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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite Ostrava
Thursday, May 28, 2026 Court #2 15:00

Match #20: Pool B

(11) Kelly Cheng/Megan Kraft, United States
vs.
(23, Q10) Martina Maixnerova/Kylie Neuschaeferova, Czechia

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

Martina Maixnerova
Czechia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 24, 1999 (27 yrs old)

Home Town:

Praha

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

71 kg (156 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$23,344.88

Kylie Neuschaeferova
Czechia

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 22, 2002 (23 yrs old)

Home Town:

Prague

Height:

183 cm (6'0")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$21,266.53

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	18	1	0	1	2	3	0	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	US$37,971.22

Previous Ostrava Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2018	Marie-Sara Stochlova - 41st	Did not play
2019	Martina Williams - 25th	Did not play
2024	Did not play	Marketa Svozilova - 17th
2025	Did not play	Anna Pavelkova - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/13-17/2026	BPT Challenge Xiamen	3	25th	220	US$1,500.00
FIVB	3/11-15/2026	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	8	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	46	9th	800	US$11,000.00
FIVB	10/22-26/2025	BPT Elite Cape Town	15	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	10/15-19/2025	BPT Challenge Nuvali	6	4th	680	US$7,000.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	Q8	21st	300	US$0.00
FIVB	10/1-5/2025	BPT Challenge Veracruz	15	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	8/27-31/2025	BPT Elite Hamburg	22, Q10	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	8/21-24/2025	Futures Brno	1	5th	240	€ 300.00
FIVB	8/13-17/2025	BPT Elite Montréal	Q13	17th	400	US$0.00
FIVB	8/5-9/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	Q4	41st	100	US$0.00
FIVB	7/3-6/2025	Futures Montpellier	4	4th	280	€ 400.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2025	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	Q12	33rd	180	US$0.00
FIVB	6/19-22/2025	Futures Messina	3	1st	400	€ 1,000.00
FIVB	6/5-8/2025	Futures Prague	7	3rd	320	€ 500.00

BPT Elite Ostrava Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/27/2026	Qualifier 1	Kylie Deberg / Betsi Flint, United States (Q7)	Won 21-18, 21-23, 15-11	0:56
Wed, 5/27/2026	Pool B	Rebecca Cavalcanti / Carol Salgado, Brazil (2)
Thu, 5/28/2026	Pool B	Kelly Cheng / Megan Kraft, United States (11)
Fri, 5/29/2026	Pool B	Giada Bianchi / Claudia Scampoli, Italy (14)

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	1	0	0	0	0	$11,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	$12,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$11,750.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	6	1	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,800.00
Total	18	1	0	1	2	3	0	2	1	4	1	0	$37,550.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Martina Maixnerova												Kylie Neuschaeferova
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$5,500.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$5,500.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	$6,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	1	0	$6,000.00
8	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	$6,875.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	5	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	$5,875.00
14	2	0	1	1	6	1	2	1	0	$4,150.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	14	2	0	1	1	6	3	1	0	0	$2,650.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00
34	2	0	1	2	7	6	6	3	0	$22,525.00	Total	31	2	0	1	2	6	8	7	2	0	$20,025.00

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
2025	FIVB	15	1	0	1	2	3	0	2	1	3	0	2	$31,050.00	31	22	58.5 %
2026	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$4,000.00	1	5	16.7 %
Total	FIVB	17	1	0	1	2	3	0	2	1	4	1	2	$35,050.00	32	27	54.2 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Martina Maixnerova													Kylie Neuschaeferova
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	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2016	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2017	FIVB Age Group WC
4	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	$350.00	2018	FIVB
9	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	3	$3,400.00	2019	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2019	FIVB Age Group WC
											2021	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00
											2023	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	$350.00
											2024	FIVB	6	1	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	$900.00
15	1	0	1	2	3	3	3	0	2	$15,525.00	2025	FIVB	16	1	0	1	2	3	3	3	1	2	$15,525.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$2,000.00	2026	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$2,000.00
33	2	0	1	2	7	6	6	3	6	$21,275.00	Total	Total	30	2	0	1	2	6	8	7	2	2	$18,775.00

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	22	62.9%	6	17.1%	7	20.0%	28-7	80.0%	4	16.7%	7	29.2%	13	54.2%	4-20	16.7%	22-13	62.9%	10-14	41.7%	0	0	32-27	54.2%
2025-2026	22	62.9%	6	17.1%	7	20.0%	28-7	80.0%	4	16.7%	7	29.2%	13	54.2%	4-20	16.7%	22-13	62.9%	10-14	41.7%	0	0	32-27	54.2%
Against the Field	5	71.4%	1	14.3%	1	14.3%	6-1	85.7%	0	0.0%	2	25.0%	6	75.0%	0-8	0.0%	10-12	45.5%	2-6	25.0%	0	0	6-9	40.0%

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	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	3	2	1	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	9
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	1	2	3	3	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	7	8
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	4	3	1	2	1	1	1	0	18	7
Total	0	0	4	4	16	12	1	0	8	6	1	3	1	2	1	0	32	27

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
5/28/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Ostrava	Pool B