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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
Tokyo Olympic Games
July 24 - August 6, 2021

(2) Alix Klineman/April Ross, United States

Alix Klineman
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 30, 1989 (34 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 (42 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

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 Tokyo Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2019	April Ross - 2nd	Alix Klineman - 2nd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/1-6/2021	Ostrava 4 Star	4	5th	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	5/25-29/2021	Sochi 4 Star	6	5th	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	4/28-5/2/2021	Cancun 4 Star - 3rd	5	3rd	640	US$10,000.00
FIVB	4/22-26/2021	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	4	3rd	640	US$10,000.00
FIVB	4/16-20/2021	Cancun 4 Star - 1st	1	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	3/8-12/2021	Doha 4-star	2	1st	800	US$20,000.00
FIVB	9/3-8/2019	World Tour Finals Rome	2	9th	600	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/30-8/4/2019	Vienna Major Five Star	1	9th	600	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/24-28/2019	Tokyo Four Star	1	2nd	720	US$16,000.00
FIVB	7/8-14/2019	Gstaad Major Series	3	1st	1200	US$40,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/6/2019	World Championships Hamburg	5	2nd	1440	US$45,000.00
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

Tokyo Olympic Games Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sun, 7/25/2021

Pool B

Xinxin Wang / Chen Xue, China (23)

Won 21-17, 21-19

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Alix Klineman	Total	20	13	2	0.550	4	3	0	5
	1	10	7	1	0.600	3	2	0	3
	2	10	6	1	0.500	1	1	0	2
April Ross	Total	23	18	0	0.783	0	9	2	1
	1	11	8	0	0.727	0	4	1	0
	2	12	10	0	0.833	0	5	1	1

Tue, 7/27/2021

Pool B

Elsa Baquerizo / Liliana Fernandez, Spain (14)

Won 21-13, 21-16

0:36

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Alix Klineman	Total	13	10	1	0.692	2	1	1	5
	1	8	7	0	0.875	0	1	1	3
	2	5	3	1	0.400	2	0	0	2
April Ross	Total	27	15	2	0.481	0	11	4	2
	1	14	7	1	0.429	0	7	2	2
	2	13	8	1	0.538	0	4	2	0

Fri, 7/30/2021

Pool B

Sanne Keizer / Madelein Meppelink, Netherlands (11)

Won 20-22, 21-17, 15-5

0:50

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Alix Klineman	Total	14	12	2	0.714	5	5	3	3
	1	5	4	1	0.600	2	2	0	0
	2	6	5	1	0.667	1	1	0	2
	3	3	3	0	1.000	2	2	3	1
April Ross	Total	33	20	6	0.424	0	9	0	2
	1	18	9	5	0.222	0	3	0	2
	2	10	8	1	0.700	0	4	0	0
	3	5	3	0	0.600	0	2	0	0

Mon, 8/2/2021

Winner 1

Lidianny Echeverria / Leila Martinez, Cuba (20)

Won 21-17, 21-15

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Alix Klineman	Total	15	9	2	0.467	1	5	3	2
	1	4	3	1	0.500	0	0	2	1
	2	11	6	1	0.455	1	5	1	1
April Ross	Total	23	14	4	0.435	0	5	0	3
	1	11	6	3	0.273	0	2	0	2
	2	12	8	1	0.583	0	3	0	1

Tue, 8/3/2021

Winner 2

Margareta Kozuch / Laura Ludwig, Germany (18)

Won 21-19, 21-19

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Alix Klineman	Total	9	5	1	0.444	3	2	0	4
	1	6	4	1	0.500	2	1	0	2
	2	3	1	0	0.333	1	1	0	2
April Ross	Total	30	22	4	0.600	0	8	3	3
	1	13	8	2	0.462	0	5	0	1
	2	17	14	2	0.706	0	3	3	2

Thu, 8/5/2021

Semi-Finals

Joana Mader / Anouk Verge-Depre, Switzerland (12)

Won 21-12, 21-11

0:36

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Alix Klineman	Total	11	9	0	0.818	4	1	1	1
	1	5	4	0	0.800	3	0	0	1
	2	6	5	0	0.833	1	1	1	0
April Ross	Total	20	15	1	0.700	0	8	2	2
	1	12	9	0	0.750	0	4	1	1
	2	8	6	1	0.625	0	4	1	1

Fri, 8/6/2021

Gold Medal

Mariafe Artacho / Taliqua Clancy, Australia (5)

Won 21-15, 21-16

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Alix Klineman	Total	15	10	1	0.600	2	5	3	2
	1	12	8	1	0.583	1	3	1	1
	2	3	2	0	0.667	1	2	2	1
April Ross	Total	23	9	4	0.217	0	8	4	2
	1	7	3	1	0.286	0	3	2	1
	2	16	6	3	0.188	0	5	2	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Alix Klineman	97	68	9	0.608	21	22	11	22
April Ross	179	113	21	0.514	0	58	15	15
Total	276	181	30	0.547	21	80	26	37
Opponents	286	147	55	0.322	8	56	13	37

Olympic Games, World Championships, World Tour Finals 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
2012	Olympic Games	London	Did not play	Jennifer Kessy - 2nd
2013	World Championships	Stare Jablonki	Did not play	Whitney Pavlik - 4th
2015	World Championships	The Hague	Did not play	Kerri Walsh Jennings - 9th
2015	World Tour Finals	Fort Lauderdale	Did not play	Lauren Fendrick - 5th
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro	Did not play	Kerri Walsh Jennings - 3rd
2016	World Tour Finals	Toronto	Did not play	Kerri Walsh Jennings - 5th
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Did not play	Lauren Fendrick - 2nd
2017	World Tour Finals	Hamburg	Did not play	Lauren Fendrick - 9th
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	April Ross - 2nd	Alix Klineman - 2nd
2019	World Tour Finals	Rome	April Ross - 9th	Alix Klineman - 9th
2021	World Tour Finals	Cagliari	April Ross - 3rd	Alix Klineman - 3rd
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Hailey Harward - 37th	Did not play

Head to Head Results
Klineman/Ross lead the series against the field 50-20 (Lead 14 Series, Trail 0 Series, 6 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Humana-Paredes/Pavan, Canada 6-3
5/28/21	FIVB	Sochi 4 Star	Winner 1	Klineman/Ross	6	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	2	21-13, 21-14	0:36
5/2/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 3rd	Bronze Medal	Klineman/Ross	5	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	2	21-16, 21-15	0:40
3/12/21	FIVB	Doha 4-star	Gold Medal	Klineman/Ross	2	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	1	22-20, 21-18	0:42
7/27/19	FIVB	Tokyo Four Star	Winner 2	Klineman/Ross	1	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	2	21-18, 21-19	0:43
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
Series tied with # 3 Bednarczuk/Lisboa, Brazil 3-3
7/28/19	FIVB	Tokyo Four Star	Gold Medal	Bednarczuk/Lisboa	4	Klineman/Ross	1	21-19, 21-18	0:42
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
Lead the series against # 4 Cavalcanti/Silva, Brazil 2-1
3/11/21	FIVB	Doha 4-star	Winner 3	Klineman/Ross	2	Cavalcanti/Silva	5	21-17, 21-19	0:36
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
Series tied with # 5 Artacho/Clancy, Australia 3-3
8/6/21	FIVB	Tokyo Olympic Games	Gold Medal	Klineman/Ross	2	Artacho/Clancy	5	21-15, 21-16	0:43
5/1/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 3rd	Semi-Finals	Artacho/Clancy	3	Klineman/Ross	5	21-11, 21-15	0:36
4/24/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	Winner 2	Klineman/Ross	4	Artacho/Clancy	3	19-21, 21-11, 15-11	0:49
4/18/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 1st	Winner 2	Artacho/Clancy	2	Klineman/Ross	1	29-27, 21-15	0:44
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
Lead the series against # 6 Ishii/Murakami, Japan 2-0
4/30/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 3rd	Winner 1	Klineman/Ross	5	Ishii/Murakami	23	21-14, 21-16	0:44
10/12/18	FIVB	Yangzhou Four Star	Winner 1	Klineman/Ross	2	Ishii/Murakami	11	21-15, 21-15	0:30
Lead the series against # 7 Brunner/Huberli, Switzerland 4-0
5/1/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 3rd	Winner 3	Klineman/Ross	5	Brunner/Huberli	14	21-17, 11-21, 15-9	0:59
7/14/19	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Semi-Finals	Klineman/Ross	3	Brunner/Huberli	1	22-20, 21-17	0:43
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 # 8 Kholomina/Makroguzova, Russia 3-1
6/4/21	FIVB	Ostrava 4 Star	Winner 2	Klineman/Ross	4	Kholomina/Makroguzova	7	21-14, 21-9	0:31
4/25/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	Semi-Finals	Kholomina/Makroguzova	6	Klineman/Ross	4	22-20, 21-18	0:42
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
Series tied with # 9 Cheng/Sponcil, United States 1-1
5/28/21	FIVB	Sochi 4 Star	Winner 3	Cheng/Sponcil	14	Klineman/Ross	6	21-18, 19-21, 15-7	0:48
6/1/19	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Winner 2	Klineman/Ross	4	Cheng/Sponcil	14	21-15, 21-18	0:36
Lead the series against # 10 Bansley/Wilkerson, Canada 4-0
4/17/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 1st	Pool A	Klineman/Ross	1	Bansley/Wilkerson	17	21-16, 18-21, 15-13	0:46
9/5/19	FIVB	World Tour Finals Rome	Pool B	Klineman/Ross	2	Bansley/Wilkerson	15	22-20, 21-11	0:39
7/26/19	FIVB	Tokyo Four Star	Pool A	Klineman/Ross	1	Bansley/Wilkerson	12	21-14, 15-21, 16-14	0:53
6/14/19	FIVB	Warsaw Four Star	Winner 2	Klineman/Ross	3	Bansley/Wilkerson	4	21-16, 21-16	0:38
Series tied with # 11 Keizer/Meppelink, Netherlands 2-2
7/30/21	FIVB	Tokyo Olympic Games	Pool B	Klineman/Ross	2	Keizer/Meppelink	11	20-22, 21-17, 15-5	0:50
6/3/21	FIVB	Ostrava 4 Star	Pool D	Keizer/Meppelink	13	Klineman/Ross	4	21-19, 21-19	0:37
4/26/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	Bronze Medal	Klineman/Ross	4	Keizer/Meppelink	21	21-17, 21-17	0:39
8/3/18	FIVB	Vienna Major	Winner 3	Keizer/Meppelink	16	Klineman/Ross	6	17-21, 25-23, 15-10	0:49
Lead the series against # 12 Mader/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 2-1
8/5/21	FIVB	Tokyo Olympic Games	Semi-Finals	Klineman/Ross	2	Mader/Verge-Depre	12	21-12, 21-11	0:36
6/5/21	FIVB	Ostrava 4 Star	Winner 3	Mader/Verge-Depre	3	Klineman/Ross	4	By Forfeit
7/12/18	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Pool H	Klineman/Ross	9	Mader/Verge-Depre	8	21-18, 22-20	0:39
Series tied with # 13 Borger/Sude, Germany 1-1
7/27/19	FIVB	Tokyo Four Star	Semi-Finals	Klineman/Ross	1	Borger/Sude	18	23-21, 22-20	0:46
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 # 14 Baquerizo/Fernandez, Spain 3-1
7/27/21	FIVB	Tokyo Olympic Games	Pool B	Klineman/Ross	2	Baquerizo/Fernandez	14	21-13, 21-16	0:36
3/10/21	FIVB	Doha 4-star	Winner 2	Klineman/Ross	2	Baquerizo/Fernandez	12	21-14, 21-18	0:36
7/11/19	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Pool C	Baquerizo/Fernandez	19	Klineman/Ross	3	21-15, 21-11	0:31
7/11/18	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Pool H	Klineman/Ross	9	Baquerizo/Fernandez	24, Q3	20-22, 23-21, 15-7	0:53
Lead the series against # 15 Wang/Xia, China 2-0
4/25/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	Winner 3	Klineman/Ross	4	Wang/Xia	9	21-17, 17-21, 15-9	0:55
7/27/19	FIVB	Tokyo Four Star	Winner 1	Klineman/Ross	1	Wang/Xia	17	21-16, 23-25, 15-8	0:57
Lead the series against # 16 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 # 18 Kozuch/Ludwig, Germany 3-0
8/3/21	FIVB	Tokyo Olympic Games	Winner 2	Klineman/Ross	2	Kozuch/Ludwig	18	21-19, 21-19	0:45
5/28/21	FIVB	Sochi 4 Star	Winner 2	Klineman/Ross	6	Kozuch/Ludwig	7	22-20, 21-13	0:36
4/26/19	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Pool E	Klineman/Ross	5	Kozuch/Ludwig	21	21-19, 21-17	0:38
Series tied with # 19 Hermannova/Slukova, Czech Republic 2-2
9/6/19	FIVB	World Tour Finals Rome	Winner 2	Hermannova/Slukova	22	Klineman/Ross	2	21-13, 21-14	0:34
8/2/19	FIVB	Vienna Major Five Star	Winner 2	Hermannova/Slukova	22	Klineman/Ross	1	13-21, 21-19, 16-14	0:51
7/12/19	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Winner 2	Klineman/Ross	3	Hermannova/Slukova	4	26-24, 21-9	0:39
1/6/18	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Semi-Finals	Klineman/Ross	13, Q2	Hermannova/Slukova	1	21-12, 21-17	0:35
Lead the series against # 20 Echeverria/Martinez, Cuba 1-0
8/2/21	FIVB	Tokyo Olympic Games	Winner 1	Klineman/Ross	2	Echeverria/Martinez	20	21-17, 21-15	0:39
Lead the series against # 22 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 # 23 Wang/Xue, China 2-1
7/25/21	FIVB	Tokyo Olympic Games	Pool B	Klineman/Ross	2	Wang/Xue	23	21-17, 21-19	0:42
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