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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 Rio de Janeiro Four Star
May 16 - 21, 2017

(22) 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 Rio de Janeiro Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/23-28/2016	Long Beach Grand Slam	29	9th	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	7/25-30/2016	A1 Major Klagenfurt	32	17th	240	US$7,000.00

Rio de Janeiro Four Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/18/2017	Pool F	Melissa Humana-Paredes / Sarah Pavan, Canada (11)	Lost 12-21, 23-25	0:36
Fri, 5/19/2017	Pool F	Jagoda Sliwka / Kinga Wojtasik, Poland (27, Q5)	Won 21-15, 22-20	0:34
Fri, 5/19/2017	Winner 1	Marta Menegatti / Rebecca Perry, Italy (23)	Won 21-17, 21-12	0:29
Fri, 5/19/2017	Winner 2	Taiana Lima / Elize Maia, Brazil (9)	Won 10-21, 21-18, 15-9	0:41
Sat, 5/20/2017	Winner 3	Agatha Bednarczuk / Duda Lisboa, Brazil (4)	Lost 19-21, 17-21	0:33

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	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	$24,000.00	7	8	46.7 %
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
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$6,000.00	2017	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$7,000.00
7	0	0	2	0	1	1	2	0	1	$15,000.00	Total	Total	13	0	0	2	1	2	4	1	1	2	$16,000.00

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	9	64.3%	1	7.1%	4	28.6%	10-4	71.4%	5	26.3%	1	5.3%	13	68.4%	5-14	26.3%	18-26	40.9%	12-10	54.5%	0	0	15-18	45.5%

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 5-4 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 3 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Antunes/Maestrini, Brazil 0-1
8/26/16	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Winner 2	Antunes/Maestrini	2	Cheng/Hughes	29	21-18, 21-10	0:33
Lead the series against # 2 Ludwig/Walkenhorst, Germany 1-0
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 # 4 Bednarczuk/Lisboa, Brazil 0-1
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 # 8 Brunner/Huberli, Switzerland 1-1
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 # 9 Lima/Maia, Brazil 1-0
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
Trail the series against # 11 Humana-Paredes/Pavan, Canada 0-1
5/18/17	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Four Star	Pool F	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	11	Cheng/Hughes	22	21-12, 25-23	0:36
Lead the series against # 23 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 # 27, Q5 Sliwka/Wojtasik, Poland 1-0
5/19/17	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Four Star	Pool F	Cheng/Hughes	22	Sliwka/Wojtasik	27, Q5	21-15, 22-20	0:34