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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 1to1 energy Grand Slam 2008
July 22 - 27, 2008

(20) 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 Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2001	Did not play	Sebastien Baumgartner - 57th
2002	Did not play	Yannick Salvetti - 41st
2003	Did not play	Yannick Salvetti - 57th
2004	Did not play	Yannick Salvetti - 33rd
2005	Did not play	Fabien Dugrip - 41st
2006	Did not play	Fabien Dugrip - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/15-20/2008	Marseille Open	21	9th	240	US$5,500.00
FIVB	7/1-6/2008	Moscow Grand Slam	Q11	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	6/24-29/2008	Stavanger Grand Slam	27, Q12	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/17-22/2008	Paris Grand Slam	28	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/3-8/2008	Stare Jablonki Open	21, Q5	25th	60	US$1,800.00
FIVB	5/27-6/1/2008	Barcelona Open	26, Q4	7th	300	US$7,000.00
FIVB	5/13-18/2008	Italian Open	30, Q12	25th	60	US$1,800.00
FIVB	5/6-11/2008	Prague Open	30, Q8	17th	120	US$2,500.00
FIVB	4/28-5/3/2008	China Shanghai Open	29, Q5	25th	60	US$1,800.00
FIVB	3/25-30/2008	Adelaide Australia Open	31, Q9	17th	120	US$2,500.00
FIVB	9/26-30/2007	Brazil Open	29, Q1	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	9/5-9/2007	Stare Jablonki Open	27, Q3	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/29-9/2/2007	St. Petersburg Open	Q5	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	8/8-12/2007	Kristiansand Open	29, Q7	25th	50	US$1,600.00
FIVB	8/1-5/2007	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Q13	41st	24	US$0.00

Gstaad Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/24/2008	Pool D	Emiel Boersma / Bram Ronnes, Netherlands (13)	Won 21-16, 21-15	0:36
Thu, 7/24/2008	Pool D	Dmitri Barsuk / Igor Kolodinsky, Russia (4)	Lost 19-21, 19-21	0:42
Fri, 7/25/2008	Pool D	Aldo Miramontes / Juan Virgen, Mexico (29, Q5)	Lost 19-21, 15-21	0:39
Fri, 7/25/2008	Winner 1	Sebastian Dollinger / Kay Matysik, Germany (22)	Lost 19-21, 19-21	0:47

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	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	6	$19,600.00	15	24	38.5 %
2008	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	5	1	$35,000.00	24	24	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	25	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	12	7	$54,600.00	39	48	44.8 %

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
14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	6	$9,800.00	2007	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	6	$9,800.00
11	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	5	1	$17,500.00	2008	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	5	1	$17,500.00
30	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	12	11	$27,650.00	Total	Total	89	1	3	1	0	3	4	11	20	46	$67,612.50

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%
2007-2008	47	75.8%	6	9.7%	9	14.5%	53-9	85.5%	7	12.1%	14	24.1%	37	63.8%	7-51	12.1%	47-37	56.0%	13-23	36.1%	2	0	62-60	50.8%
Against the Field	17	68.0%	4	16.0%	4	16.0%	21-4	84.0%	1	2.3%	12	27.9%	30	69.8%	1-42	2.3%	34-60	36.2%	10-32	23.8%	0	0	22-46	32.4%

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 8-22 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 11 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Brink/Dieckmann, Germany 0-1
5/30/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Winner 3	Brink/Dieckmann	2	Ces/Ces	26, Q4	21-18, 21-18	0:53
Trail the series against # 3 Wu/Xu, China 0-4
6/19/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool E	Wu/Xu	5	Ces/Ces	28	21-15, 21-11	0:39
4/30/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Wu/Xu	4	Ces/Ces	29, Q5	21-19, 21-13	0:37
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 # 4 Barsuk/Kolodinsky, Russia 0-3
7/24/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool D	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	4	Ces/Ces	20	21-19, 21-19	0:42
5/9/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 2	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	4	Ces/Ces	30, Q8	21-15, 21-10	0:39
3/28/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Contender 2	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	1	Ces/Ces	31, Q9	21-19, 21-16	0:43
Trail the series against # 6 Marques/Solberg, Brazil 0-2
6/26/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool F	Marques/Solberg	6	Ces/Ces	27, Q12	21-14, 21-18	0:41
5/15/08	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 1	Marques/Solberg	3	Ces/Ces	30, Q12	21-13, 21-10	0:34
Trail the series against # 7 Schacht/Slack, Australia 0-2
7/5/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Winner 1	Schacht/Slack	7	Ces/Ces	26, Q2	21-11, 21-14	0:37
6/21/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool B	Schacht/Slack	15, Q2	Ces/Ces	31	21-19, 14-21, 18-16	1:12
Trail the series against # 8 Insfran/Neto, Brazil 0-2
7/17/08	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 2	Insfran/Neto	5	Ces/Ces	21	21-17, 13-21, 15-13	1:12
6/27/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool F	Insfran/Neto	22	Ces/Ces	27, Q12	21-18, 24-22	0:50
Lead the series against # 9 Heuscher/Heyer, Switzerland 1-0
5/29/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Winner 1	Ces/Ces	26, Q4	Heuscher/Heyer	7	21-16, 20-22, 15-10	1:04
Lead the series against # 10 Laciga/Schnider, Switzerland 1-0
3/27/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Contender 1	Ces/Ces	31, Q9	Laciga/Schnider	15	21-16, 21-17	0:30
Trail the series against # 12 Plavins/Samoilovs, Latvia 0-1
7/2/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Plavins/Samoilovs	25, Q6	Ces/Ces	Q11	21-17, 21-17	0:43
Lead the series against # 13 Boersma/Ronnes, Netherlands 1-0
7/24/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool D	Ces/Ces	20	Boersma/Ronnes	13	21-16, 21-15	0:36
Trail the series against # 14 Herrera/Mesa, Spain 0-2
9/27/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 1	Herrera/Mesa	13	Ces/Ces	29, Q1	18-21, 22-20, 15-7	1:02
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 # 15 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
Series tied with # 17 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 1-1
7/17/08	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 1	Ces/Ces	21	Lochhead/Pitman	12	21-16, 21-11	0:41
7/5/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Contender 1	Lochhead/Pitman	23, Q1	Ces/Ces	26, Q2	26-24, 17-21, 24-22	1:08
Lead the series against # 21 Deulofeu/Salvetti, France 1-0
6/25/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Ces/Ces	27, Q12	Deulofeu/Salvetti	Q5	21-18, 18-21, 15-7	0:55
Trail the series against # 22 Dollinger/Matysik, Germany 0-1
7/25/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 1	Dollinger/Matysik	22	Ces/Ces	20	21-19, 21-19	0:47
Lead the series against # 23, Q1 Li/Zhou, China 1-0
7/18/08	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 2	Ces/Ces	21	Li/Zhou	22	21-11, 21-19	0:40
Trail the series against # 25, Q2 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
Series tied with # 29, Q5 Miramontes/Virgen, Mexico 1-1
7/25/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool D	Miramontes/Virgen	29, Q5	Ces/Ces	20	21-19, 21-15	0:39
7/11/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Ces/Ces	31, Q10	Miramontes/Virgen	Q23	21-18, 21-15	0:42
Lead the series against # Q8 Hupfer/Schroffenegger, Austria 1-0
9/5/07	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Qualifier 3	Ces/Ces	27, Q3	Hupfer/Schroffenegger	Q19	21-17, 21-13	0:39