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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games
August 6 - 17, 2016

(3) April Ross/Kerri Walsh Jennings, United States

April Ross
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 20, 1982 (41 yrs old)

Home Town:

Newport Beach, CA

Resides:

Costa Mesa, CA

Height:

185 cm (6'1")

Weight:

76 kg (167 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

153

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$1,252,850.00

Kerri Walsh Jennings
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 15, 1978 (45 yrs old)

Home Town:

Santa Clara, CA

Resides:

Manhattan Beach, CA

Height:

188 cm (6'3")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

153

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$1,545,670.00

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 Rio de Janeiro Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2003	Did not play	Misty May-Treanor - 1st
2015	Kerri Walsh Jennings - 9th	April Ross - 9th
2016	Kerri Walsh Jennings - 1st	April Ross - 1st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/5-9/2016	Gstaad Major	2	2	720	US$43,000.00
FIVB	6/7-11/2016	Major Hamburg	3	4	560	US$24,000.00
FIVB	5/24-29/2016	Moscow Grand Slam	3	1	800	US$57,000.00
FIVB	5/17-21/2016	Cincinnati Open	1	1	500	US$11,000.00
FIVB	4/20-24/2016	Fuzhou Open	1	1	500	US$11,000.00
FIVB	4/13-17/2016	Xiamen Open	1	3	400	US$6,000.00
FIVB	3/15-20/2016	Vitória Open	2	2	450	US$8,000.00
FIVB	3/8-13/2016	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	8	1	800	US$57,000.00
FIVB	9/2-6/2015	Rio Open	6	9	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/25-29/2015	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	10	5	480	US$17,000.00
FIVB	8/18-23/2015	Long Beach Grand Slam	8	2	720	US$43,000.00
FIVB	7/6-11/2015	Gstaad Major Series	7	4	560	US$24,000.00
FIVB	6/26-7/4/2015	Netherlands World Championships	3	9	500	US$11,000.00
FIVB	5/25-31/2015	Moscow Grand Slam	3	17	240	US$7,000.00
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

2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sun, 8/7/2016

Pool C

Mariafe Artacho / Nicole Laird, Australia (22)

Won 21-14, 21-13

0:32

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
April Ross	Total	20	12	0	0.600	0	10	1	0
	1	20	12	0	0.600	0	10	1	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Kerri Walsh Jennings	Total	23	13	0	0.565	7	8	0	0
	1	23	13	0	0.565	7	8	0	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Tue, 8/9/2016

Pool C

Fan Wang / Yuan Yue, China (15)

Won 21-16, 21-9

0:33

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
April Ross	Total	24	16	0	0.667	0	12	0	1
	1	24	16	0	0.667	0	12	0	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Kerri Walsh Jennings	Total	10	9	0	0.900	4	3	3	0
	1	10	9	0	0.900	4	3	3	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Wed, 8/10/2016

Pool C

Isabelle Forrer / Anouk Verge-Depre, Switzerland (10)

Won 21-13, 22-24, 15-12

1:02

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
April Ross	Total	46	24	0	0.522	0	15	1	4
	1	46	24	0	0.522	0	15	1	4
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Kerri Walsh Jennings	Total	27	15	0	0.556	5	14	1	0
	1	27	15	0	0.556	5	14	1	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Fri, 8/12/2016

Winner 1

Laura Giombini / Marta Menegatti, Italy (9)

Won 21-10, 21-16

0:32

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
April Ross	Total	21	16	0	0.762	0	9	1	1
	1	21	16	0	0.762	0	9	1	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Kerri Walsh Jennings	Total	21	13	0	0.619	2	7	1	0
	1	21	13	0	0.619	2	7	1	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Sun, 8/14/2016

Winner 2

Louise Bawden / Taliqua Clancy, Australia (7)

Won 21-14, 21-16

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
April Ross	Total	29	17	0	0.586	0	10	1	2
	1	29	17	0	0.586	0	10	1	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Kerri Walsh Jennings	Total	13	9	0	0.692	4	8	0	0
	1	13	9	0	0.692	4	8	0	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Tue, 8/16/2016

Semi-Finals

Agatha Bednarczuk / Barbara Seixas, Brazil (2)

Lost 20-22, 18-21

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
April Ross	Total	17	7	0	0.412	0	12	1	2
	1	17	7	0	0.412	0	12	1	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Kerri Walsh Jennings	Total	31	21	0	0.677	2	1	0	2
	1	31	21	0	0.677	2	1	0	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Wed, 8/17/2016

Bronze Medal

Talita Antunes / Larissa Maestrini, Brazil (1)

Won 17-21, 21-17, 15-9

0:50

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
April Ross	157	92	0	0.586	0	68	5	10
Kerri Walsh Jennings	125	80	0	0.640	24	41	5	2

Olympic Games, World Championships Results

Year	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2001	Klagenfurt	Did not play	Misty May-Treanor - 9th
2003	Rio de Janeiro	Did not play	Misty May-Treanor - 1st
2004	Athens	Did not play	Misty May-Treanor - 1st
2005	Berlin	Did not play	Misty May-Treanor - 1st
2007	Gstaad	Jennifer Kessy - 37th	Misty May-Treanor - 1st
2008	Beijing	Did not play	Misty May-Treanor - 1st
2009	Stavanger	Jennifer Kessy - 1st	Did not play
2011	Rome	Jennifer Kessy - 5th	Misty May-Treanor - 2nd
2012	London	Jennifer Kessy - 2nd	Misty May-Treanor - 1st
2013	Stare Jablonki	Whitney Pavlik - 4th	Did not play
2015	The Hague	Kerri Walsh Jennings - 9th	April Ross - 9th
2017	Vienna	Lauren Fendrick - 2nd	Did not play
2019	Hamburg	Alix Klineman - 2nd	Brooke Sweat - 17th
2021	Tokyo	Alix Klineman - 1st	Did not play

Head to Head Results
Ross/Walsh Jennings lead the series against the field 59-15

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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 # 2 Bednarczuk/Seixas, Brazil 3-2
8/16/16	FIVB	2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games	Semi-Finals	Bednarczuk/Seixas	2	Ross/Walsh Jennings	3	22-20, 21-18	0:44
7/10/15	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Winner 3	Ross/Walsh Jennings	7	Bednarczuk/Seixas	2	21-17, 23-21	0:48
7/27/14	FIVB	ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball	Gold Medal	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Bednarczuk/Seixas	5	21-17, 21-17	0:37
5/3/14	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Winner 3	Bednarczuk/Seixas	6	Ross/Walsh Jennings	3	21-19, 21-17	0:38
4/26/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 2	Ross/Walsh Jennings	4	Bednarczuk/Seixas	6	22-20, 21-11	0:37
Lead the series against # 4 Ludwig/Walkenhorst, Germany 5-1
7/9/16	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Semi-Finals	Ross/Walsh Jennings	2	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	3	18-21, 23-21, 15-11	0:54
6/11/16	FIVB	Major Hamburg	Semi-Finals	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	1	Ross/Walsh Jennings	3	21-16, 19-21, 16-14	0:59
3/12/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Winner 3	Ross/Walsh Jennings	8	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	4	16-21, 29-27, 15-6	0:56
8/22/15	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Ross/Walsh Jennings	8	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	6	21-19, 21-17	0:53
10/27/13	FIVB	Xiamen Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Ross/Walsh Jennings	5	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	4	21-15, 21-10	0:33
10/13/13	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Ross/Walsh Jennings	10	Ludwig/Walkenhorst	5	19-21, 31-29, 15-12	1:05
Lead the series against # 5 Bansley/Pavan, Canada 5-1
6/10/16	FIVB	Major Hamburg	Winner 2	Ross/Walsh Jennings	3	Bansley/Pavan	5	21-17, 21-19	0:34
8/22/15	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Winner 3	Ross/Walsh Jennings	8	Bansley/Pavan	4	18-21, 21-14, 18-16	1:15
7/11/15	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Bronze Medal	Bansley/Pavan	9	Ross/Walsh Jennings	7	By Forfeit
6/30/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Pool C	Ross/Walsh Jennings	3	Bansley/Pavan	22	21-19, 21-13	0:36
7/24/14	FIVB	ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball	Pool A	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Bansley/Pavan	16	21-15, 21-18	0:38
7/16/14	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool B	Ross/Walsh Jennings	2	Bansley/Pavan	18	21-15, 22-24, 17-15	0:55
Lead the series against # 6 Meppelink/Van Iersel, Netherlands 2-1
8/27/15	FIVB	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	Pool G	Meppelink/Van Iersel	7	Ross/Walsh Jennings	10	21-19, 23-21	0:41
7/26/14	FIVB	ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball	Winner 3	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Meppelink/Van Iersel	8	21-16, 21-16	0:38
6/15/14	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Ross/Walsh Jennings	2	Meppelink/Van Iersel	13	21-14, 21-17	0:33
Lead the series against # 7 Bawden/Clancy, Australia 5-0
8/14/16	FIVB	2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games	Winner 2	Ross/Walsh Jennings	3	Bawden/Clancy	7	21-14, 21-16	0:38
4/25/15	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 3	Ross/Walsh Jennings	2	Bawden/Clancy	5	18-21, 21-18, 15-9	0:46
7/17/14	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool B	Ross/Walsh Jennings	2	Bawden/Clancy	15	21-17, 24-22	0:41
6/19/14	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool B	Ross/Walsh Jennings	2	Bawden/Clancy	15	21-15, 21-15	0:34
5/1/14	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool C	Ross/Walsh Jennings	3	Bawden/Clancy	19	21-9, 16-21, 15-9	0:39
Lead the series against # 8 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 # 9 Giombini/Menegatti, Italy 1-0
8/12/16	FIVB	2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games	Winner 1	Ross/Walsh Jennings	3	Giombini/Menegatti	9	21-10, 21-16	0:32
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 # 11 Baquerizo/Fernandez, Spain 3-0
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 # 12 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 # 13 Fendrick/Sweat, United States 3-1
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 # 14 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 # 15 Wang/Yue, China 4-1
8/9/16	FIVB	2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games	Pool C	Ross/Walsh Jennings	3	Wang/Yue	15	21-16, 21-9	0:33
4/15/16	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool A	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Wang/Yue	16	21-12, 21-15	0:31
7/2/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Winner 2	Wang/Yue	12	Ross/Walsh Jennings	3	21-19, 17-21, 15-13	0:56
4/26/15	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Bronze Medal	Ross/Walsh Jennings	2	Wang/Yue	1	13-21, 21-13, 15-11	0:47
4/26/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 3	Ross/Walsh Jennings	4	Wang/Yue	9	21-17, 21-18	0:37
Series tied with # 16 Broder/May, Canada 1-1
6/10/16	FIVB	Major Hamburg	Winner 1	Ross/Walsh Jennings	3	Broder/May	15	21-17, 12-21, 15-5	0:39
4/26/15	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Semi-Finals	Broder/May	13	Ross/Walsh Jennings	2	28-26, 14-21, 15-13	0:58
Lead the series against # 17 Mader/Zumkehr, Switzerland 4-1
4/16/16	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Winner 3	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Mader/Zumkehr	7	17-21, 21-17, 16-14	0:51
8/26/15	FIVB	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	Pool G	Ross/Walsh Jennings	10	Mader/Zumkehr	23	18-21, 25-23, 15-13	0:50
7/30/14	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool A	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Mader/Zumkehr	17	21-11, 21-12	0:29
7/11/14	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 2	Mader/Zumkehr	9	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	21-19, 21-15	0:39
6/12/14	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool B	Ross/Walsh Jennings	2	Mader/Zumkehr	18	21-13, 21-16	0:34
Lead the series against # 19 Agudo/Pazo, Venezuela 2-0
5/18/16	FIVB	Cincinnati Open	Pool A	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Agudo/Pazo	16	21-12, 21-19	0:32
4/24/15	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool B	Ross/Walsh Jennings	2	Agudo/Pazo	18	21-9, 21-11	0:28
Trail the series against # 20 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 # 22 Artacho/Laird, Australia 2-0
8/7/16	FIVB	2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games	Pool C	Ross/Walsh Jennings	3	Artacho/Laird	22	21-14, 21-13	0:32
6/29/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Pool C	Ross/Walsh Jennings	3	Artacho/Laird	27	18-21, 21-15, 15-12	0:49
Lead the series against # 24 Birlova/Ukolova, Russia 3-0
4/21/16	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool A	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Birlova/Ukolova	17	21-13, 19-21, 22-20	0:54
3/16/16	FIVB	Vitória Open	Pool B	Ross/Walsh Jennings	2	Birlova/Ukolova	18	21-14, 21-14	0:33
3/10/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Pool H	Ross/Walsh Jennings	8	Birlova/Ukolova	24	21-16, 21-15	0:35