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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$800,000 ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball
August 18 - 23, 2015

(31, Q27) Nicole Branagh/Jenny Kropp, United States

Nicole Branagh
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 31, 1979 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Orinda, CA

Height:

188 cm (6'2")

Weight:

79 kg (174 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$392,075.00

Jenny Kropp
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 17, 1979 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Grand Island, NE

Height:

188 cm (6'2")

Weight:

73 kg (161 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

17th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$5,550.00

Awards

Most Improved Player 2008

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	US$9,100.00

Previous Long Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2014	Whitney Pavlik - 25th	Did not play

Recent Results 1st Tournament

Long Beach Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 8/18/2015	Qualifier 1	Taru Lahti / Riikka Lehtonen, Finland (Q6)	Won 21-19, 21-17	0:40
Tue, 8/18/2015	Qualifier 2	Julie Gordon / Brandie Wilkerson, Canada (Q22)	Won 21-19, 21-14	0:37
Wed, 8/19/2015	Pool B	Talita Antunes / Larissa Maestrini, Brazil (2)	Lost 12-21, 13-21	0:29
Wed, 8/19/2015	Pool B	Jamie Broder / Kristina May, Canada (15)	Lost 21-18, 17-21, 12-15	0:53
Thu, 8/20/2015	Pool B	Chantal Laboureur / Julia Sude, Germany (18)	Lost 21-15, 15-21, 11-15	0:49

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$9,100.00
Total	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$9,100.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Nicole Branagh												Jenny Kropp
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	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
4	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	$25,000.00	World Championships
39	0	2	3	1	7	11	6	3	0	$186,100.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$4,550.00
37	3	2	4	6	4	13	1	3	0	$179,525.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,450.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
82	3	4	7	7	15	24	9	6	0	$392,075.00	Total	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$5,550.00

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
2012	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$5,100.00	1	3	25.0 %
2015	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$4,000.00	2	3	40.0 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$9,100.00	3	6	33.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Nicole Branagh													Jenny Kropp
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
8	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	3	$21,450.00	2006	FIVB
8	0	1	2	0	3	2	0	0	0	$57,200.00	2007	FIVB
12	2	2	3	1	3	1	0	0	0	$99,200.00	2008	FIVB
5	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	$44,150.00	2009	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
11	1	0	1	2	2	4	0	1	0	$67,325.00	2010	FIVB
14	0	0	0	0	2	8	2	0	2	$41,450.00	2011	FIVB
6	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	0	1	$17,250.00	2012	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$2,550.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$2,600.00	2013	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,500.00	2014	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$7,500.00	2015	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00
69	3	4	7	6	13	19	6	5	6	$360,625.00	Total	Total	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	$4,550.00

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	3	60.0%	0	0.0%	2	40.0%	3-2	60.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4	100.0%	0-4	0.0%	3-4	42.9%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	3-6	33.3%
2014-2015	2	50.0%	0	0.0%	2	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	2-1	66.7%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	2-3	40.0%
Against the Field	2	50.0%	0	0.0%	2	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	4-2	66.7%	0-4	0.0%	0	0	2-3	40.0%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	2	0	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6
Total	0	0	2	0	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6

Head to Head Results
Branagh/Kropp trail the series against the field 2-3 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Antunes/Maestrini, Brazil 0-1
8/19/15	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Pool B	Antunes/Maestrini	2	Branagh/Kropp	31, Q27	21-12, 21-13	0:29
Trail the series against # 15 Broder/May, Canada 0-1
8/19/15	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Pool B	Broder/May	15	Branagh/Kropp	31, Q27	18-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:53
Trail the series against # 18 Laboureur/Sude, Germany 0-1
8/20/15	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Pool B	Laboureur/Sude	18	Branagh/Kropp	31, Q27	15-21, 21-15, 15-11	0:49
Lead the series against # Q6 Lahti/Lehtonen, Finland 1-0
8/18/15	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Branagh/Kropp	31, Q27	Lahti/Lehtonen	Q6	21-19, 21-17	0:40
Lead the series against # Q22 Gordon/Wilkerson, Canada 1-0
8/18/15	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Branagh/Kropp	31, Q27	Gordon/Wilkerson	Q22	21-19, 21-14	0:37