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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite Ostrava
May 28 - June 1, 2025

(6) Kelly Cheng/Molly Shaw, 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

Molly Turner Shaw
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 23, 1996 (29 yrs old)

Home Town:

Naperville, IL

Height:

173 cm (5'8")

Weight:

55 kg (121 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$80,762.20

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	9	1	0	0	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	US$123,000.00

Previous Ostrava Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2019	Sarah Marmelstein - 9th	Did not play
2021	Sarah Marmelstein - 1st	Did not play
2023	Sara Hughes - 5th	Did not play
2024	Sara Hughes - 1st	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/16-20/2025	BPT Elite Brasília	6	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	4/9-13/2025	BPT Elite Saquarema	8	4th	900	US$12,000.00
FIVB	3/26-30/2025	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	6	4th	900	US$12,000.00

BPT Elite Ostrava Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/29/2025	Pool F	Giada Bianchi / Claudia Scampoli, Italy (19, Q3)	Won 21-12, 21-14	0:32
Fri, 5/30/2025	Pool F	Melissa Humana-Paredes / Brandie Wilkerson, Canada (7)	Lost 11-21, 19-21	0:33
Fri, 5/30/2025	Winner 1	Marie-Sara Stochlova / Marketa Svozilova, Czech Republic (16)	Won 21-15, 21-15	0:33
Sat, 5/31/2025	Winner 2	Tina Graudina / Anastasija Samoilova, Latvia (8)	Won 21-11, 21-19	0:35
Sat, 5/31/2025	Winner 3	Thamela Coradello / Victoria Lopes, Brazil (5)	Lost 19-21, 21-23	0:36

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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$18,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	8	1	0	0	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	$105,000.00
Total	9	1	0	0	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	$123,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Kelly Cheng												Molly Shaw
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
5	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	$53,500.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$9,000.00
4	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$92,750.00	World Tour Finals
37	5	1	1	6	8	11	2	0	0	$210,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	8	1	0	0	3	2	2	0	0	0	$52,500.00
28	3	3	0	1	10	6	2	1	0	$97,375.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	9	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	3	0	$17,000.00
4	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	$5,000.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	6	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,700.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
82	10	4	4	7	21	23	7	1	0	$458,625.00	Total	24	4	3	2	3	3	3	1	3	0	$80,200.00

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
2025	FIVB	4	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$37,500.00	12	9	57.1 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$37,500.00	12	9	57.1 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Kelly Cheng													Molly Shaw
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	2015	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$9,000.00	2016	FIVB
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
15	0	2	1	0	3	7	0	0	2	$49,000.00	2019	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$4,000.00	2020	FIVB
9	2	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	1	$41,000.00	2021	FIVB	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$350.00
8	4	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	$126,500.00	2022	FIVB	6	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	$5,350.00
11	2	1	0	1	5	2	0	0	0	$84,625.00	2023	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	$0.00
6	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	$31,500.00	2024	FIVB	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$13,000.00
4	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	$18,750.00	2025	FIVB	4	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	$18,750.00
77	9	4	4	6	19	22	7	1	5	$415,875.00	Total	Total	19	3	3	2	2	1	2	1	3	2	$37,450.00

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	18	69.2%	6	23.1%	2	7.7%	24-2	92.3%	7	35.0%	2	10.0%	11	55.0%	7-13	35.0%	18-11	62.1%	13-4	76.5%	0	0	31-15	67.4%
2024-2025	18	69.2%	6	23.1%	2	7.7%	24-2	92.3%	7	35.0%	2	10.0%	11	55.0%	7-13	35.0%	18-11	62.1%	13-4	76.5%	0	0	31-15	67.4%
Against the Field	12	60.0%	6	30.0%	2	10.0%	18-2	90.0%	4	25.0%	2	12.5%	10	62.5%	4-12	25.0%	24-20	54.5%	20-8	71.4%	0	0	22-14	61.1%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	14	3	0	0	11	4	1	3	0	3	1	0	27	13
Total	0	0	0	0	16	4	0	0	13	5	1	3	0	3	1	0	31	15

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 8-8 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 5 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Brasher/Nuss, United States 0-1
3/30/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	Bronze Medal	Brasher/Nuss	1	Cheng/Shaw	6	21-16, 21-14	0:34
Trail the series against # 2 Muller/Tillmann, Germany 0-1
4/13/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Bronze Medal	Muller/Tillmann	4	Cheng/Shaw	8	21-16, 21-16	0:34
Series tied with # 3 Cannon/Kraft, United States 1-1
3/29/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	Semi-Finals	Cannon/Kraft	3	Cheng/Shaw	6	21-18, 21-19	0:35
3/28/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	Winner 2	Cheng/Shaw	6	Cannon/Kraft	3	18-21, 21-13, 16-14	0:47
Trail the series against # 5 Coradello/Lopes, Brazil 0-2
5/31/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Ostrava	Winner 3	Coradello/Lopes	5	Cheng/Shaw	6	21-19, 23-21	0:36
4/12/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Semi-Finals	Coradello/Lopes	1	Cheng/Shaw	8	16-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:49
Trail the series against # 7 Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson, Canada 1-2
5/30/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Ostrava	Pool F	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	7	Cheng/Shaw	6	21-11, 21-19	0:33
4/17/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Pool F	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	7	Cheng/Shaw	6	21-18, 21-16	0:34
4/11/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Winner 2	Cheng/Shaw	8	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	7	24-22, 14-21, 15-7	0:50
Lead the series against # 8 Graudina/Samoilova, Latvia 1-0
5/31/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Ostrava	Winner 2	Cheng/Shaw	6	Graudina/Samoilova	8	21-11, 21-19	0:35
Lead the series against # 10 Huberli/Kernen, Switzerland 1-0
3/29/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	Winner 3	Cheng/Shaw	6	Huberli/Kernen	13	21-14, 21-12	0:32
Trail the series against # 11 Klinger/Klinger, Austria 0-1
4/18/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Winner 1	Klinger/Klinger	12	Cheng/Shaw	6	21-16, 13-21, 16-14	0:47
Lead the series against # 12 Gottardi/Orsi Toth, Italy 1-0
4/12/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Winner 3	Cheng/Shaw	8	Gottardi/Orsi Toth	11	22-20, 18-21, 15-11	0:46
Lead the series against # 14 Hildreth/Van Gunst, United States 1-0
3/27/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	Pool F	Cheng/Shaw	6	Hildreth/Van Gunst	18, Q2	24-22, 21-9	0:31
Lead the series against # 16 Stochlova/Svozilova, Czech Republic 1-0
5/30/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Ostrava	Winner 1	Cheng/Shaw	6	Stochlova/Svozilova	16	21-15, 21-15	0:33
Lead the series against # 19, Q3 Bianchi/Scampoli, Italy 1-0
5/29/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Ostrava	Pool F	Cheng/Shaw	6	Bianchi/Scampoli	19, Q3	21-12, 21-14	0:32