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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 BPT Elite16 Hamburg
August 5 - 9, 2026

(4) Paul Henning/Lukas Pfretzschner, Germany

Paul Henning
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 28, 1997 (28 yrs old)

Home Town:

Erfurt

Height:

202 cm (6'8")

Weight:

92 kg (202 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Alanya 2026)

Career Winnings:

US$59,285.23

Lukas Pfretzschner
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 13, 2000 (26 yrs old)

Home Town:

Dachau

Height:

193 cm (6'4")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Alanya 2026)

Career Winnings:

US$83,208.25

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	US$550.00
FIVB	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	US$27,500.00
Overall	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	US$28,050.00

Previous Hamburg Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2022	Sven Winter - 21st	Robin Sowa - 17th
2023	Sven Winter - 5th	Robin Sowa - 21st
2024	Maximilian Just - 9th	Did not play
2025	Lui Wust - 13th	Sven Winter - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/10-14/2026	BPT Challenge Alanya	18	1st	800	US$20,000.00
FIVB	3/18-22/2026	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	7	25th	220	US$1,500.00

BPT Elite16 Hamburg Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/6/2026	Pool D	Julian Friedli / Jonathan Jordan, Switzerland (13, Q1)	Won 21-13, 21-17	0:37
Thu, 8/6/2026	Pool D	Chaim Schalk / James Shaw, United States (12)	Won 17-21, 22-20, 15-12	0:48
Fri, 8/7/2026	Pool D	Kristians Fokerots / Martins Plavins, Latvia (5)	Lost 19-21, 20-22	0:39
Sat, 8/8/2026	Winner 1	Elouan Chouikh / Joadel Gardoque, France (6)	Lost 18-21, 7-21	0:29

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$21,500.00
Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$500.00
Total	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	$28,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Paul Henning												Lukas Pfretzschner
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Youth 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	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$9,000.00
11	0	0	0	0	3	3	5	0	0	$24,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	18	0	0	0	0	2	8	5	3	0	$28,750.00
17	1	1	1	0	1	3	2	3	5	$26,750.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	25	1	1	1	1	3	3	3	5	7	$35,500.00
4	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,200.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	10	0	1	1	0	2	2	4	0	0	$4,100.00
											U21 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	$2,000.00	Confederation Championship	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	0	$3,750.00
37	1	4	1	0	5	7	8	6	5	$57,950.00	Total	64	1	3	2	1	11	14	14	11	7	$81,100.00

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
2026	FIVB	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$27,500.00	8	5	61.5 %
Total	FIVB	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$27,500.00	8	5	61.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Paul Henning													Lukas Pfretzschner
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2017	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2018	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2019	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	1	$1,950.00
											2019	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2020	FIVB	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
											2020	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
											2021	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	3	$2,750.00
											2021	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	4	$500.00	2022	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	1	1	$4,750.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00	2022	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
4	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$5,200.00	2023	FIVB	11	0	1	0	1	1	2	2	2	2	$7,025.00
7	0	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	$10,000.00	2024	FIVB	5	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	$16,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00	2024	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00
11	0	0	1	0	2	3	4	1	0	$26,500.00	2025	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	4	4	1	4	0	$30,125.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2025	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00
3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$13,750.00	2026	FIVB	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$13,750.00
36	1	4	1	0	5	7	8	5	5	$57,700.00	Total	Total	63	1	3	2	1	11	14	14	10	7	$80,850.00

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	4	80.0%	0	0.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	4	50.0%	0	0.0%	4	50.0%	4-4	50.0%	4-4	50.0%	4-1	80.0%	0	0	8-5	61.5%
2025-2026	4	80.0%	0	0.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	4	50.0%	0	0.0%	4	50.0%	4-4	50.0%	4-4	50.0%	4-1	80.0%	0	0	8-5	61.5%
Against the Field	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	3	60.0%	0	0.0%	2	40.0%	3-2	60.0%	2-4	33.3%	6-0	100.0%	0	0	4-2	66.7%

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	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	6	3
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Total	0	0	0	0	3	6	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	8	7

Head to Head Results
Henning/Pfretzschner lead the series against the field 4-2 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 5 Fokerots/Plavins, Latvia 0-1
8/7/26	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Hamburg	Pool D	Fokerots/Plavins	5	Henning/Pfretzschner	4	21-19, 22-20	0:39
Trail the series against # 6 Chouikh/Gardoque, France 0-1
8/8/26	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Hamburg	Winner 1	Chouikh/Gardoque	6	Henning/Pfretzschner	4	21-18, 21-7	0:29
Lead the series against # 12 Schalk/Shaw, United States 1-0
8/6/26	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Hamburg	Pool D	Henning/Pfretzschner	4	Schalk/Shaw	12	17-21, 22-20, 15-12	0:48
Lead the series against # 13, Q1 Friedli/Jordan, Switzerland 1-0
8/6/26	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Hamburg	Pool D	Henning/Pfretzschner	4	Friedli/Jordan	13, Q1	21-13, 21-17	0:37
Lead the series against # Q4 Haussener/Heidrich, Switzerland 1-0
6/12/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Alanya	Winner 2	Henning/Pfretzschner	18	Haussener/Heidrich	5	19-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:58
Lead the series against # Q13 Reinhardt/Sowa, Germany 1-0
6/12/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Alanya	Pool B	Henning/Pfretzschner	18	Reinhardt/Sowa	31, Q22	18-21, 25-23, 15-10	0:54