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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 Doha BPT Elite16
February 1 - 5, 2023

(2) 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
2022	Sara Hughes - 1st	Kelly Cheng - 1st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	1/26-29/2023	Beach Pro Tour Finals	9	1st	0	US$150,000.00
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

Doha Elite16 Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 2/2/2023	Pool B	Nina Brunner / Tanja Huberli, Switzerland (10)	Won 21-17, 19-21, 19-17	0:52
Thu, 2/2/2023	Pool B	Melissa Humana-Paredes / Brandie Wilkerson, Canada (7)	Won 12-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:50
Fri, 2/3/2023	Pool B	Andressa Cavalcanti / Vitoria De Souza, Brazil (15, Q3)	Won 21-8, 21-12	0:25
Sat, 2/4/2023	Winner 2	Tina Graudina / Anastasija Samoilova, Latvia (8)	Lost 18-21, 16-21	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	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 %
2023	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$8,000.00	3	1	75.0 %
Total	FIVB	15	3	0	0	0	3	0	5	0	3	0	1	$269,500.00	43	23	65.2 %
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
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	2023	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00
57	6	3	3	3	12	17	7	1	5	$285,000.00	Total	Total	61	7	0	5	3	11	18	6	3	8	$249,320.00

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%
2022-2023	39	83.0%	4	8.5%	4	8.5%	43-4	91.5%	11	42.3%	2	7.7%	13	50.0%	11-15	42.3%	39-13	75.0%	15-6	71.4%	1	0	55-19	74.3%
Against the Field	25	69.4%	5	13.9%	6	16.7%	30-6	83.3%	12	38.7%	3	9.7%	16	51.6%	12-19	38.7%	50-32	61.0%	34-18	65.4%	0	0	42-25	62.7%

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 12-5 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 2 Series, 1 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
Lead the series against # 3 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
Trail the series against # 4 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 # 7 Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson, Canada 1-0
2/2/23	FIVB	Doha Elite16	Pool B	Cheng/Hughes	2	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	7	12-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:50
Trail the series against # 8 Graudina/Samoilova, Latvia 0-1
2/4/23	FIVB	Doha Elite16	Winner 2	Graudina/Samoilova	8	Cheng/Hughes	2	21-18, 21-16	0:33
Lead the series against # 9 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
Series tied with # 10 Brunner/Huberli, Switzerland 3-3
2/2/23	FIVB	Doha Elite16	Pool B	Cheng/Hughes	2	Brunner/Huberli	10	21-17, 19-21, 19-17	0:52
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 # 14, Q2 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
Lead the series against # 15, Q3 Cavalcanti/De Souza, Brazil 1-0
2/3/23	FIVB	Doha Elite16	Pool B	Cheng/Hughes	2	Cavalcanti/De Souza	15, Q3	21-8, 21-12	0:25
Lead the series against # Q7 Kraft/Stockman, United States 1-0
11/26/22	FIVB	Torquay Challenge	Semi-Finals	Cheng/Hughes	1	Kraft/Stockman	2	21-14, 21-15	0:34