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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$10,000 BPT Futures Mount Maunganui
March 6 - 9, 2025

(12) 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$9,500.00

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$6,825.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	Money
FIVB	9	0	0	0	2	1	0	3	1	0	1	1	US$12,650.00

Previous Mount Maunganui Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/12-15/2024	BPT Futures Qingdao	15, Q10	13th	140	US$100.00
FIVB	9/5-8/2024	BPT Futures Qidong	Q9	21st	60	US$0.00

BPT Futures Mount Maunganui Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 3/7/2025	Pool D	Derek Bradford / Jake Urrutia, United States (5)	Won 21-17, 14-21, 15-11	0:56
Fri, 3/7/2025	Pool D	Bradley Fuller / Ben O'Dea, New Zealand (4)	Lost 16-21, 15-21	0:34
Sat, 3/8/2025	Winner 1	Mark Bucknam / Charlie Siragusa, United States (6)	Won 23-21, 21-17	0:45
Sat, 3/8/2025	Winner 2	Djordje Klasnic / Nemanja Komar, Serbia (7)	Won 21-15, 21-15	0:36
Sun, 3/9/2025	Semi-Finals	Thomas Hartles / John McManaway, New Zealand (1)	Lost 16-21, 21-23	0:39
Sun, 3/9/2025	Bronze Medal	Derek Bradford / Jake Urrutia, United States (5)	Lost 14-21, 17-21	0:36

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	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	$11,250.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	5	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,400.00
Total	9	0	0	0	2	1	0	3	1	1	1	0	$12,650.00

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
6	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	$6,750.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	5	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	$5,625.00
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
15	0	0	0	2	3	5	2	1	1	$9,500.00	Total	16	0	0	1	2	1	7	3	1	0	$6,825.00

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 %
2025	FIVB	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$400.00	3	3	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$500.00	5	6	45.5 %

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
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$200.00	2025	FIVB	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$200.00
3	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	$250.00	Total	Total	6	0	0	0	1	0	3	2	0	0	$400.00

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	15	62.5%	5	20.8%	4	16.7%	20-4	83.3%	4	22.2%	4	22.2%	10	55.6%	4-14	22.2%	15-10	60.0%	9-8	52.9%	0	0	24-18	57.1%
2024-2025	3	42.9%	2	28.6%	2	28.6%	5-2	71.4%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3	75.0%	0-4	0.0%	3-3	50.0%	2-3	40.0%	0	0	5-6	45.5%
Against the Field	2	66.7%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	4-6	40.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	3-3	50.0%

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	6	0	3	5	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	8
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	10	1	7	9	0	0	7	4	0	2	0	2	0	0	24	18

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 3-3 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 2 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Hartles/McManaway, New Zealand 0-1
3/9/25	FIVB	BPT Futures Mount Maunganui	Semi-Finals	Hartles/McManaway	1	Merritt/Walker	12	21-16, 23-21	0:39
Trail the series against # 4 Fuller/O'Dea, New Zealand 0-1
3/7/25	FIVB	BPT Futures Mount Maunganui	Pool D	Fuller/O'Dea	4	Merritt/Walker	12	21-16, 21-15	0:34
Series tied with # 5 Bradford/Urrutia, United States 1-1
3/9/25	FIVB	BPT Futures Mount Maunganui	Bronze Medal	Bradford/Urrutia	5	Merritt/Walker	12	21-14, 21-17	0:36
3/7/25	FIVB	BPT Futures Mount Maunganui	Pool D	Merritt/Walker	12	Bradford/Urrutia	5	21-17, 14-21, 15-11	0:56
Lead the series against # 6 Bucknam/Siragusa, United States 1-0
3/8/25	FIVB	BPT Futures Mount Maunganui	Winner 1	Merritt/Walker	12	Bucknam/Siragusa	6	23-21, 21-17	0:45
Lead the series against # 7 Klasnic/Komar, Serbia 1-0
3/8/25	FIVB	BPT Futures Mount Maunganui	Winner 2	Merritt/Walker	12	Klasnic/Komar	7	21-15, 21-15	0:36