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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$10,000 BPT Futures Qingdao
September 12 - 15, 2024

(15, Q10) Oliver Merritt/Jed Walker, Australia

Oliver Merritt
Australia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 21, 2001 (25 yrs old)

Home Town:

Caloundra

Height:

201 cm (6'7")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$7,875.00

Jed Walker
Australia

Photo not available

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 2, 2004 (22 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB Coolangatta 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$5,200.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	Money
FIVB	8	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	1	0	1	1	US$9,400.00

Previous Qingdao Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/5-8/2024	BPT Futures Qidong	Q9	21st	60	US$0.00

BPT Futures Qingdao Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 9/12/2024	Qualifier 1	Xingyu Tang / Xu Yuan, China (Q7)	Won 21-18, 25-23	0:48
Thu, 9/12/2024	Qualifier 2	Bence Tari / Akos Veress, Hungary (Q2)	Won 21-18, 19-21, 19-17	1:01
Fri, 9/13/2024	Pool B	Netitorn Muneekul / Poravid Taovato, Thailand (2)	Lost 14-21, 21-17, 14-16	0:57
Fri, 9/13/2024	Pool B	Gottsu Ishijima / Kensuke Shoji, Japan (7)	Lost 21-19, 15-21, 9-15	0:53

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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	$8,000.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	5	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,400.00
Total	8	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	1	1	1	0	$9,400.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Oliver Merritt												Jed Walker
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	1	$1,700.00	World Championships
5	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	$5,125.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	$4,000.00
8	0	0	0	2	3	2	1	0	0	$1,050.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	11	0	0	1	2	1	4	3	0	0	$1,200.00
14	0	0	0	2	3	4	2	1	1	$7,875.00	Total	15	0	0	1	2	1	6	3	1	0	$5,200.00

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$100.00	2	3	40.0 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$100.00	2	3	40.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Oliver Merritt													Jed Walker
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2023	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$50.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$50.00	2024	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$150.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$50.00	Total	Total	5	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	$200.00

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	13	68.4%	3	15.8%	3	15.8%	16-3	84.2%	4	23.5%	4	23.5%	9	52.9%	4-13	23.5%	13-9	59.1%	7-7	50.0%	0	0	20-16	55.6%
2023-2024	1	25.0%	1	25.0%	2	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0-1	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	1-3	25.0%	0	0	2-3	40.0%
Against the Field	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1-1	50.0%	2-0	100.0%	4-4	50.0%	0	0	3-2	60.0%

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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	4	0	2	4	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	6
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	4	1	4	4	0	0	4	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	12	10
Total	0	0	8	1	6	8	0	0	6	3	0	2	0	2	0	0	20	16

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 2-2 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Muneekul/Taovato, Thailand 0-1
9/13/24	FIVB	BPT Futures Qingdao	Pool B	Muneekul/Taovato	2	Merritt/Walker	15, Q10	21-14, 17-21, 16-14	0:57
Trail the series against # 7 Ishijima/Shoji, Japan 0-1
9/13/24	FIVB	BPT Futures Qingdao	Pool B	Ishijima/Shoji	7	Merritt/Walker	15, Q10	19-21, 21-15, 15-9	0:53
Lead the series against # Q2 Tari/Veress, Hungary 1-0
9/12/24	FIVB	BPT Futures Qingdao	Qualifier 2	Merritt/Walker	15, Q10	Tari/Veress	Q2	21-18, 19-21, 19-17	1:01
Lead the series against # Q7 Tang/Yuan, China 1-0
9/12/24	FIVB	BPT Futures Qingdao	Qualifier 1	Merritt/Walker	15, Q10	Tang/Yuan	Q7	21-18, 25-23	0:48