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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Cincinnati Open
May 17 - 21, 2016

(1) 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 Cincinnati Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
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

Cincinnati Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Wed, 5/18/2016

Pool A

Anna Behlen / Anika Krebs, Germany (32, Q13)

Won 21-13, 21-15

0:28

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
April Ross	Total	25	12	2	0.400	0	11	0	3
	1	25	12	2	0.400	0	11	0	3
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Kerri Walsh Jennings	Total	13	8	2	0.462	6	3	1	0
	1	13	8	2	0.462	6	3	1	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Wed, 5/18/2016

Pool A

Norisbeth Agudo / Olaya Pazo, Venezuela (16)

Won 21-12, 21-19

0:32

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
April Ross	Total	26	13	1	0.462	0	14	2	2
	1	26	13	1	0.462	0	14	2	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Kerri Walsh Jennings	Total	29	20	0	0.690	1	12	0	0
	1	29	20	0	0.690	1	12	0	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Thu, 5/19/2016

Pool A

Teresa Mersmann / Isabel Schneider, Germany (17)

Won 21-16, 21-18

0:31

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
April Ross	Total	25	18	2	0.640	0	11	5	1
	1	25	18	2	0.640	0	11	5	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Kerri Walsh Jennings	Total	22	13	2	0.500	1	6	0	0
	1	22	13	2	0.500	1	6	0	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Fri, 5/20/2016

Winner 2

Lane Carico / Summer Ross, United States (20, Q1)

Won 21-13, 19-21, 15-7

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
April Ross	Total	43	25	6	0.442	0	21	2	3
	1	43	25	6	0.442	0	21	2	3
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Kerri Walsh Jennings	Total	24	14	2	0.500	4	7	1	0
	1	24	14	2	0.500	4	7	1	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Fri, 5/20/2016

Winner 3

Teresa Mersmann / Isabel Schneider, Germany (17)

Won 21-15, 21-13

0:27

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
April Ross	Total	23	18	1	0.739	0	12	1	1
	1	23	18	1	0.739	0	12	1	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Kerri Walsh Jennings	Total	22	14	0	0.636	1	5	0	2
	1	22	14	0	0.636	1	5	0	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Sat, 5/21/2016

Semi-Finals

Elsa Baquerizo / Liliana Fernandez, Spain (4)

Won 21-14, 21-16

0:33

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
April Ross	Total	29	11	5	0.207	0	13	0	2
	1	29	11	5	0.207	0	13	0	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Kerri Walsh Jennings	Total	22	14	0	0.636	5	3	2	0
	1	22	14	0	0.636	5	3	2	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Sat, 5/21/2016

Gold Medal

Xinyi Xia / Chen Xue, China (13)

Won 20-22, 21-14, 18-16

1:06

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
April Ross	Total	40	22	6	0.400	0	16	6	4
	1	40	22	6	0.400	0	16	6	4
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Kerri Walsh Jennings	Total	27	12	5	0.259	4	4	0	1
	1	27	12	5	0.259	4	4	0	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
April Ross	211	119	23	0.455	0	98	16	16
Kerri Walsh Jennings	159	95	11	0.528	22	40	4	3

Head to Head Results
Ross/Walsh Jennings lead the series against the field 32-6

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 2 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 # 3 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 # 4 Baquerizo/Fernandez, Spain 2-0
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
Trail the series against # 5 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
Series tied with # 6 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 1-1
3/19/16	FIVB	Vitória Open	Semi-Finals	Ross/Walsh Jennings	2	Holtwick/Semmler	17	21-19, 21-16	0:32
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 # 9 Capers/Kessy, United States 1-0
4/23/16	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 2	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Capers/Kessy	12	21-10, 21-17	0:33
Lead the series against # 10 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
Trail the series against # 11 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 # 13 Xia/Xue, China 3-0
5/21/16	FIVB	Cincinnati Open	Gold Medal	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Xia/Xue	13	20-22, 21-14, 18-16	1:06
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 # 14 Wang/Yue, China 3-1
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
Lead the series against # 15 Fopma/Hochevar, United States 2-0
3/18/16	FIVB	Vitória Open	Winner 2	Ross/Walsh Jennings	2	Fopma/Hochevar	28, Q8	21-17, 21-14	0:34
8/26/15	FIVB	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	Pool G	Ross/Walsh Jennings	10	Fopma/Hochevar	26, Q6	21-7, 21-15	0:31
Lead the series against # 16 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
Lead the series against # 17 Mersmann/Schneider, Germany 2-0
5/20/16	FIVB	Cincinnati Open	Winner 3	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Mersmann/Schneider	17	21-15, 21-13	0:27
5/19/16	FIVB	Cincinnati Open	Pool A	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Mersmann/Schneider	17	21-16, 21-18	0:31
Lead the series against # 20, Q1 Carico/Ross, United States 2-1
5/20/16	FIVB	Cincinnati Open	Winner 2	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Carico/Ross	20, Q1	21-13, 19-21, 15-7	0:41
4/23/16	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 3	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Carico/Ross	27, Q9	21-16, 24-22	0:38
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 # 25 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
Lead the series against # 26 Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer, Austria 2-0
3/16/16	FIVB	Vitória Open	Pool B	Ross/Walsh Jennings	2	Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer	31	21-11, 21-15	0:31
9/4/15	FIVB	Rio Open	Pool F	Ross/Walsh Jennings	6	Plesiutschnig/Schutzenhofer	18	21-16, 21-13	0:34
Lead the series against # 32, Q13 Behlen/Krebs, Germany 1-0
5/18/16	FIVB	Cincinnati Open	Pool A	Ross/Walsh Jennings	1	Behlen/Krebs	32, Q13	21-13, 21-15	0:28