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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$800,000 Long Beach Grand Slam
August 23 - 28, 2016

(1) 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 Long Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2013	Jennifer Kessy - 9th	Did not play
2014	Kerri Walsh Jennings - 1st	April Ross - 1st
2015	Kerri Walsh Jennings - 2nd	April Ross - 2nd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/6-17/2016	2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games	3	3rd	0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2016	Gstaad Major	2	2nd	720	US$43,000.00
FIVB	6/7-11/2016	Major Hamburg	3	4th	560	US$24,000.00
FIVB	5/24-29/2016	Moscow Grand Slam	3	1st	800	US$57,000.00
FIVB	5/17-21/2016	Cincinnati Open	1	1st	500	US$11,000.00
FIVB	4/20-24/2016	Fuzhou Open	1	1st	500	US$11,000.00
FIVB	4/13-17/2016	Xiamen Open	1	3rd	400	US$6,000.00
FIVB	3/15-20/2016	Vitória Open	2	2nd	450	US$8,000.00
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

Long Beach Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/24/2016	Pool A	Carolina Horta / Ana Patricia Silva, Brazil (32, Q14)	Won 21-17, 21-19	0:34
Wed, 8/24/2016	Pool A	Melissa Humana-Paredes / Taylor Pischke, Canada (17)	Won 21-16, 21-17	0:36
Thu, 8/25/2016	Pool A	Maria Antonelli / Liliane Maestrini, Brazil (16, Q1)	Won 21-19, 18-21, 15-13	0:53
Fri, 8/26/2016	Winner 2	Lane Carico / Summer Ross, United States (21)	Won 21-15, 19-21, 15-8	0:48
Fri, 8/26/2016	Winner 3	Lauren Fendrick / Brooke Sweat, United States (8)	Won 21-14, 21-18	0:38
Sat, 8/27/2016	Semi-Finals	Chantal Laboureur / Julia Sude, Germany (5)	Won 21-17, 21-16	0:47
Sun, 8/28/2016	Gold Medal	Elsa Baquerizo / Liliana Fernandez, Spain (7)	Won 21-16, 21-16	0:50

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	10	5	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$274,000.00	63	8	88.7 %
Total	FIVB	30	11	3	3	2	4	0	6	0	1	0	0	$737,500.00	158	27	85.4 %

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
10	5	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	$137,000.00	2016	FIVB	10	5	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	$137,000.00
116	21	16	12	8	28	20	5	3	3	$1,008,225.00	Total	Total	116	55	18	10	5	13	13	2	0	0	$1,437,670.00

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%
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	40	81.6%	6	12.2%	3	6.1%	46-3	93.9%	6	46.2%	3	23.1%	4	30.8%	6-7	46.2%	80-8	90.9%	24-12	66.7%	0	0	52-10	83.9%

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 51-10 (Lead 16 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Antunes/Maestrini, Brazil 2-4
8/17/16	FIVB	2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games	Bronze Medal	Ross/Walsh Jennings	3	Antunes/Maestrini	1	17-21, 21-17, 15-9	0:50
7/9/16	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Gold Medal	Antunes/Maestrini	1	Ross/Walsh Jennings	2	21-18, 21-14	0:33
6/11/16	FIVB	Major Hamburg	Bronze Medal	Antunes/Maestrini	2	Ross/Walsh Jennings	3	21-15, 21-17	0:32
5/29/16	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Ross/Walsh Jennings	3	Antunes/Maestrini	2	22-20, 21-17	0:36
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 # 3 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 # 4 Lisboa/Maia, Brazil 3-0
5/28/16	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 3	Ross/Walsh Jennings	3	Lisboa/Maia	19, Q1	21-10, 21-15	0:28
5/25/16	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool C	Ross/Walsh Jennings	3	Lisboa/Maia	19, Q1	18-21, 21-17, 16-14	0:49
3/17/16	FIVB	Vitória Open	Pool B	Ross/Walsh Jennings	2	Lisboa/Maia	15, Q1	23-21, 21-8	0:32
Lead the series against # 5 Laboureur/Sude, Germany 4-0
8/27/16	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Laboureur/Sude	5	21-17, 21-16	0:47
4/24/16	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Gold Medal	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Laboureur/Sude	16	21-15, 21-15	0:33
4/22/16	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool A	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Laboureur/Sude	16	21-19, 20-22, 15-10	0:50
4/17/16	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Bronze Medal	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Laboureur/Sude	15	24-22, 21-15	0:34
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 Baquerizo/Fernandez, Spain 4-0
8/28/16	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Baquerizo/Fernandez	7	21-16, 21-16	0:50
6/10/16	FIVB	Major Hamburg	Winner 3	Ross/Walsh Jennings	3	Baquerizo/Fernandez	16	21-17, 21-14	0:30
5/21/16	FIVB	Cincinnati Open	Semi-Finals	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Baquerizo/Fernandez	4	21-14, 21-16	0:33
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 # 8 Fendrick/Sweat, United States 4-1
8/26/16	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Winner 3	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Fendrick/Sweat	8	21-14, 21-18	0:38
7/6/16	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Pool B	Fendrick/Sweat	15	Ross/Walsh Jennings	2	15-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:50
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 # 9 Felisberta/Lima, Brazil 1-0
5/28/16	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Ross/Walsh Jennings	3	Felisberta/Lima	6	21-16, 22-20	0:37
Lead the series against # 10 Forrer/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 4-0
8/10/16	FIVB	2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games	Pool C	Ross/Walsh Jennings	3	Forrer/Verge-Depre	10	21-13, 22-24, 15-12	1:02
5/26/16	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool C	Ross/Walsh Jennings	3	Forrer/Verge-Depre	14	31-29, 21-16	0:45
4/24/16	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Semi-Finals	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Forrer/Verge-Depre	4	22-20, 21-12	0:33
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 # 12 Gallay/Klug, Argentina 3-0
4/16/16	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Winner 2	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Gallay/Klug	6	21-17, 21-18	0:38
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 # 13 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 3-1
7/8/16	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Winner 3	Ross/Walsh Jennings	2	Holtwick/Semmler	18	21-17, 21-17	0:33
7/7/16	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Pool B	Ross/Walsh Jennings	2	Holtwick/Semmler	18	21-17, 21-15	0:34
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
Trail the series against # 15 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 # 16, Q1 Antonelli/Maestrini, Brazil 3-1
8/25/16	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Pool A	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Antonelli/Maestrini	16, Q1	21-19, 18-21, 15-13	0:53
6/8/16	FIVB	Major Hamburg	Pool C	Antonelli/Maestrini	19	Ross/Walsh Jennings	3	21-12, 13-21, 20-18	0:47
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 # 17 Humana-Paredes/Pischke, Canada 4-0
8/24/16	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Pool A	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	17	21-16, 21-17	0:36
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
Lead the series against # 20 Filippo/Valiente, Paraguay 1-0
7/1/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Winner 1	Ross/Walsh Jennings	3	Filippo/Valiente	32	21-6, 21-10	0:29
Lead the series against # 21 Carico/Ross, United States 4-1
8/26/16	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Winner 2	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Carico/Ross	21	21-15, 19-21, 15-8	0:48
7/8/16	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Winner 2	Ross/Walsh Jennings	2	Carico/Ross	26, Q6	21-14, 21-12	0:31
5/20/16	FIVB	Cincinnati Open	Winner 2	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Carico/Ross	20, Q1	21-13, 19-21, 15-7	0:41
4/23/16	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 3	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Carico/Ross	27, Q9	21-16, 24-22	0:38
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 # 32, Q14 Horta/Silva, Brazil 1-0
8/24/16	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Pool A	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Horta/Silva	32, Q14	21-17, 21-19	0:34
Lead the series against # Q3 Mersmann/Schneider, Germany 3-0
6/8/16	FIVB	Major Hamburg	Pool C	Ross/Walsh Jennings	3	Mersmann/Schneider	30, Q6	22-20, 21-11	0:31
5/20/16	FIVB	Cincinnati Open	Winner 3	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Mersmann/Schneider	17	21-15, 21-13	0:27
5/19/16	FIVB	Cincinnati Open	Pool A	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Mersmann/Schneider	17	21-16, 21-18	0:31