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AVP Tour
$250,000 Gold Series Manhattan Beach Open
August 18 - 22, 2021

(1) Alix Klineman/April Ross

Alix Klineman

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 30, 1989 (34 yrs old)

Home Town:

Manhattan Beach, CA

Resides:

Manhattan Beach, CA

Height:

6'5"

College(s):

Stanford

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$369,187.50

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

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	17	12	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$323,500.00
FIVB	26	6	2	3	1	9	0	4	0	0	1	US$353,000.00
NORCECA	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$2,500.00
Overall	44	19	5	5	1	9	0	4	0	0	1	US$679,000.00

Previous Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Stephanie Barry - 33rd	Did not play
2006	Geena Urango - 57th	Keao Burdine - 17th
2007	Did not play	Jennifer Kessy - 5th
2008	Did not play	Jennifer Kessy - 2nd
2013	Did not play	Jennifer Kessy - 3rd
2014	Did not play	Kerri Walsh Jennings - 1st
2015	Did not play	Jennifer Fopma - 1st
2016	Kristin Hildebrand - 57th	Did not play
2017	Lane Carico - 7th	Lauren Fendrick - 3rd
2018	April Ross - 1st	Alix Klineman - 1st
2019	April Ross - 2nd	Alix Klineman - 2nd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/24-8/6/2021	Tokyo Olympic Games	2	1	0	US$0.00
FIVB	6/1-6/2021	Ostrava 4 Star	4	5	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	5/25-29/2021	Sochi 4 Star	6	5	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	4/28-5/2/2021	Cancun 4 Star - 3rd	5	3	640	US$10,000.00
FIVB	4/22-26/2021	Cancun 4 Star - 2nd	4	3	640	US$10,000.00
FIVB	4/16-20/2021	Cancun 4 Star - 1st	1	9	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	3/8-12/2021	Doha 4-star	2	1	800	US$20,000.00
AVP	7/31-8/2/2020	The Porsche Cup	1	1	0	$18,000.00
AVP	7/24-26/2020	The Wilson Cup	1	1	0	$18,000.00
AVP	7/17-19/2020	The Monster Hydro Cup	1	1	0	$18,000.00
AVP	9/19-22/2019	Hawaii Open	1	2	896	$13,000.00
FIVB	9/3-8/2019	World Tour Finals Rome	2	9	600	US$8,000.00
AVP	8/29-9/1/2019	Gold Series Championships	1	1	1650	$30,000.00

Manhattan Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 8/20/2021

Winner 2

Falyn Fonoimoana / Geena Urango (16)

Won 21-19, 15-21, 15-9

1:09

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Alix Klineman	Total	42	27	3	0.571	1	5	3	5
	1	11	6	0	0.545	0	1	2	2
	2	16	9	3	0.375	0	3	1	2
	3	15	12	0	0.800	1	1	0	1
April Ross	Total	31	12	4	0.258	0	18	0	5
	1	13	7	3	0.308	0	5	0	0
	2	10	3	0	0.300	0	5	0	2
	3	8	2	1	0.125	0	8	0	3

Sat, 8/21/2021

Winner 3

Taryn Kloth / Kristen Nuss (9)

Won 21-9, 21-19

0:37

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Alix Klineman	Total	19	12	4	0.421	4	1	4	3
	1	6	3	2	0.167	2	0	3	1
	2	13	9	2	0.538	2	1	1	2
April Ross	Total	16	9	1	0.500	0	11	1	2
	1	6	4	0	0.667	0	5	1	1
	2	10	5	1	0.400	0	6	0	1

Sat, 8/21/2021

Winner 4

Sara Hughes / Brandie Wilkerson (4)

Won 21-16, 21-19

0:50

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Alix Klineman	Total	32	18	4	0.438	1	4	0	1
	1	14	8	2	0.429	0	2	0	0
	2	18	10	2	0.444	1	2	0	1
April Ross	Total	29	17	2	0.517	0	15	3	5
	1	10	7	1	0.600	0	6	2	3
	2	19	10	1	0.474	0	9	1	2

Sun, 8/22/2021

Semi-Finals

Kelly Cheng / Sarah Sponcil (2)

Won 21-18, 21-17

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Alix Klineman	Total	18	10	4	0.333	2	3	4	6
	1	12	5	4	0.083	1	2	1	2
	2	6	5	0	0.833	1	1	3	4
April Ross	Total	31	20	2	0.581	0	11	0	3
	1	18	10	1	0.500	0	7	0	1
	2	13	10	1	0.692	0	4	0	2

Sun, 8/22/2021

Finals

Emily Capers / Betsi Flint (3)

Won 21-13, 22-20

0:55

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Alix Klineman	Total	12	9	2	0.583	1	1	1	4
	1	5	5	0	1.000	1	0	0	1
	2	7	4	2	0.286	0	1	1	3
April Ross	Total	26	18	4	0.538	0	12	4	3
	1	12	6	4	0.167	0	4	4	1
	2	14	12	0	0.857	0	8	0	2

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Alix Klineman	123	76	17	0.480	9	14	12	19
April Ross	133	76	13	0.474	0	67	8	18

Head to Head Results
Klineman/Ross lead the series against the field 25-2

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 2 Cheng/Sponcil 9-1
8/22/21	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Klineman/Ross	1	Cheng/Sponcil	2	21-18, 21-17	0:43
5/28/21	FIVB	Sochi 4 Star	Winner 3	Cheng/Sponcil	14	Klineman/Ross	6	21-18, 19-21, 15-7	0:48
8/2/20	AVP	The Porsche Cup	Finals	Klineman/Ross	1	Cheng/Sponcil	4	21-18, 21-17	0:50
8/1/20	AVP	The Porsche Cup	Winner 2	Klineman/Ross	1	Cheng/Sponcil	4	21-17, 21-15	0:48
7/25/20	AVP	The Wilson Cup	Winner 2	Klineman/Ross	1	Cheng/Sponcil	4	12-21, 21-19, 15-11	1:02
9/21/19	AVP	Hawaii Open	Winner 3	Klineman/Ross	1	Cheng/Sponcil	4	21-19, 21-19	0:51
8/31/19	AVP	Gold Series Championships	Winner 4	Klineman/Ross	1	Cheng/Sponcil	5	21-10, 21-16	0:43
6/9/19	AVP	Gold Series NYC Open	Finals	Klineman/Ross	1	Cheng/Sponcil	5	21-19, 22-20	1:02
6/8/19	AVP	Gold Series NYC Open	Winner 3	Klineman/Ross	1	Cheng/Sponcil	5	21-15, 21-12	0:37
6/1/19	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Winner 2	Klineman/Ross	4	Cheng/Sponcil	14	21-15, 21-18	0:36
Lead the series against # 3 Capers/Flint 6-1
8/22/21	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Finals	Klineman/Ross	1	Capers/Flint	3	21-13, 22-20	0:55
9/22/19	AVP	Hawaii Open	Semi-Finals	Klineman/Ross	1	Capers/Flint	2	16-21, 21-16, 15-11	1:02
8/31/19	AVP	Gold Series Championships	Finals	Klineman/Ross	1	Capers/Flint	2	21-12, 21-15	0:45
5/4/19	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Winner 4	Klineman/Ross	1	Capers/Flint	4	21-17, 21-15	0:45
10/12/18	FIVB	Yangzhou Four Star	Pool B	Capers/Flint	15, Q2	Klineman/Ross	2	21-18, 21-19	0:34
8/18/18	AVP	AVP Gold Series Manhattan Beach	Winner 4	Klineman/Ross	3	Capers/Flint	2	21-11, 21-16	0:43
5/3/18	FIVB	Huntington Beach Four Star	Winner 2	Klineman/Ross	7	Capers/Flint	26	21-13, 21-10	0:32
Lead the series against # 4 Hughes/Wilkerson 5-0
8/21/21	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 4	Klineman/Ross	1	Hughes/Wilkerson	4	21-16, 21-19	0:50
7/19/20	AVP	The Monster Hydro Cup	Finals	Klineman/Ross	1	Hughes/Wilkerson	4	24-22, 21-19	1:03
7/18/20	AVP	The Monster Hydro Cup	Winner 2	Klineman/Ross	1	Hughes/Wilkerson	4	21-19, 21-17	0:44
8/31/19	AVP	Gold Series Championships	Semi-Finals	Klineman/Ross	1	Hughes/Wilkerson	3	21-15, 21-17	0:47
8/18/19	AVP	Gold Series Manhattan Beach Open	Semi-Finals	Klineman/Ross	1	Hughes/Wilkerson	4	21-16, 19-21, 15-12	1:06
Lead the series against # 8 Ponnet/Shaw 1-0
8/1/20	AVP	The Porsche Cup	Winner 1	Klineman/Ross	1	Ponnet/Shaw	8, Q6	21-15, 21-19	0:45
Lead the series against # 9 Kloth/Nuss 1-0
8/21/21	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 3	Klineman/Ross	1	Kloth/Nuss	9	21-9, 21-19	0:37
Lead the series against # 16 Fonoimoana/Urango 1-0
8/20/21	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 2	Klineman/Ross	1	Fonoimoana/Urango	16	21-19, 15-21, 15-9	1:09
Lead the series against # Q2 Rowland/Van Gunst 2-0
6/7/19	AVP	Gold Series NYC Open	Winner 1	Klineman/Ross	1	Rowland/Van Gunst	16, Q15	22-20, 21-18	0:41
8/17/18	AVP	AVP Gold Series Manhattan Beach	Winner 1	Klineman/Ross	3	Rowland/Van Gunst	30	21-16, 21-13	0:38