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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Xiamen
Thursday, May 14, 2026 Court #3 13:30

Match #7: Pool D

(4) Jack Pearse/D'Artagnan Potts, Australia
vs.
(29, Q6) Oliver Merritt/Jed Walker, Australia

Jack Pearse
Australia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 22, 2002 (24 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$20,896.85

D'Artagnan Potts
Australia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 29, 2003 (22 yrs old)

Home Town:

North Adelaide

Height:

201 cm (6'7")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$19,693.70

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	37	41	Money
FIVB	13	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	2	1	1	1	US$37,200.00

Previous Xiamen Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2025	D'Artagnan Potts - 25th	Jack Pearse - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/18-22/2026	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	21, Q2	1st	800	US$20,000.00
FIVB	3/11-15/2026	BPT Futures Coolangatta	2	1st	400	US$1,000.00
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	40	37th	160	US$3,400.00
FIVB	10/15-19/2025	BPT Challenge Nuvali	25, Q3	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	8/6-10/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	Q17	41st	100	US$0.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2025	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	Q15	33rd	180	US$0.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2025	BPT Challenge Alanya	29	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	5/14-18/2025	BPT Challenge Xiamen	4	25th	220	US$1,500.00

BPT Challenge Xiamen Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/14/2026	Pool D	Oliver Merritt / Jed Walker, Australia (29, Q6)

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	0	0	1	$3,400.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	10	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	$32,500.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,300.00
Total	13	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	2	1	$37,200.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Jack Pearse												D'Artagnan Potts
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	$1,700.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$1,700.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam
13	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	3	0	$16,250.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	11	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	3	0	$16,250.00
13	2	2	2	0	3	3	1	0	0	$2,900.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	14	1	1	0	0	1	7	4	0	0	$1,650.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
30	3	2	2	0	4	5	5	3	1	$20,850.00	Total	26	2	1	0	0	2	8	6	3	1	$19,600.00

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
2024	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	$4,000.00	3	5	37.5 %
2025	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	3	$10,700.00	8	11	42.1 %
2026	FIVB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$21,000.00	12	0	100.0 %
Total	FIVB	12	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	2	3	$35,700.00	23	16	59.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Jack Pearse													D'Artagnan Potts
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00	2021	FIVB Age Group WC
6	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	2	$150.00	2022	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$0.00
5	1	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	$900.00	2023	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	$300.00
											2023	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
7	0	2	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	$3,200.00	2024	FIVB	8	0	1	0	0	1	4	1	1	0	$2,700.00
7	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	3	$5,350.00	2025	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	3	$5,350.00
2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,500.00	2026	FIVB	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,500.00
29	3	2	2	0	4	5	5	3	5	$20,100.00	Total	Total	26	2	1	0	0	2	8	7	3	3	$18,850.00

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	13	65.0%	4	20.0%	3	15.0%	17-3	85.0%	6	31.6%	2	10.5%	11	57.9%	6-13	31.6%	13-11	54.2%	10-5	66.7%	0	0	23-16	59.0%
2025-2026	10	62.5%	4	25.0%	2	12.5%	14-2	87.5%	6	40.0%	1	6.7%	8	53.3%	6-9	40.0%	10-8	55.6%	10-3	76.9%	0	0	20-11	64.5%
Against the Field	4	50.0%	2	25.0%	2	25.0%	6-2	75.0%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1	33.3%	0-3	0.0%	8-2	80.0%	4-8	33.3%	0	0	6-5	54.5%

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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	4	3	5	7	0	0	4	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	15	13
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	7	1
Total	0	0	4	3	10	9	0	0	5	4	2	0	0	0	2	0	23	16

Oliver Merritt
Australia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 21, 2001 (24 yrs old)

Home Town:

Caloundra

Height:

201 cm (6'7")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (FIVB Mount Maunganui 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$5,950.00

Jed Walker
Australia

Photo not available

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 2, 2004 (22 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB Coolangatta 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$3,275.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	Money
FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	US$5,550.00

Previous Xiamen Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/11-15/2026	BPT Futures Coolangatta	3, Q1	5th	240	US$300.00
FIVB	3/5-8/2026	BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar	13	9th	460	US$3,250.00

BPT Challenge Xiamen Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/13/2026	Qualifier 2	Shiro Furuta / Ryo Tatsumi, Japan (Q27)	Won 21-19, 21-15	0:37
Wed, 5/13/2026	Qualifier 3	Wei Li / Tai Zhang, China (Q22)	Won 25-23, 21-12	0:36
Thu, 5/14/2026	Pool D	Jack Pearse / D'Artagnan Potts, Australia (4)

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,750.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	$800.00
Total	6	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	$5,550.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Oliver Merritt												Jed Walker
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	$1,700.00	World Championships
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$3,500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,375.00
7	0	0	0	1	3	2	1	0	0	$750.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	10	0	0	1	1	1	4	3	0	0	$900.00
12	0	0	0	1	3	3	2	0	1	$5,950.00	Total	13	0	0	1	1	1	5	3	0	0	$3,275.00

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
2024	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$100.00	2	3	40.0 %
2025	FIVB	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$400.00	3	3	50.0 %
2026	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,550.00	8	3	72.7 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	$4,050.00	13	9	59.1 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Oliver Merritt													Jed Walker
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2023	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$50.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$50.00	2024	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$150.00
7	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	0	2	$3,375.00	2025	FIVB	5	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	$550.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,775.00	2026	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,775.00
11	0	0	0	1	3	3	2	0	2	$5,200.00	Total	Total	12	0	0	1	1	1	5	3	0	1	$2,525.00

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	9	60.0%	3	20.0%	3	20.0%	12-3	80.0%	1	14.3%	2	28.6%	4	57.1%	1-6	14.3%	9-4	69.2%	4-5	44.4%	0	0	13-9	59.1%
2025-2026	8	72.7%	2	18.2%	1	9.1%	10-1	90.9%	1	16.7%	1	16.7%	4	66.7%	1-5	16.7%	8-4	66.7%	3-2	60.0%	0	0	11-6	64.7%
Against the Field	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0-1	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	0-4	0.0%	0	0	2-2	50.0%

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	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	4	1	3	3	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	9	7
Total	0	0	6	1	4	4	0	0	3	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	13	9

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
5/14/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Pool D