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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$350,000 Dubai Open
October 6 - 11, 2008

(Q9) Michal Litva/Peter Varga, Slovakia

Michal Litva
Slovakia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 10, 1975 (50 yrs old)

Home Town:

Jesenik, Czech Republic

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

94 kg (207 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (FIVB C&S Le Lavandou 2003)

Career FIVB WT Best:

17th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$4,787.50

Peter Varga
Slovakia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 28, 1976 (48 yrs old)

Home Town:

Bojnice

Height:

185 cm (6'1")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (2 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

17th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$3,900.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	57	Money
FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	4	1	US$5,000.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	US$500.00
Overall	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	4	1	US$5,500.00

Previous Dubai Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/2-7/2008	Mallorca Open	Q10	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	7/29-8/3/2008	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Q19	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	7/3-6/2008	Brno Challenger	22, Q5	17th	16	US$500.00
FIVB	5/13-18/2008	Italian Open	Q42	57th	6	US$0.00
FIVB	5/6-11/2008	Prague Open	Q37	41st	18	US$0.00

Dubai Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 10/7/2008	Qualifier 2	Pavel Karpukhin / Evgeniy Romashkin, Russia (26, Q8)	Lost 14-21, 16-21	0:37

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$5,000.00
Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
Total	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$5,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Michal Litva												Peter Varga
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	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
23	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$2,500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$2,500.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	$1,787.50	Challenger	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$775.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$500.00	Satellite	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	$625.00
33	0	0	0	0	1	3	5	1	0	$4,787.50	Total	30	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	0	0	$3,900.00

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
2007	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2008	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00	3	5	37.5 %
2008	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00	3	6	33.3 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	3	2	60.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Michal Litva													Peter Varga
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2000	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$275.00
											2001	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
											2001	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$450.00
											2002	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2003	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2003	FIVB C&S
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2004	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$475.00	2004	FIVB C&S
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00	2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$812.50	2005	FIVB C&S
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2006	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00	2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2007	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	2007	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$425.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00	2008	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00	2008	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00
29	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	1	21	$2,287.50	Total	Total	24	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	17	$1,400.00

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	4	50.0%	3	37.5%	1	12.5%	7-1	87.5%	0	0.0%	2	18.2%	9	81.8%	0-11	0.0%	4-9	30.8%	3-3	50.0%	0	0	7-12	36.8%
2007-2008	4	50.0%	3	37.5%	1	12.5%	7-1	87.5%	0	0.0%	1	11.1%	8	88.9%	0-9	0.0%	4-8	33.3%	3-2	60.0%	0	0	7-10	41.2%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	16.7%	5	83.3%	0-6	0.0%	0-10	0.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	1-6	14.3%

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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	4	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	10
Challenger	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Total	0	0	7	8	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	14

Head to Head Results
Litva/Varga trail the series against the field 0-1 (Lead 0 Series, Trail 1 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 26, Q8 Karpukhin/Romashkin, Russia 0-1
10/7/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Qualifier 2	Karpukhin/Romashkin	26, Q8	Litva/Varga	Q9	21-14, 21-16	0:37