Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 BPT Elite Newport Beach
Thursday, October 9, 2025 Court #2 09:00
Match #18: Pool A
(9) Chase Budinger/Miles Evans, United States
vs.
(16, Q10) Paul Burnett/Thomas Hodges, Australia
Chase Budinger
United States
Photo: FIVB
Personal Info
Birth Date: May 22, 1988 (37 yrs old)
Home Town: Encinitas, CA
Height: 201 cm (6'7")
Weight: 94 kg (207 lb)
Seasons: 8
Tournaments: 65
Career Wins: 1 (FIVB Haikou 2023)
Career Winnings: US$108,125.00
Miles Evans
United States
Photo: FIVB
Personal Info
Birth Date: Nov 12, 1989 (35 yrs old)
Home Town: Santa Barbara, CA
Height: 193 cm (6'4")
Weight: 81 kg (178 lb)
Seasons: 9
Tournaments: 78
Career Wins: 2
Career Winnings: US$110,732.20
Team Career Summary 
TourPlayed12345791317192125Money
FIVB37121380834222 US$160,250.00
Previous Newport Beach Results  Neither player has played in this venue before
Recent Results 
TourDateTournamentSeedFinishPointsMoney
FIVB 10/1-5/2025 BPT Challenge Veracruz 1 2nd 760 US$13,000.00
FIVB 9/24-28/2025 BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro 13 5th 760 US$9,000.00
FIVB 9/17-21/2025 BPT Elite Joao Pessoa 12 13th 460 US$4,500.00
FIVB 8/6-10/2025 BPT Challenge Baden 11 4th 680 US$7,000.00
FIVB 6/25-29/2025 BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury 9, Q1 17th 340 US$2,250.00
FIVB 6/11-15/2025 BPT Challenge Alanya 20, Q4 5th 600 US$5,000.00
FIVB 5/14-18/2025 BPT Challenge Xiamen 19 5th 600 US$5,000.00
FIVB 4/16-20/2025 BPT Elite Brasília 19, Q7 13th 460 US$4,500.00
FIVB 4/9-13/2025 BPT Elite Saquarema 20, Q7 19th 380 US$2,500.00
FIVB 3/26-30/2025 BPT Elite Quintana Roo Q6 25th 300 US$0.00
FIVB 3/19-23/2025 BPT Challenge Yucatan 6 9th 460 US$3,250.00
BPT Elite Newport Beach Matches
DateBracketOpponentScoreTime
Wed, 10/8/2025 Pool A Mathias Berntsen / Hendrik Mol, Norway (8) Won 21-17, 19-21, 15-11 0:45
Wed, 10/8/2025 Pool A Ahmed Tijan / Cherif Younousse, Qatar (1) Lost 18-21, 13-21 0:32
Thu, 10/9/2025 Pool A Paul Burnett / Thomas Hodges, Australia (16, Q10)    

Paul Burnett
Australia
Photo: FIVB
Personal Info
Birth Date: Jan 12, 1998 (27 yrs old)
Home Town: London, Ontario, Canada
Height: 198 cm (6'6")
Weight: 81 kg (178 lb)
Seasons: 9
Tournaments: 49
Career Wins: 1 (FIVB Geelong 2023)
Career Winnings: US$49,992.13
Thomas Hodges
Australia
Photo: FIVB
Personal Info
Birth Date: Jul 4, 1994 (31 yrs old)
Home Town: East Melbourne
Height: 196 cm (6'5")
Weight: 95 kg (209 lb)
Seasons: 6
Tournaments: 44
Career Wins: 1 (FIVB Jurmala 2023)
Career Winnings: US$73,527.95
Team Career Summary 
TourPlayed1234579131725Money
FIVB20000000001 US$6,500.00
Previous Newport Beach Results  Neither player has played in this venue before
Recent Results 
TourDateTournamentSeedFinishPointsMoney
FIVB 10/1-5/2025 BPT Challenge Veracruz 28, Q6 25th 220 US$1,500.00
BPT Elite Newport Beach Matches
DateBracketOpponentScoreTime
Tue, 10/7/2025 Qualifier 1 Jiri Sedlak / Tadeas Trousil, Czech Republic (Q7) Won 27-25, 21-14 0:37
Tue, 10/7/2025 Qualifier 2 Heitor Barbosa / Vinicius Rezende, Brazil (Q2) Won 21-19, 13-21, 15-11 0:41
Wed, 10/8/2025 Pool A Ahmed Tijan / Cherif Younousse, Qatar (1) Lost 12-21, 15-21 0:28
Wed, 10/8/2025 Pool A Mathias Berntsen / Hendrik Mol, Norway (8) Lost 19-21, 18-21 0:36
Thu, 10/9/2025 Pool A Chase Budinger / Miles Evans, United States (9)    
Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams
DateTourTournamentRoundWinning TeamSeedLosing TeamSeedScoreTime
10/9/25FIVBBPT Elite Newport Beach Pool A