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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 Katara Beach Volleyball Cup
March 8 - 12, 2021

(16, Q1) 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 Doha Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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

Doha 4-star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 2/18/2021	Country Quota	Emily Capers / Sara Hughes, United States	Won 21-19, 21-16	0:36
Mon, 3/8/2021	Qualifier 2	Raisa Schoon / Katja Stam, Netherlands (Q16)	Won 19-21, 22-20, 15-12	0:50
Tue, 3/9/2021	Pool A	Lena Plesiutschnig / Katharina Schutzenhofer, Austria (17)	Won 21-14, 21-10	0:31
Tue, 3/9/2021	Pool A	Melissa Humana-Paredes / Sarah Pavan, Canada (1)	Lost 22-24, 21-18, 14-16	0:57
Wed, 3/10/2021	Winner 1	Marleen Van Iersel / Pleun Ypma, Netherlands (22)	Won 21-19, 21-13	0:37
Wed, 3/10/2021	Winner 2	Carol Salgado / Barbara Seixas, Brazil (9)	Won 21-17, 15-21, 15-12	0:48
Thu, 3/11/2021	Winner 3	Agatha Bednarczuk / Duda Lisboa, Brazil (3)	Lost 14-21, 15-21	0:33

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	14	0	2	1	0	3	0	6	0	0	0	2	$94,000.00	41	20	67.2 %
2020	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$8,000.00	5	2	71.4 %
2021	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00	5	2	71.4 %
Total	FIVB	17	0	2	1	0	5	0	7	0	0	0	2	$108,000.00	51	24	68.0 %

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
15	0	2	1	0	3	7	0	0	2	$49,000.00	2019	FIVB	14	0	2	1	0	3	6	0	0	2	$47,000.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$4,000.00	2020	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$4,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00	2021	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00
40	0	3	3	1	8	14	6	1	4	$116,500.00	Total	Total	23	0	2	2	1	6	8	0	0	4	$62,000.00

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%
2020-2021	29	70.7%	6	14.6%	6	14.6%	35-6	85.4%	6	42.9%	3	21.4%	5	35.7%	6-8	42.9%	29-5	85.3%	12-9	57.1%	0	0	41-14	74.5%
Against the Field	29	69.0%	4	9.5%	9	21.4%	33-9	78.6%	9	34.6%	5	19.2%	12	46.2%	9-17	34.6%	58-24	70.7%	26-28	48.1%	0	0	42-26	61.8%

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 18-17 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 10 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Humana-Paredes/Pavan, Canada 1-2
3/9/21	FIVB	Doha 4-star	Pool A	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	1	Cheng/Marmelstein	16, Q1	24-22, 18-21, 16-14	0:57
7/26/19	FIVB	Tokyo Four Star	Pool B	Cheng/Marmelstein	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/Marmelstein	16	22-24, 21-17, 18-16	0:56
Trail the series against # 2 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
Series tied with # 3 Bednarczuk/Lisboa, Brazil 1-1
3/11/21	FIVB	Doha 4-star	Winner 3	Bednarczuk/Lisboa	3	Cheng/Marmelstein	16, Q1	21-14, 21-15	0:33
7/31/19	FIVB	Vienna Major Five Star	Pool D	Cheng/Marmelstein	13	Bednarczuk/Lisboa	4	21-14, 12-21, 15-9	0:43
Lead the series against # 4 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 # 5 Cavalcanti/Silva, Brazil 1-2
7/20/19	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Semi-Finals	Cheng/Marmelstein	7	Cavalcanti/Silva	1	21-12, 26-24	0:36
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
Series tied with # 6 Mader/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 1-1
8/17/19	FIVB	Moscow Four Star	Winner 3	Mader/Verge-Depre	15	Cheng/Marmelstein	6	22-20, 21-16	0:40
7/31/19	FIVB	Vienna Major Five Star	Pool D	Cheng/Marmelstein	13	Mader/Verge-Depre	20	15-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:47
Trail the series against # 8 Kholomina/Makroguzova, Russia 0-1
7/20/19	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Gold Medal	Kholomina/Makroguzova	5	Cheng/Marmelstein	7	21-17, 21-16	0:31
Lead the series against # 9 Salgado/Seixas, Brazil 1-0
3/10/21	FIVB	Doha 4-star	Winner 2	Cheng/Marmelstein	16, Q1	Salgado/Seixas	9	21-17, 15-21, 15-12	0:48
Lead the series against # 10 Hermannova/Slukova, Czech Republic 1-0
7/25/19	FIVB	Tokyo Four Star	Pool B	Cheng/Marmelstein	11, Q2	Hermannova/Slukova	14	21-15, 21-18	0:33
Lead the series against # 12 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
Trail the series against # 13 Bansley/Wilkerson, Canada 0-1
7/27/19	FIVB	Tokyo Four Star	Winner 2	Bansley/Wilkerson	12	Cheng/Marmelstein	11, Q2	23-21, 17-21, 15-13	0:53
Trail the series against # 14 Kolinske/Stockman, United States 0-1
8/2/19	FIVB	Vienna Major Five Star	Winner 2	Kolinske/Stockman	14, Q2	Cheng/Marmelstein	13	14-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:44
Trail the series against # 15 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 # 17 Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer, Austria 1-0
3/9/21	FIVB	Doha 4-star	Pool A	Cheng/Marmelstein	16, Q1	Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer	17	21-14, 21-10	0:31
Trail the series against # 18 Ittlinger/Van de Velde, Germany 0-1
1/3/19	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Pool G	Ittlinger/Van de Velde	10	Cheng/Marmelstein	7	15-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:43
Trail the series against # 19 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
Lead the series against # 20 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
Lead the series against # 21 Bieneck/Schneider, Germany 1-0
7/27/19	FIVB	Tokyo Four Star	Winner 1	Cheng/Marmelstein	11, Q2	Bieneck/Schneider	13, Q5	21-23, 23-21, 15-13	0:56
Lead the series against # 22 Van Iersel/Ypma, Netherlands 1-0
3/10/21	FIVB	Doha 4-star	Winner 1	Cheng/Marmelstein	16, Q1	Van Iersel/Ypma	22	21-19, 21-13	0:37
Trail the series against # 24 Dabizha/Rudykh, Russia 0-1
7/9/19	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Qualifier 2	Dabizha/Rudykh	32, Q17	Cheng/Marmelstein	Q1	21-18, 26-24	0:39
Series tied with # 27, Q5 Arvaniti/Karagkouni, Greece 1-1
7/19/19	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Winner 3	Cheng/Marmelstein	7	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	26, Q6	21-15, 21-18	0:30
7/18/19	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Pool G	Arvaniti/Karagkouni	26, Q6	Cheng/Marmelstein	7	21-17, 13-21, 15-12	0:44
Lead the series against Capers/Hughes, United States 1-0
2/18/21	FIVB	Doha 4-star	Country Quota	Cheng/Marmelstein	16, Q1	Capers/Hughes		21-19, 21-16	0:36
Lead the series against # Q6 Lobato/Navarro, Spain 2-0
11/14/19	FIVB	Chetumal Four Star	Pool F	Cheng/Marmelstein	6	Lobato/Navarro	27, Q9	11-21, 21-14, 15-10	0:46
11/1/19	FIVB	Qinzhou Three Star	Pool D	Cheng/Marmelstein	4	Lobato/Navarro	20	22-20, 21-15	0:37
Lead the series against # Q16 Schoon/Stam, Netherlands 1-0
3/8/21	FIVB	Doha 4-star	Qualifier 2	Cheng/Marmelstein	16, Q1	Schoon/Stam	Q16	19-21, 22-20, 15-12	0:50