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European Championship Tour
€ 110,000 Nestea German Masters
May 31 - June 3, 2006

(3) Josef Benes/Petr Benes, Czech Republic

Josef Benes
Czech Republic

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 29, 1970 (55 yrs old)

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 (51 yrs old)

Home Town:

Praha

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 Hamburg Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB C&S	5/25-28/2006	Czech Republic Challenger	23	4th	56	US$2,300.00
CEV	5/17-21/2006	Turkish Masters	11	9th	240	€ 1,950.00
CEV	8/25-28/2005	European Championship Final	18	17th	40	€ 1,000.00
CEV	8/7-9/2005	Swiss Open		17th	20	€ 500.00
CEV	7/7-10/2005	Spanish Open		17th	20	€ 500.00

German Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 6/2/2006	Winner 1	Reinder Nummerdor / Richard Schuil, Netherlands (14)	Lost 32-34, 10-21	0:44
Fri, 6/2/2006	Contender 1	John Garcia-Thompson / Alex Ortiz, Spain (6)	Won By Forfeit
Fri, 6/2/2006	Contender 2	Riccardo Lione / Matteo Varnier, Italy (1)	Won 21-18, 24-22	0:42
Fri, 6/2/2006	Contender 3	Tim Joosen / Dieter Melis, Belgium (10)	Lost 23-25, 21-19, 14-16	1:00

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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,400.00
Challenger	5	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	$4,500.00
Confederation Championship	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$3,000.00
Total	15	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	6	1	0	$8,900.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Josef Benes												Petr Benes
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$5,900.00
											Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	25	0	0	0	0	3	7	7	6	0	$75,400.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$700.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	27	0	0	0	1	4	4	4	7	0	$43,575.00
5	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	$2,250.00	Challenger	6	0	0	0	1	2	0	3	0	0	$3,250.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$1,500.00	Confederation Championship	7	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	0	0	$5,375.00
15	0	0	0	1	1	0	6	1	0	$4,450.00	Total	68	0	0	0	2	10	12	21	13	0	$133,500.00

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
2004	CEV	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,250.00	5	3	62.5 %
2004	CEV C&S	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	7	7	50.0 %
2005	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	$2,000.00	4	7	36.4 %
2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,300.00	4	3	57.1 %
2006	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$4,425.00	3	4	42.9 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,300.00	4	3	57.1 %
Total	CEV	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	$9,675.00	12	14	46.2 %
Total	CEV C&S	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	7	7	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Josef Benes													Petr Benes
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$700.00	1997	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	$1,400.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	1997	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	1998	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00	1998	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$675.00	2000	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$675.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,625.00	2004	CEV	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,625.00
2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$750.00	2004	CEV C&S	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$750.00
											2005	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	$1,000.00	2005	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	$1,000.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,150.00	2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,150.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$2,212.50	2006	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$2,212.50
19	0	0	0	3	1	3	6	1	5	$8,362.50	Total	Total	21	0	0	0	3	2	3	6	2	5	$10,062.50

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	14	56.0%	6	24.0%	5	20.0%	20-5	80.0%	4	10.3%	6	15.4%	29	74.4%	4-35	10.3%	14-29	32.6%	10-11	47.6%	1	0	25-40	38.5%
2005-2006	7	63.6%	1	9.1%	3	27.3%	8-3	72.7%	1	5.9%	4	23.5%	12	70.6%	1-16	5.9%	7-12	36.8%	2-7	22.2%	1	0	10-19	34.5%
Against the Field	6	85.7%	1	14.3%	0	0.0%	7-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	2	14.3%	12	85.7%	0-14	0.0%	12-22	35.3%	2-4	33.3%	1	0	8-13	38.1%

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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Challenger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	8	7
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6
Total	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	6	0	1	0	1	0	0	9	14

Head to Head Results
Benes/Benes trail the series against the field 5-6 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 4 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Lione/Varnier, Italy 1-2
6/2/06	CEV	German Masters	Contender 2	Benes/Benes	3	Lione/Varnier	1	21-18, 24-22	0:42
5/19/06	CEV	Turkish Masters	Winner 1	Lione/Varnier	6	Benes/Benes	11	21-12, 27-25	0:43
7/7/05	CEV	Spanish Open	Qualifier 3	Lione/Varnier	13	Benes/Benes		21-19, 19-21, 15-11	0:57
Lead the series against # 6 Garcia-Thompson/Ortiz, Spain 1-0
6/2/06	CEV	German Masters	Contender 1	Benes/Benes	3	Garcia-Thompson/Ortiz	6	By Forfeit
Series tied with # 9 Galli/Raffaelli, Italy 1-1
5/27/06	FIVB C&S	Czech Republic Challenger	Contender 5	Benes/Benes	23	Galli/Raffaelli	2	21-14, 24-22	0:47
9/12/04	CEV	Spanish Open	Bronze Medal	Galli/Raffaelli		Benes/Benes		22-20, 21-16	0:58
Trail the series against # 10 Joosen/Melis, Belgium 0-1
6/2/06	CEV	German Masters	Contender 3	Joosen/Melis	10	Benes/Benes	3	25-23, 19-21, 16-14	1:00
Lead the series against # 12 Indra/Wachter, Liechtenstein 1-0
8/26/05	CEV	European Championship Final	Winner 1	Benes/Benes	18	Indra/Wachter	15	21-10, 21-17	0:34
Trail the series against # 14 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-1
6/2/06	CEV	German Masters	Winner 1	Nummerdor/Schuil	14	Benes/Benes	3	34-32, 21-10	0:44
Lead the series against Dudicov/Tcacenco, Moldova 1-0
5/11/05	CEV	Turkish Open	Qualifier 1	Benes/Benes		Dudicov/Tcacenco		21-18, 21-17	0:32
Trail the series against Krug/Urbatzka, Germany 0-1
7/7/05	CEV	Spanish Open	Qualifier 4	Krug/Urbatzka	14	Benes/Benes		22-20, 24-22	0:47