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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Vitória Open
March 15 - 20, 2016

(2) 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 Vitória Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2002	Did not play	Misty May-Treanor - 2nd
2006	Did not play	Misty May-Treanor - 3rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/8-13/2016	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	8	1st	800	US$57,000.00
FIVB	9/2-6/2015	Rio Open	6	9th	240	US$2,000.00
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

Vitória Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 3/16/2016	Pool B	Lena Plesiutschnig / Katharina Schutzenhofer, Austria (31)	Won 21-11, 21-15	0:31
Wed, 3/16/2016	Pool B	Ekaterina Birlova / Evgenia Ukolova, Russia (18)	Won 21-14, 21-14	0:33
Thu, 3/17/2016	Pool B	Duda Lisboa / Elize Maia, Brazil (15, Q1)	Won 23-21, 21-8	0:32
Fri, 3/18/2016	Winner 2	Jennifer Fopma / Brittany Hochevar, United States (28, Q8)	Won 21-17, 21-14	0:34
Sat, 3/19/2016	Winner 3	Maria Antonelli / Liliane Maestrini, Brazil (10)	Won 16-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:53
Sat, 3/19/2016	Semi-Finals	Katrin Holtwick / Ilka Semmler, Germany (17)	Won 21-19, 21-16	0:32
Sun, 3/20/2016	Gold Medal	Talita Antunes / Larissa Maestrini, Brazil (1)	Lost 20-22, 19-21	0:39

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 %
2016	FIVB	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$65,000.00	13	1	92.9 %
Total	FIVB	22	7	2	1	1	4	0	6	0	1	0	0	$528,500.00	108	20	84.4 %

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
10	0	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	0	$74,000.00	2015	FIVB	7	0	1	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	$55,000.00
2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$32,500.00	2016	FIVB	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$32,500.00
108	17	15	10	7	28	20	5	3	3	$903,725.00	Total	Total	108	51	17	8	4	13	13	2	0	0	$1,333,170.00

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%
2015-2016	68	86.1%	8	10.1%	3	3.8%	76-3	96.2%	18	60.0%	6	20.0%	6	20.0%	18-12	60.0%	68-6	91.9%	26-9	74.3%	0	5	94-20	82.5%
Against the Field	65	83.3%	9	11.5%	4	5.1%	74-4	94.9%	17	56.7%	4	13.3%	9	30.0%	17-13	56.7%	130-14	90.3%	52-16	76.5%	1	1	92-16	85.2%

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 52-11 (Lead 22 Series, Trail 3 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Antunes/Maestrini, Brazil 0-2
3/20/16	FIVB	Vitória Open	Gold Medal	Antunes/Maestrini	1	Ross/Walsh Jennings	2	22-20, 21-19	0:39
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 # 4 Bawden/Clancy, Australia 4-0
4/25/15	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 3	Ross/Walsh Jennings	2	Bawden/Clancy	5	18-21, 21-18, 15-9	0:46
7/17/14	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool B	Ross/Walsh Jennings	2	Bawden/Clancy	15	21-17, 24-22	0:41
6/19/14	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool B	Ross/Walsh Jennings	2	Bawden/Clancy	15	21-15, 21-15	0:34
5/1/14	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool C	Ross/Walsh Jennings	3	Bawden/Clancy	19	21-9, 16-21, 15-9	0:39
Lead the series against # 5 Borger/Buthe, Germany 4-1
3/12/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Ross/Walsh Jennings	8	Borger/Buthe	10	9-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:45
7/9/15	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Pool G	Ross/Walsh Jennings	7	Borger/Buthe	10	21-18, 21-18	0:44
9/26/14	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Winner 2	Ross/Walsh Jennings	2	Borger/Buthe	6	21-12, 21-10	0:30
8/1/14	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 2	Borger/Buthe	8	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	21-18, 16-21, 15-10	0:46
6/14/14	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 3	Ross/Walsh Jennings	2	Borger/Buthe	6	19-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:49
Lead the series against # 6 Brzostek/Wojtasik, Poland 3-0
3/13/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Ross/Walsh Jennings	8	Brzostek/Wojtasik	12	21-15, 21-13	0:31
6/18/14	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool B	Ross/Walsh Jennings	2	Brzostek/Wojtasik	31, Q10	21-12, 25-23
10/24/13	FIVB	Xiamen Grand Slam	Pool E	Ross/Walsh Jennings	5	Brzostek/Wojtasik	21	21-8, 21-15	0:29
Lead the series against # 7 Fendrick/Sweat, United States 3-0
3/9/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Pool H	Ross/Walsh Jennings	8	Fendrick/Sweat	9	21-17, 21-17	0:39
5/27/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool C	Ross/Walsh Jennings	3	Fendrick/Sweat	19	21-16, 21-14	0:37
6/14/14	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 2	Ross/Walsh Jennings	2	Fendrick/Sweat	11	21-15, 21-15	0:34
Lead the series against # 8 Menegatti/Orsi Toth, Italy 6-3
8/20/15	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Pool H	Ross/Walsh Jennings	8	Menegatti/Orsi Toth	9	22-20, 23-21	0:44
5/29/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 1	Menegatti/Orsi Toth	13	Ross/Walsh Jennings	3	By Forfeit
9/26/14	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Winner 3	Menegatti/Orsi Toth	11	Ross/Walsh Jennings	2	21-16, 21-17	0:35
7/23/14	FIVB	ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball	Pool A	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Menegatti/Orsi Toth	17	21-17, 21-16	0:32
6/26/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool A	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Menegatti/Orsi Toth	16	21-14, 21-16	0:32
6/13/14	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool B	Ross/Walsh Jennings	2	Menegatti/Orsi Toth	15	21-18, 21-10	0:31
5/2/14	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool C	Ross/Walsh Jennings	3	Menegatti/Orsi Toth	14	21-13, 21-14
10/25/13	FIVB	Xiamen Grand Slam	Pool E	Menegatti/Orsi Toth	12	Ross/Walsh Jennings	5	21-16, 21-18	0:38
10/12/13	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Ross/Walsh Jennings	10	Menegatti/Orsi Toth	21	18-21, 21-15, 15-13
Lead the series against # 9 Forrer/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 1-0
8/21/15	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Winner 2	Ross/Walsh Jennings	8	Forrer/Verge-Depre	20	21-13, 21-16	0:35
Lead the series against # 10 Antonelli/Maestrini, Brazil 2-0
3/19/16	FIVB	Vitória Open	Winner 3	Ross/Walsh Jennings	2	Antonelli/Maestrini	10	16-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:53
3/11/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Winner 2	Ross/Walsh Jennings	8	Antonelli/Maestrini	11	21-16, 21-14	0:39
Lead the series against # 11 Gallay/Klug, Argentina 2-0
4/25/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool D	Ross/Walsh Jennings	4	Gallay/Klug	20	22-20, 21-18	0:39
10/25/13	FIVB	Xiamen Grand Slam	Winner 1	Ross/Walsh Jennings	5	Gallay/Klug	16	21-11, 16-21, 17-15	0:46
Lead the series against # 12 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
Lead the series against # 13 Mader/Zumkehr, Switzerland 3-1
8/26/15	FIVB	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	Pool G	Ross/Walsh Jennings	10	Mader/Zumkehr	23	18-21, 25-23, 15-13	0:50
7/30/14	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool A	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Mader/Zumkehr	17	21-11, 21-12	0:29
7/11/14	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 2	Mader/Zumkehr	9	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	21-19, 21-15	0:39
6/12/14	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool B	Ross/Walsh Jennings	2	Mader/Zumkehr	18	21-13, 21-16	0:34
Lead the series against # 15, Q1 Lisboa/Maia, Brazil 1-0
3/17/16	FIVB	Vitória Open	Pool B	Ross/Walsh Jennings	2	Lisboa/Maia	15, Q1	23-21, 21-8	0:32
Series tied with # 17 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 1-1
3/19/16	FIVB	Vitória Open	Semi-Finals	Ross/Walsh Jennings	2	Holtwick/Semmler	17	21-19, 21-16	0:32
7/18/14	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Winner 2	Holtwick/Semmler	8	Ross/Walsh Jennings	2	13-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:50
Lead the series against # 18 Birlova/Ukolova, Russia 2-0
3/16/16	FIVB	Vitória Open	Pool B	Ross/Walsh Jennings	2	Birlova/Ukolova	18	21-14, 21-14	0:33
3/10/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Pool H	Ross/Walsh Jennings	8	Birlova/Ukolova	24	21-16, 21-15	0:35
Lead the series against # 19 Humana-Paredes/Pischke, Canada 3-0
3/9/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Pool H	Ross/Walsh Jennings	8	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	25, Q2	22-24, 21-19, 15-8	0:55
7/8/15	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Pool G	Ross/Walsh Jennings	7	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	26	21-13, 21-17	0:35
9/24/14	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Pool B	Ross/Walsh Jennings	2	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	18	21-16, 21-14	0:33
Trail the series against # 20 van der Vlist/van Gestel, Netherlands 0-1
8/28/15	FIVB	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	Winner 3	van Gestel/van der Vlist	29, Q12	Ross/Walsh Jennings	10	15-21, 21-14, 15-8	0:39
Lead the series against # 23 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 # 24, Q2 Nestarcova/Pridalova, Slovakia 4-0
8/28/15	FIVB	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	Winner 1	Ross/Walsh Jennings	10	Nestarcova/Pridalova	25	21-15, 21-19	0:35
7/26/14	FIVB	ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball	Semi-Finals	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Nestarcova/Pridalova	14	21-14, 21-16	0:37
6/28/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Nestarcova/Pridalova	19	21-14, 17-21, 15-10	0:48
6/20/14	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 2	Ross/Walsh Jennings	2	Nestarcova/Pridalova	21	21-17, 21-13	0:31
Lead the series against # 25, Q4 Xia/Xue, China 2-0
6/25/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool A	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Xia/Xue	17	By Forfeit
4/27/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Semi-Finals	Ross/Walsh Jennings	4	Xia/Xue	1	14-21, 21-15, 15-11	0:47
Lead the series against # 26, Q6 Lahti/Lehtonen, Finland 1-0
8/28/15	FIVB	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	Winner 2	Ross/Walsh Jennings	10	Lahti/Lehtonen	27, Q7	19-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:52
Lead the series against # 28, Q8 Fopma/Hochevar, United States 2-0
3/18/16	FIVB	Vitória Open	Winner 2	Ross/Walsh Jennings	2	Fopma/Hochevar	28, Q8	21-17, 21-14	0:34
8/26/15	FIVB	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	Pool G	Ross/Walsh Jennings	10	Fopma/Hochevar	26, Q6	21-7, 21-15	0:31
Lead the series against # 31 Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer, Austria 2-0
3/16/16	FIVB	Vitória Open	Pool B	Ross/Walsh Jennings	2	Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer	31	21-11, 21-15	0:31
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 # Q3 Bieneck/Grossner, Germany 1-0
8/19/15	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Pool H	Ross/Walsh Jennings	8	Bieneck/Grossner	25, Q10	21-15, 21-18	0:42
Lead the series against # Q5 Agudo/Pazo, Venezuela 1-0
4/24/15	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool B	Ross/Walsh Jennings	2	Agudo/Pazo	18	21-9, 21-11	0:28
Trail the series against # Q11 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 # Q15 Braakman/Sinnema, Netherlands 1-0
6/27/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Pool C	Ross/Walsh Jennings	3	Braakman/Sinnema	46	21-13, 22-20	0:33