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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 BPT Elite16 Brasília
May 1 - 5, 2024

(2) 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 Brasília Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2023	Elite16 Ostrava	13, Q3	3rd	1000	US$14,000.00

Elite16 Brasília Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/2/2024	Pool B	Andre Loyola / George Wanderley, Brazil (10)	Lost 19-21, 19-21	0:43
Thu, 5/2/2024	Pool B	Matthew Immers / Steven van de Velde, Netherlands (7)	Lost 18-21, 21-23	0:39
Fri, 5/3/2024	Pool B	Mathias Berntsen / Hendrik Mol, Norway (15, Q7)	Won 21-19, 21-15	0:37
Sat, 5/4/2024	Winner 1	Stefan Boermans / Yorick de Groot, Netherlands (1)	Won 21-18, 13-21, 15-13	0:49
Sat, 5/4/2024	Winner 2	Evandro Goncalves / Arthur Lanci, Brazil (4)	Lost 15-21, 21-18, 9-15	0:53

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	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$14,000.00	4	5	44.4 %
Total	FIVB	14	2	1	1	1	5	0	4	0	0	0	0	$143,500.00	55	26	67.9 %

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
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$7,000.00	2024	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$7,000.00
21	2	2	1	1	5	6	2	1	1	$74,900.00	Total	Total	16	2	1	1	1	5	4	0	1	1	$71,750.00

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	14	58.3%	3	12.5%	7	29.2%	17-7	70.8%	3	12.0%	4	16.0%	18	72.0%	3-22	12.0%	28-36	43.8%	12-22	35.3%	0	0	20-29	40.8%

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 13-18 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 8 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 Boermans/de Groot, Netherlands 1-1
5/4/24	FIVB	Elite16 Brasília	Winner 1	Benesh/Partain	2	Boermans/de Groot	1	21-18, 13-21, 15-13	0:49
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 # 3 Ehlers/Wickler, Germany 0-2
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 # 4 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 # 5 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
Lead the series against # 6 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 # 7 Immers/van de Velde, Netherlands 0-1
5/2/24	FIVB	Elite16 Brasília	Pool B	Immers/van de Velde	7	Benesh/Partain	2	21-18, 23-21	0:39
Trail the series against # 8 Tijan/Younousse, Qatar 0-3
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
Trail the series against # 9 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
Trail the series against # 10 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
Trail the series against # 11 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 # 14, Q4 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 # 15, Q7 Berntsen/Mol, Norway 2-0
5/3/24	FIVB	Elite16 Brasília	Pool B	Benesh/Partain	2	Berntsen/Mol	15, Q7	21-19, 21-15	0:37
10/7/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool C	Benesh/Partain	3	Berntsen/Mol	27	23-21, 21-17	0:40
Lead the series against # Q6 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 # Q8 Gauthier-Rat/Krou, France 1-0
10/8/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool C	Benesh/Partain	3	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	22	16-21, 21-15, 15-10	0:45
Lead the series against # Q12 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