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European Championship Tour
€ 87,000 Spanish Open
September 9 - 12, 2004

Josef Benes/Petr Benes, Czech Republic

Josef Benes
Czech Republic

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 29, 1970 (54 yrs old)

Resides:

Prague

Height:

194 cm (6'4")

Weight:

85 kg (187 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (3 times)

Career CEV Best:

4th (Valencia 2004)

Career Winnings:

US$28,740.53

Petr Benes
Czech Republic

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 27, 1974 (49 yrs old)

Home Town:

Praha

Resides:

Prague

Height:

197 cm (6'6")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (5 times)

Career CEV Best:

4th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$166,067.37

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	41	57	Money
CEV	21	0	0	0	1	1	3	6	4	5	1	0	0	0	US$44,306.40
CEV C&S	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$1,843.28
FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	US$1,400.00
FIVB C&S	5	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	US$4,500.00
Overall	35	0	0	0	3	1	4	7	4	8	1	1	1	5	US$52,049.68

Previous Valencia Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV C&S	8/6-8/2004	Slavkov Challenger		4	14	€ 800.00
CEV C&S	6/3-6/2004	Zagreb Challenger		9	20	€ 700.00

Spanish Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 9/9/2004		Hugo Huesca / Javier Mora, Spain	Won 21-10, 21-14	0:32
Thu, 9/9/2004		Alexandr Dyachenko / Oleksiy Kulinich, Ukraine	Won 21-13, 21-16	0:42
Fri, 9/10/2004	Pool A	Haroldas Cyvas / Marius Vasiliauskas, Lithuania	Won 21-10, 21-15	0:37
Fri, 9/10/2004	Pool A	Kim Hellum / Jorre Kjemperud, Norway	Won 19-21, 23-21, 21-17	1:03
Sat, 9/11/2004	Pool A	Jorg Ahmann / Axel Hager, Germany	Lost 23-25, 17-21	0:46
Sat, 9/11/2004	Winner 1	Espen Goranson / Vegard Hoidalen, Norway	Won 21-12, 13-21, 15-8	0:53
Sat, 9/11/2004	Semi-Finals	Christoph Dieckmann / Andreas Scheuerpflug, Germany	Lost 16-21, 20-22	0:42
Sun, 9/12/2004	Bronze Medal	Fabio Galli / Andrea Raffaelli, Italy	Lost 20-22, 16-21	0:58

Head to Head Results
Benes/Benes lead the series against the field 5-4

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against Ahmann/Hager, Germany 0-1
9/11/04	CEV	Spanish Open	Pool A	Ahmann/Hager		Benes/Benes		25-23, 21-17	0:46
Lead the series against Cyvas/Vasiliauskas, Lithuania 1-0
9/10/04	CEV	Spanish Open	Pool A	Benes/Benes		Cyvas/Vasiliauskas		21-10, 21-15	0:37
Trail the series against De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 0-1
8/7/04	CEV C&S	Slavkov Challenger	Pool C	De Gruijter/Ronnes		Benes/Benes		21-14, 21-9	0:27
Trail the series against Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug, Germany 0-1
9/11/04	CEV	Spanish Open	Semi-Finals	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug		Benes/Benes		21-16, 22-20	0:42
Lead the series against Dyachenko/Kulinich, Ukraine 1-0
9/9/04	CEV	Spanish Open		Benes/Benes		Dyachenko/Kulinich		21-13, 21-16	0:42
Trail the series against Galli/Raffaelli, Italy 0-1
9/12/04	CEV	Spanish Open	Bronze Medal	Galli/Raffaelli		Benes/Benes		22-20, 21-16	0:58
Lead the series against Goranson/Hoidalen, Norway 1-0
9/11/04	CEV	Spanish Open	Winner 1	Benes/Benes		Goranson/Hoidalen		21-12, 13-21, 15-8	0:53
Lead the series against Hellum/Kjemperud, Norway 1-0
9/10/04	CEV	Spanish Open	Pool A	Benes/Benes		Hellum/Kjemperud		19-21, 23-21, 21-17	1:03
Lead the series against Huesca/Mora, Spain 1-0
9/9/04	CEV	Spanish Open		Benes/Benes		Huesca/Mora		21-10, 21-14	0:32