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$240,000 AVP Crocs Slam Bud Light Hermosa Beach Open presented by Virgin America
August 6 - 8, 2009

(10) Barbra Fontana/Jenny Kropp

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:

21

Tournaments:

293

Career Wins:

20

Career AVP Wins:

2

Career Winnings:

$1,005,704.50

Jenny Kropp

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 17, 1979 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Grand Island, NE

Height:

6'2"

College(s):

Nebraska

Seasons:

12

Tournaments:

97

Career Wins:

14

Career AVP Wins:

1 (Chicago 2015)

Career Winnings:

$249,330.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	11	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	2	1	0	$43,330.00

Previous Hermosa Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
P&R 1985	Debbie Black - 3rd	Did not play
WPVA 1991	Holly McPeak - 9th	Did not play
WPVA 1992	Deb Richardson - 4th	Did not play
WPVA 1993	Lori Forsythe - 2nd	Did not play
WPVA 1994	Lori Forsythe - 5th	Did not play
WPVA 1995	Lori Forsythe - 3rd	Did not play
FIVB 1995	Lori Forsythe - 5th	Did not play
WPVA 1996	Linda Hanley - 1st	Did not play
FIVB 1996	Linda Hanley - 7th	Did not play
WPVA 1997	Linda Hanley - 2nd	Did not play
1999	Lisa Arce - 2nd	Did not play
2001	Elaine Youngs - 2nd	Did not play
2002	Dianne DeNecochea - 2nd	Did not play
2004	Jennifer Kessy - 3rd	Did not play
2006	Carrie Dodd - 7th	Hope Erickson - 57th
2007	Dianne DeNecochea - 7th	Jenny Pavley - 13th
2008	Dianne DeNecochea - 7th	Nancy Reynolds - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	7/16-19/2009	Manhattan Beach Open	7	13th	240	$1,800.00
AVP	7/2-4/2009	Coney Island Open	5	5th	450	$6,240.00
AVP	6/18-21/2009	Ocean City Open	9	7th	370	$5,280.00
AVP	5/29-31/2009	Atlanta Open	8	9th	300	$3,960.00
AVP	5/21-24/2009	Huntington Beach Open	7	7th	370	$5,280.00
AVP	5/15-17/2009	Houston Open	10	5th	450	$6,240.00

Hermosa Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/7/2009

Winner 1

Keao Burdine / Jenelle Koester (23)

Won 21-12, 21-8

0:32

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Barbra Fontana	Total	20	13	0	0.650	0	5	1	1
	1	11	8	0	0.727	0	4	1	0
	2	9	5	0	0.556	0	1	0	1
Jenny Kropp	Total	19	15	2	0.684	3	7	0	4
	1	9	7	2	0.556	1	2	0	2
	2	10	8	0	0.800	2	5	0	2

Fri, 8/7/2009

Winner 2

Priscilla Lima / Tatiana Minello (7)

Lost 13-21, 19-21

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Barbra Fontana	Total	18	5	4	0.056	0	8	1	2
	1	7	1	3	-0.286	0	1	0	1
	2	11	4	1	0.273	0	7	1	1
Jenny Kropp	Total	26	14	3	0.423	2	9	1	1
	1	11	8	0	0.727	1	2	1	1
	2	15	6	3	0.200	1	7	0	0

Fri, 8/7/2009

Contender 2

Heather Lowe / Jenny Pavley (25, Q1)

Won 21-19, 21-16

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Barbra Fontana	Total	32	17	3	0.438	0	16	0	1
	1	16	9	2	0.438	0	8	0	0
	2	16	8	1	0.438	0	8	0	1
Jenny Kropp	Total	29	17	1	0.552	1	12	1	4
	1	15	8	1	0.467	0	5	1	3
	2	14	9	0	0.643	1	7	0	1

Fri, 8/7/2009

Contender 3

Raquel Ferreira / Paula Roca (16)

Won 21-16, 21-11

0:36

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Barbra Fontana	Total	17	11	0	0.647	0	5	4	1
	1	6	4	0	0.667	0	2	1	1
	2	11	7	0	0.636	0	3	3	0
Jenny Kropp	Total	22	16	1	0.682	0	4	1	2
	1	15	10	1	0.600	0	3	1	2
	2	7	6	0	0.857	0	1	0	0

Fri, 8/7/2009

Contender 4

Dianne DeNecochea / Carrie Dodd (4)

Lost 13-21, 14-21

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Barbra Fontana	Total	28	6	4	0.071	0	11	0	2
	1	18	5	2	0.167	0	7	0	1
	2	10	1	2	-0.100	0	4	0	1
Jenny Kropp	Total	18	7	5	0.111	0	7	0	2
	1	10	4	3	0.100	0	4	0	1
	2	8	3	2	0.125	0	3	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Barbra Fontana	115	52	11	0.357	0	45	6	7
Jenny Kropp	114	69	12	0.500	6	39	3	13

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	9	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	1	1	0	0	$37,780.00
Manhattan Beach	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,800.00
Tour Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,750.00
Total	11	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	2	1	0	0	$43,330.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Barbra Fontana												Jenny Kropp
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
3	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	$15,750.00	World Championships
7	1	0	0	0	2	3	0	1	0	$35,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$4,550.00
142	4	12	24	12	54	25	7	1	0	$476,077.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	56	1	1	4	0	13	28	4	1	0	$106,067.50
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	5	0	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	$21,675.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$3,975.00	Tour Championships	5	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	$13,875.00
165	6	12	26	14	62	32	8	2	0	$577,032.50	Total	68	1	4	5	0	14	32	6	2	0	$146,167.50

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
2009	AVP	7	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	$32,760.00	22	14	61.1 %
Total	AVP	7	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	$32,760.00	22	14	61.1 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Barbra Fontana													Jenny Kropp
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
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
5	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$24,150.00	2001	AVP
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00	2001	BVA
10	2	2	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	$88,750.00	2001	FIVB
7	0	3	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	$24,150.00	2002	AVP
8	0	0	0	0	2	5	1	0	0	$18,785.00	2002	FIVB
3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$3,090.00	2003	AVP
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,750.00	2003	FIVB
11	0	1	3	0	6	1	0	0	0	$28,912.50	2004	AVP
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2004	FIVB
15	0	0	0	0	11	4	0	0	0	$33,400.00	2006	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,000.00	2006	FIVB
18	0	1	9	0	5	3	0	0	0	$74,775.00	2007	AVP	13	0	0	1	0	0	10	2	0	0	$17,887.50
											2007	NORCECA	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$200.00
17	0	0	4	0	9	4	0	0	0	$59,825.00	2008	AVP	17	0	0	1	0	8	8	0	0	0	$44,912.50
9	0	0	0	0	4	4	1	0	0	$18,960.00	2009	AVP	10	0	0	0	0	4	6	0	0	0	$22,320.00
287	20	37	47	21	101	49	7	2	3	$939,895.00	Total	Total	43	0	0	2	0	13	24	2	0	2	$85,320.00

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	24	88.9%	2	7.4%	1	3.7%	26-1	96.3%	3	12.5%	2	8.3%	19	79.2%	3-21	12.5%	24-19	55.8%	5-3	62.5%	0	0	29-22	56.9%
2008-2009	24	88.9%	2	7.4%	1	3.7%	26-1	96.3%	3	12.5%	2	8.3%	19	79.2%	3-21	12.5%	24-19	55.8%	5-3	62.5%	0	0	29-22	56.9%
Against the Field	14	87.5%	1	6.3%	1	6.3%	15-1	93.8%	2	8.7%	2	8.7%	19	82.6%	2-21	8.7%	28-38	42.4%	6-6	50.0%	0	0	17-22	43.6%

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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	18
Manhattan Beach	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Tour Championships	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	22

Head to Head Results
Fontana/Kropp trail the series against the field 13-14 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 8 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Branagh/Youngs 0-2
6/20/09	AVP	Ocean City Open	Winner 3	Branagh/Youngs	1	Fontana/Kropp	9	21-9, 21-11	0:38
5/30/09	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 3	Branagh/Youngs	1	Fontana/Kropp	8	21-17, 22-24, 15-8	1:08
Trail the series against # 2 Kessy/Ross 0-1
5/16/09	AVP	Houston Open	Winner 3	Kessy/Ross	2	Fontana/Kropp	10	21-16, 23-21	0:56
Trail the series against # 4 DeNecochea/Dodd 0-3
8/7/09	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 4	DeNecochea/Dodd	4	Fontana/Kropp	10	21-13, 21-14	0:38
7/4/09	AVP	Coney Island Open	Contender 6	DeNecochea/Dodd	2	Fontana/Kropp	5	22-20, 21-16	0:51
5/17/09	AVP	Houston Open	Contender 5	DeNecochea/Dodd	4	Fontana/Kropp	10	21-16, 21-16	0:46
Trail the series against # 5 Davis/Johnson Jordan 0-1
6/20/09	AVP	Ocean City Open	Contender 5	Davis/Johnson Jordan	5	Fontana/Kropp	9	21-19, 21-16	0:42
Lead the series against # 6 Fitzgerald/Niles 1-0
7/4/09	AVP	Coney Island Open	Contender 5	Fontana/Kropp	5	Fitzgerald/Niles	1	16-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:57
Trail the series against # 7 Lima/Minello 1-4
8/7/09	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 2	Lima/Minello	7	Fontana/Kropp	10	21-13, 21-19	0:43
7/3/09	AVP	Coney Island Open	Winner 3	Lima/Minello	4	Fontana/Kropp	5	21-18, 21-16	0:42
5/30/09	AVP	Atlanta Open	Contender 3	Lima/Minello	6	Fontana/Kropp	8	15-21, 21-18, 15-12	1:05
5/23/09	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 5	Lima/Minello	8	Fontana/Kropp	7	21-14, 21-15	0:43
5/17/09	AVP	Houston Open	Contender 4	Fontana/Kropp	10	Lima/Minello	8	21-18, 33-31	0:58
Lead the series against # 9 Fopma/Hochevar 1-0
5/16/09	AVP	Houston Open	Contender 3	Fontana/Kropp	10	Fopma/Hochevar	13	21-13, 21-18	0:47
Trail the series against # 11 Fendrick/Ivy Swift 0-1
5/22/09	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 2	Fendrick/Ivy Swift	10	Fontana/Kropp	7	21-16, 21-17	0:41
Lead the series against # 12 Jameson/Jones 2-0
6/19/09	AVP	Ocean City Open	Winner 2	Fontana/Kropp	9	Jameson/Jones	8	21-19, 21-17	0:45
5/15/09	AVP	Houston Open	Winner 2	Fontana/Kropp	10	Jameson/Jones	7	21-19, 21-14	0:37
Lead the series against # 13 Brannon/Pavlik 1-0
5/23/09	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 4	Fontana/Kropp	7	Brannon/Pavlik	12	21-16, 21-17	0:41
Trail the series against # 14 Barnes/Williams 0-1
7/18/09	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 3	Barnes/Williams	10	Fontana/Kropp	7	21-11, 21-16	0:51
Lead the series against # 15 Smith/Van Fleet 1-0
6/20/09	AVP	Ocean City Open	Contender 4	Fontana/Kropp	9	Smith/Van Fleet	14	21-19, 21-19	0:53
Lead the series against # 16 Ferreira/Roca 1-0
8/7/09	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 3	Fontana/Kropp	10	Ferreira/Roca	16	21-16, 21-11	0:36
Lead the series against # 17 D'Amore/Snyder 1-0
7/3/09	AVP	Coney Island Open	Winner 2	Fontana/Kropp	5	D'Amore/Snyder	12	21-15, 21-16	0:40
Trail the series against # 18 Lewis/Pascua 0-1
7/18/09	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 5	Lewis/Pascua	15	Fontana/Kropp	7	21-16, 21-19	0:43
Lead the series against # 23 Burdine/Koester 1-0
8/7/09	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 1	Fontana/Kropp	10	Burdine/Koester	23	21-12, 21-8	0:32
Lead the series against # 24 Knopf/Zartman 1-0
7/17/09	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 2	Fontana/Kropp	7	Knopf/Zartman	26	22-20, 19-21, 17-15	1:11
Lead the series against # 25, Q1 Lowe/Pavley 1-0
8/7/09	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 2	Fontana/Kropp	10	Lowe/Pavley	25, Q1	21-19, 21-16	0:42
Lead the series against # Q14 Coverdale/Hayes 1-0
7/18/09	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 4	Fontana/Kropp	7	Coverdale/Hayes	40	21-17, 21-17	0:40