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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$1,000,000 2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships
November 14 - 23, 2025

(46) Paul Burnett/Thomas Hodges, Australia

Paul Burnett
Australia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 12, 1998 (27 yrs old)

Home Town:

London, Ontario, Canada

Height:

198 cm (6'6")

Weight:

81 kg (178 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Geelong 2023)

Career Winnings:

US$53,317.13

Thomas Hodges
Australia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 4, 1994 (31 yrs old)

Home Town:

East Melbourne

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

95 kg (209 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Jurmala 2023)

Career Winnings:

US$76,852.95

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	37	Money
FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	US$13,150.00

Previous Adelaide Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/15-19/2025	BPT Challenge Nuvali	10	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	16, Q10	13th	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	10/1-5/2025	BPT Challenge Veracruz	28, Q6	25th	220	US$1,500.00

2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 11/14/2025	Pool C	David Ahman / Jonatan Hellvig, Sweden (3)	Lost 8-21, 15-21	0:27
Sat, 11/15/2025	Pool C	Saymon Barbosa / George Wanderley, Brazil (22)	Won 21-17, 14-21, 15-13	0:43
Sun, 11/16/2025	Pool C	Renato Lima / Andre Loyola, Brazil (27)	Lost 21-18, 19-21, 10-15	0:48

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2022	World Championships	Rome	Christopher McHugh - 17th	Did not play
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Christopher McHugh - 17th	Zachery Schubert - 9th
2025	World Championships	Adelaide	Thomas Hodges - 37th	Paul Burnett - 37th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	46	37th	160	US$3,400.00

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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$3,400.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$5,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$4,750.00
Total	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	$13,150.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Paul Burnett												Thomas Hodges
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$8,700.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$7,200.00
11	0	0	0	0	1	4	5	1	0	$15,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	10	0	1	0	0	1	4	4	0	0	$23,750.00
20	0	1	1	1	2	6	2	3	0	$25,500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	26	1	2	1	1	6	7	4	4	0	$44,625.00
15	1	2	3	0	1	3	3	0	0	$4,000.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	5	0	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	$950.00
											U23 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
51	1	3	4	1	4	14	13	4	1	$53,200.00	Total	46	1	4	3	1	7	13	11	5	1	$76,525.00

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
2025	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	$13,150.00	6	9	40.0 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	$13,150.00	6	9	40.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Paul Burnett													Thomas Hodges
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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2016	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2017	FIVB Age Group WC
4	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	$550.00	2018	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
6	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	3	$1,250.00	2019	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$400.00	2020	FIVB
12	0	1	1	1	3	1	4	1	0	$26,000.00	2022	FIVB	10	0	2	2	0	3	1	0	2	0	$16,575.00
12	1	0	0	0	0	6	4	1	0	$12,750.00	2023	FIVB	14	1	1	1	0	2	5	4	0	0	$29,000.00
5	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,700.00	2024	FIVB	11	0	1	0	1	2	4	3	0	0	$19,125.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	3	$8,550.00	2025	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	1	$11,825.00
51	1	3	4	1	4	14	13	4	7	$53,200.00	Total	Total	46	1	4	3	1	7	13	11	5	1	$76,525.00

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	2	28.6%	3	42.9%	2	28.6%	5-2	71.4%	1	12.5%	1	12.5%	6	75.0%	1-7	12.5%	2-6	25.0%	4-3	57.1%	0	0	6-9	40.0%
2024-2025	2	28.6%	3	42.9%	2	28.6%	5-2	71.4%	1	12.5%	1	12.5%	6	75.0%	1-7	12.5%	2-6	25.0%	4-3	57.1%	0	0	6-9	40.0%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	0-6	0.0%	2-4	33.3%	0	0	1-5	16.7%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	1	0	1	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4
Total	0	0	3	0	2	8	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	9

Head to Head Results
Burnett/Hodges trail the series against the field 1-5 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 5 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Ahman/Hellvig, Sweden 0-1
11/14/25	FIVB	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool C	Ahman/Hellvig	3	Burnett/Hodges	46	21-8, 21-15	0:27
Trail the series against # 10 Tijan/Younousse, Qatar 0-1
10/8/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Newport Beach	Pool A	Tijan/Younousse	1	Burnett/Hodges	16, Q10	21-12, 21-15	0:28
Trail the series against # 16 Budinger/Evans, United States 0-1
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 # 22 Barbosa/Wanderley, Brazil 1-0
11/15/25	FIVB	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool C	Burnett/Hodges	46	Barbosa/Wanderley	22	21-17, 14-21, 15-13	0:43
Trail the series against # 23 Berntsen/Mol, Norway 0-1
10/8/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Newport Beach	Pool A	Berntsen/Mol	8	Burnett/Hodges	16, Q10	21-19, 21-18	0:36
Trail the series against # 27 Lima/Loyola, Brazil 0-1
11/16/25	FIVB	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool C	Lima/Loyola	27	Burnett/Hodges	46	18-21, 21-19, 15-10	0:48