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August 10 - 14, 2011

(15) 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 (5 times)

Career CEV Best:

4th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$166,067.37

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:

165

Career Best:

2nd (CEV Almere 2000)

Career Winnings:

US$243,009.69

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 Kristiansand Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
FIVB 2008	Martin Tichy - 25th	Did not play
FIVB 2009	Premysl Kubala - 17th	Petr Benes - 17th
FIVB 2010	Premysl Kubala - 25th	Petr Benes - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
FIVB	8/10-15/2010	Kristiansand Open	8	25th	60	US$2,000.00

CEV European Championship Final Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/10/2011	Pool K	Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia (18)	Won 21-15, 21-15	0:36
Thu, 8/11/2011	Pool K	Murat Giginoglu / Nuri Sahin, Türkiye (31)	Won 21-15, 21-15	0:31
Thu, 8/11/2011	Pool K	Grzegorz Fijalek / Mariusz Prudel, Poland (2)	Lost 23-25, 21-17, 12-15	0:52
Fri, 8/12/2011	Winner 1	Tarjei Skarlund / Martin Spinnangr, Norway (13)	Lost 14-21, 15-21	0:34

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
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	0	$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	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
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	0	$133,500.00	Total	147	0	0	1	3	10	31	36	27	0	$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	9	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	3	2	0	$51,800.00	18	18	50.0 %
2011	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	3	0	0	$62,000.00	21	17	55.3 %
2011	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	25	0	0	0	0	2	3	6	1	9	4	0	$149,850.00	60	53	53.1 %
Total	CEV	7	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	$15,550.00	18	13	58.1 %

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
2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$750.00	2004	CEV C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$600.00
											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
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
8	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	0	0	$31,000.00	2011	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	0	0	$31,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2011	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
76	0	0	0	4	14	21	20	8	9	$111,962.50	Total	Total	124	0	1	3	2	12	31	30	18	27	$169,287.50

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	10	76.9%	2	15.4%	1	7.7%	12-1	92.3%	5	26.3%	3	15.8%	11	57.9%	5-14	26.3%	10-11	47.6%	7-4	63.6%	2	1	19-16	54.3%
2010-2011	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	2-1	66.7%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	2-2	50.0%
Against the Field	4	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	1	9.1%	1	9.1%	9	81.8%	1-10	9.1%	8-12	40.0%	2-2	50.0%	2	1	7-8	46.7%

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
Benes/Kubala lead the series against the field 25-16 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 4 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Brink/Reckermann, Germany 0-5
8/4/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool L	Brink/Reckermann	3	Benes/Kubala	19	21-15, 21-16	0:38
7/15/11	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool K	Brink/Reckermann	2	Benes/Kubala	15	21-17, 21-15	0:46
6/30/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool M	Brink/Reckermann	4	Benes/Kubala	20	21-14, 22-20	0:37
8/7/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Winner 3	Brink/Reckermann	2	Benes/Kubala	23	21-14, 21-19	0:39
6/19/09	CEV	German Masters	Winner 2	Brink/Reckermann	1	Benes/Kubala	9	21-8, 21-15	0:37
Series tied with # 2 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 4-4
8/11/11	CEV	CEV European Championship Final	Pool K	Fijalek/Prudel	2	Benes/Kubala	15	25-23, 17-21, 15-12	0:52
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
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
Lead the series against # 5 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 # 6 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
Lead the series against # 8 Chevallier/Heyer, Switzerland 1-0
7/8/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 1	Benes/Kubala	22	Chevallier/Heyer	10	16-21, 21-14, 16-14	0:52
Lead the series against # 11 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
Trail the series against # 13 Skarlund/Spinnangr, Norway 0-2
8/12/11	CEV	CEV European Championship Final	Winner 1	Skarlund/Spinnangr	13	Benes/Kubala	15	21-14, 21-15	0:34
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 # 14 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 3-2
6/9/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool E	Klemperer/Koreng	5	Benes/Kubala	12	21-16, 21-12	0:32
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
Lead the series against # 18 Samoilovs/Sorokins, Latvia 6-1
8/10/11	CEV	CEV European Championship Final	Pool K	Benes/Kubala	15	Samoilovs/Sorokins	18	21-15, 21-15	0:36
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 # 22 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 3-0
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 # 24 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 # 27 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
Lead the series against # 29 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 # 31 Giginoglu/Sahin, Türkiye 1-0
8/11/11	CEV	CEV European Championship Final	Pool K	Benes/Kubala	15	Giginoglu/Sahin	31	21-15, 21-15	0:31
Trail the series against # 32 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