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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite Saquarema
Thursday, April 9, 2026

Match #18: Pool F

(6) Kelly Cheng/Megan Kraft, United States
vs.
(18, Q1) Kyce Martins/Talita Simonetti, Brazil

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$467,125.00

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$175,263.42

Team Career Summary

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

Previous Saquarema Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2025	Molly Shaw - 4th	Terese Cannon - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/11-15/2026	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	4	3rd	1000	US$17,000.00

BPT Elite Saquarema Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 4/9/2026	Pool F	Giuliana Corrales / Michelle Valiente, Paraguay (19, Q5)
Thu, 4/9/2026	Pool F	Kyce Martins / Talita Simonetti, Brazil (18, Q1)
Thu, 4/9/2026	Pool F	Raisa Schoon / Katja Stam, Netherlands (7)

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	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$17,000.00
Total	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$17,000.00

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
39	5	1	2	6	8	11	2	0	0	$218,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	24	0	4	3	1	5	5	5	0	0	$107,500.00
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
84	10	4	5	7	21	23	7	1	0	$467,125.00	Total	44	3	5	3	4	8	12	6	1	0	$174,645.00

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
2026	FIVB	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$17,000.00	6	1	85.7 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$17,000.00	6	1	85.7 %

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
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$8,500.00	2026	FIVB	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$8,500.00
83	10	4	5	7	21	23	7	1	5	$467,125.00	Total	Total	43	3	5	3	4	8	12	6	1	1	$174,645.00

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	5	83.3%	1	16.7%	0	0.0%	6-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	5-1	83.3%	1-0	100.0%	0	0	6-1	85.7%
2025-2026	5	83.3%	1	16.7%	0	0.0%	6-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	5-1	83.3%	1-0	100.0%	0	0	6-1	85.7%
Against the Field	2	66.7%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	4-2	66.7%	2-0	100.0%	0	0	3-1	75.0%

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	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	6	1
Total	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	6	1

Kyce Mikaele Martins Silva
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 4, 1998 (28 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Maricá 2024)

Career Winnings:

US$8,850.00

Talita Calixto Simonetti
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 15, 1998 (27 yrs old)

Home Town:

New York, New York USA

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

71 kg (156 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (FIVB Itapema 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$13,925.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	Money
FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	US$2,500.00

Previous Saquarema Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2023	Did not play	Teresa Cavalcanti - 33rd
2024	Did not play	Josemari Alves - 25th
2025	Did not play	Thainara Feitosa - 19th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/11-15/2026	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	15	19th	380	US$2,500.00

BPT Elite Saquarema Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 4/9/2026	Pool F	Raisa Schoon / Katja Stam, Netherlands (7)
Thu, 4/9/2026	Pool F	Kelly Cheng / Megan Kraft, United States (6)
Thu, 4/9/2026	Pool F	Giuliana Corrales / Michelle Valiente, Paraguay (19, Q5)

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,500.00
Total	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Kyce Martins												Talita Simonetti
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
5	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	$8,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	9	0	0	0	1	0	1	5	1	0	$12,000.00
											Challenge/Four Star/Open	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$1,625.00
2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$600.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$300.00
7	1	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	$8,850.00	Total	16	0	0	0	1	2	2	5	2	0	$13,925.00

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
2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,500.00	0	3	0.0 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$2,500.00	0	3	0.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Kyce Martins													Talita Simonetti
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2018	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$150.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00	2023	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	$150.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$500.00	2024	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$7,000.00	2025	FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	0	$12,375.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,250.00	2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,250.00
6	1	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	$8,850.00	Total	Total	15	0	0	0	1	2	2	5	2	3	$13,925.00

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	0	0	0	0-0	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1	33.3%	0-3	0.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	0-3	0.0%
2025-2026	0	0	0	0-0	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1	33.3%	0-3	0.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	0-3	0.0%
Against the Field	0	0	0	0-0	0		0		0		0-0		0-0		0-0		0	0	0-0

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	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Total	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
4/9/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Pool F