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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$800,000 World Tour Finals - Italy
October 6 - 10, 2021

(3) 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 Cagliari Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/24-8/6/2021	Tokyo Olympic Games	9	9th	0	US$0.00
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

World Tour Finals - Italy Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 10/6/2021	Pool B	Joana Mader / Anouk Verge-Depre, Switzerland (9)	Won 19-21, 21-14, 15-11	0:43
Thu, 10/7/2021	Pool B	Sanne Keizer / Madelein Meppelink, Netherlands (7)	Won 21-16, 21-16	0:32
Fri, 10/8/2021	Pool B	Melissa Humana-Paredes / Sarah Pavan, Canada (6)	Lost 21-13, 14-21, 11-15	0:44
Fri, 10/8/2021	Pool B	Agatha Bednarczuk / Duda Lisboa, Brazil (2)	Lost 23-21, 16-21, 13-15	0:48
Sat, 10/9/2021	Winner 1	Alix Klineman / April Ross, United States (10)	Lost 21-18, 13-21, 8-15	0:45

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	9	2	0	0	0	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	$82,000.00	36	12	75.0 %
Total	FIVB	25	2	2	1	0	8	0	9	0	0	0	3	$184,000.00	82	34	70.7 %

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
9	2	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	1	$41,000.00	2021	FIVB	9	2	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	1	$41,000.00
48	2	3	3	1	11	16	6	1	5	$154,500.00	Total	Total	31	2	2	2	1	9	10	0	0	5	$100,000.00

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	9	56.3%	3	18.8%	4	25.0%	12-4	75.0%	4	36.4%	2	18.2%	5	45.5%	4-7	36.4%	18-10	64.3%	14-12	53.8%	0	0	16-11	59.3%

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 16-11 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 2 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 2 Bednarczuk/Lisboa, Brazil 3-2
10/8/21	FIVB	World Tour Finals - Italy	Pool B	Bednarczuk/Lisboa	2	Cheng/Marmelstein	3	21-23, 21-16, 15-13	0:48
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
Series tied with # 4 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
Lead the series against # 5 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
Trail the series against # 6 Humana-Paredes/Pavan, Canada 1-4
10/8/21	FIVB	World Tour Finals - Italy	Pool B	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	6	Cheng/Marmelstein	3	13-21, 21-14, 15-11	0:44
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 # 7 Keizer/Meppelink, Netherlands 2-1
10/7/21	FIVB	World Tour Finals - Italy	Pool B	Cheng/Marmelstein	3	Keizer/Meppelink	7	21-16, 21-16	0:32
6/5/21	FIVB	Ostrava 4 Star	Winner 3	Cheng/Marmelstein	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/Marmelstein	19, Q2	21-18, 21-17	0:41
Lead the series against # 8 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 # 9 Mader/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 3-1
10/6/21	FIVB	World Tour Finals - Italy	Pool B	Cheng/Marmelstein	3	Mader/Verge-Depre	9	19-21, 21-14, 15-11	0:43
6/6/21	FIVB	Ostrava 4 Star	Gold Medal	Cheng/Marmelstein	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/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 # 10 Klineman/Ross, United States 1-2
10/9/21	FIVB	World Tour Finals - Italy	Winner 1	Klineman/Ross	10	Cheng/Marmelstein	3	18-21, 21-13, 15-8	0:45
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