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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite Joao Pessoa
March 11 - 15, 2026

(7) Chase Budinger/Miles Evans, United States

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$115,875.00

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$118,482.20

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	Money
FIVB	39	1	2	1	3	8	0	9	3	5	2	2	2	US$175,750.00

Previous Joao Pessoa Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2025	Miles Evans - 13th	Chase Budinger - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
FIVB	3/26-30/2025	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	Q6	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	3/19-23/2025	BPT Challenge Yucatan	6	9th	460	US$3,250.00

BPT Elite Joao Pessoa Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 3/12/2026	Pool F	Trevor Crabb / Wyatt Harrison, United States (18, Q3)	Lost 21-15, 19-21, 7-15
Thu, 3/12/2026	Pool F	Felipe Alves / Vitor Felipe, Brazil (19, Q11)	Won 21-13, 20-22, 21-19
Fri, 3/13/2026	Pool F	Nicolas Capogrosso / Tomas Capogrosso, Argentina (6, Q1)	Lost 19-21, 18-21
Sat, 3/14/2026	Winner 1	Tim Berger / Timo Hammarberg, Austria (5)

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	16	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	3	5	1	0	$67,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	20	1	2	1	3	5	0	5	0	2	1	0	$94,750.00
Total	39	1	2	1	3	8	0	9	3	9	2	0	$175,750.00

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
19	0	0	0	0	3	6	7	2	0	$38,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	21	0	0	0	1	3	6	6	1	0	$38,500.00
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
67	1	4	1	3	11	16	15	7	0	$115,875.00	Total	80	2	6	2	4	9	21	19	3	0	$117,920.00

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 %
Total	FIVB	38	1	2	1	3	8	0	9	3	9	2	0	$168,250.00	88	68	56.4 %

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
66	1	4	1	3	11	16	15	7	8	$112,125.00	Total	Total	79	2	6	2	4	9	21	19	3	13	$114,170.00

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	49	58.3%	21	25.0%	14	16.7%	70-14	83.3%	17	24.6%	7	10.1%	45	65.2%	17-52	24.6%	49-45	52.1%	38-21	64.4%	2	4	89-70	56.0%
2025-2026	21	61.8%	7	20.6%	6	17.6%	28-6	82.4%	5	22.7%	3	13.6%	14	63.6%	5-17	22.7%	21-14	60.0%	12-9	57.1%	0	0	33-23	58.9%
Against the Field	9	47.4%	5	26.3%	5	26.3%	14-5	73.7%	5	27.8%	1	5.6%	12	66.7%	5-13	27.8%	18-22	45.0%	20-12	62.5%	0	1	19-18	51.4%

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	13	16	0	0	2	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	29
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	43	33	4	0	22	22	3	4	1	3	1	2	89	70

Head to Head Results
Budinger/Evans lead the series against the field 19-18 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 6 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Goncalves/Lanci, Brazil 1-6
5/23/24	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Espinho	Pool D	Goncalves/Lanci	5	Budinger/Evans	13, Q1	17-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:49
3/24/24	FIVB	Challenge Recife	Semi-Finals	Goncalves/Lanci	3	Budinger/Evans	5	21-16, 14-21, 15-7	0:46
7/29/23	FIVB	Elite16 Montréal	Winner 1	Goncalves/Lanci	11	Budinger/Evans	16, Q13	21-19, 21-19	0:39
7/14/23	FIVB	Challenge Portugal	Pool D	Budinger/Evans	16	Goncalves/Lanci	9	19-21, 21-19, 15-9	0:58
6/17/23	FIVB	Challenge Jurmala	Winner 1	Goncalves/Lanci	7	Budinger/Evans	10	21-17, 21-19	0:39
5/31/23	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Qualifier 1	Goncalves/Lanci	15, Q10	Budinger/Evans	Q7	21-10, 21-16	0:35
4/16/23	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Gold Medal	Goncalves/Lanci	1	Budinger/Evans	17, Q10	18-21, 21-12, 15-13	0:54
Trail the series against # 2 Andersson/Nilsson, Sweden 0-1
3/22/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Yucatan	Winner 2	Andersson/Nilsson	9	Budinger/Evans	6	21-16, 21-11	0:31
Trail the series against # 3 Ahman/Hellvig, Sweden 0-1
10/11/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Winner 1	Ahman/Hellvig	2	Budinger/Evans	45	21-17, 21-15	0:36
Trail the series against # 4 Aye/Bassereau, France 0-2
8/10/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Baden	Bronze Medal	Aye/Bassereau	22	Budinger/Evans	11	16-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:43
8/7/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Baden	Pool F	Aye/Bassereau	22	Budinger/Evans	11	21-19, 21-15	0:34
Lead the series against # 5 Berger/Hammarberg, Austria 1-0
8/9/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Baden	Winner 3	Budinger/Evans	11	Berger/Hammarberg	1	21-17, 21-19	0:33
Series tied with # 6, Q1 Capogrosso/Capogrosso, Argentina 1-1
3/13/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Pool F	Capogrosso/Capogrosso	6, Q1	Budinger/Evans	7	21-19, 21-18
5/22/24	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Espinho	Qualifier 2	Budinger/Evans	13, Q1	Capogrosso/Capogrosso	Q8	19-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:54
Lead the series against # 8, Q2 Dillier/Krattiger, Switzerland 1-0
9/17/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Pool A	Budinger/Evans	12	Dillier/Krattiger	13	21-12, 21-13	0:31
Series tied with # 10 Barbosa/Wanderley, Brazil 1-1
10/5/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Veracruz	Gold Medal	Barbosa/Wanderley	3	Budinger/Evans	1	21-16, 21-17	0:32
9/27/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	Winner 2	Budinger/Evans	13	Barbosa/Wanderley	20, Q5	24-26, 21-16, 16-14	0:53
Trail the series against # 12 Campos/Pedrosa, Portugal 2-4
11/18/25	FIVB	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	Winner 1	Campos/Pedrosa	19	Budinger/Evans	16	21-16, 21-19	0:35
9/18/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Pool A	Campos/Pedrosa	24, Q13	Budinger/Evans	12	21-17, 21-12	0:32
6/12/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Alanya	Pool D	Budinger/Evans	20, Q4	Campos/Pedrosa	13	21-18, 21-17	0:38
4/11/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Pool E	Campos/Pedrosa	17, Q2	Budinger/Evans	20, Q7	19-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:47
5/23/24	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Espinho	Pool D	Budinger/Evans	13, Q1	Campos/Pedrosa	12	21-17, 21-17	0:32
11/17/23	FIVB	Challenge Chiang Mai	Pool C	Campos/Pedrosa	22	Budinger/Evans	3	21-18, 21-17	0:34
Lead the series against # 13 Pickett/Schachter, Canada 2-0
6/14/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Alanya	Winner 2	Budinger/Evans	20, Q4	Pickett/Schachter	17	21-18, 21-15	0:41
3/21/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Yucatan	Pool F	Budinger/Evans	6	Pickett/Schachter	22	22-20, 21-17	0:37
Lead the series against # 14 Carracher/Nicolaidis, Australia 3-1
4/26/24	FIVB	Challenge Xiamen	Pool D	Budinger/Evans	4	Carracher/Nicolaidis	9	18-21, 21-11, 15-12	0:43
3/22/24	FIVB	Challenge Recife	Pool E	Carracher/Nicolaidis	17, Q3	Budinger/Evans	5	By Forfeit
11/19/23	FIVB	Challenge Chiang Mai	Bronze Medal	Budinger/Evans	3	Carracher/Nicolaidis	19, Q6	27-25, 21-23, 15-9	0:55
11/4/23	FIVB	Challenge Haikou	Winner 1	Budinger/Evans	5	Carracher/Nicolaidis	16	21-15, 19-21, 15-10	0:49
Lead the series against # 16 da Silva/Dos Santos, Brazil 2-0
4/17/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Pool F	Budinger/Evans	19, Q7	Dos Santos/da Silva	6	22-20, 21-19	0:39
4/13/23	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Qualifier 1	Budinger/Evans	17, Q10	Dos Santos/da Silva	Q23	21-14, 16-21, 15-12	0:47
Lead the series against # 17, Q4 De Paula/Goncalves, Brazil 1-0
5/15/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Xiamen	Pool C	Budinger/Evans	19	De Paula/Goncalves	14	21-18, 21-18	0:35
Trail the series against # 18, Q3 Crabb/Harrison, United States 0-1
3/12/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Pool F	Crabb/Harrison	18, Q3	Budinger/Evans	7	15-21, 21-19, 15-7
Lead the series against # 19, Q11 Alves/Felipe, Brazil 1-0
3/12/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Pool F	Budinger/Evans	7	Alves/Felipe	19, Q11	21-13, 20-22, 21-19
Lead the series against # 21, Q10 Bedritis/Rinkevics, Latvia 1-0
4/27/24	FIVB	Challenge Xiamen	Lucky Loser	Budinger/Evans	4	Bedritis/Rinkevics	23, Q18	14-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:43
Lead the series against # 23, Q5 Barbosa/Rezende, Brazil 2-0
4/16/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Qualifier 1	Budinger/Evans	19, Q7	Barbosa/Rezende	Q10	26-24, 21-19	0:41
4/9/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Qualifier 1	Budinger/Evans	20, Q7	Barbosa/Rezende	Q10	21-18, 12-21, 19-17	0:49