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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 BPT Challenge Saquarema
April 13 - 16, 2023

(8, Q2) 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 Saquarema Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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

Challenge Saquarema Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 4/13/2023	Qualifier 1	Markus Mol / Nils Ringoen, Norway (Q31)	Won 21-19, 21-17	0:37
Thu, 4/13/2023	Qualifier 2	Alejandro Huerta / Javier Huerta, Spain (Q15)	Won 21-19, 21-16	0:40
Fri, 4/14/2023	Pool E	Chase Budinger / Miles Evans, United States (17, Q10)	Lost 21-17, 19-21, 11-15	0:52
Fri, 4/14/2023	Pool E	Oscar Brandao / Alison Cerutti, Brazil (20, Q13)	Won 21-9, 21-13	0:28
Sat, 4/15/2023	Winner 1	Thomas Hodges / Zachery Schubert, Australia (7)	Won 21-15, 18-21, 18-16	0:52
Sat, 4/15/2023	Winner 2	Piotr Kantor / Maciej Rudol, Poland (15)	Won 21-16, 21-19	0:38
Sun, 4/16/2023	Semi-Finals	Evandro Goncalves / Arthur Lanci, Brazil (1)	Lost 16-21, 17-21	0:40
Sun, 4/16/2023	Bronze Medal	Julian Horl / Alexander Horst, Austria (13)	Lost 21-14, 15-21, 10-15	0:51

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	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$9,750.00	9	5	64.3 %
Total	FIVB	5	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$26,000.00	25	8	75.8 %

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
2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$4,875.00	2023	FIVB	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$4,875.00
12	1	1	0	1	2	3	2	1	1	$16,150.00	Total	Total	7	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	1	$13,000.00

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	17	70.8%	4	16.7%	3	12.5%	21-3	87.5%	5	35.7%	4	28.6%	5	35.7%	5-9	35.7%	34-10	77.3%	18-14	56.3%	0	0	26-12	68.4%

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 17-3 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 2 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 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 # 6, Q1 Alayo/Diaz, Cuba 1-0
4/7/23	FIVB	Challenge Itapema	Pool A	Benesh/Partain	13, Q3	Alayo/Diaz	12, Q2	21-14, 21-18	0:31
Lead the series against # 7 Hodges/Schubert, Australia 1-0
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 # 12, Q6 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
Trail the series against # 13 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 Kantor/Rudol, Poland 1-0
4/15/23	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Winner 2	Benesh/Partain	8, Q2	Kantor/Rudol	15	21-16, 21-19	0:38
Trail the series against # 17, Q10 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 # 20, Q13 Brandao/Cerutti, Brazil 2-0
4/14/23	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Pool E	Benesh/Partain	8, Q2	Brandao/Cerutti	20, Q13	21-9, 21-13	0:28
4/6/23	FIVB	Challenge Itapema	Qualifier 2	Benesh/Partain	13, Q3	Brandao/Cerutti	Q19	21-19, 19-21, 15-12	0:54
Lead the series against # 22, Q16 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 # Q4 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 # Q8 Sarabia/Virgen, Mexico 2-0
10/29/22	FIVB	Dubai 2nd Challenge	Lucky Loser	Benesh/Partain	4, Q1	Sarabia/Virgen	13	21-16, 21-11	0:35
10/23/22	FIVB	Dubai 1st Challenge	Pool C	Benesh/Partain	15, Q3	Sarabia/Virgen	10	21-15, 21-12	0:34
Lead the series against # Q15 Huerta/Huerta, Spain 2-0
4/13/23	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Qualifier 2	Benesh/Partain	8, Q2	Huerta/Huerta	Q15	21-19, 21-16	0:40
10/23/22	FIVB	Dubai 1st Challenge	Pool C	Benesh/Partain	15, Q3	Huerta/Huerta	22, Q16	21-16, 21-17	0:34
Lead the series against # Q30 Hajos/Streli, Hungary 2-0
4/6/23	FIVB	Challenge Itapema	Qualifier 1	Benesh/Partain	13, Q3	Hajos/Streli	Q30	11-21, 21-19, 15-8	0:46
10/22/22	FIVB	Dubai 1st Challenge	Qualifier 2	Benesh/Partain	15, Q3	Hajos/Streli	Q19	21-17, 21-11	0:35
Lead the series against # Q31 Mol/Ringoen, Norway 1-0
4/13/23	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Qualifier 1	Benesh/Partain	8, Q2	Mol/Ringoen	Q31	21-19, 21-17	0:37