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US$300,000 BPT Elite16 Gstaad
July 3 - 7, 2024

(6) 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

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2023	Miles Partain - 1st	Andy Benesh - 1st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/5-9/2024	Elite16 Ostrava	10	3rd	1000	US$14,000.00
FIVB	5/22-26/2024	BPT Elite16 Espinho	9	9th	600	US$6,000.00
FIVB	5/1-5/2024	Elite16 Brasília	2	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	4/17-21/2024	Elite16 Tepic	4	9th	600	US$6,000.00
FIVB	12/6-9/2023	BPT Finals Doha 2023	5	9th	0	US$7,500.00
FIVB	10/6-15/2023	Beach Volleyball World Championships	3	5th	960	US$18,000.00
FIVB	9/27-10/1/2023	Elite16 Paris	1	9th	600	US$6,000.00
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

Elite16 Gstaad Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/4/2024	Pool C	Lukas Pfretzschner / Sven Winter, Germany (11)	Won 21-16, 19-21, 15-10	0:50
Thu, 7/4/2024	Pool C	Adrian Gavira / Pablo Herrera, Spain (14, Q3)	Lost 18-21, 16-21	0:37
Fri, 7/5/2024	Pool C	Anders Mol / Christian Sorum, Norway (3)	Lost 15-21, 11-21	0:33
Fri, 7/5/2024	Winner 1	Nils Ehlers / Clemens Wickler, Germany (4)	Lost 13-21, 13-21	0:32

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	9	1	1	1	1	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	$113,250.00	35	18	66.0 %
2024	FIVB	5	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	$40,000.00	11	13	45.8 %
Total	FIVB	17	2	1	2	1	5	0	6	0	0	0	0	$169,500.00	62	34	64.6 %

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
9	1	1	1	1	3	2	0	0	0	$56,625.00	2023	FIVB	9	1	1	1	1	3	2	0	0	0	$56,625.00
5	0	0	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	$20,000.00	2024	FIVB	5	0	0	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	$20,000.00
24	2	2	2	1	5	8	2	1	1	$87,900.00	Total	Total	19	2	1	2	1	5	6	0	1	1	$84,750.00

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%
2023-2024	34	69.4%	9	18.4%	6	12.2%	43-6	87.8%	8	21.6%	5	13.5%	24	64.9%	8-29	21.6%	34-24	58.6%	17-11	60.7%	1	0	52-35	59.8%
Against the Field	9	40.9%	5	22.7%	8	36.4%	14-8	63.6%	4	12.9%	4	12.9%	23	74.2%	4-27	12.9%	18-44	29.0%	18-24	42.9%	1	0	19-34	35.8%

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 trail the series against the field 13-25 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 8 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Ahman/Hellvig, Sweden 1-3
6/6/24	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Pool B	Ahman/Hellvig	2	Benesh/Partain	10	21-13, 21-19	0:35
5/23/24	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Espinho	Pool A	Ahman/Hellvig	1	Benesh/Partain	9	21-16, 23-21	0:38
8/19/23	FIVB	Elite16 Hamburg	Winner 2	Ahman/Hellvig	5	Benesh/Partain	2	20-22, 21-16, 15-11	0:48
6/3/23	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Winner 2	Benesh/Partain	13, Q3	Ahman/Hellvig	2	21-18 Retired	0:29
Trail the series against # 2 Loyola/Wanderley, Brazil 1-3
5/2/24	FIVB	Elite16 Brasília	Pool B	Loyola/Wanderley	10	Benesh/Partain	2	21-19, 21-19	0:43
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 # 3 Mol/Sorum, Norway 3-2
7/5/24	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Pool C	Mol/Sorum	3	Benesh/Partain	6	21-15, 21-11	0:33
6/9/24	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Bronze Medal	Benesh/Partain	10	Mol/Sorum	3	21-15, 21-14	0:36
7/30/23	FIVB	Elite16 Montréal	Gold Medal	Mol/Sorum	1	Benesh/Partain	2	21-17, 15-21, 15-10	0:51
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 # 4 Ehlers/Wickler, Germany 1-4
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 # 5 Goncalves/Lanci, Brazil 1-3
5/4/24	FIVB	Elite16 Brasília	Winner 2	Goncalves/Lanci	4	Benesh/Partain	2	21-15, 18-21, 15-9	0:53
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 # 7 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 # 8 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
Trail the series against # 9 Cottafava/Nicolai, Italy 1-2
6/8/24	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Winner 2	Benesh/Partain	10	Cottafava/Nicolai	8	21-16, 17-21, 15-11	0:47
12/8/23	FIVB	BPT Finals Doha 2023	Pool A	Cottafava/Nicolai	8	Benesh/Partain	5	21-17, 21-14	0:33
9/30/23	FIVB	Elite16 Paris	Winner 1	Cottafava/Nicolai	6	Benesh/Partain	1	21-17, 21-16	0:35
Trail the series against # 10 Tijan/Younousse, Qatar 1-3
6/8/24	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Winner 1	Benesh/Partain	10	Tijan/Younousse	11	21-19, 19-21, 15-8	0:52
12/7/23	FIVB	BPT Finals Doha 2023	Pool A	Tijan/Younousse	1	Benesh/Partain	5	16-21, 21-17, 20-18	0:55
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
Lead the series against # 11 Pfretzschner/Winter, Germany 1-0
7/4/24	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Pool C	Benesh/Partain	6	Pfretzschner/Winter	11	21-16, 19-21, 15-10	0:50
Trail the series against # 13, Q1 Bryl/Losiak, Poland 1-3
4/19/24	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Winner 1	Bryl/Losiak	7	Benesh/Partain	4	21-17, 21-18	0:40
12/7/23	FIVB	BPT Finals Doha 2023	Pool A	Bryl/Losiak	10	Benesh/Partain	5	21-19, 21-13	0:37
10/13/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Winner 3	Bryl/Losiak	11	Benesh/Partain	3	21-19, 21-16	0:40
6/3/23	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Winner 1	Benesh/Partain	13, Q3	Bryl/Losiak	6	21-19, 21-19	0:42
Series tied with # 14, Q3 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 1-1
7/4/24	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Pool C	Gavira/Herrera	14, Q3	Benesh/Partain	6	21-18, 21-16	0:37
8/18/23	FIVB	Elite16 Hamburg	Pool B	Benesh/Partain	2	Gavira/Herrera	15, Q9	26-24, 16-21, 15-13	1:01