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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite Saquarema
April 8 - 12, 2026

(15) 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$115,225.00

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$117,832.20

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	Money
FIVB	40	1	2	1	3	8	0	10	3	5	2	2	2	US$174,450.00

Previous Saquarema Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2023	Miles Evans - 2nd	Chase Budinger - 2nd
2024	Miles Evans - 5th	Chase Budinger - 5th
2025	Miles Evans - 19th	Chase Budinger - 19th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/11-15/2026	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	7	9th	600	US$6,200.00
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

BPT Elite Saquarema Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 4/8/2026	Pool C	Arnaud Gauthier-Rat / Teo Rotar, France (10)	Lost 18-21, 18-21	0:37
Thu, 4/9/2026	Pool C	Elmer Andersson / Jacob Nilsson, Sweden (3)	Lost 15-21, 15-21	0:32
Thu, 4/9/2026	Pool C	Guto Carvalhaes / Jonathan De Menezes, Brazil (22, Q16)

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	17	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	3	5	1	0	$65,700.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	20	1	2	1	3	5	0	5	0	2	1	0	$94,750.00
Total	40	1	2	1	3	8	0	10	3	9	2	0	$174,450.00

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
20	0	0	0	0	3	7	7	2	0	$37,850.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	22	0	0	0	1	3	7	6	1	0	$37,850.00
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
68	1	4	1	3	11	17	15	7	0	$115,225.00	Total	81	2	6	2	4	9	22	19	3	0	$117,270.00

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 %
2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,200.00	1	5	16.7 %
Total	FIVB	39	1	2	1	3	8	0	10	3	9	2	0	$174,450.00	89	73	54.9 %

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
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,100.00	2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,100.00
67	1	4	1	3	11	17	15	7	8	$115,225.00	Total	Total	80	2	6	2	4	9	22	19	3	13	$117,270.00

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	23.6%	7	9.7%	48	66.7%	17-55	23.6%	49-48	50.5%	38-21	64.4%	2	4	89-73	54.9%
2025-2026	21	61.8%	7	20.6%	6	17.6%	28-6	82.4%	5	20.0%	3	12.0%	17	68.0%	5-20	20.0%	21-17	55.3%	12-9	57.1%	0	0	33-26	55.9%
Against the Field	12	50.0%	7	29.2%	5	20.8%	19-5	79.2%	6	22.2%	3	11.1%	18	66.7%	6-21	22.2%	24-34	41.4%	26-16	61.9%	0	1	25-26	49.0%

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
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	18	0	0	2	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	32
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	35	4	0	22	23	3	4	1	3	1	2	89	73

Head to Head Results
Budinger/Evans trail the series against the field 25-26 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 9 Series, 3 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 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 # 3 Andersson/Nilsson, Sweden 0-2
4/9/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Pool C	Andersson/Nilsson	3	Budinger/Evans	15	21-15, 21-15	0:32
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 # 4 Aye/Daubas, France 0-2
8/10/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Baden	Bronze Medal	Aye/Daubas	22	Budinger/Evans	11	16-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:43
8/7/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Baden	Pool F	Aye/Daubas	22	Budinger/Evans	11	21-19, 21-15	0:34
Trail the series against # 5 Mol/Sorum, Norway 1-2
9/25/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	Pool A	Budinger/Evans	13	Mol/Sorum	1	21-16, 24-22	0:37
8/5/24	FIVB	Olympic Games Paris 2024	Winner 1	Mol/Sorum	2	Budinger/Evans	19	21-16, 21-14	0:36
7/28/23	FIVB	Elite16 Montréal	Pool A	Mol/Sorum	1	Budinger/Evans	16, Q13	21-8, 21-16	0:31
Trail the series against # 6 Fokerots/Plavins, Latvia 0-2
9/27/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	Winner 3	Fokerots/Plavins	4	Budinger/Evans	13	21-14, 25-23	0:36
4/17/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Pool F	Fokerots/Plavins	7	Budinger/Evans	19, Q7	21-16, 15-21, 17-15	0:44
Lead the series against # 7 Berntsen/Mol, Norway 3-0
10/8/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Newport Beach	Pool A	Budinger/Evans	9	Berntsen/Mol	8	21-17, 19-21, 15-11	0:45
3/30/24	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Winner 1	Budinger/Evans	3	Berntsen/Mol	12	21-17, 21-18	0:34
3/23/24	FIVB	Challenge Recife	Winner 2	Budinger/Evans	5	Berntsen/Mol	9	21-15, 21-12	0:30
Series tied with # 8 Berger/Hammarberg, Austria 1-1
3/14/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Winner 1	Berger/Hammarberg	5	Budinger/Evans	7	21-12, 21-13	0:30
8/9/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Baden	Winner 3	Budinger/Evans	11	Berger/Hammarberg	1	21-17, 21-19	0:33
Trail the series against # 9 Bryl/Losiak, Poland 1-2
4/10/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Pool E	Bryl/Losiak	5	Budinger/Evans	20, Q7	24-22, 21-10	0:36
5/4/24	FIVB	Elite16 Brasília	Winner 1	Budinger/Evans	9	Bryl/Losiak	5	21-23, 21-16, 15-7	0:49
3/6/24	FIVB	Elite16 Doha	Pool D	Bryl/Losiak	5	Budinger/Evans	13, Q3	14-21, 23-21, 15-12	0:57
Trail the series against # 10 Gauthier-Rat/Rotar, France 0-3
4/8/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Pool C	Gauthier-Rat/Rotar	10	Budinger/Evans	15	21-18, 21-18	0:37
9/19/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Winner 1	Gauthier-Rat/Rotar	11	Budinger/Evans	12	21-15, 23-21	0:36
6/14/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Alanya	Winner 3	Gauthier-Rat/Rotar	10, Q1	Budinger/Evans	20, Q4	21-18, 21-12	0:32
Series tied with # 12 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 2-2
10/10/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Newport Beach	Winner 1	Grimalt/Grimalt	13, Q1	Budinger/Evans	9	21-19, 21-19	0:37
8/8/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Baden	Winner 1	Budinger/Evans	11	Grimalt/Grimalt	13	21-14, 21-14	0:31
4/17/24	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Qualifier 2	Grimalt/Grimalt	16, Q11	Budinger/Evans	Q3	18-21, 21-14, 15-12	0:49
7/27/23	FIVB	Elite16 Montréal	Pool A	Budinger/Evans	16, Q13	Grimalt/Grimalt	8	21-12, 23-25, 15-10	0:49
Lead the series against # 13 Cottafava/Dal Corso, Italy 1-0
10/5/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Veracruz	Semi-Finals	Budinger/Evans	1	Cottafava/Dal Corso	22	14-21, 21-14, 15-11	0:41
Series tied with # 16 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
Lead the series against # 17, 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
Lead the series against # 19, Q5 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 # 20, Q6 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
Lead the series against # 21, Q4 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
Trail the series against # 24, Q8 Amieva/Bueno, Argentina 0-1
3/26/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	Qualifier 1	Amieva/Bueno	23, Q11	Budinger/Evans	Q6	21-17, 16-21, 17-15	0:50
Lead the series against # Q1 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 # Q9 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
Lead the series against # 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 # Q11 Batrane/Bialokoz, England 1-0
12/1/23	FIVB	Challenge Nuvali	Pool A	Budinger/Evans	1	Batrane/Bialokoz	24, Q14	21-18, 21-16	0:34
Lead the series against # Q12 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	1:00