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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Baden
August 6 - 10, 2025

(7) Matthew Immers/Ruben Penninga, Netherlands

Matthew Immers
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 13, 2000 (25 yrs old)

Home Town:

Leidschendam-Voorburg

Height:

192 cm (6'4")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$119,124.60

Ruben Penninga
Netherlands

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 11, 1997 (28 yrs old)

Home Town:

Arnhem (Gelderland)

Height:

199 cm (6'6")

Weight:

96 kg (211 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$63,750.98

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	Money
FIVB	12	0	1	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	2	3	1	US$36,546.50

Previous Baden Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/16-20/2025	BPT Elite Brasília	13	9th	600	US$7,500.00
FIVB	4/9-13/2025	BPT Elite Saquarema	Q1	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	3/26-30/2025	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	14	9th	600	US$7,500.00
FIVB	3/19-23/2025	BPT Challenge Yucatan	4	9th	460	US$3,250.00

BPT Challenge Baden Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/7/2025	Pool G	Philipp Huster / Maximilian Just, Germany (26, Q4)	Lost 19-21, 21-16, 12-15	0:48
Fri, 8/8/2025	Pool G	Lukas Pfretzschner / Sven Winter, Germany (10)	Lost 20-22, 21-13, 13-15	0:50

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,800.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	2	0	$20,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	$9,750.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,700.00
Total	12	0	1	0	0	2	0	3	0	2	3	0	$36,250.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Matthew Immers												Ruben Penninga
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	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Youth Olympic Games
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$11,400.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$5,900.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,750.00	World Tour Finals
25	0	1	0	3	6	7	6	2	0	$73,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	15	0	0	0	0	1	6	5	2	0	$24,000.00
17	2	0	0	0	4	6	2	2	0	$28,375.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	23	0	1	1	0	3	5	4	3	0	$26,500.00
8	0	1	3	0	1	0	3	0	0	$1,600.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	21	0	1	1	1	4	9	1	1	0	$6,250.00
											U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
56	2	3	3	3	11	16	12	4	0	$118,375.00	Total	62	0	2	2	1	8	21	11	6	0	$62,650.00

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
2021	FIVB	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,700.00	8	3	72.7 %
2025	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	$19,750.00	6	9	40.0 %
Total	FIVB	7	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	2	0	$21,450.00	14	12	53.8 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Matthew Immers													Ruben Penninga
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2016	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2017	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$500.00
											2017	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2018	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	3	$1,650.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2018	FIVB Age Group WC
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$0.00	2019	FIVB	10	0	0	1	1	1	3	1	1	2	$5,000.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$250.00	2020	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$2,000.00
3	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$850.00	2021	FIVB	5	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	$2,850.00
12	1	0	2	1	1	4	2	1	0	$25,750.00	2022	FIVB	12	0	0	1	0	2	5	4	0	0	$23,875.00
12	1	0	0	1	2	3	5	0	0	$24,000.00	2023	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	$1,250.00
12	0	1	0	1	6	4	0	0	0	$44,875.00	2024	FIVB	5	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	$8,250.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	2	0	$15,250.00	2025	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	$9,875.00
51	2	3	3	3	10	16	10	3	1	$110,975.00	Total	Total	57	0	2	2	1	7	21	9	5	10	$55,250.00

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	8	53.3%	3	20.0%	4	26.7%	11-4	73.3%	9	33.3%	8	29.6%	10	37.0%	9-18	33.3%	8-10	44.4%	12-12	50.0%	0	0	20-22	47.6%
2024-2025	6	66.7%	0	0.0%	3	33.3%	6-3	66.7%	6	27.3%	7	31.8%	9	40.9%	6-16	27.3%	6-9	40.0%	6-10	37.5%	0	0	12-19	38.7%
Against the Field	2	40.0%	1	20.0%	2	40.0%	3-2	60.0%	6	54.5%	4	36.4%	1	9.1%	6-5	54.5%	4-2	66.7%	14-12	53.8%	0	0	9-7	56.3%

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	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	2	2	2	6	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	10
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	6
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	2	0	3	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	8	3
Total	0	0	4	2	8	13	0	1	7	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	20	22

Head to Head Results
Immers/Penninga lead the series against the field 6-4 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Berger/Hammarberg, Austria 1-0
3/21/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Yucatan	Winner 1	Immers/Penninga	4	Berger/Hammarberg	11	22-24, 21-16, 15-10	0:46
Lead the series against # 8 Heidrich/Jordan, Switzerland 1-0
3/20/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Yucatan	Pool D	Immers/Penninga	4	Heidrich/Jordan	29, Q20	14-21, 21-15, 19-17	0:48
Trail the series against # 10 Pfretzschner/Winter, Germany 0-1
8/8/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Baden	Pool G	Pfretzschner/Winter	10	Immers/Penninga	7	22-20, 13-21, 15-13	0:50
Lead the series against # 11 Budinger/Evans, United States 1-0
4/18/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Winner 1	Immers/Penninga	13	Budinger/Evans	19, Q7	16-21, 21-14, 15-9	0:42
Trail the series against # 13 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 0-1
4/17/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Pool A	Grimalt/Grimalt	12	Immers/Penninga	13	19-21, 21-17, 20-18	0:48
Trail the series against # 22 Aye/Bassereau, France 0-1
3/21/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Yucatan	Pool D	Aye/Bassereau	13	Immers/Penninga	4	21-16, 19-21, 15-9	0:47
Lead the series against # 24, Q2 Cottafava/Dal Corso, Italy 1-0
3/28/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	Winner 1	Immers/Penninga	14	Cottafava/Dal Corso	13	21-18, 21-13	0:29
Trail the series against # 26, Q4 Huster/Just, Germany 0-1
8/7/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Baden	Pool G	Huster/Just	26, Q4	Immers/Penninga	7	21-19, 16-21, 15-12	0:48
Lead the series against # 27 Horl/Pristauz, Austria 1-0
4/18/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Pool A	Immers/Penninga	13	Horl/Pristauz	24, Q6	21-15, 26-24	0:40
Lead the series against # Q11 Brozyniak/Janiak, Poland 1-0
8/19/21	FIVB	Prague 2 Star	Qualifier 2	Immers/Penninga	10, Q5	Brozyniak/Janiak	Q4	21-18, 11-21, 15-12	0:41