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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Shangluo
July 22 - 26, 2026

(22) 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$10,250.00

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$7,575.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	Money
FIVB	10	0	0	0	2	1	0	3	1	0	1	2	US$14,150.00

Previous Shangluo Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/10-14/2026	BPT Challenge Alanya	27, Q10	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	5/28-31/2026	BPT Futures Wuhan	2	4th	280	US$600.00
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 Challenge Shangluo Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/23/2026	Pool F	Jiri Sedlak / Jakub Sepka, Czechia (11)	Lost 16-21, 11-21	0:32
Thu, 7/23/2026	Pool F	Mees Sengers / Sam van Der Loo, Netherlands (27, Q3)	Lost 16-21, 19-21	0:35

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	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	$12,750.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	5	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,400.00
Total	10	0	0	0	2	1	0	3	1	1	2	0	$14,150.00

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
7	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	1	$7,500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	1	$6,375.00
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
16	0	0	0	2	3	5	2	2	2	$10,250.00	Total	17	0	0	1	2	1	7	3	2	1	$7,575.00

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	7	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	2	0	$13,650.00	19	14	57.6 %
Total	FIVB	10	0	0	0	2	1	0	3	1	1	2	0	$14,150.00	24	20	54.5 %

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
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
7	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	2	0	$6,825.00	2026	FIVB	7	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	2	0	$6,825.00
16	0	0	0	2	3	5	2	2	2	$10,250.00	Total	Total	17	0	0	1	2	1	7	3	2	1	$7,575.00

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	20.0%	4	20.0%	12	60.0%	4-16	20.0%	15-12	55.6%	9-8	52.9%	0	0	24-20	54.5%
2025-2026	14	70.0%	4	20.0%	2	10.0%	18-2	90.0%	4	21.1%	3	15.8%	12	63.2%	4-15	21.1%	14-12	53.8%	8-5	61.5%	0	0	22-17	56.4%
Against the Field	5	62.5%	1	12.5%	2	25.0%	6-2	75.0%	2	22.2%	1	11.1%	6	66.7%	2-7	22.2%	10-12	45.5%	6-6	50.0%	0	0	8-9	47.1%

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	7	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	10
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	11	0	0	7	4	0	2	0	2	0	0	24	20

Head to Head Results
Merritt/Walker trail the series against the field 8-9 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 6 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 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
Trail the series against # 4 Bello/Bello, England 0-1
6/12/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Alanya	Pool F	Bello/Bello	11	Merritt/Walker	27, Q10	26-28, 21-17, 15-13	1:00
Series tied with # 5 Horst/Pascariuc, Austria 1-1
5/21/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Nuvali	Pool D	Horst/Pascariuc	13	Merritt/Walker	20, Q3	21-16, 22-20	0:42
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 # 8 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
Trail the series against # 10 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 # 11 Sedlak/Sepka, Czechia 1-1
7/23/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Shangluo	Pool F	Sedlak/Sepka	11	Merritt/Walker	22	21-16, 21-11	0:32
6/11/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Alanya	Pool F	Merritt/Walker	27, Q10	Sedlak/Sepka	6	21-15, 24-22	0:38
Lead the series against # 20 Moiseiev/Savvin, Ukraine 1-0
6/10/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Alanya	Qualifier 2	Merritt/Walker	27, Q10	Moiseiev/Savvin	Q7	21-19, 21-17	0:38
Lead the series against # 24, Q1 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 # 27, Q3 Sengers/van Der Loo, Netherlands 0-1
7/23/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Shangluo	Pool F	Sengers/van Der Loo	27, Q3	Merritt/Walker	22	21-16, 21-19	0:35
Lead the series against # 28, Q4 Howat/Ryan, Australia 1-0
6/12/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Alanya	Winner 1	Merritt/Walker	27, Q10	Howat/Ryan	28, Q12	25-23, 14-21, 15-12	0:55
Trail the series against # 30, Q8 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
Series tied with # Q7 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 # Q15 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 # Q18 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