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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite Joao Pessoa
Saturday, March 14, 2026

Match #41: Winner's Bracket Round 1

(5) Tim Berger/Timo Hammarberg, Austria
vs.
(7) Chase Budinger/Miles Evans, United States

Tim Berger
Austria

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 11, 2004 (21 yrs old)

Home Town:

Vienna

Height:

192 cm (6'4")

Weight:

83 kg (183 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$49,825.98

Timo Hammarberg
Austria

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 10, 2004 (22 yrs old)

Home Town:

Wiener Neustadt

Height:

202 cm (6'8")

Weight:

98 kg (216 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$58,089.95

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	Money
FIVB	25	1	2	1	1	6	0	5	0	3	1	4	US$91,404.89
FIVB Age Group WC	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	28	1	3	1	1	7	0	6	0	3	1	4	US$91,404.89

Previous Joao Pessoa Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2025	Timo Hammarberg - 5th	Tim Berger - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	15	17th	640	US$7,000.00
FIVB	10/22-26/2025	BPT Elite Cape Town	6	2nd	1100	US$23,000.00
FIVB	9/24-28/2025	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	17, Q2	9th	600	US$7,500.00
FIVB	9/17-21/2025	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	18, Q2	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	8/6-10/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	1	5th	600	US$5,000.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2025	BPT Elite Gstaad	Q6	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2025	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	5	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2025	BPT Challenge Alanya	12	5th	600	US$5,000.00
FIVB	5/28-6/1/2025	BPT Elite Ostrava	Q10	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	5/14-18/2025	BPT Challenge Xiamen	13	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	4/16-20/2025	BPT Elite Brasília	22, Q11	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	4/9-13/2025	BPT Elite Saquarema	Q5	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	3/26-30/2025	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	Q3	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	3/19-23/2025	BPT Challenge Yucatan	11	17th	340	US$2,250.00

BPT Elite Joao Pessoa Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 3/12/2026	Pool E	Maximilian Just / Lui Wust, Germany (20, Q8)	Won 16-21, 21-19, 15-8
Thu, 3/12/2026	Pool E	Mateus De Paula / Adelmo Goncalves, Brazil (17, Q4)	Won 21-19, 16-21, 15-8
Fri, 3/13/2026	Pool E	Leo Dillier / Marco Krattiger, Switzerland (8, Q2)	Won 21-16, 21-18
Sat, 3/14/2026	Winner 1	Chase Budinger / Miles Evans, United States (7)

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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	11	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	4	0	$62,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	$18,750.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	8	1	1	1	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	$3,400.00
U18/19 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	27	1	2	1	1	7	0	6	0	4	4	0	$91,150.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Tim Berger												Timo Hammarberg
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	1	0	0	$3,500.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00
11	0	1	0	0	2	2	1	4	0	$31,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	12	0	1	0	0	2	3	1	4	0	$34,000.00
7	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	0	0	$11,875.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	8	0	0	1	1	2	2	2	0	0	$16,625.00
10	2	1	1	1	3	1	1	0	0	$2,350.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	11	2	2	1	1	3	1	1	0	0	$2,700.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00
31	2	2	1	1	9	7	4	4	0	$48,725.00	Total	34	2	3	2	2	8	7	5	4	0	$56,825.00

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
2021	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	3	1	75.0 %
2022	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2022	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	4	1	80.0 %
2023	FIVB	3	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,700.00	14	5	73.7 %
2023	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	6	1	85.7 %
2024	FIVB	6	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	$7,700.00	15	8	65.2 %
2025	FIVB	14	0	1	0	0	4	0	3	0	2	4	0	$74,250.00	28	20	58.3 %
Total	FIVB	24	1	2	1	1	6	0	5	0	4	4	0	$83,650.00	57	34	62.6 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	13	3	81.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Tim Berger													Timo Hammarberg
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2021	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2022	FIVB	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2022	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
4	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	2023	FIVB	6	1	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	$2,100.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2023	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
9	1	1	1	0	2	3	1	0	0	$6,850.00	2024	FIVB	9	0	1	2	1	1	3	1	0	0	$13,350.00
14	0	1	0	0	4	3	2	4	0	$37,125.00	2025	FIVB	14	0	1	0	0	4	3	2	4	0	$37,125.00
31	2	3	1	1	9	7	4	4	0	$44,975.00	Total	Total	34	2	4	2	2	8	7	5	4	0	$53,075.00

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	41	74.5%	6	10.9%	8	14.5%	47-8	85.5%	12	31.6%	6	15.8%	20	52.6%	12-26	31.6%	41-20	67.2%	18-14	56.3%	1	0	60-34	63.8%
2025-2026	18	69.2%	3	11.5%	5	19.2%	21-5	80.8%	9	37.5%	2	8.3%	13	54.2%	9-15	37.5%	18-13	58.1%	12-7	63.2%	1	0	31-20	60.8%
Against the Field	7	58.3%	2	16.7%	3	25.0%	9-3	75.0%	5	38.5%	1	7.7%	7	53.8%	5-8	38.5%	14-14	50.0%	14-8	63.6%	0	0	14-11	56.0%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	5	5	13	1	0	0	3	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	22	12
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	7	3	0	0	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	8
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	4	1	11	3	0	0	6	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	25	11
U18/19 World Championships	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	2
Total	0	0	9	6	38	9	1	0	14	16	3	2	1	1	1	2	67	36

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:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Haikou 2023)

Career Winnings:

US$115,875.00

Miles Evans
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 12, 1989 (36 yrs old)

Home Town:

Santa Barbara, CA

Height:

193 cm (6'4")

Weight:

81 kg (178 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$118,482.20

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	Money
FIVB	39	1	2	1	3	8	0	9	3	5	2	2	2	US$175,750.00

Previous Joao Pessoa Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2025	Miles Evans - 13th	Chase Budinger - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	16	17th	640	US$7,000.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	9	9th	600	US$6,000.00
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 Joao Pessoa Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 3/12/2026	Pool F	Trevor Crabb / Wyatt Harrison, United States (18, Q3)	Lost 21-15, 19-21, 7-15
Thu, 3/12/2026	Pool F	Felipe Alves / Vitor Felipe, Brazil (19, Q11)	Won 21-13, 20-22, 21-19
Fri, 3/13/2026	Pool F	Nicolas Capogrosso / Tomas Capogrosso, Argentina (6, Q1)	Lost 19-21, 18-21
Sat, 3/14/2026	Winner 1	Tim Berger / Timo Hammarberg, Austria (5)

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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$14,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	16	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	3	5	1	0	$67,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	20	1	2	1	3	5	0	5	0	2	1	0	$94,750.00
Total	39	1	2	1	3	8	0	9	3	9	2	0	$175,750.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Chase Budinger												Miles Evans
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	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$7,000.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$7,000.00
19	0	0	0	0	3	6	7	2	0	$38,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	21	0	0	0	1	3	6	6	1	0	$38,500.00
38	1	3	1	3	6	8	5	4	0	$63,625.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	39	1	2	1	3	5	8	8	1	0	$60,375.00
7	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	$6,750.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	17	1	4	1	0	1	6	3	1	0	$12,045.00
67	1	4	1	3	11	16	15	7	0	$115,875.00	Total	80	2	6	2	4	9	21	19	3	0	$117,920.00

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
2023	FIVB	13	1	1	1	0	1	0	4	0	4	1	0	$50,250.00	32	19	62.7 %
2024	FIVB	12	0	0	0	2	4	0	3	1	2	0	0	$49,000.00	24	28	46.2 %
2025	FIVB	13	0	1	0	1	3	0	2	2	3	1	0	$69,000.00	32	21	60.4 %
Total	FIVB	38	1	2	1	3	8	0	9	3	9	2	0	$168,250.00	88	68	56.4 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Chase Budinger													Miles Evans
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2017	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$150.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	$5,750.00	2018	FIVB	15	0	1	1	0	0	2	6	0	5	$10,695.00
11	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	2	4	$12,500.00	2019	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	1	$8,250.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2020	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$1,500.00
4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	$3,500.00	2021	FIVB	8	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	$1,250.00
7	0	1	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	$6,250.00	2022	FIVB	7	0	2	0	1	0	2	1	0	1	$8,200.00
13	1	1	1	0	1	4	4	1	0	$25,125.00	2023	FIVB	13	1	1	1	0	1	4	4	1	0	$25,125.00
12	0	0	0	2	4	4	2	0	0	$24,500.00	2024	FIVB	12	0	0	0	2	4	4	2	0	0	$24,500.00
13	0	1	0	1	3	4	3	1	0	$34,500.00	2025	FIVB	13	0	1	0	1	3	4	3	1	0	$34,500.00
66	1	4	1	3	11	16	15	7	8	$112,125.00	Total	Total	79	2	6	2	4	9	21	19	3	13	$114,170.00

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	49	58.3%	21	25.0%	14	16.7%	70-14	83.3%	17	24.6%	7	10.1%	45	65.2%	17-52	24.6%	49-45	52.1%	38-21	64.4%	2	4	89-70	56.0%
2025-2026	21	61.8%	7	20.6%	6	17.6%	28-6	82.4%	5	22.7%	3	13.6%	14	63.6%	5-17	22.7%	21-14	60.0%	12-9	57.1%	0	0	33-23	58.9%
Against the Field	9	47.4%	5	26.3%	5	26.3%	14-5	73.7%	5	27.8%	1	5.6%	12	66.7%	5-13	27.8%	18-22	45.0%	20-12	62.5%	0	1	19-18	51.4%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3
World Championships	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	9	5	13	16	0	0	2	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	29
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	6	1	26	12	2	0	20	11	3	4	1	3	1	2	59	33
Total	0	0	15	6	43	33	4	0	22	22	3	4	1	3	1	2	89	70

Head to Head Results
Budinger/Evans lead the series 1-0

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
3/14/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Winner 1
8/9/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Baden	Winner 3	Budinger/Evans	11	Berger/Hammarberg	1	21-17, 21-19	0:33