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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$15,000 BPT Futures Wuhan
May 28 - 31, 2026

(2) 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 Wuhan Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/20-24/2026	BPT Challenge Nuvali	20, Q3	25th	220	US$1,500.00
FIVB	5/13-17/2026	BPT Challenge Xiamen	29, Q6	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	3/11-15/2026	BPT Futures Coolangatta	3, Q1	5th	240	US$300.00
FIVB	3/5-8/2026	BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar	13	9th	460	US$3,250.00

BPT Futures Wuhan Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 5/29/2026	Pool B	Caleb Barnes / Gareth Mann, Australia (15, Q9)	Won 19-21, 21-6, 15-11	0:47
Fri, 5/29/2026	Pool B	Jonah Kjemperud / Sebastian Kjemperud, Norway (10)	Lost 20-22, 21-17, 8-15	0:43
Sat, 5/30/2026	Winner 1	Jamil Ghazal / Botond Olah, Hungary (13, Q5)	Won 21-18, 21-18	0:32
Sat, 5/30/2026	Winner 2	Hongjun Du / Yanwei Wang, China (1)	Won 18-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:48
Sun, 5/31/2026	Semi-Finals	Sihong Guo / Jinyang Song, China (14)	Lost 18-21, 21-14, 9-15	0:53
Sun, 5/31/2026	Bronze Medal	Jiaxin Wu / Chaowei Zhou, China (5)	Lost 13-21, 15-21	0:31

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 %
2026	FIVB	5	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	$8,900.00	15	10	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	8	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	1	1	1	0	$9,400.00	20	16	55.6 %

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
7	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	2	$3,375.00	2025	FIVB	5	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	$550.00
5	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	$4,450.00	2026	FIVB	5	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	$4,450.00
14	0	0	0	2	3	4	2	1	2	$7,875.00	Total	Total	15	0	0	1	2	1	6	3	1	1	$5,200.00

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	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%
2025-2026	14	70.0%	4	20.0%	2	10.0%	18-2	90.0%	4	23.5%	3	17.6%	10	58.8%	4-13	23.5%	14-10	58.3%	8-5	61.5%	0	0	22-15	59.5%
Against the Field	3	75.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	2	40.0%	2	40.0%	1	20.0%	2-3	40.0%	6-2	75.0%	6-4	60.0%	0	0	6-3	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
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
Merritt/Walker lead the series against the field 5-3 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Du/Wang, China 1-0
5/30/26	FIVB	BPT Futures Wuhan	Winner 2	Merritt/Walker	2	Du/Wang	1	18-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:48
Lead the series against # 4 Czachorowski/Krzeminski, Poland 1-0
5/20/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nuvali	Qualifier 2	Merritt/Walker	20, Q3	Czachorowski/Krzeminski	Q14	21-16, 21-18	0:35
Trail the series against # 5 Wu/Zhou, China 0-1
5/31/26	FIVB	BPT Futures Wuhan	Bronze Medal	Wu/Zhou	5	Merritt/Walker	2	21-13, 21-15	0:31
Lead the series against # 7 Li/Zhang, China 1-0
5/13/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Qualifier 3	Merritt/Walker	29, Q6	Li/Zhang	Q22	25-23, 21-12	0:36
Trail the series against # 10 Kjemperud/Kjemperud, Norway 0-1
5/29/26	FIVB	BPT Futures Wuhan	Pool B	Kjemperud/Kjemperud	10	Merritt/Walker	2	22-20, 17-21, 15-8	0:43
Lead the series against # 13, Q5 Ghazal/Olah, Hungary 1-0
5/30/26	FIVB	BPT Futures Wuhan	Winner 1	Merritt/Walker	2	Ghazal/Olah	13, Q5	21-18, 21-18	0:32
Trail the series against # 14 Guo/Song, China 0-1
5/31/26	FIVB	BPT Futures Wuhan	Semi-Finals	Guo/Song	14	Merritt/Walker	2	21-18, 14-21, 15-9	0:53
Lead the series against # 15, Q9 Barnes/Mann, Australia 1-0
5/29/26	FIVB	BPT Futures Wuhan	Pool B	Merritt/Walker	2	Barnes/Mann	15, Q9	19-21, 21-6, 15-11	0:47