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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite Saquarema
Saturday, April 11, 2026

Match #47: Winner's Bracket Round 2

(15) Chase Budinger/Miles Evans, United States
vs.
(6) Kristians Fokerots/Martins Plavins, Latvia

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$119,725.00

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$122,332.20

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	Money
FIVB	40	1	2	1	3	9	0	10	3	5	2	2	2	US$183,450.00

Previous Saquarema Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2023	Miles Evans - 2nd	Chase Budinger - 2nd
2024	Miles Evans - 5th	Chase Budinger - 5th
2025	Miles Evans - 19th	Chase Budinger - 19th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/11-15/2026	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	7	9th	600	US$6,200.00
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

BPT Elite Saquarema Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 4/8/2026	Pool C	Arnaud Gauthier-Rat / Teo Rotar, France (10)	Lost 18-21, 18-21	0:37
Thu, 4/9/2026	Pool C	Elmer Andersson / Jacob Nilsson, Sweden (3)	Lost 15-21, 15-21	0:32
Fri, 4/10/2026	Pool C	Guto Carvalhaes / Jonathan De Menezes, Brazil (22, Q16)	Won 16-21, 21-14, 15-12	0:53
Fri, 4/10/2026	Lucky Loser	Adrielson Dos Santos / Arthur da Silva, Brazil (19, Q5)	Won 26-24, 21-18	0:41
Fri, 4/10/2026	Winner 1	Evandro Goncalves / Arthur Lanci, Brazil (1)	Won 21-15, 21-15	0:33
Sat, 4/11/2026	Winner 2	Kristians Fokerots / Martins Plavins, Latvia (6)	Lost 26-28, 15-21	0:36

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	17	0	0	0	0	4	0	4	3	5	1	0	$74,700.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	20	1	2	1	3	5	0	5	0	2	1	0	$94,750.00
Total	40	1	2	1	3	9	0	10	3	9	2	0	$183,450.00

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
20	0	0	0	0	4	7	7	2	0	$42,350.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	22	0	0	0	1	4	7	6	1	0	$42,350.00
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
68	1	4	1	3	12	17	15	7	0	$119,725.00	Total	81	2	6	2	4	10	22	19	3	0	$121,770.00

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 %
2026	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$15,200.00	4	6	40.0 %
Total	FIVB	40	1	2	1	3	9	0	10	3	9	2	0	$183,450.00	92	74	55.4 %

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
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$7,600.00	2026	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$7,600.00
68	1	4	1	3	12	17	15	7	8	$119,725.00	Total	Total	81	2	6	2	4	10	22	19	3	13	$121,770.00

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	51	59.3%	21	24.4%	14	16.3%	72-14	83.7%	18	24.3%	7	9.5%	49	66.2%	18-56	24.3%	51-49	51.0%	39-21	65.0%	2	4	92-74	55.4%
2025-2026	23	63.9%	7	19.4%	6	16.7%	30-6	83.3%	6	22.2%	3	11.1%	18	66.7%	6-21	22.2%	23-18	56.1%	13-9	59.1%	0	0	36-27	57.1%
Against the Field	14	53.8%	7	26.9%	5	19.2%	21-5	80.8%	7	24.1%	3	10.3%	19	65.5%	7-22	24.1%	28-36	43.8%	28-16	63.6%	0	1	28-27	50.9%

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	14	18	1	0	3	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	33
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	44	35	5	0	23	24	3	4	1	3	1	2	92	74

Kristians Fokerots
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 31, 2005 (21 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kuldiga

Height:

194 cm (6'4")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$75,861.80

Martins Plavins
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 8, 1985 (40 yrs old)

Home Town:

Riga

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

87 kg (191 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

198

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$471,943.30

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	Money
FIVB	22	2	1	3	2	5	0	1	3	2	1	1	US$145,726.96

Previous Saquarema Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2025	Martins Plavins - 13th	Kristians Fokerots - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	12/3-7/2025	BPT Elite Itapema	2	2nd	1100	US$23,000.00
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	17	17th	640	US$7,000.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	6	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	9/24-28/2025	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	4	4th	900	US$12,000.00
FIVB	9/17-21/2025	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	7	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	8/27-31/2025	BPT Elite Hamburg	13	4th	900	US$12,000.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2025	BPT Elite Gstaad	14	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2025	Futures Jurmala	1	1st	400	€ 2,000.00
FIVB	5/28-6/1/2025	BPT Elite Ostrava	12	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	4/16-20/2025	BPT Elite Brasília	7	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	4/9-13/2025	BPT Elite Saquarema	7	13th	460	US$4,500.00

BPT Elite Saquarema Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 4/8/2026	Pool F	Adrielson Dos Santos / Arthur da Silva, Brazil (19, Q5)	Won 21-19, 21-14	0:31
Thu, 4/9/2026	Pool F	Moritz Pristauz / Philipp Waller, Austria (18, Q3)	Lost 27-29, 16-21	0:37
Fri, 4/10/2026	Pool F	Mathias Berntsen / Hendrik Mol, Norway (7)	Won 18-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:46
Fri, 4/10/2026	Winner 1	Renato Lima / Andre Loyola, Brazil (14)	Won 17-21, 21-16, 15-9	0:42
Sat, 4/11/2026	Winner 2	Chase Budinger / Miles Evans, United States (15)	Won 28-26, 21-15	0:36
Sun, 4/12/2026	Semi-Finals	Anders Mol / Christian Sorum, Norway (5)	Lost 14-21, 15-21	0:38
Sun, 4/12/2026	Bronze Medal	Calvin Aye / Remi Daubas, France (4)	Won 21-16, 17-21, 15-13	0:45

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	14	0	1	2	2	4	0	0	3	1	0	0	$130,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	$4,000.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,800.00
Total	22	2	1	3	2	5	0	1	3	3	1	0	$145,300.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Kristians Fokerots												Martins Plavins
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	3	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00	World Championships	8	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	0	0	$36,900.00
											World Tour Finals	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$17,750.00
15	0	1	2	2	4	3	2	0	0	$65,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	83	1	1	2	2	5	21	22	13	0	$247,000.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	0	$2,500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	83	2	2	2	2	9	25	15	14	0	$156,100.00
9	3	1	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	$3,300.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	11	2	1	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	$10,550.00
											Challenger	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$1,800.00
											Satellite	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
											U21 World Championships	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
37	4	2	4	2	7	4	5	5	0	$74,550.00	Total	198	7	4	7	6	20	54	43	27	0	$471,100.00

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	6	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	$5,800.00	18	8	69.2 %
2024	FIVB	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$22,000.00	6	6	50.0 %
2025	FIVB	12	1	1	0	2	3	0	0	3	2	0	0	$98,000.00	29	25	53.7 %
2026	FIVB	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$17,000.00	5	2	71.4 %
Total	FIVB	21	2	1	3	2	5	0	1	3	3	1	0	$142,800.00	58	41	58.6 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Kristians Fokerots													Martins Plavins
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2002	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2004	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00
											2005	FIVB C&S	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,450.00
											2005	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2006	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	$3,250.00
											2006	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$1,350.00
											2007	FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	2	3	5	2	3	$30,500.00
											2008	FIVB	17	0	0	0	0	1	5	2	6	3	$29,100.00
											2009	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	1	$10,650.00
											2010	FIVB	11	0	1	0	0	1	2	2	1	4	$28,750.00
											2011	FIVB	10	0	0	0	1	1	3	4	1	0	$39,875.00
											2012	FIVB	11	1	0	1	0	0	6	2	1	0	$49,725.00
											2013	FIVB	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	$18,850.00
											2014	FIVB	10	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	5	$19,000.00
											2015	FIVB	11	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	5	$14,850.00
											2016	FIVB	17	0	0	1	0	0	9	4	1	2	$35,700.00
											2017	FIVB	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	1	$13,250.00
											2018	FIVB	13	1	1	0	0	4	4	2	1	0	$53,000.00
											2019	FIVB	13	0	0	1	0	2	8	2	0	0	$38,000.00
											2021	FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	0	$8,750.00
10	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	4	2	$900.00	2022	FIVB	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	1	$1,250.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2022	FIVB Age Group WC
7	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	$2,900.00	2023	FIVB	9	1	0	1	0	2	1	2	2	0	$3,050.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	2023	FIVB Age Group WC
5	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$12,000.00	2024	FIVB	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$11,000.00
12	1	1	0	2	3	3	2	0	0	$49,000.00	2025	FIVB	12	1	1	0	2	3	3	2	0	0	$49,000.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2025	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$8,500.00	2026	FIVB	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$8,500.00
38	5	2	4	2	7	4	5	6	3	$73,300.00	Total	Total	197	7	4	7	6	20	54	43	27	29	$469,850.00

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	68.3%	12	20.0%	7	11.7%	53-7	88.3%	6	15.0%	8	20.0%	26	65.0%	6-34	15.0%	41-26	61.2%	18-15	54.5%	1	0	60-41	59.4%
2025-2026	26	72.2%	6	16.7%	4	11.1%	32-4	88.9%	4	14.8%	3	11.1%	20	74.1%	4-23	14.8%	26-20	56.5%	10-7	58.8%	0	0	36-27	57.1%
Against the Field	10	66.7%	5	33.3%	0	0.0%	15-0	100.0%	4	16.7%	3	12.5%	17	70.8%	4-20	16.7%	20-34	37.0%	18-6	75.0%	0	0	19-20	48.7%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	18	14	0	0	13	10	1	4	2	2	0	1	34	31
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	5	1	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	5
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	5	1	2	1	1	0	2	0	17	3
Total	0	0	5	1	29	18	0	1	18	13	3	5	3	2	2	1	60	41

Head to Head Results
Fokerots/Plavins lead the series 3-0

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
4/11/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Winner 2	Fokerots/Plavins	6	Budinger/Evans	15	28-26, 21-15	0:36
9/27/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	Winner 3	Fokerots/Plavins	4	Budinger/Evans	13	21-14, 25-23	0:36
4/17/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Pool F	Fokerots/Plavins	7	Budinger/Evans	19, Q7	21-16, 15-21, 17-15	0:44