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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite Joao Pessoa
Friday, March 13, 2026

Match #42: Winner's Bracket Round 1

(13) Molly Phillips/Abby Van Winkle, United States
vs.
(4) Kelly Cheng/Megan Kraft, United States

Molly Phillips
United States

Photo: NORCECA

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 31, 2001 (25 yrs old)

Home Town:

Mansfield, TX

Height:

188 cm (6'5")

Weight:

77 kg (169 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (4 times)

Career Winnings:

US$28,625.00

Abby Van Winkle
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 13, 1999 (26 yrs old)

Home Town:

San Clemente, CA

Height:

188 cm (6'2")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (FIVB Xiamen 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$19,750.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$7,500.00

Previous Joao Pessoa Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2025	Hailey Harward - 13th	Did not play

Recent Results 1st Tournament

BPT Elite Joao Pessoa Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 3/11/2026	Pool A	Lea Kunst / Melanie Paul, Germany (12)	Lost 16-21, 17-21
Thu, 3/12/2026	Pool A	Duda Lisboa / Ana Patricia Silva, Brazil (1)	Lost 14-21, 21-19, 9-15
Fri, 3/13/2026	Pool A	Tiffany Svenssohn / Kamila Tan, United States (24, Q14)	Won 21-13, 21-12
Fri, 3/13/2026	Winner 1	Kelly Cheng / Megan Kraft, United States (4)

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00
Total	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Molly Phillips												Abby Van Winkle
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
11	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	2	0	$19,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	$7,500.00
8	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	3	0	$9,125.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	11	0	0	0	1	1	2	4	2	0	$12,250.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$250.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
21	0	0	0	0	4	6	5	5	0	$28,625.00	Total	17	0	0	0	1	1	3	7	3	0	$19,750.00

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

Individual Finishes by Season

Molly Phillips													Abby Van Winkle
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2023	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	$1,250.00	2024	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	$2,500.00
15	0	0	0	0	3	5	3	4	0	$23,625.00	2025	FIVB	10	0	0	0	1	0	3	4	2	0	$13,500.00
20	0	0	0	0	4	6	5	5	0	$24,875.00	Total	Total	16	0	0	0	1	1	3	7	3	1	$16,000.00

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	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	1-1	50.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	1-2	33.3%
2025-2026	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	1-1	50.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	1-2	33.3%
Against the Field	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	2-2	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	1-2	33.3%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Total	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2

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$462,375.00

Megan Kraft
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 27, 2002 (23 yrs old)

Home Town:

San Diego, CA

Height:

183 cm (6'0")

Weight:

68 kg (150 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$170,513.42

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$7,500.00

Previous Joao Pessoa Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2025	Molly Shaw - 1st	Terese Cannon - 2nd

Recent Results 1st Tournament

BPT Elite Joao Pessoa Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 3/11/2026	Pool D	Giuliana Corrales / Michelle Valiente, Paraguay (21, Q7)	Won 21-18, 21-17
Thu, 3/12/2026	Pool D	Hailey Harward / Xolani Hodel, United States (16)	Won 21-19, 21-11
Fri, 3/13/2026	Pool D	Talita Antunes / Taiana Lima, Brazil (9)	Won 21-15, 21-12
Fri, 3/13/2026	Winner 1	Molly Phillips / Abby Van Winkle, United States (13)

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00
Total	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Kelly Cheng												Megan Kraft
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	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
5	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	$53,500.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$9,000.00
4	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$92,750.00	World Tour Finals	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$40,000.00
38	5	1	1	6	8	11	2	0	0	$213,750.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	23	0	4	2	1	5	5	5	0	0	$102,750.00
28	3	3	0	1	10	6	2	1	0	$97,375.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	11	0	0	0	2	3	4	0	1	0	$16,625.00
4	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	$5,000.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$1,520.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
83	10	4	4	7	21	23	7	1	0	$462,375.00	Total	43	3	5	2	4	8	12	6	1	0	$169,895.00

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

Individual Finishes by Season

Kelly Cheng													Megan Kraft
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2015	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$9,000.00	2016	FIVB
7	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	0	0	$23,750.00	2017	FIVB
10	0	1	0	1	1	3	2	1	1	$27,750.00	2018	FIVB
											2018	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
15	0	2	1	0	3	7	0	0	2	$49,000.00	2019	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$4,000.00	2020	FIVB	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$200.00
9	2	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	1	$41,000.00	2021	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$320.00
											2021	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
8	4	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	$126,500.00	2022	FIVB	12	2	0	0	2	2	6	0	0	0	$26,375.00
11	2	1	0	1	5	2	0	0	0	$84,625.00	2023	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	2	4	3	1	0	$14,250.00
6	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	$31,500.00	2024	FIVB	6	0	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	$67,000.00
9	1	0	0	3	3	2	0	0	0	$61,500.00	2025	FIVB	9	0	2	1	1	4	0	1	0	0	$58,000.00
82	10	4	4	7	21	23	7	1	5	$458,625.00	Total	Total	42	3	5	2	4	8	12	6	1	1	$166,145.00

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	3	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0	0	0-0	3-0	100.0%	0-0	0	0	3-0	100.0%
2025-2026	3	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0	0	0-0	3-0	100.0%	0-0	0	0	3-0	100.0%
Against the Field	3	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0	0	0-0	6-0	100.0%	0-0	0	0	3-0	100.0%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Total	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
3/13/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Winner 1