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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Smart Grand Slam
July 10 - 14, 2007

(16, Q8) 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 Berlin Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Holly McPeak - 33rd	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/26-30/2007	Stavanger Grand Slam	29, Q21	1st	800	US$43,500.00
FIVB	6/19-24/2007	Paris Grand Slam		Country Quota	0	US$0.00

Berlin Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/11/2007	Qualifier 1	Eydis Dalen / Kristine Wiig, Norway (Q25)	Won 21-19, 21-15	0:39
Wed, 7/11/2007	Qualifier 2	Geeske Banck / Susanne Lahme, Germany (Q9)	Won 21-13, 21-17	0:40
Thu, 7/12/2007	Pool A	Sara Montagnolli / Sabine Swoboda, Austria (17)	Won 28-26, 27-25	0:56
Thu, 7/12/2007	Pool A	Claudia Lubetz / Julia Sude, Germany (32, Q31)	Won 20-22, 21-19, 15-12	0:58
Thu, 7/12/2007	Pool A	Misty May-Treanor / Kerri Walsh Jennings, United States (1)	Lost 14-21, 20-22	0:39
Fri, 7/13/2007	Winner 1	Helke Claasen / Antje Roder, Germany (18)	Won 21-18, 19-21, 15-12	0:58
Fri, 7/13/2007	Winner 2	Chen Xue / Xi Zhang, China (5)	Lost 22-20, 21-23, 12-15	1:10

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	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$51,500.00	14	5	73.7 %
Total	FIVB	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$51,500.00	14	5	73.7 %

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
3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$25,750.00	2007	FIVB	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$25,750.00
27	2	0	0	1	4	2	8	3	7	$74,725.00	Total	Total	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	$27,250.00

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	82	71.9%	11	9.6%	21	18.4%	93-21	81.6%	20	29.0%	12	17.4%	37	53.6%	20-49	29.0%	164-66	71.3%	62-66	48.4%	4	0	117-66	63.9%

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 11-4 (Lead 11 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings, United States 0-1
7/12/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool A	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Kessy/Ross	16, Q8	21-14, 22-20	0:39
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 # 5 Xue/Zhang, China 0-1
7/13/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 2	Xue/Zhang	5	Kessy/Ross	16, Q8	20-22, 23-21, 15-12	1:10
Lead the series against # 6 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 # 8 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 # 11, Q3 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
Trail the series against # 12 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 # 13 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 # 14 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 # 17 Montagnolli/Swoboda, Austria 1-0
7/12/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool A	Kessy/Ross	16, Q8	Montagnolli/Swoboda	17	28-26, 27-25	0:56
Lead the series against # 18 Claasen/Roder, Germany 1-0
7/13/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 1	Kessy/Ross	16, Q8	Claasen/Roder	18	21-18, 19-21, 15-12	0:58
Lead the series against # 25 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 # 32, Q31 Lubetz/Sude, Germany 1-0
7/12/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool A	Kessy/Ross	16, Q8	Lubetz/Sude	32, Q31	20-22, 21-19, 15-12	0:58
Lead the series against # Q9 Banck/Lahme, Germany 1-0
7/11/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Kessy/Ross	16, Q8	Banck/Lahme	Q9	21-13, 21-17	0:40
Lead the series against # Q25 Dalen/Wiig, Norway 1-0
7/11/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Kessy/Ross	16, Q8	Dalen/Wiig	Q25	21-19, 21-15	0:39