Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$180,000 Salvador Open
March 16 - 21, 2004
(31, Q14) Kevin Ces/Yannick Salvetti, France
 
Kevin Cès
France
Photo: FIVB
Personal Info
Birth Date: Jul 21, 1980 (45 yrs old)
Home Town: Savigny-sur-Orge
Height: 194 cm (6'4")
Weight: 91 kg (200 lb)
Seasons: 16
Tournaments: 140
Career Wins: 1 (FIVB C&S Porticcio 2004)
Career FIVB WT Best: 2nd (Manama 2008)
Career Winnings: US$172,437.50
Yannick Salvetti
France
Photo: FIVB
Personal Info
Birth Date: Aug 4, 1980 (45 yrs old)
Home Town: Marseille
Height: 197 cm (6'6")
Weight: 92 kg (202 lb)
Seasons: 16
Tournaments: 133
Career Best: 3rd (FIVB C&S Le Lavandou 2003)
Career FIVB WT Best: 5th (Doha 2014)
Career Winnings: US$109,725.00
Team Career Summary 
TourPlayed123457913172533374157Money
FIVB2500000000248272 US$18,125.00
FIVB C&S200100001000000 US$2,200.00
Overall2700100001248272 US$20,325.00
Previous Salvador Results  Neither player has played in this venue before
Recent Results 
TourDateTournamentSeedFinishPointsMoney
FIVB 10/14-19/2003 Rio de Janeiro World Championships 42 37th 80 US$1,875.00
FIVB 9/18-21/2003 United States Grand Slam Q20 33rd 36 US$0.00
FIVB 9/3-7/2003 Spain Open Q13 33rd 18 US$0.00
FIVB C&S 8/22-24/2003 France Satellite 3 3rd 24 US$2,000.00
FIVB 7/31-8/3/2003 Austria Grand Slam Q23 33rd 32 US$0.00
FIVB 7/23-27/2003 Portugal Open Q19 33rd 18 US$0.00
FIVB 7/16-20/2003 France Grand Slam 32 25th 54 US$3,000.00
FIVB 7/2-6/2003 Norway Open Q28 41st 10 US$0.00
FIVB 6/25-29/2003 Germany Grand Slam Q35 41st 18 US$0.00
FIVB 6/18-22/2003 Switzerland Open Q27 57th 4 US$0.00
FIVB 6/4-8/2003 Hellas Open Q27 41st 10 US$0.00
Brazil Open Matches
DateBracketOpponentScoreTime
Tue, 3/16/2004 Qualifier 2 Pavlos Beligratis / Thanassis Michalopoulos, Greece (Q19) Won 21-13, 21-14 0:35
Wed, 3/17/2004 Qualifier 3 Antonio Cotrino / John Garcia-Thompson, Spain (Q3) Won 20-22, 27-25, 15-4 1:12
Thu, 3/18/2004 Winner 1 Benjamin Insfran / Harley Marques, Brazil (2) Lost 12-21, 19-21 0:37
Thu, 3/18/2004 Contender 1 Bjorn Berg / Simon Dahl, Sweden (15) Won 21-17, 23-25, 15-13 1:09
Thu, 3/18/2004 Contender 2 Andrew Schacht / Joshua Slack, Australia (17) Lost 11-21, 21-18, 13-15 0:58
Team Finishes By Tournament Type
Tournament TypePlayedGoldSilverBronze4th5-6th7-8th9-12th13-16th17-24th25thLowerWinnings (US$)
World Championships100000000000 $1,875.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam700000000020 $6,250.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open1700000000220 $10,000.00
Satellite200100001000 $2,200.00
Total2700100001240 $20,325.00
Individual Finishes by Tournament Type
Kevin Ces Yannick Salvetti
PlayedGoldSilverBronze4th5-8th9-16th17-24th25thLowerWinnings (US$)Tournament TypePlayedGoldSilverBronze4th5-8th9-16th17-24th25thLowerWinnings (US$)
5000001000 $10,712.50 World Championships3000000100 $6,137.50
440000108100 $43,300.00 Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam490000044110 $43,525.00
84010251416150 $112,325.00 Challenge/Four Star/Open7400002814160 $56,862.50
1010000000 $2,000.00 Challenger2000011000 $1,225.00
6121011000 $4,100.00 Satellite5001031000 $1,975.00
140141271624250 $172,437.50 Total133001061419270 $109,725.00
Team Finishes by Season
   ResultsMatches
SeasonAssocPlayedGoldSilverBronze4th5-6th7-8th9-12th13-16th17-24th25thLowerWinnings (US$)WonLostPct
2002FIVB400000000004 $0.00 2625.0 %
2003FIVB1000000000019 $4,875.00 81436.4 %
2003FIVB C&S100100000000 $2,000.00 5183.3 %
2004FIVB100000000100 $3,000.00 3260.0 %
TotalFIVB15000000001113 $7,875.00 132237.1 %
TotalFIVB C&S100100000000 $2,000.00 5183.3 %
Individual Finishes by Season
Kevin Ces  Yannick Salvetti
PlayedGoldSilverBronze4th5-8th9-16th17-24th25thLowerWinnings (US$)SeasonAssociationPlayedGoldSilverBronze4th5-8th9-16th17-24th25thLowerWinnings (US$)
1000000001 $0.00 1997FIVB          
1000000001 $0.00 1998FIVB          
1000000001 $0.00 1999FIVB          
1000000001 $0.00 2000FIVB          
5000000005 $0.00 2001FIVB2000000002 $0.00
4000000004 $0.00 2002FIVB4000000004 $0.00
10000000019 $2,437.50 2003FIVB10000000019 $2,437.50
1001000000 $1,000.00 2003FIVB C&S1001000000 $1,000.00
1000000100 $1,500.00 2004FIVB1000000100 $1,500.00
250010001122 $4,937.50 TotalTotal180010001115 $4,937.50
Team Match Records
 Won 1st SetLost 1st Set2 Set Matches3 Set MatchesBy ForfeitAll Matches
SeasonWon 2-0Won 2-1Lost 2-1OverallWon 2-1Lost 2-1Lost 2-0OverallOverallOverallWonLostOverall
Overall13 61.9% 4 19.0% 4 19.0% 17-4 81.0% 4 11.1% 7 19.4% 25 69.4% 4-32 11.1% 13-25 34.2% 8-11 42.1% 00 21-36 36.8%
2003-200410 62.5% 3 18.8% 3 18.8% 13-3 81.3% 4 13.8% 4 13.8% 21 72.4% 4-25 13.8% 10-21 32.3% 7-7 50.0% 00 17-28 37.8%
Against the Field6 66.7% 2 22.2% 1 11.1% 8-1 88.9% 1 5.3% 3 15.8% 15 78.9% 1-18 5.3% 12-30 28.6% 6-8 42.9% 00 9-19 32.1%
Team Match Records by Round
 Country QuotaQualifierPool PlayLucky LoserElimination RoundsSemi-FinalsBronze MedalGold MedalOverall
Tournament TypeWonLostWonLostWonLostWonLostWonLostWonLostWonLostWonLostWonLost
World Championships000003000000000003
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam0044060001000000412
Challenge/Four Star/Open0015130000040000001721
Satellite000030001101100053
Total0019173900160110002639
Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 9-9 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 6 Series, 1 Series Tied)
DateTourTournamentRoundWinning TeamSeedLosing TeamSeedScoreTime
Trail the series against # 2 Insfran/Marques, Brazil 0-1
3/18/04FIVBBrazil Open Winner 1 Insfran/Marques 2 Ces/Salvetti 31, Q14 21-12, 21-19 0:37
Trail the series against # 5 Blanton/Nygaard, United States 0-2
10/15/03FIVBRio de Janeiro World Championships Pool G Blanton/Nygaard 7 Ces/Salvetti 42 21-16, 19-21, 15-11 0:57
7/17/03FIVBFrance Grand Slam Pool A Blanton/Nygaard 16, Q3 Ces/Salvetti 32 21-9, 21-12 0:30
Lead the series against # 15 Berg/Dahl, Sweden 1-0
3/18/04FIVBBrazil Open Contender 1 Ces/Salvetti 31, Q14 Berg/Dahl 15 21-17, 23-25, 15-13 1:09
Trail the series against # 17 Schacht/Slack, Australia 0-2
3/18/04FIVBBrazil Open Contender 2 Schacht/Slack 17 Ces/Salvetti 31, Q14 21-11, 18-21, 15-13 0:58
7/17/03FIVBFrance Grand Slam Pool A Schacht/Slack 17 Ces/Salvetti 32 21-15, 21-16 0:42
Trail the series against # 18 Alvarez/Rossell, Cuba 0-1
10/14/03FIVBRio de Janeiro World Championships Pool G Alvarez/Rossell 18 Ces/Salvetti 42 21-17, 21-18 0:42
Lead the series against # 19 Canet/Hamel, France 1-0
8/24/03FIVB C&SFrance Satellite Bronze Medal Ces/Salvetti 3 Canet/Hamel 1 21-17, 21-18 0:40
Trail the series against # 24 Bosma/Herrera, Spain 0-1
6/5/03FIVBHellas Open Qualifier 2 Bosma/Herrera 28, Q6 Ces/Salvetti Q27 21-17, 21-15 0:39
Trail the series against # 25 Klemperer/Rademacher, Germany 0-1
9/18/03FIVBUnited States Grand Slam Qualifier 2 Klemperer/Rademacher 23, Q4 Ces/Salvetti Q20 21-19, 24-22 0:42
Lead the series against # Q3 Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson, Spain 1-0
3/17/04FIVBBrazil Open Qualifier 3 Ces/Salvetti 31, Q14 Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson Q3 20-22, 27-25, 15-4 1:12
Series tied with # Q9 Deulofeu/Molinier, France 1-1
9/18/03FIVBUnited States Grand Slam Qualifier 1 Ces/Salvetti Q20 Deulofeu/Molinier Q13 28-26, 21-17 0:55
8/24/03FIVB C&SFrance Satellite Semi-Finals Deulofeu/Molinier 2 Ces/Salvetti 3 21-14, 22-20 0:49
Lead the series against # Q17 Asahi/Nishimura, Japan 1-0
9/4/03FIVBSpain Open Qualifier 2 Ces/Salvetti Q13 Asahi/Nishimura Q20 21-17, 21-18 0:46
Lead the series against # Q19 Beligratis/Michalopoulos, Greece 1-0
3/16/04FIVBBrazil Open Qualifier 2 Ces/Salvetti 31, Q14 Beligratis/Michalopoulos Q19 21-13, 21-14 0:35
Lead the series against # Q22 Gosch/Strauss, Austria 1-0
6/25/03FIVBGermany Grand Slam Qualifier 1 Ces/Salvetti Q35 Gosch/Strauss Q30 21-12, 21-9 0:29
Lead the series against # Q25 Grydeland/Kobbevik, Norway 1-0
8/23/03FIVB C&SFrance Satellite Pool C Ces/Salvetti 3 Grydeland/Kobbevik 6 21-15, 21-17 0:40
Lead the series against # Q26 Dvorsky/Litva, Slovakia 1-0
8/23/03FIVB C&SFrance Satellite Winner 1 Ces/Salvetti 3 Dvorsky/Litva 9 21-15, 21-18 0:32