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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar
March 5 - 8, 2026

(16) 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$5,775.00

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 (8 times)

Career Winnings:

US$6,209.25

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	3	2	1	US$9,750.00

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	5	5th	240	US$300.00
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

BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 3/5/2026	Pool A	Sofiia Kurnikova / Yeva Serdiuk, Ukraine (17)	Lost 16-21, 13-21	0:33
Fri, 3/6/2026	Winner 1	Kadeliye Halaiti / Mingli Zhou, China (18)	Lost 15-21, 16-21	0:36

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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	$3,750.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	6	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	$1,200.00
Total	10	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	3	2	0	$9,750.00

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
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	$1,875.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	$1,875.00
12	0	0	1	1	6	2	2	0	0	$1,500.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	20	0	0	0	0	8	7	5	0	0	$1,700.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
20	0	0	1	1	7	2	5	3	0	$5,775.00	Total	26	0	0	0	0	8	7	7	3	0	$5,975.00

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
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 %
2026	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,550.00	2	4	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	2	1	$9,450.00	8	15	34.8 %

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
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$1,275.00	2026	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$1,275.00
20	0	0	1	1	6	2	5	3	2	$5,625.00	Total	Total	25	0	0	0	0	7	7	7	3	1	$5,825.00

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	8	88.9%	0	0.0%	1	11.1%	8-1	88.9%	2	11.8%	3	17.6%	12	70.6%	2-15	11.8%	8-12	40.0%	2-4	33.3%	0	0	10-16	38.5%
2025-2026	3	75.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	2	18.2%	0	0.0%	9	81.8%	2-9	18.2%	3-9	25.0%	2-1	66.7%	0	0	5-10	33.3%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	0-6	0.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	0-4	0.0%

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	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	2	6	2	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	8
Total	0	0	1	3	7	7	0	1	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	16

Head to Head Results
Mears/Phillips trail the series against the field 0-4 (Lead 0 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 5 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
Trail the series against # 7 Alupei/Vaida, Romania 0-1
2/7/26	FIVB	BPT Futures Mount Maunganui	Winner 2	Alupei/Vaida	3	Mears/Phillips	5	24-26, 21-14, 15-9	0:48
Trail the series against # 17 Kurnikova/Serdiuk, Ukraine 0-1
3/5/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar	Pool A	Kurnikova/Serdiuk	17	Mears/Phillips	16	21-16, 21-13	0:33
Trail the series against # 18 Halaiti/Zhou, China 0-1
3/6/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar	Winner 1	Halaiti/Zhou	18	Mears/Phillips	16	21-15, 21-16	0:36