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AVP Tour
$150,000 Cincinnati Open
August 28 - 31, 2014

(1) April Ross/Kerri Walsh Jennings

April Ross

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 20, 1982 (41 yrs old)

Home Town:

Newport Beach, CA

Resides:

Costa Mesa, CA

Height:

6'1"

College(s):

Southern California

Seasons:

Tournaments:

269

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$2,041,312.50

Kerri Walsh Jennings

Photo: Brian White

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 15, 1978 (45 yrs old)

Home Town:

Santa Clara, CA

Resides:

Manhattan Beach, CA

Height:

6'3"

College(s):

Stanford

Seasons:

Tournaments:

263

Career Wins:

135

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$2,651,635.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	13	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$192,500.00
FIVB	32	11	3	3	2	6	0	6	0	1	0	US$758,500.00
Overall	45	23	3	4	2	6	0	6	0	1	0	US$951,000.00

Previous Cincinnati Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
P&R 2010	Jennifer Kessy - 1st	Brooke Niles - 7th
Wide Open 2011	Jennifer Kessy - 3rd	Did not play
2012	Jennifer Kessy - 1st	Nicole Branagh - 2nd
2013	Jennifer Kessy - 3rd	Whitney Pavlik - 2nd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/14-17/2014	Manhattan Beach Open	1	1	750	$13,000.00
AVP	8/7-10/2014	Salt Lake City Open	1	1	750	$15,000.00
FIVB	7/29-8/2/2014	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	1	9	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	7/22-27/2014	ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball	1	1	800	US$70,000.00
FIVB	7/15-20/2014	The Hague Grand Slam	2	9	360	US$14,000.00
FIVB	7/8-13/2014	Gstaad Grand Slam	1	9	360	US$11,000.00
AVP	7/3-6/2014	Milwaukee Open	1	1	750	$15,000.00
FIVB	6/24-28/2014	Stavanger Grand Slam	1	1	800	US$57,000.00
FIVB	6/17-22/2014	Berlin Grand Slam	2	5	480	US$17,000.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2014	Moscow Grand Slam	2	1	800	US$57,000.00
AVP	5/29-6/1/2014	St. Petersburg Open	2	1	750	$15,000.00
FIVB	4/30-5/4/2014	Shanghai Grand Slam	3	5	480	US$17,000.00
FIVB	4/23-27/2014	Fuzhou Open	4	1	500	US$11,000.00
FIVB	10/23-27/2013	Xiamen Grand Slam	5	1	800	US$33,000.00
AVP	10/17-20/2013	AVP Championships at Huntington Beach	1	3	540	$9,500.00
FIVB	10/8-13/2013	São Paulo Grand Slam	10	1	800	US$33,000.00
AVP	9/26-29/2013	AVP Santa Barbara Open	1	1	750	$15,000.00
FIVB	7/9-14/2013	Gstaad Grand Slam	10	9	400	US$5,500.00

Cincinnati Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/29/2014

Winner 1

Caitlin Ledoux / Irene Pollock (16, Q4)

Won 21-12, 21-15

0:32

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
April Ross	Total	24	17	2	0.625	1	6	1	3
	1	11	9	0	0.818	0	3	1	2
	2	13	8	2	0.462	1	3	0	1
Kerri Walsh Jennings	Total	18	14	0	0.778	3	8	0	0
	1	7	5	0	0.714	2	4	0	0
	2	11	9	0	0.818	1	4	0	0

Sat, 8/30/2014

Winner 2

Brittany Hochevar / Ali McColloch (9)

Won 21-14, 21-12

0:32

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
April Ross	Total	24	15	3	0.500	2	7	6	3
	1	8	6	1	0.625	0	1	4	1
	2	16	9	2	0.438	2	6	2	2
Kerri Walsh Jennings	Total	16	13	3	0.625	1	6	0	0
	1	10	8	2	0.600	1	3	0	0
	2	6	5	1	0.667	0	3	0	0

Sat, 8/30/2014

Winner 3

Lane Carico / Kim DiCello (4)

Won 21-8, 21-11

0:36

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
April Ross	Total	18	10	1	0.500	1	8	1	1
	1	9	5	0	0.556	0	5	1	0
	2	9	5	1	0.444	1	3	0	1
Kerri Walsh Jennings	Total	29	16	1	0.517	2	13	3	1
	1	11	6	0	0.545	1	8	2	0
	2	18	10	1	0.500	1	5	1	1

Sun, 8/31/2014

Semi-Finals

Brittany Hochevar / Ali McColloch (9)

Won 21-12, 21-14

0:34

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
April Ross	Total	22	18	0	0.818	3	6	3	3
	1	9	8	0	0.889	1	3	2	2
	2	13	10	0	0.769	2	3	1	1
Kerri Walsh Jennings	Total	12	10	1	0.750	0	1	0	1
	1	6	6	0	1.000	0	0	0	1
	2	6	4	1	0.500	0	1	0	0

Sun, 8/31/2014

Finals

Lauren Fendrick / Brooke Sweat (2)

Won 21-14, 21-15

0:50

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
April Ross	Total	29	19	3	0.552	1	13	0	3
	1	13	8	2	0.462	1	6	0	1
	2	16	11	1	0.625	0	7	0	2
Kerri Walsh Jennings	Total	23	13	4	0.391	1	7	0	3
	1	12	6	2	0.333	0	4	0	1
	2	11	7	2	0.455	1	3	0	2

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
April Ross	117	79	9	0.598	8	40	11	13
Kerri Walsh Jennings	98	66	9	0.582	7	35	3	5

Head to Head Results
Ross/Walsh Jennings lead the series against the field 21-0

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 2 Fendrick/Sweat 6-0
8/31/14	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Finals	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Fendrick/Sweat	2	21-14, 21-15	0:50
8/17/14	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Finals	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Fendrick/Sweat	2	19-21, 21-13, 9-0 Retired	1:08
8/10/14	AVP	Salt Lake City Open	Finals	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Fendrick/Sweat	2	21-16, 21-15	0:50
7/6/14	AVP	Milwaukee Open	Finals	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Fendrick/Sweat	2	15-21, 21-16, 15-13	1:05
6/14/14	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 2	Ross/Walsh Jennings	2	Fendrick/Sweat	11	21-15, 21-15	0:34
6/1/14	AVP	St. Petersburg Open	Finals	Ross/Walsh Jennings	2	Fendrick/Sweat	4	19-21, 21-15, 15-11	1:08
Lead the series against # 3 Capers/Ross 5-0
8/17/14	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Capers/Ross	3	22-24, 21-15, 15-8	1:00
8/10/14	AVP	Salt Lake City Open	Semi-Finals	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Capers/Ross	3	21-14, 21-17	0:36
7/9/14	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool A	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Capers/Ross	16	22-20, 21-19	0:39
6/27/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 3	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Capers/Ross	13	21-16, 21-14	0:32
6/1/14	AVP	St. Petersburg Open	Semi-Finals	Ross/Walsh Jennings	2	Capers/Ross	1	21-15, 21-13	0:39
Lead the series against # 4 Carico/DiCello 2-0
8/30/14	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 3	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Carico/DiCello	4	21-8, 21-11	0:36
8/16/14	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 4	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Carico/DiCello	5	21-12, 21-15	0:39
Lead the series against # 6 Branagh/Lawson 1-0
8/9/14	AVP	Salt Lake City Open	Winner 2	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Branagh/Lawson	9	21-18, 21-15	0:36
Lead the series against # 8 Pazo/Shaw 1-0
8/16/14	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 3	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Pazo/Shaw	9	21-12, 21-15	0:33
Lead the series against # 9 Hochevar/McColloch 2-0
8/31/14	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Semi-Finals	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Hochevar/McColloch	9	21-12, 21-14	0:34
8/30/14	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 2	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Hochevar/McColloch	9	21-14, 21-12	0:32
Lead the series against # 12 Callahan/Stockman 1-0
8/9/14	AVP	Salt Lake City Open	Winner 3	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Callahan/Stockman	13, Q3	21-18, 21-16	0:36
Lead the series against # 16, Q4 Ledoux/Pollock 1-0
8/29/14	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 1	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Ledoux/Pollock	16, Q4	21-12, 21-15	0:32
Lead the series against # Q5 Fuller/Redden 2-0
8/15/14	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 2	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Fuller/Redden	16	21-10, 21-6	0:27
5/30/14	AVP	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 1	Ross/Walsh Jennings	2	Fuller/Redden	15, Q7	21-14, 21-14	0:34