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US$400,000 BPT Elite Brasília
April 16 - 20, 2025

(8) 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$111,500.00

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

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2024	Miles Partain - 5th	Andy Benesh - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/27-8/10/2024	Olympic Games Paris 2024	9	5th	0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/10-14/2024	Elite16 Vienna	6	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/3-7/2024	Elite16 Gstaad	6	9th	600	US$6,000.00
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

BPT Elite Brasília Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 4/17/2025	Pool E	Chaim Schalk / James Shaw, United States (17, Q2)	Won 21-19, 21-14	0:38
Thu, 4/17/2025	Pool E	Michal Bryl / Bartosz Losiak, Poland (5)	Lost 9-21, 13-21	0:30
Fri, 4/18/2025	Winner 1	Elmer Andersson / Jacob Nilsson, Sweden (16, Q1)	Won 21-16, 21-17	0:35
Sat, 4/19/2025	Winner 2	Tim Berger / Timo Hammarberg, Austria (22, Q11)	Lost 21-17, 14-21, 10-15	0:44

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	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$500.00
											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	29	3	1	2	1	8	11	1	1	0	$111,500.00

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	7	0	0	1	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	$48,000.00	17	17	50.0 %
2025	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	20	2	1	2	1	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	$185,000.00	70	40	63.6 %

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
7	0	0	1	0	3	3	0	0	0	$24,000.00	2024	FIVB	7	0	0	1	0	3	3	0	0	0	$24,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,750.00	2025	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,750.00
27	2	2	2	1	7	9	2	1	1	$95,650.00	Total	Total	22	2	1	2	1	7	7	0	1	1	$92,500.00

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%
2024-2025	22	68.8%	5	15.6%	5	15.6%	27-5	84.4%	2	6.7%	6	20.0%	22	73.3%	2-28	6.7%	22-22	50.0%	7-11	38.9%	0	0	29-33	46.8%
Against the Field	15	78.9%	1	5.3%	3	15.8%	16-3	84.2%	5	19.2%	6	23.1%	15	57.7%	5-21	19.2%	30-30	50.0%	12-18	40.0%	0	0	21-24	46.7%

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 16-15 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 5 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 Mol/Sorum, Norway 3-3
7/13/24	FIVB	Elite16 Vienna	Winner 2	Mol/Sorum	2	Benesh/Partain	6	21-17, 21-16	0:40
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 # 3 Boermans/de Groot, Netherlands 1-2
6/9/24	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Semi-Finals	Boermans/de Groot	4	Benesh/Partain	10	21-18, 23-21	0:40
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
Lead the series against # 4 Alayo/Diaz, Cuba 2-1
7/27/24	FIVB	Olympic Games Paris 2024	Pool D	Alayo/Diaz	16	Benesh/Partain	9	21-18, 21-18	0:38
4/19/24	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Pool D	Benesh/Partain	4	Alayo/Diaz	13, Q1	21-16, 21-19	0:34
4/7/23	FIVB	Challenge Itapema	Pool A	Benesh/Partain	13, Q3	Alayo/Diaz	12, Q2	21-14, 21-18	0:31
Trail the series against # 5 Bryl/Losiak, Poland 1-4
4/17/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Pool E	Bryl/Losiak	5	Benesh/Partain	8	21-9, 21-13	0:30
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 # 9 Berntsen/Mol, Norway 3-0
5/24/24	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Espinho	Pool A	Benesh/Partain	9	Berntsen/Mol	16, Q13	21-14, 21-14	0:36
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 # 11 Carracher/Nicolaidis, Australia 2-0
7/28/23	FIVB	Elite16 Montréal	Pool B	Benesh/Partain	2	Carracher/Nicolaidis	15, Q11	21-23, 21-17, 18-16	0:54
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 # 12 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 # 15 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
Lead the series against # 16, Q1 Andersson/Nilsson, Sweden 1-0
4/18/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Winner 1	Benesh/Partain	8	Andersson/Nilsson	16, Q1	21-16, 21-17	0:35
Lead the series against # 17, Q2 Schalk/Shaw, United States 1-0
4/17/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Pool E	Benesh/Partain	8	Schalk/Shaw	17, Q2	21-19, 21-14	0:38
Trail the series against # 19, Q7 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 # 22, Q11 Berger/Hammarberg, Austria 0-1
4/19/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Winner 2	Berger/Hammarberg	22, Q11	Benesh/Partain	8	17-21, 21-14, 15-10	0:44