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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$1,000,000 Beach Volleyball World Championships
June 10 - 19, 2022

(10) Paul Burnett/Christopher McHugh, Australia

Paul Burnett
Australia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 12, 1998 (28 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

Christopher McHugh
Australia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 31, 1989 (36 yrs old)

Home Town:

Pambula

Height:

197 cm (6'6")

Weight:

93 kg (205 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

130

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$191,237.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	Money
FIVB	24	0	1	1	1	3	0	5	3	5	3	2	US$81,500.00

Previous Rome Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2009	Did not play	Sam Boehm - 33rd
2012	Did not play	Joshua Slack - 41st
2013	Did not play	Isaac Kapa - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/1-5/2022	Jurmala Elite 16	10	13th	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	5/25-29/2022	Ostrava Elite 16	Q1	17th	400	US$0.00
FIVB	5/19-22/2022	Kusadasi Challenge	3	2nd	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	5/5-8/2022	Doha Challenge	7	5th	600	US$3,750.00
FIVB	3/23-27/2022	Rosarito Elite 16	Q2	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	3/16-20/2022	Tlaxcala Challenge	18, Q8	5th	600	US$3,750.00

Beach Volleyball World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sat, 6/11/2022	Pool J	Jorge Alayo / Noslen Diaz, Cuba (39)	Won 21-15, 21-18	0:34
Sun, 6/12/2022	Pool J	Marco Cairus / Hans Hannibal, Uruguay (34)	Lost 19-21, 21-15, 13-15	0:54
Mon, 6/13/2022	Pool J	Nils Ehlers / Clemens Wickler, Germany (15)	Lost 19-21, 18-21	0:39
Wed, 6/15/2022	Winner 1	Andre Loyola / George Wanderley, Brazil (5)	Lost 18-21, 15-21	0:39

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2013	World Championships	Stare Jablonki	Did not play	Isaac Kapa - 9th
2015	World Championships	The Hague	Did not play	Isaac Kapa - 9th
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Did not play	Damien Schumann - 9th
2022	World Championships	Rome	Christopher McHugh - 17th	Paul Burnett - 17th
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Christopher McHugh - 17th	Paul Burnett - 17th
2025	World Championships	Adelaide	Thomas Hodges - 37th	Did not play

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/10-19/2022	Beach Volleyball World Championships	10	17th	640	US$7,000.00
FIVB	10/6-15/2023	Beach Volleyball World Championships	32	17th	640	US$7,000.00

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$14,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	5	1	0	$25,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	12	0	1	1	1	2	0	5	0	1	1	0	$42,500.00
Total	24	0	1	1	1	3	0	5	3	8	2	0	$81,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Paul Burnett												Christopher McHugh
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	5	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	$23,500.00
11	0	0	0	0	1	4	5	1	0	$15,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	51	0	0	1	0	4	8	12	10	0	$111,250.00
20	0	1	1	1	2	6	2	3	0	$25,500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	56	0	1	1	1	3	7	7	14	0	$44,887.50
15	1	2	3	0	1	3	3	0	0	$4,000.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	13	2	1	0	1	1	3	4	1	0	$11,600.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$0.00
51	1	3	4	1	4	14	13	4	1	$53,200.00	Total	130	2	2	2	2	9	23	26	26	0	$191,237.50

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
2022	FIVB	7	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	$27,500.00	13	13	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	7	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	$27,500.00	13	13	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Paul Burnett													Christopher McHugh
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2006	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
											2007	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2007	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2008	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	$1,800.00
											2008	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2009	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	8	$5,300.00
											2009	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2010	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	10	$3,800.00
											2011	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	6	$10,750.00
											2012	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
											2013	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	2	0	$22,650.00
											2014	FIVB	7	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	2	0	$38,000.00
											2015	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	3	1	$28,900.00
											2016	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	$9,187.50
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2016	FIVB Age Group WC
											2017	FIVB	9	1	0	0	0	0	4	2	1	1	$16,300.00
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	7	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	3	1	$6,050.00
6	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	3	$1,250.00	2019	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	1	$5,750.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$400.00	2020	FIVB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
											2021	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
7	0	1	0	0	2	1	3	0	0	$13,750.00	2022	FIVB	7	0	1	0	0	2	1	3	0	0	$13,750.00
20	0	1	1	0	3	4	7	0	4	$15,950.00	Total	Total	113	2	2	1	1	8	16	21	24	38	$164,237.50

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	19	48.7%	12	30.8%	8	20.5%	31-8	79.5%	10	21.7%	12	26.1%	24	52.2%	10-36	21.7%	19-24	44.2%	22-20	52.4%	0	0	41-44	48.2%
2021-2022	13	56.5%	6	26.1%	4	17.4%	19-4	82.6%	5	20.8%	7	29.2%	12	50.0%	5-19	20.8%	13-12	52.0%	11-11	50.0%	0	0	24-23	51.1%
Against the Field	8	47.1%	6	35.3%	3	17.6%	14-3	82.4%	3	13.0%	6	26.1%	14	60.9%	3-20	13.0%	16-28	36.4%	18-18	50.0%	0	0	17-23	42.5%

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	2	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	6	5	4	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	16
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	5	1	13	9	0	1	8	7	1	2	1	1	0	1	28	22
Total	0	0	11	6	19	23	1	1	8	10	1	2	1	1	0	1	41	44

Head to Head Results
Burnett/McHugh trail the series against the field 7-9 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 7 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Carambula/Rossi, Italy 1-0
5/22/22	FIVB	Kusadasi Challenge	Semi-Finals	Burnett/McHugh	3	Carambula/Rossi	7	21-18, 23-21	0:38
Trail the series against # 2 Bryl/Losiak, Poland 0-1
3/19/22	FIVB	Tlaxcala Challenge	Winner 2	Bryl/Losiak	3	Burnett/McHugh	18, Q8	21-16, 21-13	0:36
Trail the series against # 3 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 0-1
6/2/22	FIVB	Jurmala Elite 16	Pool B	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	2	Burnett/McHugh	10	21-17, 21-16	0:36
Trail the series against # 5 Loyola/Wanderley, Brazil 0-1
6/15/22	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Winner 1	Loyola/Wanderley	5	Burnett/McHugh	10	21-18, 21-15	0:39
Trail the series against # 11 Bourne/Crabb, United States 0-1
5/25/22	FIVB	Ostrava Elite 16	Qualifier 2	Bourne/Crabb	15, Q9	Burnett/McHugh	Q1	21-14, 21-11	0:32
Lead the series against # 13 Carvalhaes/Cerutti, Brazil 1-0
3/18/22	FIVB	Tlaxcala Challenge	Winner 1	Burnett/McHugh	18, Q8	Carvalhaes/Cerutti	5	21-13, 21-16	0:34
Trail the series against # 15 Ehlers/Wickler, Germany 0-3
6/13/22	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool J	Ehlers/Wickler	15	Burnett/McHugh	10	21-19, 21-18	0:39
6/2/22	FIVB	Jurmala Elite 16	Pool B	Ehlers/Wickler	15, Q4	Burnett/McHugh	10	21-17, 18-21, 15-11	0:47
5/20/22	FIVB	Kusadasi Challenge	Pool C	Ehlers/Wickler	10	Burnett/McHugh	3	17-21, 21-17, 15-9	0:48
Trail the series against # 19 Brunner/Schalk, United States 0-1
6/3/22	FIVB	Jurmala Elite 16	Pool B	Brunner/Schalk	7	Burnett/McHugh	10	21-18, 29-27	0:41
Lead the series against # 26 Dearing/Schachter, Canada 1-0
5/6/22	FIVB	Doha Challenge	Pool F	Burnett/McHugh	7	Dearing/Schachter	19, Q4	25-23, 25-27, 16-14	1:00
Lead the series against # 27 Sarabia/Virgen, Mexico 1-0
5/6/22	FIVB	Doha Challenge	Pool F	Burnett/McHugh	7	Sarabia/Virgen	18	21-19, 21-15	0:39
Lead the series against # 31 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 1-0
5/21/22	FIVB	Kusadasi Challenge	Winner 1	Burnett/McHugh	3	Gavira/Herrera	16	21-17, 21-16	0:37
Lead the series against # 33 Kantor/Rudol, Poland 1-0
5/21/22	FIVB	Kusadasi Challenge	Winner 2	Burnett/McHugh	3	Kantor/Rudol	17	21-17, 21-15	0:39
Trail the series against # 34 Cairus/Hannibal, Uruguay 0-1
6/12/22	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool J	Cairus/Hannibal	34	Burnett/McHugh	10	21-19, 15-21, 15-13	0:54
Lead the series against # 39 Alayo/Diaz, Cuba 1-0
6/11/22	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool J	Burnett/McHugh	10	Alayo/Diaz	39	21-15, 21-18	0:34