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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, 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 Klagenfurt Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - 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

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
CEV	6/17-21/2009	German Masters	9	9th	240	€ 1,800.00
CEV	6/3-7/2009	Austrian Masters	11	4th	420	€ 2,800.00
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
CEV	5/6-10/2009	Spanish Masters	13, Q3	7th	300	€ 1,400.00

Klagenfurt Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
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

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	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	$22,850.00	15	12	55.6 %
2009	CEV	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00	8	6	57.1 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	$22,850.00	15	12	55.6 %
Total	CEV	4	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00	12	8	60.0 %

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
5	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	$11,425.00	2009	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	$11,425.00
3	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	$3,000.00	2009	CEV	3	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	$3,000.00
51	0	0	0	3	8	14	11	6	9	$44,937.50	Total	Total	99	0	1	2	2	6	25	21	16	26	$102,412.50

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	28	65.1%	10	23.3%	5	11.6%	38-5	88.4%	7	13.5%	7	13.5%	38	73.1%	7-45	13.5%	56-72	43.8%	34-24	58.6%	0	2	45-50	47.4%

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 18-15 (Lead 13 Series, Trail 9 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Brink/Reckermann, Germany 0-1
6/19/09	CEV	German Masters	Winner 2	Brink/Reckermann	1	Benes/Kubala	9	21-8, 21-15	0:37
Trail the series against # 4 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 0-2
6/6/09	CEV	Austrian Masters	Semi-Finals	Gavira/Herrera	8	Benes/Kubala	11	21-16, 15-21, 15-11	0:52
5/28/09	FIVB	Myslowice 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
7/30/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool E	Rego/Santos	5	Benes/Kubala	28, Q13	21-12, 17-21, 15-8	0:45
7/9/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool C	Rego/Santos	3	Benes/Kubala	30, Q22	18-21, 21-19, 15-10	0:53
5/28/09	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 1	Rego/Santos	4	Benes/Kubala	29, Q11	21-19, 17-21, 15-12	0:54
Lead the series against # 6 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 2-1
6/7/09	CEV	Austrian Masters	Bronze Medal	Klemperer/Koreng	2	Benes/Kubala	11	21-17, 22-20	0:45
6/6/09	CEV	Austrian Masters	Winner 3	Benes/Kubala	11	Klemperer/Koreng	2	21-18, 25-23	0:46
7/12/08	CEV	European Championship	Contender 4	Benes/Kubala	28	Klemperer/Koreng	2	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 8 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-1
7/11/09	FIVB	Gstaad 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
7/31/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool E	Araujo/Magalhaes	12, Q1	Benes/Kubala	28, Q13	4-3 Retired
Series tied with # 13 Barsuk/Kolodinsky, Russia 2-2
7/16/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool H	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	9	Benes/Kubala	24, Q14	24-22, 21-15	0:42
7/10/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool C	Benes/Kubala	30, Q22	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	14	21-15, 21-18	0:38
6/5/09	CEV	Austrian Masters	Winner 1	Benes/Kubala	11	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	6	21-15, 15-21, 15-12	0:45
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 # 14 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 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 1-0
6/19/09	CEV	German Masters	Winner 1	Benes/Kubala	9	Kais/Vesik	8	21-19, 21-14	0:32
Trail the series against # 20 Ces/Ces, France 0-1
5/9/09	CEV	Spanish Masters	Contender 3	Ces/Ces	11	Benes/Kubala	13, Q3	21-18, 22-20	0:45
Trail the series against # 21, Q5 Redmann/VanHuizen, Canada 0-1
7/30/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt 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
7/8/09	FIVB	Gstaad 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
7/15/09	FIVB	Moscow 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 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
Trail the series against Maciel/Schmidt, Brazil 0-1
7/16/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool H	Maciel/Schmidt	8, Q1	Benes/Kubala	24, Q14	21-11, 23-21	0:36
Lead the series against # Q3 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 # Q4 Baracetti/Salema, Argentina 1-0
7/29/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt 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
5/14/09	FIVB	Rome 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
7/8/09	FIVB	Gstaad 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
5/27/09	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Qualifier 3	Benes/Kubala	29, Q11	Dollinger/Kaczmarek	Q6	21-16, 21-18	0:35
Lead the series against # Q17 Babich/Mykhaylov, Ukraine 1-0
5/7/09	CEV	Spanish Masters	Qualifier 3	Benes/Kubala	13, Q3	Babich/Mykhaylov	Q6	21-17, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # Q20 Wu/Yin, China 2-0
7/29/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Benes/Kubala	28, Q13	Wu/Yin	Q20	20-22, 21-15, 15-13	0:53
7/17/09	FIVB	Moscow 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
7/15/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Benes/Kubala	24, Q14	Chen/Li	Q19	21-16, 21-18	0:35