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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$1,000,000 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships presented by A1
July 28 - August 5, 2017

(16) Kelly Cheng/Sara Hughes, United States

Kelly Claes Cheng
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 18, 1995 (30 yrs old)

Home Town:

Fullerton, CA

Height:

188 cm (6'2")

Weight:

72 kg (158 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$458,625.00

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

Awards

Top Rookie 2017

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	41	Money
FIVB	31	6	1	1	1	9	0	8	1	3	0	1	US$493,750.00
FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	33	6	1	3	1	9	0	8	1	3	0	1	US$493,750.00

Previous Vienna Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/19-23/2017	Olsztyn Four Star	12	17th	160	US$3,000.00
FIVB	7/3-8/2017	Gstaad Major Five Star	12	9th	360	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/26-7/1/2017	Porec Major Five Star	14	5th	480	US$12,000.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2017	Moscow Three Star	17	17th	120	US$1,500.00
FIVB	5/16-21/2017	Rio de Janeiro Four Star	22	5th	320	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/23-28/2016	Long Beach Grand Slam	29	9th	360	US$11,000.00

Vienna World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 7/28/2017	Pool I	Jamie Broder / Taylor Pischke, Canada (33)	Won 21-15, 21-14	0:33
Sat, 7/29/2017	Pool I	Denise Mutatsimpundu / Charlotte Nzayisenga, Rwanda (40)	Won 21-10, 21-11	0:25
Mon, 7/31/2017	Pool I	Maria Antonelli / Carol Salgado, Brazil (9)	Lost 21-18, 16-21, 8-15	0:43
Wed, 8/2/2017	Winner 1	Elsa Baquerizo / Amaranta Navarro, Spain (23)	Won 21-16, 21-18	0:37
Thu, 8/3/2017	Winner 2	Laura Ludwig / Kira Walkenhorst, Germany (4)	Lost 16-21, 16-21	0:32

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Sara Hughes - 9th	Kelly Cheng - 9th
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Sarah Marmelstein - 9th	Summer Ross - 5th
2022	World Championships	Rome	Betsi Flint - 17th	Kelley Kolinske - 5th
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Sara Hughes - 1st	Kelly Cheng - 1st
2025	World Championships	Adelaide	Molly Shaw - 5th	Did not play

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/28-8/5/2017	Vienna World Championships	16	9th	480	US$11,000.00
FIVB	10/6-15/2023	Beach Volleyball World Championships	3	1st	1600	US$60,000.00

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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$71,000.00
World Tour Finals	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$157,500.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	20	3	1	1	1	6	0	5	1	1	0	0	$237,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	5	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	$26,750.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,500.00
U21 World Championships	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	33	6	1	3	1	9	0	8	1	3	0	0	$493,750.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Kelly Cheng												Sara Hughes
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
5	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	$53,500.00	World Championships	4	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$53,500.00
4	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$92,750.00	World Tour Finals	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$86,250.00
37	5	1	1	6	8	11	2	0	0	$210,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	28	3	1	1	2	8	10	1	0	0	$146,500.00
28	3	3	0	1	10	6	2	1	0	$97,375.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	30	3	0	3	1	4	7	4	2	0	$71,625.00
4	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	$5,000.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	5	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$6,070.00
											U23 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	3	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00
82	10	4	4	7	21	23	7	1	0	$458,625.00	Total	78	10	1	6	4	17	23	6	3	0	$363,945.00

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
2013	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	6	2	75.0 %
2014	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	8	1	88.9 %
2015	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2016	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$18,000.00	4	5	44.4 %
2017	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	$41,500.00	15	11	57.7 %
Total	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	3	0	1	$59,500.00	19	17	52.8 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	14	3	82.4 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Kelly Cheng													Sara Hughes
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2011	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$0.00
											2012	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2012	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2013	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2014	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2015	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$9,000.00	2016	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$9,000.00
7	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	0	0	$23,750.00	2017	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	0	0	$24,750.00
12	0	0	2	0	2	3	4	0	1	$32,750.00	Total	Total	18	0	0	2	1	3	6	3	1	2	$33,750.00

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	71	78.9%	7	7.8%	12	13.3%	78-12	86.7%	19	33.9%	6	10.7%	31	55.4%	19-37	33.9%	71-31	69.6%	26-18	59.1%	1	0	98-49	66.7%
2016-2017	16	72.7%	1	4.5%	5	22.7%	17-5	77.3%	2	15.4%	1	7.7%	10	76.9%	2-11	15.4%	16-10	61.5%	3-6	33.3%	0	0	19-16	54.3%
Against the Field	12	63.2%	2	10.5%	5	26.3%	14-5	73.7%	4	20.0%	1	5.0%	15	75.0%	4-16	20.0%	24-30	44.4%	12-12	50.0%	0	0	18-21	46.2%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
World Championships	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	10	3
World Tour Finals	0	0	0	0	2	6	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	6
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	1	43	13	0	0	12	12	4	2	1	1	3	1	63	30
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	7	3	0	0	6	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	15	7
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
U21 World Championships	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	8	1
U18/19 World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	6	2
Total	0	0	0	1	67	26	0	0	29	19	7	4	3	1	6	1	112	52

Head to Head Results
Cheng/Hughes lead the series against the field 14-13 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 8 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Antunes/Maestrini, Brazil 0-2
6/1/17	FIVB	Moscow Three Star	Pool A	Antunes/Maestrini	1	Cheng/Hughes	17	21-18, 21-18	0:32
8/26/16	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Winner 2	Antunes/Maestrini	2	Cheng/Hughes	29	21-18, 21-10	0:33
Series tied with # 3 Bednarczuk/Lisboa, Brazil 1-1
6/29/17	FIVB	Porec Major Five Star	Pool C	Cheng/Hughes	14	Bednarczuk/Lisboa	3	12-21, 22-20, 15-12	0:43
5/20/17	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Four Star	Winner 3	Bednarczuk/Lisboa	4	Cheng/Hughes	22	21-19, 21-17	0:33
Series tied with # 4 Ludwig/Walkenhorst, Germany 1-1
8/3/17	FIVB	Vienna World Championships	Winner 2	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	4	Cheng/Hughes	16	21-16, 21-16	0:32
7/27/16	FIVB	A1 Major Klagenfurt	Pool A	Cheng/Hughes	32	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	1	21-18, 21-19	0:34
Trail the series against # 5 Ross/Sweat, United States 0-1
6/2/17	FIVB	Moscow Three Star	Winner 1	Ross/Sweat	11	Cheng/Hughes	17	21-16, 21-15	0:27
Trail the series against # 6 Hermannova/Slukova, Czech Republic 0-1
7/20/17	FIVB	Olsztyn Four Star	Pool E	Hermannova/Slukova	5	Cheng/Hughes	12	17-21, 25-23, 15-13	0:53
Trail the series against # 7 Humana-Paredes/Pavan, Canada 0-2
7/6/17	FIVB	Gstaad Major Five Star	Pool E	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	5	Cheng/Hughes	12	21-12, 21-15	0:25
5/18/17	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Four Star	Pool F	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	11	Cheng/Hughes	22	21-12, 25-23	0:36
Trail the series against # 9 Antonelli/Salgado, Brazil 0-1
7/31/17	FIVB	Vienna World Championships	Pool I	Antonelli/Salgado	9	Cheng/Hughes	16	18-21, 21-16, 15-8	0:43
Trail the series against # 10 Brunner/Huberli, Switzerland 1-2
6/30/17	FIVB	Porec Major Five Star	Winner 3	Brunner/Huberli	9	Cheng/Hughes	14	21-19, 22-20	0:35
8/26/16	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Winner 1	Cheng/Hughes	29	Brunner/Huberli	14	21-19, 27-25	0:41
7/28/16	FIVB	A1 Major Klagenfurt	Winner 1	Brunner/Huberli	18	Cheng/Hughes	32	14-21, 21-18, 15-9	0:40
Lead the series against # 14 Fendrick/Ross, United States 1-0
7/6/17	FIVB	Gstaad Major Five Star	Winner 1	Cheng/Hughes	12	Fendrick/Ross	11	21-16, 19-21, 15-13	0:54
Trail the series against # 17 Mader/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 0-1
7/7/17	FIVB	Gstaad Major Five Star	Winner 2	Mader/Verge-Depre	9	Cheng/Hughes	12	21-16, 21-16	0:34
Lead the series against # 20 Baieva/Davidova, Ukraine 1-0
6/1/17	FIVB	Moscow Three Star	Pool A	Cheng/Hughes	17	Baieva/Davidova	16	21-17, 21-18	0:30
Lead the series against # 23 Baquerizo/Navarro, Spain 2-0
8/2/17	FIVB	Vienna World Championships	Winner 1	Cheng/Hughes	16	Baquerizo/Navarro	23	21-16, 21-18	0:37
7/5/17	FIVB	Gstaad Major Five Star	Pool E	Cheng/Hughes	12	Baquerizo/Navarro	21	22-20, 23-21	0:37
Lead the series against # 31 Menegatti/Perry, Italy 1-0
5/19/17	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Four Star	Winner 1	Cheng/Hughes	22	Menegatti/Perry	23	21-17, 21-12	0:29
Lead the series against # 32 Lima/Maia, Brazil 2-0
6/30/17	FIVB	Porec Major Five Star	Winner 2	Cheng/Hughes	14	Lima/Maia	22, Q2	21-19, 21-16	0:34
5/19/17	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Four Star	Winner 2	Cheng/Hughes	22	Lima/Maia	9	10-21, 21-18, 15-9	0:41
Lead the series against # 33 Broder/Pischke, Canada 1-0
7/28/17	FIVB	Vienna World Championships	Pool I	Cheng/Hughes	16	Broder/Pischke	33	21-15, 21-14	0:33
Lead the series against # 34 Gallay/Zonta, Argentina 1-0
7/20/17	FIVB	Olsztyn Four Star	Pool E	Cheng/Hughes	12	Gallay/Zonta	21, Q4	21-11, 21-14	0:29
Trail the series against # 36 Birlova/Makroguzova, Russia 0-1
7/21/17	FIVB	Olsztyn Four Star	Winner 1	Birlova/Makroguzova	18	Cheng/Hughes	12	21-19, 13-21, 17-15	0:46
Lead the series against # 40 Mutatsimpundu/Nzayisenga, Rwanda 1-0
7/29/17	FIVB	Vienna World Championships	Pool I	Cheng/Hughes	16	Mutatsimpundu/Nzayisenga	40	21-10, 21-11	0:25
Lead the series against # 42 Nummerdor-Flier/Van Iersel, Netherlands 1-0
6/28/17	FIVB	Porec Major Five Star	Pool C	Cheng/Hughes	14	Nummerdor-Flier/Van Iersel	30, Q12	21-9, 21-14	0:27