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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 Corona Open
October 24 - 28, 2006

(22) Kevin Ces/Fabien Dugrip, 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

Fabien Dugrip
France

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 29, 1976 (49 yrs old)

Home Town:

Sete

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Porticcio 2004)

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (Marseille 2006)

Career Winnings:

US$89,525.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	23	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	5	4	5	6	US$50,300.00
FIVB C&S	4	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$6,000.00
Overall	27	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	5	4	5	6	US$56,300.00

Previous Acapulco Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Fabien Dugrip - 25th	Kevin Ces - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/27-10/1/2006	Vitória Open	20	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	8/9-13/2006	Poland Open	11	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	8/2-6/2006	Austria Grand Slam	23, Q5	25th	80	US$3,400.00
FIVB	7/26-30/2006	Paris Grand Slam	9	17th	160	US$4,900.00
FIVB	7/19-23/2006	St. Petersburg Open	22, Q2	13th	180	US$4,500.00
FIVB	7/12-16/2006	Canada Open	19, Q2	13th	180	US$4,500.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2006	France Open	9	5th	360	US$10,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/2/2006	Norway Grand Slam	Q15	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	6/21-25/2006	Switzerland Grand Slam	Q18	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	6/7-11/2006	Italian Open	Q11	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2006	Croatia Open	Q10	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	11/23-27/2005	South Africa Open	25, Q2	17th	80	US$3,000.00
FIVB	10/25-29/2005	Acapulco Open	29, Q12	25th	40	US$2,000.00

Mexico Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 10/25/2006	Winner 1	Reinder Nummerdor / Richard Schuil, Netherlands (11)	Lost 21-19, 14-21, 10-15	0:57
Wed, 10/25/2006	Contender 1	Koichi Nishimura / Satoshi Watanabe, Japan (27, Q6)	Won 21-19, 24-22	1:00
Thu, 10/26/2006	Contender 2	Phil Dalhausser / Todd Rogers, United States (5)	Lost 16-21, 16-21	0:42

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	$3,750.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	$11,550.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	15	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	2	0	$35,000.00
Satellite	4	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00
Total	27	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	5	4	0	$56,300.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Kevin Ces												Fabien Dugrip
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	2	0	0	$8,875.00
44	0	0	0	0	1	0	8	10	0	$43,300.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	32	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	4	0	$24,225.00
84	0	1	0	2	5	14	16	15	0	$112,325.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	47	0	0	0	0	1	9	13	10	0	$52,675.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00
6	1	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$4,100.00	Satellite	4	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00
140	1	4	1	2	7	16	24	25	0	$172,437.50	Total	87	1	2	0	0	3	11	19	14	0	$89,525.00

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
2004	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	5	0	100.0 %
2005	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	7	$14,000.00	12	17	41.4 %
2005	FIVB C&S	3	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	10	5	66.7 %
2006	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	1	4	$36,300.00	20	21	48.8 %
Total	FIVB	23	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	5	4	11	$50,300.00	32	38	45.7 %
Total	FIVB C&S	4	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00	15	5	75.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Kevin Ces													Fabien Dugrip
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
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	2002	FIVB
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	$2,437.50	2003	FIVB
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	2003	FIVB C&S
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	6	$5,125.00	2004	FIVB
2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,100.00	2004	FIVB C&S	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
12	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	7	$8,500.00	2005	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	8	$7,000.00
4	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	2005	FIVB C&S	4	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$2,750.00
12	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	1	4	$18,150.00	2006	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	1	4	$18,150.00
64	1	3	1	0	2	3	7	8	39	$40,312.50	Total	Total	29	1	2	0	0	3	2	5	4	12	$28,900.00

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	20	51.3%	8	20.5%	11	28.2%	28-11	71.8%	2	6.9%	2	6.9%	25	86.2%	2-27	6.9%	20-25	44.4%	10-13	43.5%	2	0	32-38	45.7%
2005-2006	20	51.3%	8	20.5%	11	28.2%	28-11	71.8%	2	6.9%	2	6.9%	25	86.2%	2-27	6.9%	20-25	44.4%	10-13	43.5%	2	0	32-38	45.7%
Against the Field	4	33.3%	3	25.0%	5	41.7%	7-5	58.3%	1	7.7%	0	0.0%	12	92.3%	1-12	7.7%	8-24	25.0%	8-10	44.4%	0	0	8-17	32.0%

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	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	2	4	0	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	11
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	17	6	1	2	0	0	6	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	25
Satellite	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	2	3	0	0	0	1	2	15	5
Total	1	0	19	10	1	5	0	0	17	14	3	0	0	0	1	2	47	43

Head to Head Results
Ces/Dugrip trail the series against the field 8-17 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 10 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 0-2
10/20/05	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Araujo/Magalhaes	3	Ces/Dugrip	30, Q13	21-12, 21-13	0:34
6/8/05	FIVB	Croatia Open	Qualifier 3	Araujo/Magalhaes	7, Q1	Ces/Dugrip	Q17	21-13, 21-16	0:39
Trail the series against # 3 Cunha/Neto, Brazil 0-3
7/13/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 2	Cunha/Neto	3	Ces/Dugrip	19, Q2	21-18, 21-19	0:44
7/7/06	FIVB	France Open	Winner 4	Cunha/Neto	4	Ces/Dugrip	9	21-17, 21-14	0:44
11/24/05	FIVB	South Africa Open	Pool H	Cunha/Neto	8	Ces/Dugrip	25, Q2	21-12, 21-17	0:36
Trail the series against # 5 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 0-1
10/26/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Contender 2	Dalhausser/Rogers	5	Ces/Dugrip	22	21-16, 21-16	0:42
Series tied with # 6 Wu/Xu, China 1-1
7/21/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 3	Wu/Xu	14	Ces/Dugrip	22, Q2	16-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:53
7/6/06	FIVB	France Open	Winner 2	Ces/Dugrip	9	Wu/Xu	8	27-25, 18-21, 15-13	1:14
Trail the series against # 11 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-2
10/25/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Winner 1	Nummerdor/Schuil	11	Ces/Dugrip	22	19-21, 21-14, 15-10	0:57
9/28/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Winner 1	Nummerdor/Schuil	13	Ces/Dugrip	20	21-17, 21-13	0:32
Trail the series against # 12 Horrem/Pettersen, Norway 0-2
9/29/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Contender 2	Horrem/Pettersen	14	Ces/Dugrip	20	21-18, 21-13	0:48
6/22/05	FIVB	Berlin World Championships	Winner 1	Horrem/Pettersen	18	Ces/Dugrip	47	19-21, 21-14, 15-9	0:53
Trail the series against # 17 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 1-2
7/20/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 1	Ces/Dugrip	22, Q2	Kjemperud/Skarlund	11	24-22, 21-19	0:46
7/14/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 3	Kjemperud/Skarlund	11	Ces/Dugrip	19, Q2	18-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:55
10/26/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Contender 1	Kjemperud/Skarlund	20	Ces/Dugrip	29, Q12	21-17, 24-22	0:47
Lead the series against # 18 Alvarez/Villar, Cuba 1-0
8/10/06	FIVB	Poland Open	Winner 1	Ces/Dugrip	11	Alvarez/Villar	22	21-13, 19-21, 16-14	0:55
Trail the series against # 20 Leinemann/VanHuizen, Canada 0-1
7/28/05	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Winner 1	Leinemann/VanHuizen	24	Ces/Dugrip	9	24-22, 21-19	0:49
Trail the series against # 23 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 0-1
6/15/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 2	Lochhead/Pitman	Q14	Ces/Dugrip	Q19	21-16, 21-18	0:37
Lead the series against # 24, Q4 Pedrosa/Rosas, Portugal 1-0
7/13/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 1	Ces/Dugrip	19, Q2	Pedrosa/Rosas	14	21-19, 21-16	0:41
Lead the series against # 25 Peric/Steinocher, Croatia 1-0
8/2/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Ces/Dugrip	23, Q5	Peric/Steinocher	Q28	21-16, 17-21, 15-10	0:48
Trail the series against # 26 Fenili/Tomatis, Italy 0-1
8/11/06	FIVB	Poland Open	Contender 2	Fenili/Tomatis	21	Ces/Dugrip	11	21-19, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # 27, Q6 Nishimura/Watanabe, Japan 1-0
10/25/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Contender 1	Ces/Dugrip	22	Nishimura/Watanabe	27, Q6	21-19, 24-22	1:00
Lead the series against # 30 Gscheidle/Schnider, Switzerland 2-0
9/28/06	FIVB	Vitória Open	Contender 1	Ces/Dugrip	20	Gscheidle/Schnider	29	17-21, 23-21, 15-12	0:59
10/25/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Qualifier 2	Ces/Dugrip	29, Q12	Gscheidle/Schnider	25, Q5	21-15, 21-13	0:35
Trail the series against # Q7 Michalopoulos/Xenakis, Greece 0-1
7/6/05	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Qualifier 3	Michalopoulos/Xenakis	27, Q9	Ces/Dugrip	Q8	13-21, 23-21, 15-13	1:00