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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$190,000 Bangsaen Thailand Open powered by PTT
October 23 - 28, 2012

(2) 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 Bang Saen Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/13-18/2012	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	1	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	7/28-8/8/2012	London 2012 Olympic Games	4	2nd	0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/11-15/2012	Berlin Grand Slam	4	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	7/2-7/2012	Gstaad Grand Slam	4	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	6/12-17/2012	Grand Slam Rome	4	3rd	640	US$23,000.00
FIVB	6/6-11/2012	Moscow Grand Slam	4	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	5/7-12/2012	Beijing Grand Slam	5	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	4/30-5/5/2012	Shanghai Grand Slam	5	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	4/15-20/2012	Brasília Open	5	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	11/1-6/2011	Phuket Open	2	2nd	540	US$21,000.00

Bangsaen Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 10/25/2012	Winner 1	Mutsumi Ozaki / Ayumi Shiratori, Japan (31, Q10)	Won 24-22, 22-20	0:46
Thu, 10/25/2012	Winner 2	Laura Giombini / Daniela Gioria, Italy (18)	Won 21-13, 21-14	0:33
Fri, 10/26/2012	Winner 3	Nicole Branagh / Lauren Fendrick, United States (7)	Lost 19-21, 21-17, 11-15	1:00
Fri, 10/26/2012	Contender 4	Henriette Iatika / Miller Pata, Vanuatu (11)	Won 21-15, 21-18	0:39
Sat, 10/27/2012	Contender 5	Vasiliki Arvaniti / Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece (6)	Won 19-21, 21-18, 15-13	1:01
Sat, 10/27/2012	Contender 6	Tatyana Mashkova / Irina Tsimbalova, Kazakhstan (8)	Won 21-18, 21-15	0:54
Sat, 10/27/2012	Semi-Finals	Nicole Branagh / Lauren Fendrick, United States (7)	Won 15-21, 21-11, 15-8	0:51
Sun, 10/28/2012	Gold Medal	Ekaterina Birlova / Evgenia Ukolova, Russia (3)	Won 21-17, 21-19	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	12	3	4	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	$278,200.00	58	13	81.7 %
2010	FIVB	15	2	1	2	2	3	0	2	1	1	1	0	$213,350.00	61	25	70.9 %
2011	FIVB	14	1	3	3	0	2	3	1	0	1	0	0	$231,000.00	67	22	75.3 %
2011	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,100.00	6	1	85.7 %
2012	FIVB	10	1	1	1	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	$138,200.00	43	14	75.4 %
Total	FIVB	71	10	11	9	3	19	3	8	1	3	2	2	$1,141,450.00	311	105	74.8 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,100.00	6	1	85.7 %

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
15	2	1	2	2	3	3	1	1	0	$106,675.00	2010	FIVB	15	2	1	2	2	3	3	1	1	0	$106,675.00
14	1	3	3	0	5	1	1	0	0	$115,500.00	2011	FIVB	14	1	3	3	0	5	1	1	0	0	$115,500.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$550.00	2011	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$550.00
10	1	1	1	0	6	1	0	0	0	$69,100.00	2012	FIVB	10	1	1	1	0	6	1	0	0	0	$69,100.00
96	11	12	9	4	26	10	11	5	8	$620,250.00	Total	Total	74	10	12	9	3	22	9	4	2	3	$572,775.00

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%
2011-2012	80	78.4%	13	12.7%	9	8.8%	93-9	91.2%	17	39.5%	10	23.3%	16	37.2%	17-26	39.5%	80-16	83.3%	30-19	61.2%	0	1	110-36	75.3%
Against the Field	22	78.6%	6	21.4%	0	0.0%	28-0	100.0%	5	50.0%	3	30.0%	2	20.0%	5-5	50.0%	44-4	91.7%	22-6	78.6%	0	0	33-5	86.8%

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 27-3 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 0 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 6-2
8/17/12	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Winner 3	Holtwick/Semmler	6	Kessy/Ross	1	21-18, 18-21, 15-12	0:50
6/14/12	FIVB	Grand Slam Rome	Pool D	Kessy/Ross	4	Holtwick/Semmler	13	21-11, 21-23, 15-9	0:50
5/9/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool E	Holtwick/Semmler	21	Kessy/Ross	5	21-17, 21-16	0:35
7/28/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool E	Kessy/Ross	5	Holtwick/Semmler	12	21-12, 21-16	0:33
6/17/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	3	Holtwick/Semmler	40	21-18, 15-21, 15-10	0:45
4/20/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 3	Kessy/Ross	8	Holtwick/Semmler	18	19-21, 25-23, 15-13	0:58
8/20/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 4	Kessy/Ross	2	Holtwick/Semmler	12	21-23, 21-16, 17-15	0:57
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 # 3 Birlova/Ukolova, Russia 2-0
10/28/12	FIVB	Bangsaen Open	Gold Medal	Kessy/Ross	2	Birlova/Ukolova	3	21-17, 21-19	0:44
6/8/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool C	Kessy/Ross	3	Birlova/Ukolova	30, Q6	21-19, 21-11	0:34
Lead the series against # 6 Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani, Greece 12-0
10/27/12	FIVB	Bangsaen Open	Contender 5	Kessy/Ross	2	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	6	19-21, 21-18, 15-13	1:01
5/2/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool E	Kessy/Ross	5	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	21	12-21, 32-30, 15-9	1:06
4/17/12	FIVB	Brasília Open	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	5	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	21	21-15, 21-17	0:37
6/29/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool C	Kessy/Ross	3	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	19	21-17, 21-19	0:40
10/28/10	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	6	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	11	21-16, 14-21, 16-14	0:46
6/10/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool B	Kessy/Ross	2	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	15	21-14, 19-21, 15-12	0:55
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
Series tied with # 7 Branagh/Fendrick, United States 1-1
10/27/12	FIVB	Bangsaen Open	Semi-Finals	Kessy/Ross	2	Branagh/Fendrick	7	15-21, 21-11, 15-8	0:51
10/26/12	FIVB	Bangsaen Open	Winner 3	Branagh/Fendrick	7	Kessy/Ross	2	21-19, 17-21, 15-11	1:00
Lead the series against # 8 Mashkova/Tsimbalova, Kazakhstan 1-0
10/27/12	FIVB	Bangsaen Open	Contender 6	Kessy/Ross	2	Mashkova/Tsimbalova	8	21-18, 21-15	0:54
Lead the series against # 10 Radarong/Udomchavee, Thailand 2-0
11/5/09	FIVB	Phuket Thailand Open powered by PTT	Winner 1	Kessy/Ross	1	Radarong/Udomchavee	32	21-15, 21-13	0:41
10/29/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 1	Kessy/Ross	1	Radarong/Udomchavee	32	21-15, 21-16	0:37
Lead the series against # 11 Iatika/Pata, Vanuatu 1-0
10/26/12	FIVB	Bangsaen Open	Contender 4	Kessy/Ross	2	Iatika/Pata	11	21-15, 21-18	0:39
Lead the series against # 18 Giombini/Gioria, Italy 1-0
10/25/12	FIVB	Bangsaen Open	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	2	Giombini/Gioria	18	21-13, 21-14	0:33
Lead the series against # 31, Q10 Ozaki/Shiratori, Japan 1-0
10/25/12	FIVB	Bangsaen Open	Winner 1	Kessy/Ross	2	Ozaki/Shiratori	31, Q10	24-22, 22-20	0:46