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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 BPT Challenge Recife
March 21 - 24, 2024

(20, Q6) Leon Luini/Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands

Leon Luini
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 19, 2000 (25 yrs old)

Home Town:

Pietra Ligure

Height:

197 cm (6'6")

Weight:

93 kg (205 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Prague 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$48,055.90

Christiaan Varenhorst
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 6, 1990 (35 yrs old)

Home Town:

Valthermond

Height:

212 cm (6'11")

Weight:

106 kg (233 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

120

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$430,237.50

Awards

Top Rookie 2012
Best Hitter 2015

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	Money
FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	2	1	2	1	US$16,000.00

Previous Recife Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/26-30/2023	Elite16 Montréal	Q4	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	7/20-23/2023	Challenge Edmonton	14	5th	600	US$3,750.00
FIVB	7/13-16/2023	Challenge Portugal	13	19th	300	US$1,000.00

Challenge Recife Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 3/21/2024	Qualifier 1	Gabriel Dos Reis / Pedro Sousa, Brazil (Q27)	Won 21-16, 21-9	0:32
Thu, 3/21/2024	Qualifier 2	Hugo Campos / Joao Pedrosa, Portugal (Q11)	Won 19-21, 21-18, 15-9	0:47
Fri, 3/22/2024	Pool E	Chase Budinger / Miles Evans, United States (5)	Lost 19-21, 15-21	0:38
Fri, 3/22/2024	Pool E	Sergiy Popov / Eduard Reznik, Ukraine (8)	Won 21-18, 21-15	0:36
Sat, 3/23/2024	Winner 1	Andre Loyola / George Wanderley, Brazil (4)	Won 10-21, 21-16, 21-19	0:59
Sat, 3/23/2024	Winner 2	Joaquin Bello / Luis Javier Bello, England (7)	Lost 21-23, 21-23	0:42

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	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	$5,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	$11,000.00
Total	10	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	5	1	0	$16,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Leon Luini												Christiaan Varenhorst
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00	World Championships	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	$43,500.00
											World Tour Finals	3	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$36,000.00
15	0	0	0	0	1	6	7	1	0	$20,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	51	2	1	1	2	9	13	16	4	0	$270,650.00
18	0	1	1	0	4	4	5	1	1	$22,250.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	53	1	0	3	1	11	9	8	6	0	$79,237.50
9	1	0	2	1	0	3	2	0	0	$1,400.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$850.00
											U21 World Championships	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00
43	1	1	3	1	5	13	15	2	1	$47,400.00	Total	120	3	4	5	4	25	24	26	11	0	$430,237.50

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	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	$4,750.00	2	5	28.6 %
2024	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,750.00	4	2	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	$8,500.00	6	7	46.2 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Leon Luini													Christiaan Varenhorst
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2007	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2008	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2009	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,000.00
											2009	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2010	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00
											2010	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2011	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00
											2012	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	3	1	$22,850.00
											2013	FIVB	10	0	0	0	1	1	1	5	1	1	$25,850.00
											2014	FIVB	12	2	0	1	0	4	3	2	0	0	$98,000.00
											2015	FIVB	10	0	2	0	1	3	2	2	0	0	$91,500.00
											2016	FIVB	10	1	0	0	0	5	2	2	0	0	$60,062.50
											2017	FIVB	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	$16,000.00
											2018	FIVB	10	0	1	0	1	1	2	2	3	0	$21,100.00
											2019	FIVB	12	0	0	1	0	1	4	1	1	4	$23,500.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$250.00	2020	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$3,500.00
5	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	$400.00	2021	FIVB	7	0	0	2	0	3	1	1	0	0	$42,500.00
12	0	0	1	0	2	5	4	0	0	$23,875.00	2022	FIVB	7	0	0	1	0	2	1	3	0	0	$16,375.00
8	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	0	1	$3,625.00	2023	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$2,375.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,875.00	2024	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,875.00
27	0	0	3	0	4	7	12	0	1	$30,025.00	Total	Total	114	3	4	5	4	25	22	23	10	18	$426,487.50

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	50.0%	3	18.8%	5	31.3%	11-5	68.8%	2	16.7%	4	33.3%	6	50.0%	2-10	16.7%	8-6	57.1%	5-9	35.7%	0	1	13-16	44.8%
2023-2024	8	50.0%	3	18.8%	5	31.3%	11-5	68.8%	2	16.7%	4	33.3%	6	50.0%	2-10	16.7%	8-6	57.1%	5-9	35.7%	0	1	13-16	44.8%
Against the Field	7	58.3%	2	16.7%	3	25.0%	9-3	75.0%	2	22.2%	3	33.3%	4	44.4%	2-7	22.2%	14-8	63.6%	8-12	40.0%	0	0	11-10	52.4%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	7
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	3	1	3	5	1	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	9
Total	0	0	7	5	3	8	1	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	16

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 6-6 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 4 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Brunner/Crabb, United States 0-1
7/14/23	FIVB	Challenge Portugal	Pool A	Brunner/Crabb	12, Q3	Luini/Varenhorst	13	22-20, 21-15	0:35
Lead the series against # 4 Loyola/Wanderley, Brazil 1-0
3/23/24	FIVB	Challenge Recife	Winner 1	Luini/Varenhorst	20, Q6	Loyola/Wanderley	4	10-21, 21-16, 21-19	0:59
Trail the series against # 5 Budinger/Evans, United States 1-2
3/22/24	FIVB	Challenge Recife	Pool E	Budinger/Evans	5	Luini/Varenhorst	20, Q6	21-19, 21-15	0:38
7/26/23	FIVB	Elite16 Montréal	Qualifier 1	Budinger/Evans	16, Q13	Luini/Varenhorst	Q4	21-18, 14-21, 15-11	0:42
7/21/23	FIVB	Challenge Edmonton	Pool B	Luini/Varenhorst	14	Budinger/Evans	11	21-17, 21-19	0:35
Trail the series against # 7 Bello/Bello, England 0-1
3/23/24	FIVB	Challenge Recife	Winner 2	Bello/Bello	7	Luini/Varenhorst	20, Q6	23-21, 23-21	0:42
Lead the series against # 8 Popov/Reznik, Ukraine 1-0
3/22/24	FIVB	Challenge Recife	Pool E	Luini/Varenhorst	20, Q6	Popov/Reznik	8	21-18, 21-15	0:36
Lead the series against # 17, Q3 Carracher/Nicolaidis, Australia 1-0
7/22/23	FIVB	Challenge Edmonton	Winner 1	Luini/Varenhorst	14	Carracher/Nicolaidis	17	21-13, 21-18	0:36
Trail the series against # Q5 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 0-1
7/21/23	FIVB	Challenge Edmonton	Pool B	Grimalt/Grimalt	2	Luini/Varenhorst	14	14-21, 21-13, 15-13	0:44
Series tied with # Q11 Campos/Pedrosa, Portugal 1-1
3/21/24	FIVB	Challenge Recife	Qualifier 2	Luini/Varenhorst	20, Q6	Campos/Pedrosa	Q11	19-21, 21-18, 15-9	0:47
7/22/23	FIVB	Challenge Edmonton	Winner 2	Campos/Pedrosa	18, Q11	Luini/Varenhorst	14	21-15, 21-19	0:34
Lead the series against # Q27 Dos Reis/Sousa, Brazil 1-0
3/21/24	FIVB	Challenge Recife	Qualifier 1	Luini/Varenhorst	20, Q6	Dos Reis/Sousa	Q27	21-16, 21-9	0:32