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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro
July 29 - August 2, 2026

Piper Ferch/Teegan Van Gunst, United States

Piper Ferch
United States

Photo: NORCECA

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 20, 2003 (22 yrs old)

Home Town:

Redmond, WA

Height:

178 cm (5'10")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (4 times)

Career Winnings:

US$19,525.00

Teegan Van Gunst
United States

Photo: NORCECA

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 17, 1995 (31 yrs old)

Home Town:

Fayetteville, GA

Height:

183 cm (6'0")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$47,713.98

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	Money
FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	US$34,250.00

Previous Rio de Janeiro Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2024	Did not play	Kimberly Hildreth - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/1-5/2026	BPT Elite Gstaad	14		380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	5/27-31/2026	BPT Elite Ostrava	13	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	3/11-15/2026	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	10	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	12/3-7/2025	BPT Elite Itapema	8	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	10/22-26/2025	BPT Elite Cape Town	21, Q5	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	10/15-19/2025	BPT Challenge Nuvali	9	17th	340	US$2,250.00

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	5	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	$32,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,250.00
Total	6	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	$34,250.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Piper Ferch												Teegan Van Gunst
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
5	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	$16,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	15	0	0	1	0	3	3	6	1	0	$31,500.00
4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	$3,375.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	11	0	0	0	1	2	2	5	1	0	$15,000.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$150.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,050.00
11	0	0	0	0	5	0	3	1	1	$19,525.00	Total	30	0	3	1	1	5	5	12	2	0	$47,550.00

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
2025	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	$20,250.00	6	7	46.2 %
2026	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$11,500.00	3	7	30.0 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	$31,750.00	9	14	39.1 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Piper Ferch													Teegan Van Gunst
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2023	FIVB	6	0	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$5,425.00
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$1,650.00	2024	FIVB	10	0	0	1	0	0	2	6	1	0	$13,250.00
6	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	1	$10,875.00	2025	FIVB	10	0	0	0	1	3	1	4	1	0	$21,875.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$5,750.00	2026	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$5,750.00
10	0	0	0	0	5	0	3	1	1	$18,275.00	Total	Total	29	0	3	1	1	5	5	12	2	0	$46,300.00

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	5	50.0%	2	20.0%	3	30.0%	7-3	70.0%	2	15.4%	3	23.1%	8	61.5%	2-11	15.4%	5-8	38.5%	4-6	40.0%	0	0	9-14	39.1%
2025-2026	5	50.0%	2	20.0%	3	30.0%	7-3	70.0%	2	15.4%	3	23.1%	8	61.5%	2-11	15.4%	5-8	38.5%	4-6	40.0%	0	0	9-14	39.1%
Against the Field	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	2	33.3%	4	66.7%	0-6	0.0%	2-8	20.0%	2-4	33.3%	0	0	2-6	25.0%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	0	4	7	1	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	12
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Total	0	0	1	0	5	8	1	0	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	14

Head to Head Results
Ferch/Van Gunst trail the series against the field 2-6 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 5 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against Cavalcanti/Salgado, Brazil 0-1
12/6/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Itapema	Winner 2	Cavalcanti/Salgado	1	Ferch/Van Gunst	8	21-16, 21-16	1:15
Trail the series against Cory/Newberry, United States 0-1
3/12/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Pool C	Cory/Newberry	22, Q9	Ferch/Van Gunst	10	21-14, 21-13	0:33
Trail the series against Lisboa/Silva, Brazil 0-2
7/1/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Pool B	Lisboa/Silva	11	Ferch/Van Gunst	14	21-13, 21-19	0:32
3/13/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Winner 2	Lisboa/Silva	1	Ferch/Van Gunst	10	21-16, 21-10	0:28
Lead the series against Martins/Simonetti, Brazil 1-0
3/11/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Pool C	Ferch/Van Gunst	10	Martins/Simonetti	15	21-14, 16-21, 15-11	0:45
Lead the series against Murakami/Shiba, Japan 1-0
12/4/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Itapema	Pool E	Ferch/Van Gunst	8	Murakami/Shiba	17, Q1	21-17, 21-16	0:31
Trail the series against Schoon/Stam, Netherlands 0-1
5/27/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Ostrava	Pool A	Schoon/Stam	12	Ferch/Van Gunst	13	21-19, 19-21, 15-13	0:52
Trail the series against Verge-Depre/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 0-1
10/23/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Cape Town	Pool D	Verge-Depre/Verge-Depre	4	Ferch/Van Gunst	21, Q5	21-16, 24-26, 15-7	0:50