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AVP Tour
$300,000 Gold Series Chicago Open
September 1 - 3, 2023

(2) Kelly Cheng/Sara Hughes

Kelly Claes Cheng

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 18, 1995 (28 yrs old)

Home Town:

Placentia, CA

Resides:

Fullerton, CA

Height:

6'2"

College(s):

Southern California

Seasons:

Tournaments:

115

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$584,250.00

Sara Hughes

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 14, 1995 (29 yrs old)

Home Town:

Costa Mesa, CA

Resides:

Costa Mesa, CA

Height:

5'10"

College(s):

Southern California

Seasons:

Tournaments:

124

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$549,044.92

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
AVP	14	4	1	5	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	$126,900.00
FIVB	28	5	1	1	1	8	0	8	0	3	0	0	1	US$458,750.00
FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
NORCECA	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$11,850.00
Other	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$14,000.00
Overall	50	12	3	10	1	8	1	10	0	3	0	1	1	US$611,500.00

Previous Chicago Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2017	Sara Hughes - 1st	Kelly Cheng - 1st
2018	Brittany Hochevar - 3rd	Summer Ross - 2nd
2019	Sarah Sponcil - 3rd	Brandie Wilkerson - 3rd
2021	Sarah Sponcil - 7th	Brandie Wilkerson - 5th
2022	Betsi Flint - 3rd	Kelley Kolinske - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/16-20/2023	Elite16 Hamburg	5	5	760	US$8,000.00
AVP	8/4-6/2023	Gold Series Atlanta Open	1	3	2321	$13,000.00
FIVB	7/26-30/2023	Elite16 Montréal	2	9	600	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2023	Elite16 Gstaad	3	2	1100	US$20,000.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2023	Elite16 Ostrava	6	5	760	US$8,000.00
AVP	5/18-21/2023	Pro Series Huntington Beach Open	1	1	2205	$14,000.00
FIVB	4/26-30/2023	Elite16 Uberlândia	3	4	900	US$10,000.00
AVP	4/13-16/2023	Pro Series New Orleans Open	1	1	2205	$14,000.00
FIVB	3/22-26/2023	Elite16 Tepic	5	1	1200	US$30,000.00
FIVB	3/16-19/2023	La Paz Challenge	1	5	600	US$3,750.00
FIVB	2/1-5/2023	Doha Elite16	2	5	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	1/26-29/2023	Beach Pro Tour Finals	9	1	0	US$150,000.00
FIVB	11/29-12/3/2022	Torquay Elite 16	2	1	1200	US$30,000.00
FIVB	11/23-27/2022	Torquay Challenge	1	1	800	US$10,000.00
AVP	11/11-13/2022	Huntington Beach Open	1	1	1891	$8,000.00

Gold Series Chicago Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 9/1/2023

Winner 1

Macy Jerger / Megan Rice (15)

Won 21-11, 21-15

0:34

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	Total	22	15	3	0.545	4	2	3	2
	1	11	7	2	0.455	3	2	1	2
	2	11	8	1	0.636	1	0	2	0
Sara Hughes	Total	14	10	1	0.643	0	11	0	3
	1	7	6	0	0.857	0	5	0	0
	2	7	4	1	0.429	0	6	0	3

Fri, 9/1/2023

Winner 2

Megan J. Rice / Emily Stockman (10)

Won 21-19, 21-16

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	Total	34	21	5	0.471	3	2	1	1
	1	14	9	3	0.429	0	1	1	1
	2	20	12	2	0.500	3	1	0	0
Sara Hughes	Total	9	6	1	0.556	0	8	3	4
	1	6	4	1	0.500	0	4	2	1
	2	3	2	0	0.667	0	4	1	3

Sat, 9/2/2023

Winner 3

Melissa Humana-Paredes / Brandie Wilkerson (3)

Won 18-21, 21-19, 15-9

1:03

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	Total	32	22	5	0.531	3	4	4	5
	1	10	6	4	0.200	1	0	1	3
	2	15	11	0	0.733	2	2	1	2
	3	7	5	1	0.571	0	2	2	0
Sara Hughes	Total	26	14	2	0.462	0	20	1	0
	1	9	6	1	0.556	0	5	0	0
	2	10	4	0	0.400	0	9	1	0
	3	7	4	1	0.429	0	6	0	0

Sun, 9/3/2023

Semi-Finals

Taryn Kloth / Kristen Nuss (1)

Lost 21-17, 20-22, 12-15

0:58

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	Total	40	24	4	0.500	2	5	0	6
	1	11	9	1	0.727	0	3	0	1
	2	17	7	2	0.294	1	2	0	2
	3	12	8	1	0.583	1	0	0	3
Sara Hughes	Total	33	16	4	0.364	0	23	0	1
	1	17	8	1	0.412	0	10	0	0
	2	11	7	1	0.545	0	9	0	0
	3	5	1	2	-0.200	0	4	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	128	82	17	0.508	12	13	8	14
Sara Hughes	82	46	8	0.463	0	62	4	8

Head to Head Results
Cheng/Hughes lead the series against the field 16-4

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Kloth/Nuss 4-2
9/3/23	AVP	Gold Series Chicago Open	Semi-Finals	Kloth/Nuss	1	Cheng/Hughes	2	17-21, 22-20, 15-12	0:58
4/30/23	FIVB	Elite16 Uberlândia	Semi-Finals	Kloth/Nuss	9	Cheng/Hughes	3	21-17, 21-11	0:33
4/15/23	AVP	Pro Series New Orleans Open	Winner 3	Cheng/Hughes	1	Kloth/Nuss	4	10-21, 31-29, 15-12	0:56
3/23/23	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Pool D	Cheng/Hughes	5	Kloth/Nuss	13, Q1	21-18, 21-17	0:33
1/28/23	FIVB	Beach Pro Tour Finals	Winner 1	Cheng/Hughes	9	Kloth/Nuss	8	19-21, 21-14, 24-22	0:56
12/2/22	FIVB	Torquay Elite 16	Semi-Finals	Cheng/Hughes	2	Kloth/Nuss	3	21-18, 21-15	0:32
Lead the series against # 3 Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson 4-2
9/2/23	AVP	Gold Series Chicago Open	Winner 3	Cheng/Hughes	2	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	3	18-21, 21-19, 15-9	1:03
8/6/23	AVP	Gold Series Atlanta Open	Semi-Finals	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	3	Cheng/Hughes	1	21-18, 22-20	0:47
7/29/23	FIVB	Elite16 Montréal	Winner 1	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	4	Cheng/Hughes	2	21-19, 19-21, 17-15	0:58
7/8/23	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Winner 2	Cheng/Hughes	3	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	7	20-22, 21-18, 15-11	0:56
4/16/23	AVP	Pro Series New Orleans Open	Finals	Cheng/Hughes	1	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	2	21-9, 21-18	0:41
2/2/23	FIVB	Doha Elite16	Pool B	Cheng/Hughes	2	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	7	12-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:50
Lead the series against # 4 Flint/Scoles 5-0
6/2/23	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Pool C	Cheng/Hughes	6	Flint/Scoles	11	21-13, 21-11	0:28
5/21/23	AVP	Pro Series Huntington Beach Open	Finals	Cheng/Hughes	1	Flint/Scoles	4	21-18, 21-18	0:45
5/20/23	AVP	Pro Series Huntington Beach Open	Winner 3	Cheng/Hughes	1	Flint/Scoles	4	21-14, 21-18	0:44
4/16/23	AVP	Pro Series New Orleans Open	Semi-Finals	Cheng/Hughes	1	Flint/Scoles	3	8-21, 21-19, 16-14	0:46
12/3/22	FIVB	Torquay Elite 16	Gold Medal	Cheng/Hughes	2	Flint/Scoles	5	21-17, 21-11	0:32
Lead the series against # 8 Harward/Kolinske 1-0
3/17/23	FIVB	La Paz Challenge	Pool A	Cheng/Hughes	1	Harward/Kolinske	12	23-21, 21-17	0:36
Lead the series against # 10 Rice/Stockman 1-0
9/1/23	AVP	Gold Series Chicago Open	Winner 2	Cheng/Hughes	2	Rice/Stockman	10	21-19, 21-16	0:43
Lead the series against # 15 Jerger/Rice 1-0
9/1/23	AVP	Gold Series Chicago Open	Winner 1	Cheng/Hughes	2	Jerger/Rice	15	21-11, 21-15	0:34