Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 1 to 1 energy Grand Slam 2010
July 6 - 11, 2010
(28, Q2) Andy Ces/Kevin Ces, France
 
Andy Cès
France
Photo: FIVB
Personal Info
Birth Date: Jul 3, 1982 (42 yrs old)
Home Town: Savigny sur orge
Height: 196 cm (6'5")
Weight: 91 kg (200 lb)
Seasons: 8
Tournaments: 89
Career Best: 2nd (FIVB Manama 2008)
Career Winnings: US$141,675.00
Kevin Cès
France
Photo: FIVB
Personal Info
Birth Date: Jul 21, 1980 (44 yrs old)
Home Town: Savigny-sur-Orge
Height: 194 cm (6'4")
Weight: 91 kg (200 lb)
Seasons: 16
Tournaments: 140
Career Wins: 1 (FIVB C&S Porticcio 2004)
Career FIVB WT Best: 2nd (Manama 2008)
Career Winnings: US$172,437.50
Team Career Summary 
TourPlayed12345791317253341Money
FIVB76010232671717138 US$264,250.00
Previous Gstaad Results 
YearPartner - ResultPartner - 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
2009 Kevin Ces - 17th Andy Ces - 17th
Recent Results 
TourDateTournamentSeedFinishPointsMoney
FIVB 6/29-7/4/2010 Stavanger Grand Slam Q1 33rd 40 US$0.00
FIVB 6/9-14/2010 Moscow Grand Slam Q2 41st 24 US$0.00
FIVB 5/25-30/2010 Myslowice Open 26 25th 60 US$2,000.00
FIVB 5/18-23/2010 Rome Grand Slam 20 25th 80 US$3,500.00
FIVB 5/3-8/2010 Shanghai Open 18 13th 180 US$4,250.00
FIVB 4/20-25/2010 Brasilia Open 13 25th 60 US$2,000.00
FIVB 10/26-31/2009 Sanya Open 3 9th 240 US$6,000.00
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
Gstaad Grand Slam Matches
DateBracketOpponentScoreTime
Wed, 7/7/2010 Qualifier 1 Alexander Huber / Robin Seidl, Austria (Q31) Won 21-14, 21-17 0:40
Wed, 7/7/2010 Qualifier 2 Igor Hernandez / Jesus Villafane, Venezuela (Q15) Won 21-15, 21-14 0:38
Thu, 7/8/2010 Pool N Harley Marques / Pedro Solberg, Brazil (5) Lost 16-21, 16-21 0:44
Fri, 7/9/2010 Pool N Igor Kolodinsky / Yaroslav Koshkarev, Russia (12, Q3) Won 18-21, 21-17, 15-13 1:00
Fri, 7/9/2010 Pool N Tarjei Skarlund / Martin Spinnangr, Norway (21) Won 21-15, 21-18 0:44
Fri, 7/9/2010 Winner 1 Yury Bogatov / Serguei Prokopiev, Russia (20) Lost 17-21, 19-21 0:56
Head to Head Results
Ces/Ces trail the series against the field 33-40 (Lead 16 Series, Trail 16 Series, 4 Series Tied)
DateTourTournamentRoundWinning TeamSeedLosing TeamSeedScoreTime
Trail the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 0-2
3/27/08FIVBAdelaide Australia Open Winner 1 Dalhausser/Rogers 2 Ces/Ces 31, Q9 21-18, 14-21, 15-13 1:03
9/27/07FIVBBrazil Open Winner 1 Dalhausser/Rogers 4 Ces/Ces 29, Q1 21-18, 21-11 0:39
Trail the series against # 2 Cerutti/Rego, Brazil 0-1
5/21/10FIVBRome Grand Slam Pool M Cerutti/Rego 4 Ces/Ces 20 21-18, 21-13 0:35
Trail the series against # 3 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 0-1
7/30/09FIVBKlagenfurt Grand Slam Pool D Gavira/Herrera 4 Ces/Ces 20 21-19, 21-14 0:46
Trail the series against # 4 Wu/Xu, China 0-4
6/19/08FIVBParis Grand Slam Pool E Wu/Xu 5 Ces/Ces 28 21-15, 21-11 0:39
4/30/08FIVBChina Shanghai Open Winner 1 Wu/Xu 4 Ces/Ces 29, Q5 21-19, 21-13 0:37
8/9/07FIVBKristiansand Open Winner 1 Wu/Xu 4 Ces/Ces 29, Q7 21-15, 16-21, 15-10 0:50
7/19/07FIVBMarseille Open Winner 1 Wu/Xu 5 Ces/Ces 28 19-21, 22-20, 15-7 1:04
Trail the series against # 5 Marques/Solberg, Brazil 1-5
7/8/10FIVBGstaad Grand Slam Pool N Marques/Solberg 5 Ces/Ces 28, Q2 21-16, 21-16 0:44
10/11/08FIVBDubai Open Bronze Medal Marques/Solberg 1 Ces/Ces 5 21-18, 19-21, 15-13 0:58
10/9/08FIVBDubai Open Winner 4 Ces/Ces 5 Marques/Solberg 1 21-18, 21-18 0:51
8/30/08FIVBKristiansand Open Contender 4 Marques/Solberg 1 Ces/Ces 20 21-14, 21-15 0:40
6/26/08FIVBStavanger Grand Slam Pool F Marques/Solberg 6 Ces/Ces 27, Q12 21-14, 21-18 0:41
5/15/08FIVBItalian Open Winner 1 Marques/Solberg 3 Ces/Ces 30, Q12 21-13, 21-10 0:34
Series tied with # 7 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 1-1
8/21/09FIVBAland Open Contender 3 Fijalek/Prudel 21, Q3 Ces/Ces 14 21-19, 10-21, 15-12 1:01
10/30/08FIVBManama Open Winner 3 Ces/Ces 2 Fijalek/Prudel 10 21-19, 21-14 0:48
Trail the series against # 8 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 0-2
5/27/10FIVBMyslowice Open Winner 1 Klemperer/Koreng 7 Ces/Ces 26 21-19, 21-15 0:43
7/17/09FIVBMoscow Grand Slam Pool E Klemperer/Koreng 5 Ces/Ces 12 21-18, 21-13 0:41
Series tied with # 9 Heuscher/Heyer, Switzerland 2-2
8/13/09FIVBKristiansand Open Winner 2 Ces/Ces 12 Heuscher/Heyer 5 21-12, 21-17 0:39
7/31/09FIVBKlagenfurt Grand Slam Winner 1 Heuscher/Heyer 14 Ces/Ces 20 21-17, 21-13 0:37
7/10/09FIVBGstaad Grand Slam Pool H Heuscher/Heyer 9 Ces/Ces 8 21-13, 21-11 0:36
5/29/08FIVBBarcelona Open Winner 1 Ces/Ces 26, Q4 Heuscher/Heyer 7 21-16, 20-22, 15-10 1:04
Lead the series against # 10 Gabathuler/Schnider, Switzerland 1-0
7/16/09FIVBMoscow Grand Slam Pool E Ces/Ces 12 Gabathuler/Schnider 28 21-12, 19-21, 15-9 0:51
Trail the series against # 11, Q1 Araujo/Santos, Brazil 0-1
5/20/10FIVBRome Grand Slam Pool M Araujo/Santos 13 Ces/Ces 20 18-21, 21-19, 15-8 1:02
Lead the series against # 12, Q3 Kolodinsky/Koshkarev, Russia 1-0
7/9/10FIVBGstaad Grand Slam Pool N Ces/Ces 28, Q2 Kolodinsky/Koshkarev 12, Q3 18-21, 21-17, 15-13 1:00
Trail the series against # 13, Q4 Fuerbringer/Lucena, United States 0-1
5/6/10FIVBShanghai Open Contender 3 Fuerbringer/Lucena 23 Ces/Ces 18 21-19, 21-12 0:39
Trail the series against # 16 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 0-2
5/5/10FIVBShanghai Open Winner 1 Gibb/Rosenthal 15 Ces/Ces 18 21-19, 21-19 0:40
6/26/08FIVBStavanger Grand Slam Pool F Gibb/Rosenthal 11 Ces/Ces 27, Q12 21-12, 22-20 0:41
Trail the series against # 18 Gosch/Horst, Austria 2-3
9/4/08FIVBMallorca Open Winner 1 Ces/Ces 20 Gosch/Horst 13 16-21, 24-22, 15-13 1:11
8/28/08FIVBKristiansand Open Winner 1 Gosch/Horst 13 Ces/Ces 20 21-11, 27-25 0:46
5/8/08FIVBPrague Open Contender 1 Ces/Ces 30, Q8 Gosch/Horst 19 21-18, 21-19 0:55
7/20/07FIVBMarseille Open Contender 2 Gosch/Horst 11 Ces/Ces 28 21-17, 21-15 0:45
6/27/07FIVBStavanger Grand Slam Qualifier 2 Gosch/Horst 24, Q7 Ces/Ces Q10 17-21, 21-19, 15-12 1:06
Lead the series against # 19 Samoilovs/Sorokins, Latvia 1-0
5/6/10FIVBShanghai Open Contender 2 Ces/Ces 18 Samoilovs/Sorokins 16 21-14, 7-21, 15-8 0:51
Trail the series against # 20 Bogatov/Prokopiev, Russia 0-1
7/9/10FIVBGstaad Grand Slam Winner 1 Bogatov/Prokopiev 20 Ces/Ces 28, Q2 21-17, 21-19 0:56
Lead the series against # 21 Skarlund/Spinnangr, Norway 1-0
7/9/10FIVBGstaad Grand Slam Pool N Ces/Ces 28, Q2 Skarlund/Spinnangr 21 21-15, 21-18 0:44
Trail the series against # 22, Q10 Plavins/Smedins, Latvia 0-1
6/30/10FIVBStavanger Grand Slam Qualifier 2 Plavins/Smedins 26, Q16 Ces/Ces Q1 23-21, 21-17 0:46
Series tied with # 23 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 1-1
7/24/09FIVBMarseille Grand Slam Winner 2 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro 24 Ces/Ces 9 21-18, 26-24 0:53
9/5/08FIVBMallorca Open Contender 3 Ces/Ces 20 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro 11, Q1 19-21, 21-11, 15-12 0:58
Lead the series against # 24, Q5 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 3-2
4/22/10FIVBBrasilia Open Winner 1 Lochhead/Pitman 20 Ces/Ces 13 21-19, 20-22, 15-12 0:57
8/13/09FIVBKristiansand Open Winner 1 Ces/Ces 12 Lochhead/Pitman 21 22-20, 21-17 0:45
7/17/09FIVBMoscow Grand Slam Winner 1 Ces/Ces 12 Lochhead/Pitman 16 21-19, 21-19 0:43
7/17/08FIVBMarseille Open Winner 1 Ces/Ces 21 Lochhead/Pitman 12 21-16, 21-11 0:41
7/5/07FIVBMontréal Open Contender 1 Lochhead/Pitman 23, Q1 Ces/Ces 26, Q2 26-24, 17-21, 24-22 1:08
Lead the series against # 25 Dollinger/Windscheif, Germany 1-0
10/31/08FIVBManama Open Semi-Finals Ces/Ces 2 Dollinger/Windscheif 21, Q5 21-15, 17-21, 15-8 0:58
Trail the series against # 26 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 0-2
5/20/10FIVBRome Grand Slam Pool M Erdmann/Matysik 29, Q12 Ces/Ces 20 21-17, 15-21, 15-11 0:53
7/9/09FIVBGstaad Grand Slam Pool H Erdmann/Matysik 24 Ces/Ces 8 17-21, 21-13, 15-12 1:00
Lead the series against # 27 Redmann/VanHuizen, Canada 1-0
8/7/09FIVBStare Jablonki Open Contender 2 Ces/Ces 15 Redmann/VanHuizen 16 21-19, 21-16 0:44
Trail the series against # 29 Bellaguarda/Laciga, Switzerland 0-2
7/18/09FIVBMoscow Grand Slam Winner 3 Bellaguarda/Laciga 19, Q7 Ces/Ces 12 19-21, 26-24, 15-13 1:05
7/10/09FIVBGstaad Grand Slam Winner 1 Bellaguarda/Laciga 29 Ces/Ces 8 21-13, 21-13 0:36
Lead the series against # 30, Q6 Lario/Mesa, Spain 3-0
8/21/09FIVBAland Open Contender 2 Ces/Ces 14 Lario/Mesa 20 24-22, 24-26, 15-7 1:06
8/6/09FIVBStare Jablonki Open Winner 1 Ces/Ces 15 Lario/Mesa 18 16-21, 21-14, 17-15 0:58
7/2/09FIVBStavanger World Championships Winner 1 Ces/Ces 11 Lario/Mesa 30 25-23, 21-18 0:53
Lead the series against # 32, Q9 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 3-1
5/27/10FIVBMyslowice Open Contender 1 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz 10 Ces/Ces 26 21-15, 21-18 0:40
11/13/08FIVBSanya Open Contender 4 Ces/Ces 2 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz 12 24-22, 21-10 0:40
10/31/08FIVBManama Open Contender 6 Ces/Ces 2 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz 8 21-13, 21-18 0:38
5/30/08FIVBBarcelona Open Contender 4 Ces/Ces 26, Q4 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz 22 By Forfeit  
Lead the series against # Q7 Dugrip/Salvetti, France 2-0
8/20/09FIVBAland Open Winner 1 Ces/Ces 14 Dugrip/Salvetti 19 21-16, 21-14 0:39
4/23/09FIVBBrasilia Open Winner 1 Ces/Ces 7 Dugrip/Salvetti 26, Q3 21-17, 23-21 0:49
Trail the series against # Q8 Hoyer/Soderberg, Denmark 0-3
4/22/10FIVBBrasilia Open Contender 1 Hoyer/Soderberg 29, Q6 Ces/Ces 13 21-16, 24-22 0:49
6/5/08FIVBStare Jablonki Open Contender 1 Hoyer/Soderberg 28, Q8 Ces/Ces 21, Q5 21-15, 20-22, 15-12 1:01
5/1/07FIVBShanghai Open Qualifier 3 Hoyer/Soderberg 30, Q13 Ces/Ces Q4 21-14, 21-16 0:38
Lead the series against # Q11 Doppler/Mellitzer, Austria 2-0
7/31/09FIVBKlagenfurt Grand Slam Pool D Ces/Ces 20 Doppler/Mellitzer 29 21-15, 21-17 0:51
7/9/09FIVBGstaad Grand Slam Pool H Ces/Ces 8 Doppler/Mellitzer 25 21-19, 19-21, 18-16 1:08
Lead the series against # Q14 Hupfer/Schroffenegger, Austria 1-0
9/5/07FIVBStare Jablonki Open Qualifier 3 Ces/Ces 27, Q3 Hupfer/Schroffenegger Q19 21-17, 21-13 0:39
Lead the series against # Q15 Hernandez/Villafane, Venezuela 2-0
7/7/10FIVBGstaad Grand Slam Qualifier 2 Ces/Ces 28, Q2 Hernandez/Villafane Q15 21-15, 21-14 0:38
11/12/08FIVBSanya Open Winner 2 Ces/Ces 2 Hernandez/Villafane 15 21-15, 21-10 0:36
Series tied with # Q18 Miramontes/Virgen, Mexico 1-1
7/25/08FIVBGstaad Grand Slam Pool D Miramontes/Virgen 29, Q5 Ces/Ces 20 21-19, 21-15 0:39
7/11/07FIVBBerlin Grand Slam Qualifier 1 Ces/Ces 31, Q10 Miramontes/Virgen Q23 21-18, 21-15 0:42
Lead the series against # Q19 Henriquez/Mussa, Venezuela 1-0
6/28/09FIVBStavanger World Championships Pool K Ces/Ces 11 Henriquez/Mussa 35 21-19, 21-12 0:43
Trail the series against # Q26 Dyachenko/Sidorenko, Kazakhstan 0-1
6/9/10FIVBMoscow Grand Slam Qualifier 1 Dyachenko/Sidorenko 32, Q31 Ces/Ces Q2 21-15, 18-21, 15-13 0:53
Lead the series against # Q28 Domenghini/Tomatis, Italy 1-0
8/28/08FIVBKristiansand Open Contender 1 Ces/Ces 20 Domenghini/Tomatis 29, Q8 21-16, 23-21 0:40
Lead the series against # Q31 Huber/Seidl, Austria 1-0
7/7/10FIVBGstaad Grand Slam Qualifier 1 Ces/Ces 28, Q2 Huber/Seidl Q31 21-14, 21-17 0:40