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Gold - Jen Kessy/April Ross, United States vs. Vassiliki Arvaniti/Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece Team Uniform Uniform Seed Player No. Player No.................................... Country 3 April Ross 1 Jennifer Kessy 2......................... United States 20 Maria Tsiartsiani 1 Vassiliki Arvaniti 2................................... Greece This is the third SWATCH FIVB World Tour series between the two teams with Kessy & Ross leading 2-0 Date FIVB Tournament Round Winning Team Score Time 7/26/2009 Marseille Grand Slam Gold medal TBD TBD TBD 7/9/2009 Gstaad Grand Slam Pool A Kessy/Ross 21-19, 21-15 0:37 7/3/2009 Stavanger Worlds Winner 2 Kessy/Ross 21-11, 21-12 0:32 · Kessy and Ross have won four SWATCH FIVB World Tour gold medals, including the last two international stops in 2008 at Phuket, Thailand and Sanya, China. · Kessy and Ross captured the gold medal at the 2009 SWATCH FIVB World Championships in Stavanger, Norway. · Kessy and Ross had competed in sixth-straight SWATCH FIVB World Tour semi-final, including silver medal placements in Dubai (October 2008), Brazil (April 2009) and Korea (May 2009) before placing fifth (Switzerland) and ninth (Moscow) in their last two events. Kessy and Ross are now competing in their seventh gold medal match in their last nine SWATCH starts · Kessy and Ross finished the 2008 SWATCH season as the No. 2 team on the points list behind Brazilians Shelda Bede and Ana Paula Connelly. This was the highest finish by an American team since 2003 when Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh placed second behind Sandra Pires and Ana Paula. · Kessy and Ross missed qualifying for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games after being edged by Nicole Branagh and Elaine Youngs for the second USA berth. · Kessy and Ross placed 37th at the 2007 SWATCH FIVB World Championships by winning only one of three pool matches. · After winning a country quota playoff and two qualifying matches at the 2007 Norwegian Grand Slam, Kessy and Ross captured the Stavanger gold medal as the 29th-seeded team in the competition by upsetting China’s Jia Tian and Jie Wang 21-14 and 21-12 in the finals. · Kessy and Ross are currently 14th in FIVB career team earnings at US$431,900 to rank third among all American teams. · Kessy is currently 29th on the all-time earnings list ($264,925) and Ross is 42nd ($217,450). · Prior to the 2007 Stavanger gold medal, Kessy best previous SWATCH finish was a fourth in the 2005 season finale in Mexico with Nancy Mason. · Kessy won a 2001 FIVB Satellite gold medal with Heather Lowe at Pattaya, Thailand. · Ross was the 2008 SWATCH FIVB World Tour rookie-of-the-year. · Kessy won the 2008 American “Queen-of-the-Beach” title in September at Glendale, Arizona. · On the American domestic tour this season, Kessy and Ross compiled a 27-4 record with four setbacks in the finals to Branagh and Youngs. Kessy and Ross defeated Branagh and Youngs twice this season for a domestic title in Houston and Ocean City, Maryland. World Series 13 Grand Chelem Results Winner 2 def. Stephanie Pohl / Okka Rau, Germany (30) 21-18, 22-20 46 minutes Winner 3 def. Hiromi Suzuki / Shinako Tanaka, Japan (46, Q17) 21-12, 21-13 44 Winner 4 def. Angie Akers / Tyra Turner, United States (11) 21-17, 21-19 42 Semi-Finals def. Maria Antonelli / Talita Antunes, Brazil (2) 21-16, 21-13 38 Gold Medal vs. Vassiliki Arvaniti / Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece (20) 2009 SWATCH Matches Won-Lost: .............................................29-5 Since 2007 SWATCH Matches Won-Lost: .............................. 111-36 2009 SWATCH Sets Won-Lost:.................................................. 61-14 Since 2007 SWATCH Tournaments Played: .................................. 26 2009 SWATCH Tournaments Played:............................................... 6 Since 2007 SWATCH Best Finish:..................................1st (4 times) 2009 SWATCH Best Finish: ................................1st (Stavanger WC) Since 2007 SWATCH Winnings:...........................................$431,900 2009 SWATCH Winnings:..................................................... $151,200 Kessy/Ross’SWATCH FIVB World Tour Gold Medal Match Results (Won 4, Lost 4) 1. lost to Juliana Felisberta Silva/Larissa Franca, BRAZIL, Russia - St. Petersburg (9/1/2007), 23-21, 21-17 (48), FIVB Event No. 164 2. def. Tian/Jie Wang, CHINA, Norway - Stavanger (6/30/2007), 21-14, 21-12 (44), No. 156 3. lost to Nicole Branagh/Kerri Walsh, UNITED STATES, United Arab Emirates - Dubai (10/11/08), 21-18, 21-19 (46), No. 184 4. def. Branagh/Tyra Turner, UNITED STATES, Thailand, Phuket (11/9/08), 18-21, 21-14, 15-12 (63), No. 185 5. def. Ying Huang/Xi Zhang, CHINA, China, Sanya (11/16/08), 21-17, 23-21 (44), No. 186 6. lost to Juliana/Larissa, BRAZIL, Brazil - Brasília (4/35/2009), 21-18, 21-18 (44), No. 187 7. lost to Talita Antunes/Maria Antonelli, BRAZIL, Korea - Seoul (5/31/2009), 20-22, 16-21 (45), No. 190 8. def. Juliana/Larissa, BRAZIL, Norway World Championships - Stavanger (7/4/09), 30-28, 23-21 (58), No. 191 9. vs. Vassiliki Arvaniti/Maria Tsiartsiani, GREECE, France –Marseille (7/26/09), No. 194 Gold - Jen Kessy/April Ross, United States vs. Vassiliki Arvaniti/Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece Team Uniform Uniform Seed Player No. Player No.................................... Country 3 April Ross 1 Jennifer Kessy 2......................... United States 20 Maria Tsiartsiani 1 Vassiliki Arvaniti 2................................... Greece This is the third SWATCH FIVB World Tour series between the two teams with Kessy & Ross leading 2-0 Date FIVB Tournament Round Winning Team Score Time 7/26/2009 Marseille Grand Slam Gold medal TBD TBD TBD 7/9/2009 Gstaad Grand Slam Pool A Kessy/Ross 21-19, 21-15 0:37 7/3/2009 Stavanger Worlds Winner 2 Kessy/Ross 21-11, 21-12 0:32 Arvaniti and Tsiartsiani are competing together for the first-time in 2009 with the World Series13 Grand Chelem their first semi-final appearance together. After placing seventh (Brasilia) and fifth (Osaka) together in their first two FIVB events together, Arvaniti and Tsiartsiani have finished 25th (Seoul), ninth (Stavanger world championships), 17th (Gstaad) and 17th (Moscow) in their next four tournaments. Arvaniti and Tsiartsiani have placed second (Spain), fifth (Austria) and fifth (Germany) in three European tour events this season with a 10-5 match mark. Arvaniti ($314,500) and Tsiartsiani ($202,988) ranked 23rd and 49th, respectively, in career FIVB earnings. · Arvaniti is a two-time Olympian by placing ninth in the Athens 2004 Summer Games with Efthalia Koutroumanidou and 19th at the Beijing 2008 Olympics with Vasso Karadassiou. · Arvaniti and Karadassiou captured Greece’s only SWATCH FIVB World Tour gold medal at the 2005 Norwegian stop in Stavanger by defeating Juliana Felisberta Silva and Larissa Franca of Brazil in the finals. · Arvaniti and Karadassiou were the gold medal winners at the 2005 and 2007 European championships in Moscow and Valencia, Spain, respectively. · Arvaniti and Karadassiou won seven European Tour gold medals together from 2005 through 2008. · Arvaniti and Karadassiou were the 2006 European tour champions. · Arvaniti was named the SWATCH FIVB World Tour most improved player in 2005. · Arvaniti was a fourth-place finisher with Koutroumanidou at the 2002 SWATCH FIVB World Championships for players under the age of 21 in Catania, Italy. · Tsiartsiani and Koutroumanidou placed ninth at the Beijing 2004 Olympic Games. · Tsiartsiani attempted to qualify for the Athens 2004 Summer Games with Katerina Nikolaidou. · Tsiartsiani and Koutroumanidou placed fourth at the 2007 Marseille event. · Tsiartsiani best FIVB finish was a 2005 second with Koutroumanidou Portugal where the Greeks lost the Espinho finale to Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh of the United States. World Series 13 Grand Chelem Results Winner 1 def. Deborah Giaoui / Eva Hamzaoui, France (45) 21-15, 24-26, 15-6 65 minutes Winner 2 def. Doris Schwaiger / Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria (13) 21-16, 18-21, 15-13 53 Winner 3 def. Nicole Branagh / Elaine Youngs, United States (4) 21-17, 21-16 47 Winner 4 def. Shelda Bede / Ana Paula Connelly, Brazil (5) 21-15, 23-21 46 Semi-Finals def. Sara Goller / Laura Ludwig, Germany (8) 21-12, 21-17 32 Gold Medal vs. Jen Kessy / April Ross, United States (3) 2009 SWATCH Matches Won-Lost:................................17-14 2009 SWATCH Best Finish: ............ 2nd or better (Marseille) 2009 SWATCH Sets Won-Lost:.......................................39-34 2009 SWATCH Winnings: ...........................................$67,900 2009 SWATCH Tournaments Played: ...................................7 Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani SWATCH FIVB World Tour Gold Medal Match Results (Won 0, Lost 0) 1. vs. Jen Kessy/April Ross, UNITED STATES, France - Marseille (7/26/09), No. 194 Match Preview Page 1 of 2 SWATCH-FIVB World Tour US$600,000 World Series 13 Grand Chelem Sunday, July 26, 2009 Match #48: Gold Medal Match (20) Vassiliki Arvaniti/Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece vs. (3) Jennifer Kessy/April Ross, United States Vassiliki Arvaniti Maria Tsiartsiani Greece Greece Personal Info Personal Info Birth Date: Mar 17, 1985 (24 yrs old) Birth Date: Oct 21, 1980 (28 yrs old) Home Town: Athens Home Town: Thessaloniki Resides: Athens Resides: Athens Height: 177 cm (6'0") Height: 180 cm (5'11") Weight: 68 kg (150 lb) Weight: 68 kg (150 lb) Seasons: 9 Seasons: 10 Tournaments: 84 Tournaments: 91 Career Wins: 1 (FIVB Stavanger 2005) Career Best: 2nd (FIVB Espinho 2005) Photo: FIVB Photo: FIVB Career Winnings: US$314,500.00 Career Winnings: US$202,987.50 Team Career