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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 (35 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 (43 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

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
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 Brasher / 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 Brasher / 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

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	27	11	3	3	1	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	$343,000.00
Manhattan Beach	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$70,000.00
Tour Championships	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$55,000.00
Gold Series	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$9,500.00
Heritage Series/Pro Series	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$8,100.00
Total	44	17	5	5	1	9	1	5	0	0	1	0	$664,600.00

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
34	11	4	4	1	8	3	2	0	0	$182,900.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	145	40	24	23	3	30	11	8	3	0	$859,512.50
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,750.00
7	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$37,400.00	Manhattan Beach	10	4	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	$102,400.00
3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$29,187.50	Tour Championships	9	6	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$95,450.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,750.00	Gold Series	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,750.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$4,050.00	Heritage Series/Pro Series	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$4,050.00
58	17	6	6	1	12	7	3	1	1	$349,487.50	Total	251	65	34	34	9	54	31	13	6	0	$1,914,062.50

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	AVP	7	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$110,500.00	30	3	90.9 %
2018	FIVB	7	1	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	$64,000.00	24	9	72.7 %
2019	AVP	5	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$114,000.00	24	2	92.3 %
2019	FIVB	11	3	2	0	1	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	$183,000.00	47	14	77.0 %
2020	AVP	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$54,000.00	12	0	100.0 %
2021	AVP	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$45,000.00	10	0	100.0 %
2021	FIVB	7	2	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$56,000.00	31	8	79.5 %
Total	AVP	17	12	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$323,500.00	76	5	93.8 %
Total	FIVB	25	6	2	2	1	9	0	4	0	0	1	0	$303,000.00	102	31	76.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Alix Klineman													April Ross
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2005	AVP
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2006	AVP	13	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	2	2	$6,287.50
											2006	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$1,500.00
											2007	AVP	16	0	2	4	0	10	0	0	0	0	$76,025.00
											2007	FIVB	8	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	2	$53,050.00
											2008	AVP	13	0	5	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	$104,750.00
											2008	FIVB	12	2	1	1	1	5	1	1	0	0	$87,300.00
											2009	AVP	12	4	5	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	$110,350.00
											2009	FIVB	12	3	4	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	$139,100.00
											2010	AVP	6	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$47,750.00
											2010	P&R	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00
											2010	FIVB	15	2	1	2	2	3	3	1	1	0	$106,675.00
											2011	NVL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00
											2011	Wide Open	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,500.00
											2011	Pro Beach	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$11,250.00
											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	AVP	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$33,750.00
											2012	NVL	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,750.00
											2012	FIVB	10	1	1	1	0	6	1	0	0	0	$69,100.00
											2013	AVP	7	3	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	$40,000.00
											2013	FIVB	12	2	1	0	2	1	6	0	0	0	$83,450.00
											2014	AVP	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$54,000.00
											2014	FIVB	10	4	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	$141,000.00
											2015	AVP	5	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$40,100.00
											2015	FIVB	10	0	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	0	$74,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2016	AVP	4	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$24,700.00
											2016	FIVB	11	5	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	$141,500.00
8	0	1	1	0	2	2	2	0	0	$15,487.50	2017	AVP	5	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	$29,250.00
											2017	FIVB	6	0	1	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	$42,000.00
											2017	Other	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$15,000.00
7	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$55,250.00	2018	AVP	8	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$60,250.00
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
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2018	NORCECA	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,250.00
5	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$57,000.00	2019	AVP	5	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$57,000.00
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
3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$27,000.00	2020	AVP	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$27,000.00
2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$22,500.00	2021	AVP	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$22,500.00
7	2	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	$28,000.00	2021	FIVB	7	2	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	$28,000.00
55	19	6	5	1	11	6	2	1	4	$329,987.50	Total	Total	266	74	37	37	9	54	31	13	6	5	$1,990,437.50

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	58	81.7%	10	14.1%	3	4.2%	68-3	95.8%	12	66.7%	2	11.1%	4	22.2%	12-6	66.7%	58-4	93.5%	22-5	81.5%	1	0	81-9	90.0%
2020-2021	18	90.0%	2	10.0%	0	0.0%	20-0	100.0%	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	18-0	100.0%	4-0	100.0%	0	0	22-0	100.0%
Against the Field	24	92.3%	2	7.7%	0	0.0%	26-0	100.0%	3	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	48-0	100.0%	10-0	100.0%	0	0	29-0	100.0%

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	58	9	14	4	2	1	4	1	116	24
Manhattan Beach	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	16	1
Tour Championships	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
Gold Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	1
Heritage Series/Pro Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4
Total	2	0	2	0	42	13	0	0	91	15	22	6	3	1	6	2	183	43

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/Marmelstein 9-1
8/22/21	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Klineman/Ross	1	Cheng/Marmelstein	2	21-18, 21-17	0:43
5/28/21	FIVB	Sochi 4 Star	Winner 3	Cheng/Marmelstein	14	Klineman/Ross	6	21-18, 19-21, 15-7	0:48
8/2/20	AVP	The Porsche Cup	Finals	Klineman/Ross	1	Cheng/Marmelstein	4	21-18, 21-17	0:50
8/1/20	AVP	The Porsche Cup	Winner 2	Klineman/Ross	1	Cheng/Marmelstein	4	21-17, 21-15	0:48
7/25/20	AVP	The Wilson Cup	Winner 2	Klineman/Ross	1	Cheng/Marmelstein	4	12-21, 21-19, 15-11	1:02
9/21/19	AVP	Hawaii Open	Winner 3	Klineman/Ross	1	Cheng/Marmelstein	4	21-19, 21-19	0:51
8/31/19	AVP	Gold Series Championships	Winner 4	Klineman/Ross	1	Cheng/Marmelstein	5	21-10, 21-16	0:43
6/9/19	AVP	Gold Series NYC Open	Finals	Klineman/Ross	1	Cheng/Marmelstein	5	21-19, 22-20	1:02
6/8/19	AVP	Gold Series NYC Open	Winner 3	Klineman/Ross	1	Cheng/Marmelstein	5	21-15, 21-12	0:37
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 # 9 Brasher/Nuss 3-0
9/5/21	AVP	Chicago Open	Semi-Finals	Klineman/Ross	1	Brasher/Nuss	9	21-17, 21-11	0:42
9/3/21	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 2	Klineman/Ross	1	Brasher/Nuss	9	40-38, 21-17	1:05
8/21/21	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 3	Klineman/Ross	1	Brasher/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