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

Match #23: Pool E

(8) Kelly Cheng/Megan Kraft, United States
vs.
(20, Q6) Dorina Klinger/Ronja Klinger, Austria

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

Dorina Klinger
Austria

Photo: FIVB

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$88,043.77

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$87,496.92

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	69	3	1	1	4	15	0	15	4	8	2	4	1	6	4	US$172,463.99

Previous Brasília Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2024	Ronja Klinger - 17th	Dorina Klinger - 17th
2025	Ronja Klinger - 5th	Dorina Klinger - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/8-12/2026	BPT Elite Saquarema	15	17th	460	US$3,700.00
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	14	17th	640	US$7,000.00
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

BPT Elite Brasília Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 4/29/2026	Qualifier 1	Mila Konink / Emi van Driel, Netherlands (Q11)	Won 21-14, 21-11	0:31
Thu, 4/30/2026	Pool E	Thamela Coradello / Victoria Lopes, Brazil (5)
Thu, 4/30/2026	Pool E	Kelly Cheng / Megan Kraft, United States (8)
Fri, 5/1/2026	Pool E	Molly Phillips / Abby Van Winkle, United States (17, Q2)

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	2	0	0	$14,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	23	0	0	0	1	5	0	4	3	7	0	0	$99,700.00
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	69	3	1	1	4	15	0	15	4	14	1	0	$171,630.00

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	2	0	0	$7,000.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$7,000.00
23	0	0	0	1	5	7	7	0	0	$49,850.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	23	0	0	0	1	5	7	7	0	0	$49,850.00
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
73	3	1	1	4	16	20	15	1	0	$86,315.00	Total	71	3	1	1	4	15	19	15	1	0	$85,815.00

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	11	0	0	0	1	4	0	3	2	1	0	0	$75,750.00	23	22	51.1 %
2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,700.00	2	3	40.0 %
Total	FIVB	68	3	1	1	4	15	0	15	4	14	1	10	$169,130.00	130	112	53.7 %

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
11	0	0	0	1	4	5	1	0	0	$37,875.00	2025	FIVB	11	0	0	0	1	4	5	1	0	0	$37,875.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,850.00	2026	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,850.00
72	3	1	1	4	16	20	15	1	11	$85,065.00	Total	Total	70	3	1	1	4	15	19	15	1	11	$84,565.00

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	81	63.8%	22	17.3%	24	18.9%	103-24	81.1%	26	23.0%	25	22.1%	62	54.9%	26-87	23.0%	81-62	56.6%	48-49	49.5%	1	1	130-112	53.7%
2025-2026	17	63.0%	3	11.1%	7	25.9%	20-7	74.1%	5	21.7%	3	13.0%	15	65.2%	5-18	21.7%	17-15	53.1%	8-10	44.4%	0	0	25-25	50.0%
Against the Field	6	50.0%	2	16.7%	4	33.3%	8-4	66.7%	5	20.8%	5	20.8%	14	58.3%	5-19	20.8%	12-28	30.0%	14-18	43.8%	0	0	13-23	36.1%

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	6	8	18	18	0	1	7	13	0	1	0	1	0	0	31	42
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	29	17	66	46	2	3	25	36	4	5	1	4	3	1	130	112

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
4/30/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Pool E