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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 Yangzhou Four Star
October 10 - 14, 2018

(2) Alix Klineman/April Ross, United States

Alix Klineman
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 30, 1989 (35 yrs old)

Home Town:

Manhattan Beach, CA

Height:

194 cm (6'5")

Weight:

73 kg (161 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$178,200.00

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	Money
FIVB	26	6	2	3	1	9	0	4	0	0	1	US$353,000.00

Previous Yangzhou Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/8-12/2018	Moscow Four Star	5	5th	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/31-8/4/2018	Vienna Major	6	5th	720	US$12,000.00
FIVB	7/9-15/2018	Gstaad Major	9	5th	720	US$12,000.00
FIVB	5/1-6/2018	Huntington Beach Four Star	7	9th	340	US$4,000.00
FIVB	4/18-22/2018	Xiamen Four Star	13	5th	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	2/27-3/4/2018	Fort Lauderdale Major	12	25th	360	US$4,000.00
FIVB	1/2-7/2018	The Hague Four Star	13, Q2	1st	800	US$20,000.00

Yangzhou Four Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 10/11/2018	Pool B	Meimei Lin / Lingdi Zhu, China (31)	Won 18-21, 21-13, 26-24	0:55
Fri, 10/12/2018	Pool B	Emily Capers / Betsi Flint, United States (15, Q2)	Lost 18-21, 19-21	0:34
Fri, 10/12/2018	Winner 1	Miki Ishii / Megumi Murakami, Japan (11)	Won 21-15, 21-15	0:30
Sat, 10/13/2018	Winner 2	Kelly Cheng / Kerri Walsh Jennings, United States (9, Q1)	Won 19-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:44
Sat, 10/13/2018	Winner 3	Tina Graudina / Anastasija Samoilova, Latvia (17)	Won 22-20, 21-11	0:30
Sat, 10/13/2018	Semi-Finals	Melissa Humana-Paredes / Sarah Pavan, Canada (4)	Won 21-19, 25-27, 15-11	0:53
Sun, 10/14/2018	Gold Medal	Rebecca Cavalcanti / Ana Patricia Silva, Brazil (16, Q3)	Won 21-19, 21-16	0:34

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$45,000.00
World Tour Finals	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$58,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	5	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	$76,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	17	4	1	2	1	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	$174,000.00
Total	26	6	2	3	1	9	0	4	0	0	1	0	$353,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Alix Klineman												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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$24,200.00	World Championships	7	1	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	$105,200.00
2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$29,000.00	World Tour Finals	5	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	$46,000.00
6	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	$38,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	67	13	5	4	5	18	15	3	3	0	$694,950.00
17	4	1	2	1	7	2	0	0	0	$87,000.00	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
28	6	2	3	1	9	4	1	1	1	$178,200.00	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
2018	FIVB	7	1	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	$64,000.00	24	9	72.7 %
2019	FIVB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$20,000.00	6	1	85.7 %
Total	FIVB	8	2	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	$84,000.00	30	10	75.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Alix Klineman													April Ross
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2006	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$1,500.00
											2007	FIVB	8	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	2	$53,050.00
											2008	FIVB	12	2	1	1	1	5	1	1	0	0	$87,300.00
											2009	FIVB	12	3	4	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	$139,100.00
											2010	FIVB	15	2	1	2	2	3	3	1	1	0	$106,675.00
											2011	FIVB	14	1	3	3	0	5	1	1	0	0	$115,500.00
											2011	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$550.00
											2012	FIVB	10	1	1	1	0	6	1	0	0	0	$69,100.00
											2013	FIVB	12	2	1	0	2	1	6	0	0	0	$83,450.00
											2014	FIVB	10	4	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	$141,000.00
											2015	FIVB	10	0	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	0	$74,000.00
											2016	FIVB	11	5	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	$141,500.00
											2017	FIVB	6	0	1	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	$42,000.00
7	1	0	0	0	4	1	0	1	0	$32,000.00	2018	FIVB	8	1	0	0	0	4	1	1	1	0	$32,750.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00	2019	FIVB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00
8	2	0	0	0	4	1	0	1	0	$42,000.00	Total	Total	132	23	17	12	8	34	24	7	4	3	$1,097,475.00

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	77	78.6%	13	13.3%	8	8.2%	90-8	91.8%	16	39.0%	6	14.6%	19	46.3%	16-25	39.0%	77-19	80.2%	29-14	67.4%	0	1	106-34	75.7%
2018-2019	49	77.8%	9	14.3%	5	7.9%	58-5	92.1%	13	41.9%	4	12.9%	14	45.2%	13-18	41.9%	49-14	77.8%	22-9	71.0%	0	0	71-23	75.5%
Against the Field	31	79.5%	5	12.8%	3	7.7%	36-3	92.3%	6	40.0%	1	6.7%	8	53.3%	6-9	40.0%	62-16	79.5%	22-8	73.3%	0	0	42-12	77.8%

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	1	0	7	0
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	6	2
World Tour Finals	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	6	4
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	6	4	0	0	6	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	14	7
Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	2	0	27	6	0	0	31	9	5	3	2	1	4	1	73	21
Total	2	0	2	0	42	13	0	0	43	13	8	4	3	1	6	2	106	34

Head to Head Results
Klineman/Ross lead the series against the field 14-5 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 1 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Alves/Seixas, Brazil 1-0
1/6/18	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Winner 3	Klineman/Ross	13, Q2	Alves/Seixas	10	21-16, 21-13	0:35
Series tied with # 3 Hughes/Ross, United States 1-1
8/11/18	FIVB	Moscow Four Star	Winner 3	Hughes/Ross	9	Klineman/Ross	5	21-18, 21-19	0:34
7/13/18	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Winner 2	Klineman/Ross	9	Hughes/Ross	10	21-18, 16-21, 15-9	0:48
Trail the series against # 4 Humana-Paredes/Pavan, Canada 1-2
10/13/18	FIVB	Yangzhou Four Star	Semi-Finals	Klineman/Ross	2	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	4	21-19, 25-27, 15-11	0:53
7/14/18	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Winner 3	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	1	Klineman/Ross	9	21-15, 21-15	0:36
5/4/18	FIVB	Huntington Beach Four Star	Winner 4	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	2	Klineman/Ross	7	27-29, 21-19, 15-12	1:00
Lead the series against # 6 Brunner/Huberli, Switzerland 1-0
4/20/18	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Pool D	Klineman/Ross	13	Brunner/Huberli	4	21-16, 21-13	0:33
Lead the series against # 7 Kholomina/Makroguzova, Russia 2-0
4/21/18	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Winner 2	Klineman/Ross	13	Kholomina/Makroguzova	21	18-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:51
1/6/18	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Winner 2	Klineman/Ross	13, Q2	Kholomina/Makroguzova	18	23-21, 21-13	0:35
Lead the series against # 9, Q1 Cheng/Walsh Jennings, United States 1-0
10/13/18	FIVB	Yangzhou Four Star	Winner 2	Klineman/Ross	2	Cheng/Walsh Jennings	9, Q1	19-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:44
Lead the series against # 11 Ishii/Murakami, Japan 1-0
10/12/18	FIVB	Yangzhou Four Star	Winner 1	Klineman/Ross	2	Ishii/Murakami	11	21-15, 21-15	0:30
Series tied with # 13 Kociolek/Wojtasik, Poland 1-1
8/1/18	FIVB	Vienna Major	Pool F	Kociolek/Wojtasik	22	Klineman/Ross	6	21-17, 15-21, 15-12	0:50
4/19/18	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Pool D	Klineman/Ross	13	Kociolek/Wojtasik	20	21-13, 22-20	0:37
Series tied with # 15, Q2 Capers/Flint, United States 1-1
10/12/18	FIVB	Yangzhou Four Star	Pool B	Capers/Flint	15, Q2	Klineman/Ross	2	21-18, 21-19	0:34
5/3/18	FIVB	Huntington Beach Four Star	Winner 2	Klineman/Ross	7	Capers/Flint	26	21-13, 21-10	0:32
Lead the series against # 16, Q3 Cavalcanti/Silva, Brazil 1-0
10/14/18	FIVB	Yangzhou Four Star	Gold Medal	Klineman/Ross	2	Cavalcanti/Silva	16, Q3	21-19, 21-16	0:34
Lead the series against # 17 Graudina/Samoilova, Latvia 1-0
10/13/18	FIVB	Yangzhou Four Star	Winner 3	Klineman/Ross	2	Graudina/Samoilova	17	22-20, 21-11	0:30
Lead the series against # 22 Lobato/Navarro, Spain 1-0
8/9/18	FIVB	Moscow Four Star	Pool E	Klineman/Ross	5	Lobato/Navarro	21, Q3	22-20, 21-15	0:36
Lead the series against # 31 Lin/Zhu, China 1-0
10/11/18	FIVB	Yangzhou Four Star	Pool B	Klineman/Ross	2	Lin/Zhu	31	18-21, 21-13, 26-24	0:55