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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$380,000 Banco do Brasil presents the KIA Open
April 20 - 25, 2009

(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 Brasília Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	11/12-16/2008	Sanya Open	1	1st	600	US$28,000.00
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

Brasilia Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 4/22/2009	Winner 1	Luana Madeira / Liliane Maestrini, Brazil (32, Q13)	Won 21-7, 21-16	0:35
Wed, 4/22/2009	Winner 2	Rtvelo Martins / Saka Santanna, Georgia (17)	Won 21-13, 21-16	0:32
Thu, 4/23/2009	Winner 3	Barbara Hansel / Sara Montagnolli, Austria (25)	Won 21-15, 21-10	0:38
Thu, 4/23/2009	Winner 4	Juliana Felisberta / Larissa Maestrini, Brazil (5)	Won 20-22, 21-14, 15-11	0:54
Fri, 4/24/2009	Semi-Finals	Laura Ludwig / Sara Niedrig, Germany (11)	Won 21-16, 21-14	0:37
Sat, 4/25/2009	Gold Medal	Juliana Felisberta / Larissa Maestrini, Brazil (5)	Lost 18-21, 18-21	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 %
2009	FIVB	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$21,000.00	5	1	83.3 %
Total	FIVB	21	3	3	1	1	7	0	3	0	1	0	2	$301,700.00	87	32	73.1 %

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
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,500.00	2009	FIVB	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,500.00
45	4	3	1	2	11	4	9	3	8	$199,825.00	Total	Total	23	3	3	1	1	7	3	2	0	3	$152,350.00

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%
2008-2009	81	81.0%	13	13.0%	6	6.0%	94-6	94.0%	14	36.8%	4	10.5%	20	52.6%	14-24	36.8%	81-20	80.2%	27-10	73.0%	3	0	111-30	78.7%
Against the Field	78	75.0%	9	8.7%	17	16.3%	87-17	83.7%	22	36.7%	11	18.3%	27	45.0%	22-38	36.7%	156-50	75.7%	62-56	52.5%	2	0	111-53	67.7%

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 26-10 (Lead 12 Series, Trail 1 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 2 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 # 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
Lead the series against # 4 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 3-1
10/9/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Winner 4	Kessy/Ross	3	Salgado/Salgado	2	21-17, 21-18	0:42
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
Trail the series against # 5 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 2-5
4/25/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Gold Medal	Felisberta/Maestrini	5	Kessy/Ross	1	21-18, 21-18	0:44
4/23/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 4	Kessy/Ross	1	Felisberta/Maestrini	5	20-22, 21-14, 15-11	0:54
6/14/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Felisberta/Maestrini	2	Kessy/Ross	8	21-11, 21-19	0:41
5/24/08	FIVB	Osaka Open	Contender 6	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Kessy/Ross	7	19-21, 21-18, 15-9	0:58
5/17/08	FIVB	Seoul Open	Contender 6	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Kessy/Ross	7	21-18, 26-24	0:48
9/1/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Gold Medal	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Kessy/Ross	4	23-21, 21-17	0:48
8/30/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 4	Kessy/Ross	4	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	21-17, 21-17	0:46
Lead the series against # 8 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 # 9 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
Lead the series against # 10 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 # 11 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 3-1
4/24/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Semi-Finals	Kessy/Ross	1	Ludwig/Niedrig	11	21-16, 21-14	0:37
6/5/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 3	Kessy/Ross	5	Ludwig/Niedrig	3	21-14, 21-16	0:40
3/27/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Winner 2	Ludwig/Niedrig	10	Kessy/Ross	7	18-21, 21-18, 15-12	1:00
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 # 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 # 17 Martins/Santanna, Georgia 2-0
4/22/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	1	Martins/Santanna	17	21-13, 21-16	0:32
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 # 20 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 # 25 Hansel/Montagnolli, Austria 1-0
4/23/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 3	Kessy/Ross	1	Hansel/Montagnolli	25	21-15, 21-10	0:38
Lead the series against # 32, Q13 Madeira/Maestrini, Brazil 1-0
4/22/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 1	Kessy/Ross	1	Madeira/Maestrini	32, Q13	21-7, 21-16	0:35