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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 1to1energy Grand Slam
July 6 - 11, 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 Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2006	Nancy Reynolds - 17th	Did not play
2007	April Ross - 37th	Jennifer Kessy - 37th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/25-7/4/2009	Stavanger World Championships	1	1st	1000	US$60,000.00
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

Gstaad Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/8/2009	Pool A	Imara Esteves Ribalta / Dalixia Fernandez Grasset, Cuba (32, Q23)	Won 21-13, 21-12	0:34
Wed, 7/8/2009	Pool A	Liesbeth Mouha / Liesbet Van Breedam, Belgium (17)	Won 21-16, 21-15	0:36
Thu, 7/9/2009	Pool A	Vasiliki Arvaniti / Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece (16)	Won 21-19, 21-15	0:37
Fri, 7/10/2009	Winner 2	Isabelle Forrer / Sarah Schmocker, Switzerland (10)	Won 21-12, 21-10	0:34
Fri, 7/10/2009	Winner 3	Juliana Felisberta / Larissa Maestrini, Brazil (3)	Lost 21-19, 20-22, 13-15	1:17

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	4	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$115,200.00	22	4	84.6 %
Total	FIVB	24	4	4	1	1	8	0	3	0	1	0	2	$395,900.00	104	35	74.8 %

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
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
4	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$57,600.00	2009	FIVB	4	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$57,600.00
48	5	4	1	2	12	4	9	3	8	$246,925.00	Total	Total	26	4	4	1	1	8	3	2	0	3	$199,450.00

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	109	76.2%	17	11.9%	17	11.9%	126-17	88.1%	30	39.5%	15	19.7%	31	40.8%	30-46	39.5%	218-54	80.1%	94-64	59.5%	4	0	160-59	73.1%

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 51-14 (Lead 25 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 3-6
7/10/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 3	Felisberta/Maestrini	3	Kessy/Ross	1	19-21, 22-20, 15-13	1:17
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 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 # 8 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 # 10 Forrer/Schmocker, Switzerland 2-0
7/10/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	1	Forrer/Schmocker	10	21-12, 21-10	0:34
10/8/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Winner 3	Kessy/Ross	3	Forrer/Schmocker	22	21-18, 21-17	0:44
Lead the series against # 11 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 # 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 # 14 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 # 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 Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani, Greece 2-0
7/9/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool A	Kessy/Ross	1	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	16	21-19, 21-15	0:37
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 # 17 Mouha/Van Breedam, Belgium 3-0
7/8/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool A	Kessy/Ross	1	Mouha/Van Breedam	17	21-16, 21-15	0:36
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 # 18 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
Trail the series against # 19 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 # 20 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 # 21 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 # 23 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 # 24, Q2 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 # 25, Q1 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 # 28 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 # 32, Q23 Esteves Ribalta/Fernandez Grasset, Cuba 1-0
7/8/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool A	Kessy/Ross	1	Esteves Ribalta/Fernandez Grasset	32, Q23	21-13, 21-12	0:34
Lead the series against Leao/Ribeiro, Brazil 1-0
5/30/09	FIVB	Seoul Open	Semi-Finals	Kessy/Ross	1	Leao/Ribeiro	7, Q1	21-19, 21-18	0:38
Lead the series against # Q5 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 # Q6 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 # Q7 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 # Q18 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