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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite Brasília
Thursday, April 30, 2026

Match #11: Pool E

(8) Kelly Cheng/Megan Kraft, United States
vs.
(17, Q2) Molly Phillips/Abby Van Winkle, United States

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$471,475.00

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$179,613.42

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	US$25,700.00

Previous Brasília Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2024	Sara Hughes - 5th	Did not play
2025	Molly Shaw - 13th	Terese Cannon - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/8-12/2026	BPT Elite Saquarema	6	9th	600	US$6,200.00
FIVB	3/11-15/2026	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	4	3rd	1000	US$17,000.00

BPT Elite Brasília Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 4/30/2026	Pool E	Molly Phillips / Abby Van Winkle, United States (17, Q2)
Thu, 4/30/2026	Pool E	Dorina Klinger / Ronja Klinger, Austria (20, Q6)
Fri, 5/1/2026	Pool E	Thamela Coradello / Victoria Lopes, Brazil (5)

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	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$25,700.00
Total	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$25,700.00

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
40	5	1	2	6	8	12	2	0	0	$222,850.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	25	0	4	3	1	5	6	5	0	0	$111,850.00
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
85	10	4	5	7	21	24	7	1	0	$471,475.00	Total	45	3	5	3	4	8	13	6	1	0	$178,995.00

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	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$23,200.00	9	2	81.8 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$23,200.00	9	2	81.8 %

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
2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$11,600.00	2026	FIVB	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$11,600.00
84	10	4	5	7	21	24	7	1	5	$470,225.00	Total	Total	44	3	5	3	4	8	13	6	1	1	$177,745.00

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	6	75.0%	2	25.0%	0	0.0%	8-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	6-1	85.7%	2-1	66.7%	1	0	9-2	81.8%
2025-2026	6	75.0%	2	25.0%	0	0.0%	8-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	6-1	85.7%	2-1	66.7%	1	0	9-2	81.8%
Against the Field	5	71.4%	2	28.6%	0	0.0%	7-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2	66.7%	0-3	0.0%	10-2	83.3%	4-2	66.7%	1	0	8-2	80.0%

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	6	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	9	2
Total	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	9	2

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 (5 times)

Career Winnings:

US$31,725.00

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$22,850.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	US$13,700.00

Previous Brasília Results

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

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/18-22/2026	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	4	5th	600	US$5,000.00
FIVB	3/11-15/2026	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	13	9th	600	US$6,200.00

BPT Elite Brasília Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 4/29/2026	Qualifier 1	Andressa Cavalcanti / Taina Silva, Brazil (Q15)	Won 21-11, 21-10	0:29
Thu, 4/30/2026	Pool E	Kelly Cheng / Megan Kraft, United States (8)
Thu, 4/30/2026	Pool E	Thamela Coradello / Victoria Lopes, Brazil (5)
Fri, 5/1/2026	Pool E	Dorina Klinger / Ronja Klinger, Austria (20, Q6)

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	1	0	0	0	0	$8,700.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00
Total	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$13,700.00

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$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
12	0	0	0	0	1	5	3	2	0	$19,850.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	$8,100.00
9	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	3	0	$11,625.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	12	0	0	0	1	2	2	4	2	0	$14,750.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$250.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
23	0	0	0	0	5	7	5	5	0	$31,725.00	Total	19	0	0	0	1	2	4	7	3	0	$22,850.00

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	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$11,200.00	5	4	55.6 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$11,200.00	5	4	55.6 %

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
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$5,600.00	2026	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$5,600.00
22	0	0	0	0	5	7	5	5	0	$30,475.00	Total	Total	18	0	0	0	1	2	4	7	3	1	$21,600.00

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	75.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	1	20.0%	1	20.0%	3	60.0%	1-4	20.0%	3-3	50.0%	2-1	66.7%	0	0	5-4	55.6%
2025-2026	3	75.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	1	20.0%	1	20.0%	3	60.0%	1-4	20.0%	3-3	50.0%	2-1	66.7%	0	0	5-4	55.6%
Against the Field	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	1	20.0%	1	20.0%	3	60.0%	1-4	20.0%	2-6	25.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	2-4	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	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
Total	0	0	1	0	3	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4

Head to Head Results
Cheng/Kraft lead the series 1-0

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
4/30/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Pool E
3/13/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Winner 1	Cheng/Kraft	4	Phillips/Van Winkle	13	21-13, 21-16	0:32