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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 BPT Elite16 Paris
September 27 - October 1, 2023

(1) 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 Paris Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2022	Miles Evans - 17th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/16-20/2023	Elite16 Hamburg	2	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/26-30/2023	Elite16 Montréal	2	2nd	1100	US$20,000.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2023	Elite16 Gstaad	9	1st	1200	US$30,000.00
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 Paris Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 9/28/2023	Pool A	Stefan Boermans / Yorick de Groot, Netherlands (9)	Lost 21-23, 20-22	0:42
Thu, 9/28/2023	Pool A	Evandro Goncalves / Arthur Lanci, Brazil (8)	Lost 18-21, 14-21	0:34
Fri, 9/29/2023	Pool A	Thomas Hodges / Zachery Schubert, Australia (16, Q1)	Won 21-19, 22-24, 15-11	0:51
Sat, 9/30/2023	Winner 1	Samuele Cottafava / Paolo Nicolai, Italy (6)	Lost 17-21, 16-21	0:35

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	7	1	1	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$87,750.00	30	13	69.8 %
Total	FIVB	10	2	1	1	1	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	$104,000.00	46	16	74.2 %

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
7	1	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	$43,875.00	2023	FIVB	7	1	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	$43,875.00
17	2	2	1	1	3	4	2	1	1	$55,150.00	Total	Total	12	2	1	1	1	3	2	0	1	1	$52,000.00

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	19	61.3%	6	19.4%	6	19.4%	25-6	80.6%	5	16.7%	4	13.3%	21	70.0%	5-25	16.7%	38-42	47.5%	22-20	52.4%	0	0	30-31	49.2%

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 18-10 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 7 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 2 Perusic/Schweiner, Czech Republic 1-1
6/4/23	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Bronze Medal	Benesh/Partain	13, Q3	Perusic/Schweiner	4	21-14, 21-17	0:35
6/2/23	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Pool D	Perusic/Schweiner	4	Benesh/Partain	13, Q3	21-16, 21-13	0:36
Trail the series against # 3 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 # 5 Carambula/Ranghieri, Italy 2-0
8/18/23	FIVB	Elite16 Hamburg	Pool B	Benesh/Partain	2	Carambula/Ranghieri	7	21-14, 21-16	0:36
7/30/23	FIVB	Elite16 Montréal	Semi-Finals	Benesh/Partain	2	Carambula/Ranghieri	6	21-17, 21-18	0:38
Trail the series against # 6 Cottafava/Nicolai, Italy 0-1
9/30/23	FIVB	Elite16 Paris	Winner 1	Cottafava/Nicolai	6	Benesh/Partain	1	21-17, 21-16	0:35
Lead the series against # 7 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 # 8 Goncalves/Lanci, Brazil 1-2
9/28/23	FIVB	Elite16 Paris	Pool A	Goncalves/Lanci	8	Benesh/Partain	1	21-18, 21-14	0:34
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
Trail the series against # 9 Boermans/de Groot, Netherlands 0-1
9/28/23	FIVB	Elite16 Paris	Pool A	Boermans/de Groot	9	Benesh/Partain	1	23-21, 22-20	0:42
Trail the series against # 10 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 # 12, Q2 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
Lead the series against # 13, Q3 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 3-0
8/17/23	FIVB	Elite16 Hamburg	Pool B	Benesh/Partain	2	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	10	21-11, 21-18	0:34
7/28/23	FIVB	Elite16 Montréal	Pool B	Benesh/Partain	2	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	7	21-19, 21-19	0:38
7/7/23	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Pool A	Benesh/Partain	9	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	8	21-11, 21-19	0:35
Trail the series against # 14, Q5 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 # 15, Q8 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 # 16, Q1 Hodges/Schubert, Australia 2-0
9/29/23	FIVB	Elite16 Paris	Pool A	Benesh/Partain	1	Hodges/Schubert	16, Q1	21-19, 22-24, 15-11	0:51
4/15/23	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Winner 1	Benesh/Partain	8, Q2	Hodges/Schubert	7	21-15, 18-21, 18-16	0:52
Lead the series against # Q6 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 1-0
8/18/23	FIVB	Elite16 Hamburg	Pool B	Benesh/Partain	2	Gavira/Herrera	15, Q9	26-24, 16-21, 15-13	1:01
Lead the series against # Q10 Knasas/Stankevicius, Lithuania 1-0
10/15/22	FIVB	Maldives Challenge	Winner 1	Benesh/Partain	22, Q9	Knasas/Stankevicius	9	17-21, 21-19, 15-8	0:54
Lead the series against # Q12 Felipe/Lima, Brazil 1-0
7/29/23	FIVB	Elite16 Montréal	Winner 2	Benesh/Partain	2	Felipe/Lima	14, Q2	23-25, 21-13, 15-10	0:56
Trail the series against # Q14 Budinger/Evans, United States 0-1
4/14/23	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Pool E	Budinger/Evans	17, Q10	Benesh/Partain	8, Q2	17-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:52
Lead the series against # Q15 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 # Q16 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