedrosa	13	21-18, 21-17	0:38
4/11/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Pool E	Campos/Pedrosa	17, Q2	Budinger/Evans	20, Q7	19-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:47
5/23/24	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Espinho	Pool D	Budinger/Evans	13, Q1	Campos/Pedrosa	12	21-17, 21-17	0:32
11/17/23	FIVB	Challenge Chiang Mai	Pool C	Campos/Pedrosa	22	Budinger/Evans	3	21-18, 21-17	0:34
Series tied with # 3 Barbosa/Wanderley, Brazil 1-1
10/5/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Veracruz	Gold Medal	Barbosa/Wanderley	3	Budinger/Evans	1	21-16, 21-17	0:32
9/27/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	Winner 2	Budinger/Evans	13	Barbosa/Wanderley	20, Q5	24-26, 21-16, 16-14	0:53
Lead the series against # 4 Pickett/Schachter, Canada 2-0
6/14/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Alanya	Winner 2	Budinger/Evans	20, Q4	Pickett/Schachter	17	21-18, 21-15	0:41
3/21/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Yucatan	Pool F	Budinger/Evans	6	Pickett/Schachter	22	22-20, 21-17	0:37
Series tied with # 5 Popov/Reznik, Ukraine 1-1
6/27/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	Pool H	Popov/Reznik	8	Budinger/Evans	9, Q1	18-21, 21-16, 16-14	0:50
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 # 10 Dressler/Waller, Austria 1-0
10/4/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Veracruz	Winner 3	Budinger/Evans	1	Dressler/Waller	10	21-17, 21-13	0:31
Lead the series against # 11 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 2-1
8/8/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Baden	Winner 1	Budinger/Evans	11	Grimalt/Grimalt	13	21-14, 21-14	0:31
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
Lead the series against # 12 Alfieri/Ranghieri, Italy 1-0
8/9/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Baden	Winner 2	Budinger/Evans	11	Alfieri/Ranghieri	23, Q1	20-22, 21-19, 15-13	0:54
Series tied with # 13 Bello/Bello, England 2-2
10/4/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Veracruz	Winner 2	Budinger/Evans	1	Bello/Bello	13	21-19, 18-21, 15-13	0:52
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 # 14 Heidrich/Jordan, Switzerland 0-1
6/27/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	Winner 1	Heidrich/Jordan	16	Budinger/Evans	9, Q1	21-19, 21-18	0:34
Lead the series against # 16 Huster/Just, Germany 1-0
6/26/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	Pool H	Budinger/Evans	9, Q1	Huster/Just	24	21-16, 21-18	0:36
Lead the series against # 17 Rossi/Viscovich, Italy 2-0
10/3/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Veracruz	Pool A	Budinger/Evans	1	Rossi/Viscovich	17	21-19, 21-16	0:35
5/17/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Winner 2	Budinger/Evans	19	Rossi/Viscovich	23	21-19, 21-16	0:37
Lead the series against # 21 Cuzmiciov/Elazar, Israel 2-0
5/16/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Pool C	Budinger/Evans	19	Cuzmiciov/Elazar	30, Q10	18-21, 24-22, 16-14	0:56
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 # 22 Cottafava/Dal Corso, Italy 1-0
10/5/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Veracruz	Semi-Finals	Budinger/Evans	1	Cottafava/Dal Corso	22	14-21, 21-14, 15-11	0:41
Trail the series against # 25 Immers/Penninga, Netherlands 0-1
4/18/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Winner 1	Immers/Penninga	13	Budinger/Evans	19, Q7	16-21, 21-14, 15-9	0:42
Lead the series against # 31, Q9 Aas/Ringoen, Norway 1-0
6/25/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	Qualifier 2	Budinger/Evans	9, Q1	Aas/Ringoen	Q16	23-21, 26-28, 15-8	0:50
Lead the series against # 32, Q14 Priima/Wilcox, United States 1-0
10/2/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Veracruz	Pool A	Budinger/Evans	1	Priima/Wilcox	32, Q14	21-16, 21-12	0:26
Lead the series against # Q12 Batrane/Bialokoz, England 1-0
12/1/23	FIVB	Challenge Nuvali	Pool A	Budinger/Evans	1	Batrane/Bialokoz	24, Q14	21-18, 21-16	0:34