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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 ConocoPhillips Grand Slam
June 26 - 30, 2007

(29, Q21) Jennifer Kessy/April Ross, United States

Jennifer Kessy
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 31, 1977 (48 yrs old)

Home Town:

San Juan Capistrano, CA

Height:

180 cm (6'0")

Weight:

77 kg (169 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

127

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$722,750.00

April Ross
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 20, 1982 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Newport Beach, CA

Height:

185 cm (6'1")

Weight:

76 kg (167 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

152

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$1,237,850.00

Awards

Top Rookie 2007
Best Hitter 2009, 2011
Best Offensive Player 2009
Best Server 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	37	CQ	Money
FIVB	78	10	12	9	4	20	3	12	1	3	2	1	1	US$1,204,850.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$1,100.00
Overall	79	10	13	9	4	20	3	12	1	3	2	1	1	US$1,205,950.00

Previous Stavanger Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/19-24/2007	Paris Grand Slam		Country Quota	0	US$0.00

Stavanger Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Mon, 6/25/2007	Country Quota	Holly McPeak / Logan Tom, United States	Won 21-14, 23-21	0:42
Tue, 6/26/2007	Qualifier 2	Inese Jursone / Inguna Minusa, Latvia (Q12)	Won 23-25, 21-14, 15-8	0:53
Tue, 6/26/2007	Qualifier 3	Lu Wang / Man Zuo, China (Q5)	Won 21-17, 22-20	0:42
Wed, 6/27/2007	Pool D	Talita Antunes / Renata Ribeiro, Brazil (4)	Lost 17-21, 25-23, 14-16	1:00
Wed, 6/27/2007	Pool D	Carol Salgado / Maria Clara Salgado, Brazil (13, Q8)	Lost 16-21, 21-15, 13-15	0:50
Thu, 6/28/2007	Pool D	Efthalia Koutroumanidou / Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece (20, Q4)	Won 21-15, 21-12	0:36
Fri, 6/29/2007	Winner 1	Dana Cooke / Annie Martin, Canada (31, Q18)	Won 21-13, 19-21, 17-15	0:59
Fri, 6/29/2007	Winner 2	Nicole Branagh / Elaine Youngs, United States (11)	Won 22-20, 21-18	0:49
Fri, 6/29/2007	Winner 3	Vasiliki Arvaniti / Vasso Karadassiou, Greece (15)	Won 19-21, 21-14, 15-12	0:54
Sat, 6/30/2007	Semi-Finals	Laura Ludwig / Sara Niedrig, Germany (17, Q6)	Won 21-19, 21-18	0:45
Sat, 6/30/2007	Gold Medal	Jia Tian / Jie Wang, China (3)	Won 21-14, 21-12	0:44

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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$81,400.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	36	4	3	4	2	10	0	10	0	1	1	0	$588,400.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	38	5	8	5	2	9	3	2	1	2	1	0	$535,050.00
Total	78	10	12	9	4	20	3	12	1	3	2	0	$1,204,850.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Jennifer Kessy												April Ross
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
5	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$46,075.00	World Championships	7	1	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	$105,200.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,750.00	World Tour Finals	5	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	$46,000.00
53	4	3	4	2	12	14	7	5	0	$355,550.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	67	13	5	4	5	18	15	3	3	0	$694,950.00
64	5	8	7	3	15	8	11	3	0	$314,575.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	67	12	10	9	3	20	8	3	1	0	$389,400.00
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,750.00
2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,250.00	Challenger
126	11	12	11	5	29	22	20	8	0	$722,200.00	Total	151	27	18	15	9	41	27	7	4	0	$1,237,300.00

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
2007	FIVB	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$43,500.00	9	3	75.0 %
Total	FIVB	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$43,500.00	9	3	75.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Jennifer Kessy													April Ross
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$750.00	2000	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00	2000	FIVB C&S
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2001	FIVB
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2001	FIVB C&S
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2002	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2004	FIVB
8	0	0	0	1	4	0	1	1	1	$30,875.00	2005	FIVB
8	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	1	0	$15,100.00	2006	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$1,500.00
2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$21,750.00	2007	FIVB	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$21,750.00
26	2	0	0	1	4	1	8	3	7	$70,725.00	Total	Total	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	$23,250.00

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	237	76.9%	40	13.0%	31	10.1%	277-31	89.9%	54	39.7%	26	19.1%	56	41.2%	54-82	39.7%	237-56	80.9%	94-57	62.3%	6	2	337-115	74.6%
2006-2007	20	71.4%	3	10.7%	5	17.9%	23-5	82.1%	6	40.0%	4	26.7%	5	33.3%	6-9	40.0%	20-5	80.0%	9-9	50.0%	0	0	29-14	67.4%
Against the Field	81	70.4%	13	11.3%	21	18.3%	94-21	81.7%	22	30.6%	13	18.1%	37	51.4%	22-50	30.6%	162-66	71.1%	70-68	50.7%	4	0	120-67	64.2%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	6	1
World Championships	0	0	0	0	7	2	0	0	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	14	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	1	5	0	86	16	0	0	45	21	7	6	4	2	4	3	152	49
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	90	28	13	7	5	2	5	8	165	62
Total	1	1	7	0	99	18	0	0	142	50	22	13	9	4	10	12	337	115

Head to Head Results
Kessy/Ross lead the series against the field 9-3 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 2 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 3 Tian/Wang, China 1-0
6/30/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Kessy/Ross	29, Q21	Tian/Wang	3	21-14, 21-12	0:44
Trail the series against # 4 Antunes/Ribeiro, Brazil 0-1
6/27/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool D	Antunes/Ribeiro	4	Kessy/Ross	29, Q21	21-17, 23-25, 16-14	1:00
Lead the series against # 11 Branagh/Youngs, United States 1-0
6/29/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	29, Q21	Branagh/Youngs	11	22-20, 21-18	0:49
Trail the series against # 13, Q8 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 0-1
6/27/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool D	Salgado/Salgado	13, Q8	Kessy/Ross	29, Q21	21-16, 15-21, 15-13	0:50
Lead the series against # 15 Arvaniti/Karadassiou, Greece 1-0
6/29/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 3	Kessy/Ross	29, Q21	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	15	19-21, 21-14, 15-12	0:54
Lead the series against # 17, Q6 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 1-0
6/30/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Kessy/Ross	29, Q21	Ludwig/Niedrig	17, Q6	21-19, 21-18	0:45
Lead the series against # 20, Q4 Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani, Greece 1-0
6/28/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool D	Kessy/Ross	29, Q21	Koutroumanidou/Tsiartsiani	20, Q4	21-15, 21-12	0:36
Lead the series against # 31, Q18 Cooke/Martin, Canada 1-0
6/29/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 1	Kessy/Ross	29, Q21	Cooke/Martin	31, Q18	21-13, 19-21, 17-15	0:59
Series tied with McPeak/Tom, United States 1-1
6/25/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Country Quota	Kessy/Ross	29, Q21	McPeak/Tom		21-14, 23-21	0:42
6/18/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Country Quota	McPeak/Tom	Q22	Kessy/Ross		25-23, 16-21, 18-16	1:08
Lead the series against # Q5 Wang/Zuo, China 1-0
6/26/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 3	Kessy/Ross	29, Q21	Wang/Zuo	Q5	21-17, 22-20	0:42
Lead the series against # Q12 Jursone/Minusa, Latvia 1-0
6/26/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Kessy/Ross	29, Q21	Jursone/Minusa	Q12	23-25, 21-14, 15-8	0:53