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US$1,000,000 FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Championships
June 13 - 19, 2011

(11) Petr Benes/Premysl Kubala, Czech Republic

Petr Benes
Czech Republic

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 27, 1974 (49 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 (50 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 Rome Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2009	Premysl Kubala - 13th	Petr Benes - 13th
2010	Did not play	Martin Lebl - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/6-11/2011	Beijing Grand Slam	12	17th	160	US$5,100.00
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

Rome World Championships Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Mon, 6/13/2011

Pool K

Hannes Brinkborg / Stefan Gunnarsson, Sweden (35)

Won 21-19, 20-22, 15-13

0:47

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Petr Benes	Total	39	28	3	0.641	0	8	0	7
	1	16	12	1	0.688	0	2	0	4
	2	15	9	2	0.467	0	3	0	2
	3	8	7	0	0.875	0	3	0	1
Premysl Kubala	Total	24	12	4	0.333	6	2	1	1
	1	4	2	1	0.250	2	0	1	1
	2	11	5	2	0.273	1	1	0	0
	3	9	5	1	0.444	3	1	0	0

Tue, 6/14/2011

Pool K

Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia (38)

Won 21-19, 21-16

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Petr Benes	Total	35	19	0	0.543	1	10	1	3
	1	18	9	0	0.500	0	5	1	3
	2	17	10	0	0.588	1	5	0	0
Premysl Kubala	Total	13	5	1	0.308	4	0	3	1
	1	7	3	0	0.429	0	0	1	1
	2	6	2	1	0.167	4	0	2	0

Wed, 6/15/2011

Pool K

Matteo Martino / Paolo Nicolai, Italy (14)

Won 17-21, 21-19, 15-8

0:46

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Petr Benes	Total	36	21	3	0.500	0	13	5	5
	1	15	9	2	0.467	0	5	1	1
	2	13	6	1	0.385	0	4	2	2
	3	8	6	0	0.750	0	4	2	2
Premysl Kubala	Total	25	16	3	0.520	2	2	0	1
	1	12	7	2	0.417	0	1	0	0
	2	9	5	1	0.444	2	1	0	1
	3	4	4	0	1.000	0	0	0	0

Fri, 6/17/2011

Winner 1

Benjamin Insfran / Bruno Schmidt, Brazil (8)

Lost 21-19, 17-21, 9-15

1:05

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Petr Benes	Total	50	23	5	0.360	1	13	0	5
	1	18	12	0	0.667	1	4	0	2
	2	18	7	5	0.111	0	5	0	2
	3	14	4	0	0.286	0	4	0	1
Premysl Kubala	Total	30	10	2	0.267	0	9	0	2
	1	7	1	1	0.000	0	2	0	1
	2	11	5	0	0.455	0	4	0	1
	3	12	4	1	0.250	0	3	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Petr Benes	160	91	11	0.500	2	44	6	20
Premysl Kubala	92	43	10	0.359	12	13	4	5
Total	252	134	21	0.448	14	57	10	25
Opponents	255	138	39	0.388	7	68	7	12

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1997	World Championships	Los Angeles	Did not play	Michal Palinek - 17th
1999	World Championships	Marseille	Did not play	Marek Pakosta - 41st
2013	World Championships	Stare Jablonki	Premysl Kubala - 33rd	Petr Benes - 33rd

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/13-19/2011	Rome World Championships	11	17th	200	US$7,000.00
FIVB	7/2-7/2013	Stare Jablonki World Championships	34	33rd	50	US$4,800.00

Head to Head Results
Benes/Kubala lead the series against the field 25-20 (Lead 14 Series, Trail 12 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 0-2
6/17/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Winner 1	Insfran/Schmidt	8	Benes/Kubala	11	19-21, 21-17, 15-9	1:05
7/23/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 3	Insfran/Schmidt	4	Benes/Kubala	12	21-9, 21-12	0:35
Trail the series against # 9 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 # 10 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
Lead the series against # 14 Martino/Nicolai, Italy 1-0
6/15/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool K	Benes/Kubala	11	Martino/Nicolai	14	17-21, 21-19, 15-8	0:46
Lead the series against # 15 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 # 17 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 # 19 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 # 23 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 # 26 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 # 30 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 # 31 "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 # 34 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 # 35 Brinkborg/Gunnarsson, Sweden 2-0
6/13/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool K	Benes/Kubala	11	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	35	21-19, 20-22, 15-13	0:47
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 # 36 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
Lead the series against # 38 Samoilovs/Sorokins, Latvia 4-1
6/14/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool K	Benes/Kubala	11	Samoilovs/Sorokins	38	21-19, 21-16	0:41
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
Trail the series against # 39 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 # 40 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 # 41 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
Trail the series against # 44 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 # 45 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