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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro
July 29 - August 2, 2026

(8) Ally Batenhorst/Sara Hughes, United States

Ally Batenhorst
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 26, 2002 (24 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$24,600.00

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$386,194.92

Awards

Top Rookie 2017

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	Money
FIVB	8	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	1	0	2	0	US$49,200.00

Previous Rio de Janeiro Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2017	Did not play	Kelly Cheng - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/1-5/2026	BPT Elite Gstaad	17, Q1	19th	380	US$2,500.00
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

BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/30/2026	Pool E	Kylie Deberg / Betsi Flint, United States (17, Q1)	Won 21-19, 17-21, 15-13	0:46
Thu, 7/30/2026	Pool E	Aline Chamereau / Clemence Vieira, France (20, Q4)	Lost 22-20, 11-21, 14-16	0:52
Fri, 7/31/2026	Pool E	Thamela Coradello / Victoria Lopes, Brazil (5)	Lost 14-21, 12-21	0:32

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	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	2	0	0	$31,200.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$18,000.00
Total	8	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	1	2	0	0	$49,200.00

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
6	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	0	$15,600.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	33	3	1	1	2	9	12	3	0	2	$159,600.00
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	6	$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
8	0	0	2	0	1	3	2	0	0	$24,600.00	Total	85	10	1	8	4	18	25	8	3	8	$386,045.00

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	6	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	$38,200.00	15	13	53.6 %
Total	FIVB	7	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	$43,200.00	16	15	51.6 %

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
6	0	0	2	0	1	1	2	0	0	$19,100.00	2026	FIVB	6	0	0	2	0	1	1	2	0	0	$19,100.00
7	0	0	2	0	1	2	2	0	0	$21,600.00	Total	Total	84	10	1	8	4	18	24	8	3	8	$383,045.00

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	10	47.6%	4	19.0%	7	33.3%	14-7	66.7%	4	28.6%	3	21.4%	7	50.0%	4-10	28.6%	10-7	58.8%	8-10	44.4%	0	0	18-17	51.4%
2025-2026	10	47.6%	4	19.0%	7	33.3%	14-7	66.7%	4	28.6%	3	21.4%	7	50.0%	4-10	28.6%	10-7	58.8%	8-10	44.4%	0	0	18-17	51.4%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	1	20.0%	4	80.0%	1-4	20.0%	2	33.3%	2	33.3%	2	33.3%	2-4	33.3%	0-4	0.0%	6-12	33.3%	0	0	3-8	27.3%

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	2	0	7	11	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	14
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	2	0	9	12	0	0	5	3	0	2	2	0	0	0	18	17

Head to Head Results
Batenhorst/Hughes trail the series against the field 3-6 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 5 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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
Trail the series against # 2 Denaburg/Donlin, United States 0-1
7/2/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Pool E	Denaburg/Donlin	5	Batenhorst/Hughes	17, Q1	18-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:48
Trail the series against # 5 Coradello/Lopes, Brazil 0-1
7/31/26	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro	Pool E	Coradello/Lopes	5	Batenhorst/Hughes	8	21-14, 21-12	0:32
Lead the series against # 7 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
Trail the series against # 9 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 # 16 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
Lead the series against # 17, Q1 Deberg/Flint, United States 1-0
7/30/26	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro	Pool E	Batenhorst/Hughes	8	Deberg/Flint	17, Q1	21-19, 17-21, 15-13	0:46
Trail the series against # 20, Q4 Chamereau/Vieira, France 0-1
7/30/26	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro	Pool E	Chamereau/Vieira	20, Q4	Batenhorst/Hughes	8	20-22, 21-11, 16-14	0:52