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US$600,000 1 to 1 energy Grand Slam 2010
July 6 - 11, 2010

(17) 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 Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Did not play	Michal Biza - 33rd
2008	Did not play	Jan Dumek - 25th
2009	Premysl Kubala - 9th	Petr Benes - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/29-7/4/2010	Stavanger Grand Slam	19	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/15-21/2010	Prague Open	9	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	5/25-30/2010	Myslowice Open	28	7th	300	US$7,600.00
FIVB	5/3-8/2010	Shanghai Open	25, Q4	25th	60	US$2,000.00
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

Gstaad Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/8/2010	Pool J	Jake Gibb / Sean Rosenthal, United States (16)	Lost 12-21, 14-21	0:37
Thu, 7/8/2010	Pool J	Michal Kadziola / Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland (32, Q9)	Won 21-18, 19-21, 15-13	0:58
Fri, 7/9/2010	Pool J	Phil Dalhausser / Todd Rogers, United States (1)	Lost 16-21, 21-19, 11-15	0:53
Fri, 7/9/2010	Winner 1	Thiago Barbosa / Pedro Cunha, Brazil (6)	Lost 21-19, 16-21, 11-15	0:54

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	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	2	0	$36,050.00	21	18	53.8 %
2010	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	0	$22,600.00	9	11	45.0 %
Total	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	6	3	0	$58,650.00	30	29	50.8 %

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
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	0	1	0	3	1	0	$11,300.00	2010	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	1	$11,300.00
34	0	0	0	1	4	3	10	7	9	$41,025.00	Total	Total	92	0	0	1	1	4	19	24	17	26	$101,025.00

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%
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	27	58.7%	7	15.2%	12	26.1%	34-12	73.9%	10	19.2%	10	19.2%	32	61.5%	10-42	19.2%	54-60	47.4%	34-44	43.6%	0	2	44-54	44.9%

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 trail the series against the field 12-17 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 10 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 0-1
7/9/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool J	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Benes/Kubala	17	21-16, 19-21, 15-11	0:53
Series tied with # 2 Cerutti/Rego, Brazil 1-1
5/29/10	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 5	Cerutti/Rego	5	Benes/Kubala	28	21-14, 18-21, 15-11	0:48
5/27/10	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 1	Benes/Kubala	28	Cerutti/Rego	5	18-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:54
Trail the series against # 3 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 0-3
7/1/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool L	Gavira/Herrera	3	Benes/Kubala	19	14-21, 21-16, 15-8	0:44
5/28/10	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 3	Gavira/Herrera	4	Benes/Kubala	28	21-13, 21-16	0:31
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 Marques/Solberg, Brazil 0-1
7/3/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 1	Marques/Solberg	6	Benes/Kubala	19	24-22, 21-17	0:43
Trail the series against # 6 Barbosa/Cunha, Brazil 0-1
7/9/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 1	Barbosa/Cunha	6	Benes/Kubala	17	19-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:54
Lead the series against # 7 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 2-1
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
Trail the series against # 14 Kais/Venno, Estonia 0-1
6/17/10	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 1	Kais/Venno	24	Benes/Kubala	9	21-18, 21-18	0:39
Series tied with # 16 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 1-1
7/8/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool J	Gibb/Rosenthal	16	Benes/Kubala	17	21-12, 21-14	0:37
7/1/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool L	Benes/Kubala	19	Gibb/Rosenthal	14	22-20, 21-15	0:43
Trail the series against # 18 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
Series tied with # 19 Samoilovs/Sorokins, Latvia 1-1
6/18/10	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 2	Samoilovs/Sorokins	23, Q3	Benes/Kubala	9	21-16, 21-18	0:39
7/15/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Benes/Kubala	24, Q14	Samoilovs/Sorokins	Q3	21-18, 26-24	0:44
Trail the series against # 20 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
Lead the series against # 23 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 1-0
5/27/10	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 2	Benes/Kubala	28	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	21, Q1	17-21, 23-21, 15-11	0:59
Lead the series against # 24, Q5 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
Trail the series against # 27 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
Trail the series against # 29 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
Lead the series against # 32, Q9 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 2-0
7/8/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool J	Benes/Kubala	17	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	32, Q9	21-18, 19-21, 15-13	0:58
5/14/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Contender 1	Benes/Kubala	31, Q7	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	15	21-16, 21-13	0:38
Trail the series against # Q11 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 # Q12 Brinkborg/Gunnarsson, Sweden 1-0
7/1/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool L	Benes/Kubala	19	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	30	21-18, 23-21	0:44
Lead the series against # Q19 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 # Q25 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