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AVP Tour
$125,000 Manhattan Beach Open Presented by Bud Light
June 4 - 6, 2004

(6) Barbra Fontana/Jennifer Kessy

Barbra Fontana

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 8, 1965 (60 yrs old)

Home Town:

Manhattan Beach, CA

Height:

5'6"

College(s):

Stanford

Seasons:

Tournaments:

293

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$1,005,704.50

Jennifer Kessy

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 31, 1977 (48 yrs old)

Home Town:

San Juan Capistrano, CA

Height:

6'0"

College(s):

Southern California

Seasons:

Tournaments:

264

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$1,445,459.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	CQ	Money
AVP	12	0	1	3	0	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	$56,245.00
FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	US$0.00
Overall	14	0	1	3	0	4	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	US$56,245.00

Previous Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
WPVA 1991	Holly McPeak - 7th	Did not play
WPVA 1992	Deb Richardson - 9th	Did not play
WPVA 1993	Lori Forsythe - 3rd	Did not play
WPVA 1994	Lori Forsythe - 2nd	Did not play
2001	Elaine Youngs - 1st	Heather Lowe - 9th
2002	Dianne DeNecochea - 5th	Cary Wendell - 9th
2003	Danalee Bragado-Corso - 13th	Jenny Pavley - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	5/28-30/2004	Huntington Beach Open	5	2nd	324	$9,750.00
FIVB	5/19-23/2004	Greece Open	Q22	33rd	18	US$0.00
AVP	4/30-5/2/2004	Austin Open	8	5th	216	$3,500.00
AVP	4/23-25/2004	Tempe Open	10	5th	216	$3,500.00
AVP	4/2-4/2004	Fort Lauderdale Open	10	9th	144	$1,600.00
FIVB	3/9-14/2004	Brazil Open		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
AVP	8/28-30/2003	Chicago Open	11	7th	216	$3,000.00
AVP	8/14-16/2003	Huntington Beach Open	10	9th	172	$1,920.00

Manhattan Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 6/5/2004

Winner 1

Suzana Manole / Beth Van Fleet (27, Q5)

Won 21-9, 21-10

0:27

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Barbra Fontana	Total	17	13	0	0.765	0	10	0	0
	1	7	6	0	0.857	0	4	0	0
	2	10	7	0	0.700	0	6	0	0
Jennifer Kessy	Total	11	6	1	0.455	1	4	1	0
	1	4	3	0	0.750	0	0	1	0
	2	7	3	1	0.286	1	4	0	0

Sat, 6/5/2004

Winner 2

Heather Lowe / Jenny Pavley (11)

Won 21-17, 21-19

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Barbra Fontana	Total	25	11	1	0.400	0	9	0	1
	1	11	4	1	0.273	0	3	0	1
	2	14	7	0	0.500	0	6	0	0
Jennifer Kessy	Total	28	19	1	0.643	2	8	0	3
	1	14	10	1	0.643	1	4	0	1
	2	14	9	0	0.643	1	4	0	2

Sat, 6/5/2004

Winner 3

Annett Davis / Jenny Johnson Jordan (3)

Lost 23-25, 16-21

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Barbra Fontana	Total	23	9	3	0.261	0	8	0	0
	1	9	2	1	0.111	0	2	0	0
	2	14	7	2	0.357	0	6	0	0
Jennifer Kessy	Total	41	22	7	0.366	0	12	0	1
	1	26	17	3	0.538	0	8	0	0
	2	15	5	4	0.067	0	4	0	1

Sat, 6/5/2004

Contender 4

Tanya Fuamatu-Anderson / Heidi Ilustre (17)

Won 21-10, 21-13

0:30

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Barbra Fontana	Total	31	20	2	0.581	0	10	0	0
	1	15	10	1	0.600	0	6	0	0
	2	16	10	1	0.563	0	4	0	0
Jennifer Kessy	Total	5	5	0	1.000	7	4	1	0
	1	4	4	0	1.000	3	2	1	0
	2	1	1	0	1.000	4	2	0	0

Sun, 6/6/2004

Contender 5

Jennifer Meredith / Wendy Stammer (7)

Won 21-19, 21-12

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Barbra Fontana	Total	24	11	2	0.375	0	15	2	0
	1	9	3	1	0.222	0	8	1	0
	2	15	8	1	0.467	0	7	1	0
Jennifer Kessy	Total	29	17	1	0.552	6	8	1	1
	1	20	12	0	0.600	3	3	1	1
	2	9	5	1	0.444	3	5	0	0

Sun, 6/6/2004

Contender 6

Carrie Dodd / Nancy Reynolds (5)

Lost 18-21, 15-21

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Barbra Fontana	Total	41	18	3	0.366	0	11	0	0
	1	23	7	1	0.261	0	6	0	0
	2	18	11	2	0.500	0	5	0	0
Jennifer Kessy	Total	20	9	3	0.300	2	11	0	2
	1	12	7	2	0.417	1	7	0	1
	2	8	2	1	0.125	1	4	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Barbra Fontana	161	82	11	0.441	0	63	2	1
Jennifer Kessy	134	78	13	0.485	18	47	3	7
Total	295	160	24	0.461	18	110	5	8
Opponents	309	146	42	0.337	7	114	9	7

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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	12	0	1	3	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	$48,995.00
Manhattan Beach	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,500.00
Total	13	0	1	3	0	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	$52,495.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Barbra Fontana												Jennifer Kessy
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	$15,750.00	World Championships	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$46,075.00
											World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,750.00
7	1	0	0	0	2	3	0	1	0	$35,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	53	4	3	4	2	12	14	7	5	0	$355,550.00
142	4	12	24	12	54	25	7	1	0	$476,077.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	156	15	25	35	3	38	20	13	3	0	$757,282.50
											Challenger	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,250.00
2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$13,750.00	Goodwill Games
8	1	0	0	0	4	3	0	0	0	$31,980.00	Manhattan Beach	11	0	1	3	0	4	3	0	0	0	$66,660.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$3,975.00	Tour Championships	5	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	$40,610.00
165	6	12	26	14	62	32	8	2	0	$577,032.50	Total	234	23	30	43	5	56	39	22	8	0	$1,272,177.50

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
2003	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$4,920.00	6	4	60.0 %
2004	AVP	5	0	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	$21,850.00	18	10	64.3 %
2004	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	4	2	66.7 %
Total	AVP	7	0	1	0	0	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	$26,770.00	24	14	63.2 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	4	2	66.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Barbra Fontana													Jennifer Kessy
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	1984	P&R
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	1985	P&R
17	0	0	0	1	8	7	1	0	0	$12,660.00	1991	WPVA
16	0	0	1	2	5	8	0	0	0	$17,225.00	1992	WPVA
14	1	6	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	$23,580.00	1993	WPVA
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,375.00	1993	FIVB
14	3	6	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	$52,425.00	1994	WPVA
5	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	$19,000.00	1994	FIVB
13	1	1	2	0	6	3	0	0	0	$21,950.00	1995	WPVA
11	1	0	1	4	2	1	2	0	0	$19,000.00	1995	FIVB
14	4	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	$70,862.50	1996	WPVA
8	0	0	0	1	6	1	0	0	0	$25,550.00	1996	FIVB
12	0	4	2	2	3	1	0	0	0	$35,020.00	1997	WPVA
7	0	0	0	1	4	2	0	0	0	$19,000.00	1997	FIVB
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$13,000.00	1998	SG
8	1	1	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	$56,000.00	1998	FIVB
5	0	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$19,100.00	1999	AVP
3	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$16,250.00	1999	USAV
7	0	0	1	2	3	0	1	0	0	$32,750.00	1999	FIVB
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$25,100.00	2000	AVP
6	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$27,000.00	2000	BVA	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	$2,157.00
2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00	2000	USAV
11	0	1	0	0	7	3	0	0	0	$38,000.00	2000	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$750.00
											2000	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00
5	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$24,150.00	2001	AVP	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	$3,535.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00	2001	BVA	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
10	2	2	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	$88,750.00	2001	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2001	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
7	0	3	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	$24,150.00	2002	AVP	6	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	$3,680.00
8	0	0	0	0	2	5	1	0	0	$18,785.00	2002	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$3,090.00	2003	AVP	7	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	0	0	$6,900.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,750.00	2003	FIVB
5	0	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	$10,925.00	2004	AVP	5	0	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	$10,925.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2004	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
220	20	36	31	21	69	34	6	1	2	$733,947.50	Total	Total	36	1	1	0	0	5	15	6	2	6	$30,197.00

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	28	82.4%	3	8.8%	3	8.8%	31-3	91.2%	7	25.9%	3	11.1%	17	63.0%	7-20	25.9%	28-17	62.2%	10-6	62.5%	0	0	38-23	62.3%
2003-2004	28	82.4%	3	8.8%	3	8.8%	31-3	91.2%	7	25.9%	3	11.1%	17	63.0%	7-20	25.9%	28-17	62.2%	10-6	62.5%	0	0	38-23	62.3%
Against the Field	21	84.0%	2	8.0%	2	8.0%	23-2	92.0%	4	20.0%	3	15.0%	13	65.0%	4-16	20.0%	42-26	61.8%	12-10	54.5%	0	0	27-18	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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	19	10	1	3	0	0	0	0	38	22
Manhattan Beach	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2
Total	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	21	11	1	3	0	0	0	0	42	24

Head to Head Results
Fontana/Kessy lead the series against the field 18-12 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 3 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings 0-3
5/30/04	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Finals	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Fontana/Kessy	5	21-12, 21-13	0:45
5/30/04	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 4	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Fontana/Kessy	5	21-11, 21-10	0:32
5/1/04	AVP	Austin Open	Winner 3	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Fontana/Kessy	8	21-13, 21-10	0:30
Trail the series against # 2 McPeak/Youngs 0-3
5/2/04	AVP	Austin Open	Contender 5	McPeak/Youngs	2	Fontana/Kessy	8	21-15, 18-21, 15-11	0:49
4/24/04	AVP	Tempe Open	Winner 3	McPeak/Youngs	2	Fontana/Kessy	10	21-11, 21-16	0:41
4/3/04	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 3	McPeak/Youngs	2	Fontana/Kessy	10	21-9, 21-19	0:41
Trail the series against # 3 Davis/Johnson Jordan 0-2
6/5/04	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 3	Davis/Johnson Jordan	3	Fontana/Kessy	6	25-23, 21-16	0:43
4/3/04	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Contender 3	Davis/Johnson Jordan	4	Fontana/Kessy	10	21-18, 21-16	0:38
Series tied with # 4 Arce/McSorley 1-1
5/30/04	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 6	Fontana/Kessy	5	Arce/McSorley	2	21-19, 12-21, 15-11	1:01
4/25/04	AVP	Tempe Open	Contender 5	Arce/McSorley	5	Fontana/Kessy	10	21-18, 21-13	0:40
Series tied with # 5 Dodd/Reynolds 2-2
6/6/04	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 6	Dodd/Reynolds	5	Fontana/Kessy	6	21-18, 21-15	0:42
5/30/04	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Fontana/Kessy	5	Dodd/Reynolds	3	19-21, 21-16, 18-16	0:59
5/19/04	FIVB	Greece Open	Country Quota	Fontana/Kessy	Q22	Dodd/Reynolds		21-15, 21-19	0:37
3/9/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Country Quota	Dodd/Reynolds	16, Q1	Fontana/Kessy		22-20, 21-17	0:45
Lead the series against # 7 Meredith/Stammer 3-1
6/6/04	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 5	Fontana/Kessy	6	Meredith/Stammer	7	21-19, 21-12	0:38
5/29/04	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 3	Fontana/Kessy	5	Meredith/Stammer	4	21-16, 21-16	0:49
4/25/04	AVP	Tempe Open	Contender 4	Fontana/Kessy	10	Meredith/Stammer	6	21-10, 18-21, 15-11	0:58
8/30/03	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 4	Meredith/Stammer	7	Fontana/Kessy	11	21-17, 18-21, 15-10	0:52
Lead the series against # 9 Roca/Santana-Baeni 2-0
5/19/04	FIVB	Greece Open	Country Quota	Fontana/Kessy	Q22	Roca/Santana-Baeni		21-14, 21-11	0:37
5/2/04	AVP	Austin Open	Contender 4	Fontana/Kessy	8	Roca/Santana-Baeni	13	21-11, 21-18	0:35
Lead the series against # 11 Lowe/Pavley 2-0
6/5/04	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 2	Fontana/Kessy	6	Lowe/Pavley	11	21-17, 21-19	0:39
5/1/04	AVP	Austin Open	Winner 2	Fontana/Kessy	8	Lowe/Pavley	9	21-19, 21-12	0:34
Lead the series against # 13 Jameson/Jones 1-0
5/29/04	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 2	Fontana/Kessy	5	Jameson/Jones	12	21-19, 21-14	0:36
Lead the series against # 17 Fuamatu-Anderson/Ilustre 2-0
6/5/04	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 4	Fontana/Kessy	6	Fuamatu-Anderson/Ilustre	17	21-10, 21-13	0:30
8/15/03	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 2	Fontana/Kessy	10	Fuamatu-Anderson/Ilustre	17	21-14, 21-11	0:36
Lead the series against # 26 Mintz/Rowe 1-0
4/3/04	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 1	Fontana/Kessy	10	Mintz/Rowe	23, Q12	21-9, 21-12	0:28
Lead the series against # 27, Q5 Manole/Van Fleet 1-0
6/5/04	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1	Fontana/Kessy	6	Manole/Van Fleet	27, Q5	21-9, 21-10	0:27
Lead the series against # Q1 Audette/Reale 2-0
4/24/04	AVP	Tempe Open	Winner 1	Fontana/Kessy	10	Audette/Reale	23, Q5	21-13, 22-20	0:35
8/29/03	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 1	Fontana/Kessy	11	Audette/Reale	22, Q5	21-16, 21-13	0:33
Lead the series against # Q11 Reisor/Vakhidova 1-0
5/29/04	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 1	Fontana/Kessy	5	Reisor/Vakhidova	28, Q12	21-16, 21-11	0:35