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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 1to1energy Grand Slam
July 7 - 12, 2009

(8) 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 (46 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 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
2008	Kevin Ces - 17th	Andy Ces - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/26-7/5/2009	Stavanger World Championships	11	9th	400	US$11,000.00
CEV	5/6-10/2009	Spanish Masters	11	5th	360	€ 2,000.00
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
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

Gstaad Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/9/2009	Pool H	Clemens Doppler / Matthias Mellitzer, Austria (25)	Won 21-19, 19-21, 18-16	1:08
Thu, 7/9/2009	Pool H	Jonathan Erdmann / Kay Matysik, Germany (24)	Lost 21-17, 13-21, 12-15	1:00
Fri, 7/10/2009	Pool H	Patrick Heuscher / Sascha Heyer, Switzerland (9)	Lost 13-21, 11-21	0:36
Fri, 7/10/2009	Winner 1	Jefferson Bellaguarda / Martin Laciga, Switzerland (29)	Lost 13-21, 13-21	0:36

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	17	0	1	0	1	1	2	3	0	3	5	1	$91,500.00	47	36	56.6 %
2008	CEV	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	$11,100.00	13	8	61.9 %
2009	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	$18,900.00	5	7	41.7 %
2009	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	34	0	1	0	1	1	2	4	0	6	12	7	$130,000.00	67	67	50.0 %
Total	CEV	5	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	$13,100.00	16	10	61.5 %

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
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
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
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$9,450.00	2009	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$9,450.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	2009	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
44	0	2	0	1	4	7	6	13	11	$71,900.00	Total	Total	110	1	5	1	1	6	9	15	22	50	$112,112.50

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	32	69.6%	6	13.0%	8	17.4%	38-8	82.6%	5	8.8%	8	14.0%	44	77.2%	5-52	8.8%	64-84	43.2%	22-32	40.7%	2	0	45-58	43.7%

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 trail the series against the field 23-29 (Lead 12 Series, Trail 13 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 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 # 4 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 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 # 7 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
Trail the series against # 9 Heuscher/Heyer, Switzerland 1-2
7/10/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool H	Heuscher/Heyer	9	Ces/Ces	8	21-13, 21-11	0:36
5/8/09	CEV	Spanish Masters	Winner 2	Heuscher/Heyer	3	Ces/Ces	11	21-15, 21-18	0:41
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 # 13 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 0-2
5/9/09	CEV	Spanish Masters	Contender 4	Kais/Vesik	12	Ces/Ces	11	21-19, 21-19	0:45
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 # 14 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
Series tied with # 15 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
Trail the series against # 16 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
Lead the series against # 18 Gosch/Horst, Austria 6-3
5/8/09	CEV	Spanish Masters	Winner 1	Ces/Ces	11	Gosch/Horst	6	21-17, 21-18	0:36
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
Trail the series against # 22, Q10 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 # 23 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 # 24 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 0-1
7/9/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool H	Erdmann/Matysik	24	Ces/Ces	8	17-21, 21-13, 15-12	1:00
Lead the series against # 25 Doppler/Mellitzer, Austria 1-0
7/9/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool H	Ces/Ces	8	Doppler/Mellitzer	25	21-19, 19-21, 18-16	1:08
Lead the series against # 26, Q5 Hernandez/Villafane, Venezuela 1-0
11/12/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 2	Ces/Ces	2	Hernandez/Villafane	15	21-15, 21-10	0:36
Lead the series against # 28, Q15 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
Trail the series against # 29 Bellaguarda/Laciga, Switzerland 0-1
7/10/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 1	Bellaguarda/Laciga	29	Ces/Ces	8	21-13, 21-13	0:36
Lead the series against # 30, Q22 Benes/Kubala, Czechia 1-0
5/9/09	CEV	Spanish Masters	Contender 3	Ces/Ces	11	Benes/Kubala	13, Q3	21-18, 22-20	0:45
Lead the series against Barbosa/Ferreira, Brazil 1-0
9/19/08	FIVB	Guarajà Open	Contender 2	Ces/Ces	8	Barbosa/Ferreira	26	18-21, 21-13, 15-5	0:56
Series tied with 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
Trail the series against # Q1 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
Lead the series against # Q2 "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 # Q3 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 # Q7 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 3-0
11/13/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 4	Ces/Ces	2	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	12	24-22, 21-10	0:40
10/31/08	FIVB	Manama Open	Contender 6	Ces/Ces	2	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	8	21-13, 21-18	0:38
5/30/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Contender 4	Ces/Ces	26, Q4	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	22	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # Q12 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 1-0
6/30/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool K	Ces/Ces	11	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	14	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # Q16 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
Trail the series against # Q20 Chen/Li, China 0-1
11/13/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 3	Chen/Li	26	Ces/Ces	2	21-11, 21-16	0:44