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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 Espinho Four Star
July 3 - 7, 2018

(6) Sara Hughes/Summer Ross, United States

Sara Hughes
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 14, 1995 (30 yrs old)

Home Town:

Long Beach, CA

Height:

178 cm (5'10")

Weight:

58 kg (128 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$364,094.92

Summer Ross
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 20, 1992 (32 yrs old)

Home Town:

San Diego, CA

Height:

188 cm (6'1")

Weight:

75 kg (165 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

1 (Moscow 2018)

Career Winnings:

US$252,600.00

Awards

Top Rookie 2017

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	CQ	Money
FIVB	20	1	0	2	1	4	1	7	0	3	0	1	US$145,000.00
FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	21	1	0	2	2	4	1	7	0	3	0	1	US$145,000.00

Previous Espinho Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2018	Poland Four Star	12	17th	320	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2018	Ostrava Four Star	6	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	5/16-20/2018	Itapema Four Star	6	17th	320	US$3,000.00
FIVB	5/1-6/2018	Huntington Beach Four Star	9	5th	480	US$7,000.00
FIVB	4/18-22/2018	Xiamen Four Star	5	5th	480	US$6,000.00

Espinho Four Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/5/2018	Pool F	Angela Lobato / Amaranta Navarro, Spain (27, Q9)	Won 21-13, 21-11	0:28
Thu, 7/5/2018	Pool F	Nicole Branagh / Kerri Walsh Jennings, United States (11)	Lost 19-21, 21-19, 11-15	0:43
Fri, 7/6/2018	Winner 1	Lezana Placette / Alexia Richard, France (30)	Won 21-15, 21-12	0:30
Fri, 7/6/2018	Winner 2	Anna Behlen / Sarah Schneider, Germany (24, Q4)	Won 21-19, 21-12	0:31
Fri, 7/6/2018	Winner 3	Kelly Cheng / Brittany Hochevar, United States (9)	Won 21-19, 21-12	0:30
Sat, 7/7/2018	Semi-Finals	Mariafe Artacho / Taliqua Clancy, Australia (5)	Lost 21-15, 15-21, 8-15	0:41
Sat, 7/7/2018	Bronze Medal	Katarzyna Kociolek / Kinga Wojtasik, Poland (14)	Won 17-21, 21-13, 15-11	0:44

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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$18,000.00
World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$15,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$20,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	14	1	0	2	1	2	0	5	0	3	0	0	$90,000.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	21	1	0	2	2	4	1	7	0	3	0	0	$145,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Sara Hughes												Summer Ross
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
4	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$53,500.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$21,500.00
3	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$86,250.00	World Tour Finals	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$15,000.00
28	3	1	1	2	8	10	1	0	0	$146,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	36	0	0	1	2	4	6	14	4	0	$133,300.00
30	3	0	3	1	4	7	4	2	0	$71,625.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	34	1	1	2	1	7	10	8	2	0	$73,800.00
5	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$6,070.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$9,000.00
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	4	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
78	10	1	6	4	17	23	6	3	0	$363,945.00	Total	85	3	2	4	4	17	19	23	6	0	$252,600.00

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
2012	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	5	2	71.4 %
2018	FIVB	6	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	$33,000.00	15	11	57.7 %
Total	FIVB	6	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	$33,000.00	15	11	57.7 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	5	2	71.4 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Sara Hughes													Summer Ross
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2008	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2009	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2010	FIVB Age Group WC	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2011	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
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	0	1	$0.00	2012	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$5,700.00
2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2012	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2013	FIVB	9	0	1	0	1	2	0	5	0	0	$34,650.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2013	FIVB Age Group WC
											2014	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	2	6	1	0	$45,000.00
2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2014	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2015	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	3	2	3	1	3	$18,262.50
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$9,000.00	2016	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	1	6	2	2	2	$24,487.50
7	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	0	0	$24,750.00	2017	FIVB	8	0	1	0	1	3	1	1	1	0	$38,000.00
8	0	0	1	0	2	3	2	0	0	$22,500.00	2018	FIVB	9	0	0	3	0	2	1	3	0	0	$30,500.00
26	0	0	3	1	5	9	5	1	2	$56,250.00	Total	Total	71	2	2	3	3	14	13	22	6	6	$196,600.00

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	38	71.7%	6	11.3%	9	17.0%	44-9	83.0%	8	25.0%	7	21.9%	17	53.1%	8-24	25.0%	38-17	69.1%	14-16	46.7%	0	0	52-33	61.2%
2017-2018	21	72.4%	1	3.4%	7	24.1%	22-7	75.9%	6	35.3%	3	17.6%	8	47.1%	6-11	35.3%	21-8	72.4%	7-10	41.2%	0	0	28-18	60.9%
Against the Field	16	72.7%	2	9.1%	4	18.2%	18-4	81.8%	5	35.7%	2	14.3%	7	50.0%	5-9	35.7%	32-14	69.6%	14-12	53.8%	0	0	23-13	63.9%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2
World Tour Finals	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	18	8	0	0	17	10	1	3	2	1	1	0	39	23
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
U21 World Championships	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	5	2
Total	0	1	0	0	29	13	0	0	24	14	1	4	2	2	1	0	57	35

Head to Head Results
Hughes/Ross lead the series against the field 11-8 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 5 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Humana-Paredes/Pavan, Canada 0-1
4/21/18	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Winner 3	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	1	Hughes/Ross	5	20-22, 21-19, 16-14	0:53
Trail the series against # 2 Alves/Seixas, Brazil 0-1
5/5/18	FIVB	Huntington Beach Four Star	Winner 5	Alves/Seixas	5	Hughes/Ross	9	18-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:54
Trail the series against # 5 Artacho/Clancy, Australia 0-2
7/7/18	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Semi-Finals	Artacho/Clancy	5	Hughes/Ross	6	15-21, 21-15, 15-8	0:41
9/2/12	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Bronze Medal	Artacho/Clancy	12	Hughes/Ross	3	23-25, 21-14, 16-14	0:48
Lead the series against # 9 Cheng/Hochevar, United States 1-0
7/6/18	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Winner 3	Hughes/Ross	6	Cheng/Hochevar	9	21-19, 21-12	0:30
Lead the series against # 10 Ittlinger/Van de Velde, Germany 1-0
4/21/18	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Winner 2	Hughes/Ross	5	Ittlinger/Van de Velde	16, Q1	21-14, 21-18	0:29
Trail the series against # 11 Branagh/Walsh Jennings, United States 1-2
7/5/18	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Pool F	Branagh/Walsh Jennings	11	Hughes/Ross	6	21-19, 19-21, 15-11	0:43
6/29/18	FIVB	Poland Four Star	Winner 1	Branagh/Walsh Jennings	20	Hughes/Ross	12	21-16, 21-17	0:35
6/22/18	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Winner 1	Hughes/Ross	6	Branagh/Walsh Jennings	18	18-21, 22-20, 18-16	0:52
Trail the series against # 13 Baquerizo/Fernandez, Spain 0-1
5/18/18	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Winner 1	Baquerizo/Fernandez	25	Hughes/Ross	6	21-16, 25-23	0:41
Series tied with # 14 Kociolek/Wojtasik, Poland 1-1
7/7/18	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Bronze Medal	Hughes/Ross	6	Kociolek/Wojtasik	14	17-21, 21-13, 15-11	0:44
6/21/18	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Pool F	Kociolek/Wojtasik	22	Hughes/Ross	6	13-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:44
Lead the series against # 15 Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer, Austria 1-0
6/28/18	FIVB	Poland Four Star	Pool E	Hughes/Ross	12	Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer	21	21-16, 21-13	0:32
Lead the series against # 18 Graudina/Samoilova, Latvia 1-0
6/21/18	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Pool F	Hughes/Ross	6	Graudina/Samoilova	27, Q4	22-24, 27-25, 17-15	0:54
Lead the series against # 23 Ishii/Murakami, Japan 1-0
5/3/18	FIVB	Huntington Beach Four Star	Winner 2	Hughes/Ross	9	Ishii/Murakami	24	21-17, 21-18	0:36
Lead the series against # 24, Q4 Behlen/Schneider, Germany 1-0
7/6/18	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Winner 2	Hughes/Ross	6	Behlen/Schneider	24, Q4	21-19, 21-12	0:31
Lead the series against # 27, Q9 Lobato/Navarro, Spain 1-0
7/5/18	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Pool F	Hughes/Ross	6	Lobato/Navarro	27, Q9	21-13, 21-11	0:28
Lead the series against # 30 Placette/Richard, France 1-0
7/6/18	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Winner 1	Hughes/Ross	6	Placette/Richard	30	21-15, 21-12	0:30
Lead the series against Alves/Maestrini, Brazil 1-0
5/17/18	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Pool F	Hughes/Ross	6	Alves/Maestrini	27, Q5	21-14, 21-19	0:33