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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro
September 24 - 28, 2025

(12) Paul Henning/Lui Wust, 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 Best:

2nd (4 times)

Career Winnings:

US$42,598.23

Lui Wüst
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 22, 2002 (23 yrs old)

Home Town:

Berlin

Height:

186 cm (6'1")

Weight:

74 kg (163 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Nuvali 2024)

Career Winnings:

US$34,615.35

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	Money
FIVB	14	0	1	1	0	2	1	2	2	1	3	1	US$66,000.00

Previous Rio de Janeiro Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/27-31/2025	BPT Elite Hamburg	16	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	8/13-17/2025	BPT Elite Montréal	11	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	8/6-10/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	5	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2025	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	11	3rd	720	US$9,000.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2025	BPT Challenge Alanya	4	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	5/28-6/1/2025	BPT Elite Ostrava	14	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	3/26-30/2025	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	20, Q5	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	3/19-23/2025	BPT Challenge Yucatan	10	25th	220	US$1,500.00
FIVB	11/28-12/1/2024	Challenge Nuvali	16, Q3	2nd	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	11/21-24/2024	Challenge Chennai	16, Q3	7th	520	US$3,000.00
FIVB	11/12-17/2024	Challenge Haikou	15	13th	400	US$2,000.00

BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 9/24/2025	Pool A	Chase Budinger / Miles Evans, United States (13)	Lost 14-21, 10-21	0:31
Thu, 9/25/2025	Pool A	Jiri Sedlak / Tadeas Trousil, Czech Republic (24, Q16)	Lost 21-15, 17-21, 10-15	0:48

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	1	0	0	$7,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	$29,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	7	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	0	$30,000.00
Total	14	0	1	1	0	2	1	2	2	4	1	0	$66,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Paul Henning												Lui Wust
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	1	0	0	$3,500.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00
10	0	0	0	0	3	2	5	0	0	$21,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	0	0	$14,500.00
15	0	1	1	0	1	3	2	2	0	$16,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	9	0	1	1	0	1	3	0	1	0	$15,000.00
4	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,200.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	14	0	0	0	2	1	6	5	0	0	$1,100.00
											U18/19 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00
30	0	4	1	0	5	5	8	2	0	$42,200.00	Total	32	0	1	1	2	4	12	9	1	0	$34,100.00

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
2024	FIVB	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$13,000.00	12	4	75.0 %
2025	FIVB	9	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	1	2	1	0	$43,500.00	16	18	47.1 %
Total	FIVB	12	0	1	1	0	2	1	2	2	2	1	0	$56,500.00	28	22	56.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Paul Henning													Lui Wust
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2021	FIVB	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	$200.00
											2021	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	4	$500.00	2022	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	$0.00
4	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$5,200.00	2023	FIVB	7	0	0	0	1	0	5	1	0	0	$650.00
7	0	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	$10,000.00	2024	FIVB	5	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	$6,750.00
9	0	0	1	0	2	3	2	1	0	$21,750.00	2025	FIVB	9	0	0	1	0	2	3	2	1	0	$21,750.00
28	0	4	1	0	5	5	6	2	5	$37,450.00	Total	Total	30	0	1	1	2	4	12	7	1	2	$29,350.00

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	18	66.7%	7	25.9%	2	7.4%	25-2	92.6%	3	11.1%	8	29.6%	16	59.3%	3-24	11.1%	18-16	52.9%	10-10	50.0%	2	0	30-26	53.6%
2024-2025	18	66.7%	7	25.9%	2	7.4%	25-2	92.6%	3	11.1%	8	29.6%	16	59.3%	3-24	11.1%	18-16	52.9%	10-10	50.0%	2	0	30-26	53.6%
Against the Field	5	41.7%	6	50.0%	1	8.3%	11-1	91.7%	0	0.0%	5	33.3%	10	66.7%	0-15	0.0%	10-18	35.7%	12-12	50.0%	1	0	12-15	44.4%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	0	4	9	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	12
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	4	0	8	6	0	0	7	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	21	12
Total	0	0	5	0	14	16	0	0	9	8	1	1	1	0	0	1	30	26

Head to Head Results
Henning/Wust trail the series against the field 12-14 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 9 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Mol/Sorum, Norway 0-1
8/16/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Montréal	Winner 2	Mol/Sorum	1	Henning/Wust	11	21-16, 21-15	0:33
Trail the series against # 2 Boermans/de Groot, Netherlands 0-1
5/30/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Ostrava	Pool B	Boermans/de Groot	2	Henning/Wust	14	21-16, 17-21, 15-6	0:45
Lead the series against # 3 Tijan/Younousse, Qatar 1-0
8/14/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Montréal	Pool C	Henning/Wust	11	Tijan/Younousse	3	By Forfeit
Series tied with # 6 Goncalves/Lanci, Brazil 1-1
8/16/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Montréal	Winner 1	Henning/Wust	11	Goncalves/Lanci	4	21-19, 18-21, 15-12	0:54
5/29/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Ostrava	Pool B	Goncalves/Lanci	11	Henning/Wust	14	21-18, 14-21, 15-11	0:46
Lead the series against # 7 Alayo/Diaz, Cuba 1-0
3/27/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	Pool E	Henning/Wust	20, Q5	Alayo/Diaz	5	22-20, 21-11	0:36
Trail the series against # 9 Carracher/Nicolaidis, Australia 0-1
8/15/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Montréal	Pool C	Carracher/Nicolaidis	14, Q2	Henning/Wust	11	21-17, 21-15	0:31
Trail the series against # 10 Gauthier-Rat/Rotar, France 0-1
8/29/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Hamburg	Winner 1	Gauthier-Rat/Rotar	12	Henning/Wust	16	21-10, 21-15	0:30
Trail the series against # 13 Budinger/Evans, United States 0-2
9/24/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	Pool A	Budinger/Evans	13	Henning/Wust	12	21-14, 21-10	0:31
6/13/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Alanya	Pool D	Budinger/Evans	20, Q4	Henning/Wust	4	21-13, 21-16	0:34
Trail the series against # 15 Capogrosso/Capogrosso, Argentina 0-1
3/29/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	Winner 3	Capogrosso/Capogrosso	2	Henning/Wust	20, Q5	21-15, 21-15	0:35
Lead the series against # 16 Lima/Loyola, Brazil 1-0
8/8/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Baden	Pool E	Henning/Wust	5	Lima/Loyola	12	21-19, 19-21, 15-11	0:53
Series tied with # 19, Q9 Cuzmiciov/Elazar, Israel 1-1
6/28/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	Winner 3	Henning/Wust	11	Cuzmiciov/Elazar	22, Q2	21-18, 18-21, 15-12	0:52
6/26/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	Pool F	Cuzmiciov/Elazar	22, Q2	Henning/Wust	11	21-17, 25-23	0:43
Lead the series against # 21, Q10 Sagstetter/Sagstetter, Germany 1-0
11/22/24	FIVB	Challenge Chennai	Pool D	Henning/Wust	16, Q3	Sagstetter/Sagstetter	21, Q9	21-18, 17-21, 15-12	0:47
Trail the series against # 24, Q16 Sedlak/Trousil, Czech Republic 0-1
9/25/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	Pool A	Sedlak/Trousil	24, Q16	Henning/Wust	12	15-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:48
Series tied with # Q1 Aye/Bassereau, France 1-1
8/9/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Baden	Winner 2	Aye/Bassereau	22	Henning/Wust	5	21-19, 19-21, 16-14	0:54
11/29/24	FIVB	Challenge Nuvali	Pool D	Henning/Wust	16, Q3	Aye/Bassereau	4	21-17, 12-21, 15-10	0:43
Trail the series against # Q4 Pfretzschner/Winter, Germany 1-2
6/27/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	Pool F	Henning/Wust	11	Pfretzschner/Winter	6	21-17, 28-26	0:43
6/14/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Alanya	Winner 2	Pfretzschner/Winter	11	Henning/Wust	4	21-14, 21-17	0:36
3/21/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Yucatan	Pool G	Pfretzschner/Winter	7	Henning/Wust	10	21-18, 29-31, 15-13	1:01
Trail the series against # Q6 Campos/Pedrosa, Portugal 0-1
3/20/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Yucatan	Pool G	Campos/Pedrosa	23	Henning/Wust	10	21-15, 21-18	0:30
Lead the series against # Q7 Barbosa/Rezende, Brazil 1-0
8/8/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Baden	Winner 1	Henning/Wust	5	Barbosa/Rezende	17	22-20, 21-18	0:36
Lead the series against # Q12 Bello/Bello, England 1-0
12/1/24	FIVB	Challenge Nuvali	Semi-Finals	Henning/Wust	16, Q3	Bello/Bello	1	21-18, 23-21	0:39
Lead the series against # Q14 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 2-0
8/28/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Hamburg	Pool D	Henning/Wust	16	Grimalt/Grimalt	21, Q9	21-17, 21-18	0:40
3/27/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	Pool E	Henning/Wust	20, Q5	Grimalt/Grimalt	8	21-12, 15-21, 15-13	0:48