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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$15,000 BPT Futures Wuhan
Saturday, May 30, 2026 Court #2 14:00

Match #20: Winner's Bracket Round 1

(2) Oliver Merritt/Jed Walker, Australia
vs.
(13, Q5) Jamil Ghazal/Botond Olah, Hungary

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$7,725.00

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$5,050.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	Money
FIVB	8	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	1	1	US$9,100.00

Previous Wuhan Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/20-24/2026	BPT Challenge Nuvali	20, Q3	25th	220	US$1,500.00
FIVB	5/13-17/2026	BPT Challenge Xiamen	29, Q6	9th	460	US$3,250.00
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 Futures Wuhan Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 5/29/2026	Pool B	Caleb Barnes / Gareth Mann, Australia (15, Q9)	Won 19-21, 21-6, 15-11	0:47
Fri, 5/29/2026	Pool B	Jonah Kjemperud / Sebastian Kjemperud, Norway (10)	Lost 20-22, 21-17, 8-15	0:43
Sat, 5/30/2026	Winner 1	Jamil Ghazal / Botond Olah, Hungary (13, Q5)

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	5	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,100.00
Total	8	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	1	1	0	$9,100.00

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
8	0	0	0	1	3	2	1	0	0	$900.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	11	0	0	1	1	1	4	3	0	0	$1,050.00
14	0	0	0	1	3	4	2	1	1	$7,725.00	Total	15	0	0	1	1	1	6	3	1	0	$5,050.00

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	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	$8,300.00	13	8	61.9 %
Total	FIVB	7	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	1	1	0	$8,800.00	18	14	56.3 %

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
4	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	$4,150.00	2026	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	$4,150.00
13	0	0	0	1	3	4	2	1	2	$7,575.00	Total	Total	14	0	0	1	1	1	6	3	1	1	$4,900.00

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%	3	21.4%	3	21.4%	8	57.1%	3-11	21.4%	12-8	60.0%	6-6	50.0%	0	0	18-14	56.3%
2025-2026	11	78.6%	2	14.3%	1	7.1%	13-1	92.9%	3	23.1%	2	15.4%	8	61.5%	3-10	23.1%	11-8	57.9%	5-3	62.5%	0	0	16-11	59.3%
Against the Field	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1-1	50.0%	4-0	100.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	3-1	75.0%

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	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	4	4	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	10	8
Total	0	0	8	1	6	8	0	0	4	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	18	14

Jamil Ghazal
Hungary

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 2, 2000 (26 yrs old)

Home Town:

Budapest

Height:

189 cm (6'2")

Weight:

83 kg (183 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

21st (FIVB Baden 2020)

Career Winnings:

US$150.00

Botond Oláh
Hungary

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 24, 1999 (26 yrs old)

Home Town:

Budapest

Height:

182 cm (6'0")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$813.98

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	Money
FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	US$300.00

Previous Wuhan Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results 1st Tournament

BPT Futures Wuhan Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/28/2026	Qualifier 2	Asher Gill / Leigh Sinoto, United States (Q4)	Won 21-13, 21-13	0:33
Fri, 5/29/2026	Pool D	Aleksander Czachorowski / Jakub Krzeminski, Poland (4)	Lost 15-21, 13-21	0:38
Fri, 5/29/2026	Pool D	Kaur Kais / Tobias Penasse, Estonia (12, Q3)	Won 22-20, 13-21, 15-9	0:44
Sat, 5/30/2026	Winner 1	Oliver Merritt / Jed Walker, Australia (2)

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$)
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$300.00
Total	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$300.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Jamil Ghazal												Botond Olah
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$150.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	20	0	0	0	0	0	7	11	0	0	$650.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$150.00	Total	20	0	0	0	0	0	7	11	0	0	$650.00

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
2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Jamil Ghazal													Botond Olah
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2018	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$100.00
											2019	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	0	1	$150.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2021	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$150.00
											2022	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Total	Total	19	0	0	0	0	0	7	11	0	1	$500.00

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	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	1-2	33.3%	1-0	100.0%	0	0	2-2	50.0%
2025-2026	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	1-1	50.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0	2-1	66.7%
Against the Field	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	2-2	50.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	2-1	66.7%

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
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Total	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
5/30/26	FIVB	BPT Futures Wuhan	Winner 1