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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$380,000 HP Beach Open
August 23 - 28, 2011

(6) 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 The Hague Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2009	Premysl Kubala - 7th	Petr Benes - 7th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/16-21/2011	Åland Open	8	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/2-7/2011	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	19	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	7/26-31/2011	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	18	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	7/12-17/2011	Moscow Grand Slam	15	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/5-10/2011	Gstaad Grand Slam	22	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/3/2011	Stavanger Grand Slam	20	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/13-19/2011	Rome World Championships	11	17th	200	US$7,000.00
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

The Hague Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/25/2011	Winner 1	Andy Ces / Kevin Ces, France (27, Q10)	Won 21-17, 21-12	0:33
Thu, 8/25/2011	Winner 2	Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia (11)	Won 21-19, 21-12	0:32
Fri, 8/26/2011	Winner 3	Renato "Geor" Gomes / Gia Terceiro, Georgia (19)	Won 21-12, 21-17	0:34
Sat, 8/27/2011	Winner 4	Pedro Cunha / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (2)	Lost 11-21, 17-21	0:35
Sat, 8/27/2011	Contender 6	Daniele Lupo / Paolo Nicolai, Italy (7)	Won 21-16, 21-18	0:35
Sat, 8/27/2011	Semi-Finals	Reinder Nummerdor / Richard Schuil, Netherlands (8)	Lost 15-21, 19-21	0:35
Sun, 8/28/2011	Bronze Medal	Yaroslav Koshkarev / Konstantin Semenov, Russia (5)	Lost 18-21, 19-21	0:39

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	10	0	0	0	1	1	1	4	0	3	0	0	$79,200.00	27	22	55.1 %
Total	FIVB	27	0	0	0	1	2	3	7	1	9	4	0	$167,050.00	66	58	53.2 %

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
10	0	0	0	1	2	4	3	0	0	$39,600.00	2011	FIVB	10	0	0	0	1	2	4	3	0	0	$39,600.00
48	0	0	0	2	7	9	13	8	9	$95,225.00	Total	Total	106	0	0	1	2	7	25	27	18	26	$155,225.00

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	27	73.0%	8	21.6%	2	5.4%	35-2	94.6%	8	19.5%	9	22.0%	24	58.5%	8-33	19.5%	54-44	55.1%	32-22	59.3%	0	2	43-35	55.1%

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 33-19 (Lead 15 Series, Trail 8 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 3-3
8/19/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Contender 4	Fijalek/Prudel	3	Benes/Kubala	8	24-22, 21-12	0:36
7/9/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 2	Fijalek/Prudel	5	Benes/Kubala	22	21-16, 21-16	0:36
6/30/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool M	Benes/Kubala	20	Fijalek/Prudel	13	16-21, 21-18, 20-18	0:56
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 # 2 Cunha/Santos, Brazil 0-2
8/27/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 4	Cunha/Santos	2	Benes/Kubala	6	21-11, 21-17	0:35
8/6/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 3	Cunha/Santos	4	Benes/Kubala	19	21-19, 18-21, 15-10	0:55
Lead the series against # 4 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 # 5 Koshkarev/Semenov, Russia 0-1
8/28/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Bronze Medal	Koshkarev/Semenov	5	Benes/Kubala	6	21-18, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # 7 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 1-0
8/27/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 6	Benes/Kubala	6	Lupo/Nicolai	7	21-16, 21-18	0:35
Trail the series against # 8 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-2
8/27/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Semi-Finals	Nummerdor/Schuil	8	Benes/Kubala	6	21-15, 21-19	0:35
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 # 10 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 2-3
7/29/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Winner 1	Gibb/Rosenthal	16	Benes/Kubala	18	21-17, 21-19	0:35
7/14/11	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool K	Benes/Kubala	15	Gibb/Rosenthal	18	22-20, 23-21	0:42
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 # 11 Samoilovs/Sorokins, Latvia 6-1
8/25/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 2	Benes/Kubala	6	Samoilovs/Sorokins	11	21-19, 21-12	0:32
7/28/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool K	Benes/Kubala	18	Samoilovs/Sorokins	15	21-17, 21-12	0:32
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
Lead the series against # 14 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 # 15 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 # 16 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 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 # 18, Q6 Ingrosso/Ingrosso, Italy 2-0
7/15/11	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 1	Benes/Kubala	15	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	20, Q10	21-16, 21-14	0:34
7/2/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 1	Benes/Kubala	20	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	21, Q14	27-25, 19-21, 15-9	0:58
Lead the series against # 19 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 4-0
8/26/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 3	Benes/Kubala	6	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	19	21-12, 21-17	0:34
8/6/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 2	Benes/Kubala	19	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	27, Q1	15-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:48
7/8/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool O	Benes/Kubala	22	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	27, Q4	21-16, 21-15	0:38
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 # 21 Gabathuler/Schnider, Switzerland 1-0
8/18/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Winner 2	Benes/Kubala	8	Gabathuler/Schnider	24, Q5	25-23, 21-16	0:40
Lead the series against # 22 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 # 24, Q8 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 # 26 Boersma/Spijkers, Netherlands 2-0
8/5/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 1	Benes/Kubala	19	Boersma/Spijkers	29, Q3	21-19, 21-19	0:44
7/14/11	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool K	Benes/Kubala	15	Boersma/Spijkers	31	21-16, 24-22	0:41
Lead the series against # 27, Q10 Ces/Ces, France 1-0
8/25/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 1	Benes/Kubala	6	Ces/Ces	27, Q10	21-17, 21-12	0:33
Lead the series against # 28, Q14 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
Series tied with # 29, Q4 Doppler/Mellitzer, Austria 1-1
8/18/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Winner 1	Benes/Kubala	8	Doppler/Mellitzer	25, Q6	22-20, 20-22, 15-9	0:56
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, Q1 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
Trail the series against Maciel/Schmidt, Brazil 0-3
8/4/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool L	Maciel/Schmidt	14, Q2	Benes/Kubala	19	21-17, 21-13	0:36
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 # Q3 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
Trail the series against # Q16 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