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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$350,000 China Sanya Open presented by Olympic Gardens
November 12 - 16, 2008

(1) 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 Sanya Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	11/5-9/2008	Phuket Thailand Open	2	1st	600	US$28,000.00
FIVB	10/5-11/2008	Dubai Open	3	2nd	540	US$19,500.00
FIVB	6/30-7/5/2008	Moscow Grand Slam	5	9th	320	US$8,000.00
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

Sanya Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 11/13/2008	Winner 1	Stacy Brannon / Whitney Pavlik, United States (32, Q9)	Won 25-23, 21-12	0:42
Thu, 11/13/2008	Winner 2	Chen Xue / Ying Zhang, China (16)	Won 21-13, 21-18	0:42
Fri, 11/14/2008	Winner 3	Jie Wang / Man Zuo, China (9)	Lost 22-24, 16-21	0:47
Fri, 11/14/2008	Contender 4	Claudia Lubetz / Julia Sude, Germany (14)	Won 19-21, 21-13, 15-9	0:51
Sat, 11/15/2008	Contender 5	Lauren Fendrick / Ashley Ivy Swift, United States (5)	Won 22-20, 22-20	0:50
Sat, 11/15/2008	Contender 6	Maria Antonelli / Vanilda Leao, Brazil (3)	Won 22-24, 21-18, 15-12	1:17
Sun, 11/16/2008	Semi-Finals	Jie Wang / Man Zuo, China (9)	Won 23-25, 21-15, 15-11	1:01
Sun, 11/16/2008	Gold Medal	Ying Huang / Xi Zhang, China (15)	Won 21-17, 23-21	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	8	1	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	$106,100.00	29	14	67.4 %
2008	FIVB	12	2	1	1	1	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	$174,600.00	53	17	75.7 %
Total	FIVB	20	3	2	1	1	7	0	3	0	1	0	2	$280,700.00	82	31	72.6 %

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
12	2	1	1	1	5	1	1	0	0	$87,300.00	2008	FIVB	12	2	1	1	1	5	1	1	0	0	$87,300.00
44	4	2	1	2	11	4	9	3	8	$189,325.00	Total	Total	22	3	2	1	1	7	3	2	0	3	$141,850.00

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	35	87.5%	4	10.0%	1	2.5%	39-1	97.5%	8	66.7%	1	8.3%	3	25.0%	8-4	66.7%	70-6	92.1%	24-4	85.7%	0	0	47-5	90.4%

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
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 15-3 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 1 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 2 Branagh/Turner, United States 2-0
11/9/08	FIVB	Phuket Thailand Open	Gold Medal	Kessy/Ross	2	Branagh/Turner	3	18-21, 21-14, 15-12	1:03
11/7/08	FIVB	Phuket Thailand Open	Winner 4	Kessy/Ross	2	Branagh/Turner	3	21-16, 21-12	0:39
Series tied with # 3 Antonelli/Leao, Brazil 1-1
11/15/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 6	Kessy/Ross	1	Antonelli/Leao	3	22-24, 21-18, 15-12	1:17
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 # 4 Banck/Gunther, Germany 1-0
11/8/08	FIVB	Phuket Thailand Open	Semi-Finals	Kessy/Ross	2	Banck/Gunther	8	21-15, 14-21, 18-16	0:58
Lead the series against # 5 Fendrick/Ivy Swift, United States 1-0
11/15/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 5	Kessy/Ross	1	Fendrick/Ivy Swift	5	22-20, 22-20	0:50
Lead the series against # 6 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 3-0
11/7/08	FIVB	Phuket Thailand Open	Winner 3	Kessy/Ross	2	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	7	16-21, 21-16, 16-14	1:03
10/10/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Semi-Finals	Kessy/Ross	3	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	10	21-9, 21-16	0:34
8/3/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	22	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	10	21-15, 21-13	0:40
Series tied with # 9 Wang/Zuo, China 1-1
11/16/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Semi-Finals	Kessy/Ross	1	Wang/Zuo	9	23-25, 21-15, 15-11	1:01
11/14/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 3	Wang/Zuo	9	Kessy/Ross	1	24-22, 21-16	0:47
Lead the series against # 11 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
Trail the series against # 12 Gioria/Momoli, Italy 0-1
6/4/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 1	Gioria/Momoli	28, Q15	Kessy/Ross	5	22-20, 14-21, 15-13	0:53
Lead the series against # 14 Lubetz/Sude, Germany 2-0
11/14/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 4	Kessy/Ross	1	Lubetz/Sude	14	19-21, 21-13, 15-9	0:51
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 # 15 Huang/Zhang, China 1-0
11/16/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Gold Medal	Kessy/Ross	1	Huang/Zhang	15	21-17, 23-21	0:44
Lead the series against # 16 Xue/Zhang, China 1-0
11/13/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	1	Xue/Zhang	16	21-13, 21-18	0:42
Lead the series against # 32, Q9 Brannon/Pavlik, United States 1-0
11/13/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 1	Kessy/Ross	1	Brannon/Pavlik	32, Q9	25-23, 21-12	0:42