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AVP Tour
$300,000 Chicago Heritage Series
August 30 - September 1, 2024

(2) 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 Chicago Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2017	Sara Hughes - 1st	Kelly Cheng - 1st
2018	Brittany Hochevar - 3rd	Summer Ross - 2nd
2019	Sarah Sponcil - 3rd	Brandie Wilkerson - 3rd
2021	Sarah Sponcil - 7th	Brandie Wilkerson - 5th
2022	Betsi Flint - 3rd	Kelley Kolinske - 5th
2023	Sara Hughes - 3rd	Kelly Cheng - 3rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/15-18/2024	Manhattan Beach Heritage Series	2	3rd	2321	$12,000.00
FIVB	7/27-8/9/2024	Olympic Games Paris 2024	3	5th	0	US$0.00
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
AVP	5/16-19/2024	Huntington Beach Heritage Series	3	3rd	2321	$7,000.00
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
AVP	9/1-3/2023	Gold Series Chicago Open	2	3rd	2321	$13,000.00

Chicago Heritage Series Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/30/2024

Winner 1

Madelyne Anderson / Marine Kinna (15)

Won 21-11, 21-13

0:36

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	Total	20	12	1	0.550	3	3	0	3
	1	11	7	1	0.545	1	2	0	2
	2	9	5	0	0.556	2	1	0	1
Sara Hughes	Total	16	9	0	0.563	0	13	2	2
	1	7	4	0	0.571	0	6	0	1
	2	9	5	0	0.556	0	7	2	1

Fri, 8/30/2024

Winner 2

Kylie Deberg / Hailey Harward (7)

Won 21-17, 21-19

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	Total	20	15	2	0.650	4	5	1	7
	1	13	9	1	0.615	2	4	1	4
	2	7	6	1	0.714	2	1	0	3
Sara Hughes	Total	25	10	2	0.320	0	11	0	2
	1	6	2	0	0.333	0	3	0	1
	2	19	8	2	0.316	0	8	0	1

Sat, 8/31/2024

Winner 3

Melissa Humana-Paredes / Brandie Wilkerson (3)

Lost 21-23, 21-13, 8-15

1:00

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	Total	36	21	4	0.472	6	3	2	7
	1	16	10	1	0.563	2	2	1	2
	2	9	7	0	0.778	2	0	1	3
	3	11	4	3	0.091	2	1	0	2
Sara Hughes	Total	22	10	1	0.409	0	13	0	2
	1	13	6	0	0.462	0	6	0	1
	2	7	4	0	0.571	0	6	0	1
	3	2	0	1	-0.500	0	1	0	0

Sat, 8/31/2024

Contender 4

Brook Bauer / Megan J. Rice (11)

Won 21-13, 21-13

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	Total	16	12	1	0.688	2	2	3	2
	1	7	7	0	1.000	2	1	1	2
	2	9	5	1	0.444	0	1	2	0
Sara Hughes	Total	20	11	0	0.550	0	10	2	0
	1	10	5	0	0.500	0	5	1	0
	2	10	6	0	0.600	0	5	1	0

Sun, 9/1/2024

Semi-Finals

Taryn Kloth / Kristen Nuss (1)

Lost 21-15, 18-21, 13-15

0:57

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	Total	38	19	3	0.421	3	5	0	2
	1	13	8	1	0.538	3	2	0	1
	2	14	6	1	0.357	0	2	0	1
	3	11	5	1	0.364	0	1	0	0
Sara Hughes	Total	34	15	2	0.382	0	20	0	2
	1	7	4	0	0.571	0	6	0	0
	2	19	6	2	0.211	0	10	0	1
	3	8	5	0	0.625	0	4	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	130	79	11	0.523	18	18	6	21
Sara Hughes	117	55	5	0.427	0	67	4	8

Head to Head Results
Cheng/Hughes lead the series against the field 26-10 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 1 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Kloth/Nuss 5-3
9/1/24	AVP	Chicago Heritage Series	Semi-Finals	Kloth/Nuss	1	Cheng/Hughes	2	15-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:57
10/14/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Semi-Finals	Cheng/Hughes	3	Kloth/Nuss	2	18-21, 21-12, 15-13	0:45
9/3/23	AVP	Gold Series Chicago Open	Semi-Finals	Kloth/Nuss	1	Cheng/Hughes	2	17-21, 22-20, 15-12	0:58
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
Series tied with # 3 Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson 5-5
8/31/24	AVP	Chicago Heritage Series	Winner 3	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	3	Cheng/Hughes	2	23-21, 13-21, 15-8	1:00
6/9/24	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Gold Medal	Cheng/Hughes	2	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	4	21-13, 21-23, 15-12	0:48
5/19/24	AVP	Huntington Beach Heritage Series	Semi-Finals	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	4	Cheng/Hughes	3	21-19, 21-16	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
9/2/23	AVP	Gold Series Chicago Open	Winner 3	Cheng/Hughes	2	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	3	18-21, 21-19, 15-9	1:03
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 Flint/Scoles 6-1
8/18/24	AVP	Manhattan Beach Heritage Series	Semi-Finals	Flint/Scoles	3	Cheng/Hughes	2	21-17, 17-21, 15-11	0:57
6/8/24	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Winner 1	Cheng/Hughes	2	Flint/Scoles	9	21-16, 21-17	0:33
6/2/23	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Pool C	Cheng/Hughes	6	Flint/Scoles	11	21-13, 21-11	0:28
5/21/23	AVP	Pro Series Huntington Beach Open	Finals	Cheng/Hughes	1	Flint/Scoles	4	21-18, 21-18	0:45
5/20/23	AVP	Pro Series Huntington Beach Open	Winner 3	Cheng/Hughes	1	Flint/Scoles	4	21-14, 21-18	0:44
4/16/23	AVP	Pro Series New Orleans Open	Semi-Finals	Cheng/Hughes	1	Flint/Scoles	3	8-21, 21-19, 16-14	0:46
12/3/22	FIVB	Torquay Elite 16	Gold Medal	Cheng/Hughes	2	Flint/Scoles	5	21-17, 21-11	0:32
Lead the series against # 5 Cannon/Kraft 2-0
8/17/24	AVP	Manhattan Beach Heritage Series	Contender 6	Cheng/Hughes	2	Cannon/Kraft	4	19-21, 21-18, 15-9	0:53
5/17/24	AVP	Huntington Beach Heritage Series	Winner 2	Cheng/Hughes	3	Cannon/Kraft	6	21-19, 21-13	0:47
Lead the series against # 7 Deberg/Harward 3-0
8/30/24	AVP	Chicago Heritage Series	Winner 2	Cheng/Hughes	2	Deberg/Harward	7	21-17, 21-19	0:35
8/17/24	AVP	Manhattan Beach Heritage Series	Contender 4	Cheng/Hughes	2	Deberg/Harward	6	21-15, 19-21, 15-13	0:55
5/18/24	AVP	Huntington Beach Heritage Series	Winner 3	Cheng/Hughes	3	Deberg/Harward	10	19-21, 21-17, 15-6	0:52
Trail the series against # 9 Simo/Van Winkle 0-1
8/17/24	AVP	Manhattan Beach Heritage Series	Winner 3	Simo/Van Winkle	10	Cheng/Hughes	2	21-18, 27-29, 15-10	1:05
Lead the series against # 10 Hildreth/Van Gunst 1-0
8/17/24	AVP	Manhattan Beach Heritage Series	Contender 5	Cheng/Hughes	2	Hildreth/Van Gunst	11	21-19, 21-17	0:41
Lead the series against # 11 Bauer/Rice 1-0
8/31/24	AVP	Chicago Heritage Series	Contender 4	Cheng/Hughes	2	Bauer/Rice	11	21-13, 21-13	0:35
Lead the series against # 15 Anderson/Kinna 1-0
8/30/24	AVP	Chicago Heritage Series	Winner 1	Cheng/Hughes	2	Anderson/Kinna	15	21-11, 21-13	0:36
Lead the series against # 16 Hodel/York 2-0
8/16/24	AVP	Manhattan Beach Heritage Series	Winner 2	Cheng/Hughes	2	Hodel/York	18	21-18, 21-12	0:42
8/4/23	AVP	Gold Series Atlanta Open	Winner 1	Cheng/Hughes	1	Hodel/York	16	21-19, 22-20	0:48