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European Championship Tour
€ 100,000 Swiss Masters
May 22 - 25, 2008

(6) 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 Lucerne Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Petr Benes - 17th	Josef Benes - 17th
2006	Petr Benes - 13th	Josef Benes - 13th
2007	Petr Benes - 9th	Josef Benes - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	4/17-20/2008	Spanish Masters	11	13th	180	€ 1,200.00
CEV	8/24-26/2007	European Championship	24	17th	160	€ 1,000.00
CEV	8/9-12/2007	Dutch Masters	5	9th	240	€ 1,950.00
CEV	7/5-8/2007	Swiss Masters	2	9th	240	€ 1,950.00
FIVB C&S	6/28-7/1/2007	Brno Challenger	24	7th	40	US$1,200.00
CEV	6/14-17/2007	German Masters	2	5th	360	€ 3,000.00
CEV	5/31-6/3/2007	Russian Masters	8	7th	300	€ 2,475.00

Swiss Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 5/23/2008	Winner 1	Grzegorz Fijalek / Mariusz Prudel, Poland (11)	Lost 17-21, 23-21, 8-15	0:57
Fri, 5/23/2008	Contender 1	Javier Luna / Francisco Alfredo Marco, Spain (3)	Lost 19-21, 19-21	0:44

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	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,200.00	3	2	60.0 %
2007	CEV	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	$11,675.00	9	12	42.9 %
2008	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$2,400.00	0	4	0.0 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
Total	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$3,500.00	7	5	58.3 %
Total	CEV	19	0	0	0	1	1	3	4	4	6	0	0	$30,475.00	24	38	38.7 %
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	1	0	0	0	0	$600.00	2007	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$600.00
6	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	0	$5,837.50	2007	CEV	6	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	0	$5,837.50
											2008	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$1,250.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$1,200.00	2008	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$1,200.00
33	0	0	0	3	5	10	8	1	6	$19,362.50	Total	Total	37	0	0	0	3	6	10	9	2	7	$22,312.50

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%
2007-2008	4	40.0%	4	40.0%	2	20.0%	8-2	80.0%	2	11.1%	2	11.1%	14	77.8%	2-16	11.1%	4-14	22.2%	6-4	60.0%	0	0	10-18	35.7%
Against the Field	1	25.0%	2	50.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	0	0.0%	2	28.6%	5	71.4%	0-7	0.0%	2-10	16.7%	4-6	40.0%	0	0	3-8	27.3%

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 4-6 (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 # 2 Heuscher/Heyer, Switzerland 0-1
7/6/07	CEV	Swiss Masters	Contender 2	Heuscher/Heyer	13	Benes/Benes	2	21-18, 21-17	0:38
Trail the series against # 3 Luna/Marco, Spain 0-2
5/23/08	CEV	Swiss Masters	Contender 1	Luna/Marco	3	Benes/Benes	6	21-19, 21-19	0:44
4/18/08	CEV	Spanish Masters	Contender 1	Luna/Marco	14	Benes/Benes	11	21-15, 15-21, 15-10	0:56
Series tied with # 5 Babich/Nikolaev, Ukraine 1-1
6/1/07	CEV	Russian Masters	Winner 1	Benes/Benes	8	Babich/Nikolaev	9	21-12, 16-21, 15-10	0:51
6/16/06	CEV	Russian Masters	Contender 2	Babich/Nikolaev	8	Benes/Benes	6	21-14, 27-25	0:42
Trail the series against # 11 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 0-1
5/23/08	CEV	Swiss Masters	Winner 1	Fijalek/Prudel	11	Benes/Benes	6	21-17, 21-23, 15-8	0:57
Trail the series against # Q1 Blauel/Huber, Austria 0-1
7/6/07	CEV	Swiss Masters	Winner 1	Blauel/Huber	15	Benes/Benes	2	18-21, 21-15, 17-15	0:57
Lead the series against # Q3 Kern/Lammens, Germany 1-0
8/10/07	CEV	Dutch Masters	Contender 1	Benes/Benes	5	Kern/Lammens	13	21-19, 15-21, 15-9	0:48
Lead the series against # Q5 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
Lead the series against # Q11 Sutter/Weingart, Switzerland 1-0
6/30/07	FIVB C&S	Brno Challenger	Contender 3	Benes/Benes	24	Sutter/Weingart	20, Q6	21-18, 21-18	0:39