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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$1,000,000 SWATCH FIVB World Championship presented by ConocoPhillips
June 25 - July 4, 2009

(1) Jennifer Kessy/April Ross, United States

Jennifer Kessy
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 31, 1977 (47 yrs old)

Home Town:

San Juan Capistrano, CA

Height:

180 cm (6'0")

Weight:

77 kg (169 lb)

Seasons:

15

Tournaments:

127

Career Wins:

11

Career FIVB WT Wins:

10

Career Winnings:

US$722,750.00

April Ross
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 20, 1982 (42 yrs old)

Home Town:

Newport Beach, CA

Height:

185 cm (6'1")

Weight:

76 kg (167 lb)

Seasons:

16

Tournaments:

152

Career Wins:

27

Career Winnings:

US$1,237,850.00

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

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2007	April Ross - 1st	Jennifer Kessy - 1st
2008	April Ross - 3rd	Jennifer Kessy - 3rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/27-31/2009	Seoul Open	1	2nd	540	US$21,000.00
FIVB	4/20-25/2009	Brasilia Open	1	2nd	540	US$21,000.00
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

Stavanger World Championships Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 6/26/2009

Pool A

Ragnhild Aas / Siri Bjorkesett, Norway (48)

Won 21-10, 21-13

0:37

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	24	21	1	0.833	1	5	1	3
	1	11	10	0	0.909	1	3	1	2
	2	13	11	1	0.769	0	2	0	1
April Ross	Total	14	9	0	0.643	0	4	1	5
	1	8	4	0	0.500	0	2	1	1
	2	6	5	0	0.833	0	2	0	4

Sun, 6/28/2009

Pool A

Lauren Fendrick / Ashley Ivy Swift, United States (25)

Won 21-14, 21-12

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	15	12	0	0.800	1	4	1	2
	1	10	8	0	0.800	1	4	0	2
	2	5	4	0	0.800	0	0	1	0
April Ross	Total	21	13	2	0.524	2	11	5	3
	1	9	7	1	0.667	2	6	1	1
	2	12	6	1	0.417	0	5	4	2

Tue, 6/30/2009

Pool A

Inese Jursone / Inguna Minusa, Latvia (24)

Won 21-13, 21-14

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	19	16	0	0.842	1	5	3	4
	1	7	6	0	0.857	0	2	2	1
	2	12	10	0	0.833	1	3	1	3
April Ross	Total	15	11	1	0.667	0	9	3	1
	1	9	7	1	0.667	0	7	0	0
	2	6	4	0	0.667	0	2	3	1

Thu, 7/2/2009

Winner 1

Svitlana Baburina / Galyna Osheyko, Ukraine (37)

Won 21-17, 21-10

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	23	11	7	0.174	2	6	1	1
	1	13	6	5	0.077	1	2	0	1
	2	10	5	2	0.300	1	4	1	0
April Ross	Total	17	14	1	0.765	0	5	5	4
	1	11	9	0	0.818	0	2	2	1
	2	6	5	1	0.667	0	3	3	3

Fri, 7/3/2009

Winner 2

Vasiliki Arvaniti / Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece (20)

Won 21-11, 21-12

0:32

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	12	9	0	0.750	2	5	3	1
	1	6	6	0	1.000	0	2	2	1
	2	6	3	0	0.500	2	3	1	0
April Ross	Total	15	11	1	0.667	2	3	3	4
	1	5	3	0	0.600	1	2	2	3
	2	10	8	1	0.700	1	1	1	1

Fri, 7/3/2009

Winner 3

Angie Akers / Tyra Turner, United States (6)

Won 17-21, 21-12, 15-9

0:51

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	32	18	2	0.500	1	5	2	1
	1	13	5	2	0.231	0	0	0	1
	2	10	8	0	0.800	1	4	0	0
	3	9	5	0	0.556	0	1	2	0
April Ross	Total	22	12	5	0.318	2	5	3	6
	1	7	4	2	0.286	1	0	1	2
	2	10	4	3	0.100	1	4	0	2
	3	5	4	0	0.800	0	1	2	2

Sat, 7/4/2009

Semi-Finals

Shelda Bede / Ana Paula Connelly, Brazil (5)

Won 28-26, 15-21, 15-9

1:13

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	42	24	3	0.500	2	13	2	5
	1	21	12	2	0.476	2	6	1	2
	2	12	5	1	0.333	0	1	0	3
	3	9	7	0	0.778	0	6	1	0
April Ross	Total	35	17	6	0.314	0	12	1	6
	1	15	9	1	0.533	0	5	0	5
	2	16	5	4	0.063	0	6	1	0
	3	4	3	1	0.500	0	1	0	1

Sat, 7/4/2009

Gold Medal

Juliana Felisberta / Larissa Maestrini, Brazil (3)

Won 30-28, 23-21

0:58

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	Total	22	15	1	0.636	1	4	0	2
	1	14	9	1	0.571	1	3	0	2
	2	8	6	0	0.750	0	1	0	0
April Ross	Total	34	21	3	0.529	1	5	5	7
	1	19	10	2	0.421	0	0	2	4
	2	15	11	1	0.667	1	5	3	3

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jennifer Kessy	189	126	14	0.593	11	47	13	19
April Ross	173	108	19	0.514	7	54	26	36
Total	362	234	33	0.555	18	101	39	55
Opponents	348	171	57	0.328	9	78	12	37

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Holly McPeak - 33rd	Did not play
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	April Ross - 37th	Jennifer Kessy - 37th
2011	World Championships	Rome	April Ross - 5th	Jennifer Kessy - 5th
2013	World Championships	Stare Jablonki	Did not play	Whitney Pavlik - 4th
2015	World Championships	The Hague	Emily Capers - 17th	Kerri Walsh Jennings - 9th
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Did not play	Lauren Fendrick - 2nd
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Did not play	Alix Klineman - 2nd

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/24-28/2007	Gstaad World Championships	16	37th	40	US$3,400.00
FIVB	6/25-7/4/2009	Stavanger World Championships	1	1st	1000	US$60,000.00
FIVB	6/13-19/2011	Rome World Championships	3	5th	600	US$18,000.00

Head to Head Results
Kessy/Ross lead the series against the field 50-13 (Lead 26 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Antonelli/Antunes, Brazil 0-2
5/31/09	FIVB	Seoul Open	Gold Medal	Antonelli/Antunes	4	Kessy/Ross	1	22-20, 21-16	0:45
5/30/09	FIVB	Seoul Open	Winner 4	Antonelli/Antunes	4	Kessy/Ross	1	22-20, 18-21, 15-13	1:02
Trail the series against # 3 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 3-5
7/4/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Gold Medal	Kessy/Ross	1	Felisberta/Maestrini	3	30-28, 23-21	0:58
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 # 4 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 # 5 Bede/Connelly, Brazil 3-1
7/4/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Semi-Finals	Kessy/Ross	1	Bede/Connelly	5	28-26, 15-21, 15-9	1:13
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 # 6 Akers/Turner, United States 1-0
7/3/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Winner 3	Kessy/Ross	1	Akers/Turner	6	17-21, 21-12, 15-9	0:51
Lead the series against # 7 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 # 8 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 4-1
5/30/09	FIVB	Seoul Open	Contender 6	Kessy/Ross	1	Salgado/Salgado	3	21-16, 21-17	0:40
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
Lead the series against # 9 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 # 10 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 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 # 15 Huang/Zhang, China 2-0
5/30/09	FIVB	Seoul Open	Winner 3	Kessy/Ross	1	Huang/Zhang	8	17-21, 22-20, 15-13	1:01
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 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 # 17 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
Trail the series against # 18 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 # 19 Ljungquist/Lundqvist, Sweden 1-0
5/28/09	FIVB	Seoul Open	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	1	Ljungquist/Lundqvist	16	21-17, 21-15	0:45
Lead the series against # 20 Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani, Greece 1-0
7/3/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	1	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	20	21-11, 21-12	0:32
Lead the series against # 21 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 # 23 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 # 24 Jursone/Minusa, Latvia 4-0
6/30/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool A	Kessy/Ross	1	Jursone/Minusa	24	21-13, 21-14	0:35
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 # 25 Fendrick/Ivy Swift, United States 2-0
6/28/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool A	Kessy/Ross	1	Fendrick/Ivy Swift	25	21-14, 21-12	0:38
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 # 29 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 # 30 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 # 31 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 # 33 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 # 37 Baburina/Osheyko, Ukraine 1-0
7/2/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Winner 1	Kessy/Ross	1	Baburina/Osheyko	37	21-17, 21-10	0:38
Lead the series against # 38 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
Lead the series against # 39 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 2-0
11/6/08	FIVB	Phuket Thailand Open	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	2	Nystrom/Nystrom	18	18-21, 21-13, 15-11	0:56
5/28/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Winner 1	Kessy/Ross	6	Nystrom/Nystrom	27	21-16, 21-19	0:38
Lead the series against # 43 Forrer/Schmocker, Switzerland 1-0
10/8/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Winner 3	Kessy/Ross	3	Forrer/Schmocker	22	21-18, 21-17	0:44
Lead the series against # 48 Aas/Bjorkesett, Norway 1-0
6/26/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool A	Kessy/Ross	1	Aas/Bjorkesett	48	21-10, 21-13	0:37