Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 Las Vegas Four Star
October 16 - 21, 2018
(1) 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: 15
Tournaments: 78
Career Wins: 10
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: 13
Tournaments: 85
Career Wins: 3
Career FIVB WT Wins: 1 (Moscow 2018)
Career Winnings: US$252,600.00
Awards
  • Top Rookie 2017
Team Career Summary 
TourPlayed1234579131725CQMoney
FIVB2010214170301 US$145,000.00
FIVB Age Group WC100010000000 US$0.00
Overall2110224170301 US$145,000.00
Previous Las Vegas Results  Neither player has played in this venue before
Recent Results 
TourDateTournamentSeedFinishPointsMoney
FIVB 10/10-14/2018 Yangzhou Four Star 3 3rd 640 US$10,000.00
FIVB 8/15-19/2018 2018 World Tour Finals Hamburg 10 7th 0 US$15,000.00
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$6,000.00
Las Vegas Four Star Matches
DateBracketOpponentScoreTime
Thu, 10/18/2018 Pool A Meimei Lin / Lingdi Zhu, China (32, Q9) Won 21-16, 21-18 0:33
Fri, 10/19/2018 Pool A Tina Graudina / Anastasija Samoilova, Latvia (17) Won 21-16, 21-13 0:28
Fri, 10/19/2018 Winner 2 Emily Capers / Betsi Flint, United States (19, Q3) Lost 20-22, 21-14, 11-15 0:44
Team Finishes By Tournament Type
Tournament TypePlayedGoldSilverBronze4th5-6th7-8th9-12th13-16th17-24th25thLowerWinnings (US$)
World Championships100001000000 $18,000.00
World Tour Finals100000100000 $15,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam300001010000 $20,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open1410212050300 $90,000.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star100000010000 $2,000.00
U21 World Championships100010000000 $0.00
Total2110224170300 $145,000.00
Individual Finishes by Tournament Type
Sara Hughes Summer Ross
PlayedGoldSilverBronze4th5-8th9-16th17-24th25thLowerWinnings (US$)Tournament TypePlayedGoldSilverBronze4th5-8th9-16th17-24th25thLowerWinnings (US$)
1000010000 $0.00 Olympic Games          
4100021000 $53,500.00 World Championships3000020100 $21,500.00
3100011000 $86,250.00 World Tour Finals2000011000 $15,000.00
283112810100 $146,500.00 Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam360012461440 $133,300.00
30303147420 $71,625.00 Challenge/Four Star/Open341121710820 $73,800.00
5200002100 $6,070.00 Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star4011011000 $9,000.00
1000010000 $0.00 U23 World Championships          
3001100010 $0.00 U21 World Championships4100111000 $0.00
3001002000 $0.00 U18/19 World Championships2100010000 $0.00
78101641723630 $363,945.00 Total85324417192360 $252,600.00
Team Finishes by Season
   ResultsMatches
SeasonAssocPlayedGoldSilverBronze4th5-6th7-8th9-12th13-16th17-24th25thLowerWinnings (US$)WonLostPct
2012FIVB Age Group WC100010000000 $0.00 5271.4 %
2018FIVB1010103120200 $88,000.00 281860.9 %
2019FIVB200100010000 $14,000.00 7370.0 %
TotalFIVB1210203130200 $102,000.00 352162.5 %
TotalFIVB Age Group WC100010000000 $0.00 5271.4 %
Individual Finishes by Season
Sara Hughes  Summer Ross
PlayedGoldSilverBronze4th5-8th9-16th17-24th25thLowerWinnings (US$)SeasonAssociationPlayedGoldSilverBronze4th5-8th9-16th17-24th25thLowerWinnings (US$)
           2008FIVB Age Group WC1000001000 $0.00
           2009FIVB Age Group WC2000020000 $0.00
           2010FIVB Age Group WC2200000000 $0.00
           2011FIVB1000000001 $0.00
2000001010 $0.00 2011FIVB Age Group WC          
1000000001 $0.00 2012FIVB3000000210 $5,700.00
2000101000 $0.00 2012FIVB Age Group WC1000100000 $0.00
           2013FIVB9010120500 $34,650.00
1001000000 $0.00 2013FIVB Age Group WC          
           2014FIVB10000012610 $45,000.00
2001010000 $0.00 2014FIVB Age Group WC          
1000000001 $0.00 2015FIVB12000032313 $18,262.50
2000001100 $9,000.00 2016FIVB13000016222 $24,487.50
7000023200 $24,750.00 2017FIVB8010131110 $38,000.00
12101044200 $50,000.00 2018FIVB13103042300 $58,000.00
2001001000 $7,000.00 2019FIVB2001001000 $7,000.00
321041711512 $90,750.00 TotalTotal77324316152266 $231,100.00
Team Match Records
 Won 1st SetLost 1st Set2 Set Matches3 Set MatchesBy ForfeitAll Matches
SeasonWon 2-0Won 2-1Lost 2-1OverallWon 2-1Lost 2-1Lost 2-0OverallOverallOverallWonLostOverall
Overall38 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% 00 52-33 61.2%
2018-201936 70.6% 6 11.8% 9 17.6% 42-9 82.4% 8 25.8% 7 22.6% 16 51.6% 8-23 25.8% 36-16 69.2% 14-16 46.7% 00 50-32 61.0%
Against the Field16 66.7% 2 8.3% 6 25.0% 18-6 75.0% 5 31.3% 2 12.5% 9 56.3% 5-11 31.3% 32-18 64.0% 14-16 46.7% 00 23-17 57.5%
Team Match Records by Round
 Country QuotaQualifierPool PlayLucky LoserElimination RoundsSemi-FinalsBronze MedalGold MedalOverall
Tournament TypeWonLostWonLostWonLostWonLostWonLostWonLostWonLostWonLostWonLost
World Championships000021002100000042
World Tour Finals000022000000000022
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam010022003200000055
Challenge/Four Star/Open00001880017101321103923
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star000020000100000021
U21 World Championships000030002001010052
Total010029130024141422105735
Head to Head Results
Hughes/Ross lead the series against the field 16-10 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 6 Series, 3 Series Tied)
DateTourTournamentRoundWinning TeamSeedLosing TeamSeedScoreTime
Trail the series against # 2 Bansley/Wilkerson, Canada 0-1
8/17/18FIVB2018 World Tour Finals Hamburg Pool A Bansley/Wilkerson 5 Hughes/Ross 10 22-20, 14-21, 15-10 0:48
Series tied with # 3 Humana-Paredes/Pavan, Canada 1-1
10/14/18FIVBYangzhou Four Star Bronze Medal Hughes/Ross 3 Humana-Paredes/Pavan 4 16-21, 23-21, 15-5 0:44
4/21/18FIVBXiamen Four Star Winner 3 Humana-Paredes/Pavan 1 Hughes/Ross 5 20-22, 21-19, 16-14 0:53
Trail the series against # 4 Antonelli/Salgado, Brazil 0-1
8/15/18FIVB2018 World Tour Finals Hamburg Pool A Antonelli/Salgado 4 Hughes/Ross 10 24-22, 21-18 0:41
Series tied with # 5 Kolinske/Stockman, United States 1-1
7/12/18FIVBGstaad Major Pool G Kolinske/Stockman 26, Q4 Hughes/Ross 10 19-21, 26-24, 15-12 0:50
5/4/18FIVBHuntington Beach Four Star Winner 3 Hughes/Ross 9 Kolinske/Stockman 25 21-16, 21-18 0:34
Trail the series against # 8, Q1 Cavalcanti/Silva, Brazil 0-1
10/13/18FIVBYangzhou Four Star Semi-Finals Cavalcanti/Silva 16, Q3 Hughes/Ross 3 21-16, 21-18 0:30
Lead the series against # 10 Menegatti/Orsi Toth, Italy 2-0
10/13/18FIVBYangzhou Four Star Winner 2 Hughes/Ross 3 Menegatti/Orsi Toth 10 21-16, 21-17 0:32
8/3/18FIVBVienna Major Winner 2 Hughes/Ross 14 Menegatti/Orsi Toth 31 16-21, 27-25, 15-8 1:05
Lead the series against # 11 Ishii/Murakami, Japan 1-0
5/3/18FIVBHuntington Beach Four Star Winner 2 Hughes/Ross 9 Ishii/Murakami 24 21-17, 21-18 0:36
Lead the series against # 12 Kociolek/Wojtasik, Poland 2-1
7/11/18FIVBGstaad Major Pool G Hughes/Ross 10 Kociolek/Wojtasik 23, Q2 21-19, 23-21 0:39
7/7/18FIVBEspinho Four Star Bronze Medal Hughes/Ross 6 Kociolek/Wojtasik 14 17-21, 21-13, 15-11 0:44
6/21/18FIVBOstrava Four Star Pool F Kociolek/Wojtasik 22 Hughes/Ross 6 13-21, 21-19, 15-11 0:44
Trail the series against # 14 Baquerizo/Fernandez, Spain 0-1
5/18/18FIVBItapema Four Star Winner 1 Baquerizo/Fernandez 25 Hughes/Ross 6 21-16, 25-23 0:41
Series tied with # 15 Stubbe/Van Iersel, Netherlands 1-1
8/1/18FIVBVienna Major Pool C Hughes/Ross 14 Stubbe/Van Iersel 19 22-20, 21-14 0:37
6/23/18FIVBOstrava Four Star Winner 2 Stubbe/Van Iersel 16 Hughes/Ross 6 16-21, 21-15, 15-9 0:41
Lead the series against # 17 Graudina/Samoilova, Latvia 2-0
10/19/18FIVBLas Vegas Four Star Pool A Hughes/Ross 1 Graudina/Samoilova 17 21-16, 21-13 0:28
6/21/18FIVBOstrava Four Star Pool F Hughes/Ross 6 Graudina/Samoilova 27, Q4 22-24, 27-25, 17-15 0:54
Trail the series against # 19, Q3 Capers/Flint, United States 0-1
10/19/18FIVBLas Vegas Four Star Winner 2 Capers/Flint 19, Q3 Hughes/Ross 1 22-20, 14-21, 15-11 0:44
Lead the series against # 21 Alves/Maestrini, Brazil 1-0
5/17/18FIVBItapema Four Star Pool F Hughes/Ross 6 Alves/Maestrini 27, Q5 21-14, 21-19 0:33
Lead the series against # 23 Lobato/Navarro, Spain 1-0
7/5/18FIVBEspinho Four Star Pool F Hughes/Ross 6 Lobato/Navarro 27, Q9 21-13, 21-11 0:28
Lead the series against # 24, Q5 Maia/Salgado, Brazil 1-0
8/10/18FIVBMoscow Four Star Winner 2 Hughes/Ross 9 Maia/Salgado 30, Q9 11-21, 21-13, 15-13 0:44
Lead the series against # 27, Q6 Lunde/Ulveseth, Norway 1-0
4/19/18FIVBXiamen Four Star Pool E Hughes/Ross 5 Lunde/Ulveseth 28, Q14 21-15, 21-15 0:31
Trail the series against # 28 Bloem/Sinnema, Netherlands 0-1
8/9/18FIVBMoscow Four Star Pool H Bloem/Sinnema 24, Q5 Hughes/Ross 9 21-19, 21-16 0:30
Lead the series against # 32, Q9 Lin/Zhu, China 1-0
10/18/18FIVBLas Vegas Four Star Pool A Hughes/Ross 1 Lin/Zhu 32, Q9 21-16, 21-18 0:33
Lead the series against Horta/Lavalle, Brazil 1-0
10/11/18FIVBYangzhou Four Star Pool C Hughes/Ross 3 Horta/Lavalle 30, Q8 21-19, 18-21, 15-9 0:45