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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite Gstaad
July 1 - 5, 2026

(17, Q2) Moritz Pristauz/Philipp Waller, Austria

Moritz Bernd Pristauz-Telsnigg
Austria

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 23, 1996 (30 yrs old)

Home Town:

Graz

Height:

192 cm (6'4")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

107

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$142,616.01

Philipp Waller
Austria

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 26, 1995 (30 yrs old)

Home Town:

Linz

Height:

186 cm (6'1")

Weight:

78 kg (172 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$146,969.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	US$27,200.00

Previous Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2015	Simon Fruhbauer - 41st	Did not play
2016	Martin Ermacora - 33rd	Did not play
2018	Martin Ermacora - 33rd	Did not play
2019	Martin Ermacora - 33rd	Robin Seidl - 33rd
2021	Martin Ermacora - 25th	Robin Seidl - 9th
2022	Martin Ermacora - 9th	Robin Seidl - 9th
2025	Did not play	Christoph Dressler - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/8-12/2026	BPT Elite Saquarema	18, Q3	9th	600	US$6,200.00
FIVB	3/11-15/2026	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	15	5th	760	US$9,000.00

BPT Elite Gstaad Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/1/2026	Qualifier 1	Manuel Alfieri / Alex Ranghieri, Italy (Q15)	Won 21-19, 21-16	0:37
Wed, 7/1/2026	Pool E	Stefan Boermans / Alexander Brouwer, Netherlands (8)	Won 22-20, 21-19	0:37
Thu, 7/2/2026	Pool E	Calvin Aye / Remi Daubas, France (5)	Lost 21-17, 14-21, 8-15	0:42
Fri, 7/3/2026	Pool E	Adrian Gavira / Alejandro Huerta, Spain (20, Q9)	Won 21-16, 21-18	0:32
Fri, 7/3/2026	Winner 1	Andy Benesh / Taylor Crabb, United States (6)	Won 21-18, 31-29	0:46
Sat, 7/4/2026	Winner 2	Kevin Cuzmiciov / Eylon Elazar, Israel (15)	Won 26-24, 19-21, 15-13	0:59
Sat, 7/4/2026	Semi-Finals	Chase Budinger / Trevor Crabb, United States (19, Q7)	Lost 19-21, 23-25	0:38
Sun, 7/5/2026	Bronze Medal	Evandro Goncalves / Arthur Lanci, Brazil (9)	Lost 20-22, 16-21	0:38

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$27,200.00
Total	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$27,200.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Moritz Pristauz												Philipp Waller
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	Youth Olympic Games
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$10,500.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$14,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00	World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
30	0	0	0	1	2	9	10	2	6	$54,600.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	23	0	0	0	2	2	11	5	1	2	$55,100.00
47	2	1	2	1	2	7	8	8	16	$53,025.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	37	0	0	1	4	5	12	5	6	4	$58,750.00
15	0	1	0	1	4	4	3	1	1	$11,825.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	14	3	1	1	0	3	3	0	1	2	$10,090.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
6	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	3	0	$6,750.00	Confederation Championship	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	1	0	$5,000.00
105	2	2	3	3	9	22	26	15	23	$138,700.00	Total	86	3	1	2	6	12	29	14	9	10	$143,440.00

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
2026	FIVB	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$27,200.00	12	6	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$27,200.00	12	6	66.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Moritz Pristauz													Philipp Waller
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2013	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2014	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$1,000.00	2015	FIVB
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	$3,900.00	2016	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2016	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2016	CEV
7	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	2	$8,000.00	2017	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$250.00	2017	CEV
15	0	0	0	1	1	3	2	3	5	$14,050.00	2018	FIVB	13	1	0	0	0	2	3	1	1	5	$9,990.00
10	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	5	$7,975.00	2019	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	3	3	$21,000.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00	2019	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
4	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$8,600.00	2020	FIVB	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$5,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2020	CEV
5	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	$6,500.00	2021	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	1	$8,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00	2021	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
10	0	1	1	0	2	4	2	0	0	$23,175.00	2022	FIVB	11	0	1	0	1	2	7	0	0	0	$31,975.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00	2022	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
14	2	0	1	0	1	3	4	1	2	$23,150.00	2023	FIVB	8	1	0	0	0	1	2	3	1	0	$5,375.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2023	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	1	0	$2,500.00	2024	FIVB	8	0	0	2	2	0	2	1	1	0	$14,000.00
											2024	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
12	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	3	1	$19,500.00	2025	FIVB	13	0	0	0	2	1	6	4	0	0	$29,000.00
											2025	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
3	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	$13,600.00	2026	FIVB	3	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	$13,600.00
107	2	2	3	3	9	22	27	15	24	$138,700.00	Total	Total	86	3	1	2	6	12	29	14	9	10	$143,440.00

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	9	69.2%	2	15.4%	2	15.4%	11-2	84.6%	1	20.0%	1	20.0%	3	60.0%	1-4	20.0%	9-3	75.0%	3-3	50.0%	0	0	12-6	66.7%
2025-2026	9	69.2%	2	15.4%	2	15.4%	11-2	84.6%	1	20.0%	1	20.0%	3	60.0%	1-4	20.0%	9-3	75.0%	3-3	50.0%	0	0	12-6	66.7%
Against the Field	6	66.7%	1	11.1%	2	22.2%	7-2	77.8%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3	75.0%	0-4	0.0%	12-6	66.7%	2-6	25.0%	0	0	7-6	53.8%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	2	0	7	2	0	0	3	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	12	6
Total	0	0	2	0	7	2	0	0	3	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	12	6

Head to Head Results
Pristauz/Waller lead the series against the field 7-6 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 5 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Ahman/Hellvig, Sweden 0-1
3/12/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Pool C	Ahman/Hellvig	3	Pristauz/Waller	15	18-21, 21-17, 19-17	0:54
Lead the series against # 2 Fokerots/Plavins, Latvia 1-0
4/9/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Pool F	Pristauz/Waller	18, Q3	Fokerots/Plavins	6	29-27, 21-16	0:37
Lead the series against # 3 Andersson/Nilsson, Sweden 1-0
3/14/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Winner 1	Pristauz/Waller	15	Andersson/Nilsson	2	21-17, 21-18	0:40
Trail the series against # 5 Aye/Daubas, France 0-1
7/2/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Pool E	Aye/Daubas	5	Pristauz/Waller	17, Q2	17-21, 21-14, 15-8	0:42
Lead the series against # 6 Benesh/Crabb, United States 1-0
7/3/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Winner 1	Pristauz/Waller	17, Q2	Benesh/Crabb	6	21-18, 31-29	0:46
Lead the series against # 8 Boermans/Brouwer, Netherlands 1-0
7/1/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Pool E	Pristauz/Waller	17, Q2	Boermans/Brouwer	8	22-20, 21-19	0:37
Trail the series against # 9 Goncalves/Lanci, Brazil 0-2
7/5/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Bronze Medal	Goncalves/Lanci	9	Pristauz/Waller	17, Q2	22-20, 21-16	0:38
3/14/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Winner 2	Goncalves/Lanci	1	Pristauz/Waller	15	22-20, 18-21, 15-13	0:56
Trail the series against # 12 Berger/Hammarberg, Austria 0-1
4/10/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Winner 1	Berger/Hammarberg	8	Pristauz/Waller	18, Q3	21-16, 21-17	0:33
Lead the series against # 15 Cuzmiciov/Elazar, Israel 1-0
7/4/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Winner 2	Pristauz/Waller	17, Q2	Cuzmiciov/Elazar	15	26-24, 19-21, 15-13	0:59
Trail the series against # 19, Q7 Budinger/Crabb, United States 0-1
7/4/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Semi-Finals	Budinger/Crabb	19, Q7	Pristauz/Waller	17, Q2	21-19, 25-23	0:38
Lead the series against # 20, Q9 Gavira/Huerta, Spain 1-0
7/3/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Pool E	Pristauz/Waller	17, Q2	Gavira/Huerta	20, Q9	21-16, 21-18	0:32
Lead the series against # Q15 Alfieri/Ranghieri, Italy 1-0
7/1/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Qualifier 1	Pristauz/Waller	17, Q2	Alfieri/Ranghieri	Q15	21-19, 21-16	0:37