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AVP Tour
$200,000 Gold Series Chicago Open
September 1 - 5, 2021

(1) Alix Klineman/April Ross

Alix Klineman

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 30, 1989 (34 yrs old)

Home Town:

Manhattan Beach, CA

Height:

6'5"

College(s):

Stanford

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$373,237.50

April Ross

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 20, 1982 (42 yrs old)

Home Town:

Newport Beach, CA

Height:

6'1"

College(s):

Southern California

Seasons:

Tournaments:

271

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$2,045,362.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	19	12	3	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$331,600.00
FIVB	26	6	2	3	1	9	0	4	0	0	1	US$353,000.00
NORCECA	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$2,500.00
Overall	46	19	5	5	1	9	1	5	0	0	1	US$687,100.00

Previous Chicago Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2006	Did not play	Keao Burdine - 17th
2008	Did not play	Jennifer Kessy - 3rd
2009	Did not play	Jennifer Kessy - 2nd
2016	Did not play	Kelly Reeves - 7th
2017	Lane Carico - 9th	Lauren Fendrick - 3rd
2018	April Ross - 1st	Alix Klineman - 1st
2019	April Ross - 1st	Alix Klineman - 1st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/18-22/2021	Manhattan Beach Open	1	1st	1350	$25,000.00
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

Chicago Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 9/3/2021

Winner 1

Macy Jerger / Devon Newberry (16, Q15)

Won 21-13, 21-8

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Alix Klineman	Total	8	8	0	1.000	4	4	1	2
	1	3	3	0	1.000	0	1	0	1
	2	5	5	0	1.000	4	3	1	1
April Ross	Total	27	20	1	0.704	0	8	0	5
	1	16	11	1	0.625	0	4	0	3
	2	11	9	0	0.818	0	4	0	2

Fri, 9/3/2021

Winner 2

Taryn Kloth / Kristen Nuss (9)

Won 40-38, 21-17

1:05

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Alix Klineman	Total	18	11	4	0.389	3	2	1	3
	1	16	10	4	0.375	2	1	0	3
	2	2	1	0	0.500	1	1	1	0
April Ross	Total	38	22	1	0.553	0	8	4	7
	1	22	15	1	0.636	0	4	1	4
	2	16	7	0	0.438	0	4	3	3

Sat, 9/4/2021

Winner 3

Sara Hughes / Brandie Wilkerson (4)

Won 21-10, 23-21

0:50

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Alix Klineman	Total	14	9	4	0.357	3	1	3	7
	1	8	4	3	0.125	2	0	3	3
	2	6	5	1	0.667	1	1	0	4
April Ross	Total	33	23	1	0.667	0	11	3	4
	1	10	7	0	0.700	0	5	2	1
	2	23	16	1	0.652	0	6	1	3

Sun, 9/5/2021

Semi-Finals

Taryn Kloth / Kristen Nuss (9)

Won 21-17, 21-11

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Alix Klineman	Total	18	8	3	0.278	4	1	1	2
	1	7	3	1	0.286	2	0	1	1
	2	11	5	2	0.273	2	1	0	1
April Ross	Total	25	15	3	0.480	0	6	4	2
	1	12	7	2	0.417	0	2	0	2
	2	13	8	1	0.538	0	4	4	0

Sun, 9/5/2021

Finals

Larissa Maestrini / Liliane Maestrini (12, Q5)

Won 21-16, 21-18

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Alix Klineman	Total	15	10	4	0.400	3	0	1	5
	1	7	5	1	0.571	0	0	1	4
	2	8	5	3	0.250	3	0	0	1
April Ross	Total	28	18	5	0.464	0	10	1	2
	1	15	9	2	0.467	0	6	0	0
	2	13	9	3	0.462	0	4	1	2

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Alix Klineman	73	46	15	0.425	17	8	7	19
April Ross	151	98	11	0.576	0	43	12	20

Head to Head Results
Klineman/Ross lead the series against the field 30-2 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 0 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 2 Capers/Flint 6-1
8/22/21	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Finals	Klineman/Ross	1	Capers/Flint	3	21-13, 22-20	0:55
9/22/19	AVP	Hawaii Open	Semi-Finals	Klineman/Ross	1	Capers/Flint	2	16-21, 21-16, 15-11	1:02
8/31/19	AVP	Gold Series Championships	Finals	Klineman/Ross	1	Capers/Flint	2	21-12, 21-15	0:45
5/4/19	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 4	Klineman/Ross	1	Capers/Flint	4	21-17, 21-15	0:45
10/12/18	FIVB	Yangzhou Four Star	Pool B	Capers/Flint	15, Q2	Klineman/Ross	2	21-18, 21-19	0:34
8/18/18	AVP	AVP Gold Series Manhattan Beach	Winner 4	Klineman/Ross	3	Capers/Flint	2	21-11, 21-16	0:43
5/3/18	FIVB	Huntington Beach Four Star	Winner 2	Klineman/Ross	7	Capers/Flint	26	21-13, 21-10	0:32
Lead the series against # 4 Hughes/Wilkerson 6-0
9/4/21	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 3	Klineman/Ross	1	Hughes/Wilkerson	4	21-10, 23-21	0:50
8/21/21	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 4	Klineman/Ross	1	Hughes/Wilkerson	4	21-16, 21-19	0:50
7/19/20	AVP	The Monster Hydro Cup	Finals	Klineman/Ross	1	Hughes/Wilkerson	4	24-22, 21-19	1:03
7/18/20	AVP	The Monster Hydro Cup	Winner 2	Klineman/Ross	1	Hughes/Wilkerson	4	21-19, 21-17	0:44
8/31/19	AVP	Gold Series Championships	Semi-Finals	Klineman/Ross	1	Hughes/Wilkerson	3	21-15, 21-17	0:47
8/18/19	AVP	Gold Series Manhattan Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Klineman/Ross	1	Hughes/Wilkerson	4	21-16, 19-21, 15-12	1:06
Lead the series against # 5 Cheng/Sponcil 9-1
8/22/21	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Klineman/Ross	1	Cheng/Sponcil	2	21-18, 21-17	0:43
5/28/21	FIVB	Sochi 4 Star	Winner 3	Cheng/Sponcil	14	Klineman/Ross	6	21-18, 19-21, 15-7	0:48
8/2/20	AVP	The Porsche Cup	Finals	Klineman/Ross	1	Cheng/Sponcil	4	21-18, 21-17	0:50
8/1/20	AVP	The Porsche Cup	Winner 2	Klineman/Ross	1	Cheng/Sponcil	4	21-17, 21-15	0:48
7/25/20	AVP	The Wilson Cup	Winner 2	Klineman/Ross	1	Cheng/Sponcil	4	12-21, 21-19, 15-11	1:02
9/21/19	AVP	Hawaii Open	Winner 3	Klineman/Ross	1	Cheng/Sponcil	4	21-19, 21-19	0:51
8/31/19	AVP	Gold Series Championships	Winner 4	Klineman/Ross	1	Cheng/Sponcil	5	21-10, 21-16	0:43
6/9/19	AVP	Gold Series NYC Open	Finals	Klineman/Ross	1	Cheng/Sponcil	5	21-19, 22-20	1:02
6/8/19	AVP	Gold Series NYC Open	Winner 3	Klineman/Ross	1	Cheng/Sponcil	5	21-15, 21-12	0:37
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 # 9 Kloth/Nuss 3-0
9/5/21	AVP	Chicago Open	Semi-Finals	Klineman/Ross	1	Kloth/Nuss	9	21-17, 21-11	0:42
9/3/21	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 2	Klineman/Ross	1	Kloth/Nuss	9	40-38, 21-17	1:05
8/21/21	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 3	Klineman/Ross	1	Kloth/Nuss	9	21-9, 21-19	0:37
Lead the series against # 12, Q5 Maestrini/Maestrini 1-0
9/5/21	AVP	Chicago Open	Finals	Klineman/Ross	1	Maestrini/Maestrini	12, Q5	21-16, 21-18	0:45
Lead the series against # 15, Q11 Rowland/Van Gunst 2-0
6/7/19	AVP	Gold Series NYC Open	Winner 1	Klineman/Ross	1	Rowland/Van Gunst	16, Q15	22-20, 21-18	0:41
8/17/18	AVP	AVP Gold Series Manhattan Beach	Winner 1	Klineman/Ross	3	Rowland/Van Gunst	30	21-16, 21-13	0:38
Lead the series against # 16, Q15 Jerger/Newberry 1-0
9/3/21	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 1	Klineman/Ross	1	Jerger/Newberry	16, Q15	21-13, 21-8	0:38
Lead the series against # Q3 Ponnet/Shaw 1-0
8/1/20	AVP	The Porsche Cup	Winner 1	Klineman/Ross	1	Ponnet/Shaw	8, Q6	21-15, 21-19	0:45
Lead the series against # Q4 Fonoimoana/Urango 1-0
8/20/21	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 2	Klineman/Ross	1	Fonoimoana/Urango	16	21-19, 15-21, 15-9	1:09