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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$800,000 Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam
March 8 - 13, 2016

(8) 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

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
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
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
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

Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 3/9/2016	Pool H	Melissa Humana-Paredes / Taylor Pischke, Canada (25, Q2)	Won 22-24, 21-19, 15-8	0:55
Wed, 3/9/2016	Pool H	Lauren Fendrick / Brooke Sweat, United States (9)	Won 21-17, 21-17	0:39
Thu, 3/10/2016	Pool H	Ekaterina Birlova / Evgenia Ukolova, Russia (24)	Won 21-16, 21-15	0:35
Fri, 3/11/2016	Winner 2	Maria Antonelli / Liliane Maestrini, Brazil (11)	Won 21-16, 21-14	0:39
Sat, 3/12/2016	Winner 3	Laura Ludwig / Kira Walkenhorst, Germany (4)	Won 16-21, 29-27, 15-6	0:56
Sat, 3/12/2016	Semi-Finals	Karla Borger / Britta Buthe, Germany (10)	Won 9-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:45
Sun, 3/13/2016	Gold Medal	Monika Brzostek / Kinga Wojtasik, Poland (12)	Won 21-15, 21-13	0:31

Head to Head Results
Ross/Walsh Jennings lead the series against the field 60-14

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Bednarczuk/Seixas, Brazil 3-1
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
Trail the series against # 2 Antunes/Maestrini, Brazil 0-1
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 # 3 Bansley/Pavan, Canada 4-1
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 # 4 Ludwig/Walkenhorst, Germany 4-0
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 # 6 Bawden/Clancy, Australia 4-0
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 # 7 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 # 9 Fendrick/Sweat, United States 3-0
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 # 10 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 # 11 Antonelli/Maestrini, Brazil 1-0
3/11/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Winner 2	Ross/Walsh Jennings	8	Antonelli/Maestrini	11	21-16, 21-14	0:39
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 Menegatti/Orsi Toth, Italy 6-3
8/20/15	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Pool H	Ross/Walsh Jennings	8	Menegatti/Orsi Toth	9	22-20, 23-21	0:44
5/29/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 1	Menegatti/Orsi Toth	13	Ross/Walsh Jennings	3	By Forfeit
9/26/14	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Winner 3	Menegatti/Orsi Toth	11	Ross/Walsh Jennings	2	21-16, 21-17	0:35
7/23/14	FIVB	ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball	Pool A	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Menegatti/Orsi Toth	17	21-17, 21-16	0:32
6/26/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool A	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Menegatti/Orsi Toth	16	21-14, 21-16	0:32
6/13/14	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool B	Ross/Walsh Jennings	2	Menegatti/Orsi Toth	15	21-18, 21-10	0:31
5/2/14	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool C	Ross/Walsh Jennings	3	Menegatti/Orsi Toth	14	21-13, 21-14
10/25/13	FIVB	Xiamen Grand Slam	Pool E	Menegatti/Orsi Toth	12	Ross/Walsh Jennings	5	21-16, 21-18	0:38
10/12/13	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Ross/Walsh Jennings	10	Menegatti/Orsi Toth	21	18-21, 21-15, 15-13
Trail the series against # 14 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 0-1
7/18/14	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Winner 2	Holtwick/Semmler	8	Ross/Walsh Jennings	2	13-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:50
Lead the series against # 15 Baquerizo/Fernandez, Spain 1-0
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 # 16 Gallay/Klug, Argentina 2-0
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
Trail the series against # 17 Broder/May, Canada 0-1
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 # 18 Mader/Zumkehr, Switzerland 3-1
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 # 20 Forrer/Verge-Depre, Switzerland 1-0
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 # 22 Wang/Yue, China 2-1
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
Lead the series against # 24 Birlova/Ukolova, Russia 1-0
3/10/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Pool H	Ross/Walsh Jennings	8	Birlova/Ukolova	24	21-16, 21-15	0:35
Lead the series against # 25, Q2 Humana-Paredes/Pischke, Canada 3-0
3/9/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Pool H	Ross/Walsh Jennings	8	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	25, Q2	22-24, 21-19, 15-8	0:55
7/8/15	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Pool G	Ross/Walsh Jennings	7	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	26	21-13, 21-17	0:35
9/24/14	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Pool B	Ross/Walsh Jennings	2	Humana-Paredes/Pischke	18	21-16, 21-14	0:33
Lead the series against # 28, Q6 Nestarcova/Pridalova, Slovakia 4-0
8/28/15	FIVB	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	Winner 1	Ross/Walsh Jennings	10	Nestarcova/Pridalova	25	21-15, 21-19	0:35
7/26/14	FIVB	ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball	Semi-Finals	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Nestarcova/Pridalova	14	21-14, 21-16	0:37
6/28/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Nestarcova/Pridalova	19	21-14, 17-21, 15-10	0:48
6/20/14	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 2	Ross/Walsh Jennings	2	Nestarcova/Pridalova	21	21-17, 21-13	0:31
Lead the series against # 29, Q7 Lahti/Lehtonen, Finland 1-0
8/28/15	FIVB	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	Winner 2	Ross/Walsh Jennings	10	Lahti/Lehtonen	27, Q7	19-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:52
Lead the series against # 30, Q9 Artacho/Laird, Australia 1-0
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 # 31 Xia/Xue, China 2-0
6/25/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool A	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Xia/Xue	17	By Forfeit
4/27/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Semi-Finals	Ross/Walsh Jennings	4	Xia/Xue	1	14-21, 21-15, 15-11	0:47
Lead the series against Fopma/Hochevar, United States 1-0
8/26/15	FIVB	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	Pool G	Ross/Walsh Jennings	10	Fopma/Hochevar	26, Q6	21-7, 21-15	0:31
Trail the series against # Q4 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 # Q8 Mashkova/Tsimbalova, Kazakhstan 2-0
10/26/13	FIVB	Xiamen Grand Slam	Winner 3	Ross/Walsh Jennings	5	Mashkova/Tsimbalova	19	21-13, 21-18	0:31
10/9/13	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Pool P	Ross/Walsh Jennings	10	Mashkova/Tsimbalova	23	21-19, 21-8	0:31
Trail the series against # Q11 Carico/Ross, United States 0-1
9/5/15	FIVB	Rio Open	Winner 1	Carico/Ross	16	Ross/Walsh Jennings	6	21-12, 18-21, 15-13	0:49
Lead the series against # Q12 Agudo/Pazo, Venezuela 1-0
4/24/15	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool B	Ross/Walsh Jennings	2	Agudo/Pazo	18	21-9, 21-11	0:28
Lead the series against # Q17 Braakman/Sinnema, Netherlands 1-0
6/27/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Pool C	Ross/Walsh Jennings	3	Braakman/Sinnema	46	21-13, 22-20	0:33