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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
Tokyo Olympic Games
July 24 - August 6, 2021

(9) Kelly Cheng/Sarah Sponcil, 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

Sarah Sponcil
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 16, 1996 (28 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 Tokyo Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2018	Did not play	Lauren Fendrick - 5th
2019	Sarah Sponcil - 5th	Kelly Cheng - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/5-11/2021	Gstaad 4 Star	4	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	6/1-6/2021	Ostrava 4 Star	9	1st	800	US$20,000.00
FIVB	5/25-29/2021	Sochi 4 Star	14	1st	800	US$20,000.00
FIVB	4/28-5/2/2021	Cancun 4 Star - 3rd	16, Q2	5th	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	4/22-26/2021	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	19, Q2	5th	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	4/16-20/2021	Cancun 4 Star - 1st	Q1	33rd	160	US$0.00
FIVB	3/8-12/2021	Doha 4-star	16, Q1	5th	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	11/13-17/2019	Chetumal Four Star	6	5th	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	10/29-11/3/2019	Qinzhou Three Star	4	9th	300	US$2,000.00
FIVB	9/3-8/2019	World Tour Finals Rome	9	9th	600	US$8,000.00
FIVB	8/14-18/2019	Moscow Four Star	6	5th	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/30-8/4/2019	Vienna Major Five Star	13	9th	600	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2019	Tokyo Four Star	11, Q2	5th	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/16-20/2019	Espinho Four Star	7	2nd	720	US$16,000.00
FIVB	7/8-14/2019	Gstaad Major Series	Q1	33rd	240	US$0.00
FIVB	6/28-7/6/2019	World Championships Hamburg	16	9th	800	US$11,000.00
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

Tokyo Olympic Games Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Mon, 7/26/2021

Pool D

Tina Graudina / Anastasija Samoilova, Latvia (16)

Won 21-13, 16-21, 15-11

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	Total	37	24	2	0.595	4	2	3	5
	1	9	7	0	0.778	2	0	2	1
	2	14	10	1	0.643	0	0	1	3
	3	14	7	1	0.429	2	2	0	1
Sarah Sponcil	Total	15	9	3	0.400	0	10	2	1
	1	5	3	1	0.400	0	3	1	1
	2	5	4	0	0.800	0	2	0	0
	3	5	2	2	0.000	0	5	1	0

Thu, 7/29/2021

Pool D

Brackcides Khadambi / Gaudencia Makokha, Kenya (21)

Won 21-8, 21-6

0:24

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	Total	12	11	0	0.917	2	0	0	1
	1	7	6	0	0.857	2	0	0	0
	2	5	5	0	1.000	0	0	0	1
Sarah Sponcil	Total	10	8	0	0.800	0	12	5	1
	1	4	4	0	1.000	0	6	3	1
	2	6	4	0	0.667	0	6	2	0

Sat, 7/31/2021

Pool D

Rebecca Cavalcanti / Ana Patricia Silva, Brazil (4)

Won 17-21, 21-19, 15-11

0:48

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	Total	35	17	5	0.343	3	1	0	1
	1	18	8	3	0.278	1	1	0	1
	2	13	8	2	0.462	1	0	0	0
	3	4	1	0	0.250	1	0	0	0
Sarah Sponcil	Total	26	12	4	0.308	0	11	3	1
	1	10	3	3	0.000	0	3	1	0
	2	8	5	0	0.625	0	5	2	1
	3	8	4	1	0.375	0	3	0	0

Sun, 8/1/2021

Winner 1

Heather Bansley / Brandie Wilkerson, Canada (10)

Lost 24-22, 18-21, 13-15

1:00

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	Total	43	29	4	0.581	2	6	3	2
	1	15	10	0	0.667	0	4	2	1
	2	16	11	2	0.563	2	2	0	0
	3	12	8	2	0.500	0	0	1	1
Sarah Sponcil	Total	17	3	3	0.000	0	14	0	2
	1	6	0	2	-0.333	0	5	0	0
	2	8	1	1	0.000	0	5	0	1
	3	3	2	0	0.667	0	4	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	127	81	11	0.551	11	9	6	9
Sarah Sponcil	68	32	10	0.324	0	47	10	5
Total	195	113	21	0.472	11	56	16	14
Opponents	217	117	35	0.378	11	48	9	22

Olympic Games, World Championships, World Tour Finals Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Sara Hughes - 9th	Did not play
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Sarah Sponcil - 9th	Kelly Cheng - 9th
2019	World Tour Finals	Rome	Sarah Sponcil - 9th	Kelly Cheng - 9th
2021	World Tour Finals	Cagliari	Sarah Sponcil - 5th	Kelly Cheng - 5th
2022	World Championships	Rome	Betsi Flint - 17th	Terese Cannon - 9th
2022	World Tour Finals	Doha	Sara Hughes - 1st	Did not play
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Sara Hughes - 1st	Did not play
2023	World Tour Finals	Doha	Sara Hughes - 9th	Did not play
2024	Olympic Games	Paris	Sara Hughes - 5th	Did not play

Head to Head Results
Cheng/Sponcil lead the series against the field 28-19 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 5 Series, 5 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Humana-Paredes/Pavan, Canada 1-3
5/1/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 3rd	Winner 3	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	2	Cheng/Sponcil	16, Q2	21-18, 20-22, 15-12	1:00
3/9/21	FIVB	Doha 4-star	Pool A	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	1	Cheng/Sponcil	16, Q1	24-22, 18-21, 16-14	0:57
7/26/19	FIVB	Tokyo Four Star	Pool B	Cheng/Sponcil	11, Q2	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	2	21-14, 21-18	0:35
7/2/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Pool I	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	9	Cheng/Sponcil	16	22-24, 21-17, 18-16	0:56
Series tied with # 2 Klineman/Ross, United States 1-1
5/28/21	FIVB	Sochi 4 Star	Winner 3	Cheng/Sponcil	14	Klineman/Ross	6	21-18, 19-21, 15-7	0:48
6/1/19	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Winner 2	Klineman/Ross	4	Cheng/Sponcil	14	21-15, 21-18	0:36
Lead the series against # 3 Bednarczuk/Lisboa, Brazil 3-1
5/27/21	FIVB	Sochi 4 Star	Pool C	Cheng/Sponcil	14	Bednarczuk/Lisboa	3	21-15, 22-20	0:36
4/29/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 3rd	Pool A	Cheng/Sponcil	16, Q2	Bednarczuk/Lisboa	1	22-20, 21-11	0:37
3/11/21	FIVB	Doha 4-star	Winner 3	Bednarczuk/Lisboa	3	Cheng/Sponcil	16, Q1	21-14, 21-15	0:33
7/31/19	FIVB	Vienna Major Five Star	Pool D	Cheng/Sponcil	13	Bednarczuk/Lisboa	4	21-14, 12-21, 15-9	0:43
Series tied with # 4 Cavalcanti/Silva, Brazil 2-2
7/31/21	FIVB	Tokyo Olympic Games	Pool D	Cheng/Sponcil	9	Cavalcanti/Silva	4	17-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:48
7/20/19	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Semi-Finals	Cheng/Sponcil	7	Cavalcanti/Silva	1	21-12, 26-24	0:36
5/30/19	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Pool C	Cavalcanti/Silva	3	Cheng/Sponcil	14	19-21, 21-14, 15-8	0:40
1/6/19	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Gold Medal	Cavalcanti/Silva	3	Cheng/Sponcil	7	21-10, 21-18	0:31
Trail the series against # 5 Artacho/Clancy, Australia 0-1
6/14/19	FIVB	Warsaw Four Star	Winner 2	Artacho/Clancy	5	Cheng/Sponcil	9	19-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:46
Lead the series against # 7 Brunner/Huberli, Switzerland 3-0
5/29/21	FIVB	Sochi 4 Star	Gold Medal	Cheng/Sponcil	14	Brunner/Huberli	15	21-19, 21-17	0:37
4/24/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	Winner 2	Cheng/Sponcil	19, Q2	Brunner/Huberli	10	21-16, 21-13	0:34
5/31/19	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Winner 1	Cheng/Sponcil	14	Brunner/Huberli	16	21-19, 21-16	0:37
Series tied with # 8 Kholomina/Makroguzova, Russia 1-1
5/29/21	FIVB	Sochi 4 Star	Semi-Finals	Cheng/Sponcil	14	Kholomina/Makroguzova	1	23-21, 21-17	0:39
7/20/19	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Gold Medal	Kholomina/Makroguzova	5	Cheng/Sponcil	7	21-17, 21-16	0:31
Trail the series against # 10 Bansley/Wilkerson, Canada 0-2
8/1/21	FIVB	Tokyo Olympic Games	Winner 1	Bansley/Wilkerson	10	Cheng/Sponcil	9	22-24, 21-18, 15-13	1:00
7/27/19	FIVB	Tokyo Four Star	Winner 2	Bansley/Wilkerson	12	Cheng/Sponcil	11, Q2	23-21, 17-21, 15-13	0:53
Series tied with # 11 Keizer/Meppelink, Netherlands 1-1
6/5/21	FIVB	Ostrava 4 Star	Winner 3	Cheng/Sponcil	9	Keizer/Meppelink	13	19-21, 22-20, 15-9	0:44
4/25/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	Winner 3	Keizer/Meppelink	21	Cheng/Sponcil	19, Q2	21-18, 21-17	0:41
Lead the series against # 12 Mader/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 2-1
6/6/21	FIVB	Ostrava 4 Star	Gold Medal	Cheng/Sponcil	9	Mader/Verge-Depre	3	21-18, 21-15	0:36
8/17/19	FIVB	Moscow Four Star	Winner 3	Mader/Verge-Depre	15	Cheng/Sponcil	6	22-20, 21-16	0:40
7/31/19	FIVB	Vienna Major Five Star	Pool D	Cheng/Sponcil	13	Mader/Verge-Depre	20	15-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:47
Lead the series against # 13 Borger/Sude, Germany 2-0
4/30/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 3rd	Winner 2	Cheng/Sponcil	16, Q2	Borger/Sude	13	21-16, 19-21, 17-15	0:57
5/30/19	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Pool C	Cheng/Sponcil	14	Borger/Sude	19	11-21, 22-20, 15-11	0:47
Lead the series against # 14 Baquerizo/Fernandez, Spain 2-0
5/25/19	FIVB	Jinjiang Four Star	Winner 2	Cheng/Sponcil	9	Baquerizo/Fernandez	16	17-21, 21-17, 15-7	0:47
1/5/19	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Winner 3	Cheng/Sponcil	7	Baquerizo/Fernandez	13	21-19, 25-23	0:40
Lead the series against # 15 Wang/Xia, China 2-1
11/14/19	FIVB	Chetumal Four Star	Pool F	Cheng/Sponcil	6	Wang/Xia	11	24-22, 24-26, 15-13	0:57
9/6/19	FIVB	World Tour Finals Rome	Winner 2	Wang/Xia	21	Cheng/Sponcil	9	21-16, 18-21, 16-14	0:49
5/24/19	FIVB	Jinjiang Four Star	Pool H	Cheng/Sponcil	9	Wang/Xia	8	21-19, 21-17	0:36
Trail the series against # 16 Graudina/Samoilova, Latvia 1-2
7/26/21	FIVB	Tokyo Olympic Games	Pool D	Cheng/Sponcil	9	Graudina/Samoilova	16	21-13, 16-21, 15-11	0:44
7/9/21	FIVB	Gstaad 4 Star	Winner 2	Graudina/Samoilova	10	Cheng/Sponcil	4	21-19, 21-14	0:34
5/23/19	FIVB	Jinjiang Four Star	Pool H	Graudina/Samoilova	24	Cheng/Sponcil	9	21-19, 21-16	0:31
Trail the series against # 17 Menegatti/Orsi Toth, Italy 1-2
5/27/21	FIVB	Sochi 4 Star	Pool C	Cheng/Sponcil	14	Menegatti/Orsi Toth	19	21-12, 21-18	0:36
7/4/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Winner 2	Menegatti/Orsi Toth	24	Cheng/Sponcil	16	26-24, 21-16	0:37
10/4/18	FIVB	Qinzhou Three Star	Semi-Finals	Menegatti/Orsi Toth	3	Cheng/Sponcil	2	21-19, 21-14	0:35
Lead the series against # 19 Hermannova/Slukova, Czech Republic 2-0
6/3/21	FIVB	Ostrava 4 Star	Pool H	Cheng/Sponcil	9	Hermannova/Slukova	8	17-21, 21-15, 17-15	0:48
7/25/19	FIVB	Tokyo Four Star	Pool B	Cheng/Sponcil	11, Q2	Hermannova/Slukova	14	21-15, 21-18	0:33
Lead the series against # 21 Khadambi/Makokha, Kenya 1-0
7/29/21	FIVB	Tokyo Olympic Games	Pool D	Cheng/Sponcil	9	Khadambi/Makokha	21	21-8, 21-6	0:24
Lead the series against # 23 Wang/Xue, China 2-0
7/19/19	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Winner 2	Cheng/Sponcil	7	Wang/Xue	19	21-9, 21-18	0:30
6/13/19	FIVB	Warsaw Four Star	Pool H	Cheng/Sponcil	9	Wang/Xue	24	21-13, 21-16	0:31
Series tied with # 24 Schoon/Stam, Netherlands 1-1
4/24/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	Pool C	Schoon/Stam	30, Q21	Cheng/Sponcil	19, Q2	16-21, 25-23, 15-11	0:56
3/8/21	FIVB	Doha 4-star	Qualifier 2	Cheng/Sponcil	16, Q1	Schoon/Stam	Q16	19-21, 22-20, 15-12	0:50