Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 A1 Beach Volleyball Grand Slam Presented by Volksbank
July 28 - August 2, 2009
(28, Q13) Petr Benes/Premysl Kubala, Czech Republic
 
Petr Benes
Czech Republic
Photo: FIVB
Personal Info
Birth Date: Nov 27, 1974 (49 yrs old)
Home Town: Praha
Height: 197 cm (6'6")
Weight: 90 kg (198 lb)
Seasons: 11
Tournaments: 61
Career Best: 4th (2 times)
Career FIVB WT Best: 4th (The Hague 2011)
Career Winnings: US$128,125.00
Premysl Kubala
Czech Republic
Photo: FIVB
Personal Info
Birth Date: Dec 16, 1973 (50 yrs old)
Home Town: Frydek-Mistek
Height: 202 cm (6'8")
Weight: 98 kg (216 lb)
Seasons: 19
Tournaments: 138
Career Best: 3rd (FIVB C&S Brno 2007)
Career FIVB WT Best: 4th (3 times)
Career Winnings: US$205,875.00
Team Career Summary 
TourPlayed123457913172533Money
FIVB40000134911291 US$232,850.00
Previous Klagenfurt Results 
YearPartner - ResultPartner - Result
1997 Josef Benes - 25th Michal Palinek - 9th
1998 Josef Benes - 57th Michal Palinek - 13th
1999 Did not play Marek Pakosta - 41st
2000 Did not play Petr Chromy - 25th
2006 Did not play Michal Biza - 41st
2007 Did not play Jaroslav Pavlas - 41st
2008 Martin Tichy - 9th Jan Dumek - 33rd
Recent Results 
TourDateTournamentSeedFinishPointsMoney
FIVB 7/14-19/2009 Moscow Grand Slam 24, Q14 17th 160 US$5,100.00
FIVB 7/7-12/2009 Gstaad Grand Slam 30, Q22 9th 320 US$8,000.00
FIVB 5/26-31/2009 Myslowice Open 29, Q11 25th 60 US$2,000.00
FIVB 5/12-17/2009 Rome Open 31, Q7 13th 180 US$4,250.00
Klagenfurt Grand Slam Matches
DateBracketOpponentScoreTime
Wed, 7/29/2009 Qualifier 1 Penggen Wu / Rui Yin, China (Q20) Won 20-22, 21-15, 15-13 0:53
Wed, 7/29/2009 Qualifier 2 Mariano Baracetti / Jose Salema, Argentina (Q4) Won 21-19, 21-18 0:40
Thu, 7/30/2009 Pool E Emanuel Rego / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (5) Lost 12-21, 21-17, 8-15 0:45
Thu, 7/30/2009 Pool E Christian Redmann / Rich VanHuizen, Canada (21, Q5) Lost 19-21, 17-21 0:39
Fri, 7/31/2009 Pool E Marcio Araujo / Fabio Luiz Magalhaes, Brazil (12, Q1) Lost 4-3 Retired  
Head to Head Results
Benes/Kubala lead the series against the field 11-9 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 6 Series, 1 Series Tied)
DateTourTournamentRoundWinning TeamSeedLosing TeamSeedScoreTime
Trail the series against # 4 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 0-1
5/28/09FIVBMyslowice Open Contender 1 Gavira/Herrera 13 Benes/Kubala 29, Q11 18-21, 21-16, 15-11 0:53
Trail the series against # 5 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-3
7/30/09FIVBKlagenfurt Grand Slam Pool E Rego/Santos 5 Benes/Kubala 28, Q13 21-12, 17-21, 15-8 0:45
7/9/09FIVBGstaad Grand Slam Pool C Rego/Santos 3 Benes/Kubala 30, Q22 18-21, 21-19, 15-10 0:53
5/28/09FIVBMyslowice Open Winner 1 Rego/Santos 4 Benes/Kubala 29, Q11 21-19, 17-21, 15-12 0:54
Trail the series against # 8 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-1
7/11/09FIVBGstaad Grand Slam Winner 2 Nummerdor/Schuil 12 Benes/Kubala 30, Q22 21-17, 21-8 0:32
Trail the series against # 12, Q1 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 0-1
7/31/09FIVBKlagenfurt Grand Slam Pool E Araujo/Magalhaes 12, Q1 Benes/Kubala 28, Q13 4-3 Retired  
Series tied with # 13 Barsuk/Kolodinsky, Russia 1-1
7/16/09FIVBMoscow Grand Slam Pool H Barsuk/Kolodinsky 9 Benes/Kubala 24, Q14 24-22, 21-15 0:42
7/10/09FIVBGstaad Grand Slam Pool C Benes/Kubala 30, Q22 Barsuk/Kolodinsky 14 21-15, 21-18 0:38
Trail the series against # 21, Q5 Redmann/VanHuizen, Canada 0-1
7/30/09FIVBKlagenfurt Grand Slam Pool E Redmann/VanHuizen 21, Q5 Benes/Kubala 28, Q13 21-19, 21-17 0:39
Lead the series against # 23 Uhmann/Windscheif, Germany 1-0
7/8/09FIVBGstaad Grand Slam Qualifier 2 Benes/Kubala 30, Q22 Uhmann/Windscheif Q6 16-21, 21-16, 16-14 0:51
Lead the series against # 26, Q7 Samoilovs/Sorokins, Latvia 1-0
7/15/09FIVBMoscow Grand Slam Qualifier 2 Benes/Kubala 24, Q14 Samoilovs/Sorokins Q3 21-18, 26-24 0:44
Lead the series against # 27, Q9 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 1-0
5/15/09FIVBRome Open Contender 2 Benes/Kubala 31, Q7 Fijalek/Prudel 17 21-19, 21-19 0:49
Trail the series against Maciel/Schmidt, Brazil 0-1
7/16/09FIVBMoscow Grand Slam Pool H Maciel/Schmidt 8, Q1 Benes/Kubala 24, Q14 21-11, 23-21 0:36
Lead the series against # Q4 Baracetti/Salema, Argentina 1-0
7/29/09FIVBKlagenfurt Grand Slam Qualifier 2 Benes/Kubala 28, Q13 Baracetti/Salema Q4 21-19, 21-18 0:40
Lead the series against # Q8 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 1-0
5/14/09FIVBRome Open Contender 1 Benes/Kubala 31, Q7 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz 15 21-16, 21-13 0:38
Lead the series against # Q11 Cadieux/Reader, Canada 1-0
7/8/09FIVBGstaad Grand Slam Qualifier 1 Benes/Kubala 30, Q22 Cadieux/Reader Q11 21-18, 21-23, 16-14 1:10
Lead the series against # Q14 Dollinger/Kaczmarek, Germany 1-0
5/27/09FIVBMyslowice Open Qualifier 3 Benes/Kubala 29, Q11 Dollinger/Kaczmarek Q6 21-16, 21-18 0:35
Lead the series against # Q20 Wu/Yin, China 2-0
7/29/09FIVBKlagenfurt Grand Slam Qualifier 1 Benes/Kubala 28, Q13 Wu/Yin Q20 20-22, 21-15, 15-13 0:53
7/17/09FIVBMoscow Grand Slam Pool H Benes/Kubala 24, Q14 Wu/Yin 25 22-20, 18-21, 15-12 0:53
Lead the series against # Q21 Chen/Li, China 1-0
7/15/09FIVBMoscow Grand Slam Qualifier 1 Benes/Kubala 24, Q14 Chen/Li Q19 21-16, 21-18 0:35