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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 BPT Challenge Recife
March 21 - 24, 2024

(5) Chase Budinger/Miles Evans, United States

Chase Budinger
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 22, 1988 (35 yrs old)

Home Town:

Encinitas, CA

Resides:

Hermosa Beach, CA

Height:

201 cm (6'7")

Weight:

94 kg (207 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Haikou 2023)

Career Winnings:

US$68,750.00

Miles Evans
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 12, 1989 (34 yrs old)

Home Town:

Santa Barbara, CA

Resides:

Redondo Beach, CA

Height:

193 cm (6'4")

Weight:

81 kg (178 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$71,357.20

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	Money
FIVB	20	1	1	1	2	3	0	5	1	2	1	2	1	US$81,500.00

Previous Recife Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/5-9/2024	Elite16 Doha	13, Q3	13	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	11/30-12/3/2023	Challenge Nuvali	1	5	600	US$3,750.00
FIVB	11/16-19/2023	Challenge Chiang Mai	3	3	720	US$7,000.00
FIVB	11/2-5/2023	Challenge Haikou	5	1	800	US$10,000.00
FIVB	10/19-22/2023	Challenge Goa	9	9	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	10/6-15/2023	Beach Volleyball World Championships	45	17	640	US$7,000.00
FIVB	9/27-10/1/2023	Elite16 Paris	Q14	21	340	US$0.00
FIVB	7/26-30/2023	Elite16 Montréal	16, Q13	9	600	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/20-23/2023	Challenge Edmonton	11	19	300	US$1,000.00
FIVB	7/13-16/2023	Challenge Portugal	16	9	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	6/15-18/2023	Challenge Jurmala	10	9	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2023	Elite16 Ostrava	Q7	21	340	US$0.00
FIVB	4/13-16/2023	Challenge Saquarema	17, Q10	2	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	4/6-9/2023	Challenge Itapema	Q5	25	220	US$0.00

Challenge Recife Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 3/22/2024	Pool E	Leon Luini / Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands (20, Q6)	Won 21-19, 21-15	0:38
Fri, 3/22/2024	Pool E	Izac Carracher / Mark Nicolaidis, Australia (17, Q3)	Lost By Forfeit
Sat, 3/23/2024	Winner 1	Guto Carvalhaes / Pedro Solberg, Brazil (1)	Won 21-16, 21-16	0:40
Sat, 3/23/2024	Winner 2	Mathias Berntsen / Hendrik Mol, Norway (9)	Won 21-15, 21-12	0:30
Sun, 3/24/2024	Semi-Finals	Evandro Goncalves / Arthur Mariano, Brazil (3)	Lost 16-21, 21-14, 7-15	0:46
Sun, 3/24/2024	Bronze Medal	Joaquin Bello / Luis Javier Bello, England (7)	Lost 24-26, 21-15, 13-15	0:56

Head to Head Results
Budinger/Evans lead the series against the field 27-15

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Carvalhaes/Solberg, Brazil 1-0
3/23/24	FIVB	Challenge Recife	Winner 1	Budinger/Evans	5	Carvalhaes/Solberg	1	21-16, 21-16	0:40
Trail the series against # 2 Brunner/Crabb, United States 1-2
11/5/23	FIVB	Challenge Haikou	Gold Medal	Budinger/Evans	5	Brunner/Crabb	1	21-14, 23-21	0:35
10/7/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool D	Brunner/Crabb	21	Budinger/Evans	45	21-18, 21-18	0:36
7/15/23	FIVB	Challenge Portugal	Winner 1	Brunner/Crabb	12, Q3	Budinger/Evans	16	21-17, 21-10	0:34
Trail the series against # 3 Goncalves/Mariano, Brazil 1-5
3/24/24	FIVB	Challenge Recife	Semi-Finals	Goncalves/Mariano	3	Budinger/Evans	5	21-16, 14-21, 15-7	0:46
7/29/23	FIVB	Elite16 Montréal	Winner 1	Goncalves/Mariano	11	Budinger/Evans	16, Q13	21-19, 21-19	0:39
7/14/23	FIVB	Challenge Portugal	Pool D	Budinger/Evans	16	Goncalves/Mariano	9	19-21, 21-19, 15-9	0:58
6/17/23	FIVB	Challenge Jurmala	Winner 1	Goncalves/Mariano	7	Budinger/Evans	10	21-17, 21-19	0:39
5/31/23	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Qualifier 1	Goncalves/Mariano	15, Q10	Budinger/Evans	Q7	21-10, 21-16	0:35
4/16/23	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Gold Medal	Goncalves/Mariano	1	Budinger/Evans	17, Q10	18-21, 21-12, 15-13	0:54
Trail the series against # 4 Loyola/Wanderley, Brazil 0-1
10/6/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool D	Loyola/Wanderley	4	Budinger/Evans	45	21-17, 24-22	0:41
Trail the series against # 7 Bello/Bello, England 1-2
3/24/24	FIVB	Challenge Recife	Bronze Medal	Bello/Bello	7	Budinger/Evans	5	26-24, 15-21, 15-13	0:56
12/2/23	FIVB	Challenge Nuvali	Winner 2	Bello/Bello	5	Budinger/Evans	1	21-15, 21-17	0:38
11/4/23	FIVB	Challenge Haikou	Winner 2	Budinger/Evans	5	Bello/Bello	7	21-19, 18-21, 15-12	0:53
Lead the series against # 8 Popov/Reznik, Ukraine 1-0
10/8/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool D	Budinger/Evans	45	Popov/Reznik	28	21-15, 21-11	0:32
Lead the series against # 9 Berntsen/Mol, Norway 1-0
3/23/24	FIVB	Challenge Recife	Winner 2	Budinger/Evans	5	Berntsen/Mol	9	21-15, 21-12	0:30
Lead the series against # 10 Horl/Horst, Austria 2-0
11/18/23	FIVB	Challenge Chiang Mai	Winner 2	Budinger/Evans	3	Horl/Horst	1	21-15, 19-21, 15-8	0:46
4/16/23	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Semi-Finals	Budinger/Evans	17, Q10	Horl/Horst	13	19-21, 22-20, 15-11	0:58
Series tied with # 11 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 1-1
10/21/23	FIVB	Challenge Goa	Winner 1	Gavira/Herrera	3	Budinger/Evans	9	21-17, 21-12	0:34
7/26/23	FIVB	Elite16 Montréal	Qualifier 2	Budinger/Evans	16, Q13	Gavira/Herrera	Q5	21-16, 21-19	0:37
Lead the series against # 15, Q2 Bourne/Schalk, United States 2-0
3/5/24	FIVB	Elite16 Doha	Qualifier 2	Budinger/Evans	13, Q3	Bourne/Schalk	Q11	21-18, 23-25, 15-13	0:55
11/5/23	FIVB	Challenge Haikou	Semi-Finals	Budinger/Evans	5	Bourne/Schalk	14	21-15, 21-19	0:38
Lead the series against # 16 Knasas/Stankevicius, Lithuania 1-0
7/14/23	FIVB	Challenge Portugal	Pool D	Budinger/Evans	16	Knasas/Stankevicius	21, Q8	21-17, 21-16	0:35
Lead the series against # 17, Q3 Carracher/Nicolaidis, Australia 2-1
3/22/24	FIVB	Challenge Recife	Pool E	Carracher/Nicolaidis	17, Q3	Budinger/Evans	5	By Forfeit
11/19/23	FIVB	Challenge Chiang Mai	Bronze Medal	Budinger/Evans	3	Carracher/Nicolaidis	19, Q6	27-25, 21-23, 15-9	0:55
11/4/23	FIVB	Challenge Haikou	Winner 1	Budinger/Evans	5	Carracher/Nicolaidis	16	21-15, 19-21, 15-10	0:49
Lead the series against # 20, Q6 Luini/Varenhorst, Netherlands 2-1
3/22/24	FIVB	Challenge Recife	Pool E	Budinger/Evans	5	Luini/Varenhorst	20, Q6	21-19, 21-15	0:38
7/26/23	FIVB	Elite16 Montréal	Qualifier 1	Budinger/Evans	16, Q13	Luini/Varenhorst	Q4	21-18, 14-21, 15-11	0:42
7/21/23	FIVB	Challenge Edmonton	Pool B	Luini/Varenhorst	14	Budinger/Evans	11	21-17, 21-19	0:35
Lead the series against # 21, Q7 Breer/Krattiger, Switzerland 1-0
11/3/23	FIVB	Challenge Haikou	Pool E	Budinger/Evans	5	Breer/Krattiger	17, Q8	By Forfeit	0:04
Lead the series against # Q1 Lupo/Rossi, Italy 3-0
11/18/23	FIVB	Challenge Chiang Mai	Winner 1	Budinger/Evans	3	Lupo/Rossi	13	20-22, 21-16, 17-15	0:54
6/16/23	FIVB	Challenge Jurmala	Pool C	Budinger/Evans	10	Lupo/Rossi	15, Q3	26-24, 17-21, 15-11	0:54
4/14/23	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Pool E	Budinger/Evans	17, Q10	Lupo/Rossi	5	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # Q5 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 1-0
7/27/23	FIVB	Elite16 Montréal	Pool A	Budinger/Evans	16, Q13	Grimalt/Grimalt	8	21-12, 23-25, 15-10	0:49
Lead the series against # Q10 da Silva/Dos Santos, Brazil 1-0
4/13/23	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Qualifier 1	Budinger/Evans	17, Q10	Dos Santos/da Silva	Q23	21-14, 16-21, 15-12	0:47
Trail the series against # Q11 Campos/Pedrosa, Portugal 0-1
11/17/23	FIVB	Challenge Chiang Mai	Pool C	Campos/Pedrosa	22	Budinger/Evans	3	21-18, 21-17	0:34
Series tied with # Q12 Dillier/Heidrich, Switzerland 1-1
3/5/24	FIVB	Elite16 Doha	Qualifier 1	Budinger/Evans	13, Q3	Dillier/Heidrich	Q14	21-15, 19-21, 16-14	0:52
10/20/23	FIVB	Challenge Goa	Pool D	Dillier/Heidrich	16, Q5	Budinger/Evans	9	21-17, 17-21, 15-9	0:46
Lead the series against # Q14 Bassereau/Lyneel, France 1-0
4/13/23	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Qualifier 2	Budinger/Evans	17, Q10	Bassereau/Lyneel	Q7	21-9, 21-12	0:28
Lead the series against # Q15 Barthelemy/Cattet, France 1-0
11/3/23	FIVB	Challenge Haikou	Pool E	Budinger/Evans	5	Barthelemy/Cattet	20, Q12	21-15, 21-16	0:32
Lead the series against # Q19 Cuzmiciov/Elazar, Israel 1-0
12/2/23	FIVB	Challenge Nuvali	Winner 1	Budinger/Evans	1	Cuzmiciov/Elazar	23, Q8	21-14, 21-12	0:33
Lead the series against # Q24 Leitner/Pascariuc, Austria 1-0
10/20/23	FIVB	Challenge Goa	Pool D	Budinger/Evans	9	Leitner/Pascariuc	21, Q10	21-19, 21-19	0:36