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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
Olympic Games Paris 2024
July 27 - August 9, 2024

(3) Kelly Cheng/Sara Hughes, United States

Kelly Claes Cheng
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 18, 1995 (29 yrs old)

Home Town:

Fullerton, CA

Height:

188 cm (6'2")

Weight:

72 kg (158 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$397,125.00

Sara Hughes
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 14, 1995 (29 yrs old)

Home Town:

Long Beach, CA

Height:

178 cm (5'10")

Weight:

58 kg (128 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$361,594.92

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 Paris Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2022	Betsi Flint - 4th	Did not play
2023	Sara Hughes - 5th	Kelly Cheng - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/5-9/2024	Elite16 Ostrava	2	1st	1200	US$30,000.00
FIVB	5/22-26/2024	BPT Elite16 Espinho	2	13th	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	5/1-5/2024	Elite16 Brasília	2	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	4/17-21/2024	Elite16 Tepic	2	9th	600	US$6,000.00
FIVB	3/5-9/2024	Elite16 Doha	3	3rd	1000	US$14,000.00
FIVB	12/6-9/2023	BPT Finals Doha 2023	4	9th	0	US$7,500.00
FIVB	10/6-15/2023	Beach Volleyball World Championships	3	1st	1600	US$60,000.00
FIVB	9/27-10/1/2023	Elite16 Paris	5	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	8/16-20/2023	Elite16 Hamburg	5	5th	760	US$8,000.00

Olympic Games Paris 2024 Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sun, 7/28/2024

Pool C

Barbora Hermannova / Marie-Sara Stochlova, Czech Republic (22)

Won 21-16, 21-11

0:36

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	Total	23	15	3	0.522	2	4	1	4
	1	14	9	2	0.500	1	3	0	3
	2	9	6	1	0.556	1	1	1	1
Sara Hughes	Total	26	10	4	0.231	0	16	2	1
	1	13	3	2	0.077	0	7	0	0
	2	13	7	2	0.385	0	9	2	1

Wed, 7/31/2024

Pool C

Aline Chamereau / Clemence Vieira, France (15)

Won 21-16, 23-21

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	Total	28	16	5	0.393	3	4	1	4
	1	13	7	3	0.308	1	2	1	1
	2	15	9	2	0.467	2	2	0	3
Sara Hughes	Total	16	10	2	0.500	0	8	1	0
	1	6	4	1	0.500	0	2	0	0
	2	10	6	1	0.500	0	6	1	0

Fri, 8/2/2024

Pool C

Svenja Muller / Cinja Tillmann, Germany (10)

Won 21-18, 21-18

0:34

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	Total	21	16	3	0.619	1	1	3	0
	1	11	9	1	0.727	0	0	1	0
	2	10	7	2	0.500	1	1	2	0
Sara Hughes	Total	15	7	1	0.400	0	7	1	3
	1	7	4	0	0.571	0	3	1	1
	2	8	3	1	0.250	0	4	0	2

Sun, 8/4/2024

Winner 1

Valentina Gottardi / Marta Menegatti, Italy (12)

Won 21-18, 17-21, 15-12

0:56

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	Total	31	16	5	0.355	2	1	3	3
	1	8	6	0	0.750	1	1	0	1
	2	14	5	4	0.071	1	0	1	1
	3	9	5	1	0.444	0	0	2	1
Sara Hughes	Total	35	15	6	0.257	0	19	0	3
	1	17	6	5	0.059	0	7	0	1
	2	10	6	1	0.500	0	6	0	1
	3	8	3	0	0.375	0	6	0	1

Tue, 8/6/2024

Winner 2

Nina Brunner / Tanja Huberli, Switzerland (7)

Lost 18-21, 19-21

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	Total	31	16	3	0.419	1	2	0	2
	1	11	5	1	0.364	0	1	0	2
	2	20	11	2	0.450	1	1	0	0
Sara Hughes	Total	12	5	1	0.333	0	5	3	2
	1	7	3	1	0.286	0	2	2	1
	2	5	2	0	0.400	0	3	1	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	134	79	19	0.448	9	12	8	13
Sara Hughes	104	47	14	0.317	0	55	7	9
Total	238	126	33	0.391	9	67	15	22
Opponents	246	117	33	0.341	15	55	12	27

Olympic Games, World Championships, World Tour Finals Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Sara Hughes - 9th	Kelly Cheng - 9th
2018	World Tour Finals	Hamburg	Did not play	Summer Ross - 7th
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Sarah Sponcil - 9th	Summer Ross - 5th
2019	World Tour Finals	Rome	Sarah Sponcil - 9th	Did not play
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo	Sarah Sponcil - 9th	Did not play
2021	World Tour Finals	Cagliari	Sarah Sponcil - 5th	Did not play
2022	World Championships	Rome	Betsi Flint - 17th	Kelley Kolinske - 5th
2022	World Tour Finals	Doha	Sara Hughes - 1st	Kelly Cheng - 1st
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Sara Hughes - 1st	Kelly Cheng - 1st
2023	World Tour Finals	Doha	Sara Hughes - 9th	Kelly Cheng - 9th

Head to Head Results
Cheng/Hughes lead the series against the field 47-26 (Lead 15 Series, Trail 2 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 Lisboa/Silva, Brazil 4-4
6/9/24	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Semi-Finals	Cheng/Hughes	2	Lisboa/Silva	1	21-19, 21-18	0:35
5/4/24	FIVB	Elite16 Brasília	Winner 2	Lisboa/Silva	1	Cheng/Hughes	2	21-19, 21-15	0:32
12/7/23	FIVB	BPT Finals Doha 2023	Pool A	Lisboa/Silva	1	Cheng/Hughes	4	21-13, 21-19	0:28
10/15/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Gold Medal	Cheng/Hughes	3	Lisboa/Silva	1	21-16, 24-22	0:39
7/9/23	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Gold Medal	Lisboa/Silva	1	Cheng/Hughes	3	21-18, 21-18	0:37
4/30/23	FIVB	Elite16 Uberlândia	Bronze Medal	Lisboa/Silva	1	Cheng/Hughes	3	21-16, 21-13	0:32
3/26/23	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Gold Medal	Cheng/Hughes	5	Lisboa/Silva	1	21-14, 15-21, 15-10	0:44
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 # 2 Kloth/Nuss, United States 4-1
10/14/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Semi-Finals	Cheng/Hughes	3	Kloth/Nuss	2	18-21, 21-12, 15-13	0:45
4/30/23	FIVB	Elite16 Uberlândia	Semi-Finals	Kloth/Nuss	9	Cheng/Hughes	3	21-17, 21-11	0:33
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 # 4 Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson, Canada 3-2
6/9/24	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Gold Medal	Cheng/Hughes	2	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	4	21-13, 21-23, 15-12	0:48
12/6/23	FIVB	BPT Finals Doha 2023	Pool A	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	5	Cheng/Hughes	4	23-21, 21-16	0:34
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
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 # 5 Salgado/Seixas, Brazil 2-4
3/9/24	FIVB	Elite16 Doha	Semi-Finals	Salgado/Seixas	7	Cheng/Hughes	3	21-11, 17-21, 15-12	0:50
8/19/23	FIVB	Elite16 Hamburg	Winner 2	Salgado/Seixas	8	Cheng/Hughes	5	21-17, 21-15	0:40
7/27/23	FIVB	Elite16 Montréal	Pool B	Salgado/Seixas	7	Cheng/Hughes	2	21-19, 21-16	0:38
6/1/23	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Pool C	Cheng/Hughes	6	Salgado/Seixas	14, Q2	21-15, 21-17	0:39
3/25/23	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Winner 2	Cheng/Hughes	5	Salgado/Seixas	8	21-14, 21-19	0:39
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 # 6 Placette/Richard, France 1-0
9/29/23	FIVB	Elite16 Paris	Pool D	Cheng/Hughes	5	Placette/Richard	12	21-19, 21-19	0:40
Trail the series against # 7 Brunner/Huberli, Switzerland 5-7
8/6/24	FIVB	Olympic Games Paris 2024	Winner 2	Brunner/Huberli	7	Cheng/Hughes	3	21-18, 21-19	0:38
6/6/24	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Pool B	Brunner/Huberli	10	Cheng/Hughes	2	21-16, 21-11	0:32
5/2/24	FIVB	Elite16 Brasília	Pool B	Brunner/Huberli	10	Cheng/Hughes	2	16-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:51
3/8/24	FIVB	Elite16 Doha	Winner 2	Cheng/Hughes	3	Brunner/Huberli	8	13-21, 21-13, 15-13	0:42
6/3/23	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Winner 2	Brunner/Huberli	5	Cheng/Hughes	6	21-18, 21-15	0:36
4/29/23	FIVB	Elite16 Uberlândia	Winner 2	Cheng/Hughes	3	Brunner/Huberli	5	15-21, 21-17, 16-14	0:49
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 # 8 Schoon/Stam, Netherlands 4-1
3/7/24	FIVB	Elite16 Doha	Pool C	Cheng/Hughes	3	Schoon/Stam	6	21-16, 21-12	0:33
9/30/23	FIVB	Elite16 Paris	Winner 2	Schoon/Stam	11	Cheng/Hughes	5	19-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:49
7/6/23	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Pool C	Cheng/Hughes	3	Schoon/Stam	6	21-17, 18-21, 19-17	0:54
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
Lead the series against # 9 Graudina/Samoilova, Latvia 3-2
3/9/24	FIVB	Elite16 Doha	Bronze Medal	Cheng/Hughes	3	Graudina/Samoilova	13, Q1	21-15, 21-18	0:33
12/8/23	FIVB	BPT Finals Doha 2023	Pool A	Graudina/Samoilova	10	Cheng/Hughes	4	21-19, 21-18	0:34
10/12/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Winner 2	Cheng/Hughes	3	Graudina/Samoilova	18	19-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:48
4/28/23	FIVB	Elite16 Uberlândia	Pool C	Cheng/Hughes	3	Graudina/Samoilova	6	19-21, 24-22, 15-11	0:49
2/4/23	FIVB	Doha Elite16	Winner 2	Graudina/Samoilova	8	Cheng/Hughes	2	21-18, 21-16	0:33
Lead the series against # 10 Muller/Tillmann, Germany 6-3
8/2/24	FIVB	Olympic Games Paris 2024	Pool C	Cheng/Hughes	3	Muller/Tillmann	10	21-18, 21-18	0:34
6/8/24	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Winner 2	Cheng/Hughes	2	Muller/Tillmann	11	8-21, 21-18, 17-15	0:47
5/23/24	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Espinho	Pool B	Muller/Tillmann	10	Cheng/Hughes	2	21-12, 21-16	0:29
12/6/23	FIVB	BPT Finals Doha 2023	Pool A	Muller/Tillmann	8	Cheng/Hughes	4	17-21, 22-20, 15-13	0:51
9/29/23	FIVB	Elite16 Paris	Pool D	Cheng/Hughes	5	Muller/Tillmann	4	21-18, 21-19	0:39
8/17/23	FIVB	Elite16 Hamburg	Pool D	Cheng/Hughes	5	Muller/Tillmann	4	18-21, 21-15, 15-10	0:45
7/9/23	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Semi-Finals	Cheng/Hughes	3	Muller/Tillmann	14, Q4	21-16, 21-18	0:35
7/7/23	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Pool C	Muller/Tillmann	14, Q4	Cheng/Hughes	3	18-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:47
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 # 11 Xia/Xue, China 3-1
6/7/24	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Pool B	Cheng/Hughes	2	Xia/Xue	7	21-16, 21-17	0:34
5/24/24	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Espinho	Pool B	Cheng/Hughes	2	Xia/Xue	7	21-15, 26-24	0:44
5/3/24	FIVB	Elite16 Brasília	Pool B	Cheng/Hughes	2	Xia/Xue	7	22-20, 21-18	0:36
7/27/23	FIVB	Elite16 Montréal	Pool B	Xia/Xue	10	Cheng/Hughes	2	21-19, 21-15	0:35
Lead the series against # 12 Gottardi/Menegatti, Italy 3-1
8/4/24	FIVB	Olympic Games Paris 2024	Winner 1	Cheng/Hughes	3	Gottardi/Menegatti	12	21-18, 17-21, 15-12	0:56
4/18/24	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Pool B	Gottardi/Menegatti	10	Cheng/Hughes	2	13-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:53
8/17/23	FIVB	Elite16 Hamburg	Pool D	Cheng/Hughes	5	Gottardi/Menegatti	13, Q1	11-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:46
3/25/23	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Semi-Finals	Cheng/Hughes	5	Gottardi/Menegatti	15, Q10	30-28, 21-19	0:49
Lead the series against # 13 Fernandez/Soria, Spain 1-0
4/18/24	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Pool B	Cheng/Hughes	2	Fernandez/Soria	7, Q3	21-13, 21-14	0:30
Lead the series against # 14 Artacho/Clancy, Australia 2-0
6/2/23	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Pool C	Cheng/Hughes	6	Artacho/Clancy	3	21-19, 21-18	0:38
3/23/23	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Pool D	Cheng/Hughes	5	Artacho/Clancy	4	21-18, 21-19	0:35
Lead the series against # 15 Chamereau/Vieira, France 1-0
7/31/24	FIVB	Olympic Games Paris 2024	Pool C	Cheng/Hughes	3	Chamereau/Vieira	15	21-16, 23-21	0:45
Lead the series against # 16 Bobner/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 1-0
7/6/23	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Pool C	Cheng/Hughes	3	Bobner/Verge-Depre	11	21-17, 21-12	0:34
Lead the series against # 17 Paulikiene/Raupelyte, Lithuania 1-0
3/17/23	FIVB	La Paz Challenge	Pool A	Cheng/Hughes	1	Paulikiene/Raupelyte	24, Q24	21-17, 21-17	0:33
Lead the series against # 19 Lippmann/Ludwig, Germany 2-0
6/7/24	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Pool B	Cheng/Hughes	2	Lippmann/Ludwig	15, Q10	21-12, 21-11	0:28
9/28/23	FIVB	Elite16 Paris	Pool D	Cheng/Hughes	5	Lippmann/Ludwig	13, Q1	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # 22 Hermannova/Stochlova, Czech Republic 1-0
7/28/24	FIVB	Olympic Games Paris 2024	Pool C	Cheng/Hughes	3	Hermannova/Stochlova	22	21-16, 21-11	0:36