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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Gstaad Major
July 9 - 15, 2018

(9) 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 Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2007	Did not play	Jennifer Kessy - 37th
2009	Did not play	Jennifer Kessy - 5th
2010	Did not play	Jennifer Kessy - 9th
2011	Did not play	Jennifer Kessy - 9th
2012	Did not play	Jennifer Kessy - 5th
2013	Did not play	Kerri Walsh Jennings - 9th
2014	Did not play	Kerri Walsh Jennings - 9th
2015	Did not play	Kerri Walsh Jennings - 4th
2016	Did not play	Kerri Walsh Jennings - 2nd
2017	Did not play	Lauren Fendrick - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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

Gstaad Major Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/11/2018	Pool H	Elsa Baquerizo / Liliana Fernandez, Spain (24, Q3)	Won 20-22, 23-21, 15-7	0:53
Thu, 7/12/2018	Pool H	Joana Mader / Anouk Verge-Depre, Switzerland (8)	Won 21-18, 22-20	0:39
Fri, 7/13/2018	Winner 2	Sara Hughes / Summer Ross, United States (10)	Won 21-18, 16-21, 15-9	0:48
Sat, 7/14/2018	Winner 3	Melissa Humana-Paredes / Sarah Pavan, Canada (1)	Lost 15-21, 15-21	0:36

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	5	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	$46,000.00	18	6	75.0 %
Total	FIVB	5	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	$46,000.00	18	6	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
5	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	$23,000.00	2018	FIVB	6	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	$23,750.00
5	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	$23,000.00	Total	Total	129	22	17	12	8	32	24	7	4	3	$1,078,475.00

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%
2017-2018	19	86.4%	1	4.5%	2	9.1%	20-2	90.9%	4	36.4%	2	18.2%	5	45.5%	4-7	36.4%	19-5	79.2%	5-4	55.6%	0	0	24-9	72.7%
Against the Field	46	73.0%	11	17.5%	6	9.5%	57-6	90.5%	9	30.0%	3	10.0%	18	60.0%	9-21	30.0%	92-34	73.0%	40-18	69.0%	0	1	66-27	71.0%

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
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 11-6 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 3 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Humana-Paredes/Pavan, Canada 0-2
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
Series tied with # 3 Bednarczuk/Lisboa, Brazil 1-1
4/21/18	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Winner 3	Bednarczuk/Lisboa	7	Klineman/Ross	13	21-18, 27-29, 15-13	0:59
1/5/18	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Pool D	Klineman/Ross	13, Q2	Bednarczuk/Lisboa	4	22-20, 21-14	0:38
Lead the series against # 5 Hermannova/Slukova, Czech Republic 1-0
1/6/18	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Semi-Finals	Klineman/Ross	13, Q2	Hermannova/Slukova	1	21-12, 21-17	0:35
Series tied with # 6 Antonelli/Salgado, Brazil 1-1
3/1/18	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major	Pool E	Antonelli/Salgado	5	Klineman/Ross	12	21-16, 21-15	0:37
1/7/18	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Gold Medal	Klineman/Ross	13, Q2	Antonelli/Salgado	3, Q1	21-12, 21-15	0:33
Lead the series against # 8 Mader/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 1-0
7/12/18	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Pool H	Klineman/Ross	9	Mader/Verge-Depre	8	21-18, 22-20	0:39
Lead the series against # 10 Hughes/Ross, United States 1-0
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 # 11 Bieneck/Schneider, Germany 0-1
5/5/18	FIVB	Huntington Beach Four Star	Contender 5	Bieneck/Schneider	12	Klineman/Ross	7	22-20, 23-21	0:43
Trail the series against # 12 Borger/Kozuch, Germany 0-1
2/28/18	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major	Pool E	Borger/Kozuch	21	Klineman/Ross	12	21-18, 21-17	0:41
Lead the series against # 13 Horta/Lima, Brazil 1-0
5/4/18	FIVB	Huntington Beach Four Star	Winner 3	Klineman/Ross	7	Horta/Lima	10	21-19, 21-12	0:34
Lead the series against # 15 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 # 19 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 # 23, Q2 Kociolek/Wojtasik, Poland 1-0
4/19/18	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Pool D	Klineman/Ross	13	Kociolek/Wojtasik	20	21-13, 22-20	0:37
Lead the series against # 24, Q3 Baquerizo/Fernandez, Spain 1-0
7/11/18	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Pool H	Klineman/Ross	9	Baquerizo/Fernandez	24, Q3	20-22, 23-21, 15-7	0:53