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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 BPT Elite Newport Beach
October 7 - 11, 2025

(5) Nils Ehlers/Clemens Wickler, Germany

Nils Ehlers
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 4, 1994 (31 yrs old)

Home Town:

Berlin

Height:

211 cm (6'11")

Weight:

106 kg (233 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (6 times)

Career Winnings:

US$224,000.00

Clemens Wickler
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 28, 1995 (30 yrs old)

Home Town:

Starnberg

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

83 kg (183 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB U18/19 World Championships Porto 2013)

Career FIVB WT Best:

2nd (7 times)

Career Winnings:

US$293,700.00

Awards

Most Improved Team 2019 (with Julius Thole)

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	Money
FIVB	37	0	4	3	5	14	1	5	1	1	3	0	US$341,000.00

Previous Newport Beach Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/27-31/2025	BPT Elite Hamburg	6	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	8/6-10/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	4	2nd	760	US$13,000.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2025	BPT Elite Gstaad	16	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2025	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	17	5th	600	US$5,000.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2025	BPT Challenge Alanya	2	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	5/28-6/1/2025	BPT Elite Ostrava	8	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	4/9-13/2025	BPT Elite Saquarema	9	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	12/4-7/2024	Finals Doha 2024	5	5th	240	US$20,000.00

BPT Elite Newport Beach Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 10/8/2025	Pool D	Saymon Barbosa / George Wanderley, Brazil (12)	Won 21-14, 21-16	0:31
Thu, 10/9/2025	Pool D	Esteban Grimalt / Marco Grimalt, Chile (13, Q1)	Won 21-17, 21-13	0:35
Thu, 10/9/2025	Pool D	Andy Benesh / Miles Partain, United States (4)	Won 19-21, 21-18, 15-4	0:46
Fri, 10/10/2025	Winner 2	Taylor Crabb / Trevor Crabb, United States (11)	Lost 14-21, 18-21	0:37

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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$46,000.00
World Tour Finals	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$35,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	25	0	2	2	4	11	0	3	1	2	0	0	$227,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	$33,000.00
Total	37	0	4	3	5	14	1	5	1	4	0	0	$341,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Nils Ehlers												Clemens Wickler
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	$26,500.00	World Championships	4	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	$45,500.00
3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$21,500.00	World Tour Finals	4	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	$51,000.00
28	0	2	2	4	12	4	2	1	0	$121,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	38	0	2	2	4	11	4	6	2	0	$130,500.00
26	0	2	1	0	4	4	4	4	0	$45,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	31	0	2	3	0	4	11	4	3	0	$64,200.00
8	0	1	0	0	2	4	1	0	0	$9,500.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$2,500.00
											U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
70	0	6	3	5	20	14	9	5	0	$224,000.00	Total	85	1	7	5	6	19	17	12	6	0	$293,700.00

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
2022	FIVB	6	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	$40,750.00	18	10	64.3 %
2023	FIVB	11	0	1	1	0	4	1	3	1	0	0	0	$109,000.00	28	25	52.8 %
2024	FIVB	10	0	2	0	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	$102,000.00	34	24	58.6 %
2025	FIVB	8	0	1	0	0	4	0	1	0	2	0	0	$52,250.00	19	11	63.3 %
Total	FIVB	35	0	4	3	4	13	1	5	1	4	0	0	$304,000.00	99	70	58.6 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Nils Ehlers													Clemens Wickler
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2013	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2014	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	2	$13,200.00
											2014	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2015	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	$1,000.00
											2016	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
											2017	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
11	0	1	0	0	1	3	1	1	4	$8,750.00	2018	FIVB	13	0	0	1	1	1	2	3	2	3	$35,500.00
14	0	1	0	0	2	2	3	2	4	$29,250.00	2019	FIVB	11	0	3	1	0	1	4	1	1	0	$66,500.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$5,000.00	2020	FIVB
6	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	0	$10,500.00	2021	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	1	0	$7,000.00
6	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	$20,375.00	2022	FIVB	6	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	$20,375.00
11	0	1	1	0	5	4	0	0	0	$54,500.00	2023	FIVB	11	0	1	1	0	5	4	0	0	0	$54,500.00
10	0	2	0	4	3	1	0	0	0	$51,000.00	2024	FIVB	10	0	2	0	4	3	1	0	0	0	$51,000.00
8	0	1	0	0	4	1	2	0	0	$26,125.00	2025	FIVB	8	0	1	0	0	4	1	2	0	0	$26,125.00
68	0	6	3	4	19	14	9	5	8	$205,500.00	Total	Total	83	1	7	5	5	18	17	12	6	12	$275,200.00

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	73	66.4%	18	16.4%	19	17.3%	91-19	82.7%	14	20.9%	11	16.4%	42	62.7%	14-53	20.9%	73-42	63.5%	32-30	51.6%	1	3	106-75	58.6%
2024-2025	39	61.9%	13	20.6%	11	17.5%	52-11	82.5%	7	21.2%	4	12.1%	22	66.7%	7-26	21.2%	39-22	63.9%	20-15	57.1%	1	3	60-40	60.0%
Against the Field	19	73.1%	5	19.2%	2	7.7%	24-2	92.3%	2	15.4%	2	15.4%	9	69.2%	2-11	15.4%	38-16	70.4%	14-8	63.6%	0	1	26-13	66.7%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	6	1
World Championships	0	0	0	0	7	2	0	0	4	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	11	6
World Tour Finals	0	0	0	0	3	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	2	0	43	27	0	0	20	15	2	6	2	4	0	2	69	54
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	9	3	0	0	6	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	17	8
Total	0	0	2	0	65	37	0	0	32	21	4	8	3	5	0	4	106	75

Head to Head Results
Ehlers/Wickler lead the series against the field 23-12 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 5 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Tijan/Younousse, Qatar 1-3
12/5/24	FIVB	Finals Doha 2024	Pool A	Tijan/Younousse	1	Ehlers/Wickler	5	16-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:51
7/28/23	FIVB	Elite16 Montréal	Pool D	Tijan/Younousse	5	Ehlers/Wickler	4	21-15, 21-16	0:34
2/4/23	FIVB	Doha Elite16	Winner 1	Ehlers/Wickler	10	Tijan/Younousse	4	21-19, 21-16	0:36
6/4/22	FIVB	Jurmala Elite 16	Winner 1	Tijan/Younousse	1	Ehlers/Wickler	15, Q4	21-18, 21-19	0:41
Trail the series against # 2 Andersson/Nilsson, Sweden 0-1
8/10/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Baden	Gold Medal	Andersson/Nilsson	3	Ehlers/Wickler	4	21-18, 21-16	0:39
Lead the series against # 3 Goncalves/Lanci, Brazil 2-0
7/5/24	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Pool D	Ehlers/Wickler	4	Goncalves/Lanci	5	21-10, 21-13	0:32
3/7/24	FIVB	Elite16 Doha	Pool A	Ehlers/Wickler	8	Goncalves/Lanci	9	21-17, 21-17	0:35
Lead the series against # 4 Benesh/Partain, United States 6-1
10/9/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Newport Beach	Pool D	Ehlers/Wickler	5	Benesh/Partain	4	19-21, 21-18, 15-4	0:46
7/12/24	FIVB	Elite16 Vienna	Pool C	Ehlers/Wickler	3	Benesh/Partain	6	21-14, 21-19	0:35
7/5/24	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Winner 1	Ehlers/Wickler	4	Benesh/Partain	6	21-13, 21-13	0:32
6/7/24	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Pool B	Benesh/Partain	10	Ehlers/Wickler	7	21-17, 26-24	0:43
5/25/24	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Espinho	Winner 1	Ehlers/Wickler	6	Benesh/Partain	9	21-16, 21-18	0:39
4/18/24	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Pool D	Ehlers/Wickler	5	Benesh/Partain	4	21-13, 21-13	0:31
6/1/23	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Pool D	Ehlers/Wickler	5	Benesh/Partain	13, Q3	19-21, 21-17, 15-6	0:47
Trail the series against # 6 Fokerots/Plavins, Latvia 0-1
8/30/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Hamburg	Winner 3	Fokerots/Plavins	13	Ehlers/Wickler	6	21-19, 15-21, 15-9	0:50
Trail the series against # 7 Carracher/Nicolaidis, Australia 1-3
8/9/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Baden	Winner 3	Ehlers/Wickler	4	Carracher/Nicolaidis	6	21-18, 24-22	0:38
6/14/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Alanya	Winner 2	Carracher/Nicolaidis	19	Ehlers/Wickler	2	12-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:50
8/22/24	FIVB	Elite16 Hamburg	Pool A	Carracher/Nicolaidis	9	Ehlers/Wickler	1	By Forfeit
5/23/24	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Espinho	Pool C	Carracher/Nicolaidis	14, Q10	Ehlers/Wickler	6	21-14, 21-17	0:30
Lead the series against # 8 Berntsen/Mol, Norway 2-0
7/4/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Winner 1	Ehlers/Wickler	16	Berntsen/Mol	10	21-16, 21-13	0:33
5/21/22	FIVB	Kusadasi Challenge	Winner 2	Ehlers/Wickler	10	Berntsen/Mol	19, Q4	21-17, 21-15	0:35
Lead the series against # 9 Budinger/Evans, United States 3-0
8/10/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Baden	Semi-Finals	Ehlers/Wickler	4	Budinger/Evans	11	21-15, 18-21, 15-13	0:49
5/25/24	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Espinho	Winner 2	Ehlers/Wickler	6	Budinger/Evans	13, Q1	21-14, 21-14	0:34
5/4/24	FIVB	Elite16 Brasília	Winner 2	Ehlers/Wickler	3	Budinger/Evans	9	21-14, 23-21	0:37
Trail the series against # 11 Crabb/Crabb, United States 0-1
10/10/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Newport Beach	Winner 2	Crabb/Crabb	11	Ehlers/Wickler	5	21-14, 21-18	0:37
Lead the series against # 12 Barbosa/Wanderley, Brazil 1-0
10/8/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Newport Beach	Pool D	Ehlers/Wickler	5	Barbosa/Wanderley	12	21-14, 21-16	0:31
Lead the series against # 13, Q1 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 6-2
10/9/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Newport Beach	Pool D	Ehlers/Wickler	5	Grimalt/Grimalt	13, Q1	21-17, 21-13	0:35
8/8/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Baden	Pool D	Ehlers/Wickler	4	Grimalt/Grimalt	13	21-18, 17-21, 15-12	0:48
7/14/24	FIVB	Elite16 Vienna	Bronze Medal	Grimalt/Grimalt	7	Ehlers/Wickler	3	21-18, 21-16	0:39
5/3/24	FIVB	Elite16 Brasília	Pool C	Ehlers/Wickler	3	Grimalt/Grimalt	14, Q4	21-14, 18-21, 15-13	0:50
9/28/23	FIVB	Elite16 Paris	Pool B	Ehlers/Wickler	10	Grimalt/Grimalt	15, Q8	21-16, 21-13	0:34
7/8/23	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Winner 1	Grimalt/Grimalt	10	Ehlers/Wickler	5	21-17, 12-21, 15-13	0:47
6/2/23	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Pool D	Ehlers/Wickler	5	Grimalt/Grimalt	12	21-19, 21-19	0:39
8/12/22	FIVB	Hamburg Elite 16	Pool D	Ehlers/Wickler	12	Grimalt/Grimalt	5	21-15, 18-21, 15-10	0:48
Lead the series against # 14, Q5 Gavira/Huerta, Spain 1-0
8/9/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Baden	Winner 2	Ehlers/Wickler	4	Gavira/Huerta	14	21-12, 18-21, 18-16	0:47