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Monday, April 6, 2026
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Players: 13650 10630 24280
Tournaments: 2239 1806 4045
 
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Bruno Flour 66
Yolanda Munoz 60
Mark Andersen 59
Julie Deckert 57
Tom Sorensen 55
Shannon Misek 55
John Jury 53
Maurizia Cacciatori 53
Robert Jackson 52
Ahren Cadieux 50
Casy Murdock 49
Brian Polark 48
Joohee Tse 45
Melanie Ghiz 45
Greta Holmes 44
Ronald Bruno 43
Funda Bilgi 43
Kelli Nerison 43
Lindsay Loxterkamp 42
Joseph Style 42
Susana Trallero Rodriquez 42
Phil Goedeker 42
Richard Campbell 42
Raquel Lacerda 41
Aleksandrs Samoilovs 41
Ilona Zielinska 40
Daniel Holloway 40
Mathieu De Vliegher 40
Andrey Berezin 40
Brian Gerwig 39
Anna Enrica Maniero 38
Sander Steinberg 38
Brice Thesee 38
Artem Fedorov 37
Tania Oliveira 37
David Arnold 34
Lilija Firinovic 34
Ksenia Bartie 34
Valentina Balzani 34
Martin Havlin 33
Sandro Venier 33
Boris Duarte 33
Turner Johnson 32
Pavlina Mikulajova 32
Jose Soares 32
Tjasa Jancar 31
Julieta Munoz 31
Sander Talistu 31
Pei Jie Poon 30
Delphine Uwicyeza 29
Aurimas Mazuras 28
Miguel Ayon 26
Lamine Diakite 26
Benjamin Barnett 26
Dino Vinkovic 23
Sofyan Efendi 23
Alessia Pasa 22
Joosep Poldma 22
Emma Hannagan 20
Addison Junk 18
Avery Junk 18
 
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Beach Volleyball History
In 1992
Adam Johnson and Kent Steffes won the AVP Miller Lite Fresno Open.  It was the 8th win for Adam Johnson, the 19th win for Kent Steffes, and the 4th win for the team.
In 1997
Jose Loiola and Kent Steffes won the AVP Riviera Beach Open.  It was the 15th win for Jose Loiola, the 89th win for Kent Steffes, and the 2nd win for the team.
In 1997
Lisa Arce and Holly McPeak won the WPVA Miami Beach Open.  It was the 6th win for Lisa Arce, the 40th win for Holly McPeak, and the 6th win for the team.
In 2003
Eric Fonoimoana and Dax Holdren won the AVP Paul Mitchell Fort Lauderdale Open.  It was the 12th win for Eric Fonoimoana, the 13th win for Dax Holdren, and the 5th win for the team.
In 2003
Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings won the AVP Paul Mitchell Fort Lauderdale Open.  It was the 13th win for Misty May-Treanor, the 8th win for Kerri Walsh Jennings, and the 8th win for the team.
In 2013
Yaroslav Koshkarev and Konstantin Semenov won the   2013 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Antalya.  It was the 2nd win for Yaroslav Koshkarev, the 1st win for Konstantin Semenov, and the 1st win for the team.
In 2013
Madelein Meppelink and Sophie van Gestel won the   2013 CEV Beach Volleyball Satellite Antalya.  It was the 1st win for Madelein Meppelink, the 1st win for Sophie van Gestel, and the 1st win for the team.
In 2024
John McManaway and Thomas Reid won the FIVB BPT Futures Pirae Tahiti.  It was the 1st win for John McManaway, the 1st win for Thomas Reid, and the 1st win for the team.
 
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4/3/2026
Two Hungarian duos join American winners Basey & Hurst on Tahiti Futures podium
Gage Basey & Thomas Hurst of the United States earned their first Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour gold at the Tahiti Futures in French Polynesia. Two Hungarian teams – Bence Tari & Lukas Niemeier and Domonkos Doczi & Akos Veress – completed the podium at the single-gender stop with silver and bronze, respectively.

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3/31/2026
World Ranking update: Cottafava & Dal Corso reach top 25 for the first time
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3/28/2026
Hungary’s Doczi & Veress crown duo’s debut with Rarotonga Futures gold
Hungary’s Domonkos Doczi & Akos Veress crowned their Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour debut as a team with Rarotonga Futures gold. Charles Siragusa & Alex Ukkelberg of the United States and Steven Abrams & Cameron Chadwick of Canada completed the podium at the men’s stop in the Cook Islands with silver and bronze, respectively.

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Spain’s Vergara & Gonzalez on to Nayarit quarterfinals after fourth tie-breaker in Mexico
Spain’s Ana Vergara & Sofia Gonzalez have played four matches at the Nayarit Challenge on the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour so far and had to grind through tie-breakers in all four of them. On Friday, they were successful in both the sixteenthfinals and the eighthfinals to push through to the women’s quarterfinals on Saturday.

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USA v Canada and Australia v Hungary in Rarotonga Futures semis
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