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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro
Friday, July 31, 2026 Stadium Court 09:00

Match #36: Pool F

(6) Kelly Cheng/Megan Kraft, United States
vs.
(7) Thainara Feitosa/Verena Figueira, Brazil

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$487,925.00

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$196,063.42

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	US$58,600.00

Previous Rio de Janeiro Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2017	Sara Hughes - 5th	Did not play
2024	Did not play	Terese Cannon - 2nd
2025	Molly Shaw - 4th	Terese Cannon - 3rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/1-5/2026	BPT Elite Gstaad	15	2nd	1100	US$23,000.00
FIVB	5/27-31/2026	BPT Elite Ostrava	11	9th	600	US$6,200.00
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 Elite16 Rio de Janeiro Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/30/2026	Pool F	Anouk Verge-Depre / Zoe Verge-Depre, Switzerland (19, Q3)
Thu, 7/30/2026	Pool F	Molley McBain / Ruby Sorra, Canada (18, Q2)
Fri, 7/31/2026	Pool F	Thainara Feitosa / Verena Figueira, Brazil (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	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	$58,600.00
Total	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	$58,600.00

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
43	5	2	2	6	8	14	2	0	3	$239,300.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	28	0	5	3	1	5	8	5	0	0	$128,300.00
28	3	3	0	1	10	6	2	1	2	$97,375.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	11	0	0	0	2	3	4	0	1	1	$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
88	10	5	5	7	21	26	7	1	5	$487,925.00	Total	48	3	6	3	4	8	15	6	1	1	$195,445.00

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	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	$58,600.00	21	5	80.8 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	$58,600.00	21	5	80.8 %

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
5	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	$29,300.00	2026	FIVB	5	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	$29,300.00
87	10	5	5	7	21	26	7	1	5	$487,925.00	Total	Total	47	3	6	3	4	8	15	6	1	1	$195,445.00

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	16	88.9%	2	11.1%	0	0.0%	18-0	100.0%	2	28.6%	1	14.3%	4	57.1%	2-5	28.6%	16-4	80.0%	4-1	80.0%	1	0	21-5	80.8%
2025-2026	16	88.9%	2	11.1%	0	0.0%	18-0	100.0%	2	28.6%	1	14.3%	4	57.1%	2-5	28.6%	16-4	80.0%	4-1	80.0%	1	0	21-5	80.8%
Against the Field	7	87.5%	1	12.5%	0	0.0%	8-0	100.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1-1	50.0%	14-2	87.5%	4-0	100.0%	0	0	9-1	90.0%

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	15	0	0	0	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	21	5
Total	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	0	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	21	5

Thainara Mylena Feitosa de Oliveira
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 21, 2001 (25 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Nayarit 2026)

Career Winnings:

US$30,200.00

Verena Figueira de Oliveira
Brazil

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 3, 1996 (29 yrs old)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Maricá 2024)

Career Winnings:

US$21,425.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	US$27,650.00

Previous Rio de Janeiro Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2024	Elize Maia - 9th	Did not play
2025	Talita Simonetti - 13th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/10-14/2026	BPT Challenge Alanya	4	25th	220	US$1,500.00
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2026	BPT Elite Brasília	Q3	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	4/8-12/2026	BPT Elite Saquarema	16	9th	600	US$6,200.00
FIVB	3/26-29/2026	BPT Challenge Nayarit	3	2nd	760	US$13,000.00
FIVB	3/18-22/2026	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	5	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	3/11-15/2026	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	14	17th	460	US$3,700.00

BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/30/2026	Pool F	Molley McBain / Ruby Sorra, Canada (18, Q2)
Thu, 7/30/2026	Pool F	Anouk Verge-Depre / Zoe Verge-Depre, Switzerland (19, Q3)
Fri, 7/31/2026	Pool F	Kelly Cheng / Megan Kraft, United States (6)

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	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	$9,900.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$17,750.00
Total	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	0	$27,650.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Thainara Feitosa												Verena Figueira
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
11	0	0	0	1	0	3	4	2	0	$18,700.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	7	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	1	0	$11,950.00
7	0	1	0	0	0	2	2	1	1	$11,500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$8,875.00
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$600.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
19	0	1	0	1	0	6	6	3	1	$30,200.00	Total	12	1	1	0	0	1	3	3	2	0	$21,425.00

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	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	0	$27,650.00	10	11	47.6 %
Total	FIVB	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	0	$27,650.00	10	11	47.6 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Thainara Feitosa													Verena Figueira
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	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2021	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2022	FIVB
											2023	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$100.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	$4,000.00	2024	FIVB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$500.00
6	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	0	$12,375.00	2025	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$7,000.00
6	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	$13,825.00	2026	FIVB	6	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	$13,825.00
18	0	1	0	1	0	6	6	3	1	$30,200.00	Total	Total	11	1	1	0	0	1	3	3	2	0	$21,425.00

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	4	44.4%	1	11.1%	4	44.4%	5-4	55.6%	5	41.7%	3	25.0%	4	33.3%	5-7	41.7%	4-4	50.0%	6-7	46.2%	0	0	10-11	47.6%
2025-2026	4	44.4%	1	11.1%	4	44.4%	5-4	55.6%	5	41.7%	3	25.0%	4	33.3%	5-7	41.7%	4-4	50.0%	6-7	46.2%	0	0	10-11	47.6%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2	66.7%	0-3	0.0%	0-4	0.0%	2-6	25.0%	0	0	1-5	16.7%

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	1	3	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	7	5
Total	0	0	0	1	6	6	0	1	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	10	11

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
7/31/26	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro	Pool F