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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Nuvali
May 20 - 24, 2026

(27) 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$7,266.93

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$8,677.75

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
FIVB	18	1	1	0	0	2	0	4	1	3	3	3	US$13,653.70

Previous Nuvali Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2024	Yusuf Ozdemir - 9th	Batuhan Kuru - 9th
2025	Yusuf Ozdemir - 33rd	Batuhan Kuru - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/13-17/2026	BPT Challenge Xiamen	21	25th	220	US$1,500.00
FIVB	3/12-15/2026	BPT Futures Haikou	1	2nd	360	US$1,050.00
FIVB	3/5-8/2026	BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar	14	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	10/15-19/2025	BPT Challenge Nuvali	Q6	33rd	180	US$0.00
FIVB	9/25-28/2025	Futures Balikesir	4	1st	400	€ 1,000.00
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

BPT Challenge Nuvali Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/21/2026	Pool F	Benedikt Sagstetter / Jonas Sagstetter, Germany (6)	Lost 14-21, 14-21	0:34
Fri, 5/22/2026	Pool F	Derek Bradford / Evan Cory, United States (11)	Won 21-19, 21-19	0:41
Fri, 5/22/2026	Winner 1	Piotr Kantor / Filip Lejawa, Poland (29, Q8)	Lost 21-18, 12-21, 14-16	0:50

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	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	0	$10,000.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	10	1	1	0	0	2	0	3	1	2	0	0	$3,350.00
Total	18	1	1	0	0	2	0	4	1	3	3	0	$13,350.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Batuhan Kuru												Yusuf Ozdemir
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
9	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	$5,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	$5,000.00
14	1	1	0	0	2	6	4	0	0	$1,775.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	18	1	1	0	0	4	8	2	1	0	$2,975.00
											U18/19 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
23	1	1	0	0	2	7	5	3	0	$6,775.00	Total	30	1	1	0	0	4	9	3	4	0	$7,975.00

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	8	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	2	$3,100.00	13	10	56.5 %
2026	FIVB	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	$8,050.00	6	7	46.2 %
Total	FIVB	17	1	1	0	0	2	0	4	1	3	2	3	$11,850.00	24	25	49.0 %

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
8	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	2	$1,550.00	2025	FIVB	8	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	2	$1,550.00
4	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$4,025.00	2026	FIVB	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$4,025.00
23	1	1	0	0	2	7	5	2	5	$6,025.00	Total	Total	29	1	1	0	0	4	9	3	3	8	$7,225.00

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	13	52.0%	5	20.0%	7	28.0%	18-7	72.0%	6	23.1%	2	7.7%	18	69.2%	6-20	23.1%	13-18	41.9%	11-9	55.0%	0	0	24-27	47.1%
2025-2026	9	50.0%	4	22.2%	5	27.8%	13-5	72.2%	6	30.0%	1	5.0%	13	65.0%	6-14	30.0%	9-13	40.9%	10-6	62.5%	0	0	19-19	50.0%
Against the Field	1	14.3%	4	57.1%	2	28.6%	5-2	71.4%	2	28.6%	0	0.0%	5	71.4%	2-5	28.6%	2-10	16.7%	12-4	75.0%	0	0	7-7	50.0%

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	1	8	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	13
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	11	14	0	0	4	7	2	0	0	0	1	1	24	27

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 7-7 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 5 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 4 Van Langendonck/Vercauteren, Belgium 1-1
10/15/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nuvali	Qualifier 2	Van Langendonck/Vercauteren	30, Q11	Kuru/Ozdemir	Q6	21-16, 21-16	0:33
9/21/24	FIVB	Futures Balikesir	Winner 1	Kuru/Ozdemir	10	Van Langendonck/Vercauteren	3	21-15, 14-21, 20-18	0:49
Trail the series against # 6 Sagstetter/Sagstetter, Germany 0-1
5/21/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nuvali	Pool F	Sagstetter/Sagstetter	6	Kuru/Ozdemir	27	21-14, 21-14	0:34
Trail the series against # 9 Haussener/Heidrich, Switzerland 0-1
5/14/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Pool E	Haussener/Heidrich	12	Kuru/Ozdemir	21	21-12, 21-16	0:31
Series tied with # 11 Bradford/Cory, United States 1-1
5/22/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nuvali	Pool F	Kuru/Ozdemir	27	Bradford/Cory	11	21-19, 21-19	0:41
3/7/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar	Winner 2	Bradford/Cory	2	Kuru/Ozdemir	14	21-16, 21-15	0:35
Trail the series against # 17 Brinck/Hovmann, Denmark 0-1
3/5/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar	Pool C	Brinck/Hovmann	19	Kuru/Ozdemir	14	20-22, 21-13, 15-10	0:47
Trail the series against # 21, Q4 Moiseiev/Savvin, Ukraine 0-1
5/15/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Pool E	Moiseiev/Savvin	28, Q5	Kuru/Ozdemir	21	21-18, 21-15	0:35
Lead the series against # 23 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 # 24 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
Trail the series against # 29, Q8 Kantor/Lejawa, Poland 0-1
5/22/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nuvali	Winner 1	Kantor/Lejawa	29, Q8	Kuru/Ozdemir	27	18-21, 21-12, 16-14	0:50
Lead the series against # Q13 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
Lead the series against # Q16 Besarab/Beta, Poland 1-0
3/14/26	FIVB	BPT Futures Haikou	Winner 2	Kuru/Ozdemir	1	Besarab/Beta	3	21-19, 16-21, 15-9	0:46
Lead the series against # Q23 Kjemperud/Kjemperud, Norway 1-0
3/13/26	FIVB	BPT Futures Haikou	Pool A	Kuru/Ozdemir	1	Kjemperud/Kjemperud	8	21-12, 15-21, 15-10	0:41