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AVP Tour
$200,000 Gold Series Atlanta Open
August 11 - 15, 2021

(3) Sara Hughes/Brandie Wilkerson

Sara Hughes

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 14, 1995 (30 yrs old)

Home Town:

Long Beach, CA

Height:

5'10"

College(s):

Southern California

Seasons:

Tournaments:

131

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$585,044.92

Brandie Wilkerson

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 1, 1992 (33 yrs old)

Home Town:

Lausanne, Switzerland

Height:

5'10"

Seasons:

Tournaments:

138

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$523,550.00

Awards

Top Rookie 2017

Awards

Best Blocker 2018
VolleyballMag.com BPT Best Blocker 2023

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	8	0	1	3	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	$69,250.00

Previous Atlanta Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

Atlanta Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/13/2021

Winner 1

Taryn Brasher / Kristen Nuss (14, Q4)

Lost 19-21, 12-21

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Sara Hughes	Total	33	15	3	0.364	0	10	2	0
	1	17	9	2	0.412	0	4	0	0
	2	16	6	1	0.313	0	6	2	0
Brandie Wilkerson	Total	21	11	4	0.333	1	1	0	9
	1	11	6	3	0.273	1	1	0	5
	2	10	5	1	0.400	0	0	0	4

Sat, 8/14/2021

Contender 1

Delaney Mewhirter / Brooke Sweat (11)

Won 21-12, 21-16

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Sara Hughes	Total	29	14	2	0.414	0	17	1	0
	1	19	10	1	0.474	0	12	1	0
	2	10	4	1	0.300	0	5	0	0
Brandie Wilkerson	Total	27	14	2	0.444	5	6	1	1
	1	12	5	2	0.250	2	3	0	1
	2	15	9	0	0.600	3	3	1	0

Sat, 8/14/2021

Contender 2

Mackenzie Ponnet / Sheila Shaw (8)

Won 21-14, 21-15

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Sara Hughes	Total	20	15	1	0.700	0	11	1	0
	1	8	7	0	0.875	0	7	1	0
	2	12	8	1	0.583	0	4	0	0
Brandie Wilkerson	Total	19	12	1	0.579	3	2	0	4
	1	11	7	1	0.545	0	1	0	0
	2	8	5	0	0.625	3	1	0	4

Sat, 8/14/2021

Contender 3

Kelly Cheng / Sarah Marmelstein (2)

Lost 18-21, 18-21

0:49

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Sara Hughes	Total	32	16	2	0.438	0	12	0	1
	1	16	9	1	0.500	0	6	0	1
	2	16	7	1	0.375	0	6	0	0
Brandie Wilkerson	Total	20	10	2	0.400	2	3	0	8
	1	11	6	0	0.545	1	1	0	4
	2	9	4	2	0.222	1	2	0	4

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Sara Hughes	114	60	8	0.456	0	50	4	1
Brandie Wilkerson	87	47	9	0.437	11	12	1	22

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	5	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	$37,000.00
Manhattan Beach	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$19,750.00
Tour Championships	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$12,500.00
Total	8	0	1	3	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	$69,250.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Sara Hughes												Brandie Wilkerson
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	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
4	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$53,500.00	World Championships	5	0	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	$53,000.00
3	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$86,250.00	World Tour Finals	6	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	0	$41,750.00
28	3	1	1	2	8	10	1	0	0	$146,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	37	2	2	2	0	14	9	1	2	0	$166,750.00
47	4	2	8	1	8	10	6	2	0	$126,575.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	42	3	2	4	0	13	7	6	3	0	$115,325.00
5	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$6,070.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U23 World Championships
3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
3	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
5	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	$15,875.00	Manhattan Beach	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$17,875.00
4	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$30,375.00	Tour Championships	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$9,750.00
6	2	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	$49,500.00	Gold Series	6	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$52,000.00
8	2	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	$38,100.00	Heritage Series/Pro Series	8	3	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	$43,550.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	Contender Series/Tour Series
119	17	4	23	4	24	27	8	3	0	$556,745.00	Total	113	9	12	11	0	40	18	9	5	0	$506,500.00

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
2019	AVP	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$24,500.00	8	4	66.7 %
2020	AVP	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$25,000.00	6	6	50.0 %
2021	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	AVP	6	0	1	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$54,500.00	16	12	57.1 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Sara Hughes													Brandie Wilkerson
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	0	0	1	0	0	$375.00	2011	Pro Beach
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$0.00	2011	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	2012	Pro Beach
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2012	FIVB
2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2012	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2012	NORCECA
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2013	FIVB Age Group WC
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	2013	NORCECA	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$775.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$0.00	2014	AVP
											2014	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$1,000.00
2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2014	FIVB Age Group WC
2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,700.00	2014	NORCECA	5	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	$1,075.00
2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$5,000.00	2015	AVP
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2015	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	$600.00
2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,075.00	2015	NORCECA	3	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$1,475.00
2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$8,500.00	2016	AVP
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$9,000.00	2016	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	$11,850.00
2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00	2016	NORCECA	9	1	3	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	$5,500.00
4	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$18,950.00	2017	AVP	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	$11,500.00
7	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	0	0	$24,750.00	2017	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	2	6	0	0	0	$34,000.00
											2017	NORCECA	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$850.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,000.00	2017	Other	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$625.00
4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$33,875.00	2018	AVP	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,500.00
12	1	0	1	0	4	4	2	0	0	$50,000.00	2018	FIVB	10	1	1	2	0	3	1	0	2	0	$56,500.00
											2018	NORCECA	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00
6	0	0	4	0	0	2	0	0	0	$25,750.00	2019	AVP	4	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	$18,250.00
9	0	0	1	1	1	4	1	0	1	$27,500.00	2019	FIVB	11	2	0	2	0	2	2	3	0	0	$46,500.00
											2019	Other	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$12,500.00	2020	AVP	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$12,500.00
3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$4,000.00	2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	2021	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00
7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	$3,000.00	2021	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	4	2	2	0	0	$16,000.00
85	10	6	14	2	12	19	9	4	9	$240,975.00	Total	Total	89	4	10	9	3	25	16	9	4	9	$230,750.00

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	13	72.2%	3	16.7%	2	11.1%	16-2	88.9%	4	22.2%	1	5.6%	13	72.2%	4-14	22.2%	13-13	50.0%	7-3	70.0%	0	0	20-16	55.6%
2020-2021	7	70.0%	2	20.0%	1	10.0%	9-1	90.0%	3	21.4%	0	0.0%	11	78.6%	3-11	21.4%	7-11	38.9%	5-1	83.3%	0	0	12-12	50.0%
Against the Field	5	55.6%	3	33.3%	1	11.1%	8-1	88.9%	1	16.7%	0	0.0%	5	83.3%	1-5	16.7%	10-10	50.0%	8-2	80.0%	0	0	9-6	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	10	10
Manhattan Beach	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	7	4
Tour Championships	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	2
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	8	1	3	0	0	0	0	20	16

Head to Head Results
Hughes/Wilkerson lead the series against the field 7-4 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 1 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 Capers/Flint 1-1
8/31/19	AVP	Gold Series Championships	Winner 4	Capers/Flint	2	Hughes/Wilkerson	3	21-18, 21-12	0:42
8/18/19	AVP	Gold Series Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 6	Hughes/Wilkerson	4	Capers/Flint	2	21-12, 16-21, 17-15	1:04
Series tied with # 2 Cheng/Marmelstein 2-2
8/14/21	AVP	Atlanta Open	Contender 3	Cheng/Marmelstein	2	Hughes/Wilkerson	3	21-18, 21-18	0:49
8/2/20	AVP	The Porsche Cup	Contender 2	Cheng/Marmelstein	4	Hughes/Wilkerson	3	21-16, 21-16	0:39
7/26/20	AVP	The Wilson Cup	Contender 2	Hughes/Wilkerson	2	Cheng/Marmelstein	4	21-12, 20-22, 15-13	1:00
7/19/20	AVP	The Monster Hydro Cup	Semi-Finals	Hughes/Wilkerson	4	Cheng/Marmelstein	3	21-18, 21-15	0:39
Lead the series against # 8 Ponnet/Shaw 3-0
8/14/21	AVP	Atlanta Open	Contender 2	Hughes/Wilkerson	3	Ponnet/Shaw	8	21-14, 21-15	0:39
8/30/19	AVP	Gold Series Championships	Winner 2	Hughes/Wilkerson	3	Ponnet/Shaw	14	21-14, 21-19	0:37
8/16/19	AVP	Gold Series Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 2	Hughes/Wilkerson	4	Ponnet/Shaw	13	21-15, 21-14	0:42
Lead the series against # 11 Mewhirter/Sweat 1-0
8/14/21	AVP	Atlanta Open	Contender 1	Hughes/Wilkerson	3	Mewhirter/Sweat	11	21-12, 21-16	0:42
Trail the series against # 14, Q4 Brasher/Nuss 0-1
8/13/21	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 1	Brasher/Nuss	14, Q4	Hughes/Wilkerson	3	21-19, 21-12	0:40