Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$180,000 South African Open
March 23 - 28, 2004
(30, Q13) Kevin Ces/Yannick Salvetti, France
 
Kevin Cès
France
Photo: FIVB
Personal Info
Birth Date: Jul 21, 1980 (44 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 (44 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 Cape Town Results  Neither player has played in this venue before
Recent Results 
TourDateTournamentSeedFinishPointsMoney
FIVB 3/16-21/2004 Brazil Open 31, Q14 17th 72 US$3,000.00
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
South Africa Open Matches
DateBracketOpponentScoreTime
Tue, 3/23/2004 Qualifier 1 Oleg Kiselev / Sergey Sinkevich, Kazakhstan (Q20) Won 21-19, 10-21, 15-10 0:53
Wed, 3/24/2004 Qualifier 2 Antonio Cotrino / John Garcia-Thompson, Spain (20, Q4) Won 21-19, 21-11 0:44
Thu, 3/25/2004 Winner 1 Benjamin Insfran / Harley Marques, Brazil (3) Lost 15-21, 19-21 0:38
Thu, 3/25/2004 Contender 1 Vegard Hoidalen / Jorre Kjemperud, Norway (19) Lost 16-21, 21-23 0:39
Head to Head Results
Ces/Salvetti trail the series against the field 7-11 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 7 Series, 1 Series Tied)
DateTourTournamentRoundWinning TeamSeedLosing TeamSeedScoreTime
Trail the series against # 3 Insfran/Marques, Brazil 0-2
3/25/04FIVBSouth Africa Open Winner 1 Insfran/Marques 3 Ces/Salvetti 30, Q13 21-15, 21-19 0:38
3/18/04FIVBBrazil Open Winner 1 Insfran/Marques 2 Ces/Salvetti 31, Q14 21-12, 21-19 0:37
Trail the series against # 4 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
Trail the series against # 13 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
Trail the series against # 15 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
Lead the series against # 16 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 # 18 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 # 19 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 0-1
3/25/04FIVBSouth Africa Open Contender 1 Hoidalen/Kjemperud 19 Ces/Salvetti 30, Q13 21-16, 23-21 0:39
Lead the series against # 20, Q4 Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson, Spain 2-0
3/24/04FIVBSouth Africa Open Qualifier 2 Ces/Salvetti 30, Q13 Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson 20, Q4 21-19, 21-11 0:44
3/17/04FIVBBrazil Open Qualifier 3 Ces/Salvetti 31, Q14 Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson Q3 20-22, 27-25, 15-4 1:12
Lead the series against # 21 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 # 22 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
Series tied with # 27, 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 # Q16 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 # Q20 Kiselev/Sinkevich, Kazakhstan 1-0
3/23/04FIVBSouth Africa Open Qualifier 1 Ces/Salvetti 30, Q13 Kiselev/Sinkevich Q20 21-19, 10-21, 15-10 0:53