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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$380,000 Shanghai Open presented by City Beach
May 3 - 8, 2010

(25, Q4) 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 Shanghai Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	9/16-19/2009	European Championship Final	7	9th	320	€ 1,750.00
CEV	9/9-13/2009	English Masters	7	5th	360	€ 2,800.00
FIVB	8/25-30/2009	The Hague Open	20	7th	300	US$7,600.00
FIVB	8/11-16/2009	Kristiansand Open	22	17th	120	US$2,800.00
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
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

Shanghai Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 5/4/2010	Qualifier 2	Jessi Lelliott / Ben Saxton, Canada (Q29)	Won 22-20, 21-19	0:42
Tue, 5/4/2010	Qualifier 3	Christopher McHugh / Joshua Slack, Australia (Q20)	Won 15-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:46
Wed, 5/5/2010	Winner 1	Jefferson Bellaguarda / Martin Laciga, Switzerland (8)	Lost 16-21, 15-21	0:34
Wed, 5/5/2010	Contender 1	Paolo Nicolai / Matteo Varnier, Italy (24)	Lost 18-21, 23-25	0:41

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	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	2	0	$36,050.00	21	18	53.8 %
2009	CEV	5	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	$10,550.00	12	9	57.1 %
2010	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	3	0	$38,050.00	23	20	53.5 %
Total	CEV	6	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	$14,550.00	16	11	59.3 %

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
8	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	2	0	$18,025.00	2009	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	2	0	$18,025.00
5	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	$5,275.00	2009	CEV	5	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	$5,275.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00	2010	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00
57	0	0	0	3	10	15	13	7	9	$54,812.50	Total	Total	105	0	1	2	2	8	26	23	17	26	$112,287.50

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%
2009-2010	25	67.6%	5	13.5%	7	18.9%	30-7	81.1%	9	25.0%	8	22.2%	19	52.8%	9-27	25.0%	25-19	56.8%	14-15	48.3%	0	2	39-36	52.0%
Against the Field	31	62.0%	7	14.0%	12	24.0%	38-12	76.0%	12	21.4%	9	16.1%	35	62.5%	12-44	21.4%	62-66	48.4%	38-42	47.5%	0	2	50-56	47.2%

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
Series tied against the field 16-16 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 7 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 1-3
9/16/09	CEV	European Championship Final	Pool B	Benes/Kubala	7	Gavira/Herrera	2	24-26, 21-18, 15-12	1:02
9/12/09	CEV	English Masters	Winner 3	Gavira/Herrera	3	Benes/Kubala	7	21-17, 21-15	0:35
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 # 4 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
Lead the series against # 6 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 3-1
9/11/09	CEV	English Masters	Winner 2	Benes/Kubala	7	Klemperer/Koreng	2	21-15, 19-14 Retired	0:37
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 Bellaguarda/Laciga, Switzerland 0-1
5/5/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Bellaguarda/Laciga	8	Benes/Kubala	25, Q4	21-16, 21-15	0:34
Trail the series against # 11 Heuscher/Heyer, Switzerland 0-2
9/12/09	CEV	English Masters	Contender 4	Heuscher/Heyer	4	Benes/Kubala	7	21-12, 21-19	0:35
7/12/08	CEV	European Championship	Contender 5	Heuscher/Heyer	6	Benes/Kubala	28	21-17, 17-21, 16-14	0:59
Trail the series against # 12 Gosch/Horst, Austria 0-2
8/29/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 5	Gosch/Horst	13	Benes/Kubala	20	21-16, 21-19	0:40
8/27/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 1	Gosch/Horst	13	Benes/Kubala	20	21-15, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # 16 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 # 17 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 3-2
9/17/09	CEV	European Championship Final	Pool B	Fijalek/Prudel	10	Benes/Kubala	7	21-15, 21-19	0:41
8/28/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 2	Benes/Kubala	20	Fijalek/Prudel	14	21-19, 21-17	0:38
8/6/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 1	Fijalek/Prudel	9	Benes/Kubala	24	21-16, 21-19	0:43
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 # 18 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
Series tied with # 20 Bogatov/Prokopiev, Russia 1-1
9/16/09	CEV	European Championship Final	Pool B	Benes/Kubala	7	Bogatov/Prokopiev	15	23-21, 21-17	0:46
7/17/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 1	Bogatov/Prokopiev	10	Benes/Kubala	24, Q14	21-17 Retired	0:20
Trail the series against # 24 Nicolai/Varnier, Italy 0-2
5/5/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 1	Nicolai/Varnier	24	Benes/Kubala	25, Q4	21-18, 25-23	0:41
6/19/09	CEV	German Masters	Contender 2	Nicolai/Varnier	14, Q11	Benes/Kubala	9	21-19, 21-19	0:45
Lead the series against # 26, Q2 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 # 30, Q12 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 # Q1 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 1-0
8/28/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 3	Benes/Kubala	20	Lochhead/Pitman	21	21-13, 17-21, 15-12	0:48
Lead the series against # Q5 Dugrip/Salvetti, France 1-0
9/11/09	CEV	English Masters	Winner 1	Benes/Kubala	7	Dugrip/Salvetti	10	20-22, 21-12, 20-18	0:54
Lead the series against # Q9 Boersma/Paulides, Netherlands 1-0
8/28/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 4	Benes/Kubala	20	Boersma/Paulides	9	22-20, 21-17	0:42
Lead the series against # Q20 McHugh/Slack, Australia 1-0
5/4/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Qualifier 3	Benes/Kubala	25, Q4	McHugh/Slack	Q20	15-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:46
Lead the series against # Q29 Lelliott/Saxton, Canada 1-0
5/4/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Qualifier 2	Benes/Kubala	25, Q4	Lelliott/Saxton	Q29	22-20, 21-19	0:42