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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar
March 4 - 8, 2026

Kayla Mears/Tara Phillips, Australia

Kayla Mears
Australia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 2, 2003 (22 yrs old)

Home Town:

South Brisbane

Height:

168 cm (5'6")

Weight:

46 kg (101 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB Qidong 2023)

Career Winnings:

US$4,350.00

Tara Phillips
Australia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 3, 2001 (24 yrs old)

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (6 times)

Career Winnings:

US$4,784.25

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	2	1	US$6,900.00

Previous Bhubaneswar Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	2/5-8/2026	BPT Futures Mount Maunganui			0	US$0.00
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	43	33rd	320	US$4,800.00
FIVB	10/15-19/2025	BPT Challenge Nuvali	16	25th	220	US$1,500.00

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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,800.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$1,500.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	$600.00
Total	7	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	2	0	$6,900.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Kayla Mears												Tara Phillips
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	0	0	0	0	0	$2,400.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,400.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	$750.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	$750.00
10	0	0	1	1	4	2	2	0	0	$1,200.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	18	0	0	0	0	6	7	5	0	0	$1,400.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
17	0	0	1	1	5	2	4	3	0	$4,350.00	Total	23	0	0	0	0	6	7	6	3	0	$4,550.00

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
2022	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2023	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	$600.00	4	4	50.0 %
2024	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
2025	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$6,300.00	1	5	16.7 %
Total	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	2	1	$6,900.00	6	11	35.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Kayla Mears													Tara Phillips
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2021	FIVB Age Group WC
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$0.00	2022	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$0.00
6	0	0	1	1	3	0	1	0	0	$900.00	2023	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	4	3	1	0	0	$800.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2023	FIVB Age Group WC
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	$250.00	2024	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	1	0	$500.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	$3,200.00	2025	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	$3,250.00
18	0	0	1	1	5	2	4	3	2	$4,350.00	Total	Total	23	0	0	0	0	6	7	6	3	1	$4,550.00

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	6	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	6-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	3	27.3%	8	72.7%	0-11	0.0%	6-8	42.9%	0-3	0.0%	0	0	6-11	35.3%
2025-2026	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	5	100.0%	0-5	0.0%	1-5	16.7%	0-0		0	0	1-5	16.7%
Against the Field	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	2-2	50.0%	0-0		0	0	1-1	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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5
Total	0	0	1	3	4	5	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	11

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 1-1 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 1 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against Bentele/Niederhauser, Switzerland 0-1
10/16/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nuvali	Pool A	Bentele/Niederhauser	17	Mears/Phillips	16	21-18, 21-15	0:31
Lead the series against Lunio/Okla, Poland 1-0
11/16/25	FIVB	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool F	Mears/Phillips	43	Lunio/Okla	30	21-18, 23-21	0:39