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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Sochi
May 25 - 29, 2021

(14) 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 Sochi Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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

Sochi 4 Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/27/2021	Pool C	Marta Menegatti / Viktoria Orsi Toth, Italy (19)	Won 21-12, 21-18	0:36
Thu, 5/27/2021	Pool C	Agatha Bednarczuk / Duda Lisboa, Brazil (3)	Won 21-15, 22-20	0:36
Fri, 5/28/2021	Winner 2	Kelley Kolinske / Emily Stockman, United States (12)	Won 21-15, 21-18	0:38
Fri, 5/28/2021	Winner 3	Alix Klineman / April Ross, United States (6)	Won 21-18, 19-21, 15-7	0:48
Sat, 5/29/2021	Semi-Finals	Svetlana Kholomina / Nadezda Makroguzova, Russia (1)	Won 23-21, 21-17	0:39
Sat, 5/29/2021	Gold Medal	Nina Brunner / Tanja Huberli, Switzerland (15)	Won 21-19, 21-17	0:37

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	5	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	$38,000.00	23	6	79.3 %
Total	FIVB	21	1	2	1	0	7	0	7	0	0	0	3	$140,000.00	69	28	71.1 %

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
5	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	$19,000.00	2021	FIVB	5	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	$19,000.00
44	1	3	3	1	10	14	6	1	5	$132,500.00	Total	Total	27	1	2	2	1	8	8	0	0	5	$78,000.00

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	22	61.1%	6	16.7%	8	22.2%	28-8	77.8%	8	30.8%	4	15.4%	14	53.8%	8-18	30.8%	44-28	61.1%	28-24	53.8%	0	0	36-26	58.1%

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 27-20 (Lead 12 Series, Trail 10 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 Kholomina/Makroguzova, Russia 1-1
5/29/21	FIVB	Sochi 4 Star	Semi-Finals	Cheng/Marmelstein	14	Kholomina/Makroguzova	1	23-21, 21-17	0:39
7/20/19	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Gold Medal	Kholomina/Makroguzova	5	Cheng/Marmelstein	7	21-17, 21-16	0:31
Trail the series against # 2 Humana-Paredes/Pavan, Canada 1-3
5/1/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 3rd	Winner 3	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	2	Cheng/Marmelstein	16, Q2	21-18, 20-22, 15-12	1:00
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
Lead the series against # 3 Bednarczuk/Lisboa, Brazil 3-1
5/27/21	FIVB	Sochi 4 Star	Pool C	Cheng/Marmelstein	14	Bednarczuk/Lisboa	3	21-15, 22-20	0:36
4/29/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 3rd	Pool A	Cheng/Marmelstein	16, Q2	Bednarczuk/Lisboa	1	22-20, 21-11	0:37
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
Trail the series against # 4 Antunes/Lima, Brazil 0-1
11/16/19	FIVB	Chetumal Four Star	Winner 3	Antunes/Lima	4	Cheng/Marmelstein	6	21-19, 21-19	0:42
Series tied with # 5 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
Series tied with # 6 Klineman/Ross, United States 1-1
5/28/21	FIVB	Sochi 4 Star	Winner 3	Cheng/Marmelstein	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/Marmelstein	14	21-15, 21-18	0:36
Trail the series against # 8 Keizer/Meppelink, Netherlands 0-1
4/25/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	Winner 3	Keizer/Meppelink	21	Cheng/Marmelstein	19, Q2	21-18, 21-17	0:41
Lead the series against # 9 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 # 10 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 # 11 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 # 12 Kolinske/Stockman, United States 3-1
5/28/21	FIVB	Sochi 4 Star	Winner 2	Cheng/Marmelstein	14	Kolinske/Stockman	12	21-15, 21-18	0:38
4/29/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 3rd	Pool A	Cheng/Marmelstein	16, Q2	Kolinske/Stockman	17	21-14, 22-20	0:41
4/23/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	Pool C	Cheng/Marmelstein	19, Q2	Kolinske/Stockman	14	21-19, 21-11	0:37
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
Lead the series against # 13 Borger/Sude, Germany 2-0
4/30/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 3rd	Winner 2	Cheng/Marmelstein	16, Q2	Borger/Sude	13	21-16, 19-21, 17-15	0:57
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 # 15 Brunner/Huberli, Switzerland 3-0
5/29/21	FIVB	Sochi 4 Star	Gold Medal	Cheng/Marmelstein	14	Brunner/Huberli	15	21-19, 21-17	0:37
4/24/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	Winner 2	Cheng/Marmelstein	19, Q2	Brunner/Huberli	10	21-16, 21-13	0:34
5/31/19	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Winner 1	Cheng/Marmelstein	14	Brunner/Huberli	16	21-19, 21-16	0:37
Lead the series against # 16 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
Lead the series against # 17 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 # 18, Q1 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
Trail the series against # 19 Menegatti/Orsi Toth, Italy 1-2
5/27/21	FIVB	Sochi 4 Star	Pool C	Cheng/Marmelstein	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/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 # 20 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
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
Trail the series against # 22, Q2 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
Lead the series against # 24 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 # 25 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
Lead the series against # 27, Q5 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
Series tied with # 30, Q9 Schoon/Stam, Netherlands 1-1
4/24/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	Pool C	Schoon/Stam	30, Q21	Cheng/Marmelstein	19, Q2	16-21, 25-23, 15-11	0:56
3/8/21	FIVB	Doha 4-star	Qualifier 2	Cheng/Marmelstein	16, Q1	Schoon/Stam	Q16	19-21, 22-20, 15-12	0:50
Trail the series against # 31, Q11 Lopes/Silva, Brazil 0-1
4/16/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 1st	Qualifier 2	Lopes/Silva	30, Q16	Cheng/Marmelstein	Q1	21-18, 21-11	0:28
Lead the series against # Q12 Moiseeva/Syrtseva, Russia 1-0
10/1/18	FIVB	Qinzhou Three Star	Pool B	Cheng/Marmelstein	2	Moiseeva/Syrtseva	31, Q12	21-16, 21-11	0:28