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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite Cape Town
October 22 - 26, 2025

(7) 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 Cape Town Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/24-28/2025	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	12	19th	380	US$2,500.00
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 Cape Town Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 10/22/2025	Pool F	Alexander Horst / Moritz Pristauz, Austria (18, Q2)	Lost 15-21, 20-22	0:34
Thu, 10/23/2025	Pool F	Timothy Brewster / Ryan Ierna, United States (19, Q3)	Lost 23-25, 21-23	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	10	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	1	3	1	0	$46,000.00	16	20	44.4 %
Total	FIVB	13	0	1	1	0	2	1	2	2	3	1	0	$59,000.00	28	24	53.8 %

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
10	0	0	1	0	2	3	3	1	0	$23,000.00	2025	FIVB	10	0	0	1	0	2	3	3	1	0	$23,000.00
29	0	4	1	0	5	5	7	2	5	$38,700.00	Total	Total	31	0	1	1	2	4	12	8	1	2	$30,600.00

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	2	40.0%	2	40.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	1	9.1%	5	45.5%	5	45.5%	1-10	9.1%	4-10	28.6%	6-12	33.3%	0	0	5-11	31.3%

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 5-9 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 5 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Andersson/Nilsson, Sweden 1-2
8/27/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Hamburg	Pool D	Andersson/Nilsson	9	Henning/Wust	16	21-18, 12-21, 15-8	0:44
6/27/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	Winner 1	Henning/Wust	11	Andersson/Nilsson	15	13-21, 21-17, 16-14	0:48
12/1/24	FIVB	Challenge Nuvali	Gold Medal	Andersson/Nilsson	10, Q2	Henning/Wust	16, Q3	21-17, 21-16	0:35
Series tied with # 2 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
Series tied with # 5 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
Lead the series against # 9 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
Trail the series against # 11 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 # 14 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
Trail the series against # 18, Q2 Horst/Pristauz, Austria 0-1
10/22/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Cape Town	Pool F	Horst/Pristauz	18, Q2	Henning/Wust	7	21-15, 22-20	0:34
Trail the series against # 19, Q3 Brewster/Ierna, United States 0-1
10/23/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Cape Town	Pool F	Brewster/Ierna	19, Q3	Henning/Wust	7	25-23, 23-21	0:48