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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$380,000 Otera Open
August 11 - 16, 2009

(22) Petr Benes/Premysl Kubala, Czech Republic

Petr Benes
Czech Republic

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 (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 (51 yrs old)

Home Town:

Frydek-Mistek

Height:

202 cm (6'8")

Weight:

98 kg (216 lb)

Seasons:

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

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
FIVB	40	0	0	0	1	3	4	9	1	12	9	1	US$232,850.00

Previous Kristiansand Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2008	Martin Tichy - 25th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/4-9/2009	Stare Jablonki Open	24	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	7/28-8/2/2009	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	28, Q13	25th	80	US$3,500.00
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

Kristiansand Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/13/2009	Winner 1	Jackson Henriquez / Farid Mussa, Venezuela (11)	Won 21-11, 21-15	0:33
Thu, 8/13/2009	Winner 2	Joao Maciel / Bruno Schmidt, Brazil (6)	Lost 18-21, 22-24	0:41
Fri, 8/14/2009	Contender 2	Clemens Doppler / Matthias Mellitzer, Austria (28, Q10)	Lost 24-26, 21-10, 13-15	0:57

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	0	$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
Total	40	0	0	0	1	3	4	9	1	12	9	0	$232,850.00

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	0	$5,900.00	World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$7,600.00
25	0	0	0	0	3	7	7	6	0	$75,400.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	50	0	0	0	0	4	7	8	11	0	$89,450.00
27	0	0	0	1	4	4	4	7	0	$43,575.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	78	0	0	0	3	4	19	20	15	0	$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
61	0	0	0	2	9	11	16	13	0	$128,125.00	Total	138	0	0	1	3	9	28	32	26	0	$202,975.00

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	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	2	0	$28,450.00	17	16	51.5 %
Total	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	2	0	$28,450.00	17	16	51.5 %

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
											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
											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
											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
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
											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
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
7	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	0	$14,225.00	2009	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	0	$14,225.00
28	0	0	0	1	2	3	7	6	9	$25,925.00	Total	Total	85	0	0	1	1	2	19	21	16	25	$85,925.00

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	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	19	73.1%	5	19.2%	2	7.7%	24-2	92.3%	2	13.3%	2	13.3%	11	73.3%	2-13	13.3%	38-18	67.9%	14-8	63.6%	0	2	26-15	63.4%

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
Total	0	0	14	0	33	42	0	1	26	32	0	1	0	1	0	0	85	91

Head to Head Results
Benes/Kubala lead the series against the field 7-6 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 4 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 3 Barsuk/Kolodinsky, Russia 1-1
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
Trail the series against # 4, 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
Trail the series against # 6 Maciel/Schmidt, Brazil 0-2
8/13/09	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 2	Maciel/Schmidt	6	Benes/Kubala	22	21-18, 24-22	0:41
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 # 11 Henriquez/Mussa, Venezuela 1-0
8/13/09	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 1	Benes/Kubala	22	Henriquez/Mussa	11	21-11, 21-15	0:33
Lead the series against # 14 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 # 15, Q6 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 # 20 Biza/Rotrekl, Czech Republic 1-0
7/9/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool C	Benes/Kubala	30, Q22	Biza/Rotrekl	19	21-16, 21-17	0:34
Lead the series against # 26 Grotowski/Weaver, England 1-0
8/6/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 1	Benes/Kubala	24	Grotowski/Weaver	25, Q10	21-16, 21-18	0:39
Trail the series against # 28, Q10 Doppler/Mellitzer, Austria 0-1
8/14/09	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 2	Doppler/Mellitzer	28, Q10	Benes/Kubala	22	26-24, 10-21, 15-13	0:57
Lead the series against # 30, Q4 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
Trail the series against # Q9 Bogatov/Prokopiev, Russia 0-1
7/17/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 1	Bogatov/Prokopiev	10	Benes/Kubala	24, Q14	21-17 Retired	0:20