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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$180,000 Portugal Open
June 2 - 6, 2004

(Q12) 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:

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:

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

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	41	57	Money
FIVB	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	8	2	7	2	US$18,125.00
FIVB C&S	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$2,200.00
Overall	27	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	8	2	7	2	US$20,325.00

Previous Espinho Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2001	Sebastien Baumgartner - 41st	Did not play
2003	Yannick Salvetti - 33rd	Kevin Ces - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/26-30/2004	Serbia and Montenegro Open	29	25th	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB	5/19-23/2004	China Open	Q8	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB	3/23-28/2004	South Africa Open	30, Q13	25th	36	US$2,000.00
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

Portugal Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 6/3/2004	Qualifier 2	Janis Grinbergs / Austris Stals, Latvia (Q21)	Lost 21-19, 26-28, 6-15	0:58

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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,875.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$6,250.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	$10,000.00
Satellite	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,200.00
Total	27	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	0	$20,325.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Kevin Ces												Yannick Salvetti
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$10,712.50	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$6,137.50
44	0	0	0	0	1	0	8	10	0	$43,300.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	49	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	11	0	$43,525.00
84	0	1	0	2	5	14	16	15	0	$112,325.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	74	0	0	0	0	2	8	14	16	0	$56,862.50
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	Challenger	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,225.00
6	1	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$4,100.00	Satellite	5	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	$1,975.00
140	1	4	1	2	7	16	24	25	0	$172,437.50	Total	133	0	0	1	0	6	14	19	27	0	$109,725.00

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
2002	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	2	6	25.0 %
2003	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	$4,875.00	8	14	36.4 %
2003	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	5	1	83.3 %
2004	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	$7,000.00	6	8	42.9 %
Total	FIVB	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	15	$11,875.00	16	28	36.4 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	5	1	83.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Kevin Ces													Yannick Salvetti
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	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1997	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1998	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1999	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2000	FIVB
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00	2001	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	2002	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	$2,437.50	2003	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	$2,437.50
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	2003	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	$3,500.00	2004	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	$3,500.00
29	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	3	24	$6,937.50	Total	Total	22	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	3	17	$6,937.50

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	13	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%	0	0	21-36	36.8%
2003-2004	10	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%	0	0	17-28	37.8%
Against the Field	6	66.7%	1	11.1%	2	22.2%	7-2	77.8%	2	11.8%	2	11.8%	13	76.5%	2-15	11.8%	12-26	31.6%	6-8	42.9%	0	0	9-17	34.6%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	4	4	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	12
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	15	13	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	21
Satellite	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	5	3
Total	0	0	19	17	3	9	0	0	1	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	26	39

Head to Head Results
Ces/Salvetti trail the series against the field 8-12 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 10 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Araujo/Insfran, Brazil 0-1
7/18/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool A	Araujo/Insfran	1	Ces/Salvetti	32	21-12, 22-20	0:38
Trail the series against # 6 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 0-1
7/17/02	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool A	Brenha/Maia	24	Ces/Salvetti	48	21-15, 21-17	0:39
Trail the series against # 8 Bosma/Herrera, Spain 0-1
6/5/03	FIVB	Hellas Open	Qualifier 2	Bosma/Herrera	28, Q6	Ces/Salvetti	Q27	21-17, 21-15	0:39
Trail the series against # 12 Schacht/Slack, Australia 0-2
3/18/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 2	Schacht/Slack	17	Ces/Salvetti	31, Q14	21-11, 18-21, 15-13	0:58
7/17/03	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Pool A	Schacht/Slack	17	Ces/Salvetti	32	21-15, 21-16	0:42
Trail the series against # 13 Egger/Heyer, Switzerland 0-1
5/28/04	FIVB	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Contender 1	Egger/Heyer	13	Ces/Salvetti	29	21-11, 21-18	0:40
Trail the series against # 14 Alvarez/Rossell, Cuba 0-1
10/14/03	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro World Championships	Pool G	Alvarez/Rossell	18	Ces/Salvetti	42	21-17, 21-18	0:42
Trail the series against # 18, Q4 Cunha/Ferreira, Brazil 0-1
5/20/04	FIVB	China Open	Qualifier 2	Cunha/Ferreira	22, Q9	Ces/Salvetti	Q8	21-9, 21-18	0:41
Lead the series against # 19 Berg/Dahl, Sweden 1-0
3/18/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 1	Ces/Salvetti	31, Q14	Berg/Dahl	15	21-17, 23-25, 15-13	1:09
Trail the series against # 22 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 0-1
3/25/04	FIVB	South Africa Open	Contender 1	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	19	Ces/Salvetti	30, Q13	21-16, 23-21	0:39
Trail the series against # 23 Klemperer/Rademacher, Germany 0-1
9/18/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Klemperer/Rademacher	23, Q4	Ces/Salvetti	Q20	21-19, 24-22	0:42
Lead the series against # 27 Canet/Hamel, France 1-0
8/24/03	FIVB C&S	France Satellite	Bronze Medal	Ces/Salvetti	3	Canet/Hamel	1	21-17, 21-18	0:40
Lead the series against # 30, Q14 Asahi/Nishimura, Japan 1-0
9/4/03	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 2	Ces/Salvetti	Q13	Asahi/Nishimura	Q20	21-17, 21-18	0:46
Lead the series against # Q3 Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson, Spain 2-0
3/24/04	FIVB	South Africa Open	Qualifier 2	Ces/Salvetti	30, Q13	Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson	20, Q4	21-19, 21-11	0:44
3/17/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Qualifier 3	Ces/Salvetti	31, Q14	Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson	Q3	20-22, 27-25, 15-4	1:12
Series tied with # Q7 Deulofeu/Molinier, France 1-1
9/18/03	FIVB	United States Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Ces/Salvetti	Q20	Deulofeu/Molinier	Q13	28-26, 21-17	0:55
8/24/03	FIVB C&S	France Satellite	Semi-Finals	Deulofeu/Molinier	2	Ces/Salvetti	3	21-14, 22-20	0:49
Lead the series against # Q17 Beligratis/Michalopoulos, Greece 1-0
3/16/04	FIVB	Brazil Open	Qualifier 2	Ces/Salvetti	31, Q14	Beligratis/Michalopoulos	Q19	21-13, 21-14	0:35
Lead the series against # Q19 Gosch/Strauss, Austria 1-0
6/25/03	FIVB	Germany Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Ces/Salvetti	Q35	Gosch/Strauss	Q30	21-12, 21-9	0:29
Trail the series against # Q21 Grinbergs/Stals, Latvia 0-1
6/3/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 2	Grinbergs/Stals	Q21	Ces/Salvetti	Q12	19-21, 28-26, 15-6	0:58