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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$440,000 Transavia The Hague Grand Slam
June 11 - 16, 2013

(20) 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
2011	Premysl Kubala - 4th	Petr Benes - 4th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/14-19/2012	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	8	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	7/28-8/9/2012	London 2012 Olympic Games	14	17th	0	US$0.00
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

The Hague Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/12/2013	Pool D	Sebastian Dollinger / Stefan Windscheif, Germany (13)	Lost 21-15, 15-21, 7-15	0:42
Thu, 6/13/2013	Pool D	Bruno Schmidt / Pedro Solberg, Brazil (4)	Lost 13-21, 21-15, 11-15	0:48
Thu, 6/13/2013	Pool D	Adrian Gavira / Pablo Herrera, Spain (29, Q12)	Lost 20-22, 20-22	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	11	0	0	0	1	1	1	5	0	3	0	0	$85,200.00	29	24	54.7 %
2012	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	3	3	0	$49,500.00	14	23	37.8 %
2013	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,750.00	0	3	0.0 %
Total	FIVB	38	0	0	0	1	3	4	9	1	12	8	0	$225,300.00	82	86	48.8 %

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
11	0	0	0	1	2	5	3	0	0	$42,600.00	2011	FIVB	11	0	0	0	1	2	5	3	0	0	$42,600.00
9	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	3	0	$24,750.00	2012	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	3	0	$24,750.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,375.00	2013	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,375.00
59	0	0	0	2	9	11	16	12	9	$124,350.00	Total	Total	117	0	0	1	2	9	27	30	22	26	$184,350.00

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%
2012-2013	11	55.0%	3	15.0%	6	30.0%	14-6	70.0%	3	11.1%	7	25.9%	17	63.0%	3-24	11.1%	11-17	39.3%	6-13	31.6%	0	1	17-31	35.4%
Against the Field	11	44.0%	4	16.0%	10	40.0%	15-10	60.0%	5	16.1%	5	16.1%	21	67.7%	5-26	16.1%	22-40	35.5%	18-30	37.5%	0	1	20-36	35.7%

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
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 trail the series against the field 18-31 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 12 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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 # 2 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 # 4 Schmidt/Solberg, Brazil 0-1
6/13/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool D	Schmidt/Solberg	4	Benes/Kubala	20	21-13, 15-21, 15-11	0:48
Trail the series against # 6 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
Trail the series against # 7 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 3-4
8/16/12	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool Q	Fijalek/Prudel	9	Benes/Kubala	8	21-13, 21-15	0:31
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 # 8 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 1-2
7/11/12	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool L	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	30, Q6	Benes/Kubala	14	21-16, 21-12	0:31
7/6/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool K	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	31	Benes/Kubala	15	18-21, 21-12, 15-11	0:45
6/10/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool K	Benes/Kubala	18	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	31, Q11	22-20, 21-17	0:37
Lead the series against # 11 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 3-0
5/24/12	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 2	Benes/Kubala	9	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	25, Q5	22-20, 24-22	0:46
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 # 12 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 # 13 Dollinger/Windscheif, Germany 2-1
6/12/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool D	Dollinger/Windscheif	13	Benes/Kubala	20	15-21, 21-15, 15-7	0:42
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 # 14 Dyachenko/Sidorenko, Kazakhstan 0-2
7/11/12	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool L	Dyachenko/Sidorenko	19	Benes/Kubala	14	34-32, 21-19	0:54
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 # 18 Doppler/Horst, Austria 0-1
8/17/12	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool Q	Doppler/Horst	25	Benes/Kubala	8	21-23, 21-18, 15-12	0:53
Trail the series against # 22, Q1 Huber/Seidl, Austria 0-1
8/16/12	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool Q	Huber/Seidl	24, Q5	Benes/Kubala	8	21-17, 21-16	0:31
Trail the series against # 27, Q7 Bockermann/Urbatzka, Germany 0-1
7/29/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool K	Bockermann/Urbatzka	31, Q25	Benes/Kubala	18	15-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:48
Trail the series against # 29, Q12 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 4-6
6/13/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool D	Gavira/Herrera	29, Q12	Benes/Kubala	20	22-20, 22-20	0:39
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
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 # Q10 Mullner/Wutzl, Austria 1-0
6/15/12	FIVB	Grand Slam Rome	Winner 1	Benes/Kubala	16	Mullner/Wutzl	31, Q17	21-18, 21-17	0:34
Lead the series against # Q13 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