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European Championship Tour
€ 110,000 Nestea Austrian Masters
May 17 - 20, 2007

(10) 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 St. Pölten Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	8/25-28/2006	European Championship Final	21	17th	160	€ 1,000.00
CEV	8/5-8/2006	Swiss Masters	9	13th	180	€ 1,300.00
CEV	7/20-23/2006	Spanish Masters	7	7th	300	€ 2,475.00
CEV	6/15-18/2006	Russian Masters	6	9th	240	€ 1,950.00
FIVB	6/7-11/2006	Italian Open	Q43	57th	6	US$0.00
CEV	5/31-6/3/2006	German Masters	3	7th	300	€ 2,475.00
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

Austrian Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/17/2007	Qualifier 2	Mait Murs / Martti Rosenblatt, Estonia	Won 21-14, 28-26	0:49
Thu, 5/17/2007	Qualifier 3	Adrian Gavira / Francisco Alfredo Marco, Spain	Won 17-21, 24-22, 15-12
Thu, 5/17/2007	Qualifier 4	Robert Kufa / Pavel Rotrekl, Czech Republic	Won 21-18, 14-21, 15-13	0:46
Fri, 5/18/2007	Winner 1	Riccardo Lione / Matteo Varnier, Italy (7)	Lost 18-21, 14-21	0:38
Fri, 5/18/2007	Contender 1	Premysl Kubala / Jaroslav Pavlas, Czech Republic (15)	Lost 15-21, 8-21	0:35

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
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	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	1	0	0	$11,150.00	6	12	33.3 %
2007	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,300.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
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	12	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	2	5	0	0	$17,700.00	18	24	42.9 %
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	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2006	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
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
6	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	0	$5,575.00	2006	CEV	6	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	0	$5,575.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$650.00	2007	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$650.00
25	0	0	0	3	2	6	7	1	6	$12,375.00	Total	Total	27	0	0	0	3	3	6	7	2	6	$14,075.00

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	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%
2006-2007	7	43.8%	4	25.0%	5	31.3%	11-5	68.8%	3	13.6%	1	4.5%	18	81.8%	3-19	13.6%	7-18	28.0%	7-6	53.8%	1	0	15-24	38.5%
Against the Field	7	50.0%	4	28.6%	3	21.4%	11-3	78.6%	2	11.1%	1	5.6%	15	83.3%	2-16	11.1%	14-30	31.8%	12-8	60.0%	0	0	13-19	40.6%

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 8-12 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 9 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 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
Trail the series against # 3 Egger/Laciga, Switzerland 0-1
5/19/06	CEV	Turkish Masters	Contender 2	Egger/Laciga	1	Benes/Benes	11	28-26, 21-18	0:48
Trail the series against # 5 Doppler/Gartmayer, Austria 0-1
7/22/06	CEV	Spanish Masters	Contender 3	Doppler/Gartmayer	14	Benes/Benes	7	20-22, 21-13, 15-11	0:54
Trail the series against # 6 Herrera/Mesa, Spain 0-2
8/7/06	CEV	Swiss Masters	Winner 1	Herrera/Mesa	8	Benes/Benes	9	19-21, 21-17, 17-15	0:55
7/21/06	CEV	Spanish Masters	Winner 1	Herrera/Mesa	10	Benes/Benes	7	27-25, 21-16	0:56
Trail the series against # 7 Lione/Varnier, Italy 1-3
5/18/07	CEV	Austrian Masters	Winner 1	Lione/Varnier	7	Benes/Benes	10	21-18, 21-14	0:38
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
Trail the series against # 9 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 0-1
8/7/05	CEV	Swiss Open	Qualifier 3	Kjemperud/Skarlund	10	Benes/Benes		21-16, 21-16	0:36
Trail the series against # 14 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 # 15 Kubala/Pavlas, Czech Republic 0-1
5/18/07	CEV	Austrian Masters	Contender 1	Kubala/Pavlas	15	Benes/Benes	10	21-15, 21-8	0:35
Lead the series against # 16 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 Babich/Nikolaev, Ukraine 0-1
6/16/06	CEV	Russian Masters	Contender 2	Babich/Nikolaev	8	Benes/Benes	6	21-14, 27-25	0:42
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
Lead the series against Gavira/Marco, Spain 1-0
5/17/07	CEV	Austrian Masters	Qualifier 3	Benes/Benes	10	Gavira/Marco		17-21, 24-22, 15-12
Lead the series against Klyamar/Kutsmus, Ukraine 1-0
7/21/06	CEV	Spanish Masters	Contender 1	Benes/Benes	7	Klyamar/Kutsmus	15	23-21, 21-19	0:41
Lead the series against Kolar/Tichy, Czech Republic 1-0
5/26/06	FIVB C&S	Czech Republic Challenger	Winner 1	Benes/Benes	23	Kolar/Tichy	10	21-16, 21-15	0:39
Lead the series against Kufa/Rotrekl, Czech Republic 1-0
5/17/07	CEV	Austrian Masters	Qualifier 4	Benes/Benes	10	Kufa/Rotrekl		21-18, 14-21, 15-13	0:46
Lead the series against Murs/Rosenblatt, Estonia 1-0
5/17/07	CEV	Austrian Masters	Qualifier 2	Benes/Benes	10	Murs/Rosenblatt		21-14, 28-26	0:49