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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$1,000,000 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships
June 28 - July 6, 2019

(16) Kelly Cheng/Sarah Marmelstein, 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

Sarah Sponcil Marmelstein
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 16, 1996 (29 yrs old)

Home Town:

Phoenix, AZ

Height:

178 cm (5'10")

Weight:

61 kg (134 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$164,000.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	CQ	Money
FIVB	25	2	2	1	0	8	0	9	0	0	0	2	1	US$184,000.00

Previous Hamburg Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/11-15/2019	Warsaw Four Star	9	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	5/29-6/2/2019	Ostrava Four Star	14	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	5/22-26/2019	Jinjiang Four Star	9	5th	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	5/14-19/2019	Itapema Four Star		Country Quota	0	US$0.00
FIVB	1/2-6/2019	The Hague Four Star	7	2nd	720	US$16,000.00
FIVB	10/16-21/2018	Las Vegas Four Star	9, Q2	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	9/30-10/4/2018	Qinzhou Three Star	2	3rd	480	US$5,000.00

World Championships Hamburg Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sat, 6/29/2019	Pool I	Ekaterina Birlova / Evgenia Ukolova, Russia (33)	Won 21-8, 21-16	0:28
Sun, 6/30/2019	Pool I	Yuli Ayala / Diana Rios, Colombia (40)	Won 21-8, 21-9	0:23
Tue, 7/2/2019	Pool I	Melissa Humana-Paredes / Sarah Pavan, Canada (9)	Lost 24-22, 17-21, 16-18	0:56
Wed, 7/3/2019	Winner 1	Sandra Ittlinger / Chantal Laboureur, Germany (1)	Won 19-21, 21-19, 15-10	0:55
Thu, 7/4/2019	Winner 2	Marta Menegatti / Viktoria Orsi Toth, Italy (24)	Lost 24-26, 16-21	0:37

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Sara Hughes - 9th	Did not play
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Sarah Marmelstein - 9th	Kelly Cheng - 9th
2022	World Championships	Rome	Betsi Flint - 17th	Terese Cannon - 9th
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Sara Hughes - 1st	Did not play
2025	World Championships	Adelaide	Molly Shaw - 5th	Did not play

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/28-7/6/2019	World Championships Hamburg	16	9th	800	US$11,000.00

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	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$11,000.00
World Tour Finals	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$28,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$8,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	17	2	2	0	0	7	0	4	0	0	0	0	$130,000.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$7,000.00
Total	25	2	2	1	0	8	0	9	0	0	0	0	$184,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Kelly Cheng												Sarah Marmelstein
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	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
5	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	$53,500.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$11,000.00
4	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$92,750.00	World Tour Finals	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$14,000.00
37	5	1	1	6	8	11	2	0	0	$210,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	15	0	2	0	0	1	11	0	0	0	$57,000.00
28	3	3	0	1	10	6	2	1	0	$97,375.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	23	2	2	2	0	7	5	2	0	0	$74,500.00
4	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	$5,000.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	$7,500.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
82	10	4	4	7	21	23	7	1	0	$458,625.00	Total	49	2	4	4	1	10	21	2	0	0	$164,000.00

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
2019	FIVB	8	0	1	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	1	$50,000.00	23	13	63.9 %
Total	FIVB	8	0	1	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	1	$50,000.00	23	13	63.9 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Kelly Cheng													Sarah Marmelstein
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
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	2014	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2015	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$9,000.00	2016	FIVB
											2016	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
7	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	0	0	$23,750.00	2017	FIVB
10	0	1	0	1	1	3	2	1	1	$27,750.00	2018	FIVB	4	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	$8,000.00
9	0	1	1	0	1	5	0	0	1	$27,000.00	2019	FIVB	8	0	1	1	0	1	4	0	0	1	$25,000.00
31	0	2	3	1	4	11	6	1	3	$87,500.00	Total	Total	14	0	1	2	1	2	5	0	0	3	$33,000.00

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	60	73.2%	10	12.2%	12	14.6%	70-12	85.4%	12	35.3%	6	17.6%	16	47.1%	12-22	35.3%	60-16	78.9%	22-18	55.0%	0	0	82-34	70.7%
2018-2019	31	75.6%	4	9.8%	6	14.6%	35-6	85.4%	6	30.0%	3	15.0%	11	55.0%	6-14	30.0%	31-11	73.8%	10-9	52.6%	0	0	41-20	67.2%
Against the Field	30	63.8%	8	17.0%	9	19.1%	38-9	80.9%	8	33.3%	4	16.7%	12	50.0%	8-16	33.3%	60-24	71.4%	32-26	55.2%	0	0	46-25	64.8%

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	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
World Tour Finals	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	1	6	1	23	8	0	0	23	11	4	0	0	0	2	2	62	23
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	7	2
Total	5	1	6	2	38	11	0	0	26	17	4	1	1	0	2	2	82	34

Head to Head Results
Cheng/Marmelstein lead the series against the field 13-11 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 8 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Ittlinger/Laboureur, Germany 1-0
7/3/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Winner 1	Cheng/Marmelstein	16	Ittlinger/Laboureur	1	19-21, 21-19, 15-10	0:55
Trail the series against # 4 Cavalcanti/Silva, Brazil 0-2
5/30/19	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Pool C	Cavalcanti/Silva	3	Cheng/Marmelstein	14	19-21, 21-14, 15-8	0:40
1/6/19	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Gold Medal	Cavalcanti/Silva	3	Cheng/Marmelstein	7	21-10, 21-18	0:31
Trail the series against # 5 Klineman/Ross, United States 0-1
6/1/19	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Winner 2	Klineman/Ross	4	Cheng/Marmelstein	14	21-15, 21-18	0:36
Trail the series against # 7 Artacho/Clancy, Australia 0-1
6/14/19	FIVB	Warsaw Four Star	Winner 2	Artacho/Clancy	5	Cheng/Marmelstein	9	19-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:46
Trail the series against # 9 Humana-Paredes/Pavan, Canada 0-1
7/2/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Pool I	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	9	Cheng/Marmelstein	16	22-24, 21-17, 18-16	0:56
Trail the series against # 10 Antonelli/Salgado, Brazil 0-1
10/20/18	FIVB	Las Vegas Four Star	Winner 2	Antonelli/Salgado	4	Cheng/Marmelstein	9, Q2	18-21, 21-15, 15-11	0:52
Lead the series against # 13 Lahti/Parkkinen, Finland 1-0
1/5/19	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Semi-Finals	Cheng/Marmelstein	7	Lahti/Parkkinen	12	21-19, 18-21, 15-8	0:46
Lead the series against # 17 Brunner/Huberli, Switzerland 1-0
5/31/19	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Winner 1	Cheng/Marmelstein	14	Brunner/Huberli	16	21-19, 21-16	0:37
Trail the series against # 18 Sweat/Walsh Jennings, United States 0-2
5/25/19	FIVB	Jinjiang Four Star	Winner 3	Sweat/Walsh Jennings	12, Q2	Cheng/Marmelstein	9	21-13, 23-21	0:32
5/14/19	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Country Quota	Sweat/Walsh Jennings	18, Q3	Cheng/Marmelstein		21-12, 21-14	0:28
Lead the series against # 19 Wang/Xia, China 1-0
5/24/19	FIVB	Jinjiang Four Star	Pool H	Cheng/Marmelstein	9	Wang/Xia	8	21-19, 21-17	0:36
Lead the series against # 20 Borger/Sude, Germany 1-0
5/30/19	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Pool C	Cheng/Marmelstein	14	Borger/Sude	19	11-21, 22-20, 15-11	0:47
Lead the series against # 21 Baquerizo/Fernandez, Spain 2-0
5/25/19	FIVB	Jinjiang Four Star	Winner 2	Cheng/Marmelstein	9	Baquerizo/Fernandez	16	17-21, 21-17, 15-7	0:47
1/5/19	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Winner 3	Cheng/Marmelstein	7	Baquerizo/Fernandez	13	21-19, 25-23	0:40
Lead the series against # 23 Kociolek/Wojtasik, Poland 1-0
6/13/19	FIVB	Warsaw Four Star	Pool H	Cheng/Marmelstein	9	Kociolek/Wojtasik	8	24-22, 15-21, 15-11	0:49
Trail the series against # 24 Menegatti/Orsi Toth, Italy 0-2
7/4/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Winner 2	Menegatti/Orsi Toth	24	Cheng/Marmelstein	16	26-24, 21-16	0:37
10/4/18	FIVB	Qinzhou Three Star	Semi-Finals	Menegatti/Orsi Toth	3	Cheng/Marmelstein	2	21-19, 21-14	0:35
Trail the series against # 26 Graudina/Samoilova, Latvia 0-1
5/23/19	FIVB	Jinjiang Four Star	Pool H	Graudina/Samoilova	24	Cheng/Marmelstein	9	21-19, 21-16	0:31
Lead the series against # 29 Wang/Xue, China 1-0
6/13/19	FIVB	Warsaw Four Star	Pool H	Cheng/Marmelstein	9	Wang/Xue	24	21-13, 21-16	0:31
Lead the series against # 33 Birlova/Ukolova, Russia 2-0
6/29/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Pool I	Cheng/Marmelstein	16	Birlova/Ukolova	33	21-8, 21-16	0:28
10/4/18	FIVB	Qinzhou Three Star	Bronze Medal	Cheng/Marmelstein	2	Birlova/Ukolova	7	21-13, 21-16	0:29
Lead the series against # 36 Pridalova/Strbova, Slovakia 1-0
10/3/18	FIVB	Qinzhou Three Star	Winner 3	Cheng/Marmelstein	2	Pridalova/Strbova	10	21-14, 21-19	0:32
Lead the series against # 40 Ayala/Rios, Colombia 1-0
6/30/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Pool I	Cheng/Marmelstein	16	Ayala/Rios	40	21-8, 21-9	0:23