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US$1,000,000 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships Mazury 2013
July 2 - 7, 2013

(34) 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 Stare Jablonki Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2007	Did not play	Jaroslav Pavlas - 9th
2008	Martin Tichy - 25th	Did not play
2009	Premysl Kubala - 17th	Petr Benes - 17th
2010	Premysl Kubala - 5th	Petr Benes - 5th
2011	Premysl Kubala - 17th	Petr Benes - 17th
2012	Premysl Kubala - 25th	Petr Benes - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/18-23/2013	Rome Grand Slam	32, Q22	25th	240	US$2,750.00
FIVB	6/11-16/2013	The Hague Grand Slam	20	25th	240	US$2,750.00
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

Stare Jablonki World Championships Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Tue, 7/2/2013

Pool J

Clemens Doppler / Alexander Horst, Austria (15)

Lost 17-21, 13-21

0:32

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Petr Benes	Total	19	12	0	0.632	0	4	1	4
	1	9	6	0	0.667	0	3	1	2
	2	10	6	0	0.600	0	1	0	2
Premysl Kubala	Total	18	10	3	0.389	1	3	0	2
	1	12	6	3	0.250	1	2	0	1
	2	6	4	0	0.667	0	1	0	1

Wed, 7/3/2013

Pool J

Alvaro Filho / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (10)

Lost 16-21, 20-22

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Petr Benes	Total	26	15	5	0.385	2	0	1	1
	1	13	7	2	0.385	1	0	1	1
	2	13	8	3	0.385	1	0	0	0
Premysl Kubala	Total	13	5	4	0.077	1	1	0	1
	1	5	2	1	0.200	0	1	0	1
	2	8	3	3	0.000	1	0	0	0

Thu, 7/4/2013

Pool J

Alexey Kuleshov / Dmitriy Yakovlev, Kazakhstan (39)

Won 21-16, 26-28, 15-13

0:52

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Petr Benes	Total	51	30	8	0.431	0	6	0	7
	1	19	9	2	0.368	0	1	0	1
	2	22	13	5	0.364	0	3	0	4
	3	10	8	1	0.700	0	2	0	2
Premysl Kubala	Total	13	10	0	0.769	5	3	1	4
	1	3	2	0	0.667	4	0	0	1
	2	6	5	0	0.833	0	1	1	3
	3	4	3	0	0.750	1	2	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Petr Benes	96	57	13	0.458	2	10	2	12
Premysl Kubala	44	25	7	0.409	7	7	1	7
Total	140	82	20	0.443	9	17	3	19
Opponents	140	93	21	0.514	10	24	10	18

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

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 trail the series against the field 21-37 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 15 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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 # 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 # 5 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 # 7 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-4
6/21/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool A	Nummerdor/Schuil	17	Benes/Kubala	32, Q22	21-15, 21-12	0:32
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 # 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
Trail the series against # 9 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 1-2
6/19/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool A	Lupo/Nicolai	1	Benes/Kubala	32, Q22	21-13, 21-13	0:33
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
Trail the series against # 10 Filho/Santos, Brazil 0-1
7/3/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Pool J	Filho/Santos	10	Benes/Kubala	34	21-16, 22-20	0:35
Lead the series against # 11 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
Lead the series against # 12 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
Trail the series against # 13 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
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 # 15 Doppler/Horst, Austria 0-2
7/2/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Pool J	Doppler/Horst	15	Benes/Kubala	34	21-17, 21-13	0:32
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 # 18 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 # 21 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
Trail the series against # 22 Huber/Seidl, Austria 0-2
6/20/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool A	Huber/Seidl	16	Benes/Kubala	32, Q22	21-15, 21-23, 17-15	0:53
8/16/12	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool Q	Huber/Seidl	24, Q5	Benes/Kubala	8	21-17, 21-16	0:31
Lead the series against # 32 Hernandez/Villafane, Venezuela 1-0
6/18/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Benes/Kubala	32, Q22	Hernandez/Villafane	Q6	21-18, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # 33 Hyden/Lucena, United States 1-0
6/18/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Benes/Kubala	32, Q22	Hyden/Lucena	Q11	15-21, 21-14, 15-10	0:46
Trail the series against # 35 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 # 39 Kuleshov/Yakovlev, Kazakhstan 1-0
7/4/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Pool J	Benes/Kubala	34	Kuleshov/Yakovlev	39	21-16, 26-28, 15-13	0:52
Lead the series against # 42 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 # 43 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
Trail the series against # 44 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