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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$440,000 Long Beach Grand Slam
July 22 - 26, 2013

(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 Long Beach Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/18-23/2013	Rome Grand Slam	7	2nd	720	US$22,000.00
FIVB	6/11-16/2013	The Hague Grand Slam	2	9th	400	US$5,500.00
FIVB	5/22-25/2013	Corrientes Grand Slam	2	4th	560	US$12,900.00
FIVB	5/1-5/2013	Shanghai Grand Slam	4	9th	400	US$5,500.00
FIVB	4/24-28/2013	Fuzhou Open	4	5th	300	US$6,500.00
FIVB	10/23-28/2012	Bangsaen Open	2	1st	600	US$30,000.00
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

Long Beach Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 7/23/2013	Pool A	Agnieszka Pregowska / Aleksandra Wolak, Poland (32, Q10)	Won 21-10, 21-12	0:27
Tue, 7/23/2013	Pool A	Isabelle Forrer / Anouk Verge-Depre, Switzerland (17)	Lost 19-21, 15-21	0:34
Wed, 7/24/2013	Pool A	Emilia Nystrom / Erika Nystrom, Finland (16)	Won By Forfeit
Wed, 7/24/2013	Winner 1	Victoria Bieneck / Julia Grossner, Germany (14)	Won 21-11, 14-21, 15-12	0:45
Thu, 7/25/2013	Winner 2	Maria Antonelli / Agatha Bednarczuk, Brazil (5)	Lost 15-21, 21-13, 14-16	0:52

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 %
2013	FIVB	6	0	1	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	$57,900.00	24	8	75.0 %
Total	FIVB	77	10	12	9	4	20	3	11	1	3	2	2	$1,199,350.00	335	113	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
6	0	1	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	$28,950.00	2013	FIVB	8	0	1	0	2	1	4	0	0	0	$45,700.00
102	11	13	9	5	27	13	11	5	8	$649,200.00	Total	Total	82	10	13	9	5	23	13	4	2	3	$618,475.00

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%
2012-2013	42	72.4%	11	19.0%	5	8.6%	53-5	91.4%	15	46.9%	10	31.3%	7	21.9%	15-17	46.9%	42-7	85.7%	26-15	63.4%	1	2	69-24	74.2%
Against the Field	23	63.9%	8	22.2%	5	13.9%	31-5	86.1%	13	46.4%	7	25.0%	8	28.6%	13-15	46.4%	46-12	79.3%	42-24	63.6%	1	1	45-19	70.3%

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 44-17 (Lead 14 Series, Trail 3 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Antunes/Lima, Brazil 0-2
6/23/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Antunes/Lima	5	Kessy/Ross	7	21-17, 19-21, 15-12	0:52
5/4/13	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Winner 2	Antunes/Lima	10	Kessy/Ross	4	17-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:56
Lead the series against # 3, Q1 Maestrini/Seixas, Brazil 2-0
6/22/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Kessy/Ross	7	Maestrini/Seixas	11	21-19, 10-21, 15-13	0:47
5/3/13	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool D	Kessy/Ross	4	Maestrini/Seixas	13	21-17, 21-13	0:37
Trail the series against # 4 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 6-7
5/25/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Salgado/Salgado	16, Q1	Kessy/Ross	2	21-16, 19-21, 15-13	0:54
8/19/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Contender 5	Salgado/Salgado	8	Kessy/Ross	5	26-28, 21-16, 15-10	1:05
8/4/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool E	Salgado/Salgado	12	Kessy/Ross	5	27-29, 21-13, 15-13	1:07
5/5/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 2	Salgado/Salgado	11	Kessy/Ross	6	21-18, 16-21, 15-13	0:55
10/31/10	FIVB	Sanya Open	Bronze Medal	Kessy/Ross	6	Salgado/Salgado	10	21-19, 21-14	0:45
8/14/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Bronze Medal	Salgado/Salgado	8	Kessy/Ross	5	13-21, 21-19, 15-8	0:54
7/22/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 3	Kessy/Ross	4	Salgado/Salgado	5	21-18, 22-20	0:49
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
Trail the series against # 5 Antonelli/Bednarczuk, Brazil 0-3
7/25/13	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Winner 2	Antonelli/Bednarczuk	5	Kessy/Ross	1	21-15, 13-21, 16-14	0:52
6/14/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Winner 2	Antonelli/Bednarczuk	7	Kessy/Ross	2	21-13, 21-17	0:34
5/25/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Antonelli/Bednarczuk	6	Kessy/Ross	2	15-21, 21-14, 15-12	0:49
Lead the series against # 6 Baquerizo/Fernandez, Spain 4-0
6/20/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool G	Kessy/Ross	7	Baquerizo/Fernandez	10	21-15, 27-25	0:45
5/25/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Winner 3	Kessy/Ross	2	Baquerizo/Fernandez	9	21-11, 13-21, 15-12	0:52
8/17/12	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	1	Baquerizo/Fernandez	19	17-21, 21-16, 15-7	0:50
8/2/12	FIVB	London 2012 Olympic Games	Pool D	Kessy/Ross	4	Baquerizo/Fernandez	16	21-19, 19-21, 19-17	1:06
Lead the series against # 7 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 6-3
4/27/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 3	Holtwick/Semmler	5	Kessy/Ross	4	21-15, 23-25, 15-13	0:53
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 # 9 Mader/Zumkehr, Switzerland 1-0
4/26/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool D	Kessy/Ross	4	Mader/Zumkehr	13	21-23, 21-10, 15-10	0:53
Lead the series against # 10 Kolocova/Slukova, Czech Republic 8-1
5/24/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	2	Kolocova/Slukova	7	17-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:55
4/27/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	4	Kolocova/Slukova	6	21-19, 23-21	0:42
8/5/12	FIVB	London 2012 Olympic Games	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	4	Kolocova/Slukova	10	25-23, 21-18	0:49
11/4/11	FIVB	Phuket Open	Winner 3	Kessy/Ross	2	Kolocova/Slukova	7	11-21, 21-11, 15-9	0:52
7/6/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool A	Kolocova/Slukova	17	Kessy/Ross	1	21-16, 21-13	0:32
7/1/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	3	Kolocova/Slukova	23	23-21, 21-15	0:39
6/8/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool C	Kessy/Ross	3	Kolocova/Slukova	19	21-12, 17-21, 15-13	0:58
10/30/10	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 6	Kessy/Ross	6	Kolocova/Slukova	5	22-20, 21-11	0:42
7/30/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	6	Kolocova/Slukova	16	21-16, 21-12	0:36
Lead the series against # 11 Bawden/Clancy, Australia 2-0
5/24/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Pool B	Kessy/Ross	2	Bawden/Clancy	15	18-21, 21-9, 15-8	0:45
5/2/13	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool D	Kessy/Ross	4	Bawden/Clancy	20	17-21, 21-17, 23-21	0:59
Lead the series against # 12 Fopma/Sweat, United States 2-0
6/21/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	7	Fopma/Sweat	24, Q3	21-15, 21-19	0:40
5/2/13	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool D	Kessy/Ross	4	Fopma/Sweat	29, Q13	21-15, 21-19	0:41
Lead the series against # 13 Nestarcova/Pridalova, Slovakia 1-0
8/15/12	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool A	Kessy/Ross	1	Nestarcova/Pridalova	17	21-11, 21-13	0:29
Lead the series against # 14 Bieneck/Grossner, Germany 1-0
7/24/13	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Winner 1	Kessy/Ross	1	Bieneck/Grossner	14	21-11, 14-21, 15-12	0:45
Lead the series against # 16 Nystrom/Nystrom, Finland 6-0
7/24/13	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Pool A	Kessy/Ross	1	Nystrom/Nystrom	16	By Forfeit
6/19/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool G	Kessy/Ross	7	Nystrom/Nystrom	23	18-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:52
6/8/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool D	Kessy/Ross	4	Nystrom/Nystrom	29, Q5	17-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:51
8/3/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool E	Kessy/Ross	5	Nystrom/Nystrom	28, Q2	16-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:52
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
Series tied with # 17 Forrer/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 1-1
7/23/13	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Pool A	Forrer/Verge-Depre	17	Kessy/Ross	1	21-19, 21-15	0:34
6/12/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool B	Kessy/Ross	2	Forrer/Verge-Depre	18, Q2	21-17, 21-16	0:33
Lead the series against # 21 Broder/May, Canada 1-0
6/19/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool G	Kessy/Ross	7	Broder/May	26, Q5	21-12, 16-21, 15-12	0:55
Lead the series against # 22 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 # 23 Hermannova/Williams, Czech Republic 1-0
7/6/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 2	Kessy/Ross	4	Hermannova/Williams	26, Q2	21-19, 21-16	0:37
Lead the series against # 32, Q10 Pregowska/Wolak, Poland 1-0
7/23/13	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Pool A	Kessy/Ross	1	Pregowska/Wolak	32, Q10	21-10, 21-12	0:27