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US$1,000,000 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships
June 28 - July 6, 2019

(5) 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 Hamburg Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2016	Did not play	Kerri Walsh Jennings - 4th
2017	Did not play	Lauren Fendrick - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/11-15/2019	Warsaw Four Star	3	5th	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	5/29-6/2/2019	Ostrava Four Star	4	5th	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	5/14-19/2019	Itapema Four Star	5	1st	800	US$20,000.00
FIVB	4/23-28/2019	Xiamen Four Star	5	5th	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	1/2-6/2019	The Hague Four Star	2	4th	560	US$8,000.00
FIVB	10/10-14/2018	Yangzhou Four Star	2	1st	800	US$20,000.00
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

World Championships Hamburg Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sat, 6/29/2019	Pool E	Valeria Mendoza / Lolette Rodriguez, Nicaragua (44)	Won 21-8, 21-7	0:25
Sun, 6/30/2019	Pool E	Xinxin Wang / Chen Xue, China (29)	Won 21-10, 21-11	0:32
Mon, 7/1/2019	Pool E	Karla Borger / Julia Sude, Germany (20)	Lost 15-21, 23-21, 10-15	0:59
Wed, 7/3/2019	Winner 1	Maria Antonelli / Carol Salgado, Brazil (10)	Won 21-15, 13-21, 15-11	0:47
Thu, 7/4/2019	Winner 2	Tina Graudina / Anastasija Samoilova, Latvia (26)	Won 21-11, 21-18	0:35
Fri, 7/5/2019	Winner 3	Sara Hughes / Summer Ross, United States (11)	Won 21-18, 21-14	0:34
Fri, 7/5/2019	Semi-Finals	Mariafe Artacho / Taliqua Clancy, Australia (7)	Won 21-15, 21-18	0:41
Sat, 7/6/2019	Gold Medal	Melissa Humana-Paredes / Sarah Pavan, Canada (9)	Lost 21-23, 21-23	0:58

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Did not play	Jennifer Kessy - 37th
2009	World Championships	Stavanger	Did not play	Jennifer Kessy - 1st
2011	World Championships	Rome	Did not play	Jennifer Kessy - 5th
2013	World Championships	Stare Jablonki	Did not play	Whitney Pavlik - 4th
2015	World Championships	The Hague	Did not play	Kerri Walsh Jennings - 9th
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Did not play	Lauren Fendrick - 2nd
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	April Ross - 2nd	Alix Klineman - 2nd
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Hailey Harward - 37th	Did not play

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/28-7/6/2019	World Championships Hamburg	5	2nd	1440	US$45,000.00

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	7	2	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	$111,000.00	31	10	75.6 %
Total	FIVB	14	3	1	0	1	7	0	1	0	0	1	0	$175,000.00	55	19	74.3 %

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
7	2	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	$55,500.00	2019	FIVB	7	2	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	$55,500.00
14	3	1	0	1	7	1	0	1	0	$87,500.00	Total	Total	138	24	18	12	9	37	24	7	4	3	$1,142,975.00

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	51	75.0%	12	17.6%	5	7.4%	63-5	92.6%	11	32.4%	6	17.6%	17	50.0%	11-23	32.4%	102-32	76.1%	46-22	67.6%	0	1	74-28	72.5%

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 35-17 (Lead 17 Series, Trail 4 Series, 7 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 2 Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer, Austria 1-0
1/4/19	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Winner 2	Klineman/Ross	2	Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer	19	21-14, 21-15	0:31
Lead the series against # 3 Bansley/Wilkerson, Canada 1-0
6/14/19	FIVB	Warsaw Four Star	Winner 2	Klineman/Ross	3	Bansley/Wilkerson	4	21-16, 21-16	0:38
Series tied with # 4 Cavalcanti/Silva, Brazil 1-1
1/5/19	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Semi-Finals	Cavalcanti/Silva	3	Klineman/Ross	2	21-17, 21-19	0:36
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 # 6 Bednarczuk/Lisboa, Brazil 3-2
6/1/19	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Winner 3	Bednarczuk/Lisboa	5	Klineman/Ross	4	21-18, 21-18	0:39
5/18/19	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Winner 3	Klineman/Ross	5	Bednarczuk/Lisboa	1	25-27, 21-18, 15-13	1:00
4/27/19	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Winner 2	Klineman/Ross	5	Bednarczuk/Lisboa	3	18-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:50
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
Series tied with # 7 Artacho/Clancy, Australia 1-1
7/5/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Semi-Finals	Klineman/Ross	5	Artacho/Clancy	7	21-15, 21-18	0:41
4/27/19	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Winner 3	Artacho/Clancy	11	Klineman/Ross	5	21-14, 19-21, 15-9	0:45
Trail the series against # 8 Keizer/Meppelink, Netherlands 0-1
8/3/18	FIVB	Vienna Major	Winner 3	Keizer/Meppelink	16	Klineman/Ross	6	17-21, 25-23, 15-10	0:49
Trail the series against # 9 Humana-Paredes/Pavan, Canada 2-3
7/6/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Gold Medal	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	9	Klineman/Ross	5	23-21, 23-21	0:58
5/19/19	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Gold Medal	Klineman/Ross	5	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	2	25-23, 18-21, 15-10	0:56
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 # 10 Antonelli/Salgado, Brazil 2-1
7/3/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Winner 1	Klineman/Ross	5	Antonelli/Salgado	10	21-15, 13-21, 15-11	0:47
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 # 11 Hughes/Ross, United States 3-1
7/5/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Winner 3	Klineman/Ross	5	Hughes/Ross	11	21-18, 21-14	0:34
5/17/19	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Winner 2	Klineman/Ross	5	Hughes/Ross	7	21-16, 12-21, 15-10	0:45
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
Lead the series against # 12 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 # 13 Lahti/Parkkinen, Finland 1-1
1/6/19	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Bronze Medal	Lahti/Parkkinen	12	Klineman/Ross	2	15-21, 21-13, 15-6	0:43
8/2/18	FIVB	Vienna Major	Winner 1	Klineman/Ross	6	Lahti/Parkkinen	24, Q2	21-14, 21-15	0:35
Lead the series against # 14 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
Trail the series against # 15 Kolinske/Stockman, United States 0-1
6/14/19	FIVB	Warsaw Four Star	Winner 3	Kolinske/Stockman	11, Q1	Klineman/Ross	3	21-13, 21-14	0:30
Lead the series against # 16 Cheng/Marmelstein, United States 1-0
6/1/19	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Winner 2	Klineman/Ross	4	Cheng/Marmelstein	14	21-15, 21-18	0:36
Lead the series against # 17 Brunner/Huberli, Switzerland 2-0
6/13/19	FIVB	Warsaw Four Star	Pool C	Klineman/Ross	3	Brunner/Huberli	19	21-15, 21-12	0:33
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 # 18 Sweat/Walsh Jennings, United States 1-0
5/30/19	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Pool D	Klineman/Ross	4	Sweat/Walsh Jennings	13, Q2	18-21, 21-16, 17-15	0:48
Trail the series against # 20 Borger/Sude, Germany 0-1
7/1/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Pool E	Borger/Sude	20	Klineman/Ross	5	21-15, 21-23, 15-10	0:59
Lead the series against # 21 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
Series tied with # 23 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
Lead the series against # 26 Graudina/Samoilova, Latvia 2-0
7/4/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Winner 2	Klineman/Ross	5	Graudina/Samoilova	26	21-11, 21-18	0:35
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 # 27 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
Series tied with # 28 Bieneck/Schneider, Germany 1-1
4/26/19	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Winner 1	Klineman/Ross	5	Bieneck/Schneider	17	21-19, 21-16	0:39
5/5/18	FIVB	Huntington Beach Four Star	Contender 5	Bieneck/Schneider	12	Klineman/Ross	7	22-20, 23-21	0:43
Series tied with # 29 Wang/Xue, China 1-1
6/30/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Pool E	Klineman/Ross	5	Wang/Xue	29	21-10, 21-11	0:32
4/25/19	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Pool E	Wang/Xue	28	Klineman/Ross	5	21-16, 21-18	0:36
Lead the series against # 30 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 # 31 Stubbe/Van Iersel, Netherlands 1-1
5/18/19	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Semi-Finals	Klineman/Ross	5	Stubbe/Van Iersel	21	21-18, 21-17	0:38
5/16/19	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Pool E	Stubbe/Van Iersel	21	Klineman/Ross	5	11-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:48
Lead the series against # 34 Kozuch/Ludwig, Germany 1-0
4/26/19	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Pool E	Klineman/Ross	5	Kozuch/Ludwig	21	21-19, 21-17	0:38
Lead the series against # 38 Gallay/Pereyra, Argentina 2-0
5/17/19	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Winner 1	Klineman/Ross	5	Gallay/Pereyra	32, Q9	21-19, 21-12	0:35
8/9/18	FIVB	Moscow Four Star	Pool E	Klineman/Ross	5	Gallay/Pereyra	28	21-11, 21-13	0:28
Lead the series against # 44 Mendoza/Rodriguez, Nicaragua 1-0
6/29/19	FIVB	World Championships Hamburg	Pool E	Klineman/Ross	5	Mendoza/Rodriguez	44	21-8, 21-7	0:25