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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$190,000 Foro Italico Open presented by Skipper
May 12 - 17, 2009

(31, Q7) Petr Benes/Premysl Kubala, Czechia

Petr Benes
Czechia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 27, 1974 (51 yrs old)

Home Town:

Praha

Height:

197 cm (6'6")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (4 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

4th (The Hague 2011)

Career Winnings:

US$164,965.99

Premysl Kubala
Czechia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 16, 1973 (52 yrs old)

Home Town:

Frydek-Mistek

Height:

202 cm (6'8")

Weight:

98 kg (216 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

163

Career Best:

2nd (CEV Almere 2000)

Career FIVB WT Best:

4th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$242,128.59

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
CEV	8	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	0	2	0	0	US$23,953.01
FIVB	40	0	0	0	1	3	4	9	1	12	9	1	US$232,850.00
Overall	48	0	0	0	2	4	6	11	1	14	9	1	US$256,803.01

Previous Rome Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	5/6-10/2009	Spanish Masters	13, Q3	7th	300	€ 1,400.00
CEV	7/11-13/2008	European Championship	28	7th	400	€ 4,000.00

Rome Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/13/2009	Qualifier 2	Daniel Andersson / Rasmus Jonsson, Sweden (Q26)	Won 21-11, 21-10	0:33
Wed, 5/13/2009	Qualifier 3	Brad Keenan / Nick Lucena, United States (Q10)	Won 21-17, 21-12	0:34
Thu, 5/14/2009	Winner 1	Pedro Cunha / Pedro Solberg, Brazil (2)	Lost 21-23, 21-16, 9-15	1:02
Thu, 5/14/2009	Contender 1	Michal Kadziola / Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland (15)	Won 21-16, 21-13	0:38
Fri, 5/15/2009	Contender 2	Grzegorz Fijalek / Mariusz Prudel, Poland (17)	Won 21-19, 21-19	0:49
Fri, 5/15/2009	Contender 3	Jonathan Erdmann / Stefan Windscheif, Germany (8, Q5)	Lost 22-20, 23-25, 13-15	1:05

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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$11,800.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	22	0	0	0	0	3	0	6	0	7	6	0	$142,800.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	15	0	0	0	1	0	4	3	1	3	3	0	$78,250.00
Confederation Championship	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	$7,750.00
Total	44	0	0	0	1	3	5	10	1	14	9	1	$240,600.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Petr Benes												Premysl Kubala
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$5,900.00	World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	$7,600.00
25	0	0	0	0	3	7	7	6	2	$75,400.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	50	0	0	0	0	4	7	8	11	20	$89,450.00
27	0	0	0	1	4	4	4	7	7	$43,575.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	78	0	0	0	3	4	19	20	15	17	$102,975.00
6	0	0	0	1	2	0	3	0	0	$3,250.00	Challenger	4	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	$2,950.00
											Satellite	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
7	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	0	0	$5,375.00	Confederation Championship	9	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	1	0	$7,550.00
68	0	0	0	2	10	12	21	13	10	$133,500.00	Total	147	0	0	1	3	10	31	36	27	39	$210,525.00

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
2008	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	4	2	66.7 %
2009	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$4,250.00	4	2	66.7 %
2009	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,400.00	4	2	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$4,250.00	4	2	66.7 %
Total	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	$5,400.00	8	4	66.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Petr Benes													Premysl Kubala
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1996	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	$2,250.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	$1,400.00	1997	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	1	6	3	0	0	$18,300.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	1997	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$500.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	1998	FIVB	11	0	0	0	1	0	3	6	1	0	$18,250.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00	1998	FIVB C&S
											1998	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$600.00
											1999	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	3	$9,250.00
											2000	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	2	$6,250.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$675.00	2000	CEV	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,600.00
											2001	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00
											2004	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,625.00	2004	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2005	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	2005	FIVB C&S
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	$1,000.00	2005	CEV
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2006	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	$2,500.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,150.00	2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$350.00
6	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	0	$5,575.00	2006	CEV	3	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	$4,900.00
											2007	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	5	$6,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$600.00	2007	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00
6	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	0	$5,837.50	2007	CEV	5	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	$5,187.50
7	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	3	$7,050.00	2008	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	7	$4,450.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00	2008	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$600.00
4	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	$4,100.00	2008	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,125.00	2009	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,125.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$700.00	2009	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$700.00
45	0	0	0	2	8	12	10	4	9	$33,337.50	Total	Total	93	0	1	2	1	6	23	20	14	26	$90,812.50

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	53	64.6%	13	15.9%	16	19.5%	66-16	80.5%	19	20.9%	19	20.9%	53	58.2%	19-72	20.9%	53-53	50.0%	32-35	47.8%	0	3	85-91	48.3%
2008-2009	16	72.7%	3	13.6%	3	13.6%	19-3	86.4%	2	13.3%	5	33.3%	8	53.3%	2-13	13.3%	16-8	66.7%	5-8	38.5%	0	2	21-18	53.8%
Against the Field	24	70.6%	5	14.7%	5	14.7%	29-5	85.3%	4	13.8%	4	13.8%	21	72.4%	4-25	13.8%	48-40	54.5%	18-18	50.0%	0	1	33-30	52.4%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
World Championships	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	8	0	28	38	0	0	10	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	46	54
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	16	15	0	1	0	1	0	0	34	31
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	5	4	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	8
Total	0	0	14	0	38	46	0	1	27	35	0	1	0	1	0	0	94	99

Head to Head Results
Benes/Kubala lead the series against the field 7-4 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Cunha/Solberg, Brazil 0-1
5/14/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Winner 1	Cunha/Solberg	2	Benes/Kubala	31, Q7	23-21, 16-21, 15-9	1:02
Lead the series against # 5 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 1-0
7/12/08	CEV	European Championship	Contender 4	Benes/Kubala	28	Klemperer/Koreng	2	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 6 Barsuk/Kolodinsky, Russia 0-1
5/8/09	CEV	Spanish Masters	Winner 1	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	4	Benes/Kubala	13, Q3	17-21, 21-15, 15-12	0:53
Trail the series against # 8, Q5 Erdmann/Windscheif, Germany 0-1
5/15/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Contender 3	Erdmann/Windscheif	8, Q5	Benes/Kubala	31, Q7	20-22, 25-23, 15-13	1:05
Trail the series against # 12 Heuscher/Heyer, Switzerland 0-1
7/12/08	CEV	European Championship	Contender 5	Heuscher/Heyer	6	Benes/Kubala	28	21-17, 17-21, 16-14	0:59
Lead the series against # 15 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 1-0
5/14/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Contender 1	Benes/Kubala	31, Q7	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	15	21-16, 21-13	0:38
Lead the series against # 17 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 2-0
5/15/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Contender 2	Benes/Kubala	31, Q7	Fijalek/Prudel	17	21-19, 21-19	0:49
5/8/09	CEV	Spanish Masters	Contender 2	Benes/Kubala	13, Q3	Fijalek/Prudel	7	21-18, 21-9	0:31
Lead the series against # 19 Lario/Mesa, Spain 1-0
5/8/09	CEV	Spanish Masters	Contender 1	Benes/Kubala	13, Q3	Lario/Mesa	5	21-12, 23-21	0:36
Lead the series against # Q10 Keenan/Lucena, United States 1-0
5/13/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Qualifier 3	Benes/Kubala	31, Q7	Keenan/Lucena	Q10	21-17, 21-12	0:34
Lead the series against # Q26 Andersson/Jonsson, Sweden 1-0
5/13/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Qualifier 2	Benes/Kubala	31, Q7	Andersson/Jonsson	Q26	21-11, 21-10	0:33