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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Beijing Grand Slam
June 6 - 11, 2011

(12) 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 Beijing Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/17-22/2011	Prague Open	9	7th	300	US$7,600.00
FIVB	8/10-15/2010	Kristiansand Open	8	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/3-8/2010	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	23	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	7/27-8/1/2010	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	21	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/20-25/2010	Marseille Open	12	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/6-11/2010	Gstaad Grand Slam	17	17th	160	US$5,100.00
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

Beijing Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/8/2011	Pool E	Anders Lund Hoyer / Bo Soderberg, Denmark (21)	Won 21-15, 21-13	0:31
Thu, 6/9/2011	Pool E	Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia (28)	Won 21-18, 21-18	0:42
Thu, 6/9/2011	Pool E	David Klemperer / Eric Koreng, Germany (5)	Lost 16-21, 12-21	0:32
Fri, 6/10/2011	Winner 1	Tarjei Skarlund / Martin Spinnangr, Norway (17)	Lost 19-21, 21-18, 16-18	0:58

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	9	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	3	2	0	$51,800.00	18	18	50.0 %
2011	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	$12,700.00	5	4	55.6 %
Total	FIVB	19	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	1	7	4	0	$100,550.00	44	40	52.4 %

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
9	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	2	0	$25,900.00	2010	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	2	1	$25,900.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$6,350.00	2011	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$6,350.00
40	0	0	0	1	6	5	11	8	9	$61,975.00	Total	Total	98	0	0	1	1	6	21	25	18	26	$121,975.00

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%
2010-2011	26	65.0%	7	17.5%	7	17.5%	33-7	82.5%	14	28.6%	7	14.3%	28	57.1%	14-35	28.6%	26-28	48.1%	21-14	60.0%	0	0	47-42	52.8%
Against the Field	32	64.0%	7	14.0%	11	22.0%	39-11	78.0%	14	23.3%	10	16.7%	36	60.0%	14-46	23.3%	64-68	48.5%	42-42	50.0%	0	2	53-57	48.2%

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
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 23-22 (Lead 14 Series, Trail 14 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 0-2
5/19/11	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 3	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Benes/Kubala	9	21-19, 21-19	0:43
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 Araujo/Santos, Brazil 0-1
7/31/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 2	Araujo/Santos	7	Benes/Kubala	21	21-16, 21-13	0:45
Trail the series against # 4 Brink/Reckermann, Germany 0-1
8/7/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Winner 3	Brink/Reckermann	2	Benes/Kubala	23	21-14, 21-19	0:39
Trail the series against # 5 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 0-1
6/9/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool E	Klemperer/Koreng	5	Benes/Kubala	12	21-16, 21-12	0:32
Lead the series against # 6 Wu/Xu, China 1-0
8/7/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Winner 2	Benes/Kubala	23	Wu/Xu	6	21-19, 21-16	0:44
Lead the series against # 7 Fuerbringer/Lucena, United States 1-0
7/29/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool N	Benes/Kubala	21	Fuerbringer/Lucena	12	21-18, 21-16	0:41
Trail the series against # 8 Insfran/Schmidt, Brazil 0-1
7/23/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 3	Insfran/Schmidt	4	Benes/Kubala	12	21-9, 21-12	0:35
Trail the series against # 10 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 1-3
7/29/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool N	Benes/Kubala	21	Gavira/Herrera	5	16-21, 21-18, 22-20	0:55
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 # 11 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 1-2
8/5/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool P	Gibb/Rosenthal	7, Q3	Benes/Kubala	23	21-18, 17-21, 15-6	0:56
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 # 13, Q1 Cunha/Solberg, Brazil 0-2
5/19/11	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 5	Cunha/Solberg	12	Benes/Kubala	9	21-14, 21-11	0:32
5/14/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Winner 1	Cunha/Solberg	2	Benes/Kubala	31, Q7	23-21, 16-21, 15-9	1:02
Lead the series against # 14 Plavins/Smedins, Latvia 1-0
5/19/11	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 2	Benes/Kubala	9	Plavins/Smedins	8	18-21, 21-15, 15-11	0:48
Trail the series against # 16 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 # 17 Skarlund/Spinnangr, Norway 0-1
6/10/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Winner 1	Skarlund/Spinnangr	17	Benes/Kubala	12	21-19, 18-21, 18-16	0:58
Lead the series against # 21 Hoyer/Soderberg, Denmark 1-0
6/8/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool E	Benes/Kubala	12	Hoyer/Soderberg	21	21-15, 21-13	0:31
Lead the series against # 24 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
Lead the series against # 26, Q10 Jaani/Vesik, Estonia 2-0
8/6/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool P	Benes/Kubala	23	Jaani/Vesik	26, Q6	26-24, 21-13	0:47
5/28/10	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 4	Benes/Kubala	28	Jaani/Vesik	25	17-21, 21-17, 19-17	0:56
Lead the series against # 27, Q14 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 # 28 Samoilovs/Sorokins, Latvia 3-1
6/9/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool E	Benes/Kubala	12	Samoilovs/Sorokins	28	21-18, 21-18	0:42
8/7/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Winner 1	Benes/Kubala	23	Samoilovs/Sorokins	14	21-16, 17-21, 15-10	0:56
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
Lead the series against # Q2 "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
Trail the series against # Q3 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 # Q4 Dollinger/Windscheif, Germany 2-0
7/30/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool N	Benes/Kubala	21	Dollinger/Windscheif	28	18-21, 21-15, 15-9	1:04
7/22/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 1	Benes/Kubala	12	Dollinger/Windscheif	21	23-21, 21-19	0:46
Trail the series against # Q6 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 # Q7 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 # Q9 Laciga/Weingart, Switzerland 1-0
5/19/11	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 1	Benes/Kubala	9	Laciga/Weingart	24, Q6	21-19, 21-16	0:37
Trail the series against # Q15 Dyachenko/Sidorenko, Kazakhstan 0-1
8/12/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 1	Dyachenko/Sidorenko	24, Q7	Benes/Kubala	8	17-21, 23-21, 16-14	0:52
Lead the series against # Q16 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
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
Trail the series against # Q23 Dugrip/Salvetti, France 0-1
8/12/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 1	Dugrip/Salvetti	25, Q4	Benes/Kubala	8	18-21, 21-16, 15-9	0:52