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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar
March 5 - 8, 2026

(13) Oliver Merritt/Jed Walker, Australia

Oliver Merritt
Australia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 21, 2001 (24 yrs old)

Home Town:

Caloundra

Height:

201 cm (6'7")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (FIVB Mount Maunganui 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$5,200.00

Jed Walker
Australia

Photo not available

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 2, 2004 (21 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB Coolangatta 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$2,525.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	Money
FIVB	5	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	US$4,050.00

Previous Bhubaneswar Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/6-9/2025	BPT Futures Mount Maunganui	12	4th	280	US$400.00

BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 3/5/2026	Pool D	Jeene Nijkamp / Alvaro Viera, Spain (20)	Won 21-16, 21-19
Fri, 3/6/2026	Pool D	Issa Batrane / Frederick Bialokoz, England (4)	Lost 21-14, 14-21, 12-15
Fri, 3/6/2026	Winner 1	Florian Fiedler / Hannes Ludwig, Germany (24)	Won 21-11, 21-17
Sat, 3/7/2026	Winner 2	Joppe Van Langendonck / Kyan Vercauteren, Belgium (7)	Lost 18-21, 21-18, 13-15

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,250.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	$800.00
Total	5	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	$4,050.00

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
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$2,750.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,625.00
7	0	0	0	1	3	2	1	0	0	$750.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	10	0	0	1	1	1	4	3	0	0	$900.00
11	0	0	0	1	3	3	2	0	1	$5,200.00	Total	12	0	0	1	1	1	5	3	0	0	$2,525.00

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,250.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$3,750.00	7	8	46.7 %

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
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,625.00	2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,625.00
10	0	0	0	1	2	3	2	0	2	$5,050.00	Total	Total	11	0	0	1	1	0	5	3	0	1	$2,375.00

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	7	53.8%	3	23.1%	3	23.1%	10-3	76.9%	1	14.3%	2	28.6%	4	57.1%	1-6	14.3%	7-4	63.6%	4-5	44.4%	0	0	11-9	55.0%
2025-2026	6	66.7%	2	22.2%	1	11.1%	8-1	88.9%	1	16.7%	1	16.7%	4	66.7%	1-5	16.7%	6-4	60.0%	3-2	60.0%	0	0	9-6	60.0%
Against the Field	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0-1	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	0-4	0.0%	0	0	2-2	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	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	4	1	3	3	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	9	7
Total	0	0	4	1	4	4	0	0	3	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	11	9

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 # 4 Batrane/Bialokoz, England 0-1
3/6/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar	Pool D	Batrane/Bialokoz	4	Merritt/Walker	13	14-21, 21-14, 15-12
Trail the series against # 7 Van Langendonck/Vercauteren, Belgium 0-1
3/7/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar	Winner 2	Van Langendonck/Vercauteren	7	Merritt/Walker	13	21-18, 18-21, 15-13
Lead the series against # 20 Nijkamp/Viera, Spain 1-0
3/5/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar	Pool D	Merritt/Walker	13	Nijkamp/Viera	20	21-16, 21-19
Lead the series against # 24 Fiedler/Ludwig, Germany 1-0
3/6/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar	Winner 1	Merritt/Walker	13	Fiedler/Ludwig	24	21-11, 21-17