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US$1,000,000 SWATCH FIVB World Championship presented by ConocoPhillips
June 26 - July 5, 2009

(11) 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 Stavanger Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2002	Did not play	Yannick Salvetti - 57th
2003	Did not play	Yannick Salvetti - 41st
2004	Did not play	Yannick Salvetti - 41st
2005	Did not play	Fabien Dugrip - 41st
2006	Did not play	Fabien Dugrip - 41st
2007	Kevin Ces - 33rd	Andy Ces - 33rd
2008	Kevin Ces - 25th	Andy Ces - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/21-26/2009	Brasilia Open	7	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	11/11-15/2008	Sanya Open	2	7th	300	US$7,000.00
FIVB	10/27-11/1/2008	Manama Open	2	2nd	540	US$19,500.00
FIVB	10/6-11/2008	Dubai Open	5	4th	420	US$10,500.00
FIVB	9/16-21/2008	Guarajà Open	8	9th	240	US$5,500.00
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
FIVB	7/1-6/2008	Moscow Grand Slam	Q11	33rd	40	US$0.00

Stavanger World Championships Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 6/26/2009

Pool K

Lauris Iecelnieks / Martins Plavins, Latvia (38)

Lost 21-17, 21-23, 15-17

1:02

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Andy Ces	Total	14	8	3	0.357	5	4	1	3
	1	6	3	1	0.333	3	3	0	1
	2	6	3	2	0.167	1	1	1	2
	3	2	2	0	1.000	1	0	0	0
Kevin Ces	Total	61	36	7	0.475	0	11	2	1
	1	20	12	2	0.500	0	2	1	0
	2	21	15	1	0.667	0	3	0	1
	3	20	9	4	0.250	0	6	1	0

Sun, 6/28/2009

Pool K

Jackson Henriquez / Farid Mussa, Venezuela (35)

Won 21-19, 21-12

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Andy Ces	Total	24	12	3	0.375	2	3	4	5
	1	15	7	2	0.333	0	0	1	3
	2	9	5	1	0.444	2	3	3	2
Kevin Ces	Total	20	13	2	0.550	0	8	2	3
	1	11	7	2	0.455	0	5	2	0
	2	9	6	0	0.667	0	3	0	3

Tue, 6/30/2009

Pool K

Vegard Hoidalen / Jorre Kjemperud, Norway (14)

Won By Forfeit

Thu, 7/2/2009

Winner 1

Inocencio Lario / Raul Mesa, Spain (30)

Won 25-23, 21-18

0:53

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Andy Ces	Total	37	17	9	0.216	4	1	1	4
	1	22	7	6	0.045	3	1	1	3
	2	15	10	3	0.467	1	0	0	1
Kevin Ces	Total	20	11	2	0.450	0	9	1	2
	1	12	6	1	0.417	0	5	0	1
	2	8	5	1	0.500	0	4	1	1

Fri, 7/3/2009

Winner 2

Emanuel Rego / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (5)

Lost 24-26, 13-21

0:44

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Andy Ces	Total	31	17	10	0.226	1	2	2	6
	1	20	12	6	0.300	0	1	2	5
	2	11	5	4	0.091	1	1	0	1
Kevin Ces	Total	14	6	6	0.000	0	4	1	4
	1	9	5	3	0.222	0	3	0	3
	2	5	1	3	-0.400	0	1	1	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Andy Ces	106	54	25	0.274	12	10	8	18
Kevin Ces	115	66	17	0.426	0	32	6	10
Total	221	120	42	0.353	12	42	14	28
Opponents	190	96	32	0.337	18	41	5	9

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
1999	World Championships	Marseille	Did not play	Sebastien Baumgartner - 57th
2003	World Championships	Rio de Janeiro	Did not play	Yannick Salvetti - 37th
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Did not play	Fabien Dugrip - 33rd
2009	World Championships	Stavanger	Kevin Ces - 9th	Andy Ces - 9th
2011	World Championships	Rome	Kevin Ces - 33rd	Andy Ces - 33rd

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/26-7/5/2009	Stavanger World Championships	11	9th	400	US$11,000.00
FIVB	6/13-19/2011	Rome World Championships	25	33rd	50	US$4,800.00

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	17	0	1	0	1	1	2	3	0	3	5	1	$91,500.00	47	36	56.6 %
2009	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$13,800.00	4	4	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	33	0	1	0	1	1	2	4	0	5	12	7	$124,900.00	66	64	50.8 %

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
17	0	1	0	1	3	3	3	5	1	$45,750.00	2008	FIVB	17	0	1	0	1	3	3	3	5	1	$45,750.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$6,900.00	2009	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$6,900.00
38	0	1	0	1	3	5	5	12	11	$62,800.00	Total	Total	97	1	4	1	1	5	7	12	20	46	$102,762.50

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%
2008-2009	48	73.8%	8	12.3%	9	13.8%	56-9	86.2%	8	14.0%	8	14.0%	41	71.9%	8-49	14.0%	48-41	53.9%	16-17	48.5%	3	0	67-58	53.6%
Against the Field	28	66.7%	6	14.3%	8	19.0%	34-8	81.0%	3	6.0%	8	16.0%	39	78.0%	3-47	6.0%	56-76	42.4%	18-32	36.0%	1	0	38-54	41.3%

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
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 15-21 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 9 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 0-2
3/27/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Winner 1	Dalhausser/Rogers	2	Ces/Ces	31, Q9	21-18, 14-21, 15-13	1:03
9/27/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Dalhausser/Rogers	4	Ces/Ces	29, Q1	21-18, 21-11	0:39
Trail the series against # 5 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-2
7/3/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Winner 2	Rego/Santos	5	Ces/Ces	11	26-24, 21-13	0:44
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 # 9 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 # 10 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 0-4
7/18/08	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 4	Araujo/Magalhaes	7	Ces/Ces	21	23-21, 17-21, 15-11	1:16
6/20/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool E	Araujo/Magalhaes	21	Ces/Ces	28	15-21, 21-19, 15-9	0:58
5/31/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Contender 5	Araujo/Magalhaes	6	Ces/Ces	26, Q4	21-17, 22-20	0:51
5/8/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 1	Araujo/Magalhaes	3	Ces/Ces	30, Q8	18-21, 21-13, 15-12	1:01
Series tied with # 12 Maciel/Schmidt, Brazil 1-1
4/24/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 2	Maciel/Schmidt	9, Q1	Ces/Ces	7	14-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:58
9/6/08	FIVB	Mallorca Open	Contender 5	Ces/Ces	20	Maciel/Schmidt	6, Q2	21-17, 21-16	0:49
Lead the series against # 14 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 1-0
6/30/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool K	Ces/Ces	11	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	14	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 17 Fuerbringer/Jennings, United States 0-1
6/19/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool E	Fuerbringer/Jennings	12	Ces/Ces	28	21-10, 21-19	0:42
Lead the series against # 22 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
Trail the series against # 23 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 0-1
6/26/08	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool F	Gibb/Rosenthal	11	Ces/Ces	27, Q12	21-12, 22-20	0:41
Trail the series against # 24 Gosch/Horst, Austria 2-3
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
5/8/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 1	Ces/Ces	30, Q8	Gosch/Horst	19	21-18, 21-19	0:55
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
Series tied with # 26 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 # 28 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
Trail the series against # 29 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 # 30 Lario/Mesa, Spain 1-0
7/2/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Winner 1	Ces/Ces	11	Lario/Mesa	30	25-23, 21-18	0:53
Lead the series against # 33 "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 # 34 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 # 35 Henriquez/Mussa, Venezuela 1-0
6/28/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool K	Ces/Ces	11	Henriquez/Mussa	35	21-19, 21-12	0:43
Trail the series against # 38 Iecelnieks/Plavins, Latvia 0-1
6/26/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool K	Iecelnieks/Plavins	38	Ces/Ces	11	17-21, 23-21, 17-15	1:02
Lead the series against # 39 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
Lead the series against # 40 Dugrip/Salvetti, France 1-0
4/23/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 1	Ces/Ces	7	Dugrip/Salvetti	26, Q3	21-17, 23-21	0:49