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US$250,000 BPT Challenge Xiamen
May 14 - 18, 2025

(19) 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 Xiamen Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2018	Did not play	Billy Kolinske - 33rd
2024	Miles Evans - 4th	Chase Budinger - 4th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
FIVB	7/27-8/10/2024	Olympic Games Paris 2024	19	9th	0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/3-7/2024	Elite16 Gstaad	7	9th	600	US$6,000.00
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

BPT Challenge Xiamen Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/15/2025	Pool C	Mateus De Paula / Adelmo Goncalves, Brazil (14)	Won 21-18, 21-18	0:35
Fri, 5/16/2025	Pool C	Kevin Cuzmiciov / Eylon Elazar, Israel (30, Q10)	Won 18-21, 24-22, 16-14	0:56
Sat, 5/17/2025	Winner 2	Enrico Rossi / Marco Viscovich, Italy (23)	Won 21-19, 21-16	0:37
Sat, 5/17/2025	Winner 3	Adrian Mol / Markus Mol, Norway (29, Q9)	Lost 19-21, 15-21	0:34

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	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	$15,250.00	8	7	53.3 %
Total	FIVB	30	1	1	1	2	6	0	8	2	7	2	0	$114,500.00	64	54	54.2 %

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
5	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	$7,625.00	2025	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	$7,625.00
58	1	3	1	2	9	14	13	7	8	$85,250.00	Total	Total	71	2	5	2	3	7	19	17	3	13	$87,295.00

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	13	72.2%	3	16.7%	2	11.1%	16-2	88.9%	5	27.8%	1	5.6%	12	66.7%	5-13	27.8%	26-22	54.2%	16-6	72.7%	0	1	21-15	58.3%

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 11-7 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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
Lead the series against # 2 Carracher/Nicolaidis, Australia 3-1
4/26/24	FIVB	Challenge Xiamen	Pool D	Budinger/Evans	4	Carracher/Nicolaidis	9	18-21, 21-11, 15-12	0:43
3/22/24	FIVB	Challenge Recife	Pool E	Carracher/Nicolaidis	17, Q3	Budinger/Evans	5	By Forfeit
11/19/23	FIVB	Challenge Chiang Mai	Bronze Medal	Budinger/Evans	3	Carracher/Nicolaidis	19, Q6	27-25, 21-23, 15-9	0:55
11/4/23	FIVB	Challenge Haikou	Winner 1	Budinger/Evans	5	Carracher/Nicolaidis	16	21-15, 19-21, 15-10	0:49
Trail the series against # 5 Campos/Pedrosa, Portugal 1-2
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
Lead the series against # 14 De Paula/Goncalves, Brazil 1-0
5/15/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Pool C	Budinger/Evans	19	De Paula/Goncalves	14	21-18, 21-18	0:35
Lead the series against # 16 Bedritis/Rinkevics, Latvia 1-0
4/27/24	FIVB	Challenge Xiamen	Lucky Loser	Budinger/Evans	4	Bedritis/Rinkevics	23, Q18	14-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:43
Lead the series against # 23 Rossi/Viscovich, Italy 1-0
5/17/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Winner 2	Budinger/Evans	19	Rossi/Viscovich	23	21-19, 21-16	0:37
Trail the series against # 29, Q9 Mol/Mol, Norway 0-1
5/17/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Winner 3	Mol/Mol	29, Q9	Budinger/Evans	19	21-19, 21-15	0:34
Lead the series against # 30, Q10 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 # Q3 Sousa/Sousa, Portugal 1-0
5/22/24	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Espinho	Qualifier 1	Budinger/Evans	13, Q1	Sousa/Sousa	Q16	21-14, 21-15	0:30
Lead the series against # Q15 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