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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$800,000 Beach Pro Tour Finals
January 26 - 29, 2023

(9) 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 Doha Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2021	Sarah Marmelstein - 5th	Emily Capers - Country Quota

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	11/29-12/3/2022	Torquay Elite 16	2	1st	1200	US$30,000.00
FIVB	11/23-27/2022	Torquay Challenge	1	1st	800	US$10,000.00

Beach Pro Tour Finals Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 1/26/2023	Pool B	Raisa Schoon / Katja Stam, Netherlands (3)	Won 18-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:43
Fri, 1/27/2023	Pool B	Carol Salgado / Barbara Seixas, Brazil (2)	Lost 18-21, 22-20, 14-16	0:58
Fri, 1/27/2023	Pool B	Nina Brunner / Tanja Huberli, Switzerland (6)	Lost 21-18, 19-21, 14-16	0:54
Sat, 1/28/2023	Pool B	Svenja Muller / Cinja Tillmann, Germany (7)	Won 21-14, 21-15	0:32
Sat, 1/28/2023	Winner 1	Taryn Brasher / Kristen Nuss, United States (8)	Won 19-21, 21-14, 24-22	0:56
Sun, 1/29/2023	Semi-Finals	Raisa Schoon / Katja Stam, Netherlands (3)	Won 24-26, 21-19, 15-10	0:59
Sun, 1/29/2023	Gold Medal	Duda Lisboa / Ana Patricia Silva, Brazil (1)	Won 21-18, 21-16	0:39

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 %
2018	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$12,000.00	4	3	57.1 %
2022	FIVB	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$190,000.00	17	2	89.5 %
Total	FIVB	14	3	0	0	0	2	0	5	0	3	0	1	$261,500.00	40	22	64.5 %
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
10	0	1	0	1	1	3	2	1	1	$27,750.00	2018	FIVB	12	1	0	1	0	4	4	2	0	0	$50,000.00
15	0	2	1	0	3	7	0	0	2	$49,000.00	2019	FIVB	9	0	0	1	1	1	4	1	0	1	$27,500.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$4,000.00	2020	FIVB	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$4,000.00
9	2	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	1	$41,000.00	2021	FIVB	9	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	5	$8,320.00
8	4	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	$126,500.00	2022	FIVB	9	4	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	$121,750.00
56	6	3	3	3	11	17	7	1	5	$281,000.00	Total	Total	60	7	0	5	3	10	18	6	3	8	$245,320.00

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%
2021-2022	14	93.3%	0	0.0%	1	6.7%	14-1	93.3%	3	75.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	3-1	75.0%	14-0	100.0%	3-2	60.0%	0	0	17-2	89.5%
Against the Field	17	65.4%	3	11.5%	6	23.1%	20-6	76.9%	10	38.5%	2	7.7%	14	53.8%	10-16	38.5%	34-28	54.8%	26-16	61.9%	0	0	30-22	57.7%

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 8-4 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Lisboa/Silva, Brazil 1-0
1/29/23	FIVB	Beach Pro Tour Finals	Gold Medal	Cheng/Hughes	9	Lisboa/Silva	1	21-18, 21-16	0:39
Trail the series against # 2 Salgado/Seixas, Brazil 0-1
1/27/23	FIVB	Beach Pro Tour Finals	Pool B	Salgado/Seixas	2	Cheng/Hughes	9	21-18, 20-22, 16-14	0:58
Lead the series against # 3 Schoon/Stam, Netherlands 2-0
1/29/23	FIVB	Beach Pro Tour Finals	Semi-Finals	Cheng/Hughes	9	Schoon/Stam	3	24-26, 21-19, 15-10	0:59
1/26/23	FIVB	Beach Pro Tour Finals	Pool B	Cheng/Hughes	9	Schoon/Stam	3	18-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:43
Trail the series against # 6 Brunner/Huberli, Switzerland 2-3
1/27/23	FIVB	Beach Pro Tour Finals	Pool B	Brunner/Huberli	6	Cheng/Hughes	9	18-21, 21-19, 16-14	0:54
2/28/18	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major	Pool F	Cheng/Hughes	11	Brunner/Huberli	6	21-16, 21-11	0:32
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 # 7 Muller/Tillmann, Germany 1-0
1/28/23	FIVB	Beach Pro Tour Finals	Pool B	Cheng/Hughes	9	Muller/Tillmann	7	21-14, 21-15	0:32
Lead the series against # 8 Brasher/Nuss, United States 2-0
1/28/23	FIVB	Beach Pro Tour Finals	Winner 1	Cheng/Hughes	9	Brasher/Nuss	8	19-21, 21-14, 24-22	0:56
12/2/22	FIVB	Torquay Elite 16	Semi-Finals	Cheng/Hughes	2	Brasher/Nuss	3	21-18, 21-15	0:32