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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Xiamen
May 13 - 17, 2026

(29, Q6) 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 (FIVB Mount Maunganui 2025)

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	1	1	0	2	1	0	1	1	US$9,400.00

Previous Xiamen Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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 Challenge Xiamen Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/13/2026	Qualifier 2	Shiro Furuta / Ryo Tatsumi, Japan (Q27)	Won 21-19, 21-15	0:37
Wed, 5/13/2026	Qualifier 3	Wei Li / Tai Zhang, China (Q22)	Won 25-23, 21-12	0:36
Thu, 5/14/2026	Pool D	Jack Pearse / D'Artagnan Potts, Australia (4)	Lost 13-21, 14-21	0:32
Fri, 5/15/2026	Pool D	Issa Batrane / Frederick Bialokoz, England (20)	Won 21-15, 21-12	0:31
Fri, 5/15/2026	Winner 1	Alexander Horst / Paul Pascariuc, Austria (6)	Won 16-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:52
Sat, 5/16/2026	Winner 2	Benedikt Sagstetter / Jonas Sagstetter, Germany (7)	Lost 16-21, 16-21	0:29

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	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,400.00
Total	8	0	0	0	1	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	1	3	2	1	0	0	$1,050.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	11	0	0	1	1	1	4	3	0	0	$1,200.00
14	0	0	0	1	3	4	2	1	1	$7,875.00	Total	15	0	0	1	1	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 %
2025	FIVB	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$400.00	3	3	50.0 %
2026	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$6,800.00	10	5	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	$7,300.00	15	11	57.7 %

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
3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$3,400.00	2026	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$3,400.00
12	0	0	0	1	3	4	2	0	2	$6,825.00	Total	Total	13	0	0	1	1	1	6	3	0	1	$4,150.00

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	26.7%	3	20.0%	8	53.3%	4-11	26.7%	13-8	61.9%	7-6	53.8%	0	0	20-14	58.8%
2025-2026	12	80.0%	2	13.3%	1	6.7%	14-1	93.3%	4	28.6%	2	14.3%	8	57.1%	4-10	28.6%	12-8	60.0%	6-3	66.7%	0	0	18-11	62.1%
Against the Field	4	80.0%	0	0.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	2	25.0%	2	25.0%	4	50.0%	2-6	25.0%	8-8	50.0%	4-6	40.0%	0	0	6-7	46.2%

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	1	0	1	0	0	12	8
Total	0	0	8	1	6	8	0	0	6	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	20	14

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 4-4 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 3 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 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	0:50
Trail the series against # 4 Pearse/Potts, Australia 0-1
5/14/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Pool D	Pearse/Potts	4	Merritt/Walker	29, Q6	21-13, 21-14	0:32
Lead the series against # 6 Horst/Pascariuc, Austria 1-0
5/15/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Winner 1	Merritt/Walker	29, Q6	Horst/Pascariuc	6	16-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:52
Trail the series against # 7 Sagstetter/Sagstetter, Germany 0-1
5/16/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Winner 2	Sagstetter/Sagstetter	7	Merritt/Walker	29, Q6	21-16, 21-16	0:29
Series tied with # 20 Batrane/Bialokoz, England 1-1
5/15/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Pool D	Merritt/Walker	29, Q6	Batrane/Bialokoz	20	21-15, 21-12	0:31
3/6/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar	Pool D	Batrane/Bialokoz	4	Merritt/Walker	13	14-21, 21-14, 15-12	0:50
Lead the series against # Q22 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
Lead the series against # Q27 Furuta/Tatsumi, Japan 1-0
5/13/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Qualifier 2	Merritt/Walker	29, Q6	Furuta/Tatsumi	Q27	21-19, 21-15	0:37