Futures - Tahiti, PLY - 2026

Two Hungarian duos join American winners Basey & Hurst on Tahiti Futures podium

Tari & Niemeier claim silver and Doczi & Veress take bronze in French Polynesia

Published 01:29, 03 Apr 2026

Gage Basey & Thomas Hurst celebrate in Tahiti (source: Tahiti World Beach Pro Tour)

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.

The 2026 Tahiti Futures podium (source: Tahiti World Beach Pro Tour)

Top-seeded Basey & Hurst lived up to their status and cruised through the tournament without dropping a single set along the way to the first Beach Pro Tour gold for either of them. Earlier this year, the American duo also picked up a silver medal at the Mount Maunganui Futures in New Zealand, their first Tour podium together. 22-year-old Basey and 21-year-old Hurst crowned their quest in Tahiti with a 2-0 (21-12, 21-18) sweep of Thursday’s final against Tari & Niemeier. Before that, in the semifinals, the Americans beat Doczi & Veress also in straight sets, 2-0 (21-18, 21-19).

After losing their opening game in Tahiti, 19-year-old Tari and 18-year-old Niemeier went on a four-match winning streak to reach the final. In their semifinal game, the seventh-seeded Hungarians came back from a set down to take a 2-1 (16-21, 21-19, 15-10) victory over Australian qualifiers Harley Sinclair & Jett Rocker-Graham and secure their first ever Beach Pro Tour podium as a team.

Just days after crowning their Beach Pro Tour debut as a pair with a Rarotonga Futures gold, 19-year-old Veress and 22-year-old Doczi made the podium at their second appearance together as well, this time with bronze. The only match the third-seeded Hungarians lost in Tahiti was their semifinal against the champions-to-be. They recovered with a 2-0 (21-12, 22-20) sweep of the third-place game against Sinclair & Rocker-Graham.