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

(15) 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$487,925.00

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$196,063.42

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	US$58,600.00

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

BPT Elite Gstaad Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/1/2026	Pool C	Savvy Cory / Devon Newberry, United States (10)	Won 21-15, 21-16	0:34
Thu, 7/2/2026	Pool C	Melissa Humana-Paredes / Brandie Wilkerson, Canada (3)	Won 21-18, 22-20	0:42
Fri, 7/3/2026	Pool C	Kylie Deberg / Betsi Flint, United States (22, Q11)	Won 21-17, 21-10	0:33
Sat, 7/4/2026	Winner 1	Leona Kernen / Joana Mader, Switzerland (13)	Won 14-21, 21-17, 15-9	0:49
Sat, 7/4/2026	Winner 2	Duda Lisboa / Ana Patricia Silva, Brazil (11)	Won 21-18, 21-13	0:31
Sun, 7/5/2026	Semi-Finals	Raisa Schoon / Katja Stam, Netherlands (7)	Won 21-13, 21-19	0:39
Sun, 7/5/2026	Gold Medal	Taryn Brasher / Kristen Cruz, United States (1)	Lost 19-21, 15-21	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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	$58,600.00
Total	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	$58,600.00

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
42	5	2	2	6	8	14	2	0	3	$239,300.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	27	0	5	3	1	5	8	5	0	0	$128,300.00
28	3	3	0	1	10	6	2	1	2	$97,375.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	11	0	0	0	2	3	4	0	1	1	$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
87	10	5	5	7	21	26	7	1	5	$487,925.00	Total	47	3	6	3	4	8	15	6	1	1	$195,445.00

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	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	$58,600.00	21	5	80.8 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	$58,600.00	21	5	80.8 %

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
5	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	$29,300.00	2026	FIVB	5	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	$29,300.00
87	10	5	5	7	21	26	7	1	5	$487,925.00	Total	Total	47	3	6	3	4	8	15	6	1	1	$195,445.00

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	16	88.9%	2	11.1%	0	0.0%	18-0	100.0%	2	28.6%	1	14.3%	4	57.1%	2-5	28.6%	16-4	80.0%	4-1	80.0%	1	0	21-5	80.8%
2025-2026	16	88.9%	2	11.1%	0	0.0%	18-0	100.0%	2	28.6%	1	14.3%	4	57.1%	2-5	28.6%	16-4	80.0%	4-1	80.0%	1	0	21-5	80.8%
Against the Field	12	92.3%	1	7.7%	0	0.0%	13-0	100.0%	2	28.6%	1	14.3%	4	57.1%	2-5	28.6%	24-8	75.0%	6-2	75.0%	0	0	15-5	75.0%

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	15	0	0	0	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	21	5
Total	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	21	5

Head to Head Results
Cheng/Kraft lead the series against the field 15-5 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 2 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Brasher/Cruz, United States 0-1
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 # 2 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 # 3 Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson, Canada 1-0
7/2/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Pool C	Cheng/Kraft	15	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	3	21-18, 22-20	0:42
Trail the series against # 6 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 # 7 Schoon/Stam, Netherlands 2-1
7/5/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Semi-Finals	Cheng/Kraft	15	Schoon/Stam	7	21-13, 21-19	0:39
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
Lead the series against # 9 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 # 10 Cory/Newberry, United States 1-0
7/1/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Pool C	Cheng/Kraft	15	Cory/Newberry	10	21-15, 21-16	0:34
Series tied with # 11 Lisboa/Silva, Brazil 1-1
7/4/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Winner 2	Cheng/Kraft	15	Lisboa/Silva	11	21-18, 21-13	0:31
3/15/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Semi-Finals	Lisboa/Silva	1	Cheng/Kraft	4	21-19, 22-20	0:40
Series tied with # 13 Kernen/Mader, Switzerland 1-1
7/4/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Winner 1	Cheng/Kraft	15	Kernen/Mader	13	14-21, 21-17, 15-9	0:49
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 # 22, Q11 Deberg/Flint, United States 1-0
7/3/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Pool C	Cheng/Kraft	15	Deberg/Flint	22, Q11	21-17, 21-10	0:33
Lead the series against # 23, Q14 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 # 24, Q15 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
Lead the series against # Q6 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
Lead the series against # Q13 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