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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$800,000 Beach Volleyball FIVB World Tour Finals presented by Vodafone
August 15 - 19, 2018

(10) 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 Hamburg Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2017	Did not play	Brooke Sweat - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/8-12/2018	Moscow Four Star	9	1st	800	US$20,000.00
FIVB	7/31-8/4/2018	Vienna Major	14	5th	720	US$12,000.00
FIVB	7/9-15/2018	Gstaad Major	10	9th	600	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/3-7/2018	Espinho Four Star	6	3rd	640	US$10,000.00
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

2018 World Tour Finals Hamburg Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/15/2018	Pool A	Maria Antonelli / Carol Salgado, Brazil (4)	Lost 22-24, 18-21	0:41
Thu, 8/16/2018	Pool A	Chantal Laboureur / Julia Sude, Germany (1)	Won 14-21, 21-19, 15-8	0:44
Fri, 8/17/2018	Pool A	Heather Bansley / Brandie Wilkerson, Canada (5)	Lost 20-22, 21-14, 10-15	0:48
Sat, 8/18/2018	Pool A	Sanne Keizer / Madelein Meppelink, Netherlands (8)	Won 21-15, 24-22	0:36

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	10	1	0	1	0	3	1	2	0	2	0	0	$88,000.00	28	18	60.9 %
Total	FIVB	10	1	0	1	0	3	1	2	0	2	0	0	$88,000.00	28	18	60.9 %
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
12	1	0	1	0	4	4	2	0	0	$50,000.00	2018	FIVB	13	1	0	3	0	4	2	3	0	0	$58,000.00
30	1	0	3	1	7	10	5	1	2	$83,750.00	Total	Total	75	3	2	3	3	16	14	22	6	6	$224,100.00

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	3	42.9%	2	28.6%	2	28.6%	5-2	71.4%	2	22.2%	1	11.1%	6	66.7%	2-7	22.2%	6-12	33.3%	8-6	57.1%	0	0	7-9	43.8%

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 trail the series against the field 4-9 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 5 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Laboureur/Sude, Germany 2-1
8/16/18	FIVB	2018 World Tour Finals Hamburg	Pool A	Hughes/Ross	10	Laboureur/Sude	1	14-21, 21-19, 15-8	0:44
8/11/18	FIVB	Moscow Four Star	Semi-Finals	Hughes/Ross	9	Laboureur/Sude	3	23-21, 21-14	0:34
5/5/18	FIVB	Huntington Beach Four Star	Contender 7	Laboureur/Sude	3	Hughes/Ross	9	21-16, 21-18	0:37
Trail the series against # 2 Hermannova/Slukova, Czech Republic 0-2
8/3/18	FIVB	Vienna Major	Winner 3	Hermannova/Slukova	7	Hughes/Ross	14	21-12, 21-12	0:34
6/28/18	FIVB	Poland Four Star	Pool E	Hermannova/Slukova	5	Hughes/Ross	12	21-14, 21-14	0:32
Series tied with # 3 Bednarczuk/Lisboa, Brazil 1-1
8/12/18	FIVB	Moscow Four Star	Gold Medal	Hughes/Ross	9	Bednarczuk/Lisboa	2	21-19, 12-21, 15-12	0:45
8/1/18	FIVB	Vienna Major	Pool C	Bednarczuk/Lisboa	3	Hughes/Ross	14	21-12, 21-15	0:30
Trail the series against # 4 Antonelli/Salgado, Brazil 0-1
8/15/18	FIVB	2018 World Tour Finals Hamburg	Pool A	Antonelli/Salgado	4	Hughes/Ross	10	24-22, 21-18	0:41
Trail the series against # 5 Bansley/Wilkerson, Canada 0-1
8/17/18	FIVB	2018 World Tour Finals Hamburg	Pool A	Bansley/Wilkerson	5	Hughes/Ross	10	22-20, 14-21, 15-10	0:48
Trail the series against # 6 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 # 7 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 # 8 Keizer/Meppelink, Netherlands 1-0
8/18/18	FIVB	2018 World Tour Finals Hamburg	Pool A	Hughes/Ross	10	Keizer/Meppelink	8	21-15, 24-22	0:36