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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite Brasília
Saturday, May 2, 2026 Court #2 14:00

Match #41: Winner's Bracket Round 1

(8) Kelly Cheng/Megan Kraft, United States
vs.
(7) Raisa Schoon/Katja Stam, Netherlands

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$473,325.00

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$181,463.42

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$29,400.00

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)	Won 21-14, 21-13	0:33
Thu, 4/30/2026	Pool E	Dorina Klinger / Ronja Klinger, Austria (20, Q6)	Won 16-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:50
Fri, 5/1/2026	Pool E	Thamela Coradello / Victoria Lopes, Brazil (5)	Won 26-24, 21-19	0:41
Sat, 5/2/2026	Winner 1	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	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$29,400.00
Total	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$29,400.00

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	$224,700.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	25	0	4	3	1	5	6	5	0	0	$113,700.00
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	$473,325.00	Total	45	3	5	3	4	8	13	6	1	0	$180,845.00

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	12	2	85.7 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$23,200.00	12	2	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
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	8	80.0%	2	20.0%	0	0.0%	10-0	100.0%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1-2	33.3%	8-1	88.9%	3-1	75.0%	1	0	12-2	85.7%
2025-2026	8	80.0%	2	20.0%	0	0.0%	10-0	100.0%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1-2	33.3%	8-1	88.9%	3-1	75.0%	1	0	12-2	85.7%
Against the Field	7	77.8%	2	22.2%	0	0.0%	9-0	100.0%	1	25.0%	1	25.0%	2	50.0%	1-3	25.0%	14-2	87.5%	6-2	75.0%	1	0	11-2	84.6%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	12	2
Total	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	12	2

Raïsa Schoon
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 3, 2001 (24 yrs old)

Home Town:

Gorichem

Height:

174 cm (5'9")

Weight:

73 kg (161 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$262,767.75

Katja Stam
Netherlands

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 3, 1998 (27 yrs old)

Home Town:

Emmen

Height:

192 cm (6'4")

Weight:

79 kg (174 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$241,087.89

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	48	4	4	3	2	12	1	10	0	3	1	4	2	1	US$474,650.00

Previous Brasília Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2024	Katja Stam - 4th	Raisa Schoon - 4th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/8-12/2026	BPT Elite Saquarema	7	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	3/11-15/2026	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	7	9th	600	US$6,200.00
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	34	9th	800	US$11,000.00
FIVB	10/22-26/2025	BPT Elite Cape Town	17, Q1	2nd	1100	US$23,000.00
FIVB	10/1-5/2025	BPT Challenge Veracruz	26, Q4	1st	800	US$20,000.00
FIVB	9/24-28/2025	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	23, Q12	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	9/17-21/2025	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Q11	25th	300	US$0.00

BPT Elite Brasília Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 4/30/2026	Pool F	Megan J. Rice / Geena Urango, United States (18, Q4)	Won 21-17, 17-21, 15-12	0:48
Thu, 4/30/2026	Pool F	Devon Newberry / Savvy Simo, United States (19, Q5)	Won 21-17, 21-15	0:34
Fri, 5/1/2026	Pool F	Nina Brunner / Tanja Huberli, Switzerland (6)	Lost 17-21, 25-27	0:41
Sat, 5/2/2026	Winner 1	Kelly Cheng / Megan Kraft, United States (8)

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$)
Olympic Games	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$40,000.00
World Tour Finals	3	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$85,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	28	3	2	2	2	8	0	6	0	2	2	0	$292,900.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	12	1	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	2	0	$56,750.00
Total	48	4	4	3	2	12	1	10	0	4	4	0	$474,650.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Raisa Schoon												Katja Stam
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	1	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Youth Olympic Games
3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$20,000.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$20,000.00
3	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$42,500.00	World Tour Finals	3	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$42,500.00
33	3	2	2	2	8	10	3	2	0	$158,450.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	28	3	2	2	2	8	6	2	2	0	$146,450.00
18	1	3	0	0	2	3	1	3	0	$39,125.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	13	1	2	0	0	2	1	1	2	0	$28,375.00
7	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	$1,990.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	13	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	0	0	$3,025.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
70	6	6	5	2	13	19	5	5	0	$262,065.00	Total	63	4	6	5	4	15	12	7	4	0	$240,350.00

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
2021	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	2	3	$17,000.00	16	15	51.6 %
2022	FIVB	11	2	2	1	0	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	$166,750.00	40	16	71.4 %
2023	FIVB	11	1	0	1	1	3	1	3	0	1	0	0	$121,000.00	30	22	57.7 %
2024	FIVB	9	0	1	1	1	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	$92,000.00	28	16	63.6 %
2025	FIVB	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	$56,500.00	16	7	69.6 %
2026	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$15,200.00	8	4	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	47	4	4	3	2	12	1	10	0	4	4	3	$468,450.00	138	80	63.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Raisa Schoon													Katja Stam
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	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2016	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2017	FIVB
											2017	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$90.00	2018	FIVB	7	0	1	0	0	2	2	1	0	1	$1,600.00
2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2018	FIVB Age Group WC
7	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	$2,900.00	2019	FIVB	7	0	1	2	2	0	0	1	0	1	$1,425.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2019	FIVB Age Group WC
9	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	3	$8,500.00	2021	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	3	$8,500.00
11	2	2	1	0	4	1	0	1	0	$83,375.00	2022	FIVB	11	2	2	1	0	4	1	0	1	0	$83,375.00
11	1	0	1	1	4	3	1	0	0	$60,500.00	2023	FIVB	11	1	0	1	1	4	3	1	0	0	$60,500.00
9	0	1	1	1	3	3	0	0	0	$46,000.00	2024	FIVB	9	0	1	1	1	3	3	0	0	0	$46,000.00
13	1	2	0	0	0	7	2	1	0	$50,000.00	2025	FIVB	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	$28,250.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$7,600.00	2026	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$7,600.00
69	6	6	5	2	13	19	5	5	8	$258,965.00	Total	Total	62	4	6	5	4	15	12	7	4	5	$237,250.00

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	92	69.7%	21	15.9%	19	14.4%	113-19	85.6%	23	27.7%	18	21.7%	42	50.6%	23-60	27.7%	92-42	68.7%	44-37	54.3%	2	1	138-80	63.3%
2025-2026	16	66.7%	5	20.8%	3	12.5%	21-3	87.5%	2	22.2%	1	11.1%	6	66.7%	2-7	22.2%	16-6	72.7%	7-4	63.6%	1	1	24-11	68.6%
Against the Field	16	59.3%	4	14.8%	7	25.9%	20-7	74.1%	4	25.0%	4	25.0%	8	50.0%	4-12	25.0%	32-10	76.2%	16-22	42.1%	2	1	26-17	60.5%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5
World Championships	0	0	0	0	7	2	0	0	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	5
World Tour Finals	0	0	0	0	8	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	9	6
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	4	2	52	23	0	0	15	14	5	4	2	2	3	2	81	47
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	10	3	11	8	0	0	9	4	3	0	0	0	1	2	34	17
Total	0	0	14	5	81	40	0	1	28	23	8	5	3	2	4	4	138	80

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

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
5/2/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Winner 1
4/10/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Pool F	Cheng/Kraft	6	Schoon/Stam	7	21-18, 16-21, 15-7	0:45