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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
€ 10,000 BPT Futures Balikesir
September 25 - 28, 2025

(4) Batuhan Kuru/Yusuf Ozdemir, Türkiye

Batuhan Kuru
Türkiye

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 12, 2003 (22 yrs old)

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

71 kg (156 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Balikesir 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$4,466.93

Yusuf Ozdemir
Türkiye

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 16, 2000 (26 yrs old)

Home Town:

Seyhan

Height:

195 cm (6'5")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Balikesir 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$5,877.75

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
FIVB	15	1	1	0	0	2	0	4	1	2	1	3	US$8,053.70

Previous Balikesir Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2022	Necmi Gulluk - 13th	Mustafa Susam - 13th
2024	Yusuf Ozdemir - 5th	Batuhan Kuru - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/4-7/2025	Futures Budapest	9, Q1	9th	180	€ 200.00
FIVB	8/21-24/2025	Futures Brno	12	5th	240	€ 300.00
FIVB	8/6-10/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	Q28	33rd	180	US$0.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2025	BPT Challenge Alanya	8	25th	220	US$1,500.00
FIVB	5/8-11/2025	BPT Futures Madrid	Q1	17th	100	€ 0.00
FIVB	5/1-4/2025	BPT Futures Valencia	13, Q6	13th	140	€ 100.00

Futures Balikesir Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 9/26/2025	Pool D	Dimitar Kalchev / Dimitar Mehandzhiyski, Bulgaria (13)	Won 18-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:47
Fri, 9/26/2025	Pool D	Issa Batrane / Frederick Bialokoz, England (5)	Won 19-21, 21-13, 15-12	0:47
Sat, 9/27/2025	Winner 2	Artur Hajos / Bence Streli, Hungary (1)	Won 26-28, 21-16, 15-12	1:03
Sun, 9/28/2025	Semi-Finals	Olivers Bulgacs / Markuss Graudins, Latvia (9, Q2)	Won 21-19, 25-27, 15-7	0:48
Sun, 9/28/2025	Gold Medal	Ardis Bedritis / Arturs Rinkevics, Latvia (7)	Won 17-21, 21-14, 16-14	0:47

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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$4,750.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	10	1	1	0	0	2	0	3	1	2	0	0	$3,000.00
Total	15	1	1	0	0	2	0	4	1	2	1	0	$7,750.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Batuhan Kuru												Yusuf Ozdemir
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$2,375.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$2,375.00
14	1	1	0	0	2	6	4	0	0	$1,600.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	18	1	1	0	0	4	8	2	1	0	$2,800.00
											U18/19 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
20	1	1	0	0	2	7	4	1	0	$3,975.00	Total	27	1	1	0	0	4	9	2	2	0	$5,175.00

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
2023	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	$200.00	2	4	33.3 %
2024	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$500.00	3	4	42.9 %
2025	FIVB	7	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	$3,100.00	13	9	59.1 %
Total	FIVB	12	1	0	0	0	2	0	3	1	2	1	2	$3,800.00	18	17	51.4 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Batuhan Kuru													Yusuf Ozdemir
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2016	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2018	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	$950.00
											2018	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2019	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	$300.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	$100.00	2022	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$50.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	$100.00	2023	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	$100.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2023	FIVB Age Group WC
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$250.00	2024	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$250.00
7	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	1	$1,550.00	2025	FIVB	7	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	1	$1,550.00
18	1	0	0	0	2	6	4	1	4	$2,000.00	Total	Total	24	1	0	0	0	4	8	2	2	7	$3,200.00

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	12	52.2%	5	21.7%	6	26.1%	17-6	73.9%	6	28.6%	2	9.5%	13	61.9%	6-15	28.6%	12-13	48.0%	11-8	57.9%	0	0	23-21	52.3%
2024-2025	8	53.3%	3	20.0%	4	26.7%	11-4	73.3%	5	33.3%	2	13.3%	8	53.3%	5-10	33.3%	8-8	50.0%	8-6	57.1%	0	0	16-14	53.3%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	4	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	0-0		10-4	71.4%	0	0	5-2	71.4%

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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	1	3	0	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	5	2	10	6	0	0	3	5	2	0	0	0	1	1	21	14
Total	0	0	6	5	10	9	0	0	4	6	2	0	0	0	1	1	23	21

Head to Head Results
Kuru/Ozdemir lead the series against the field 5-2 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Hajos/Streli, Hungary 1-0
9/27/25	FIVB	Futures Balikesir	Winner 2	Kuru/Ozdemir	4	Hajos/Streli	1	26-28, 21-16, 15-12	1:03
Trail the series against # 2, Q1 Aas/Ringoen, Norway 0-1
9/5/25	FIVB	Futures Budapest	Pool A	Aas/Ringoen	8	Kuru/Ozdemir	9, Q1	18-21, 21-16, 15-7	0:41
Lead the series against # 5 Batrane/Bialokoz, England 1-0
9/26/25	FIVB	Futures Balikesir	Pool D	Kuru/Ozdemir	4	Batrane/Bialokoz	5	19-21, 21-13, 15-12	0:47
Lead the series against # 7 Bedritis/Rinkevics, Latvia 1-0
9/28/25	FIVB	Futures Balikesir	Gold Medal	Kuru/Ozdemir	4	Bedritis/Rinkevics	7	17-21, 21-14, 16-14	0:47
Lead the series against # 9, Q2 Bulgacs/Graudins, Latvia 1-0
9/28/25	FIVB	Futures Balikesir	Semi-Finals	Kuru/Ozdemir	4	Bulgacs/Graudins	9, Q2	21-19, 25-27, 15-7	0:48
Trail the series against # 10 Breer/Fluckiger, Switzerland 0-1
8/23/25	FIVB	Futures Brno	Winner 2	Breer/Fluckiger	8	Kuru/Ozdemir	12	13-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:48
Lead the series against # 13 Kalchev/Mehandzhiyski, Bulgaria 1-0
9/26/25	FIVB	Futures Balikesir	Pool D	Kuru/Ozdemir	4	Kalchev/Mehandzhiyski	13	18-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:47