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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 A1 Beach Volleyball Grand Slam presented by NOKIA
July 29 - August 3, 2008

(27, Q11) 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 Klagenfurt Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1997	Josef Benes - 25th	Did not play
1998	Josef Benes - 57th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/10-15/2008	Berlin Grand Slam	Q25	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	6/3-8/2008	Stare Jablonki Open	27, Q14	25th	60	US$1,800.00
FIVB	5/13-18/2008	Italian Open	Q25	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	5/6-11/2008	Prague Open	10	17th	120	US$2,500.00

Klagenfurt Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/30/2008	Qualifier 1	Martin Streitfellner / Manuel Traxler, Austria (Q22)	Won 21-11, 21-11	0:34
Wed, 7/30/2008	Qualifier 2	Philip Gabathuler / David Wenger, Switzerland (Q6)	Won 19-21, 21-13, 17-15	1:00
Thu, 7/31/2008	Pool F	Renato "Geor" Gomes / Gia Terceiro, Georgia (6)	Won 22-20, 21-10	0:44
Thu, 7/31/2008	Pool F	Kay Matysik / Stefan Uhmann, Germany (11)	Lost 19-21, 21-23	0:49
Fri, 8/1/2008	Pool F	Iver Horrem / Bjorn Maaseide, Norway (22)	Won 21-16, 22-20	0:44
Fri, 8/1/2008	Winner 1	Martins Plavins / Aleksandrs Samoilovs, Latvia (13)	Won 15-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:59
Sat, 8/2/2008	Winner 2	Jonas Reckermann / Mischa Urbatzka, Germany (3)	Lost 16-21, 14-21	0:41

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	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	$12,300.00	9	8	52.9 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	$12,300.00	9	8	52.9 %

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
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	$6,150.00	2008	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	$6,150.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00	2008	FIVB C&S
20	0	0	0	1	2	1	4	3	9	$10,800.00	Total	Total	24	0	0	0	1	3	6	1	4	9	$12,525.00

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	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	2	40.0%	0	0.0%	3	60.0%	2-3	40.0%	8-6	57.1%	4-0	100.0%	0	0	6-3	66.7%

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
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 lead the series against the field 6-2 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Reckermann/Urbatzka, Germany 0-1
8/2/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 2	Reckermann/Urbatzka	3	Benes/Tichy	27, Q11	21-16, 21-14	0:41
Lead the series against # 6 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 1-0
7/31/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool F	Benes/Tichy	27, Q11	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	6	22-20, 21-10	0:44
Trail the series against # 11 Matysik/Uhmann, Germany 0-1
7/31/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool F	Matysik/Uhmann	11	Benes/Tichy	27, Q11	21-19, 23-21	0:49
Lead the series against # 13 Plavins/Samoilovs, Latvia 2-0
8/1/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 1	Benes/Tichy	27, Q11	Plavins/Samoilovs	13	15-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:59
6/4/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Qualifier 3	Benes/Tichy	27, Q14	Plavins/Samoilovs	Q3	21-19, 22-20	0:40
Lead the series against # 22 Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 1-0
8/1/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool F	Benes/Tichy	27, Q11	Horrem/Maaseide	22	21-16, 22-20	0:44
Lead the series against # Q6 Gabathuler/Wenger, Switzerland 1-0
7/30/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Benes/Tichy	27, Q11	Gabathuler/Wenger	Q6	19-21, 21-13, 17-15	1:00
Lead the series against # Q22 Streitfellner/Traxler, Austria 1-0
7/30/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Benes/Tichy	27, Q11	Streitfellner/Traxler	Q22	21-11, 21-11	0:34