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

(12, Q4) 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:

101

Career Best:

2nd (2 times)

Career CEV Best:

2nd (Lucerne 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$155,019.99

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:

154

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Porticcio 2004)

Career CEV Best:

2nd (Lucerne 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 Lucerne Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
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
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

Swiss Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/22/2008	Qualifier 2	Elia Lulla / Mait Murs, Estonia (Q13)	Won 21-12, 21-13	0:29
Thu, 5/22/2008	Qualifier 3	Marco Daalmeijer / Tim Oude Elferink, Netherlands (16, Q12)	Won 21-11, 21-16	0:31
Fri, 5/23/2008	Winner 1	Mykola Babich / Oleg Nikolaev, Ukraine (5)	Won 21-14, 21-13	0:36
Fri, 5/23/2008	Winner 2	Florian Gosch / Alexander Horst, Austria (4)	Won 31-29, 21-19	1:15
Sat, 5/24/2008	Winner 3	Kay Matysik / Stefan Uhmann, Germany (1)	Lost 13-21, 21-18, 7-15	0:56
Sat, 5/24/2008	Contender 4	Martin Laciga / Jan Schnider, Switzerland (7)	Won 26-24, 15-21, 15-12	1:10
Sat, 5/24/2008	Semi-Finals	Grzegorz Fijalek / Mariusz Prudel, Poland (11)	Won 22-20, 21-23, 18-16	1:17
Sun, 5/25/2008	Gold Medal	Kay Matysik / Stefan Uhmann, Germany (1)	Lost 14-21, 17-21	0:51

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
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	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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	Confederation Championship	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$0.00
90	0	1	0	2	5	15	19	21	0	$141,675.00	Total	143	1	4	1	2	7	16	24	27	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	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	$8,600.00	10	8	55.6 %
2008	CEV	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$9,300.00	10	4	71.4 %
Total	FIVB	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	9	6	$28,200.00	25	32	43.9 %
Total	CEV	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$9,300.00	10	4	71.4 %

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
											1999	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$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
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	$4,300.00	2008	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	$4,300.00
2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$4,650.00	2008	CEV	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$4,650.00
25	0	1	0	0	0	2	3	9	10	$19,100.00	Total	Total	92	1	4	1	1	2	4	12	18	49	$59,312.50

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	13	65.0%	4	20.0%	3	15.0%	17-3	85.0%	2	16.7%	1	8.3%	9	75.0%	2-10	16.7%	13-9	59.1%	6-4	60.0%	0	0	19-13	59.4%
2007-2008	8	57.1%	3	21.4%	3	21.4%	11-3	78.6%	2	28.6%	1	14.3%	4	57.1%	2-5	28.6%	8-4	66.7%	5-4	55.6%	0	0	13-8	61.9%
Against the Field	10	76.9%	3	23.1%	0	0.0%	13-0	100.0%	2	40.0%	1	20.0%	2	40.0%	2-3	40.0%	20-4	83.3%	10-2	83.3%	0	0	15-3	83.3%

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
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 13-5 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 1 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Matysik/Uhmann, Germany 1-2
5/25/08	CEV	Swiss Masters	Gold Medal	Matysik/Uhmann	1	Ces/Ces	12, Q4	21-14, 21-17	0:51
5/24/08	CEV	Swiss Masters	Winner 3	Matysik/Uhmann	1	Ces/Ces	12, Q4	21-13, 18-21, 15-7	0:56
4/18/08	CEV	Spanish Masters	Contender 1	Ces/Ces	16, Q22	Matysik/Uhmann	9, Q1	21-19, 21-15	0:45
Lead the series against # 4 Gosch/Horst, Austria 3-2
5/23/08	CEV	Swiss Masters	Winner 2	Ces/Ces	12, Q4	Gosch/Horst	4	31-29, 21-19	1:15
5/8/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 1	Ces/Ces	30, Q8	Gosch/Horst	19	21-18, 21-19	0:55
4/17/08	CEV	Spanish Masters	Qualifier 2	Ces/Ces	16, Q22	Gosch/Horst	Q6	18-21, 21-17, 16-14	1:15
7/20/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 2	Gosch/Horst	11	Ces/Ces	28	21-17, 21-15	0:45
6/27/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Gosch/Horst	24, Q7	Ces/Ces	Q10	17-21, 21-19, 15-12	1:06
Lead the series against # 5 Babich/Nikolaev, Ukraine 2-1
5/23/08	CEV	Swiss Masters	Winner 1	Ces/Ces	12, Q4	Babich/Nikolaev	5	21-14, 21-13	0:36
4/17/08	CEV	Spanish Masters	Qualifier 3	Ces/Ces	16, Q22	Babich/Nikolaev	Q3	28-26, 21-16	0:51
5/23/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 3	Babich/Nikolaev	32, Q14	Ces/Ces	Q3	21-16, 21-14	0:41
Lead the series against # 7 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 # 8 Sinczak/Szternel, Poland 1-0
4/17/08	CEV	Spanish Masters	Qualifier 1	Ces/Ces	16, Q22	Sinczak/Szternel	Q11	21-19, 21-17	0:48
Lead the series against # 11 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 # 16, Q12 Daalmeijer/Oude Elferink, Netherlands 1-0
5/22/08	CEV	Swiss Masters	Qualifier 3	Ces/Ces	12, Q4	Daalmeijer/Oude Elferink	16, Q12	21-11, 21-16	0:31
Lead the series against # Q13 Lulla/Murs, Estonia 1-0
5/22/08	CEV	Swiss Masters	Qualifier 2	Ces/Ces	12, Q4	Lulla/Murs	Q13	21-12, 21-13	0:29
Lead the series against # Q20 Tabarini/Tabarini, San Marino 1-0
5/14/08	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 1	Ces/Ces	30, Q12	Tabarini/Tabarini	Q53	21-16, 21-16	0:39