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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$10,000 BPT Futures Pingtan
August 6 - 9, 2026

(13, Q3) Thomas Heptinstall/Harley Sinclair, Australia

Thomas Heptinstall
Australia

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Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 1, 1999 (27 yrs old)

Home Town:

Bunbury

Height:

209 cm (6'10")

Weight:

100 kg (220 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (FIVB Rarotonga 2026)

Career Winnings:

US$250.00

Harley Sinclair
Australia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 8, 2005 (21 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (FIVB Pirae Tahiti 2026)

Career Winnings:

US$650.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	41	Money
FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	US$200.00

Previous Pingtan Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/30-8/2/2026	BPT Futures Qidong	Q4	17th	100	US$0.00
FIVB	7/22-26/2026	BPT Challenge Shangluo	Q23	41st	100	US$0.00
FIVB	6/25-28/2026	BPT Futures Hangzhou	Q2	17th	100	US$0.00

BPT Futures Pingtan Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/6/2026	Qualifier 2	Chen Yang / Junkai Yu, China (Q11)	Won 21-13, 21-12	0:39
Fri, 8/7/2026	Pool D	Thijmen Heemskerk / Calvin Ooms, Netherlands (4)	Won 21-18, 21-13	0:40
Fri, 8/7/2026	Pool D	Georg Wolf / Peter Wolf, Germany (12)	Lost 12-21, 15-21	0:32
Sat, 8/8/2026	Winner 1	Soloman Bushby / Justin Schumann, Australia (7)	Lost 17-21, 10-21	0:34

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$200.00
Total	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	$200.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Thomas Heptinstall												Harley Sinclair
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	$0.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
6	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	$250.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	10	0	0	0	1	0	6	3	0	0	$650.00
											U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
7	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0	1	$250.00	Total	13	0	0	0	1	0	6	3	0	3	$650.00

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
2026	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	$200.00	4	5	44.4 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	$200.00	4	5	44.4 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Thomas Heptinstall													Harley Sinclair
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2022	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2023	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$50.00
											2023	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2024	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2025	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$150.00
7	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0	1	$250.00	2026	FIVB	7	0	0	0	1	0	3	2	0	1	$450.00
7	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0	1	$250.00	Total	Total	13	0	0	0	1	0	6	3	0	3	$650.00

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	4	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	5	100.0%	0-5	0.0%	4-5	44.4%	0-0	0	0	4-5	44.4%
2025-2026	4	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	5	100.0%	0-5	0.0%	4-5	44.4%	0-0	0	0	4-5	44.4%
Against the Field	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	100.0%	0-3	0.0%	4-6	40.0%	0-0	0	0	2-3	40.0%

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	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4
Total	0	0	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5

Head to Head Results
Heptinstall/Sinclair trail the series against the field 2-3 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 4 Heemskerk/Ooms, Netherlands 1-0
8/7/26	FIVB	BPT Futures Pingtan	Pool D	Heptinstall/Sinclair	13, Q3	Heemskerk/Ooms	4	21-18, 21-13	0:40
Trail the series against # 7 Bushby/Schumann, Australia 0-1
8/8/26	FIVB	BPT Futures Pingtan	Winner 1	Bushby/Schumann	7	Heptinstall/Sinclair	13, Q3	21-17, 21-10	0:34
Trail the series against # 12 Wolf/Wolf, Germany 0-2
8/7/26	FIVB	BPT Futures Pingtan	Pool D	Wolf/Wolf	12	Heptinstall/Sinclair	13, Q3	21-12, 21-15	0:32
7/30/26	FIVB	BPT Futures Qidong	Qualifier 2	Wolf/Wolf	13, Q5	Heptinstall/Sinclair	Q4	21-11, 21-17	0:34
Lead the series against # Q11 Yang/Yu, China 1-0
8/6/26	FIVB	BPT Futures Pingtan	Qualifier 2	Heptinstall/Sinclair	13, Q3	Yang/Yu	Q11	21-13, 21-12	0:39