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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite Ostrava
Wednesday, May 27, 2026 Court #3 18:00

Match #8: Pool B

(11) Kelly Cheng/Megan Kraft, United States
vs.
(14) Giada Bianchi/Claudia Scampoli, Italy

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$474,575.00

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$182,713.42

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	US$31,900.00

Previous Ostrava Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2019	Sarah Marmelstein - 9th	Did not play
2021	Sarah Marmelstein - 1st	Did not play
2023	Sara Hughes - 5th	Emily Stockman - 21st
2024	Sara Hughes - 1st	Terese Cannon - 21st
2025	Molly Shaw - 5th	Terese Cannon - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2026	BPT Elite Brasília	8	9th	600	US$6,200.00
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 Ostrava Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/27/2026	Pool B	Giada Bianchi / Claudia Scampoli, Italy (14)
Thu, 5/28/2026	Pool B	Martina Maixnerova / Kylie Neuschaeferova, Czechia (23, Q10)
Fri, 5/29/2026	Pool B	Rebecca Cavalcanti / Carol Salgado, Brazil (2)

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	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$31,900.00
Total	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$31,900.00

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
41	5	1	2	6	8	13	2	0	0	$225,950.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	26	0	4	3	1	5	7	5	0	0	$114,950.00
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
86	10	4	5	7	21	25	7	1	0	$474,575.00	Total	46	3	5	3	4	8	14	6	1	0	$182,095.00

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	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$29,400.00	12	3	80.0 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$29,400.00	12	3	80.0 %

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
3	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	$14,700.00	2026	FIVB	3	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	$14,700.00
85	10	4	5	7	21	25	7	1	5	$473,325.00	Total	Total	45	3	5	3	4	8	14	6	1	1	$180,845.00

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	25.0%	1	25.0%	2	50.0%	1-3	25.0%	8-2	80.0%	3-1	75.0%	1	0	12-3	80.0%
2025-2026	8	80.0%	2	20.0%	0	0.0%	10-0	100.0%	1	25.0%	1	25.0%	2	50.0%	1-3	25.0%	8-2	80.0%	3-1	75.0%	1	0	12-3	80.0%
Against the Field	3	75.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1-2	33.3%	6-2	75.0%	4-2	66.7%	0	0	5-2	71.4%

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	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	12	3
Total	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	12	3

Giada Bianchi
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 11, 2001 (24 yrs old)

Home Town:

Monza

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

77 kg (169 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Corigliano Rossano 2024)

Career Winnings:

US$50,162.00

Claudia Scampoli
Italy

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 5, 2000 (26 yrs old)

Home Town:

Vasto

Height:

177 cm (5'10")

Weight:

71 kg (156 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$79,727.97

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	Money
FIVB	14	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	2	2	3	0	US$78,200.00

Previous Ostrava Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2023	Did not play	Margherita Bianchin - 21st
2025	Claudia Scampoli - 13th	Giada Bianchi - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2026	BPT Elite Brasília	11	17th	460	US$3,700.00
FIVB	3/18-22/2026	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	1	5th	600	US$5,000.00
FIVB	3/11-15/2026	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	11	4th	900	US$12,000.00
FIVB	12/3-7/2025	BPT Elite Itapema	7	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	20	17th	640	US$7,000.00
FIVB	10/22-26/2025	BPT Elite Cape Town	12	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	9/24-28/2025	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	15	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	8/27-31/2025	BPT Elite Hamburg	10	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2025	BPT Challenge Alanya	7	4th	680	US$7,000.00
FIVB	5/28-6/1/2025	BPT Elite Ostrava	19, Q3	13th	460	US$4,500.00

BPT Elite Ostrava Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/27/2026	Pool B	Kelly Cheng / Megan Kraft, United States (11)
Thu, 5/28/2026	Pool B	Rebecca Cavalcanti / Carol Salgado, Brazil (2)
Fri, 5/29/2026	Pool B	Martina Maixnerova / Kylie Neuschaeferova, Czechia (23, Q10)

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	11	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	2	4	0	0	$59,200.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$12,000.00
Total	14	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	2	5	0	0	$78,200.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Giada Bianchi												Claudia Scampoli
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Youth Olympic Games	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	$10,700.00
											World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00
15	0	0	0	1	1	7	5	0	0	$35,100.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	17	0	0	0	1	1	5	9	0	0	$32,850.00
5	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	$8,625.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	15	1	0	0	1	2	4	2	1	0	$24,875.00
9	1	2	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	$2,000.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	25	6	1	2	1	7	5	3	0	0	$6,670.00
											U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
30	1	2	2	2	4	8	10	0	0	$49,225.00	Total	63	7	2	2	3	10	15	16	2	1	$77,095.00

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
2024	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$5,000.00	2	3	40.0 %
2025	FIVB	9	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	4	0	0	$50,000.00	16	18	47.1 %
2026	FIVB	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$20,700.00	8	7	53.3 %
Total	FIVB	13	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	2	5	0	0	$75,700.00	26	28	48.1 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Giada Bianchi													Claudia Scampoli
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	$700.00
											2018	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2019	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	1	0	$2,400.00
											2020	FIVB	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$750.00
											2021	FIVB	10	1	0	2	0	2	1	1	1	2	$2,970.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2022	FIVB	7	1	0	0	0	1	4	1	0	0	$11,150.00
5	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	$1,150.00	2023	FIVB	11	2	0	0	0	1	2	5	0	1	$7,575.00
9	1	1	2	0	0	3	2	0	0	$7,600.00	2024	FIVB	8	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	2	$3,700.00
11	0	0	0	1	1	5	4	0	0	$28,875.00	2025	FIVB	11	1	0	0	1	1	3	5	0	0	$36,250.00
3	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	$10,350.00	2026	FIVB	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	$10,350.00
29	1	2	2	2	4	8	10	0	0	$47,975.00	Total	Total	62	7	2	2	3	10	15	16	2	5	$75,845.00

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	17	73.9%	4	17.4%	2	8.7%	21-2	91.3%	5	16.7%	5	16.7%	20	66.7%	5-25	16.7%	17-20	45.9%	9-7	56.3%	0	1	26-28	48.1%
2025-2026	16	76.2%	3	14.3%	2	9.5%	19-2	90.5%	5	18.5%	5	18.5%	17	63.0%	5-22	18.5%	16-17	48.5%	8-7	53.3%	0	1	24-25	49.0%
Against the Field	2	50.0%	1	25.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	1	5.9%	3	17.6%	13	76.5%	1-16	5.9%	4-26	13.3%	4-8	33.3%	0	0	4-17	19.0%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	4	0	8	15	0	1	5	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	17	22
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	7	3
Total	0	0	4	0	13	17	1	1	8	6	0	2	0	2	0	0	26	28

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

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
5/27/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Ostrava	Pool B
3/15/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Bronze Medal	Cheng/Kraft	4	Bianchi/Scampoli	11	22-20, 21-12	0:38