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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 BPT Elite Newport Beach
October 7 - 11, 2025

(4) 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 Newport Beach Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/24-28/2025	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	11	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	8/13-17/2025	BPT Elite Montréal	13, Q1	9th	600	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2025	BPT Elite Gstaad	11	13th	460	US$4,500.00
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

BPT Elite Newport Beach Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 10/8/2025	Pool D	Esteban Grimalt / Marco Grimalt, Chile (13, Q1)	Won 24-22, 21-18	0:41
Thu, 10/9/2025	Pool D	Saymon Barbosa / George Wanderley, Brazil (12)	Won 21-17, 21-18	0:36
Thu, 10/9/2025	Pool D	Nils Ehlers / Clemens Wickler, Germany (5)	Lost 21-19, 18-21, 4-15	0:46
Fri, 10/10/2025	Winner 1	Kristians Fokerots / Martins Plavins, Latvia (6)	Lost 22-24, 21-19, 11-15	0:52

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	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	2	0	0	0	$37,500.00	11	13	45.8 %
Total	FIVB	25	2	1	2	1	8	0	9	2	0	0	0	$215,000.00	79	51	60.8 %

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
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
6	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	$18,750.00	2025	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	$18,750.00
32	2	2	2	1	8	13	2	1	1	$110,650.00	Total	Total	27	2	1	2	1	8	11	0	1	1	$107,500.00

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	11	61.1%	1	5.6%	6	33.3%	12-6	66.7%	3	18.8%	2	12.5%	11	68.8%	3-13	18.8%	22-22	50.0%	8-16	33.3%	0	0	15-19	44.1%

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 15-18 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 5 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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
Lead the series against # 2 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
Trail the series against # 3 Goncalves/Lanci, Brazil 2-4
8/14/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Montréal	Pool D	Benesh/Partain	13, Q1	Goncalves/Lanci	4	19-21, 21-19, 16-14	0:54
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
Trail the series against # 5 Ehlers/Wickler, Germany 1-6
10/9/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Newport Beach	Pool D	Ehlers/Wickler	5	Benesh/Partain	4	19-21, 21-18, 15-4	0:46
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 # 6 Fokerots/Plavins, Latvia 0-2
10/10/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Newport Beach	Winner 1	Fokerots/Plavins	6	Benesh/Partain	4	24-22, 19-21, 15-11	0:52
7/2/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Pool B	Fokerots/Plavins	14	Benesh/Partain	11	22-20, 21-17	0:35
Lead the series against # 7 Carracher/Nicolaidis, Australia 2-1
9/26/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	Winner 1	Carracher/Nicolaidis	9	Benesh/Partain	11	21-19, 21-17	0:34
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 # 8 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
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
Lead the series against # 10 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 # 12 Barbosa/Wanderley, Brazil 1-0
10/9/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Newport Beach	Pool D	Benesh/Partain	4	Barbosa/Wanderley	12	21-17, 21-18	0:36
Lead the series against # 13, Q1 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 2-0
10/8/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Newport Beach	Pool D	Benesh/Partain	4	Grimalt/Grimalt	13, Q1	24-22, 21-18	0:41
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 # Q4 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