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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$350,000 Otera Open
August 8 - 12, 2007

(29, Q7) Andy Ces/Kevin Ces, France

Andy Cès
France

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 3, 1982 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Savigny sur orge

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

91 kg (200 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Manama 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$141,675.00

Kevin Cès
France

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 21, 1980 (45 yrs old)

Home Town:

Savigny-sur-Orge

Height:

194 cm (6'4")

Weight:

91 kg (200 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

140

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Porticcio 2004)

Career FIVB WT Best:

2nd (Manama 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$172,437.50

Awards

Most Improved Player 2008

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	76	0	1	0	2	3	2	6	7	17	17	13	8	US$264,250.00

Previous Kristiansand Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/1-5/2007	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Q13	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	7/18-22/2007	Marseille Open	28	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	7/10-15/2007	Berlin Grand Slam	31, Q10	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	7/3-8/2007	Montréal Open	26, Q2	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2007	Stavanger Grand Slam	Q10	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2007	Paris Grand Slam	31	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/5-10/2007	Zagreb Open	Q8	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	5/23-27/2007	Italian Open	Q3	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	5/8-12/2007	Bahrain Open	28, Q8	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	5/1-5/2007	Shanghai Open	Q4	33rd	30	US$0.00

Kristiansand Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/8/2007	Qualifier 1	Eskil Holtan / Oyvind Wergeland, Norway (Q26)	Won 17-21, 21-15, 15-4	0:48
Wed, 8/8/2007	Qualifier 2	Roman Arkaev / Alexander Kuzmichev, Russia (Q10)	Won 21-17, 21-19	0:38
Thu, 8/9/2007	Winner 1	Penggen Wu / Linyin Xu, China (4)	Lost 15-21, 21-16, 10-15	0:50
Thu, 8/9/2007	Contender 1	Eugenio Amore / Riccardo Bizzotto, Italy (20, Q4)	Lost 19-21, 10-21	0:42

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$)
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$15,800.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	29	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	6	0	$68,800.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	45	0	1	0	2	2	2	5	7	10	11	0	$179,650.00
Total	76	0	1	0	2	3	2	6	7	17	17	0	$264,250.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Andy Ces												Kevin Ces
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$7,900.00	World Championships	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$10,712.50
36	0	0	0	0	1	0	9	8	0	$40,850.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	44	0	0	0	0	1	0	8	10	0	$43,300.00
50	0	1	0	2	4	13	10	12	0	$92,575.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	84	0	1	0	2	5	14	16	15	0	$112,325.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$350.00	Challenger	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
											Satellite	6	1	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$4,100.00
89	0	1	0	2	5	15	19	20	0	$141,675.00	Total	140	1	4	1	2	7	16	24	25	0	$172,437.50

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
2007	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	5	$15,600.00	11	19	36.7 %
Total	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	5	$15,600.00	11	19	36.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Andy Ces													Kevin Ces
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1997	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											1998	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											1999	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2000	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2001	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00
											2002	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00
											2003	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	$2,437.50
											2003	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
											2004	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	6	$5,125.00
											2004	FIVB C&S	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,100.00
											2005	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	7	$8,500.00
											2005	FIVB C&S	4	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	2006	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	1	4	$18,150.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$350.00	2006	FIVB C&S
11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	5	$7,800.00	2007	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	5	$7,800.00
16	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	9	$8,150.00	Total	Total	75	1	3	1	0	2	3	8	13	44	$48,112.50

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	95	69.9%	18	13.2%	23	16.9%	113-23	83.1%	15	11.2%	25	18.7%	94	70.1%	15-119	11.2%	95-94	50.3%	33-48	40.7%	3	0	131-142	48.0%
2006-2007	13	68.4%	1	5.3%	5	26.3%	14-5	73.7%	1	5.0%	8	40.0%	11	55.0%	1-19	5.0%	13-11	54.2%	2-13	13.3%	0	0	15-24	38.5%
Against the Field	15	62.5%	3	12.5%	6	25.0%	18-6	75.0%	2	4.5%	12	27.3%	30	68.2%	2-42	4.5%	30-60	33.3%	10-36	21.7%	0	0	20-48	29.4%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	18	15	10	29	0	0	2	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	30	52
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	33	5	0	0	0	0	31	39	1	2	0	2	0	1	97	86
Total	0	0	51	20	13	32	0	0	34	48	1	2	0	2	0	1	131	142

Head to Head Results
Ces/Ces trail the series against the field 3-10 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 9 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-1
6/21/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool B	Rego/Santos	2	Ces/Ces	31	21-16, 21-17	0:43
Trail the series against # 4 Wu/Xu, China 0-2
8/9/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 1	Wu/Xu	4	Ces/Ces	29, Q7	21-15, 16-21, 15-10	0:50
7/19/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 1	Wu/Xu	5	Ces/Ces	28	19-21, 22-20, 15-7	1:04
Trail the series against # 7 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 0-1
6/22/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool B	Baracetti/Conde	18	Ces/Ces	31	21-15, 19-21, 16-14	0:59
Trail the series against # 11 Herrera/Mesa, Spain 0-1
7/13/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool B	Herrera/Mesa	15	Ces/Ces	31, Q10	21-14, 18-21, 15-13	1:02
Trail the series against # 16 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 0-1
7/13/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool B	De Gruijter/Ronnes	18, Q2	Ces/Ces	31, Q10	21-18, 21-17	0:40
Lead the series against # 17 Asahi/Shiratori, Japan 1-0
7/11/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Ces/Ces	31, Q10	Asahi/Shiratori	Q7	21-16, 13-21, 15-10	0:54
Trail the series against # 20, Q4 Amore/Bizzotto, Italy 0-1
8/9/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 1	Amore/Bizzotto	20, Q4	Ces/Ces	29, Q7	21-19, 21-10	0:42
Trail the series against # Q1 Pedrosa/Rosas, Portugal 0-1
5/9/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Contender 1	Pedrosa/Rosas	21	Ces/Ces	28, Q8	21-19, 19-21, 15-9	0:59
Trail the series against # Q2 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 0-1
7/5/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Contender 1	Lochhead/Pitman	23, Q1	Ces/Ces	26, Q2	26-24, 17-21, 24-22	1:08
Trail the series against # Q8 Hoyer/Soderberg, Denmark 0-1
5/1/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Qualifier 3	Hoyer/Soderberg	30, Q13	Ces/Ces	Q4	21-14, 21-16	0:38
Lead the series against # Q10 Arkaev/Kuzmichev, Russia 1-0
8/8/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Qualifier 2	Ces/Ces	29, Q7	Arkaev/Kuzmichev	Q10	21-17, 21-19	0:38
Lead the series against # Q26 Holtan/Wergeland, Norway 1-0
8/8/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Qualifier 1	Ces/Ces	29, Q7	Holtan/Wergeland	Q26	17-21, 21-15, 15-4	0:48