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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$350,000 Dubai Open
October 6 - 11, 2008

(5) Andy Ces/Kevin Ces, France

Andy Cès
France

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 3, 1982 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Savigny sur orge

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

91 kg (200 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

2nd (Manama 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$154,267.39

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:

153

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Porticcio 2004)

Career FIVB WT Best:

2nd (Manama 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$185,213.45

Awards

Most Improved Player 2008

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
CEV	6	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	US$25,496.06
FIVB	76	0	1	0	2	3	2	6	7	17	17	13	8	US$264,250.00
Overall	82	0	2	0	3	4	2	8	7	17	18	13	8	US$289,746.06

Previous Dubai Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/16-21/2008	Guarajà Open	8	9th	240	US$5,500.00
CEV	9/11-14/2008	English Masters	11, Q1	9th	240	€ 1,800.00
FIVB	9/2-7/2008	Mallorca Open	20	5th	360	US$8,500.00
FIVB	8/26-31/2008	Kristiansand Open	20	9th	240	US$5,500.00
FIVB	7/22-27/2008	Gstaad Grand Slam	20	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	7/15-20/2008	Marseille Open	21	9th	240	US$5,500.00
CEV	7/11-13/2008	European Championship	14	25th	80	€ 0.00
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
CEV	5/22-25/2008	Swiss Masters	12, Q4	2nd	540	€ 7,500.00
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
CEV	4/17-20/2008	Spanish Masters	16, Q22	9th	240	€ 1,800.00
FIVB	3/25-30/2008	Adelaide Australia Open	31, Q9	17th	120	US$2,500.00

Dubai Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 10/8/2008	Winner 1	Abdullah Kaabi / Ali Mohammad, United Arab Emirates (28)	Won 21-16, 21-12	0:34
Wed, 10/8/2008	Winner 2	Philip Gabathuler / David Wenger, Switzerland (12)	Won 21-18, 22-20	0:49
Thu, 10/9/2008	Winner 3	Jonas Reckermann / Mischa Urbatzka, Germany (4)	Won 22-20, 21-19	0:54
Thu, 10/9/2008	Winner 4	Harley Marques / Pedro Solberg, Brazil (1)	Won 21-18, 21-18	0:51
Fri, 10/10/2008	Semi-Finals	Jonas Reckermann / Mischa Urbatzka, Germany (4)	Lost 18-21, 18-21	0:44
Sat, 10/11/2008	Bronze Medal	Harley Marques / Pedro Solberg, Brazil (1)	Lost 18-21, 21-19, 13-15	0:58

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	1	$15,800.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	29	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	6	15	$68,800.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	45	0	1	0	2	2	2	5	7	10	11	5	$179,650.00
Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
Total	77	0	1	0	2	3	2	6	7	17	18	21	$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	1	$7,900.00	World Championships	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	$10,712.50
36	0	0	0	0	1	0	9	8	18	$40,850.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	44	0	0	0	0	1	0	8	10	25	$43,300.00
50	0	1	0	2	4	13	10	12	8	$92,575.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	84	0	1	0	2	5	14	16	15	31	$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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	Confederation Championship	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	$0.00
90	0	1	0	2	5	15	19	21	27	$141,675.00	Total	143	1	4	1	2	7	16	24	27	61	$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	15	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	0	3	5	1	$65,000.00	39	32	54.9 %
2008	CEV	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	$11,100.00	13	8	61.9 %
Total	FIVB	29	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	0	4	12	7	$84,600.00	54	56	49.1 %
Total	CEV	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	$11,100.00	13	8	61.9 %

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
											2003	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$0.00
											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
											2004	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	$250.00
											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
											2005	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
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
											2006	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
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
15	0	0	0	1	2	3	3	5	1	$32,500.00	2008	FIVB	15	0	0	0	1	2	3	3	5	1	$32,500.00
4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	$5,550.00	2008	CEV	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	$5,550.00
38	0	1	0	1	2	6	4	13	11	$48,200.00	Total	Total	104	1	4	1	1	4	8	13	22	50	$88,412.50

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	18	85.7%	3	14.3%	0	0.0%	21-0	100.0%	1	3.7%	4	14.8%	22	81.5%	1-26	3.7%	36-42	46.2%	8-8	50.0%	1	0	23-25	47.9%

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
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Total	0	0	51	20	13	32	0	0	34	49	1	2	0	2	0	1	131	144

Head to Head Results
Ces/Ces lead the series against the field 14-10 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Marques/Solberg, Brazil 1-4
10/11/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Bronze Medal	Marques/Solberg	1	Ces/Ces	5	21-18, 19-21, 15-13	0:58
10/9/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Winner 4	Ces/Ces	5	Marques/Solberg	1	21-18, 21-18	0:51
8/30/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 4	Marques/Solberg	1	Ces/Ces	20	21-14, 21-15	0:40
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 # 3 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 0-2
9/12/08	CEV	English Masters	Winner 2	Klemperer/Koreng	3	Ces/Ces	11, Q1	14-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:56
4/18/08	CEV	Spanish Masters	Winner 1	Klemperer/Koreng	1	Ces/Ces	16, Q22	21-15, 21-15	0:42
Trail the series against # 4 Reckermann/Urbatzka, Germany 1-2
10/10/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Semi-Finals	Reckermann/Urbatzka	4	Ces/Ces	5	21-18, 21-18	0:44
10/9/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Winner 3	Ces/Ces	5	Reckermann/Urbatzka	4	22-20, 21-19	0:54
9/4/08	FIVB	Mallorca Open	Winner 2	Reckermann/Urbatzka	4	Ces/Ces	20	21-16, 21-16	0:40
Lead the series against # 7 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 1-0
9/5/08	FIVB	Mallorca Open	Contender 3	Ces/Ces	20	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	11, Q1	19-21, 21-11, 15-12	0:58
Lead the series against # 10 Laciga/Schnider, Switzerland 2-0
5/24/08	CEV	Swiss Masters	Contender 4	Ces/Ces	12, Q4	Laciga/Schnider	7	26-24, 15-21, 15-12	1:10
3/27/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Contender 1	Ces/Ces	31, Q9	Laciga/Schnider	15	21-16, 21-17	0:30
Lead the series against # 12 Gabathuler/Wenger, Switzerland 2-0
10/8/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Winner 2	Ces/Ces	5	Gabathuler/Wenger	12	21-18, 22-20	0:49
9/5/08	FIVB	Mallorca Open	Contender 2	Ces/Ces	20	Gabathuler/Wenger	14	21-17, 15-21, 15-13	0:56
Lead the series against # 13 Dyachenko/Kulinich, Kazakhstan 1-0
8/29/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 3	Ces/Ces	20	Dyachenko/Kulinich	11	22-20, 26-24	0:52
Trail the series against # 15 Hoyer/Soderberg, Denmark 0-2
6/5/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 1	Hoyer/Soderberg	28, Q8	Ces/Ces	21, Q5	21-15, 20-22, 15-12	1:01
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 # 16 Baracetti/Salema, Argentina 2-0
8/29/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 2	Ces/Ces	20	Baracetti/Salema	14	21-15, 21-15	0:41
5/14/08	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 3	Ces/Ces	30, Q12	Baracetti/Salema	Q5	21-19, 21-18	0:49
Lead the series against # 20 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 1-0
5/24/08	CEV	Swiss Masters	Semi-Finals	Ces/Ces	12, Q4	Fijalek/Prudel	11	22-20, 21-23, 18-16	1:17
Lead the series against # 21, Q3 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 1-0
5/30/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Contender 4	Ces/Ces	26, Q4	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	22	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # 26, Q8 Karpukhin/Romashkin, Russia 1-0
7/2/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Ces/Ces	Q11	Karpukhin/Romashkin	Q22	21-13, 31-29	0:51
Lead the series against # 28 Kaabi/Mohammad, United Arab Emirates 1-0
10/8/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Winner 1	Ces/Ces	5	Kaabi/Mohammad	28	21-16, 21-12	0:34