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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Xiamen
May 14 - 18, 2025

(18) Paul Burnett/Luke Ryan, 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

Luke Ryan
Australia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 10, 2004 (21 yrs old)

Home Town:

South Brisbane

Height:

197 cm (6'6")

Weight:

93 kg (205 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Qingdao 2024)

Career Winnings:

US$5,150.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	US$3,950.00

Previous Xiamen Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2019	Maximilian Guehrer - 41st	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/26-30/2025	BPT Futures Coolangatta	2	9th	180	US$200.00

BPT Challenge Xiamen Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/15/2025	Pool B	Samuele Cottafava / Gianluca Dal Corso, Italy (15)	Lost 22-24, 21-14, 13-15	0:47
Fri, 5/16/2025	Pool B	Florian Breer / Luc Fluckiger, Switzerland (31, Q12)	Won 21-15, 21-16	0:31
Fri, 5/16/2025	Winner 1	Alexander Horst / Paul Pascariuc, Austria (9)	Lost 14-21, 14-21	0:31

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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$3,750.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$200.00
Total	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	$3,950.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Paul Burnett												Luke Ryan
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$8,700.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$1,700.00
11	0	0	0	0	1	4	5	1	0	$15,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam
20	0	1	1	1	2	6	2	3	0	$25,500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	$3,000.00
15	1	2	3	0	1	3	3	0	0	$4,000.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	$450.00
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	U18/19 World Championships
51	1	3	4	1	4	14	13	4	1	$53,200.00	Total	13	0	1	0	0	0	1	6	2	1	$5,150.00

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	1	0	1	0	0	$2,450.00	2	4	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$2,450.00	2	4	33.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Paul Burnett													Luke Ryan
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
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
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
12	1	0	0	0	0	6	4	1	0	$12,750.00	2023	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
5	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,700.00	2024	FIVB	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	$350.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,225.00	2025	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,225.00
44	1	3	4	1	4	12	13	2	4	$45,875.00	Total	Total	8	0	1	0	0	0	1	5	1	0	$1,575.00

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	4	80.0%	0	0.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	1	12.5%	2	25.0%	5	62.5%	1-7	12.5%	4-5	44.4%	1-3	25.0%	0	0	5-8	38.5%
2024-2025	4	80.0%	0	0.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	1	12.5%	2	25.0%	5	62.5%	1-7	12.5%	4-5	44.4%	1-3	25.0%	0	0	5-8	38.5%
Against the Field	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	1	20.0%	1	20.0%	3	60.0%	1-4	20.0%	4-6	40.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	3-4	42.9%

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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	3	2	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	6
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Total	0	0	3	2	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	8

Head to Head Results
Burnett/Ryan trail the series against the field 1-2 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 9 Horst/Pascariuc, Austria 0-1
5/16/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Winner 1	Horst/Pascariuc	9	Burnett/Ryan	18	21-14, 21-14	0:31
Trail the series against # 15 Cottafava/Dal Corso, Italy 0-1
5/15/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Pool B	Cottafava/Dal Corso	15	Burnett/Ryan	18	24-22, 14-21, 15-13	0:47
Lead the series against # 31, Q12 Breer/Fluckiger, Switzerland 1-0
5/16/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Pool B	Burnett/Ryan	18	Breer/Fluckiger	31, Q12	21-15, 21-16	0:31