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AVP Tour
$125,000 Austin Open
April 30 - May 2, 2004

(8) Barbra Fontana/Jennifer Kessy

Barbra Fontana

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 8, 1965 (58 yrs old)

Home Town:

Manhattan Beach, CA

Resides:

Manhattan Beach, CA

Height:

5'6"

College(s):

Stanford

Seasons:

Tournaments:

293

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$1,005,704.50

Jennifer Kessy

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 31, 1977 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

San Juan Capistrano, CA

Resides:

Hollis Center, ME

Height:

6'0"

College(s):

Southern California

Seasons:

Tournaments:

264

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$1,445,459.50

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	CQ	Money
AVP	12	0	1	3	0	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	$56,245.00
FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	US$0.00
Overall	14	0	1	3	0	4	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	US$56,245.00

Previous Austin Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
WPVA 1991	Karen Gysin - 17th	Did not play
WPVA 1992	Deb Richardson - 4th	Did not play
WPVA 1993	Lori Forsythe - 1st	Did not play
WPVA 1994	Lori Forsythe - 3rd	Did not play
WPVA 1995	Lori Forsythe - 3rd	Did not play
WPVA 1996	Linda Hanley - 3rd	Did not play
WPVA 1997	Linda Hanley - 2nd	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	4/23-25/2004	Tempe Open	10	5	216	$3,500.00
AVP	4/2-4/2004	Fort Lauderdale Open	10	9	144	$1,600.00
FIVB	3/9-14/2004	Brazil Open		CQ	0	US$0.00
AVP	8/28-30/2003	Chicago Open	11	7	216	$3,000.00
AVP	8/14-16/2003	Huntington Beach Open	10	9	172	$1,920.00

Austin Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 5/1/2004

Winner 2

Heather Lowe / Jenny Pavley (9)

Won 21-19, 21-12

0:34

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Barbra Fontana	Total	19	9	2	0.368	1	11	0	0
	1	10	6	2	0.400	1	6	0	0
	2	9	3	0	0.333	0	5	0	0
Jennifer Kessy	Total	22	13	5	0.364	6	2	0	2
	1	13	8	1	0.538	1	1	0	1
	2	9	5	4	0.111	5	1	0	1

Sat, 5/1/2004

Winner 3

Misty May-Treanor / Kerri Walsh Jennings (1)

Lost 13-21, 10-21

0:30

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Barbra Fontana	Total	22	8	5	0.136	0	2	0	1
	1	6	3	1	0.333	0	1	0	0
	2	16	5	4	0.063	0	1	0	1
Jennifer Kessy	Total	17	7	3	0.235	0	5	0	2
	1	6	3	1	0.333	0	1	0	0
	2	11	4	2	0.182	0	4	0	2

Sun, 5/2/2004

Contender 3

Angie Akers / Sarah Straton (11)

Won 21-10, 25-27, 15-11

0:58

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Barbra Fontana	Total	32	13	0	0.406	0	21	0	0
	1	6	3	0	0.500	0	9	0	0
	2	19	6	0	0.316	0	7	0	0
	3	7	4	0	0.571	0	5	0	0
Jennifer Kessy	Total	34	22	1	0.618	4	8	0	2
	1	12	8	0	0.667	1	4	0	0
	2	13	9	1	0.615	3	1	0	1
	3	9	5	0	0.556	0	3	0	1

Sun, 5/2/2004

Contender 4

Paula Roca / Gracie Santana-Baeni (13)

Won 21-11, 21-18

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Barbra Fontana	Total	29	17	1	0.552	0	8	1	0
	1	11	6	1	0.455	0	4	0	0
	2	18	11	0	0.611	0	4	1	0
Jennifer Kessy	Total	21	11	3	0.381	2	10	0	0
	1	13	8	1	0.538	0	7	0	0
	2	8	3	2	0.125	2	3	0	0

Sun, 5/2/2004

Contender 5

Holly McPeak / Elaine Youngs (2)

Lost 15-21, 21-18, 11-15

0:49

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Barbra Fontana	Total	58	26	5	0.362	0	16	0	1
	1	20	6	3	0.150	0	4	0	0
	2	26	13	1	0.462	0	7	0	1
	3	12	7	1	0.500	0	5	0	0
Jennifer Kessy	Total	11	8	1	0.636	4	6	1	3
	1	4	3	1	0.500	1	3	0	1
	2	2	1	0	0.500	3	1	0	2
	3	5	4	0	0.800	0	2	1	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Barbra Fontana	160	73	13	0.375	1	58	1	2
Jennifer Kessy	105	61	13	0.457	16	31	1	9

Head to Head Results
Fontana/Kessy lead the series against the field 10-8

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings 0-1
5/1/04	AVP	Austin Open	Winner 3	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Fontana/Kessy	8	21-13, 21-10	0:30
Trail the series against # 2 McPeak/Youngs 0-3
5/2/04	AVP	Austin Open	Contender 5	McPeak/Youngs	2	Fontana/Kessy	8	21-15, 18-21, 15-11	0:49
4/24/04	AVP	Tempe Open	Winner 3	McPeak/Youngs	2	Fontana/Kessy	10	21-11, 21-16	0:41
4/3/04	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 3	McPeak/Youngs	2	Fontana/Kessy	10	21-9, 21-19	0:41
Trail the series against # 3 Davis/Johnson Jordan 0-1
4/3/04	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Contender 3	Davis/Johnson Jordan	4	Fontana/Kessy	10	21-18, 21-16	0:38
Trail the series against # 4 Dodd/Reynolds 0-1
3/9/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Country Quota	Dodd/Reynolds	16, Q1	Fontana/Kessy		22-20, 21-17	0:45
Trail the series against # 5 Arce/McSorley 0-1
4/25/04	AVP	Tempe Open	Contender 5	Arce/McSorley	5	Fontana/Kessy	10	21-18, 21-13	0:40
Series tied with # 6 Meredith/Stammer 1-1
4/25/04	AVP	Tempe Open	Contender 4	Fontana/Kessy	10	Meredith/Stammer	6	21-10, 18-21, 15-11	0:58
8/30/03	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 4	Meredith/Stammer	7	Fontana/Kessy	11	21-17, 18-21, 15-10	0:52
Lead the series against # 7 DeNecochea/Leibl 1-0
4/24/04	AVP	Tempe Open	Winner 2	Fontana/Kessy	10	DeNecochea/Leibl	7	19-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:57
Lead the series against # 9 Lowe/Pavley 1-0
5/1/04	AVP	Austin Open	Winner 2	Fontana/Kessy	8	Lowe/Pavley	9	21-19, 21-12	0:34
Lead the series against # 10 Bowles/Scott 2-0
4/3/04	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 2	Fontana/Kessy	10	Bowles/Scott	7	21-15, 21-18	0:40
3/9/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Country Quota	Fontana/Kessy		Bowles/Scott		19-21, 21-17, 15-9	0:56
Lead the series against # 11 Akers/Straton 2-0
5/2/04	AVP	Austin Open	Contender 3	Fontana/Kessy	8	Akers/Straton	11	21-10, 25-27, 15-11	0:58
4/24/04	AVP	Tempe Open	Contender 3	Fontana/Kessy	10	Akers/Straton	12	9-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:58
Lead the series against # 13 Roca/Santana-Baeni 1-0
5/2/04	AVP	Austin Open	Contender 4	Fontana/Kessy	8	Roca/Santana-Baeni	13	21-11, 21-18	0:35
Lead the series against # 17 Fuamatu-Anderson/Ilustre 1-0
8/15/03	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Contender 2	Fontana/Kessy	10	Fuamatu-Anderson/Ilustre	17	21-14, 21-11	0:36
Lead the series against # Q9 Mintz/Rowe 1-0
4/3/04	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 1	Fontana/Kessy	10	Mintz/Rowe	23, Q12	21-9, 21-12	0:28