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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$380,000 Sanya Open Presented by Olympic Bay
October 26 - 31, 2009

(3) 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 Sanya Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2008	Kevin Ces - 7th	Andy Ces - 7th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/18-23/2009	Aland Open	14	13th	180	US$4,250.00
FIVB	8/11-16/2009	Kristiansand Open	12	4th	420	US$11,200.00
FIVB	8/4-9/2009	Stare Jablonki Open	15	13th	180	US$4,250.00
FIVB	7/28-8/2/2009	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	20	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	7/21-26/2009	Marseille Grand Slam	9	17th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/14-19/2009	Moscow Grand Slam	12	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	7/7-12/2009	Gstaad Grand Slam	8	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/26-7/5/2009	Stavanger World Championships	11	9th	400	US$11,000.00
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

Sanya Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 10/28/2009	Winner 1	Yoshiumi Hasegawa / Shinya Inoue, Japan (30, Q12)	Won 21-8, 21-10	0:33
Wed, 10/28/2009	Winner 2	Matteo Ingrosso / Paolo Ingrosso, Italy (14, Q7)	Won 21-18, 21-19	0:50
Thu, 10/29/2009	Winner 3	Peng Gao / Jian Li, China (27)	Lost 21-18, 14-21, 9-15	1:11
Thu, 10/29/2009	Contender 4	Reinder Nummerdor / Richard Schuil, Netherlands (1)	Lost 16-21, 10-21	0:33

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	10	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	2	4	0	0	$66,900.00	20	22	47.6 %
Total	FIVB	41	0	1	0	2	2	2	5	2	8	12	7	$178,000.00	82	82	50.0 %

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
10	0	0	0	1	1	4	4	0	0	$33,450.00	2009	FIVB	10	0	0	0	1	1	4	4	0	0	$33,450.00
46	0	1	0	2	4	8	8	12	11	$89,350.00	Total	Total	105	1	4	1	2	6	10	15	20	46	$129,312.50

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	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	19	70.4%	6	22.2%	2	7.4%	25-2	92.6%	1	6.3%	4	25.0%	11	68.8%	1-15	6.3%	38-22	63.3%	14-12	53.8%	0	0	26-17	60.5%

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 lead the series against the field 17-8 (Lead 12 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-1
10/29/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 4	Nummerdor/Schuil	1	Ces/Ces	3	21-16, 21-10	0:33
Trail the series against # 2 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 0-1
7/30/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool D	Gavira/Herrera	4	Ces/Ces	20	21-19, 21-14	0:46
Lead the series against # 7 Lario/Mesa, Spain 3-0
8/21/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 2	Ces/Ces	14	Lario/Mesa	20	24-22, 24-26, 15-7	1:06
8/6/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 1	Ces/Ces	15	Lario/Mesa	18	16-21, 21-14, 17-15	0:58
7/2/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Winner 1	Ces/Ces	11	Lario/Mesa	30	25-23, 21-18	0:53
Trail the series against # 9 Wu/Xu, China 0-4
6/19/08	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool E	Wu/Xu	5	Ces/Ces	28	21-15, 21-11	0:39
4/30/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Wu/Xu	4	Ces/Ces	29, Q5	21-19, 21-13	0:37
8/9/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 1	Wu/Xu	4	Ces/Ces	29, Q7	21-15, 16-21, 15-10	0:50
7/19/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 1	Wu/Xu	5	Ces/Ces	28	19-21, 22-20, 15-7	1:04
Lead the series against # 11 Asahi/Shiratori, Japan 1-0
7/11/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Ces/Ces	31, Q10	Asahi/Shiratori	Q7	21-16, 13-21, 15-10	0:54
Lead the series against # 13 Dollinger/Windscheif, Germany 1-0
10/31/08	FIVB	Manama Open	Semi-Finals	Ces/Ces	2	Dollinger/Windscheif	21, Q5	21-15, 17-21, 15-8	0:58
Lead the series against # 14, Q7 Ingrosso/Ingrosso, Italy 1-0
10/28/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 2	Ces/Ces	3	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	14, Q7	21-18, 21-19	0:50
Lead the series against # 19 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 3-1
8/13/09	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 1	Ces/Ces	12	Lochhead/Pitman	21	22-20, 21-17	0:45
7/17/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 1	Ces/Ces	12	Lochhead/Pitman	16	21-19, 21-19	0:43
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 # 20 Dugrip/Salvetti, France 2-0
8/20/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 1	Ces/Ces	14	Dugrip/Salvetti	19	21-16, 21-14	0:39
4/23/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 1	Ces/Ces	7	Dugrip/Salvetti	26, Q3	21-17, 23-21	0:49
Lead the series against # 21, Q3 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 # 23, Q1 Gabathuler/Schnider, Switzerland 1-0
7/16/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool E	Ces/Ces	12	Gabathuler/Schnider	28	21-12, 19-21, 15-9	0:51
Lead the series against # 24, Q2 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
Lead the series against # 25 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 # 27 Gao/Li, China 0-1
10/29/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 3	Gao/Li	27	Ces/Ces	3	18-21, 21-14, 15-9	1:11
Lead the series against # 30, Q12 Hasegawa/Inoue, Japan 1-0
10/28/09	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 1	Ces/Ces	3	Hasegawa/Inoue	30, Q12	21-8, 21-10	0:33
Lead the series against # 32, Q22 Ardiansyam/Darkuncoro, Indonesia 1-0
5/8/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Qualifier 3	Ces/Ces	28, Q8	Ardiansyam/Darkuncoro	Q24	21-14, 21-18	0:38