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US$300,000 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Sochi
May 25 - 29, 2021

(6) 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 Sochi Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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

Sochi 4 Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/27/2021	Pool F	Angela Lobato / Amaranta Navarro, Spain (27, Q5)	Won 21-15, 21-11	0:32
Thu, 5/27/2021	Pool F	Carol Salgado / Barbara Seixas, Brazil (11)	Lost 21-17, 17-21, 5-15	0:47
Fri, 5/28/2021	Winner 1	Melissa Humana-Paredes / Sarah Pavan, Canada (2)	Won 21-13, 21-14	0:36
Fri, 5/28/2021	Winner 2	Margareta Kozuch / Laura Ludwig, Germany (7)	Won 22-20, 21-13	0:36
Fri, 5/28/2021	Winner 3	Kelly Cheng / Sarah Marmelstein, United States (14)	Lost 18-21, 21-19, 7-15	0:48

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	11	3	2	0	1	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	$183,000.00	47	14	77.0 %
2021	FIVB	5	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$50,000.00	21	6	77.8 %
Total	FIVB	23	5	2	2	1	8	0	4	0	0	1	0	$297,000.00	92	29	76.0 %

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
11	3	2	0	1	3	2	0	0	0	$91,500.00	2019	FIVB	11	3	2	0	1	3	2	0	0	0	$91,500.00
5	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	$25,000.00	2021	FIVB	5	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	$25,000.00
23	5	2	2	1	8	4	0	1	0	$148,500.00	Total	Total	147	26	19	14	9	38	27	7	4	3	$1,203,975.00

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%
2020-2021	28	80.0%	4	11.4%	3	8.6%	32-3	91.4%	3	30.0%	2	20.0%	5	50.0%	3-7	30.0%	28-5	84.8%	7-5	58.3%	0	1	35-11	76.1%
Against the Field	41	77.4%	7	13.2%	5	9.4%	48-5	90.6%	9	36.0%	5	20.0%	11	44.0%	9-16	36.0%	82-20	80.4%	32-20	61.5%	0	1	57-21	73.1%

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 48-16 (Lead 17 Series, Trail 2 Series, 5 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Kholomina/Makroguzova, Russia 2-1
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
Lead the series against # 2 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 # 5 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 # 7 Kozuch/Ludwig, Germany 2-0
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 # 8 Keizer/Meppelink, Netherlands 1-1
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 # 9 Baquerizo/Fernandez, Spain 2-1
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 # 10 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
Trail the series against # 11 Salgado/Seixas, Brazil 0-1
5/27/21	FIVB	Sochi 4 Star	Pool F	Salgado/Seixas	11	Klineman/Ross	6	17-21, 21-17, 15-5	0:47
Series tied with # 12 Kolinske/Stockman, United States 1-1
3/11/21	FIVB	Doha 4-star	Semi-Finals	Klineman/Ross	2	Kolinske/Stockman	14	21-15, 21-16	0:34
6/14/19	FIVB	Warsaw Four Star	Winner 3	Kolinske/Stockman	11, Q1	Klineman/Ross	3	21-13, 21-14	0:30
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
Series tied with # 14 Cheng/Marmelstein, United States 1-1
5/28/21	FIVB	Sochi 4 Star	Winner 3	Cheng/Marmelstein	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/Marmelstein	14	21-15, 21-18	0:36
Lead the series against # 15 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 # 16 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 # 17 Kociolek/Wojtasik, Poland 2-1
7/10/19	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Pool C	Klineman/Ross	3	Kociolek/Wojtasik	30	18-21, 22-20, 15-4	0:48
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 # 18, Q1 Sweat/Walsh Jennings, United States 4-0
4/30/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 3rd	Winner 2	Klineman/Ross	5	Sweat/Walsh Jennings	15	21-8, 21-17	0:32
3/9/21	FIVB	Doha 4-star	Pool B	Klineman/Ross	2	Sweat/Walsh Jennings	15	21-17, 20-22, 15-10	0:48
7/13/19	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Winner 3	Klineman/Ross	3	Sweat/Walsh Jennings	7	21-17, 21-13	0:36
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
Lead the series against # 20 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
Lead the series against # 21 Bieneck/Schneider, Germany 3-1
4/30/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 3rd	Pool E	Klineman/Ross	5	Bieneck/Schneider	21, Q3	21-12, 21-18	0:40
7/25/19	FIVB	Tokyo Four Star	Pool A	Klineman/Ross	1	Bieneck/Schneider	13, Q5	25-23, 18-21, 15-9	0:54
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
Lead the series against # 22, Q2 Ittlinger/Van de Velde, Germany 1-0
1/5/19	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Winner 3	Klineman/Ross	2	Ittlinger/Van de Velde	10	18-21, 21-18, 15-4	0:46
Lead the series against # 23 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 # 27, Q5 Lobato/Navarro, Spain 2-0
5/27/21	FIVB	Sochi 4 Star	Pool F	Klineman/Ross	6	Lobato/Navarro	27, Q5	21-15, 21-11	0:32
8/9/18	FIVB	Moscow Four Star	Pool E	Klineman/Ross	5	Lobato/Navarro	21, Q3	22-20, 21-15	0:36
Trail the series against # 29, Q7 Ahtiainen/Lehtonen, Finland 0-1
4/29/21	FIVB	Cancun 4 Star - 3rd	Pool E	Ahtiainen/Lehtonen	28, Q8	Klineman/Ross	5	19-21, 21-15, 15-12	1:01
Lead the series against # 31, Q11 Lopes/Silva, Brazil 2-0
3/9/21	FIVB	Doha 4-star	Pool B	Klineman/Ross	2	Lopes/Silva	31, Q13	21-14, 22-20	0:35
5/16/19	FIVB	Itapema Four Star	Pool E	Klineman/Ross	5	Lopes/Silva	28	21-19, 21-13	0:31
Lead the series against # Q6 Strauss/Strauss, Austria 1-0
7/31/19	FIVB	Vienna Major Five Star	Pool A	Klineman/Ross	1	Strauss/Strauss	32	21-16, 21-19	0:36