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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Xiamen
Saturday, May 16, 2026 Court #2 10:00

Match #46: Winner's Bracket Round 2

(7) Benedikt Sagstetter/Jonas Sagstetter, Germany
vs.
(29, Q6) Oliver Merritt/Jed Walker, Australia

Benedikt Sagstetter
Germany

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 30, 2000 (25 yrs old)

Home Town:

Munich

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$33,433.85

Jonas Sagstetter
Germany

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 21, 1999 (27 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Ios 2024)

Career Winnings:

US$33,213.58

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	Money
FIVB	30	0	1	1	1	9	1	5	1	2	4	1	4	US$64,350.66

Previous Xiamen Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2025	Jonas Sagstetter - 25th	Benedikt Sagstetter - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/25-29/2026	BPT Challenge Nayarit	12	5th	600	US$5,000.00
FIVB	3/18-22/2026	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	17	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	3/11-15/2026	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	24, Q7	17th	460	US$3,700.00
FIVB	10/1-5/2025	BPT Challenge Veracruz	6	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	9/24-28/2025	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	21, Q10	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	9/17-21/2025	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	17, Q1	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	8/27-31/2025	BPT Elite Hamburg	20, Q6	9th	600	US$7,500.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2025	BPT Elite Gstaad	Q10	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2025	BPT Challenge Alanya	16	25th	220	US$1,500.00
FIVB	5/28-6/1/2025	BPT Elite Ostrava	22, Q13	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	5/14-18/2025	BPT Challenge Xiamen	10	25th	220	US$1,500.00

BPT Challenge Xiamen Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/14/2026	Pool G	Alexander Huber / Robin Seidl, Austria (26, Q2)	Won 21-13, 21-14	0:33
Fri, 5/15/2026	Pool G	Philipp Huster / Sven Winter, Germany (10)	Won 21-17, 17-21, 16-14	0:50
Sat, 5/16/2026	Winner 2	Oliver Merritt / Jed Walker, Australia (29, Q6)	Won 21-16, 21-16	0:29
Sat, 5/16/2026	Winner 3	Joppe Van Langendonck / Kyan Vercauteren, Belgium (3)	Lost 23-25, 23-25	0:43

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	4	1	0	$27,700.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	12	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	0	2	3	0	$33,000.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	11	0	1	1	1	5	0	1	1	1	0	0	$3,400.00
Total	30	0	1	1	1	9	1	5	1	7	4	0	$64,100.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Benedikt Sagstetter												Jonas Sagstetter
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
8	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	1	0	$13,850.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	8	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	1	0	$13,850.00
13	0	0	0	0	4	3	2	3	0	$16,500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	12	0	0	0	0	4	3	2	3	0	$16,500.00
13	0	2	1	1	5	3	1	0	0	$2,100.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	12	0	1	2	1	5	2	1	0	0	$1,950.00
34	0	2	1	1	10	7	8	4	0	$32,450.00	Total	32	0	1	2	1	10	6	8	4	0	$32,300.00

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
2022	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	$400.00	5	5	50.0 %
2023	FIVB	6	0	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	$1,700.00	18	12	60.0 %
2024	FIVB	6	0	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	$9,300.00	17	10	63.0 %
2025	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	4	3	0	$32,500.00	12	18	40.0 %
2026	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	$16,950.00	9	9	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	29	0	1	1	1	9	1	4	1	7	4	0	$60,850.00	61	54	53.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Benedikt Sagstetter													Jonas Sagstetter
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
6	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	1	$600.00	2022	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	$200.00
6	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	$850.00	2023	FIVB	6	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	$850.00
7	0	1	0	0	4	0	2	0	0	$4,650.00	2024	FIVB	8	0	1	1	0	4	0	2	0	0	$4,900.00
10	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	3	0	$16,250.00	2025	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	3	0	$16,250.00
4	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	$8,475.00	2026	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	$8,475.00
33	0	2	1	1	10	6	8	4	1	$30,825.00	Total	Total	31	0	1	2	1	10	5	8	4	0	$30,675.00

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	48	80.0%	5	8.3%	7	11.7%	53-7	88.3%	9	15.5%	18	31.0%	31	53.4%	9-49	15.5%	48-31	60.8%	14-25	35.9%	1	0	63-56	52.9%
2025-2026	16	84.2%	1	5.3%	2	10.5%	17-2	89.5%	5	15.6%	7	21.9%	20	62.5%	5-27	15.6%	16-20	44.4%	6-9	40.0%	1	0	23-29	44.2%
Against the Field	8	80.0%	1	10.0%	1	10.0%	9-1	90.0%	1	14.3%	3	42.9%	3	42.9%	1-6	14.3%	16-6	72.7%	4-8	33.3%	0	0	10-7	58.8%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	5	2	4	9	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	15
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	5	1	10	12	0	0	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	21
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	8	1	11	9	0	0	9	6	1	2	1	1	0	1	30	20
Total	0	0	18	4	25	30	0	1	18	17	1	2	1	1	0	1	63	56

Oliver Merritt
Australia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 21, 2001 (25 yrs old)

Home Town:

Caloundra

Height:

201 cm (6'7")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (FIVB Mount Maunganui 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$7,575.00

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$4,900.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	Money
FIVB	7	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	1	1	US$8,800.00

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)	Lost 13-21, 14-21	0:32
Fri, 5/15/2026	Pool D	Issa Batrane / Frederick Bialokoz, England (20)	Won 21-15, 21-12	0:31
Fri, 5/15/2026	Winner 1	Alexander Horst / Paul Pascariuc, Austria (6)	Won 16-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:52
Sat, 5/16/2026	Winner 2	Benedikt Sagstetter / Jonas Sagstetter, Germany (7)	Lost 16-21, 16-21	0:29

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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	$8,000.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	$800.00
Total	7	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	1	1	0	$8,800.00

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
5	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	$5,125.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	$4,000.00
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
13	0	0	0	1	3	4	2	1	1	$7,575.00	Total	14	0	0	1	1	1	6	3	1	0	$4,900.00

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	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$6,800.00	10	5	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	$7,300.00	15	11	57.7 %

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
3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$3,400.00	2026	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$3,400.00
12	0	0	0	1	3	4	2	0	2	$6,825.00	Total	Total	13	0	0	1	1	1	6	3	0	1	$4,150.00

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	12	66.7%	3	16.7%	3	16.7%	15-3	83.3%	2	16.7%	2	16.7%	8	66.7%	2-10	16.7%	12-8	60.0%	5-5	50.0%	0	0	17-13	56.7%
2025-2026	11	78.6%	2	14.3%	1	7.1%	13-1	92.9%	2	18.2%	1	9.1%	8	72.7%	2-9	18.2%	11-8	57.9%	4-2	66.7%	0	0	15-10	60.0%
Against the Field	4	80.0%	0	0.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	1	16.7%	1	16.7%	4	66.7%	1-5	16.7%	8-8	50.0%	2-4	33.3%	0	0	5-6	45.5%

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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	4	0	2	4	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	6
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	8	1	5	7	0	0	4	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	17	13

Head to Head Results
Sagstetter/Sagstetter lead the series 1-0

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
5/16/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Winner 2	Sagstetter/Sagstetter	7	Merritt/Walker	29, Q6	21-16, 21-16	0:29