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AVP Tour
$60,000 AVP Heritage Contender Series Denver Open
July 3 - 5, 2026

(1) Avery Drost/Djordje Klasnic

James Avery Drost

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 7, 1986 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Redlands, CA

Height:

6'5"

College(s):

Westmont College

Seasons:

Tournaments:

153

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

1 (Virginia Beach 2026)

Career Winnings:

$181,600.00

Djordje Klasnic

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 16, 1995 (31 yrs old)

Home Town:

Novi Sad

Height:

6'4"

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

1 (Pompano Beach 2026)

Career Winnings:

$28,728.52

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,200.00

Previous Denver Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2022	David Lee - 13th	Did not play
2024	Jake Urrutia - 5th	Silila Tucker - 5th
2025	Did not play	Logan Webber - 2nd

Recent Results 1st Tournament

Denver Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sat, 7/4/2026	Pool A	Kyle Paulson / Jack Walmer (24, Q19)	Lost 21-19, 21-23, 11-15
Sat, 7/4/2026	Pool A	Adam Roberts / Jeff Samuels (13)	Won 21-19, 21-12
Sat, 7/4/2026	Lucky Loser	Owen Karlenzig / Jacob Kim (20, Q11)	Won 18-21, 21-16, 15-10
Sat, 7/4/2026	Winner 1	Evan Cory / Will Rottman (5)	Won 21-16, 18-21, 15-13
Sun, 7/5/2026	Winner 2	Gage Basey / Lars Basey (4)	Lost 13-21, 16-21

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$)
Contender Series/Tour Series	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,200.00
Total	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,200.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Avery Drost												Djordje Klasnic
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	$4,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$0.00
56	0	0	4	0	4	27	5	1	15	$62,375.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	$500.00
6	1	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	$3,400.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	37	1	3	0	6	7	9	9	1	1	$6,702.50
											U23 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
											Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
9	0	0	0	0	1	6	1	0	1	$11,537.50	Manhattan Beach
6	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	$9,725.00	Tour Championships
7	0	0	1	0	3	3	0	0	0	$25,250.00	Gold Series	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$4,125.00
14	0	0	0	0	12	2	0	0	0	$30,650.00	Heritage Series/Pro Series	8	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	0	1	$5,100.00
15	1	3	2	0	3	5	1	0	0	$14,200.00	Contender Series/Tour Series	13	1	2	2	0	3	4	1	0	0	$10,425.00
118	2	3	8	1	26	49	8	1	20	$161,637.50	Total	69	2	5	2	6	11	18	16	4	5	$26,852.50

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
2026	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,200.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,200.00	3	2	60.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Avery Drost													Djordje Klasnic
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	$0.00	2009	AVP
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$175.00	2010	AVP
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$200.00	2010	NORCECA
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00	2011	Wide Open
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$1,312.50	2011	Pro Beach
2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$575.00	2011	NORCECA
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2012	AVP
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2012	NVL
6	0	1	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	$9,125.00	2012	Pro Beach
											2012	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
3	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$1,300.00	2012	NORCECA
5	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	$3,400.00	2013	AVP
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2013	NVL
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$1,150.00	2013	FIVB
											2013	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
											2013	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$125.00
5	0	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	$1,475.00	2013	NORCECA
7	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	0	0	$10,000.00	2014	AVP
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$4,500.00	2014	FIVB
2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$950.00	2014	NORCECA
7	0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	$11,300.00	2015	AVP
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2015	FIVB
7	0	0	2	0	0	5	0	0	0	$12,050.00	2016	AVP
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$525.00	2016	NORCECA
8	0	0	1	0	1	6	0	0	0	$13,962.50	2017	AVP
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$2,300.00	2017	FIVB	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$450.00
											2017	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
7	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	0	0	$11,075.00	2018	AVP
3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$1,000.00	2018	FIVB	10	0	0	0	1	1	4	2	0	2	$2,190.00
											2018	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
4	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	2018	NORCECA
8	0	0	0	0	1	6	1	0	0	$13,500.00	2019	AVP
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2019	FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	2	$350.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$4,750.00	2020	AVP
											2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$50.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$4,775.00	2021	AVP
											2021	FIVB	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$500.00
13	0	3	1	0	3	6	0	0	0	$20,950.00	2022	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2022	FIVB	9	1	0	0	1	0	1	5	1	0	$1,250.00
8	0	0	1	0	5	2	0	0	0	$22,800.00	2023	AVP	6	0	0	1	0	1	3	1	0	0	$7,225.00
											2023	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$150.00
4	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	$10,500.00	2024	AVP	5	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	$2,400.00
2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$350.00	2024	FIVB	4	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	$500.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	2024	NORCECA
4	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	$8,250.00	2025	AVP	6	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	$4,725.00
2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	$250.00	2025	FIVB	5	0	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	$787.50
2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	2025	NORCECA
5	1	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	$4,500.00	2026	AVP	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$4,700.00
											2026	FIVB	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$975.00
152	5	6	14	5	32	58	10	1	21	$181,000.00	Total	Total	70	2	5	2	6	10	19	17	4	5	$26,377.50

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	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	2-1	66.7%	0	0	3-2	60.0%
2025-2026	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	2-1	66.7%	0	0	3-2	60.0%
Against the Field	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	4-2	66.7%	0	0	3-2	60.0%

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
Contender Series/Tour Series	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Total	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2

Head to Head Results
Drost/Klasnic lead the series against the field 3-2 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 Basey/Basey 0-1
7/5/26	AVP	Denver Open	Winner 2	Basey/Basey	4	Drost/Klasnic	1	21-13, 21-16
Lead the series against # 5 Cory/Rottman 1-0
7/4/26	AVP	Denver Open	Winner 1	Drost/Klasnic	1	Cory/Rottman	5	21-16, 18-21, 15-13
Lead the series against # 13 Roberts/Samuels 1-0
7/4/26	AVP	Denver Open	Pool A	Drost/Klasnic	1	Roberts/Samuels	13	21-19, 21-12
Lead the series against # 20, Q11 Karlenzig/Kim 1-0
7/4/26	AVP	Denver Open	Lucky Loser	Drost/Klasnic	1	Karlenzig/Kim	20, Q11	18-21, 21-16, 15-10
Trail the series against # 24, Q19 Paulson/Walmer 0-1
7/4/26	AVP	Denver Open	Pool A	Paulson/Walmer	24, Q19	Drost/Klasnic	1	19-21, 23-21, 15-11