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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite Gstaad
July 1 - 5, 2026

Kelly Cheng/Megan Kraft, 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$476,425.00

Megan Kraft
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 27, 2002 (23 yrs old)

Home Town:

San Diego, CA

Height:

183 cm (6'0")

Weight:

68 kg (150 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$184,563.42

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	US$35,600.00

Previous Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2017	Sara Hughes - 9th	Did not play
2018	Brittany Hochevar - Country Quota	Did not play
2019	Sarah Marmelstein - 33rd	Did not play
2021	Sarah Marmelstein - 9th	Did not play
2022	Did not play	Emily Stockman - 9th
2023	Sara Hughes - 2nd	Did not play
2024	Did not play	Terese Cannon - 2nd
2025	Molly Shaw - 9th	Terese Cannon - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/27-31/2026	BPT Elite Ostrava	11	9th	600	US$6,200.00
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	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	$35,600.00
Total	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	$35,600.00

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
41	5	1	2	6	8	14	2	0	0	$227,800.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	26	0	4	3	1	5	8	5	0	0	$116,800.00
28	3	3	0	1	10	6	2	1	0	$97,375.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	11	0	0	0	2	3	4	0	1	0	$16,625.00
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
86	10	4	5	7	21	26	7	1	0	$476,425.00	Total	46	3	5	3	4	8	15	6	1	0	$183,945.00

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	FIVB	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	$35,600.00	15	4	78.9 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	$35,600.00	15	4	78.9 %

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	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
											2018	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
15	0	2	1	0	3	7	0	0	2	$49,000.00	2019	FIVB
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
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
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
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
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
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
4	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	$17,800.00	2026	FIVB	4	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	$17,800.00
86	10	4	5	7	21	26	7	1	5	$476,425.00	Total	Total	46	3	5	3	4	8	15	6	1	1	$183,945.00

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	11	84.6%	2	15.4%	0	0.0%	13-0	100.0%	1	20.0%	1	20.0%	3	60.0%	1-4	20.0%	11-3	78.6%	3-1	75.0%	1	0	15-4	78.9%
2025-2026	11	84.6%	2	15.4%	0	0.0%	13-0	100.0%	1	20.0%	1	20.0%	3	60.0%	1-4	20.0%	11-3	78.6%	3-1	75.0%	1	0	15-4	78.9%
Against the Field	9	90.0%	1	10.0%	0	0.0%	10-0	100.0%	1	20.0%	1	20.0%	3	60.0%	1-4	20.0%	18-6	75.0%	4-2	66.7%	0	0	11-4	73.3%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	2	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	15	4
Total	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	2	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	15	4

Head to Head Results
Cheng/Kraft lead the series against the field 11-4 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 3 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against Antunes/Lima, Brazil 1-0
3/13/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Pool D	Cheng/Kraft	4	Antunes/Lima	9	21-15, 21-12	0:32
Lead the series against Bianchi/Scampoli, Italy 2-0
5/27/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Ostrava	Pool B	Cheng/Kraft	11	Bianchi/Scampoli	14	23-21, 21-14	0:38
3/15/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Bronze Medal	Cheng/Kraft	4	Bianchi/Scampoli	11	22-20, 21-12	0:38
Trail the series against Brunner/Huberli, Switzerland 0-1
4/11/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Winner 1	Brunner/Huberli	8	Cheng/Kraft	6	21-11, 13-21, 16-14	0:46
Lead the series against Cavalcanti/Salgado, Brazil 1-0
5/29/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Ostrava	Pool B	Cheng/Kraft	11	Cavalcanti/Salgado	2	21-16, 21-15	0:33
Lead the series against Coradello/Lopes, Brazil 1-0
5/1/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Pool E	Cheng/Kraft	8	Coradello/Lopes	5	26-24, 21-19	0:41
Lead the series against Harward/Hodel, United States 1-0
3/12/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Pool D	Cheng/Kraft	4	Harward/Hodel	16	21-19, 21-11	0:37
Trail the series against Kernen/Mader, Switzerland 0-1
5/30/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Ostrava	Winner 1	Kernen/Mader	7	Cheng/Kraft	11	21-17, 21-16	0:39
Lead the series against Klinger/Klinger, Austria 1-0
4/30/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Pool E	Cheng/Kraft	8	Klinger/Klinger	20, Q6	16-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:50
Trail the series against Lisboa/Silva, Brazil 0-1
3/15/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Semi-Finals	Lisboa/Silva	1	Cheng/Kraft	4	21-19, 22-20	0:40
Lead the series against Maixnerova/Neuschaeferova, Czechia 1-0
5/28/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Ostrava	Pool B	Cheng/Kraft	11	Maixnerova/Neuschaeferova	23, Q10	21-19, 21-15	0:34
Lead the series against Phillips/Van Winkle, United States 2-0
4/30/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Pool E	Cheng/Kraft	8	Phillips/Van Winkle	17, Q2	21-14, 21-13	0:33
3/13/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Winner 1	Cheng/Kraft	4	Phillips/Van Winkle	13	21-13, 21-16	0:32
Series tied with Schoon/Stam, Netherlands 1-1
5/2/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Winner 1	Schoon/Stam	7	Cheng/Kraft	8	21-14, 21-17	0:34
4/10/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Pool F	Cheng/Kraft	6	Schoon/Stam	7	21-18, 16-21, 15-7	0:45