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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$380,000 Brasilia Open
April 19 - 24, 2010

(3) 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

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2009	April Ross - 2nd	Jennifer Kessy - 2nd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	11/3-8/2009	Phuket Thailand Open powered by PTT	1	1st	600	US$30,000.00
FIVB	10/27-11/1/2009	Sanya Open	1	2nd	540	US$21,000.00
FIVB	9/8-13/2009	Barcelona Open	3	3rd	480	US$15,000.00
FIVB	8/24-29/2009	The Hague Open	3	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/17-22/2009	Aland Open	2	2nd	540	US$21,000.00
FIVB	7/27-8/1/2009	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	2	3rd	640	US$23,000.00
FIVB	7/20-26/2009	Marseille Grand Slam	3	1st	800	US$43,000.00
FIVB	7/13-18/2009	Moscow Grand Slam	2	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/6-11/2009	Gstaad Grand Slam	1	5th	480	US$13,200.00
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

Brasilia Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 4/21/2010	Winner 1	Dariam Acevedo / Yarleen Santiago, Puerto Rico (30, Q26)	Won 18-21, 21-12, 15-13	0:53
Wed, 4/21/2010	Winner 2	Rtvelo Martins / Saka Santanna, Georgia (14)	Won 21-18, 21-13	0:39
Thu, 4/22/2010	Winner 3	Maria Prokopeva / Evgenia Ukolova, Russia (11)	Won 21-19, 21-16	0:44
Thu, 4/22/2010	Winner 4	Lisa Fitzgerald / Brooke Niles, United States (31, Q25)	Won 21-17, 21-14	0:34
Fri, 4/23/2010	Semi-Finals	Juliana Felisberta / Larissa Maestrini, Brazil (1)	Lost 14-21, 21-23	0:40
Sat, 4/24/2010	Bronze Medal	Carol Salgado / Maria Clara Salgado, Brazil (9)	Lost 16-21, 16-21	0:43

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	12	3	4	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	$278,200.00	58	13	81.7 %
2010	FIVB	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$11,200.00	4	2	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	33	6	6	3	2	8	0	4	0	1	1	2	$570,100.00	144	46	75.8 %

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
12	3	4	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	$139,100.00	2009	FIVB	12	3	4	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	$139,100.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$5,600.00	2010	FIVB	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$5,600.00
57	7	6	3	3	12	5	9	4	8	$334,025.00	Total	Total	35	6	6	3	2	8	4	2	1	3	$286,550.00

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%
2009-2010	91	80.5%	10	8.8%	12	10.6%	101-12	89.4%	14	35.0%	5	12.5%	21	52.5%	14-26	35.0%	91-21	81.3%	24-17	58.5%	4	0	119-38	75.8%
Against the Field	82	75.9%	9	8.3%	17	15.7%	91-17	84.3%	28	40.6%	11	15.9%	30	43.5%	28-41	40.6%	164-52	75.9%	74-56	56.9%	4	0	123-54	69.5%

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 42-18 (Lead 15 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Felisberta/Maestrini, Brazil 3-9
4/23/10	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Semi-Finals	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Kessy/Ross	3	21-14, 23-21	0:40
9/12/09	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Semi-Finals	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Kessy/Ross	3	21-18, 25-23	0:51
8/22/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Gold Medal	Felisberta/Maestrini	1	Kessy/Ross	2	21-15, 28-26	0:46
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
Trail the series against # 2 Antonelli/Antunes, Brazil 2-3
9/11/09	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Winner 4	Antonelli/Antunes	2	Kessy/Ross	3	21-17, 21-8	0:35
8/22/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Semi-Finals	Kessy/Ross	2	Antonelli/Antunes	3	21-16, 21-18	0:42
7/25/09	FIVB	Marseille Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Kessy/Ross	3	Antonelli/Antunes	2	21-16, 21-13	0:38
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
Lead the series against # 4 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 # 5 Ludwig/Niedrig, Germany 5-1
9/12/09	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Contender 6	Kessy/Ross	3	Ludwig/Niedrig	4	21-18, 21-15	0:49
8/21/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 6	Kessy/Ross	2	Ludwig/Niedrig	5	By Forfeit
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 # 7 Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani, Greece 6-0
10/30/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 4	Kessy/Ross	1	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	5	21-19, 24-22	0:47
8/19/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	2	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	15	21-17, 21-15	0:37
7/29/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool B	Kessy/Ross	2	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	18	21-17, 21-16	0:39
7/26/09	FIVB	Marseille Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Kessy/Ross	3	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	20	21-16, 21-17	0:42
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 # 8 Keizer/Van Iersel, Netherlands 2-0
11/6/09	FIVB	Phuket Thailand Open powered by PTT	Winner 4	Kessy/Ross	1	Keizer/Van Iersel	4	24-22, 21-16	0:46
7/31/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 3	Kessy/Ross	2	Keizer/Van Iersel	7	21-17, 21-19	0:40
Lead the series against # 9 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 4-2
4/24/10	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Bronze Medal	Salgado/Salgado	9	Kessy/Ross	3	21-16, 21-16	0:43
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 # 10 Hansel/Montagnolli, Austria 2-1
8/1/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Kessy/Ross	2	Hansel/Montagnolli	9	21-19, 21-17	0:45
7/17/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 2	Hansel/Montagnolli	21, Q5	Kessy/Ross	2	11-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:54
4/23/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 3	Kessy/Ross	1	Hansel/Montagnolli	25	21-15, 21-10	0:38
Lead the series against # 11 Prokopeva/Ukolova, Russia 1-0
4/22/10	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 3	Kessy/Ross	3	Prokopeva/Ukolova	11	21-19, 21-16	0:44
Lead the series against # 12 Fendrick/Ivy Swift, United States 3-0
11/7/09	FIVB	Phuket Thailand Open powered by PTT	Semi-Finals	Kessy/Ross	1	Fendrick/Ivy Swift	17	21-18, 21-14	0:40
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 # 14 Martins/Santanna, Georgia 4-0
4/21/10	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	3	Martins/Santanna	14	21-18, 21-13	0:39
7/31/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	2	Martins/Santanna	21	21-19, 21-14	0:43
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
Trail the series against # 17 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 # 26, Q3 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 # 29, Q19 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
Lead the series against # 30, Q26 Acevedo/Santiago, Puerto Rico 1-0
4/21/10	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 1	Kessy/Ross	3	Acevedo/Santiago	30, Q26	18-21, 21-12, 15-13	0:53
Lead the series against # 31, Q25 Fitzgerald/Niles, United States 1-0
4/22/10	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 4	Kessy/Ross	3	Fitzgerald/Niles	31, Q25	21-17, 21-14	0:34
Lead the series against # Q14 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
Lead the series against # Q15 Hansson/Nilsson, Sweden 1-0
8/19/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 1	Kessy/Ross	2	Hansson/Nilsson	31	21-11, 21-10	0:33