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July 2 - 6, 2025

(11) 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
2024	Miles Partain - 9th	Andy Benesh - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/28-6/1/2025	BPT Elite Ostrava	9	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	4/16-20/2025	BPT Elite Brasília	8	9th	600	US$7,500.00
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

BPT Elite Gstaad Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/2/2025	Pool B	Kristians Fokerots / Martins Plavins, Latvia (14)	Lost 20-22, 17-21	0:35
Thu, 7/3/2025	Pool B	Calvin Aye / Remi Bassereau, France (23, Q12)	Won 21-19, 21-14	0:35
Fri, 7/4/2025	Winner 1	Evandro Goncalves / Arthur Lanci, Brazil (8)	Lost 21-11, 19-21, 8-15	0:48

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	7	0	0	1	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	$48,000.00	17	17	50.0 %
2025	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$21,000.00	5	7	41.7 %
Total	FIVB	22	2	1	2	1	8	0	7	1	0	0	0	$198,500.00	73	45	61.9 %

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
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
3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$10,500.00	2025	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$10,500.00
29	2	2	2	1	8	10	2	1	1	$102,400.00	Total	Total	24	2	1	2	1	8	8	0	1	1	$99,250.00

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	16	57.1%	5	17.9%	7	25.0%	21-7	75.0%	5	15.2%	8	24.2%	20	60.6%	5-28	15.2%	32-40	44.4%	20-30	40.0%	0	0	26-35	42.6%

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 23-27 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 9 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Mol/Sorum, Norway 3-4
5/31/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Ostrava	Winner 3	Mol/Sorum	1	Benesh/Partain	9	21-17, 16-21, 15-12	0:49
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 # 2 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
Trail the series against # 3 Tijan/Younousse, Qatar 1-4
8/7/24	FIVB	Olympic Games Paris 2024	Winner 2	Tijan/Younousse	13	Benesh/Partain	9	21-14, 21-16	0:38
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
Trail the series against # 5 Perusic/Schweiner, Czech Republic 1-2
12/6/23	FIVB	BPT Finals Doha 2023	Pool A	Perusic/Schweiner	4	Benesh/Partain	5	26-24, 17-21, 15-12	1:02
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
Lead the series against # 7 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 # 8 Goncalves/Lanci, Brazil 1-4
7/4/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Winner 1	Goncalves/Lanci	8	Benesh/Partain	11	11-21, 21-19, 15-8	0:48
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 # 10 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 # 12 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
Lead the series against # 13 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
Trail the series against # 14 Fokerots/Plavins, Latvia 0-1
7/2/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Pool B	Fokerots/Plavins	14	Benesh/Partain	11	22-20, 21-17	0:35
Trail the series against # 16 Ehlers/Wickler, Germany 1-5
7/12/24	FIVB	Elite16 Vienna	Pool C	Ehlers/Wickler	3	Benesh/Partain	6	21-14, 21-19	0:35
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 # 18, Q3 Loyola/Wanderley, Brazil 2-3
8/1/24	FIVB	Olympic Games Paris 2024	Pool D	Benesh/Partain	9	Loyola/Wanderley	4	21-17, 14-21, 15-8	0:54
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 # 23, Q12 Aye/Bassereau, France 2-0
7/3/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Pool B	Benesh/Partain	11	Aye/Bassereau	23, Q12	21-19, 21-14	0:35
5/31/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Ostrava	Winner 1	Benesh/Partain	9	Aye/Bassereau	20, Q8	24-26, 21-19, 17-15	0:56
Lead the series against # 24, Q13 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 # 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 # Q5 Popov/Reznik, Ukraine 1-0
10/25/22	FIVB	Dubai 1st Challenge	Gold Medal	Benesh/Partain	15, Q3	Popov/Reznik	3	21-15, 21-17	0:34
Trail the series against # Q6 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