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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$380,000 Shanghai Open presented by City Beach
May 3 - 8, 2010

(31, Q17) Michal Biza/Robert Kufa, Czech Republic

Michal Biza
Czech Republic

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 15, 1978 (47 yrs old)

Home Town:

Prague- H. Pocernice

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

91 kg (200 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Brno 2007)

Career FIVB WT Best:

7th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$42,717.50

Robert Kufa
Czech Republic

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 28, 1987 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

Prague

Height:

193 cm (6'4")

Weight:

87 kg (191 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Vaduz 2008)

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$30,827.95

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	3	US$7,500.00

Previous Shanghai Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2009	Pavel Rotrekl - 7th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/20-25/2010	Brasilia Open	Q11	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	8/25-30/2009	The Hague Open	Q5	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	8/18-23/2009	Aland Open	Q9	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	7/28-8/2/2009	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Q16	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	7/14-19/2009	Moscow Grand Slam	30	25th	80	US$3,500.00

Shanghai Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 5/4/2010	Qualifier 2	Igor Hernandez / Jesus Villafane, Venezuela (Q16)	Won 21-15, 21-18	0:37
Tue, 5/4/2010	Qualifier 3	Josh Binstock / Matt Zbyszewski, Canada (Q32)	Won 21-18, 19-21, 15-8	0:54
Wed, 5/5/2010	Winner 1	Adrian Gavira / Pablo Herrera, Spain (2)	Lost 29-27, 17-21, 10-15	0:54
Wed, 5/5/2010	Contender 1	Andy Ces / Kevin Ces, France (18)	Lost 19-21, 21-14, 11-15	0:50

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$3,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$4,000.00
Total	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	$7,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Michal Biza												Robert Kufa
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,400.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$3,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	20	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	0	$15,925.00
30	0	0	0	0	2	4	3	6	0	$27,825.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	26	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	6	0	$8,300.00
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	11	0	0	0	0	3	3	4	0	0	$700.00
9	1	0	0	1	4	3	0	0	0	$7,767.50	Challenger	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	$1,075.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$225.00	Satellite	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00
											U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
50	1	0	0	1	6	8	3	8	0	$42,717.50	Total	66	1	0	0	0	3	9	12	12	0	$30,500.00

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
2009	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$3,500.00	3	5	37.5 %
2010	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$2,000.00	3	3	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	$5,500.00	6	8	42.9 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Michal Biza													Robert Kufa
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	2001	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2002	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$742.50	2002	FIVB C&S
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2003	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$225.00	2003	FIVB C&S
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2004	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2005	FIVB
4	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	$2,550.00	2005	FIVB C&S
											2005	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	$2,500.00	2006	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$350.00	2006	FIVB C&S
											2006	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	4	$8,200.00	2007	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$3,650.00	2007	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$3,500.00	2008	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	$2,700.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$475.00	2008	FIVB C&S	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$2,075.00
11	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	2	4	$18,525.00	2009	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$1,750.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,000.00	2010	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,000.00
47	1	0	0	1	6	8	3	7	21	$41,717.50	Total	Total	24	1	0	0	0	0	3	2	7	11	$7,525.00

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	3	42.9%	1	14.3%	3	42.9%	4-3	57.1%	2	18.2%	2	18.2%	7	63.6%	2-9	18.2%	3-7	30.0%	3-5	37.5%	1	0	7-12	36.8%
2009-2010	3	42.9%	1	14.3%	3	42.9%	4-3	57.1%	2	18.2%	2	18.2%	7	63.6%	2-9	18.2%	3-7	30.0%	3-5	37.5%	1	0	7-12	36.8%
Against the Field	1	20.0%	1	20.0%	3	60.0%	2-3	40.0%	1	12.5%	2	25.0%	5	62.5%	1-7	12.5%	2-8	20.0%	4-10	28.6%	1	0	4-9	30.8%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	8
Total	0	0	6	6	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	12

Head to Head Results
Biza/Kufa trail the series against the field 4-5 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 5 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 0-1
5/5/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Gavira/Herrera	2	Biza/Kufa	31, Q17	27-29, 21-17, 15-10	0:54
Lead the series against # 8 Bellaguarda/Laciga, Switzerland 1-0
7/17/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool C	Biza/Kufa	30	Bellaguarda/Laciga	19, Q7	12-21 Retired	0:16
Trail the series against # 18 Ces/Ces, France 0-1
5/5/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 1	Ces/Ces	18	Biza/Kufa	31, Q17	21-19, 14-21, 15-11	0:50
Trail the series against # Q7 Hoyer/Soderberg, Denmark 0-1
4/21/10	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Qualifier 2	Hoyer/Soderberg	29, Q6	Biza/Kufa	Q11	21-19, 16-21, 15-10	0:50
Trail the series against # Q14 Asahi/Shiratori, Japan 0-1
7/16/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool C	Asahi/Shiratori	14	Biza/Kufa	30	18-21, 25-23, 15-10	1:01
Lead the series against # Q16 Hernandez/Villafane, Venezuela 1-0
5/4/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Qualifier 2	Biza/Kufa	31, Q17	Hernandez/Villafane	Q16	21-15, 21-18	0:37
Lead the series against # Q25 Mitev/Neshev, Bulgaria 1-0
4/21/10	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Qualifier 1	Biza/Kufa	Q11	Mitev/Neshev	Q22	21-23, 21-16, 15-12	0:54
Trail the series against # Q29 Lelliott/Saxton, Canada 0-1
8/19/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Qualifier 2	Lelliott/Saxton	31, Q24	Biza/Kufa	Q9	21-18, 21-16	0:38
Lead the series against # Q32 Binstock/Zbyszewski, Canada 1-0
5/4/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Qualifier 3	Biza/Kufa	31, Q17	Binstock/Zbyszewski	Q32	21-18, 19-21, 15-8	0:54