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AVP Tour
$200,000 Gold Series Chicago Open
September 1 - 5, 2021

(4) Sara Hughes/Brandie Wilkerson

Sara Hughes

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 14, 1995 (29 yrs old)

Home Town:

Long Beach, CA

Height:

5'10"

College(s):

Southern California

Seasons:

Tournaments:

130

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$582,544.92

Brandie Wilkerson

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 1, 1992 (32 yrs old)

Home Town:

Lausanne, Switzerland

Height:

5'10"

Seasons:

Tournaments:

128

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$462,300.00

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 Chicago Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2017	Kelly Cheng - 1st	Nicole Branagh - 5th
2018	Summer Ross - 2nd	Did not play
2019	Brandie Wilkerson - 3rd	Sara Hughes - 3rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/18-22/2021	Manhattan Beach Open	4	5th	810	$7,750.00
AVP	8/11-15/2021	Atlanta Open	3	7th	518	$5,000.00

Chicago Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 9/3/2021

Winner 1

Megan Nash / Brittany Tiegs (13)

Won 15-21, 21-12, 15-8

0:49

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Sara Hughes	Total	34	22	2	0.588	0	18	0	1
	1	13	6	1	0.385	0	3	0	1
	2	9	6	1	0.556	0	8	0	0
	3	12	10	0	0.833	0	7	0	0
Brandie Wilkerson	Total	24	16	4	0.500	2	1	0	6
	1	8	4	3	0.125	1	0	0	4
	2	13	11	0	0.846	1	1	0	2
	3	3	1	1	0.000	0	0	0	0

Fri, 9/3/2021

Winner 2

Kelly Cheng / Sarah Sponcil (5)

Won 17-21, 23-21, 15-11

1:07

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Sara Hughes	Total	57	30	7	0.404	0	26	1	3
	1	19	9	4	0.263	0	8	0	0
	2	24	11	2	0.375	0	9	1	2
	3	14	10	1	0.643	0	9	0	1
Brandie Wilkerson	Total	32	19	4	0.469	2	4	0	5
	1	12	6	2	0.333	0	2	0	2
	2	15	9	2	0.467	1	2	0	2
	3	5	4	0	0.800	1	0	0	1

Sat, 9/4/2021

Winner 3

Alix Klineman / April Ross (1)

Lost 10-21, 21-23

0:50

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Sara Hughes	Total	18	7	3	0.222	0	7	2	0
	1	9	2	1	0.111	0	2	0	0
	2	9	5	2	0.333	0	5	2	0
Brandie Wilkerson	Total	21	9	2	0.333	0	2	0	4
	1	7	1	2	-0.143	0	1	0	1
	2	14	8	0	0.571	0	1	0	3

Sun, 9/5/2021

Contender 4

Larissa Maestrini / Liliane Maestrini (12, Q5)

Lost 17-21, 20-22

0:56

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Sara Hughes	Total	31	10	7	0.097	0	13	2	2
	1	10	2	2	0.000	0	4	1	2
	2	21	8	5	0.143	0	9	1	0
Brandie Wilkerson	Total	27	18	1	0.630	3	0	0	1
	1	11	6	0	0.545	1	0	0	1
	2	16	12	1	0.688	2	0	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Sara Hughes	140	69	19	0.357	0	64	5	6
Brandie Wilkerson	104	62	11	0.490	7	7	0	16

Head to Head Results
Hughes/Wilkerson trail the series against the field 10-12 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 3 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Klineman/Ross 0-6
9/4/21	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 3	Klineman/Ross	1	Hughes/Wilkerson	4	21-10, 23-21	0:50
8/21/21	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 4	Klineman/Ross	1	Hughes/Wilkerson	4	21-16, 21-19	0:50
7/19/20	AVP	The Monster Hydro Cup	Finals	Klineman/Ross	1	Hughes/Wilkerson	4	24-22, 21-19	1:03
7/18/20	AVP	The Monster Hydro Cup	Winner 2	Klineman/Ross	1	Hughes/Wilkerson	4	21-19, 21-17	0:44
8/31/19	AVP	Gold Series Championships	Semi-Finals	Klineman/Ross	1	Hughes/Wilkerson	3	21-15, 21-17	0:47
8/18/19	AVP	Gold Series Manhattan Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Klineman/Ross	1	Hughes/Wilkerson	4	21-16, 19-21, 15-12	1:06
Series tied with # 2 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
Lead the series against # 5 Cheng/Sponcil 3-2
9/3/21	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 2	Hughes/Wilkerson	4	Cheng/Sponcil	5	17-21, 23-21, 15-11	1:07
8/14/21	AVP	Atlanta Open	Contender 3	Cheng/Sponcil	2	Hughes/Wilkerson	3	21-18, 21-18	0:49
8/2/20	AVP	The Porsche Cup	Contender 2	Cheng/Sponcil	4	Hughes/Wilkerson	3	21-16, 21-16	0:39
7/26/20	AVP	The Wilson Cup	Contender 2	Hughes/Wilkerson	2	Cheng/Sponcil	4	21-12, 20-22, 15-13	1:00
7/19/20	AVP	The Monster Hydro Cup	Semi-Finals	Hughes/Wilkerson	4	Cheng/Sponcil	3	21-18, 21-15	0:39
Trail the series against # 9 Kloth/Nuss 0-1
8/13/21	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 1	Kloth/Nuss	14, Q4	Hughes/Wilkerson	3	21-19, 21-12	0:40
Lead the series against # 11 Hartong/Quiggle 1-0
8/21/21	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 3	Hughes/Wilkerson	4	Hartong/Quiggle	12	21-15, 21-15	0:37
Trail the series against # 12, Q5 Maestrini/Maestrini 1-2
9/5/21	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 4	Maestrini/Maestrini	12, Q5	Hughes/Wilkerson	4	21-17, 22-20	0:56
8/22/21	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 5	Maestrini/Maestrini	20	Hughes/Wilkerson	4	15-21, 21-18, 17-15	1:07
8/20/21	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 2	Hughes/Wilkerson	4	Maestrini/Maestrini	20	21-16, 20-22, 15-10	1:13
Lead the series against # 13 Nash/Tiegs 1-0
9/3/21	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 1	Hughes/Wilkerson	4	Nash/Tiegs	13	15-21, 21-12, 15-8	0:49
Lead the series against # Q3 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