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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
London 2012 Olympic Games
July 28 - August 9, 2012

(14) 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 London Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/10-14/2012	Berlin Grand Slam	14	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	7/3-8/2012	Gstaad Grand Slam	15	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2012	Grand Slam Rome	16	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	6/7-12/2012	Moscow Grand Slam	18	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	5/22-27/2012	Prague Open	9	7th	300	US$7,600.00
FIVB	5/8-13/2012	Beijing Grand Slam	13	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	5/1-6/2012	Shanghai Grand Slam	13	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	10/4-9/2011	Agadir Open	8	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/23-28/2011	The Hague Open	6	4th	420	US$11,200.00
FIVB	8/16-21/2011	Åland Open	8	9th	240	US$6,000.00

London 2012 Olympic Games Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sun, 7/29/2012

Pool B

Adrian Gavira / Pablo Herrera, Spain (11)

Lost 23-25, 16-21

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Petr Benes	Total	43	23	0	0.535	4	11	0	9
	1	33	17	0	0.515	1	9	0	6
	2	10	6	0	0.600	3	2	0	3
Premysl Kubala	Total	10	6	0	0.600	3	2	0	3
	1	10	6	0	0.600	3	2	0	3
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Tue, 7/31/2012

Pool B

Kentaro Asahi / Katsuhiro Shiratori, Japan (23)

Won 17-21, 21-12, 15-7

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Petr Benes	Total	45	25	0	0.556	0	14	4	3
	1	45	25	0	0.556	0	14	4	3
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Premysl Kubala	Total	11	7	0	0.636	5	4	1	2
	1	11	7	0	0.636	5	4	1	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Thu, 8/2/2012

Pool B

Phil Dalhausser / Todd Rogers, United States (2)

Lost 13-21, 15-21

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Petr Benes	Total	10	6	0	0.600	0	7	0	3
	1	10	6	0	0.600	0	7	0	3
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Premysl Kubala	Total	27	13	0	0.481	1	2	0	2
	1	27	13	0	0.481	1	2	0	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Thu, 8/2/2012

Lucky Loser

Jonathan Erdmann / Kay Matysik, Germany (8)

Lost 21-15, 19-21, 13-15

0:55

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Petr Benes	Total	42	19	0	0.452	0	16	0	3
	1	42	19	0	0.452	0	16	0	3
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Premysl Kubala	Total	25	14	0	0.560	5	5	0	1
	1	25	14	0	0.560	5	5	0	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Petr Benes	140	73	0	0.521	4	48	4	18
Premysl Kubala	73	40	0	0.548	14	13	1	8
Total	213	113	0	0.531	18	61	5	26
Opponents	205	112	0	0.546	13	54	8	27

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
2011	World Championships	Rome	Premysl Kubala - 17th	Petr Benes - 17th
2013	World Championships	Stare Jablonki	Premysl Kubala - 33rd	Petr Benes - 33rd

Head to Head Results
Benes/Kubala trail the series against the field 27-42 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 9 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Cerutti/Rego, Brazil 1-5
7/5/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool K	Cerutti/Rego	2	Benes/Kubala	15	26-24, 21-16	0:39
6/15/12	FIVB	Grand Slam Rome	Pool J	Cerutti/Rego	1	Benes/Kubala	16	19-21, 27-25, 15-11	0:59
6/9/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool K	Cerutti/Rego	2	Benes/Kubala	18	18-21, 21-15, 15-11	0:49
7/2/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 2	Cerutti/Rego	1	Benes/Kubala	20	21-17, 21-18	0:35
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 # 2 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 1-5
8/2/12	FIVB	London 2012 Olympic Games	Pool B	Dalhausser/Rogers	2	Benes/Kubala	14	21-13, 21-15	0:35
5/25/12	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 3	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Benes/Kubala	9	21-13, 21-16	0:37
8/19/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Winner 3	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Benes/Kubala	8	21-17, 21-12	0:36
7/28/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool K	Benes/Kubala	18	Dalhausser/Rogers	2	23-21, 19-21, 16-14	0:58
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
Trail the series against # 3 Brink/Reckermann, Germany 0-5
10/7/11	FIVB	Agadir Open	Winner 3	Brink/Reckermann	1	Benes/Kubala	8	21-10, 21-16	0:36
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
Trail the series against # 4 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 2-5
7/12/12	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool L	Gibb/Rosenthal	3	Benes/Kubala	14	By Forfeit
7/6/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 1	Gibb/Rosenthal	3	Benes/Kubala	15	21-19, 21-15	0:36
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
Trail the series against # 5 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-3
6/11/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 2	Nummerdor/Schuil	1	Benes/Kubala	18	21-18, 21-15	0:39
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 # 7 Cunha/Santos, Brazil 1-4
6/16/12	FIVB	Grand Slam Rome	Winner 2	Benes/Kubala	16	Cunha/Santos	4	21-17, 25-23	0:46
5/26/12	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 5	Cunha/Santos	8	Benes/Kubala	9	21-11, 26-24	0:43
5/4/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool M	Cunha/Santos	4	Benes/Kubala	13	21-17, 20-22, 15-9	0:53
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
Trail the series against # 8 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 0-2
8/2/12	FIVB	London 2012 Olympic Games	Lucky Loser	Erdmann/Matysik	8	Benes/Kubala	14	15-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:55
10/7/11	FIVB	Agadir Open	Contender 4	Erdmann/Matysik	6	Benes/Kubala	8	21-14, 21-19	0:36
Series tied with # 9 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
Series tied with # 10 Wu/Xu, China 1-1
7/7/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool O	Wu/Xu	11	Benes/Kubala	22	11-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:45
8/7/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Winner 2	Benes/Kubala	23	Wu/Xu	6	21-19, 21-16	0:44
Trail the series against # 11 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 4-5
7/29/12	FIVB	London 2012 Olympic Games	Pool B	Gavira/Herrera	11	Benes/Kubala	14	25-23, 21-16	0:40
6/14/12	FIVB	Grand Slam Rome	Pool J	Benes/Kubala	16	Gavira/Herrera	17	21-18, 21-16	0:35
6/10/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 1	Benes/Kubala	18	Gavira/Herrera	14	22-20, 23-21	0:44
5/11/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool M	Benes/Kubala	13	Gavira/Herrera	4	22-20, 18-21, 15-10	0:48
7/7/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool O	Gavira/Herrera	6	Benes/Kubala	22	21-16, 19-21, 17-15	0:50
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
Series tied with # 13 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 1-1
6/9/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool K	Lupo/Nicolai	15	Benes/Kubala	18	21-19, 12-21, 16-14	0:48
8/27/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 6	Benes/Kubala	6	Lupo/Nicolai	7	21-16, 21-18	0:35
Lead the series against # 15 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 # 16 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 # 17 Plavins/Smedins, Latvia 2-1
5/10/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool M	Plavins/Smedins	20	Benes/Kubala	13	21-13, 27-29, 15-9	0:57
5/3/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool M	Benes/Kubala	13	Plavins/Smedins	20	27-25, 21-19	0:50
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 # 18 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 # 19 Binstock/Reader, Canada 1-0
5/24/12	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 1	Benes/Kubala	9	Binstock/Reader	24, Q16	21-17, 21-16	0:37
Lead the series against # 22 Prokopiev/Semenov, Russia 1-0
5/19/11	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 4	Benes/Kubala	9	Prokopiev/Semenov	21, Q4	21-16, 15-21, 15-13	0:48
Lead the series against # 23 Asahi/Shiratori, Japan 2-0
7/31/12	FIVB	London 2012 Olympic Games	Pool B	Benes/Kubala	14	Asahi/Shiratori	23	17-21, 21-12, 15-7	0:44
6/17/10	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 1	Benes/Kubala	9	Asahi/Shiratori	25, Q12	21-19, 25-23	0:43