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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite16 Hamburg
August 5 - 9, 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$20,350.00

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$381,944.92

Awards

Top Rookie 2017

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	6	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	US$40,700.00

Previous Hamburg Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2018	Did not play	Summer Ross - 7th
2019	Did not play	Summer Ross - 5th
2023	Did not play	Kelly Cheng - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/29-8/2/2026	BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro			0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/1-5/2026	BPT Elite Gstaad	17, Q1		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

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	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$22,700.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$18,000.00
Total	6	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$40,700.00

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
4	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$11,350.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	31	3	1	1	2	9	11	1	0	2	$155,350.00
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
6	0	0	2	0	1	2	0	0	0	$20,350.00	Total	83	10	1	8	4	18	24	6	3	8	$381,795.00

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	14	11	56.0 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$38,200.00	15	13	53.6 %

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
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	8	50.0%	3	18.8%	5	31.3%	11-5	68.8%	4	33.3%	3	25.0%	5	41.7%	4-8	33.3%	8-5	61.5%	7-8	46.7%	0	0	15-13	53.6%
2025-2026	8	50.0%	3	18.8%	5	31.3%	11-5	68.8%	4	33.3%	3	25.0%	5	41.7%	4-8	33.3%	8-5	61.5%	7-8	46.7%	0	0	15-13	53.6%
Against the Field	3	42.9%	2	28.6%	2	28.6%	5-2	71.4%	2	25.0%	2	25.0%	4	50.0%	2-6	25.0%	6-8	42.9%	8-8	50.0%	0	0	7-8	46.7%

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	4	8	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	10
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	6	9	0	0	5	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	15	13

Head to Head Results
Batenhorst/Hughes trail the series against the field 7-8 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 7 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against Bentele/Niederhauser, Switzerland 1-0
7/1/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Qualifier 1	Batenhorst/Hughes	17, Q1	Bentele/Niederhauser	Q16	21-18, 21-18	2:22
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 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 Dumbauskaite/Grudzinskaite, Lithuania 0-1
4/9/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Pool A	Dumbauskaite/Grudzinskaite	13	Batenhorst/Hughes	12	21-12, 21-16	0:31
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
Trail the series against Graudina/Samoilova, Latvia 0-1
5/30/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Ostrava	Winner 1	Graudina/Samoilova	3	Batenhorst/Hughes	17, Q1	21-18, 22-24, 17-15	0:53
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 Konink/van Driel, Netherlands 2-0
3/21/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	Winner 3	Batenhorst/Hughes	3	Konink/van Driel	19	21-17, 12-21, 15-11	0:43
3/19/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	Pool C	Batenhorst/Hughes	3	Konink/van Driel	19	21-18, 15-21, 15-12	0:44
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 Muller/Tillmann, Germany 0-1
7/1/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Pool E	Muller/Tillmann	8	Batenhorst/Hughes	17, Q1	21-16, 21-8	0:29
Lead the series against Terenova/Tokosova, Slovakia 1-0
5/27/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Ostrava	Qualifier 1	Batenhorst/Hughes	17, Q1	Terenova/Tokosova	Q16	21-16, 21-16	0:31