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AVP Tour
$150,000 AVP New Orleans Open
May 21 - 24, 2015

(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 New Orleans Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/22-26/2015	Fuzhou Open	2	3	400	US$6,000.00
FIVB	9/23-28/2014	São Paulo Grand Slam	2	5	480	US$17,000.00
AVP	9/18-21/2014	AVP Huntington Beach Championships	1	1	750	$20,000.00
AVP	9/5-7/2014	DO AC Invitational	1	1	750	$15,000.00
AVP	8/28-31/2014	Cincinnati Open	1	1	750	$15,000.00
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

AVP New Orleans Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 5/23/2015

Winner 1

Gretchen Duffner-Hand / Carol Welcher (16, Q11)

Won 21-7, 21-9

0:31

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
April Ross	Total	23	16	3	0.565	2	10	6	1
	1	11	10	1	0.818	1	3	4	1
	2	12	6	2	0.333	1	7	2	0
Kerri Walsh Jennings	Total	7	6	1	0.714	1	3	4	0
	1	1	1	0	1.000	0	1	3	0
	2	6	5	1	0.667	1	2	1	0

Sat, 5/23/2015

Winner 2

Traci Callahan / Tealle Hunkus (9)

Won 21-11, 21-10

0:33

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
April Ross	Total	18	12	1	0.611	1	9	3	4
	1	9	7	0	0.778	1	3	1	1
	2	9	5	1	0.444	0	6	2	3
Kerri Walsh Jennings	Total	16	13	1	0.750	1	6	0	1
	1	7	5	0	0.714	0	3	0	1
	2	9	8	1	0.778	1	3	0	0

Sat, 5/23/2015

Winner 3

Jenny Kropp / Whitney Pavlik (4)

Won 21-11, 21-10

0:36

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
April Ross	Total	22	15	1	0.636	0	16	6	2
	1	12	8	0	0.667	0	8	1	1
	2	10	7	1	0.600	0	8	5	1
Kerri Walsh Jennings	Total	16	12	1	0.688	0	6	0	0
	1	8	6	0	0.750	0	3	0	0
	2	8	6	1	0.625	0	3	0	0

Sun, 5/24/2015

Semi-Finals

Kendra VanZwieten / Megan Wallin-Brockway (7)

Won 21-12, 21-14

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
April Ross	Total	14	12	1	0.786	0	4	2	4
	1	9	8	1	0.778	0	0	0	1
	2	5	4	0	0.800	0	4	2	3
Kerri Walsh Jennings	Total	19	14	0	0.737	1	5	1	1
	1	5	5	0	1.000	0	2	1	1
	2	14	9	0	0.643	1	3	0	0

Sun, 5/24/2015

Finals

Emily Capers / Jennifer Kessy (3)

Won 21-16, 22-20

1:01

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
April Ross	Total	20	14	1	0.650	1	9	3	2
	1	5	4	0	0.800	0	2	3	2
	2	15	10	1	0.600	1	7	0	0
Kerri Walsh Jennings	Total	28	14	5	0.321	1	6	0	2
	1	18	11	3	0.444	0	6	0	1
	2	10	3	2	0.100	1	0	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
April Ross	97	69	7	0.639	4	48	20	13
Kerri Walsh Jennings	86	59	8	0.593	4	26	5	4

Head to Head Results
Ross/Walsh Jennings lead the series against the field 14-0

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 2 Fendrick/Sweat 7-0
9/21/14	AVP	AVP Huntington Beach Championships	Semi-Finals	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Fendrick/Sweat	2	21-17, 21-13	0:41
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/Kessy 1-0
5/24/15	AVP	AVP New Orleans Open	Finals	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Capers/Kessy	3	21-16, 22-20	1:01
Lead the series against # 4 Kropp/Pavlik 1-0
5/23/15	AVP	AVP New Orleans Open	Winner 3	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Kropp/Pavlik	4	21-11, 21-10	0:36
Lead the series against # 5 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 # 7 VanZwieten/Wallin-Brockway 1-0
5/24/15	AVP	AVP New Orleans Open	Semi-Finals	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	VanZwieten/Wallin-Brockway	7	21-12, 21-14	0:40
Lead the series against # 9 Callahan/Hunkus 1-0
5/23/15	AVP	AVP New Orleans Open	Winner 2	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Callahan/Hunkus	9	21-11, 21-10	0:33
Lead the series against # 16, Q11 Duffner-Hand/Welcher 1-0
5/23/15	AVP	AVP New Orleans Open	Winner 1	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Duffner-Hand/Welcher	16, Q11	21-7, 21-9	0:31
Lead the series against # Q5 Flint/Kolinske 1-0
8/8/14	AVP	Salt Lake City Open	Winner 1	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Flint/Kolinske	16, Q24	21-14, 21-13	0:29