Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Ọganihu ha bịara na June 2016, mgbe Hughes na Claes jiri obere oge merie ndị Olympia bụ April Ross na Kerri Walsh Jennings na akara nke 21<unk>17, 18<unk>21, 15<unk>17 na agba nke atọ nke $ 75K AVP San Francisco Open. N'agbanyeghi mmeri ahụ, ha mechara ruo asọmpi ikpeazụ nke asọmpi abụọ ebe A. Ross na Walsh Jennings meriri ha ọzọ. E nyere Hughes na Claes ka ha banye na wild card na isi ihe osise nke $ 400K Klagenfurt Major otu ọnwa ka e mesịrị, ebe ha meriri ndị otu Germany nke Kira Walkenhorst na Laura Ludwig na ọkwa nke otu, na-emecha 17th; Walkenhorst na Ludwig ga-aga n'ihu iji merie ọlaedo na
2016 Summer Olympics izu ole na ole mgbe e mesịrị.