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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Moscow 2008 Grand Slam
June 30 - July 5, 2008

(5) 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 Moscow Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/23-28/2008	Stavanger Grand Slam	8	3rd	640	US$23,000.00
FIVB	6/16-22/2008	Paris Grand Slam	7	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	6/9-14/2008	Berlin Grand Slam	8	4th	560	US$18,400.00
FIVB	6/2-7/2008	Stare Jablonki Open	5	5th	360	US$8,500.00
FIVB	5/26-31/2008	Barcelona Open	6	5th	360	US$8,500.00
FIVB	5/20-25/2008	Osaka Open	7	5th	360	US$8,500.00
FIVB	5/13-18/2008	Seoul Open	7	5th	360	US$8,500.00
FIVB	3/25-30/2008	Adelaide Australia Open	7	17th	120	US$2,500.00
FIVB	10/31-11/4/2007	Phuket Open	6	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	9/25-29/2007	Brazil Open	4	5th	360	US$10,000.00
FIVB	8/28-9/1/2007	St. Petersburg Open	4	2nd	540	US$22,000.00
FIVB	8/1-4/2007	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	22	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2007	Gstaad World Championships	16	37th	40	US$3,400.00
FIVB	7/10-14/2007	Berlin Grand Slam	16, Q8	9th	320	US$8,000.00

Moscow Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/2/2008	Pool E	Morgane Faure / Virginie Sarpaux, France (28, Q1)	Won 22-20, 21-13	0:44
Wed, 7/2/2008	Pool E	Katrin Holtwick / Ilka Semmler, Germany (21, Q14)	Won 21-14, 21-13	0:36
Thu, 7/3/2008	Pool E	Liesbeth Mouha / Liesbet Van Breedam, Belgium (12)	Won 21-14, 21-18	0:39
Fri, 7/4/2008	Winner 2	Maria Antonelli / Vanilda Leao, Brazil (17, Q5)	Lost 15-21, 20-22	0:46

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	8	1	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	$106,100.00	29	14	67.4 %
2008	FIVB	9	0	0	1	1	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	$99,100.00	35	15	70.0 %
Total	FIVB	17	1	1	1	1	7	0	3	0	1	0	2	$205,200.00	64	29	68.8 %

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
8	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	2	$53,050.00	2007	FIVB	8	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	2	$53,050.00
9	0	0	1	1	5	1	1	0	0	$49,550.00	2008	FIVB	9	0	0	1	1	5	1	1	0	0	$49,550.00
41	2	1	1	2	11	4	9	3	8	$151,575.00	Total	Total	19	1	1	1	1	7	3	2	0	3	$104,100.00

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%
2007-2008	52	71.2%	13	17.8%	8	11.0%	65-8	89.0%	16	41.0%	7	17.9%	16	41.0%	16-23	41.0%	52-16	76.5%	29-15	65.9%	1	0	82-31	72.6%
Against the Field	61	70.9%	16	18.6%	9	10.5%	77-9	89.5%	13	34.2%	9	23.7%	16	42.1%	13-25	34.2%	122-28	81.3%	58-36	61.7%	2	0	92-32	74.2%

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 48-13 (Lead 24 Series, Trail 3 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Branagh/Youngs, United States 3-2
5/23/08	FIVB	Osaka Open	Winner 3	Kessy/Ross	7	Branagh/Youngs	2	21-18, 13-21, 15-10	0:56
5/16/08	FIVB	Seoul Open	Winner 3	Branagh/Youngs	2	Kessy/Ross	7	21-10, 21-17	0:35
9/27/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 3	Kessy/Ross	4	Branagh/Youngs	5	21-13, 21-13	0:45
7/25/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool I	Branagh/Youngs	9	Kessy/Ross	16	15-21, 22-20, 16-14	0:59
6/29/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	29, Q21	Branagh/Youngs	11	22-20, 21-18	0:49
Lead the series against # 2 Tian/Wang, China 2-1
6/14/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Tian/Wang	7	Kessy/Ross	8	21-16, 16-21, 15-12	1:06
5/17/08	FIVB	Seoul Open	Contender 5	Kessy/Ross	7	Tian/Wang	3	16-21, 21-18, 18-16	0:56
6/30/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Kessy/Ross	29, Q21	Tian/Wang	3	21-14, 21-12	0:44
Lead the series against # 3 Bede/Connelly, Brazil 2-1
6/28/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Kessy/Ross	8	Bede/Connelly	5	21-14, 21-18	0:43
6/13/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 3	Kessy/Ross	8	Bede/Connelly	4	21-13, 21-17	0:36
5/29/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Winner 3	Bede/Connelly	3	Kessy/Ross	6	13-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:50
Trail the series against # 4 Antunes/Ribeiro, Brazil 1-2
5/30/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Contender 6	Antunes/Ribeiro	4	Kessy/Ross	6	21-18, 21-14	0:36
5/16/08	FIVB	Seoul Open	Contender 4	Kessy/Ross	7	Antunes/Ribeiro	4	21-18, 17-21, 15-11	0:48
6/27/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool D	Antunes/Ribeiro	4	Kessy/Ross	29, Q21	21-17, 23-25, 16-14	1:00
Trail the series against # 6 Xue/Zhang, China 0-2
5/23/08	FIVB	Osaka Open	Winner 4	Xue/Zhang	3	Kessy/Ross	7	21-19, 19-21, 15-10	0:57
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 # 7 Arvaniti/Karadassiou, Greece 5-0
6/6/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 5	Kessy/Ross	5	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	4	21-16, 21-16	0:40
5/15/08	FIVB	Seoul Open	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	7	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	10	21-19, 23-21	0:44
8/31/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Semi-Finals	Kessy/Ross	4	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	5	24-22, 21-12	0:49
8/30/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 3	Kessy/Ross	4	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	5	21-19, 21-13	0:41
6/29/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 3	Kessy/Ross	29, Q21	Arvaniti/Karadassiou	15	19-21, 21-14, 15-12	0:54
Series tied with # 8 Scott/Turner, United States 1-1
6/6/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 6	Scott/Turner	6	Kessy/Ross	5	21-17, 21-16	0:42
5/29/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Contender 4	Kessy/Ross	6	Scott/Turner	8	21-19, 17-21, 16-14	0:55
Lead the series against # 9 Moiseeva/Uryadova, Russia 1-0
6/25/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool H	Kessy/Ross	8	Moiseeva/Uryadova	25	21-14, 21-14	0:37
Lead the series against # 11 Pohl/Rau, Germany 2-0
6/27/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 3	Kessy/Ross	8	Pohl/Rau	19	16-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:54
5/30/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Contender 5	Kessy/Ross	6	Pohl/Rau	11	21-17, 21-15	0:45
Lead the series against # 12 Mouha/Van Breedam, Belgium 2-0
7/3/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool E	Kessy/Ross	5	Mouha/Van Breedam	12	21-14, 21-18	0:39
5/22/08	FIVB	Osaka Open	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	7	Mouha/Van Breedam	23	21-11, 24-22	0:42
Lead the series against # 13 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 2-1
11/1/07	FIVB	Phuket Open	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	6	Salgado/Salgado	11	18-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:59
8/3/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 1	Kessy/Ross	22	Salgado/Salgado	14, Q1	21-17, 21-16	0:40
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 # 14 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 1-0
8/3/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	22	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	10	21-15, 21-13	0:40
Series tied with # 15 Brink-Abeler/Jurich, Germany 1-1
6/12/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool H	Kessy/Ross	8	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	9	By Forfeit
11/2/07	FIVB	Phuket Open	Winner 3	Brink-Abeler/Jurich	14	Kessy/Ross	6	18-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:58
Trail the series against # 17, Q5 Antonelli/Leao, Brazil 0-1
7/4/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 2	Antonelli/Leao	17, Q5	Kessy/Ross	5	21-15, 22-20	0:46
Lead the series against # 19 Claasen/Roder, Germany 2-0
6/13/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	8	Claasen/Roder	15	21-11, 21-17	0:35
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 # 20 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 1-0
6/5/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 2	Kessy/Ross	5	Hakedal/Torlen	11	21-18, 21-18	0:40
Lead the series against # 21, Q14 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 1-0
7/2/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool E	Kessy/Ross	5	Holtwick/Semmler	21, Q14	21-14, 21-13	0:36
Lead the series against # 22 Glesnes/Maaseide, Norway 2-0
6/26/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool H	Kessy/Ross	8	Glesnes/Maaseide	9	21-19, 21-15	0:41
6/6/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 4	Kessy/Ross	5	Glesnes/Maaseide	24, Q1	21-17, 19-21, 15-9	0:57
Lead the series against # 24 Kusuhara/Teru Saiki, Japan 3-0
5/28/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	6	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	22, Q4	21-13, 21-15	0:37
9/26/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Kessy/Ross	4	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	29	21-19, 21-13	0:42
8/2/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool F	Kessy/Ross	22	Kusuhara/Teru Saiki	27	21-11, 21-15	0:36
Lead the series against # 25, Q9 Gattelli/Perrotta, Italy 1-0
5/22/08	FIVB	Osaka Open	Winner 1	Kessy/Ross	7	Gattelli/Perrotta	26, Q4	21-16, 29-27	0:49
Lead the series against # 26, Q4 Jursone/Minusa, Latvia 3-0
6/25/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool H	Kessy/Ross	8	Jursone/Minusa	24, Q9	21-14, 20-22, 15-13	0:51
6/11/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool H	Kessy/Ross	8	Jursone/Minusa	25	21-14, 19-21, 15-10	0:54
6/26/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Kessy/Ross	29, Q21	Jursone/Minusa	Q12	23-25, 21-14, 15-8	0:53
Lead the series against # 28, Q1 Faure/Sarpaux, France 2-0
7/2/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool E	Kessy/Ross	5	Faure/Sarpaux	28, Q1	22-20, 21-13	0:44
6/11/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool H	Kessy/Ross	8	Faure/Sarpaux	24	21-17, 21-13	0:38
Lead the series against # 29 Kuhn/Schwer, Switzerland 1-0
6/4/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 1	Kessy/Ross	5	Kuhn/Schwer	21	21-15, 14-21, 17-15	0:58
Lead the series against # 30, Q6 Cooke/Martin, Canada 3-0
3/27/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Winner 1	Kessy/Ross	7	Cooke/Martin	26, Q7	19-21, 21-17, 15-13	1:02
7/26/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool I	Kessy/Ross	16	Cooke/Martin	40	27-25, 20-22, 15-12	1:10
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
Lead the series against # Q2 Martins/Santanna, Georgia 1-0
6/18/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool G	Kessy/Ross	7	Martins/Santanna	23, Q7	21-10, 15-21, 15-12	0:44
Lead the series against # Q3 Montagnolli/Swoboda, Austria 2-1
3/28/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Contender 2	Montagnolli/Swoboda	25, Q4	Kessy/Ross	7	21-18, 21-19	0:44
8/29/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	4	Montagnolli/Swoboda	13	19-21, 21-14, 15-13	0:57
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 # Q11 Giaoui/Hamzaoui, France 1-0
6/19/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool G	Kessy/Ross	7	Giaoui/Hamzaoui	10	21-17, 21-17	0:41
Lead the series against # Q12 Lessard/Maxwell, Canada 1-0
11/1/07	FIVB	Phuket Open	Winner 1	Kessy/Ross	6	Lessard/Maxwell	27, Q3	21-13, 21-14	0:40
Lead the series against # Q13 Alcon/Matveeva, Spain 1-0
5/15/08	FIVB	Seoul Open	Winner 1	Kessy/Ross	7	Alcon/Matveeva	26, Q11	21-15, 21-9	0:33