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

(16, Q10) 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 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	28, Q6	25th	220	US$1,500.00

BPT Elite Newport Beach Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 10/7/2025	Qualifier 1	Jiri Sedlak / Tadeas Trousil, Czech Republic (Q7)	Won 27-25, 21-14	0:37
Tue, 10/7/2025	Qualifier 2	Heitor Barbosa / Vinicius Rezende, Brazil (Q2)	Won 21-19, 13-21, 15-11	0:41
Wed, 10/8/2025	Pool A	Ahmed Tijan / Cherif Younousse, Qatar (1)	Lost 12-21, 15-21	0:28
Wed, 10/8/2025	Pool A	Mathias Berntsen / Hendrik Mol, Norway (8)	Lost 19-21, 18-21	0:36
Thu, 10/9/2025	Pool A	Chase Budinger / Miles Evans, United States (9)	Lost 21-10, 20-22, 9-15	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$)
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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$6,500.00	3	5	37.5 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$6,500.00	3	5	37.5 %

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
7	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	2	$5,225.00	2025	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	$8,500.00
49	1	3	4	1	4	13	13	4	6	$49,875.00	Total	Total	44	1	4	3	1	7	12	11	5	0	$73,200.00

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	1	25.0%	2	50.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	1	20.0%	0	0.0%	4	80.0%	1-4	20.0%	2-8	20.0%	6-2	75.0%	0	0	4-5	44.4%

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 2-4 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Tijan/Younousse, Qatar 0-1
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 # 8 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 # 9 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 # Q2 Barbosa/Rezende, Brazil 1-0
10/7/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Newport Beach	Qualifier 2	Burnett/Hodges	16, Q10	Barbosa/Rezende	Q2	21-19, 13-21, 15-11	0:41
Trail the series against # Q4 Popov/Reznik, Ukraine 0-1
10/2/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Veracruz	Pool E	Popov/Reznik	5	Burnett/Hodges	28, Q6	26-24, 21-18	0:37
Lead the series against # Q7 Sedlak/Trousil, Czech Republic 1-0
10/7/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Newport Beach	Qualifier 1	Burnett/Hodges	16, Q10	Sedlak/Trousil	Q7	27-25, 21-14	0:37