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AVP Tour
$300,000 Gold Series Atlanta Open
August 4 - 6, 2023

(1) Kelly Cheng/Sara Hughes

Kelly Claes Cheng

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 18, 1995 (29 yrs old)

Home Town:

Fullerton, CA

Height:

6'2"

College(s):

Southern California

Seasons:

Tournaments:

121

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$617,750.00

Sara Hughes

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 14, 1995 (29 yrs old)

Home Town:

Long Beach, CA

Height:

5'10"

College(s):

Southern California

Seasons:

Tournaments:

130

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$582,544.92

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
AVP	17	4	1	8	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	$158,900.00
FIVB	31	6	1	1	1	9	0	8	1	3	0	0	1	US$493,750.00
FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
NORCECA	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$11,850.00
Other	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$14,000.00
Overall	56	13	3	13	1	9	1	10	1	3	0	1	1	US$678,500.00

Previous Atlanta Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2021	Sarah Sponcil - 2nd	Brandie Wilkerson - 7th
2022	Betsi Flint - 7th	Kelley Kolinske - 3rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/26-30/2023	Elite16 Montréal	2	9th	600	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2023	Elite16 Gstaad	3	2nd	1100	US$20,000.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2023	Elite16 Ostrava	6	5th	760	US$8,000.00
AVP	5/18-21/2023	Pro Series Huntington Beach Open	1	1st	2205	$14,000.00
FIVB	4/26-30/2023	Elite16 Uberlândia	3	4th	900	US$10,000.00
AVP	4/13-16/2023	Pro Series New Orleans Open	1	1st	2205	$14,000.00
FIVB	3/22-26/2023	Elite16 Tepic	5	1st	1200	US$30,000.00
FIVB	3/16-19/2023	La Paz Challenge	1	5th	600	US$3,750.00
FIVB	2/1-5/2023	Doha Elite16	2	5th	760	US$8,000.00
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
AVP	11/11-13/2022	Huntington Beach Open	1	1st	1891	$8,000.00

Gold Series Atlanta Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/4/2023

Winner 1

Xolani Hodel / Kahlee York (16)

Won 21-19, 22-20

0:48

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	Total	40	23	5	0.450	0	7	0	2
	1	16	11	2	0.563	0	2	0	2
	2	24	12	3	0.375	0	5	0	0
Sara Hughes	Total	17	6	0	0.353	0	13	0	0
	1	7	3	0	0.429	0	6	0	0
	2	10	3	0	0.300	0	7	0	0

Fri, 8/4/2023

Winner 2

Toni Rodriguez / Savvy Simo (9)

Won 21-16, 21-19

0:50

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	Total	24	13	7	0.250	1	8	0	1
	1	10	5	3	0.200	0	4	0	0
	2	14	8	4	0.286	1	4	0	1
Sara Hughes	Total	23	14	2	0.522	0	9	0	2
	1	10	9	0	0.900	0	4	0	1
	2	13	5	2	0.231	0	5	0	1

Sat, 8/5/2023

Winner 3

Brook Bauer / Katie Horton (13)

Won 21-16, 29-27

0:48

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	Total	37	18	5	0.351	2	10	1	3
	1	13	9	1	0.615	1	2	1	2
	2	24	9	4	0.208	1	8	0	1
Sara Hughes	Total	33	19	4	0.455	0	18	0	1
	1	11	6	2	0.364	0	7	0	1
	2	22	13	2	0.500	0	11	0	0

Sun, 8/6/2023

Semi-Finals

Melissa Humana-Paredes / Brandie Wilkerson (3)

Lost 18-21, 20-22

0:47

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	Total	24	15	3	0.500	0	3	1	2
	1	12	5	3	0.167	0	1	0	1
	2	12	10	0	0.833	0	2	1	1
Sara Hughes	Total	19	10	2	0.421	0	6	1	2
	1	9	7	0	0.778	0	3	1	2
	2	10	3	2	0.100	0	3	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	125	69	20	0.392	3	28	2	8
Sara Hughes	92	49	8	0.446	0	46	1	5

Head to Head Results
Cheng/Hughes lead the series against the field 17-3 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 0 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 2 Kloth/Nuss 4-1
4/30/23	FIVB	Elite16 Uberlândia	Semi-Finals	Kloth/Nuss	9	Cheng/Hughes	3	21-17, 21-11	0:33
4/15/23	AVP	Pro Series New Orleans Open	Winner 3	Cheng/Hughes	1	Kloth/Nuss	4	10-21, 31-29, 15-12	0:56
3/23/23	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Pool D	Cheng/Hughes	5	Kloth/Nuss	13, Q1	21-18, 21-17	0:33
1/28/23	FIVB	Beach Pro Tour Finals	Winner 1	Cheng/Hughes	9	Kloth/Nuss	8	19-21, 21-14, 24-22	0:56
12/2/22	FIVB	Torquay Elite 16	Semi-Finals	Cheng/Hughes	2	Kloth/Nuss	3	21-18, 21-15	0:32
Lead the series against # 3 Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson 3-2
8/6/23	AVP	Gold Series Atlanta Open	Semi-Finals	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	3	Cheng/Hughes	1	21-18, 22-20	0:47
7/29/23	FIVB	Elite16 Montréal	Winner 1	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	4	Cheng/Hughes	2	21-19, 19-21, 17-15	0:58
7/8/23	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Winner 2	Cheng/Hughes	3	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	7	20-22, 21-18, 15-11	0:56
4/16/23	AVP	Pro Series New Orleans Open	Finals	Cheng/Hughes	1	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	2	21-9, 21-18	0:41
2/2/23	FIVB	Doha Elite16	Pool B	Cheng/Hughes	2	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	7	12-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:50
Lead the series against # 4 Cannon/Sponcil 2-0
5/21/23	AVP	Pro Series Huntington Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Cheng/Hughes	1	Cannon/Sponcil	5	21-19, 17-21, 23-21	1:04
4/27/23	FIVB	Elite16 Uberlândia	Pool C	Cheng/Hughes	3	Cannon/Sponcil	11	21-19, 21-17	0:36
Lead the series against # 6 Kraft/Stockman 2-0
5/19/23	AVP	Pro Series Huntington Beach Open	Winner 2	Cheng/Hughes	1	Kraft/Stockman	8	21-14, 21-14	0:34
11/26/22	FIVB	Torquay Challenge	Semi-Finals	Cheng/Hughes	1	Kraft/Stockman	2	21-14, 21-15	0:34
Lead the series against # 8 Harward/Kolinske 1-0
3/17/23	FIVB	La Paz Challenge	Pool A	Cheng/Hughes	1	Harward/Kolinske	12	23-21, 21-17	0:36
Lead the series against # 9 Rodriguez/Simo 1-0
8/4/23	AVP	Gold Series Atlanta Open	Winner 2	Cheng/Hughes	1	Rodriguez/Simo	9	21-16, 21-19	0:50
Lead the series against # 12 Maestrini/Maestrini 1-0
4/14/23	AVP	Pro Series New Orleans Open	Winner 2	Cheng/Hughes	1	Maestrini/Maestrini	9	21-16, 21-14	0:39
Lead the series against # 13 Bauer/Horton 2-0
8/5/23	AVP	Gold Series Atlanta Open	Winner 3	Cheng/Hughes	1	Bauer/Horton	13	21-16, 29-27	0:48
11/13/22	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Finals	Cheng/Hughes	1	Bauer/Horton	9	21-18, 21-7	0:32
Lead the series against # 16 Hodel/York 1-0
8/4/23	AVP	Gold Series Atlanta Open	Winner 1	Cheng/Hughes	1	Hodel/York	16	21-19, 22-20	0:48