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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 Doha BPT Elite16
February 1 - 5, 2023

(13, Q3) Paul Burnett/Christopher McHugh, 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

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 Doha Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2018	Did not play	Damien Schumann - 33rd
2022	Christopher McHugh - 5th	Paul Burnett - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	11/29-12/3/2022	Torquay Elite 16	1	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	11/23-27/2022	Torquay Challenge	1	3rd	720	US$7,000.00
FIVB	7/21-24/2022	Agadir Challenge	9	4th	680	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/14-17/2022	Espinho Challenge	12	17th	360	US$1,500.00
FIVB	7/6-9/2022	Gstaad Elite 16	14	25th	340	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/10-19/2022	Beach Volleyball World Championships	10	17th	640	US$7,000.00
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

Doha Elite16 Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 2/1/2023	Qualifier 1	Artur Hajos / Bence Streli, Hungary (Q14)	Won 21-14, 21-18	0:34
Wed, 2/1/2023	Qualifier 2	Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Janis Smedins, Latvia (Q6)	Won 21-18, 21-16	0:35
Thu, 2/2/2023	Pool D	Andre Loyola / George Wanderley, Brazil (5)	Lost 17-21, 21-19, 11-15	0:49
Thu, 2/2/2023	Pool D	Adrian Carambula / Alex Ranghieri, Italy (12, Q1)	Lost 19-21, 19-21	0:36
Fri, 2/3/2023	Pool D	Ahmed Tijan / Cherif Younousse, Qatar (4)	Lost 16-21, 17-21	0:35

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	12	0	1	1	1	3	0	0	1	4	1	0	$52,000.00	24	23	51.1 %
2023	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$5,000.00	2	3	40.0 %
Total	FIVB	13	0	1	1	1	3	0	0	2	4	1	0	$57,000.00	26	26	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
12	0	1	1	1	3	1	4	1	0	$26,000.00	2022	FIVB	12	0	1	1	1	3	1	4	1	0	$26,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,500.00	2023	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,500.00
26	0	1	2	1	4	5	8	1	4	$30,700.00	Total	Total	119	2	2	2	2	9	17	22	25	38	$178,987.50

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%
2022-2023	19	50.0%	11	28.9%	8	21.1%	30-8	78.9%	8	19.0%	11	26.2%	23	54.8%	8-34	19.0%	19-23	45.2%	19-19	50.0%	0	0	38-42	47.5%
Against the Field	4	57.1%	1	14.3%	2	28.6%	5-2	71.4%	1	7.1%	4	28.6%	9	64.3%	1-13	7.1%	8-18	30.8%	4-12	25.0%	0	0	6-15	28.6%

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 3-12 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 8 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
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 # 4 Tijan/Younousse, Qatar 0-1
2/3/23	FIVB	Doha Elite16	Pool D	Tijan/Younousse	4	Burnett/McHugh	13, Q3	21-16, 21-17	0:35
Trail the series against # 5 Loyola/Wanderley, Brazil 0-2
2/2/23	FIVB	Doha Elite16	Pool D	Loyola/Wanderley	5	Burnett/McHugh	13, Q3	21-17, 19-21, 15-11	0:49
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 # 7 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 # 8 Ahman/Hellvig, Sweden 0-1
5/22/22	FIVB	Kusadasi Challenge	Gold Medal	Ahman/Hellvig	11	Burnett/McHugh	3	19-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:49
Trail the series against # 10 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 # 12, Q1 Carambula/Ranghieri, Italy 0-1
2/2/23	FIVB	Doha Elite16	Pool D	Carambula/Ranghieri	12, Q1	Burnett/McHugh	13, Q3	21-19, 21-19	0:36
Lead the series against # 14, Q4 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
Trail the series against # 16, Q10 Dumek/Sedlak, Czech Republic 0-1
11/24/22	FIVB	Torquay Challenge	Pool A	Dumek/Sedlak	24, Q8	Burnett/McHugh	1	21-18, 10-21, 17-15	0:48
Series tied with # Q6 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 1-1
2/1/23	FIVB	Doha Elite16	Qualifier 2	Burnett/McHugh	13, Q3	Samoilovs/Smedins	Q6	21-18, 21-16	0:35
7/15/22	FIVB	Espinho Challenge	Pool A	Samoilovs/Smedins	13	Burnett/McHugh	12	21-15, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # Q14 Hajos/Streli, Hungary 1-0
2/1/23	FIVB	Doha Elite16	Qualifier 1	Burnett/McHugh	13, Q3	Hajos/Streli	Q14	21-14, 21-18	0:34