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European Championship Tour
€ 100,000 English Masters
September 9 - 13, 2009

(12) 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

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2008	Kevin Ces - 9th	Andy Ces - 9th

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
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

English Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 9/11/2009	Winner 1	Steve Grotowski / Gregg Weaver, England (5)	Won 21-16, 21-17	0:43
Fri, 9/11/2009	Winner 2	Patrick Heuscher / Sascha Heyer, Switzerland (4)	Won 21-18, 20-22, 16-14	1:02
Sat, 9/12/2009	Winner 3	Julius Brink / Jonas Reckermann, Germany (1)	Lost 10-21, 9-21	0:48
Sat, 9/12/2009	Contender 4	David Klemperer / Eric Koreng, Germany (2)	Won 21-18, 21-19	0:44
Sat, 9/12/2009	Semi-Finals	Adrian Gavira / Pablo Herrera, Spain (3)	Lost 15-21, 18-21	0:43
Sun, 9/13/2009	Bronze Medal	Julius Brink / Jonas Reckermann, Germany (1)	Lost 17-21, 17-21	0:49

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	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	9	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	2	4	0	0	$60,900.00	18	20	47.4 %
2009	CEV	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,800.00	6	5	54.5 %
Total	FIVB	40	0	1	0	2	2	2	4	2	8	12	7	$172,000.00	80	80	50.0 %
Total	CEV	6	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	$16,900.00	19	13	59.4 %

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
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
9	0	0	0	1	1	3	4	0	0	$30,450.00	2009	FIVB	9	0	0	0	1	1	3	4	0	0	$30,450.00
2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$2,900.00	2009	CEV	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$2,900.00
51	0	2	0	3	5	9	8	13	11	$94,800.00	Total	Total	118	1	5	1	4	7	11	17	22	50	$135,012.50

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%
2008-2009	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%
Against the Field	5	62.5%	2	25.0%	1	12.5%	7-1	87.5%	2	28.6%	0	0.0%	5	71.4%	2-5	28.6%	10-10	50.0%	8-2	80.0%	0	0	9-6	60.0%

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 23-17 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 5 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Brink/Reckermann, Germany 0-2
9/13/09	CEV	English Masters	Bronze Medal	Brink/Reckermann	1	Ces/Ces	12	21-17, 21-17	0:49
9/12/09	CEV	English Masters	Winner 3	Brink/Reckermann	1	Ces/Ces	12	21-10, 21-9	0:48
Trail the series against # 2 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 1-3
9/12/09	CEV	English Masters	Contender 4	Ces/Ces	12	Klemperer/Koreng	2	21-18, 21-19	0:44
7/17/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool E	Klemperer/Koreng	5	Ces/Ces	12	21-18, 21-13	0:41
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 # 3 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 0-2
9/12/09	CEV	English Masters	Semi-Finals	Gavira/Herrera	3	Ces/Ces	12	21-15, 21-18	0:43
7/30/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool D	Gavira/Herrera	4	Ces/Ces	20	21-19, 21-14	0:46
Series tied with # 4 Heuscher/Heyer, Switzerland 3-3
9/11/09	CEV	English Masters	Winner 2	Ces/Ces	12	Heuscher/Heyer	4	21-18, 20-22, 16-14	1:02
8/13/09	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 2	Ces/Ces	12	Heuscher/Heyer	5	21-12, 21-17	0:39
7/31/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 1	Heuscher/Heyer	14	Ces/Ces	20	21-17, 21-13	0:37
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
Lead the series against # 5 Grotowski/Weaver, England 1-0
9/11/09	CEV	English Masters	Winner 1	Ces/Ces	12	Grotowski/Weaver	5	21-16, 21-17	0:43
Lead the series against # 6 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
Lead the series against # 7 Benes/Kubala, Czech Republic 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 # 8 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
Lead the series against # 9 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 2-1
8/21/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 3	Fijalek/Prudel	21, Q3	Ces/Ces	14	21-19, 10-21, 15-12	1:01
10/30/08	FIVB	Manama Open	Winner 3	Ces/Ces	2	Fijalek/Prudel	10	21-19, 21-14	0:48
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 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
Trail the series against # 11, Q1 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 # Q4 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
Trail the series against # Q7 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 # Q8 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 1-0
6/30/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool K	Ces/Ces	11	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	14	By Forfeit