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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$175,000 Italian Open presented by Abruzzo
May 13 - 18, 2008

(Q25) Petr Benes/Martin Tichy, 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

Martin Tichy
Czech Republic

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 7, 1986 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Prague

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

95 kg (209 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB C&S Vaduz 2008)

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (Malbork 2019)

Career Winnings:

US$28,842.13

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	41	Money
FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	US$14,100.00

Previous Roseto degli Abruzzi Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
FIVB C&S 2005	Did not play	Petr Nezdaril - 13th
2006	Josef Benes - 57th	Did not play
2007	Did not play	Pavel Kolar - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/6-11/2008	Prague Open	10	17th	120	US$2,500.00

Italian Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/14/2008	Qualifier 1	Ronny Berntsen / Kim Hellum, Norway (Q40)	Won 21-16, 21-10	0:40
Wed, 5/14/2008	Qualifier 2	Fabien Dugrip / Gregory Gagliano, France (25, Q8)	Lost 21-19, 20-22, 10-15	0:58

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$8,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	$6,100.00
Total	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	$14,100.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Petr Benes												Martin Tichy
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
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$5,900.00	World Championships
25	0	0	0	0	3	7	7	6	0	$75,400.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	19	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	$7,750.00
27	0	0	0	1	4	4	4	7	0	$43,575.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	31	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	6	0	$13,700.00
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	9	0	0	0	0	1	2	6	0	0	$1,350.00
6	0	0	0	1	2	0	3	0	0	$3,250.00	Challenger	9	0	0	0	1	2	5	0	1	0	$5,175.00
											Satellite	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00
											U21 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00
61	0	0	0	2	9	11	16	13	0	$128,125.00	Total	71	0	1	0	1	4	10	10	9	0	$28,725.00

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	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$2,500.00	2	3	40.0 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$2,500.00	2	3	40.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Petr Benes													Martin Tichy
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	$1,400.00	1997	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	1997	FIVB C&S
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	1998	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00	1998	FIVB C&S
											2004	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	2005	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$350.00
											2005	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2006	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$1,000.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,150.00	2006	FIVB C&S	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$1,700.00
											2007	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$800.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$600.00	2007	FIVB C&S	3	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	$2,525.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$1,250.00	2008	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$1,250.00
15	0	0	0	1	2	0	3	2	7	$5,650.00	Total	Total	21	0	0	0	1	3	5	1	3	8	$7,625.00

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	6	75.0%	0	0.0%	2	25.0%	6-2	75.0%	3	27.3%	2	18.2%	6	54.5%	3-8	27.3%	6-6	50.0%	3-4	42.9%	0	0	9-10	47.4%
2007-2008	6	75.0%	0	0.0%	2	25.0%	6-2	75.0%	3	27.3%	2	18.2%	6	54.5%	3-8	27.3%	6-6	50.0%	3-4	42.9%	0	0	9-10	47.4%
Against the Field	4	66.7%	0	0.0%	2	33.3%	4-2	66.7%	2	28.6%	2	28.6%	3	42.9%	2-5	28.6%	8-6	57.1%	4-8	33.3%	0	0	6-7	46.2%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	2	1	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	7
Total	0	0	5	2	2	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	10

Head to Head Results
Benes/Tichy trail the series against the field 2-3 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 20, Q13 Fuerbringer/Jennings, United States 0-1
5/8/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 1	Fuerbringer/Jennings	23, Q10	Benes/Tichy	10	21-17, 19-21, 15-9	1:00
Trail the series against # 25, Q8 Dugrip/Gagliano, France 0-1
5/14/08	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 2	Dugrip/Gagliano	25, Q8	Benes/Tichy	Q25	19-21, 22-20, 15-10	0:58
Lead the series against # 26 Li/Zhou, China 1-0
5/8/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 1	Benes/Tichy	10	Li/Zhou	26	16-21, 22-20, 15-9	0:59
Trail the series against # Q3 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 0-1
5/9/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 2	De Gruijter/Ronnes	24, Q2	Benes/Tichy	10	21-12, 21-15	0:37
Lead the series against # Q40 Berntsen/Hellum, Norway 1-0
5/14/08	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 1	Benes/Tichy	Q25	Berntsen/Hellum	Q40	21-16, 21-10	0:40