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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 BPT Elite16 Montréal
July 26 - 30, 2023

(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 Montréal Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2007	Did not play	Trent Irwin - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/20-23/2023	Challenge Edmonton	10, Q2	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	7/13-16/2023	Challenge Portugal	10, Q2	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	6/15-18/2023	Challenge Jurmala	Q6	25th	220	US$0.00
FIVB	4/13-16/2023	Challenge Saquarema	21	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	4/6-9/2023	Challenge Itapema	19	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	3/22-26/2023	Elite16 Tepic	Q12	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	3/16-19/2023	La Paz Challenge	8	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	2/1-5/2023	Doha Elite16	13, Q3	13th	460	US$5,000.00
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

Elite16 Montréal Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/26/2023	Qualifier 1	Daniele Lupo / Enrico Rossi, Italy (Q14)	Won 22-20, 20-22, 15-12	0:50
Wed, 7/26/2023	Qualifier 2	Izac Carracher / Mark Nicolaidis, Australia (15, Q11)	Lost 14-21, 19-21	0:32

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	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	2	1	0	$17,500.00	12	15	44.4 %
Total	FIVB	21	0	1	1	1	3	0	5	2	6	2	0	$69,500.00	36	38	48.6 %

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
9	0	0	0	0	0	6	2	1	0	$8,750.00	2023	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	6	2	1	0	$8,750.00
34	0	1	2	1	4	10	10	2	4	$36,950.00	Total	Total	127	2	2	2	2	9	22	24	26	38	$185,237.50

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%
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	1	9.1%	6	54.5%	4	36.4%	7-4	63.6%	3	14.3%	6	28.6%	12	57.1%	3-18	14.3%	2-24	7.7%	18-20	47.4%	0	0	10-22	31.3%

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 7-19 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 10 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 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 # 4 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 # 5 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 # 6 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
Trail the series against # 7 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
Series tied with # 9 Gauthier-Rat/Krou, France 1-1
4/8/23	FIVB	Challenge Itapema	Winner 1	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	5	Burnett/McHugh	19	19-21, 21-17, 16-14	0:51
11/26/22	FIVB	Torquay Challenge	Winner 2	Burnett/McHugh	1	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	6	21-19, 18-21, 15-11	0:48
Series tied with # 12 Dearing/Schachter, Canada 1-1
3/18/23	FIVB	La Paz Challenge	Winner 1	Dearing/Schachter	19, Q4	Burnett/McHugh	8	21-15, 21-14	0:32
5/6/22	FIVB	Doha Challenge	Pool F	Burnett/McHugh	7	Dearing/Schachter	19, Q4	25-23, 25-27, 16-14	1:00
Trail the series against # 14, Q2 Felipe/Lima, Brazil 0-1
7/14/23	FIVB	Challenge Portugal	Pool C	Felipe/Lima	3	Burnett/McHugh	10, Q2	21-18, 19-21, 15-12	0:55
Series tied with # 15, Q11 Carracher/Nicolaidis, Australia 1-1
7/26/23	FIVB	Elite16 Montréal	Qualifier 2	Carracher/Nicolaidis	15, Q11	Burnett/McHugh	Q3	21-14, 21-19	0:32
7/14/23	FIVB	Challenge Portugal	Pool C	Burnett/McHugh	10, Q2	Carracher/Nicolaidis	15	21-15, 20-22, 15-11	0:49
Trail the series against # 16, Q13 Budinger/Evans, United States 0-1
4/15/23	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Winner 1	Budinger/Evans	17, Q10	Burnett/McHugh	21	21-16, 17-21, 15-7	0:46
Lead the series against # Q5 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 # Q6 Bourne/Schalk, United States 0-2
7/15/23	FIVB	Challenge Portugal	Winner 1	Bourne/Schalk	2	Burnett/McHugh	10, Q2	21-15, 17-21, 17-15	0:48
4/7/23	FIVB	Challenge Itapema	Pool F	Bourne/Schalk	7	Burnett/McHugh	19	19-21, 21-15, 15-7	0:43
Trail the series against # Q7 Popov/Reznik, Ukraine 0-1
7/22/23	FIVB	Challenge Edmonton	Winner 1	Popov/Reznik	7	Burnett/McHugh	10, Q2	21-15, 21-19	0:39
Trail the series against # Q12 Canet/Rotar, France 0-1
7/21/23	FIVB	Challenge Edmonton	Pool C	Canet/Rotar	22	Burnett/McHugh	10, Q2	21-17, 21-10	0:32
Series tied with # Q14 Lupo/Rossi, Italy 1-1
7/26/23	FIVB	Elite16 Montréal	Qualifier 1	Burnett/McHugh	Q3	Lupo/Rossi	Q14	22-20, 20-22, 15-12	0:50
11/26/22	FIVB	Torquay Challenge	Semi-Finals	Lupo/Rossi	3	Burnett/McHugh	1	21-18, 17-21, 15-13	0:54
Lead the series against # Q15 Capogrosso/Capogrosso, Argentina 2-1
7/21/23	FIVB	Challenge Edmonton	Pool C	Burnett/McHugh	10, Q2	Capogrosso/Capogrosso	15	14-21, 21-18, 16-14	0:49
7/23/22	FIVB	Agadir Challenge	Winner 1	Burnett/McHugh	9	Capogrosso/Capogrosso	12	21-19, 22-24, 15-8	1:01
7/7/22	FIVB	Gstaad Elite 16	Pool C	Capogrosso/Capogrosso	30	Burnett/McHugh	14	17-21, 22-20, 15-10	0:44