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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 BPT Elite16 Vienna
July 10 - 14, 2024

(14, Q4) 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 Vienna Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2017	Did not play	Damien Schumann - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/6-15/2023	Beach Volleyball World Championships	32	17th	640	US$7,000.00
FIVB	8/16-20/2023	Elite16 Hamburg	Q7	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	7/26-30/2023	Elite16 Montréal	Q3	17th	400	US$0.00
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

Elite16 Vienna Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/10/2024	Qualifier 1	Adrian Carambula / Alex Ranghieri, Italy (Q13)	Won 24-22, 16-21, 15-9	0:51
Wed, 7/10/2024	Qualifier 2	Leon Luini / Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands (Q12)	Won 13-21, 21-15, 15-11	0:46
Thu, 7/11/2024	Pool C	Nils Ehlers / Clemens Wickler, Germany (3)	Won 13-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:45
Thu, 7/11/2024	Pool C	Andy Benesh / Miles Partain, United States (6)	Lost 22-24, 17-21	0:41
Fri, 7/12/2024	Pool C	Lukas Pfretzschner / Sven Winter, Germany (11)	Lost 23-25, 28-26, 7-15	1:04

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	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	4	1	0	$24,500.00	14	19	42.4 %
2024	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$5,000.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	24	0	1	1	1	3	0	5	3	8	2	0	$81,500.00	41	44	48.2 %

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
12	1	0	0	0	0	6	4	1	0	$12,750.00	2023	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	6	4	1	0	$12,250.00
5	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,700.00	2024	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,500.00
42	1	3	4	1	4	11	12	2	4	$44,650.00	Total	Total	130	2	2	2	2	9	23	26	26	38	$191,237.50

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%
2023-2024	6	37.5%	6	37.5%	4	25.0%	12-4	75.0%	5	22.7%	5	22.7%	12	54.5%	5-17	22.7%	6-12	33.3%	11-9	55.0%	0	0	17-21	44.7%
Against the Field	1	12.5%	3	37.5%	4	50.0%	4-4	50.0%	3	15.8%	4	21.1%	12	63.2%	3-16	15.8%	2-24	7.7%	12-16	42.9%	0	0	7-20	25.9%

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
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 7-20 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 11 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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 # 3 Ehlers/Wickler, Germany 1-3
7/11/24	FIVB	Elite16 Vienna	Pool C	Burnett/McHugh	14, Q4	Ehlers/Wickler	3	13-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:45
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 # 4 Immers/van de Velde, Netherlands 0-1
4/14/23	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Pool D	Immers/van de Velde	4	Burnett/McHugh	21	21-23, 21-19, 15-11	0:52
Trail the series against # 5 Boermans/de Groot, Netherlands 0-2
3/22/23	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Qualifier 1	Boermans/de Groot	13, Q5	Burnett/McHugh	Q12	21-14, 21-18	0:34
5/7/22	FIVB	Doha Challenge	Winner 2	Boermans/de Groot	3	Burnett/McHugh	7	21-17, 22-20	0:37
Trail the series against # 6 Benesh/Partain, United States 0-1
7/11/24	FIVB	Elite16 Vienna	Pool C	Benesh/Partain	6	Burnett/McHugh	14, Q4	24-22, 21-17	0:41
Trail the series against # 8 Cottafava/Nicolai, Italy 0-1
10/8/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool H	Cottafava/Nicolai	8	Burnett/McHugh	32	21-18, 21-18	0:35
Trail the series against # 9 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 # 10 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 # 11 Pfretzschner/Winter, Germany 0-1
7/12/24	FIVB	Elite16 Vienna	Pool C	Pfretzschner/Winter	11	Burnett/McHugh	14, Q4	25-23, 26-28, 15-7	1:04
Lead the series against # 12 Horl/Horst, Austria 1-0
5/20/22	FIVB	Kusadasi Challenge	Pool C	Burnett/McHugh	3	Horl/Horst	22, Q10	17-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:50
Series tied with # 13, Q2 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
Series tied with # 15, Q6 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 1-1
10/6/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool H	Gavira/Herrera	17	Burnett/McHugh	32	22-20, 21-13	0:34
5/21/22	FIVB	Kusadasi Challenge	Winner 1	Burnett/McHugh	3	Gavira/Herrera	16	21-17, 21-16	0:37
Trail the series against # Q1 Hodges/Schubert, Australia 0-1
12/2/22	FIVB	Torquay Elite 16	Winner 1	Hodges/Schubert	7	Burnett/McHugh	1	21-18, 23-21	0:39
Series tied with # Q3 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
Trail the series against # Q10 Breer/Krattiger, Switzerland 0-2
7/24/22	FIVB	Agadir Challenge	Bronze Medal	Breer/Krattiger	3	Burnett/McHugh	9	19-21, 21-14, 15-10	0:49
3/17/22	FIVB	Tlaxcala Challenge	Pool F	Breer/Krattiger	7	Burnett/McHugh	18, Q8	21-18, 24-26, 15-12	1:00
Lead the series against # Q12 Luini/Varenhorst, Netherlands 1-0
7/10/24	FIVB	Elite16 Vienna	Qualifier 2	Burnett/McHugh	14, Q4	Luini/Varenhorst	Q12	13-21, 21-15, 15-11	0:46
Series tied with # Q13 Carambula/Ranghieri, Italy 1-1
7/10/24	FIVB	Elite16 Vienna	Qualifier 1	Burnett/McHugh	14, Q4	Carambula/Ranghieri	Q13	24-22, 16-21, 15-9	0:51
2/2/23	FIVB	Doha Elite16	Pool D	Carambula/Ranghieri	12, Q1	Burnett/McHugh	13, Q3	21-19, 21-19	0:36