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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 BPT Elite16 Gstaad
July 5 - 9, 2023

(9) Andy Benesh/Miles Partain, United States

Andy Benesh
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 14, 1995 (30 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rancho Palos Verdes, CA

Height:

203 cm (6'9")

Weight:

89 kg (196 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$114,150.00

Miles Partain
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 18, 2001 (23 yrs old)

Home Town:

Pacific Palisades, CA

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

86 kg (189 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$111,000.00

Awards

VolleyballMag.com BPT Most Improved 2023
VolleyballMag.com BPT Rookie of the Year 2023

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	26	2	1	2	1	8	0	9	2	1	0	US$222,000.00

Previous Gstaad Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2023	Elite16 Ostrava	13, Q3	3rd	1000	US$14,000.00
FIVB	4/13-16/2023	Challenge Saquarema	8, Q2	4th	680	US$6,000.00
FIVB	4/6-9/2023	Challenge Itapema	13, Q3	5th	600	US$3,750.00
FIVB	10/27-30/2022	Dubai 2nd Challenge	4, Q1	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	10/22-25/2022	Dubai 1st Challenge	15, Q3	1st	800	US$10,000.00
FIVB	10/13-16/2022	Maldives Challenge	22, Q9	5th	600	US$3,750.00

Elite16 Gstaad Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/6/2023	Pool A	Anders Mol / Christian Sorum, Norway (1)	Won 19-21, 24-22, 15-12	0:53
Fri, 7/7/2023	Pool A	Tomas Semerad / Jakub Sepka, Czech Republic (16, Q13)	Won 21-11, 21-10	0:29
Fri, 7/7/2023	Pool A	Alexander Brouwer / Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands (8)	Won 21-11, 21-19	0:35
Sat, 7/8/2023	Winner 2	Guto Carvalhaes / Pedro Solberg, Brazil (11)	Won 21-19, 21-13	0:38
Sat, 7/8/2023	Semi-Finals	Andre Loyola / George Wanderley, Brazil (7)	Won 21-14, 21-15	0:33
Sun, 7/9/2023	Gold Medal	Anders Mol / Christian Sorum, Norway (1)	Won 15-21, 21-11, 18-16	0:52

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	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$25,000.00
World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	17	1	1	2	0	4	0	7	2	0	0	0	$163,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	5	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$26,000.00
Total	26	2	1	2	1	8	0	9	2	1	0	0	$222,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Andy Benesh												Miles Partain
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	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$12,500.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$12,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,750.00	World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,750.00
18	1	1	2	0	4	9	1	0	0	$81,750.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	17	1	1	2	0	4	9	0	0	0	$81,750.00
9	1	0	0	1	2	3	0	1	0	$15,500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	5	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	$13,000.00
2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$650.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
											U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
33	2	2	2	1	8	13	3	1	0	$114,150.00	Total	28	2	1	2	1	8	11	1	1	0	$111,000.00

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	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$16,250.00	16	3	84.2 %
2023	FIVB	4	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$53,750.00	21	8	72.4 %
Total	FIVB	7	2	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$70,000.00	37	11	77.1 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Andy Benesh													Miles Partain
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2017	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2018	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$300.00	2021	FIVB
8	1	1	0	0	1	3	1	1	0	$10,975.00	2022	FIVB	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$8,125.00
4	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	$26,875.00	2023	FIVB	4	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	$26,875.00
14	2	1	1	1	2	3	2	1	1	$38,150.00	Total	Total	9	2	0	1	1	2	1	0	1	1	$35,000.00

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	57	73.1%	9	11.5%	12	15.4%	66-12	84.6%	13	23.6%	9	16.4%	33	60.0%	13-42	23.6%	57-33	63.3%	22-21	51.2%	1	0	80-54	59.7%
2022-2023	35	76.1%	4	8.7%	7	15.2%	39-7	84.8%	11	44.0%	3	12.0%	11	44.0%	11-14	44.0%	35-11	76.1%	15-10	60.0%	1	0	51-21	70.8%
Against the Field	23	71.9%	3	9.4%	6	18.8%	26-6	81.3%	7	21.2%	6	18.2%	20	60.6%	7-26	21.2%	46-40	53.5%	20-24	45.5%	0	0	33-32	50.8%

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	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
World Championships	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	4
World Tour Finals	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	3	0	28	19	0	0	10	14	2	2	2	0	1	1	46	36
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	9	0	7	3	1	0	6	3	1	1	0	1	1	0	25	8
Total	0	0	12	0	41	29	1	0	19	20	3	3	2	1	2	1	80	54

Head to Head Results
Benesh/Partain lead the series against the field 15-7 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 4 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Mol/Sorum, Norway 2-0
7/9/23	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Gold Medal	Benesh/Partain	9	Mol/Sorum	1	15-21, 21-11, 18-16	0:52
7/6/23	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Pool A	Benesh/Partain	9	Mol/Sorum	1	19-21, 24-22, 15-12	0:53
Trail the series against # 2 Tijan/Younousse, Qatar 0-2
6/4/23	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Semi-Finals	Tijan/Younousse	7	Benesh/Partain	13, Q3	18-21, 21-17, 15-9	0:50
10/15/22	FIVB	Maldives Challenge	Winner 2	Tijan/Younousse	1	Benesh/Partain	22, Q9	22-20, 22-20	0:42
Trail the series against # 5 Ehlers/Wickler, Germany 0-1
6/1/23	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Pool D	Ehlers/Wickler	5	Benesh/Partain	13, Q3	19-21, 21-17, 15-6	0:47
Lead the series against # 6 Bryl/Losiak, Poland 1-0
6/3/23	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Winner 1	Benesh/Partain	13, Q3	Bryl/Losiak	6	21-19, 21-19	0:42
Trail the series against # 7 Loyola/Wanderley, Brazil 1-2
7/8/23	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Semi-Finals	Benesh/Partain	9	Loyola/Wanderley	7	21-14, 21-15	0:33
4/8/23	FIVB	Challenge Itapema	Winner 2	Loyola/Wanderley	1	Benesh/Partain	13, Q3	23-21, 17-21, 15-13	1:06
4/7/23	FIVB	Challenge Itapema	Pool A	Loyola/Wanderley	1	Benesh/Partain	13, Q3	21-12, 21-17	0:37
Lead the series against # 8 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 1-0
7/7/23	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Pool A	Benesh/Partain	9	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	8	21-11, 21-19	0:35
Lead the series against # 10 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 1-0
6/1/23	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Pool D	Benesh/Partain	13, Q3	Grimalt/Grimalt	12	21-16, 21-14	0:35
Lead the series against # 11 Carvalhaes/Solberg, Brazil 1-0
7/8/23	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Winner 2	Benesh/Partain	9	Carvalhaes/Solberg	11	21-19, 21-13	0:38
Trail the series against # 14, Q7 Horl/Horst, Austria 0-1
4/16/23	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Bronze Medal	Horl/Horst	13	Benesh/Partain	8, Q2	14-21, 21-15, 15-10	0:51
Lead the series against # 16, Q13 Semerad/Sepka, Czech Republic 1-0
7/7/23	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Pool A	Benesh/Partain	9	Semerad/Sepka	16, Q13	21-11, 21-10	0:29
Series tied with # Q2 Goncalves/Lanci, Brazil 1-1
4/16/23	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Semi-Finals	Goncalves/Lanci	1	Benesh/Partain	8, Q2	21-16, 21-17	0:40
4/8/23	FIVB	Challenge Itapema	Winner 1	Benesh/Partain	13, Q3	Goncalves/Lanci	8	19-21, 24-22, 15-13	1:03
Lead the series against # Q4 Popov/Reznik, Ukraine 1-0
10/25/22	FIVB	Dubai 1st Challenge	Gold Medal	Benesh/Partain	15, Q3	Popov/Reznik	3	21-15, 21-17	0:34
Lead the series against # Q5 Carracher/Nicolaidis, Australia 1-0
10/14/22	FIVB	Maldives Challenge	Pool C	Benesh/Partain	22, Q9	Carracher/Nicolaidis	3	21-18, 22-20	0:37
Lead the series against # Q8 Canet/Rotar, France 1-0
5/31/23	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Qualifier 1	Benesh/Partain	13, Q3	Canet/Rotar	Q14	21-15, 21-15	0:30
Lead the series against # Q11 Aye/Aye, France 1-0
10/24/22	FIVB	Dubai 1st Challenge	Winner 2	Benesh/Partain	15, Q3	Aye/Aye	16, Q4	21-19, 21-14	0:40
Lead the series against # Q12 Haussener/Metral, Switzerland 2-0
10/24/22	FIVB	Dubai 1st Challenge	Winner 1	Benesh/Partain	15, Q3	Haussener/Metral	11	29-31, 21-14, 15-7	0:55
10/14/22	FIVB	Maldives Challenge	Pool C	Benesh/Partain	22, Q9	Haussener/Metral	10	21-11, 21-11	0:32