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European Championship Tour
€ 100,000 English Masters
September 11 - 14, 2008

(11, Q1) 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 Blackpool Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
FIVB	9/26-30/2007	Brazil Open	29, Q1	25th	60	US$2,000.00

English Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 9/11/2008	Qualifier 2	Tom Lord / Jake Sheaf, England (Q16)	Won 21-9, 21-12	0:35
Thu, 9/11/2008	Qualifier 3	Jan Dumek / Pavel Rotrekl, Czech Republic (Q9)	Won 21-17, 16-21, 17-15	0:55
Fri, 9/12/2008	Winner 1	Florian Gosch / Alexander Horst, Austria (6)	Won 15-21, 21-15, 15-10	0:51
Fri, 9/12/2008	Winner 2	David Klemperer / Eric Koreng, Germany (3)	Lost 21-14, 16-21, 12-15	0:56
Fri, 9/12/2008	Contender 2	Gianluca Casadei / Paolo Ficosecco, Italy (16, Q14)	Lost 21-19, 18-21, 8-15	1:02

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	13	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	3	5	1	$49,000.00	32	28	53.3 %
2008	CEV	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	$11,100.00	13	8	61.9 %
Total	FIVB	27	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	4	12	7	$68,600.00	47	52	47.5 %
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
											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
13	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	5	1	$24,500.00	2008	FIVB	13	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	5	1	$24,500.00
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
36	0	1	0	0	2	5	4	13	11	$40,200.00	Total	Total	103	1	4	1	1	4	7	13	22	50	$80,412.50

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	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	8	57.1%	4	28.6%	2	14.3%	12-2	85.7%	2	25.0%	1	12.5%	5	62.5%	2-6	25.0%	16-10	61.5%	12-6	66.7%	0	0	14-8	63.6%

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 13-11 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 5 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
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
Lead the series against # 4 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 # 6 Gosch/Horst, Austria 5-3
9/12/08	CEV	English Masters	Winner 1	Ces/Ces	11, Q1	Gosch/Horst	6	15-21, 21-15, 15-10	0:51
9/4/08	FIVB	Mallorca Open	Winner 1	Ces/Ces	20	Gosch/Horst	13	16-21, 24-22, 15-13	1:11
8/28/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 1	Gosch/Horst	13	Ces/Ces	20	21-11, 27-25	0:46
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 # 7 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 # 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
Trail the series against # 12, Q2 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
Trail the series against # 13 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 0-1
4/18/08	CEV	Spanish Masters	Contender 2	Kais/Vesik	6	Ces/Ces	16, Q22	21-16, 21-16	0:44
Trail the series against # 16, Q14 Casadei/Ficosecco, Italy 0-1
9/12/08	CEV	English Masters	Contender 2	Casadei/Ficosecco	16, Q14	Ces/Ces	11, Q1	19-21, 21-18, 15-8	1:02
Lead the series against # Q4 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 # Q9 Dumek/Rotrekl, Czech Republic 1-0
9/11/08	CEV	English Masters	Qualifier 3	Ces/Ces	11, Q1	Dumek/Rotrekl	Q9	21-17, 16-21, 17-15	0:55
Lead the series against # Q16 Lord/Sheaf, England 1-0
9/11/08	CEV	English Masters	Qualifier 2	Ces/Ces	11, Q1	Lord/Sheaf	Q16	21-9, 21-12	0:35