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US$300,000 Itapema Four Star
May 14 - 19, 2019

(7) 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 Itapema Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2018	Summer Ross - 17th	Sara Hughes - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/23-28/2019	Xiamen Four Star	9	4th	560	US$8,000.00
FIVB	10/16-21/2018	Las Vegas Four Star	1	9th	400	US$4,000.00
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

Itapema Four Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/16/2019	Pool G	Ingrid Lunde / Oda Ulveseth, Norway (26)	Won 21-16, 21-10	0:30
Thu, 5/16/2019	Pool G	Natalia Pridalova / Andrea Strbova, Slovakia (23)	Won 21-15, 20-22, 15-11	0:47
Fri, 5/17/2019	Winner 2	Alix Klineman / April Ross, United States (5)	Lost 16-21, 21-12, 10-15	0:45

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 %
2019	FIVB	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$26,000.00	13	6	68.4 %
Total	FIVB	14	1	0	2	1	3	1	4	0	2	0	0	$114,000.00	41	24	63.1 %
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
4	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	$13,000.00	2019	FIVB	4	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	$13,000.00
34	1	0	4	2	7	12	5	1	2	$96,750.00	Total	Total	79	3	2	4	4	16	16	22	6	6	$237,100.00

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%
2018-2019	36	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%	0	0	50-32	61.0%
Against the Field	15	55.6%	6	22.2%	6	22.2%	21-6	77.8%	2	11.1%	4	22.2%	12	66.7%	2-16	11.1%	30-24	55.6%	16-20	44.4%	0	0	23-22	51.1%

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 17-14 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 8 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 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
Lead the series against # 2 Humana-Paredes/Pavan, Canada 2-1
4/27/19	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Winner 3	Hughes/Ross	9	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	4	23-21, 21-16	0:35
10/14/18	FIVB	Yangzhou Four Star	Bronze Medal	Hughes/Ross	3	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	4	16-21, 23-21, 15-5	0:44
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 # 3, Q1 Cavalcanti/Silva, Brazil 0-2
4/28/19	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Semi-Finals	Cavalcanti/Silva	10, Q1	Hughes/Ross	9	21-18, 21-17	0:34
10/13/18	FIVB	Yangzhou Four Star	Semi-Finals	Cavalcanti/Silva	16, Q3	Hughes/Ross	3	21-16, 21-18	0:30
Trail the series against # 4 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 # 5 Klineman/Ross, United States 1-2
5/17/19	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Winner 2	Klineman/Ross	5	Hughes/Ross	7	21-16, 12-21, 15-10	0:45
8/11/18	FIVB	Moscow Four Star	Winner 3	Hughes/Ross	9	Klineman/Ross	5	21-18, 21-19	0:34
7/13/18	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Winner 2	Klineman/Ross	9	Hughes/Ross	10	21-18, 16-21, 15-9	0:48
Trail the series against # 6 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
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
Trail the series against # 10 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
Series tied with # 11 Kolinske/Stockman, United States 1-1
7/12/18	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Pool G	Kolinske/Stockman	26, Q4	Hughes/Ross	10	19-21, 26-24, 15-12	0:50
5/4/18	FIVB	Huntington Beach Four Star	Winner 3	Hughes/Ross	9	Kolinske/Stockman	25	21-16, 21-18	0:34
Trail the series against # 16 Mader/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 0-1
5/17/18	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Pool F	Mader/Verge-Depre	11	Hughes/Ross	6	19-21, 28-26, 15-10	0:56
Lead the series against # 18, Q3 Sweat/Walsh Jennings, United States 1-0
4/27/19	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Winner 2	Hughes/Ross	9	Sweat/Walsh Jennings	27, Q5	21-18, 25-23	0:39
Trail the series against # 20 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 # 21 Stubbe/Van Iersel, Netherlands 1-1
8/1/18	FIVB	Vienna Major	Pool C	Hughes/Ross	14	Stubbe/Van Iersel	19	22-20, 21-14	0:37
6/23/18	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Winner 2	Stubbe/Van Iersel	16	Hughes/Ross	6	16-21, 21-15, 15-9	0:41
Lead the series against # 22 Graudina/Samoilova, Latvia 2-0
10/19/18	FIVB	Las Vegas Four Star	Pool A	Hughes/Ross	1	Graudina/Samoilova	17	21-16, 21-13	0:28
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 Pridalova/Strbova, Slovakia 2-0
5/16/19	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Pool G	Hughes/Ross	7	Pridalova/Strbova	23	21-15, 20-22, 15-11	0:47
8/10/18	FIVB	Moscow Four Star	Winner 1	Hughes/Ross	9	Pridalova/Strbova	22	21-12, 21-12	0:30
Lead the series against # 24 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 # 26 Lunde/Ulveseth, Norway 2-0
5/16/19	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Pool G	Hughes/Ross	7	Lunde/Ulveseth	26	21-16, 21-10	0:30
4/19/18	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Pool E	Hughes/Ross	5	Lunde/Ulveseth	28, Q14	21-15, 21-15	0:31
Trail the series against # 30, Q7 Bloem/Sinnema, Netherlands 0-1
8/9/18	FIVB	Moscow Four Star	Pool H	Bloem/Sinnema	24, Q5	Hughes/Ross	9	21-19, 21-16	0:30
Lead the series against # Q4 Horta/Lavalle, Brazil 1-0
10/11/18	FIVB	Yangzhou Four Star	Pool C	Hughes/Ross	3	Horta/Lavalle	30, Q8	21-19, 18-21, 15-9	0:45
Lead the series against # Q8 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