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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$1,000,000 2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships
Wednesday, November 19, 2025 Court #2 18:30

Match #83: Winner's Bracket Round 1

(14) Dorina Klinger/Ronja Klinger, Austria
vs.
(7) Molly Shaw/Kelly Cheng, United States

Dorina Klinger
Austria

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Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 10, 1997 (28 yrs old)

Home Town:

Frauental

Height:

184 cm (6'0")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$84,943.77

Ronja Klinger
Austria

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 22, 2000 (25 yrs old)

Home Town:

Feldkirchen

Height:

177 cm (5'10")

Weight:

70 kg (154 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$84,396.92

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	67	3	1	1	4	15	0	15	4	6	2	4	1	6	4	US$166,263.99

Previous Adelaide Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/22-26/2025	BPT Elite Cape Town	10	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	8	9th	600	US$6,000.00
FIVB	9/24-28/2025	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	12	9th	600	US$7,500.00
FIVB	8/13-17/2025	BPT Elite Montréal	6	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	8/5-9/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	1	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2025	BPT Elite Gstaad	9	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	5/28-6/1/2025	BPT Elite Ostrava	11	4th	900	US$12,000.00
FIVB	4/16-20/2025	BPT Elite Brasília	12	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	3/26-30/2025	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	8	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	3/19-23/2025	BPT Challenge Yucatan	3	5th	600	US$5,000.00

2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 11/14/2025	Pool K	Elizabeth Alchin / Georgia Johnson, Australia (35)	Won 21-16, 21-18	0:38
Sat, 11/15/2025	Pool K	Crismil Paniagua / Julibeth Payano, Dominican Republic (38)	Won 21-9, 21-11	0:26
Mon, 11/17/2025	Pool K	Anouk Verge-Depre / Zoe Verge-Depre, Switzerland (11)	Lost 17-21, 20-22	0:39
Wed, 11/19/2025	Winner 1	Kelly Cheng / Molly Shaw, United States (7)

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Ronja Klinger - 17th	Dorina Klinger - 17th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/6-15/2023	Beach Volleyball World Championships	34	17th	640	US$7,000.00

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$14,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	21	0	0	0	1	5	0	4	3	6	0	0	$93,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	25	0	0	0	1	5	0	7	0	4	1	0	$49,250.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	19	3	1	1	2	5	0	4	1	1	0	0	$8,680.00
Total	67	3	1	1	4	15	0	15	4	12	1	0	$165,430.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Dorina Klinger												Ronja Klinger
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,000.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,000.00
21	0	0	0	1	5	7	6	0	0	$46,750.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	21	0	0	0	1	5	7	6	0	0	$46,750.00
25	0	0	0	1	5	7	4	1	0	$24,625.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	25	0	0	0	1	5	7	4	1	0	$24,625.00
22	3	1	1	2	6	6	2	0	0	$4,840.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	20	3	1	1	2	5	5	2	0	0	$4,340.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
											U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
71	3	1	1	4	16	20	13	1	0	$83,215.00	Total	69	3	1	1	4	15	19	13	1	0	$82,715.00

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
2018	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	$950.00	9	5	64.3 %
2019	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	4	$650.00	4	10	28.6 %
2020	FIVB	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$700.00	4	2	66.7 %
2021	FIVB	8	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	3	$2,480.00	12	11	52.2 %
2022	FIVB	10	1	0	0	1	1	0	3	0	2	1	1	$7,900.00	19	13	59.4 %
2023	FIVB	13	2	0	0	1	1	0	3	0	5	0	1	$28,750.00	32	20	61.5 %
2024	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	5	0	3	1	4	0	0	$48,250.00	25	26	49.0 %
2025	FIVB	10	0	0	0	1	4	0	3	2	0	0	0	$68,750.00	23	21	52.3 %
Total	FIVB	66	3	1	1	4	15	0	15	4	12	1	10	$158,430.00	128	108	54.2 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Dorina Klinger													Ronja Klinger
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2016	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2017	FIVB Age Group WC
5	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	1	$625.00	2018	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	1	$475.00
8	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	4	$575.00	2019	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	4	$325.00
2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00	2020	FIVB	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$350.00
8	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	3	$1,240.00	2021	FIVB	8	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	3	$1,240.00
10	1	0	0	1	1	3	2	1	1	$3,950.00	2022	FIVB	10	1	0	0	1	1	3	2	1	1	$3,950.00
13	2	0	0	1	1	3	5	0	1	$14,375.00	2023	FIVB	13	2	0	0	1	1	3	5	0	1	$14,375.00
13	0	0	0	0	5	4	4	0	0	$24,125.00	2024	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	5	4	4	0	0	$24,125.00
10	0	0	0	1	4	5	0	0	0	$34,375.00	2025	FIVB	10	0	0	0	1	4	5	0	0	0	$34,375.00
70	3	1	1	4	16	20	13	1	11	$79,715.00	Total	Total	68	3	1	1	4	15	19	13	1	11	$79,215.00

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches		By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall		Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	80	64.0%	22	17.6%	23	18.4%	102-23	81.6%	25	22.9%	24	22.0%	60	55.0%	25-84	22.9%	80-60	57.1%	47-47	50.0%	1	1	128-108	54.2%
2024-2025	29	58.0%	8	16.0%	13	26.0%	37-13	74.0%	11	25.0%	8	18.2%	25	56.8%	11-33	25.0%	29-25	53.7%	19-21	47.5%	0	1	48-47	50.5%
Against the Field	14	48.3%	6	20.7%	9	31.0%	20-9	69.0%	6	17.1%	6	17.1%	23	65.7%	6-29	17.1%	28-44	38.9%	24-30	44.4%	0	1	26-38	40.6%

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
World Championships	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	5	8	17	16	0	0	7	13	0	1	0	1	0	0	29	39
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	19	8	20	14	1	2	7	12	0	1	0	1	0	0	47	38
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	4	1	25	11	0	0	11	9	4	3	1	2	3	1	48	27
Total	0	0	28	17	65	44	2	2	25	35	4	5	1	4	3	1	128	108

Molly Turner Shaw
United States

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Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 23, 1996 (29 yrs old)

Home Town:

Naperville, IL

Height:

173 cm (5'8")

Weight:

55 kg (121 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$75,262.20

Kelly Claes Cheng
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 18, 1995 (30 yrs old)

Home Town:

Fullerton, CA

Height:

188 cm (6'2")

Weight:

72 kg (158 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$453,125.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	9	1	0	0	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	US$112,000.00

Previous Adelaide Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	6	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	9/24-28/2025	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	9	4th	900	US$12,000.00
FIVB	9/17-21/2025	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	9	1st	1200	US$40,000.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2025	BPT Elite Gstaad	7	9th	600	US$7,500.00
FIVB	5/28-6/1/2025	BPT Elite Ostrava	6	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	4/16-20/2025	BPT Elite Brasília	6	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	4/9-13/2025	BPT Elite Saquarema	8	4th	900	US$12,000.00
FIVB	3/26-30/2025	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	6	4th	900	US$12,000.00

2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 11/14/2025	Pool G	Stefanie Fejes / Jasmine Fleming, Australia (42)	Won 21-19, 21-18	0:37
Sat, 11/15/2025	Pool G	Monika Paulikiene / Aine Raupelyte, Lithuania (31)	Won 21-17, 21-13	0:29
Sun, 11/16/2025	Pool G	Daniela Alvarez / Tania Moreno, Spain (18)	Lost 17-21, 17-21	0:31
Wed, 11/19/2025	Winner 1	Dorina Klinger / Ronja Klinger, Austria (14)

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Did not play	Sara Hughes - 9th
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Did not play	Sarah Marmelstein - 9th
2022	World Championships	Rome	Did not play	Betsi Flint - 17th
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Did not play	Sara Hughes - 1st

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	8	1	0	0	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	$105,000.00
Total	9	1	0	0	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	$112,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Molly Shaw												Kelly Cheng
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,500.00	World Championships	5	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$48,000.00
											World Tour Finals	4	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$92,750.00
8	1	0	0	3	2	2	0	0	0	$52,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	37	5	1	1	6	8	11	2	0	0	$210,000.00
9	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	3	0	$17,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	28	3	3	0	1	10	6	2	1	0	$97,375.00
6	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,700.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	$5,000.00
											U21 World Championships	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
24	4	3	2	3	2	3	1	3	0	$74,700.00	Total	82	10	4	4	7	20	23	7	1	0	$453,125.00

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
2025	FIVB	8	1	0	0	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	$105,000.00	29	14	67.4 %
Total	FIVB	8	1	0	0	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	$105,000.00	29	14	67.4 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Molly Shaw													Kelly Cheng
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2013	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2014	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2015	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2016	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$9,000.00
											2017	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	0	0	$23,750.00
											2018	FIVB	10	0	1	0	1	1	3	2	1	1	$27,750.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2019	FIVB	15	0	2	1	0	3	7	0	0	2	$49,000.00
											2020	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$4,000.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$350.00	2021	FIVB	9	2	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	1	$41,000.00
6	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	$5,350.00	2022	FIVB	8	4	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	$126,500.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	$0.00	2023	FIVB	11	2	1	0	1	5	2	0	0	0	$84,625.00
4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$13,000.00	2024	FIVB	6	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	$31,500.00
8	1	0	0	3	2	2	0	0	0	$52,500.00	2025	FIVB	8	1	0	0	3	2	2	0	0	0	$52,500.00
23	4	3	2	3	2	3	1	3	2	$71,200.00	Total	Total	81	10	4	4	7	20	23	7	1	5	$449,625.00

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches		By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall		Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	16	66.7%	6	25.0%	2	8.3%	22-2	91.7%	7	36.8%	2	10.5%	10	52.6%	7-12	36.8%	16-10	61.5%	13-4	76.5%	0	0	29-14	67.4%
2024-2025	16	66.7%	6	25.0%	2	8.3%	22-2	91.7%	7	36.8%	2	10.5%	10	52.6%	7-12	36.8%	16-10	61.5%	13-4	76.5%	0	0	29-14	67.4%
Against the Field	9	52.9%	6	35.3%	2	11.8%	15-2	88.2%	6	35.3%	2	11.8%	9	52.9%	6-11	35.3%	18-18	50.0%	24-8	75.0%	0	0	21-13	61.8%

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	14	3	0	0	11	4	1	3	0	3	1	0	27	13
Total	0	0	0	0	16	4	0	0	11	4	1	3	0	3	1	0	29	14

Head to Head Results
Klinger/Klinger lead the series 1-0

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
11/19/25	FIVB	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	Winner 1
4/18/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Winner 1	Klinger/Klinger	12	Cheng/Shaw	6	21-16, 13-21, 16-14	0:47