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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 BPT Elite Newport Beach
October 7 - 11, 2025

(9) 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$111,025.00

Miles Evans
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 12, 1989 (35 yrs old)

Home Town:

Santa Barbara, CA

Height:

193 cm (6'4")

Weight:

81 kg (178 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$113,632.20

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	Money
FIVB	37	1	2	1	3	8	0	9	3	4	2	2	2	US$161,250.00

Previous Newport Beach Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/1-5/2025	BPT Challenge Veracruz	1	2nd	760	US$13,000.00
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 Elite Newport Beach Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 10/8/2025	Pool A	Mathias Berntsen / Hendrik Mol, Norway (8)	Won 21-17, 19-21, 15-11	0:45
Wed, 10/8/2025	Pool A	Ahmed Tijan / Cherif Younousse, Qatar (1)	Lost 18-21, 13-21	0:32
Thu, 10/9/2025	Pool A	Paul Burnett / Thomas Hodges, Australia (16, Q10)	Won 10-21, 22-20, 15-9	0:38
Fri, 10/10/2025	Winner 1	Esteban Grimalt / Marco Grimalt, Chile (13, Q1)	Lost 19-21, 19-21	0:37

Head to Head Results
Budinger/Evans trail the series against the field 19-23 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 5 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Tijan/Younousse, Qatar 0-4
10/8/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Newport Beach	Pool A	Tijan/Younousse	1	Budinger/Evans	9	21-18, 21-13	0:32
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 # 2 Andersson/Nilsson, Sweden 0-1
3/22/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Yucatan	Winner 2	Andersson/Nilsson	9	Budinger/Evans	6	21-16, 21-11	0:31
Trail the series against # 3 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 # 4 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 # 5 Ehlers/Wickler, Germany 0-3
8/10/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Baden	Semi-Finals	Ehlers/Wickler	4	Budinger/Evans	11	21-15, 18-21, 15-13	0:49
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 # 6 Fokerots/Plavins, Latvia 0-2
9/27/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	Winner 3	Fokerots/Plavins	4	Budinger/Evans	13	21-14, 25-23	0:36
4/17/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Pool F	Fokerots/Plavins	7	Budinger/Evans	19, Q7	21-16, 15-21, 17-15	0:44
Lead the series against # 7 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
Lead the series against # 8 Berntsen/Mol, Norway 3-0
10/8/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Newport Beach	Pool A	Budinger/Evans	9	Berntsen/Mol	8	21-17, 19-21, 15-11	0:45
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
Series tied with # 12 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
Series tied with # 13, Q1 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 2-2
10/10/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Newport Beach	Winner 1	Grimalt/Grimalt	13, Q1	Budinger/Evans	9	21-19, 21-19	0:37
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
Series tied with # 15, Q6 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
Lead the series against # 16, Q10 Burnett/Hodges, Australia 1-0
10/9/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Newport Beach	Pool A	Budinger/Evans	9	Burnett/Hodges	16, Q10	10-21, 22-20, 15-9	0:38
Lead the series against # Q2 Barbosa/Rezende, Brazil 2-0
4/16/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Qualifier 1	Budinger/Evans	19, Q7	Barbosa/Rezende	Q10	26-24, 21-19	0:41
4/9/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Qualifier 1	Budinger/Evans	20, Q7	Barbosa/Rezende	Q10	21-18, 12-21, 19-17	0:49
Series tied with # Q4 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 # Q8 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
Lead the series against # Q16 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