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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite Ostrava
Saturday, May 30, 2026 Court #3 11:00

Match #46: Winner's Bracket Round 1

(7) Leona Kernen/Joana Mader, Switzerland
vs.
(11) Kelly Cheng/Megan Kraft, United States

Leona Kernen
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 25, 2005 (20 yrs old)

Home Town:

Spiez

Height:

179 cm (5'10")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Spiez 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$40,783.85

Joana Heidrich Mäder
Switzerland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 2, 1991 (34 yrs old)

Home Town:

Zürich

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

74 kg (163 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

131

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$437,213.98

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$18,900.00

Previous Ostrava Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2018	Did not play	Anouk Verge-Depre - 9th
2019	Did not play	Anouk Verge-Depre - 9th
2021	Did not play	Anouk Verge-Depre - 2nd
2022	Did not play	Anouk Verge-Depre - 4th
2023	Did not play	Anouk Verge-Depre - 5th
2024	Did not play	Anouk Verge-Depre - 13th
2025	Tanja Huberli - 9th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2026	BPT Elite Brasília	13	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	4/8-12/2026	BPT Elite Saquarema	10	9th	600	US$6,200.00

BPT Elite Ostrava Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/27/2026	Pool F	Chloe Loreen / Corinne Quiggle, United States (18, Q3)	Won 17-21, 21-18, 16-14	0:49
Thu, 5/28/2026	Pool F	Anna Pavelkova / Katerina Pavelkova, Czechia (19, Q4)	Lost 21-16, 20-22, 14-16	0:51
Fri, 5/29/2026	Pool F	Melissa Humana-Paredes / Brandie Wilkerson, Canada (6)	Lost 17-21, 17-21	0:38
Fri, 5/29/2026	Lucky Loser	Valerie Dvornikova / Veronika Kleiblova, Czechia (24, Q15)	Won 21-13, 24-22	0:35
Sat, 5/30/2026	Winner 1	Kelly Cheng / Megan Kraft, United States (11)

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	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$18,900.00
Total	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$18,900.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Leona Kernen												Joana Mader
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00	World Championships	6	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	$34,400.00
											World Tour Finals	4	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	$50,500.00
10	0	0	0	1	2	3	2	1	0	$26,950.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	66	0	2	0	2	10	19	21	4	0	$240,925.00
3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$7,250.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	48	4	3	2	0	5	17	11	3	0	$106,875.00
13	1	1	0	2	5	1	3	0	0	$2,100.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,350.00
											U21 World Championships	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
30	1	2	1	3	7	5	7	3	0	$39,800.00	Total	131	5	8	3	4	19	39	34	7	0	$437,050.00

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	$15,200.00	7	6	53.8 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$15,200.00	7	6	53.8 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Leona Kernen													Joana Mader
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2009	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2010	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	$1,400.00
											2010	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2011	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,750.00
											2011	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2012	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	5	$10,950.00
											2013	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	1	0	$25,675.00
											2014	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	0	0	$46,000.00
											2015	FIVB	12	1	0	1	0	0	5	4	0	1	$47,900.00
											2016	FIVB	14	1	2	1	0	4	0	5	1	0	$80,575.00
											2017	FIVB	8	0	1	0	1	3	1	2	0	0	$41,000.00
											2018	FIVB	7	0	1	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	$19,500.00
											2019	FIVB	12	1	0	0	1	0	4	4	2	0	$40,500.00
											2020	FIVB	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$350.00
											2021	FIVB	7	0	1	1	0	1	3	1	0	0	$23,000.00
2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2021	FIVB Age Group WC
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$1,150.00	2022	FIVB	6	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	$29,125.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2022	FIVB Age Group WC
7	0	1	0	1	2	0	3	0	0	$850.00	2023	FIVB	12	1	0	0	0	2	5	4	0	0	$26,000.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2023	FIVB Age Group WC
6	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	1	0	$600.00	2024	FIVB	12	0	2	0	0	2	6	1	1	0	$33,875.00
9	1	1	0	1	1	2	2	1	0	$27,750.00	2025	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2025	FIVB Age Group WC
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
31	1	3	1	3	7	6	7	3	0	$37,950.00	Total	Total	130	5	8	3	4	19	39	34	7	11	$435,200.00

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	66.7%	0	0.0%	3	33.3%	6-3	66.7%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	3	75.0%	1-3	25.0%	6-3	66.7%	1-3	25.0%	0	0	7-6	53.8%
2025-2026	6	66.7%	0	0.0%	3	33.3%	6-3	66.7%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	3	75.0%	1-3	25.0%	6-3	66.7%	1-3	25.0%	0	0	7-6	53.8%
Against the Field	2	40.0%	0	0.0%	3	60.0%	2-3	40.0%	1	25.0%	0	0.0%	3	75.0%	1-3	25.0%	4-6	40.0%	2-6	25.0%	0	0	3-6	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	0	0	5	4	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	6
Total	0	0	0	0	5	4	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	6

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$476,425.00

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$184,563.42

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$35,600.00

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)	Won 23-21, 21-14	0:38
Thu, 5/28/2026	Pool B	Martina Maixnerova / Kylie Neuschaeferova, Czechia (23, Q10)	Won 21-19, 21-15	0:34
Fri, 5/29/2026	Pool B	Rebecca Cavalcanti / Carol Salgado, Brazil (2)	Won 21-16, 21-15	0:33
Sat, 5/30/2026	Winner 1	Leona Kernen / Joana Mader, Switzerland (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	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$35,600.00
Total	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$35,600.00

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	$227,800.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	26	0	4	3	1	5	7	5	0	0	$116,800.00
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	$476,425.00	Total	46	3	5	3	4	8	14	6	1	0	$183,945.00

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	15	3	83.3 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$29,400.00	15	3	83.3 %

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	11	84.6%	2	15.4%	0	0.0%	13-0	100.0%	1	25.0%	1	25.0%	2	50.0%	1-3	25.0%	11-2	84.6%	3-1	75.0%	1	0	15-3	83.3%
2025-2026	11	84.6%	2	15.4%	0	0.0%	13-0	100.0%	1	25.0%	1	25.0%	2	50.0%	1-3	25.0%	11-2	84.6%	3-1	75.0%	1	0	15-3	83.3%
Against the Field	6	85.7%	1	14.3%	0	0.0%	7-0	100.0%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1-2	33.3%	12-2	85.7%	4-2	66.7%	0	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	12	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	15	3
Total	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	15	3

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
5/30/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Ostrava	Winner 1