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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro
July 29 - August 2, 2026

(6) 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$496,425.00

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$204,563.42

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	6	0	1	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	US$75,600.00

Previous Rio de Janeiro Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2017	Sara Hughes - 5th	Did not play
2024	Did not play	Terese Cannon - 2nd
2025	Molly Shaw - 4th	Terese Cannon - 3rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
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 Elite16 Rio de Janeiro Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/30/2026	Pool F	Anouk Verge-Depre / Zoe Verge-Depre, Switzerland (19, Q3)	Lost 14-21, 16-21	0:35
Thu, 7/30/2026	Pool F	Molley McBain / Ruby Sorra, Canada (18, Q2)	Won 21-13, 21-15	0:29
Fri, 7/31/2026	Pool F	Thainara Feitosa / Verena Figueira, Brazil (7)	Won 21-12, 21-17	0:33
Sat, 8/1/2026	Winner 1	Thamela Coradello / Victoria Lopes, Brazil (5)	Won 21-19, 21-17	0:39
Sat, 8/1/2026	Winner 2	Lexy Denaburg / Julia Donlin, United States (2)	Won 17-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:47
Sun, 8/2/2026	Semi-Finals	Rebecca Cavalcanti / Carol Salgado, Brazil (1)	Lost 23-25, 16-21	0:41
Sun, 8/2/2026	Bronze Medal	Aline Chamereau / Clemence Vieira, France (20, Q4)	Won 21-13, 21-9	0:29

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	6	0	1	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	$75,600.00
Total	6	0	1	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	$75,600.00

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
43	5	2	3	6	8	14	2	0	3	$247,800.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	28	0	5	4	1	5	8	5	0	0	$136,800.00
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
88	10	5	6	7	21	26	7	1	5	$496,425.00	Total	48	3	6	4	4	8	15	6	1	1	$203,945.00

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	6	0	1	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	$75,600.00	26	7	78.8 %
Total	FIVB	6	0	1	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	$75,600.00	26	7	78.8 %

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
6	0	1	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	$37,800.00	2026	FIVB	6	0	1	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	$37,800.00
88	10	5	6	7	21	26	7	1	5	$496,425.00	Total	Total	48	3	6	4	4	8	15	6	1	1	$203,945.00

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	20	90.9%	2	9.1%	0	0.0%	22-0	100.0%	3	30.0%	1	10.0%	6	60.0%	3-7	30.0%	20-6	76.9%	5-1	83.3%	1	0	26-7	78.8%
2025-2026	20	90.9%	2	9.1%	0	0.0%	22-0	100.0%	3	30.0%	1	10.0%	6	60.0%	3-7	30.0%	20-6	76.9%	5-1	83.3%	1	0	26-7	78.8%
Against the Field	11	91.7%	1	8.3%	0	0.0%	12-0	100.0%	2	40.0%	0	0.0%	3	60.0%	2-3	40.0%	22-6	78.6%	6-0	100.0%	0	0	14-3	82.4%

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	17	1	0	0	6	3	1	2	2	0	0	1	26	7
Total	0	0	0	0	17	1	0	0	6	3	1	2	2	0	0	1	26	7

Head to Head Results
Cheng/Kraft lead the series against the field 14-3 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 1 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 Cavalcanti/Salgado, Brazil 1-1
8/2/26	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro	Semi-Finals	Cavalcanti/Salgado	1	Cheng/Kraft	6	25-23, 21-16	0:41
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 # 2 Denaburg/Donlin, United States 1-0
8/1/26	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro	Winner 2	Cheng/Kraft	6	Denaburg/Donlin	2	17-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:47
Lead the series against # 3 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 # 4 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 # 5 Coradello/Lopes, Brazil 2-0
8/1/26	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro	Winner 1	Cheng/Kraft	6	Coradello/Lopes	5	21-19, 21-17	0:39
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 # 7 Feitosa/Figueira, Brazil 1-0
7/31/26	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro	Pool F	Cheng/Kraft	6	Feitosa/Figueira	7	21-12, 21-17	0:33
Lead the series against # 11 Martins/Simonetti, Brazil 1-0
4/9/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Pool F	Cheng/Kraft	6	Martins/Simonetti	18, Q1	21-10, 21-18	0:30
Lead the series against # 17, Q1 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 # 18, Q2 McBain/Sorra, Canada 1-0
7/30/26	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro	Pool F	Cheng/Kraft	6	McBain/Sorra	18, Q2	21-13, 21-15	0:29
Trail the series against # 19, Q3 Verge-Depre/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 0-1
7/30/26	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro	Pool F	Verge-Depre/Verge-Depre	19, Q3	Cheng/Kraft	6	21-14, 21-16	0:35
Lead the series against # 20, Q4 Chamereau/Vieira, France 1-0
8/2/26	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro	Bronze Medal	Cheng/Kraft	6	Chamereau/Vieira	20, Q4	21-13, 21-9	0:29
Lead the series against # 21, Q5 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 # 24, Q11 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