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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$800,000 World Tour Finals - Italy
October 6 - 10, 2021

(10) 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 Cagliari Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/24-8/6/2021	Tokyo Olympic Games	2	1st	0	US$0.00
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

World Tour Finals - Italy Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 10/6/2021	Pool A	Karla Borger / Julia Sude, Germany (8)	Lost 20-22, 21-13, 8-15	0:49
Wed, 10/6/2021	Pool A	Svetlana Kholomina / Nadezda Makroguzova, Russia (4)	Lost 24-22, 19-21, 10-15	0:51
Thu, 10/7/2021	Pool A	Valentina Gottardi / Marta Menegatti, Italy (1)	Won 21-17, 22-20	0:39
Thu, 10/7/2021	Pool A	Nina Brunner / Tanja Huberli, Switzerland (5)	Won 21-18, 21-17	0:36
Sat, 10/9/2021	Winner 1	Kelly Cheng / Sarah Marmelstein, United States (3)	Won 18-21, 21-13, 15-8	0:45
Sat, 10/9/2021	Semi-Finals	Melissa Humana-Paredes / Sarah Pavan, Canada (6)	Lost 15-21, 12-21	0:44
Sun, 10/10/2021	Bronze Medal	Svetlana Kholomina / Nadezda Makroguzova, Russia (4)	Won 21-8, 21-17	0:31

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	8	2	0	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$106,000.00	35	11	76.1 %
Total	FIVB	26	6	2	3	1	9	0	4	0	0	1	0	$353,000.00	106	34	75.7 %

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
8	2	0	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	$53,000.00	2021	FIVB	8	2	0	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	$53,000.00
26	6	2	3	1	9	4	0	1	0	$176,500.00	Total	Total	150	27	19	15	9	39	27	7	4	3	$1,231,975.00

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	18	75.0%	3	12.5%	3	12.5%	21-3	87.5%	5	29.4%	4	23.5%	8	47.1%	5-12	29.4%	36-14	72.0%	16-14	53.3%	0	1	26-15	63.4%

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 26-15 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 1 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Gottardi/Menegatti, Italy 1-0
10/7/21	FIVB	World Tour Finals - Italy	Pool A	Klineman/Ross	10	Gottardi/Menegatti	1	21-17, 22-20	0:39
Series tied with # 2 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 # 3 Cheng/Marmelstein, United States 2-1
10/9/21	FIVB	World Tour Finals - Italy	Winner 1	Klineman/Ross	10	Cheng/Marmelstein	3	18-21, 21-13, 15-8	0:45
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 # 4 Kholomina/Makroguzova, Russia 4-2
10/10/21	FIVB	World Tour Finals - Italy	Bronze Medal	Klineman/Ross	10	Kholomina/Makroguzova	4	21-8, 21-17	0:31
10/6/21	FIVB	World Tour Finals - Italy	Pool A	Kholomina/Makroguzova	4	Klineman/Ross	10	22-24, 21-19, 15-10	0:51
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
Lead the series against # 5 Brunner/Huberli, Switzerland 5-0
10/7/21	FIVB	World Tour Finals - Italy	Pool A	Klineman/Ross	10	Brunner/Huberli	5	21-18, 21-17	0:36
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 # 6 Humana-Paredes/Pavan, Canada 6-4
10/9/21	FIVB	World Tour Finals - Italy	Semi-Finals	Humana-Paredes/Pavan	6	Klineman/Ross	10	21-15, 21-12	0:44
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 # 7 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
Trail the series against # 8 Borger/Sude, Germany 1-2
10/6/21	FIVB	World Tour Finals - Italy	Pool A	Borger/Sude	8	Klineman/Ross	10	22-20, 13-21, 15-8	0:49
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 # 9 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