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AVP Tour
$300,000 Manhattan Beach Heritage Series
August 15 - 18, 2024

(5) 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 Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Stephanie Barry - 33rd	Did not play
2006	Geena Urango - 57th	Keao Burdine - 17th
2007	Did not play	Jennifer Kessy - 5th
2008	Did not play	Jennifer Kessy - 2nd
2013	Did not play	Jennifer Kessy - 3rd
2014	Did not play	Kerri Walsh Jennings - 1st
2015	Did not play	Jennifer Fopma - 1st
2016	Kristin Hildebrand - 57th	Did not play
2017	Lane Carico - 7th	Lauren Fendrick - 3rd
2018	April Ross - 1st	Alix Klineman - 1st
2019	April Ross - 2nd	Alix Klineman - 2nd
2021	April Ross - 1st	Alix Klineman - 1st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	5/16-19/2024	Huntington Beach Heritage Series	2	7th	1990	$3,800.00

Manhattan Beach Heritage Series Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/16/2024

Winner 1

Maya Gessner / Jacinda Ramirez (28)

Lost 17-21, 17-21

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Alix Klineman	Total	23	6	5	0.043	1	5	2	1
	1	7	3	2	0.143	1	1	1	1
	2	16	3	3	0.000	0	4	1	0
April Ross	Total	28	8	5	0.107	0	6	1	1
	1	12	5	2	0.250	0	2	0	1
	2	16	3	3	0.000	0	4	1	0

Fri, 8/16/2024

Contender 1

Macy Jerger / Megan Rice (12)

Won 21-16, 21-17

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Alix Klineman	Total	16	8	3	0.313	1	0	3	2
	1	9	5	0	0.556	1	0	1	2
	2	7	3	3	0.000	0	0	2	0
April Ross	Total	33	18	3	0.455	0	10	2	4
	1	18	10	1	0.500	0	5	1	3
	2	15	8	2	0.400	0	5	1	1

Fri, 8/16/2024

Contender 2

Piper Ferch / Lindsey Sparks (27)

Won 21-23, 21-7, 15-12

1:00

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Alix Klineman	Total	18	14	1	0.722	5	5	2	6
	1	12	8	1	0.583	1	2	0	3
	2	3	3	0	1.000	1	3	2	2
	3	3	3	0	1.000	3	0	0	1
April Ross	Total	36	21	1	0.556	0	14	3	4
	1	15	4	1	0.200	0	6	1	1
	2	10	9	0	0.900	0	5	2	1
	3	11	8	0	0.727	0	3	0	2

Sat, 8/17/2024

Contender 3

Peri Brennan / Natalie Myszkowski (19)

Won 21-17, 21-15

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Alix Klineman	Total	13	7	1	0.462	1	2	5	6
	1	7	3	1	0.286	0	0	2	3
	2	6	4	0	0.667	1	2	3	3
April Ross	Total	27	17	2	0.556	0	4	3	1
	1	15	8	2	0.400	0	3	3	1
	2	12	9	0	0.750	0	1	0	0

Sat, 8/17/2024

Contender 4

Toni Rodriguez / Geena Urango (8)

Lost 21-18, 10-21, 13-15

0:58

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Alix Klineman	Total	17	12	2	0.588	1	1	3	8
	1	5	4	1	0.600	1	0	3	5
	2	8	5	1	0.500	0	1	0	2
	3	4	3	0	0.750	0	0	0	1
April Ross	Total	38	15	6	0.237	0	8	1	1
	1	14	4	2	0.143	0	5	0	0
	2	13	4	3	0.077	0	1	0	1
	3	11	7	1	0.545	0	2	1	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Alix Klineman	87	47	12	0.402	9	13	15	23
April Ross	162	79	17	0.383	0	42	10	11

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	8	2	0	3	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$106,000.00	35	11	76.1 %
2024	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$8,100.00	5	4	55.6 %
Total	AVP	19	12	3	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$331,600.00	81	9	90.0 %
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$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
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
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
											2022	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$5,875.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$1,700.00	2023	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$4,050.00	2024	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$4,050.00
60	19	6	6	1	12	7	3	1	5	$360,737.50	Total	Total	271	74	37	38	9	57	32	13	6	5	$2,025,362.50

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%
2023-2024	2	50.0%	1	25.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	2	40.0%	1	20.0%	2	40.0%	2-3	40.0%	2-2	50.0%	3-2	60.0%	0	0	5-4	55.6%
Against the Field	5	71.4%	1	14.3%	1	14.3%	6-1	85.7%	2	40.0%	1	20.0%	2	40.0%	2-3	40.0%	10-4	71.4%	6-4	60.0%	0	0	8-4	66.7%

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 8-4 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 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
Trail the series against # 4 Cannon/Kraft 0-1
5/18/24	AVP	Huntington Beach Heritage Series	Contender 3	Cannon/Kraft	6	Klineman/Ross	2	21-19, 15-21, 15-10	0:55
Trail the series against # 6 Deberg/Harward 0-1
5/17/24	AVP	Huntington Beach Heritage Series	Winner 2	Deberg/Harward	10	Klineman/Ross	2	21-15, 21-16	0:46
Trail the series against # 8 Rodriguez/Urango 0-1
8/17/24	AVP	Manhattan Beach Heritage Series	Contender 4	Rodriguez/Urango	8	Klineman/Ross	5	18-21, 21-10, 15-13	0:58
Lead the series against # 10 Simo/Van Winkle 1-0
5/18/24	AVP	Huntington Beach Heritage Series	Contender 2	Klineman/Ross	2	Simo/Van Winkle	13, Q1	18-21, 21-19, 15-7	0:55
Lead the series against # 12 Jerger/Rice 1-0
8/16/24	AVP	Manhattan Beach Heritage Series	Contender 1	Klineman/Ross	5	Jerger/Rice	12	21-16, 21-17	0:44
Lead the series against # 13 Newberry/Whitmarsh 1-0
5/17/24	AVP	Huntington Beach Heritage Series	Winner 1	Klineman/Ross	2	Newberry/Whitmarsh	15, Q5	21-15, 16-21, 15-8	0:56
Lead the series against # 19 Brennan/Myszkowski 1-0
8/17/24	AVP	Manhattan Beach Heritage Series	Contender 3	Klineman/Ross	5	Brennan/Myszkowski	19	21-17, 21-15	0:42
Lead the series against # 27 Ferch/Sparks 1-0
8/16/24	AVP	Manhattan Beach Heritage Series	Contender 2	Klineman/Ross	5	Ferch/Sparks	27	21-23, 21-7, 15-12	1:00
Trail the series against # 28 Gessner/Ramirez 0-1
8/16/24	AVP	Manhattan Beach Heritage Series	Winner 1	Gessner/Ramirez	28	Klineman/Ross	5	21-17, 21-17	0:44