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AVP Tour
AVP Heritage Laguna Beach Open
September 18 - 20, 2026

Kelly Cheng/Megan Kraft

Kelly Claes Cheng

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 18, 1995 (30 yrs old)

Home Town:

Fullerton, CA

Height:

6'2"

College(s):

Southern California

Seasons:

Tournaments:

141

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$743,050.00

Megan Kraft

Photo: Rick Atwood

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 27, 2002 (23 yrs old)

Home Town:

San Diego, CA

Height:

6'0"

College(s):

Southern California

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career AVP Best:

2nd (3 times)

Career Winnings:

$285,238.42

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$28,000.00
FIVB	7	0	1	2	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	US$83,600.00
Overall	9	0	2	3	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	US$111,600.00

Previous Laguna Beach Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/19-23/2026	BPT Elite Montréal	6	5th	760	US$8,000.00
AVP	8/13-16/2026	Manhattan Beach Open	2	2nd	2708	$21,000.00
FIVB	7/29-8/2/2026	BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro	6	3rd	1000	US$17,000.00
FIVB	7/1-5/2026	BPT Elite Gstaad	15	2nd	1100	US$23,000.00
FIVB	5/27-31/2026	BPT Elite Ostrava	11	9th	600	US$6,200.00
AVP	5/14-17/2026	Huntington Beach Open	2	3rd	2572	$7,000.00
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2026	BPT Elite Brasília	8	9th	600	US$6,200.00
FIVB	4/8-12/2026	BPT Elite Saquarema	6	9th	600	US$6,200.00
FIVB	3/11-15/2026	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	4	3rd	1000	US$17,000.00

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	7	0	1	2	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	$83,600.00
Heritage Series/Pro Series	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$28,000.00
Total	9	0	2	3	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	$111,600.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Kelly Cheng												Megan Kraft
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	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$9,000.00
4	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$92,750.00	World Tour Finals	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$40,000.00
44	5	2	3	6	9	14	2	0	3	$251,800.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	29	0	5	4	1	6	8	5	0	0	$140,800.00
44	3	7	7	1	14	7	2	1	2	$163,275.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	16	0	0	0	2	5	5	0	1	3	$23,325.00
4	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	$5,000.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$1,520.00
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	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
5	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	$20,000.00	Manhattan Beach	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,875.00
4	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$27,500.00	Tour Championships
6	0	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	$38,550.00	Gold Series	5	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	$18,900.00
13	3	2	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	$69,250.00	Heritage Series/Pro Series	10	0	3	2	0	5	0	0	0	0	$48,200.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	Contender Series/Tour Series
134	15	14	28	7	28	28	7	1	6	$725,625.00	Total	70	3	9	7	4	18	19	6	1	3	$283,620.00

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
2026	AVP	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$28,000.00	8	2	80.0 %
2026	FIVB	7	0	1	2	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	$83,600.00	29	9	76.3 %
Total	AVP	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$28,000.00	8	2	80.0 %
Total	FIVB	7	0	1	2	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	$83,600.00	29	9	76.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Kelly Cheng													Megan Kraft
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	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2014	AVP
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2014	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$850.00	2014	NORCECA
2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$5,000.00	2015	AVP
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2015	FIVB
2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,075.00	2015	NORCECA
2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$8,500.00	2016	AVP
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$9,000.00	2016	FIVB
2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00	2016	NORCECA
4	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$18,950.00	2017	AVP
7	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	0	0	$23,750.00	2017	FIVB
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,000.00	2017	Other
6	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	$30,250.00	2018	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
10	0	1	0	1	1	3	2	1	1	$27,750.00	2018	FIVB
											2018	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
5	0	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	$27,700.00	2019	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	$4,200.00
15	0	2	1	0	3	7	0	0	2	$49,000.00	2019	FIVB
3	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$12,500.00	2020	AVP
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$4,000.00	2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$200.00
3	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$14,750.00	2021	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$4,375.00
9	2	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	1	$41,000.00	2021	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$320.00
											2021	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
9	2	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	$47,050.00	2022	AVP	4	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	$12,100.00
8	4	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	$126,500.00	2022	FIVB	12	2	0	0	2	2	6	0	0	0	$26,375.00
4	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$27,000.00	2023	AVP	4	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	$13,400.00
11	2	1	0	1	5	2	0	0	0	$84,625.00	2023	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	2	4	3	1	0	$14,250.00
											2023	NORCECA	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
3	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	$16,000.00	2024	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	$12,100.00
6	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	$31,500.00	2024	FIVB	6	0	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	$67,000.00
2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$8,000.00	2025	AVP	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$15,500.00
9	1	0	0	3	3	2	0	0	0	$61,500.00	2025	FIVB	9	0	2	1	1	4	0	1	0	0	$58,000.00
2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$14,000.00	2026	AVP	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$14,000.00
7	0	1	2	0	1	3	0	0	0	$41,800.00	2026	FIVB	7	0	1	2	0	1	3	0	0	0	$41,800.00
141	18	15	31	7	28	28	7	1	6	$743,050.00	Total	Total	71	4	9	7	4	18	19	6	1	3	$284,620.00

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	6	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	6-0	100.0%	2	50.0%	0	0.0%	2	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	6-2	75.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	8-2	80.0%
2025-2026	6	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	6-0	100.0%	2	50.0%	0	0.0%	2	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	6-2	75.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	8-2	80.0%
Against the Field	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	2-2	50.0%	0-0		0	0	1-1	50.0%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	19	2	0	0	7	4	1	2	2	0	0	1	29	9
Heritage Series/Pro Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	8	2
Total	0	0	0	0	19	2	0	0	14	4	2	3	2	0	0	2	37	11

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 3-3 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 1 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against Anderson/Chacon 1-0
8/16/26	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Cheng/Kraft	2	Anderson/Chacon	12	21-13, 21-10	0:34
Trail the series against Brasher/Cruz 0-3
8/22/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Montréal	Winner 2	Brasher/Cruz	2	Cheng/Kraft	6	21-16, 21-19	0:36
8/16/26	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Finals	Brasher/Cruz	1	Cheng/Kraft	2	21-18, 20-16	0:45
7/5/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Gold Medal	Brasher/Cruz	1	Cheng/Kraft	15	21-19, 21-15	0:36
Lead the series against Cory/Newberry 1-0
7/1/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Pool C	Cheng/Kraft	15	Cory/Newberry	10	21-15, 21-16	0:34
Lead the series against Deberg/Zacca 1-0
8/21/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Montréal	Pool C	Cheng/Kraft	6	Deberg/Zacca	14, Q3	21-23, 21-9, 15-10	0:45