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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Rio Open
September 2 - 6, 2015

(6) April Ross/Kerri Walsh Jennings, United States

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

Kerri Walsh Jennings
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 15, 1978 (47 yrs old)

Home Town:

Santa Clara, CA

Height:

188 cm (6'3")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

152

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$1,545,170.00

Awards

Top Rookie 2007
Best Hitter 2009, 2011
Best Offensive Player 2009
Best Server 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017

Awards

Tour Champion 2002 (with Misty May-Treanor)
Best Blocker 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2014
Best Hitter 2005, 2006, 2007, 2012, 2016
Sportsperson 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2012
Best Offensive Player 2007, 2014
Most Outstanding 2007, 2012, 2013, 2014
Most Inspirational 2011, 2012, 2014

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	32	11	3	3	2	6	0	6	0	1	0	US$758,500.00

Previous Rio de Janeiro Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2003	Did not play	Misty May-Treanor - 1st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/25-29/2015	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	10	5th	480	US$17,000.00
FIVB	8/18-23/2015	Long Beach Grand Slam	8	2nd	720	US$43,000.00
FIVB	7/6-11/2015	Gstaad Major Series	7	4th	560	US$24,000.00
FIVB	6/26-7/4/2015	Netherlands World Championships	3	9th	500	US$11,000.00
FIVB	5/25-31/2015	Moscow Grand Slam	3	17th	240	US$7,000.00
FIVB	4/22-26/2015	Fuzhou Open	2	3rd	400	US$6,000.00
FIVB	9/23-28/2014	São Paulo Grand Slam	2	5th	480	US$17,000.00

Rio Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 9/3/2015	Pool F	Greta Cicolari / Giulia Momoli, Italy (19)	Won 21-13, 21-16	0:34
Fri, 9/4/2015	Pool F	Lena Plesiutschnig / Katharina Schutzenhofer, Austria (18)	Won 21-16, 21-13	0:34
Fri, 9/4/2015	Pool F	Carol Salgado / Maria Clara Salgado, Brazil (7, Q1)	Won 21-19, 21-12	0:34
Sat, 9/5/2015	Winner 1	Lane Carico / Summer Ross, United States (16)	Lost 12-21, 21-18, 13-15	0:49

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	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$11,000.00
World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$9,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	22	8	2	0	2	5	0	4	0	1	0	0	$683,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	7	3	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$55,000.00
Total	32	11	3	3	2	6	0	6	0	1	0	0	$758,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

April Ross												Kerri Walsh Jennings
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
7	1	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	$105,200.00	World Championships	7	3	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$125,500.00
5	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	$46,000.00	World Tour Finals	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$7,500.00
67	13	5	4	5	18	15	3	3	0	$694,950.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	61	27	5	1	3	12	8	4	0	0	$867,600.00
67	12	10	9	3	20	8	3	1	0	$389,400.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	74	23	12	9	4	8	13	3	1	0	$531,570.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,750.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$13,000.00
151	27	18	15	9	41	27	7	4	0	$1,237,300.00	Total	152	56	20	13	7	21	23	9	1	0	$1,545,170.00

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
2013	FIVB	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$71,500.00	17	2	89.5 %
2014	FIVB	10	4	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	$282,000.00	49	6	89.1 %
2015	FIVB	7	0	1	1	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	$110,000.00	29	11	72.5 %
Total	FIVB	20	6	1	1	1	4	0	6	0	1	0	0	$463,500.00	95	19	83.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

April Ross													Kerri Walsh Jennings
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2001	FIVB	9	1	3	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	$60,500.00
											2002	FIVB	11	5	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	$97,570.00
											2003	FIVB	8	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$126,000.00
											2004	FIVB	8	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$91,000.00
											2005	FIVB	7	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$131,500.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$1,500.00	2006	FIVB	8	3	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$100,700.00
8	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	2	$53,050.00	2007	FIVB	8	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$154,750.00
12	2	1	1	1	5	1	1	0	0	$87,300.00	2008	FIVB	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$79,250.00
12	3	4	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	$139,100.00	2009	FIVB
15	2	1	2	2	3	3	1	1	0	$106,675.00	2010	FIVB	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$19,550.00
14	1	3	3	0	5	1	1	0	0	$115,500.00	2011	FIVB	12	3	4	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	$148,450.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$550.00	2011	FIVB C&S
10	1	1	1	0	6	1	0	0	0	$69,100.00	2012	FIVB	8	2	1	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	$59,650.00
12	2	1	0	2	1	6	0	0	0	$83,450.00	2013	FIVB	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$35,750.00
10	4	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	$141,000.00	2014	FIVB	10	4	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	$141,000.00
9	0	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	0	$69,000.00	2015	FIVB	7	0	1	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	$55,000.00
105	16	14	10	7	27	20	5	3	3	$866,225.00	Total	Total	106	50	16	8	4	13	13	2	0	0	$1,300,670.00

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	116	81.7%	20	14.1%	6	4.2%	136-6	95.8%	25	58.1%	7	16.3%	11	25.6%	25-18	58.1%	116-11	91.3%	45-13	77.6%	3	5	164-29	85.0%
2014-2015	60	84.5%	8	11.3%	3	4.2%	68-3	95.8%	8	47.1%	4	23.5%	5	29.4%	8-9	47.1%	60-5	92.3%	16-7	69.6%	2	5	78-17	82.1%
Against the Field	31	79.5%	6	15.4%	2	5.1%	37-2	94.9%	4	25.0%	3	18.8%	9	56.3%	4-12	25.0%	62-14	81.6%	20-10	66.7%	0	2	41-14	74.5%

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	0	1	1	0	0	0	6	1
World Championships	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
World Tour Finals	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	60	6	0	0	32	10	10	2	0	2	8	2	110	22
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	21	0	0	0	12	1	4	2	2	0	3	1	42	4
Total	0	0	0	0	89	6	0	0	47	13	14	5	3	2	11	3	164	29

Head to Head Results
Ross/Walsh Jennings lead the series against the field 17-9 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 4 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Antunes/Maestrini, Brazil 0-1
8/23/15	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Antunes/Maestrini	2	Ross/Walsh Jennings	8	21-18, 21-16	0:54
Lead the series against # 2 Bednarczuk/Seixas, Brazil 3-1
7/10/15	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Winner 3	Ross/Walsh Jennings	7	Bednarczuk/Seixas	2	21-17, 23-21	0:48
7/27/14	FIVB	ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball	Gold Medal	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Bednarczuk/Seixas	5	21-17, 21-17	0:37
5/3/14	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Winner 3	Bednarczuk/Seixas	6	Ross/Walsh Jennings	3	21-19, 21-17	0:38
4/26/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 2	Ross/Walsh Jennings	4	Bednarczuk/Seixas	6	22-20, 21-11	0:37
Series tied with # 3 Antonelli/Felisberta, Brazil 1-1
6/21/14	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 3	Antonelli/Felisberta	14, Q1	Ross/Walsh Jennings	2	18-21, 21-14, 15-12	0:52
4/27/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Gold Medal	Ross/Walsh Jennings	4	Antonelli/Felisberta	30, Q9	21-11, 21-18	0:33
Lead the series against # 4 Meppelink/Van Iersel, Netherlands 2-1
8/27/15	FIVB	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	Pool G	Meppelink/Van Iersel	7	Ross/Walsh Jennings	10	21-19, 23-21	0:41
7/26/14	FIVB	ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball	Winner 3	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Meppelink/Van Iersel	8	21-16, 21-16	0:38
6/15/14	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Ross/Walsh Jennings	2	Meppelink/Van Iersel	13	21-14, 21-17	0:33
Trail the series against # 5 Alves/Lima, Brazil 0-1
7/11/15	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Semi-Finals	Alves/Lima	4, Q1	Ross/Walsh Jennings	7	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # 7, Q1 Salgado/Salgado, Brazil 5-1
9/4/15	FIVB	Rio Open	Pool F	Ross/Walsh Jennings	6	Salgado/Salgado	7, Q1	21-19, 21-12	0:34
7/10/15	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Winner 2	Ross/Walsh Jennings	7	Salgado/Salgado	16, Q2	21-17, 17-21, 15-11	0:54
5/28/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool C	Salgado/Salgado	14	Ross/Walsh Jennings	3	By Forfeit
7/10/14	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool A	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Salgado/Salgado	17	27-25, 20-22, 15-8	1:03
5/3/14	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Winner 2	Ross/Walsh Jennings	3	Salgado/Salgado	5	21-15, 21-10	0:25
7/11/13	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool G	Ross/Walsh Jennings	10	Salgado/Salgado	7	19-21, 21-12, 15-10	0:47
Lead the series against # 8 Baquerizo/Fernandez, Spain 1-0
6/28/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Baquerizo/Fernandez	5	21-12, 21-15	0:32
Trail the series against # 9 Broder/May, Canada 0-1
4/26/15	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Semi-Finals	Broder/May	13	Ross/Walsh Jennings	2	28-26, 14-21, 15-13	0:58
Lead the series against # 11 Wang/Yue, China 2-1
7/2/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Winner 2	Wang/Yue	12	Ross/Walsh Jennings	3	21-19, 17-21, 15-13	0:56
4/26/15	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Bronze Medal	Ross/Walsh Jennings	2	Wang/Yue	1	13-21, 21-13, 15-11	0:47
4/26/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 3	Ross/Walsh Jennings	4	Wang/Yue	9	21-17, 21-18	0:37
Lead the series against # 12 Fopma/Hochevar, United States 1-0
8/26/15	FIVB	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	Pool G	Ross/Walsh Jennings	10	Fopma/Hochevar	26, Q6	21-7, 21-15	0:31
Trail the series against # 16 Carico/Ross, United States 0-1
9/5/15	FIVB	Rio Open	Winner 1	Carico/Ross	16	Ross/Walsh Jennings	6	21-12, 18-21, 15-13	0:49
Lead the series against # 18 Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer, Austria 1-0
9/4/15	FIVB	Rio Open	Pool F	Ross/Walsh Jennings	6	Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer	18	21-16, 21-13	0:34
Lead the series against # 19 Cicolari/Momoli, Italy 1-0
9/3/15	FIVB	Rio Open	Pool F	Ross/Walsh Jennings	6	Cicolari/Momoli	19	21-13, 21-16	0:34