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AVP Tour
$150,000 Chicago Open presented by McDonald's
September 2 - 5, 2004

(4) 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 Chicago Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
WPVA 1996	Linda Hanley - 2nd	Did not play
WPVA 1997	Linda Hanley - 7th	Did not play
1999	Lisa Arce - 7th	Did not play
FIVB 2000	Lisa Arce - 9th	Angie Simpson - 41st
2002	Dianne DeNecochea - 5th	Cary Wendell - 9th
2003	Jennifer Kessy - 7th	Barbra Fontana - 7th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	7/22-24/2004	Hermosa Beach Open	4	3	378	$8,450.00
AVP	7/8-10/2004	Belmar Open	4	3	378	$8,450.00
AVP	6/11-13/2004	San Diego Open	5	3	270	$5,825.00
AVP	6/4-6/2004	Manhattan Beach Open	6	5	216	$3,500.00
AVP	5/28-30/2004	Huntington Beach Open	5	2	324	$9,750.00
FIVB	5/19-23/2004	Greece Open	Q22	33	18	US$0.00
AVP	4/30-5/2/2004	Austin Open	8	5	216	$3,500.00
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

Chicago Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 9/3/2004

Winner 1

Anne McArthur / Sarah White (29, Q5)

Won 21-14, 21-6

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Barbra Fontana	Total	20	12	1	0.550	0	7	3	1
	1	11	7	0	0.636	0	2	0	0
	2	9	5	1	0.444	0	5	3	1
Jennifer Kessy	Total	12	6	1	0.417	0	3	0	2
	1	6	5	0	0.833	0	2	0	2
	2	6	1	1	0.000	0	1	0	0

Fri, 9/3/2004

Winner 2

Katie Jameson / Tracy Jones (13)

Won 21-19, 21-17

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Barbra Fontana	Total	42	17	3	0.333	0	15	0	0
	1	27	10	3	0.259	0	10	0	0
	2	15	7	0	0.467	0	5	0	0
Jennifer Kessy	Total	17	8	3	0.294	5	8	1	1
	1	7	3	1	0.286	2	4	0	1
	2	10	5	2	0.300	3	4	1	0

Sat, 9/4/2004

Winner 3

Carrie Dodd / Nancy Reynolds (5)

Lost 17-21, 23-21, 17-19

1:15

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Barbra Fontana	Total	50	34	3	0.620	0	28	1	0
	1	15	8	1	0.467	0	3	0	0
	2	20	15	2	0.650	0	14	1	0
	3	15	11	0	0.733	0	11	0	0
Jennifer Kessy	Total	16	8	3	0.313	2	7	0	1
	1	3	2	0	0.667	1	2	0	0
	2	10	4	2	0.200	0	4	0	1
	3	3	2	1	0.333	1	1	0	0

Sat, 9/4/2004

Contender 4

Tanya Fuamatu-Anderson / Heidi Ilustre (15)

Won 27-25, 21-16

0:54

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Barbra Fontana	Total	23	17	2	0.652	0	5	0	1
	1	15	10	2	0.533	0	3	0	0
	2	8	7	0	0.875	0	2	0	1
Jennifer Kessy	Total	25	16	2	0.560	1	7	0	0
	1	15	9	2	0.467	1	5	0	0
	2	10	7	0	0.700	0	2	0	0

Sat, 9/4/2004

Contender 5

Pat Keller / Wendy Stammer (11)

Lost 21-12, 19-21, 13-15

0:51

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Barbra Fontana	Total	54	28	3	0.463	0	17	0	1
	1	17	12	2	0.588	0	8	0	0
	2	21	10	1	0.429	0	4	0	1
	3	16	6	0	0.375	0	5	0	0
Jennifer Kessy	Total	17	12	2	0.588	2	12	0	0
	1	5	4	0	0.800	2	3	0	0
	2	4	3	1	0.500	0	3	0	0
	3	8	5	1	0.500	0	6	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Barbra Fontana	189	108	12	0.508	0	72	4	3
Jennifer Kessy	87	50	11	0.448	10	37	1	4

Head to Head Results
Fontana/Kessy lead the series against the field 20-17

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 McPeak/Youngs 0-5
7/10/04	AVP	Belmar Open	Winner 4	McPeak/Youngs	1	Fontana/Kessy	4	21-15, 21-17	0:41
6/13/04	AVP	San Diego Open	Winner 4	McPeak/Youngs	1	Fontana/Kessy	5	21-11, 21-16	0:37
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 # 2 May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings 0-4
7/24/04	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Semi-Finals	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Fontana/Kessy	4	16-21, 21-12, 17-15	1:02
5/30/04	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Finals	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Fontana/Kessy	5	21-12, 21-13	0:45
5/30/04	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 4	May-Treanor/Walsh Jennings	1	Fontana/Kessy	5	21-11, 21-10	0:32
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 # 3 Davis/Johnson Jordan 0-3
6/13/04	AVP	San Diego Open	Semi-Finals	Davis/Johnson Jordan	2	Fontana/Kessy	5	28-26, 21-14	0:43
6/5/04	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 3	Davis/Johnson Jordan	3	Fontana/Kessy	6	25-23, 21-16	0:43
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 # 5 Dodd/Reynolds 2-4
9/4/04	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 3	Dodd/Reynolds	5	Fontana/Kessy	4	21-17, 21-23, 19-17	1:15
7/23/04	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 3	Dodd/Reynolds	5	Fontana/Kessy	4	21-13, 21-19	0:45
6/6/04	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 6	Dodd/Reynolds	5	Fontana/Kessy	6	21-18, 21-15	0:42
5/30/04	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Fontana/Kessy	5	Dodd/Reynolds	3	19-21, 21-16, 18-16	0:59
5/19/04	FIVB	Greece Open	Country Quota	Fontana/Kessy	Q22	Dodd/Reynolds		21-15, 21-19	0:37
3/9/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Country Quota	Dodd/Reynolds	16, Q1	Fontana/Kessy		22-20, 21-17	0:45
Lead the series against # 6 Akers/Scott 1-0
7/10/04	AVP	Belmar Open	Contender 5	Fontana/Kessy	4	Akers/Scott	7	21-18, 21-13	0:39
Lead the series against # 9 Turner/Wilson 2-0
7/24/04	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 6	Fontana/Kessy	4	Turner/Wilson	11	21-14, 21-16	0:33
6/12/04	AVP	San Diego Open	Winner 2	Fontana/Kessy	5	Turner/Wilson	12	19-21, 21-10, 15-11	0:45
Lead the series against # 10 Lowe/Pavley 3-0
6/13/04	AVP	San Diego Open	Contender 5	Fontana/Kessy	5	Lowe/Pavley	10	21-14, 21-12	0:31
6/5/04	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 2	Fontana/Kessy	6	Lowe/Pavley	11	21-17, 21-19	0:39
5/1/04	AVP	Austin Open	Winner 2	Fontana/Kessy	8	Lowe/Pavley	9	21-19, 21-12	0:34
Series tied with # 11 Keller/Stammer 1-1
9/4/04	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 5	Keller/Stammer	11	Fontana/Kessy	4	12-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:51
7/9/04	AVP	Belmar Open	Winner 3	Fontana/Kessy	4	Keller/Stammer	12	21-11, 21-19	0:33
Lead the series against # 12 Roca/Santana-Baeni 2-0
5/19/04	FIVB	Greece Open	Country Quota	Fontana/Kessy	Q22	Roca/Santana-Baeni		21-14, 21-11	0:37
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 # 13 Jameson/Jones 2-0
9/3/04	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 2	Fontana/Kessy	4	Jameson/Jones	13	21-19, 21-17	0:41
5/29/04	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 2	Fontana/Kessy	5	Jameson/Jones	12	21-19, 21-14	0:36
Lead the series against # 14 Branagh/Fendrick 1-0
7/23/04	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Contender 4	Fontana/Kessy	4	Branagh/Fendrick	16	21-12, 21-15	0:33
Lead the series against # 15 Fuamatu-Anderson/Ilustre 5-0
9/4/04	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 4	Fontana/Kessy	4	Fuamatu-Anderson/Ilustre	15	27-25, 21-16	0:54
7/23/04	AVP	Hermosa Beach Open	Winner 2	Fontana/Kessy	4	Fuamatu-Anderson/Ilustre	13	18-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:59
7/9/04	AVP	Belmar Open	Winner 2	Fontana/Kessy	4	Fuamatu-Anderson/Ilustre	13	24-22, 21-15	0:38
6/5/04	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 4	Fontana/Kessy	6	Fuamatu-Anderson/Ilustre	17	21-10, 21-13	0:30
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 # 29, Q5 McArthur/White 1-0
9/3/04	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 1	Fontana/Kessy	4	McArthur/White	29, Q5	21-14, 21-6	0:35