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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite Gstaad
July 1 - 5, 2026

Ally Batenhorst/Sara Hughes, United States

Ally Batenhorst
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 26, 2002 (23 yrs old)

Home Town:

Houston, TX

Height:

193 cm (6'5")

Weight:

79 kg (174 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$19,100.00

Sara Hughes
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 14, 1995 (31 yrs old)

Home Town:

Long Beach, CA

Height:

178 cm (5'10")

Weight:

58 kg (128 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$380,694.92

Awards

Top Rookie 2017

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	5	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	US$38,200.00

Previous Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2017	Did not play	Kelly Cheng - 9th
2018	Did not play	Summer Ross - 9th
2019	Did not play	Summer Ross - Country Quota
2021	Did not play	Emily Capers - 25th
2023	Did not play	Kelly Cheng - 2nd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/27-31/2026	BPT Elite Ostrava	17, Q1	9th	600	US$6,200.00
FIVB	4/8-12/2026	BPT Elite Saquarema	12	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	3/18-22/2026	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	3	3rd	720	US$9,000.00
FIVB	3/5-8/2026	BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar	1	3rd	720	US$9,000.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	12	13th	460	US$5,000.00

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$20,200.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$18,000.00
Total	5	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$38,200.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Ally Batenhorst												Sara Hughes
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											World Championships	4	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$53,500.00
											World Tour Finals	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$86,250.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$10,100.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	30	3	1	1	2	9	11	1	0	0	$154,100.00
2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$9,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	32	3	0	5	1	4	7	4	2	0	$80,625.00
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	5	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$6,070.00
											U23 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											U21 World Championships	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	3	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	2	0	1	2	0	0	0	$19,100.00	Total	82	10	1	8	4	18	24	6	3	0	$380,545.00

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
2025	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$5,000.00	1	2	33.3 %
2026	FIVB	4	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$33,200.00	13	8	61.9 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$38,200.00	14	10	58.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Ally Batenhorst													Sara Hughes
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2011	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$0.00
											2012	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2012	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2013	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2014	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2015	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2016	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$9,000.00
											2017	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	0	0	$24,750.00
											2018	FIVB	12	1	0	1	0	4	4	2	0	0	$50,000.00
											2019	FIVB	9	0	0	1	1	1	4	1	0	1	$27,500.00
											2020	FIVB	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$4,000.00
											2021	FIVB	9	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	5	$8,320.00
											2022	FIVB	9	4	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	$121,750.00
											2023	FIVB	11	2	1	0	1	5	2	0	0	0	$84,625.00
											2024	FIVB	6	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	$31,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,500.00	2025	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,500.00
4	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	$16,600.00	2026	FIVB	4	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	$16,600.00
5	0	0	2	0	1	2	0	0	0	$19,100.00	Total	Total	82	10	1	8	4	18	24	6	3	8	$380,545.00

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	50.0%	3	21.4%	4	28.6%	10-4	71.4%	4	40.0%	3	30.0%	3	30.0%	4-6	40.0%	7-3	70.0%	7-7	50.0%	0	0	14-10	58.3%
2025-2026	7	50.0%	3	21.4%	4	28.6%	10-4	71.4%	4	40.0%	3	30.0%	3	30.0%	4-6	40.0%	7-3	70.0%	7-7	50.0%	0	0	14-10	58.3%
Against the Field	4	66.7%	0	0.0%	2	33.3%	4-2	66.7%	4	50.0%	2	25.0%	2	25.0%	4-4	50.0%	8-4	66.7%	8-8	50.0%	0	0	8-6	57.1%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	0	4	5	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	7
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	4	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	8	3
Total	0	0	1	0	6	6	0	0	5	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	14	10

Head to Head Results
Batenhorst/Hughes lead the series against the field 8-6 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 5 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against Brunner/Huberli, Switzerland 0-1
4/11/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Winner 2	Brunner/Huberli	8	Batenhorst/Hughes	12	21-19, 26-24	0:43
Trail the series against Cavalcanti/Salgado, Brazil 0-2
4/10/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Pool A	Cavalcanti/Salgado	1	Batenhorst/Hughes	12	21-16, 16-21, 15-8	0:46
10/8/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Newport Beach	Pool D	Cavalcanti/Salgado	5	Batenhorst/Hughes	12	15-21, 21-13, 15-11	0:46
Lead the series against Davidova/Khmil, Ukraine 1-0
5/29/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Ostrava	Pool E	Batenhorst/Hughes	17, Q1	Davidova/Khmil	20, Q5	21-18, 21-13	0:31
Trail the series against Durish/Koenig, United States 0-1
3/7/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar	Semi-Finals	Durish/Koenig	9	Batenhorst/Hughes	1	21-17, 13-21, 16-14	0:47
Lead the series against Feitosa/Figueira, Brazil 1-0
3/20/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	Winner 2	Batenhorst/Hughes	3	Feitosa/Figueira	5	15-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:49
Lead the series against Gavio/Sallaberry, Brazil 1-0
3/19/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	Pool C	Batenhorst/Hughes	3	Gavio/Sallaberry	30, Q11	21-18, 21-18	0:33
Trail the series against Gottardi/Orsi Toth, Italy 0-1
5/28/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Ostrava	Pool E	Gottardi/Orsi Toth	5	Batenhorst/Hughes	17, Q1	21-14, 21-16	0:30
Lead the series against Grune/Ittlinger, Germany 1-0
5/27/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Ostrava	Pool E	Batenhorst/Hughes	17, Q1	Grune/Ittlinger	8	21-19, 21-17	0:33
Lead the series against Kan/Myszkowski, United States 1-0
3/8/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar	Bronze Medal	Batenhorst/Hughes	1	Kan/Myszkowski	13	19-21, 21-15, 15-12	0:49
Lead the series against Kernen/Mader, Switzerland 1-0
4/11/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Winner 1	Batenhorst/Hughes	12	Kernen/Mader	10	21-23, 21-16, 16-14	0:57
Lead the series against Loreen/Quiggle, United States 1-0
10/9/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Newport Beach	Pool D	Batenhorst/Hughes	12	Loreen/Quiggle	13, Q1	16-21, 21-19, 15-9	0:43
Trail the series against Paulikiene/Raupelyte, Lithuania 0-1
3/21/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	Semi-Finals	Paulikiene/Raupelyte	13	Batenhorst/Hughes	3	15-21, 21-14, 16-14	0:47
Lead the series against Rice/Urango, United States 1-0
3/22/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	Bronze Medal	Batenhorst/Hughes	3	Rice/Urango	22	21-15, 21-18	0:36