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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$250,000 BPT Challenge Shangluo
Thursday, July 23, 2026 Court #4 11:30

Match #12: Pool F

(11) Jiri Sedlak/Jakub Sepka, Czechia
vs.
(22) Oliver Merritt/Jed Walker, Australia

Jiri Sedlak
Czechia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 19, 2000 (26 yrs old)

Home Town:

Brno

Height:

193 cm (6'4")

Weight:

85 kg (187 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$50,556.48

Jakub Sepka
Czechia

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 5, 2002 (24 yrs old)

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$46,176.75

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	41	Money
CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	US$5,680.80
FIVB	23	2	1	0	0	0	0	4	1	3	1	1	5	3	1	US$38,774.47
Overall	25	2	1	0	0	1	0	4	1	4	1	1	5	3	1	US$44,455.27

Previous Shangluo Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/1-5/2026	BPT Elite Gstaad	22, Q13	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	6/10-14/2026	BPT Challenge Alanya	6	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2026	BPT Elite Brasília	Q7	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	12/3-7/2025	BPT Elite Itapema	15	9th	600	US$7,500.00
FIVB	10/1-5/2025	BPT Challenge Veracruz	15	25th	220	US$1,500.00
FIVB	8/21-24/2025	Futures Brno	1	1st	400	€ 1,000.00
FIVB	8/6-10/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	Q5	41st	100	US$0.00
CEV	7/30-8/3/2025	EuroBeachVolley 2025	30	17th	360	€ 1,000.00

BPT Challenge Shangluo Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/23/2026	Pool F	Oliver Merritt / Jed Walker, Australia (22)

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	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	2	0	$26,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	4	$9,000.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,900.00
Confederation Championship	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$5,000.00
Total	25	2	1	0	0	1	0	4	1	6	5	4	$43,400.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Jiri Sedlak												Jakub Sepka
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	1	0	$0.00	Youth Olympic Games
15	0	1	0	0	0	7	5	2	0	$33,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	16	0	0	0	0	0	6	7	3	0	$21,100.00
18	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	6	7	$9,250.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	20	0	1	0	0	1	2	4	4	7	$17,000.00
21	2	1	0	2	6	5	4	1	0	$3,050.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	10	2	1	0	1	2	2	2	0	0	$2,250.00
											U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$2,500.00	Confederation Championship	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	$3,250.00
57	2	2	0	2	8	13	12	10	7	$48,050.00	Total	52	2	2	0	2	5	10	15	8	7	$43,600.00

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
2023	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2024	FIVB	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	1	2	$13,200.00	11	11	50.0 %
2024	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	4	1	80.0 %
2025	FIVB	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	2	$18,950.00	17	14	54.8 %
2025	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00	1	2	33.3 %
2026	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$4,750.00	2	6	25.0 %
Total	FIVB	22	2	1	0	0	0	0	4	1	5	5	4	$36,900.00	30	32	48.4 %
Total	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$5,000.00	5	3	62.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Jiri Sedlak													Jakub Sepka
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	0	0	1	0	$0.00	2018	FIVB Age Group WC
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00	2019	FIVB
4	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	$250.00	2020	FIVB
5	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	$1,300.00	2021	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	$450.00
											2021	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
8	0	0	0	1	1	4	1	0	1	$1,800.00	2022	FIVB	11	0	0	0	1	1	3	4	1	1	$8,575.00
											2022	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00
5	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	0	$2,700.00	2023	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	$2,650.00
											2023	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
11	1	0	0	0	2	3	2	1	2	$6,900.00	2024	FIVB	8	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	2	$6,600.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2024	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
14	1	1	0	0	1	4	2	3	2	$17,975.00	2025	FIVB	10	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	3	2	$9,475.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2025	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
4	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$13,875.00	2026	FIVB	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	$11,850.00
56	2	2	0	2	8	13	12	10	7	$47,300.00	Total	Total	51	2	2	0	2	5	10	15	8	7	$42,850.00

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	24	70.6%	4	11.8%	6	17.6%	28-6	82.4%	2	7.7%	6	23.1%	18	69.2%	2-24	7.7%	24-18	57.1%	6-12	33.3%	0	2	30-32	48.4%
2025-2026	15	75.0%	2	10.0%	3	15.0%	17-3	85.0%	2	11.8%	5	29.4%	10	58.8%	2-15	11.8%	15-10	60.0%	4-8	33.3%	0	2	19-20	48.7%
Against the Field	3	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	1	14.3%	1	14.3%	5	71.4%	1-6	14.3%	6-8	42.9%	2-2	50.0%	0	1	4-6	40.0%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	3	4	5	8	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	16
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	4	5	2	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	13
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	3	1	3	0	0	0	2	1	15	3
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3
Total	0	0	7	9	18	16	0	0	5	9	3	0	0	0	2	1	35	35

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 (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$10,250.00

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$7,575.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	Money
FIVB	10	0	0	0	2	1	0	3	1	0	1	1	US$14,150.00

Previous Shangluo Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/10-14/2026	BPT Challenge Alanya	27, Q10	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	5/28-31/2026	BPT Futures Wuhan	2	4th	280	US$600.00
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 Challenge Shangluo Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/23/2026	Pool F	Jiri Sedlak / Jakub Sepka, Czechia (11)

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	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	$12,750.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	5	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,400.00
Total	10	0	0	0	2	1	0	3	1	1	1	0	$14,150.00

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
7	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	1	$7,500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	1	$6,375.00
8	0	0	0	2	3	2	1	0	0	$1,050.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	11	0	0	1	2	1	4	3	0	0	$1,200.00
16	0	0	0	2	3	5	2	1	2	$10,250.00	Total	17	0	0	1	2	1	7	3	1	1	$7,575.00

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	6	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	$12,150.00	19	12	61.3 %
Total	FIVB	9	0	0	0	2	1	0	3	1	1	1	0	$12,650.00	24	18	57.1 %

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
6	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	1	0	$6,075.00	2026	FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	1	0	$6,075.00
15	0	0	0	2	3	5	2	1	2	$9,500.00	Total	Total	16	0	0	1	2	1	7	3	1	1	$6,825.00

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	15	62.5%	5	20.8%	4	16.7%	20-4	83.3%	4	22.2%	4	22.2%	10	55.6%	4-14	22.2%	15-10	60.0%	9-8	52.9%	0	0	24-18	57.1%
2025-2026	14	70.0%	4	20.0%	2	10.0%	18-2	90.0%	4	23.5%	3	17.6%	10	58.8%	4-13	23.5%	14-10	58.3%	8-5	61.5%	0	0	22-15	59.5%
Against the Field	5	62.5%	1	12.5%	2	25.0%	6-2	75.0%	2	28.6%	1	14.3%	4	57.1%	2-5	28.6%	10-8	55.6%	6-6	50.0%	0	0	8-7	53.3%

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	6	0	3	5	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	8
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	4	1	4	4	0	0	4	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	12	10
Total	0	0	10	1	7	9	0	0	7	4	0	2	0	2	0	0	24	18

Head to Head Results
Merritt/Walker lead the series 1-0

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
7/23/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Shangluo	Pool F
6/11/26	FIVB	BPT Challenge Alanya	Pool F	Merritt/Walker	27, Q10	Sedlak/Sepka	6	21-15, 24-22	0:38