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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$440,000 Transavia The Hague Grand Slam
June 11 - 16, 2013

(20) Petr Benes/Premysl Kubala, Czech Republic

Petr Benes
Czech Republic

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 27, 1974 (49 yrs old)

Home Town:

Praha

Resides:

Prague

Height:

197 cm (6'6")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (2 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

4th (The Hague 2011)

Career Winnings:

US$128,125.00

Premysl Kubala
Czech Republic

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 16, 1973 (50 yrs old)

Home Town:

Frydek-Mistek

Resides:

Frydek-Mistek

Height:

202 cm (6'8")

Weight:

98 kg (216 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

138

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB C&S Brno 2007)

Career FIVB WT Best:

4th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$205,875.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
FIVB	40	0	0	0	1	3	4	9	1	12	9	1	US$232,850.00

Previous The Hague Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2009	Premysl Kubala - 7th	Petr Benes - 7th
2011	Premysl Kubala - 4th	Petr Benes - 4th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/14-19/2012	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	8	25	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	7/28-8/9/2012	London 2012 Olympic Games	14	17	0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/10-14/2012	Berlin Grand Slam	14	25	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	7/3-8/2012	Gstaad Grand Slam	15	17	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2012	Grand Slam Rome	16	5	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	6/7-12/2012	Moscow Grand Slam	18	9	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	5/22-27/2012	Prague Open	9	7	300	US$7,600.00
FIVB	5/8-13/2012	Beijing Grand Slam	13	17	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	5/1-6/2012	Shanghai Grand Slam	13	25	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	10/4-9/2011	Agadir Open	8	9	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/23-28/2011	The Hague Open	6	4	420	US$11,200.00
FIVB	8/16-21/2011	Åland Open	8	9	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/2-7/2011	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	19	5	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	7/26-31/2011	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	18	17	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	7/12-17/2011	Moscow Grand Slam	15	9	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/5-10/2011	Gstaad Grand Slam	22	9	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/3/2011	Stavanger Grand Slam	20	9	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/13-19/2011	Rome World Championships	11	17	200	US$7,000.00

The Hague Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/12/2013	Pool D	Sebastian Dollinger / Stefan Windscheif, Germany (13)	Lost 21-15, 15-21, 7-15	0:42
Thu, 6/13/2013	Pool D	Bruno Schmidt / Pedro Solberg, Brazil (4)	Lost 13-21, 21-15, 11-15	0:48
Thu, 6/13/2013	Pool D	Adrian Gavira / Pablo Herrera, Spain (29, Q12)	Lost 20-22, 20-22	0:39

Head to Head Results
Benes/Kubala trail the series against the field 18-31

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-3
6/11/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 2	Nummerdor/Schuil	1	Benes/Kubala	18	21-18, 21-15	0:39
8/27/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Semi-Finals	Nummerdor/Schuil	8	Benes/Kubala	6	21-15, 21-19	0:35
7/11/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 2	Nummerdor/Schuil	12	Benes/Kubala	30, Q22	21-17, 21-8	0:32
Trail the series against # 2 Cerutti/Rego, Brazil 1-5
7/5/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool K	Cerutti/Rego	2	Benes/Kubala	15	26-24, 21-16	0:39
6/15/12	FIVB	Grand Slam Rome	Pool J	Cerutti/Rego	1	Benes/Kubala	16	19-21, 27-25, 15-11	0:59
6/9/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool K	Cerutti/Rego	2	Benes/Kubala	18	18-21, 21-15, 15-11	0:49
7/2/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 2	Cerutti/Rego	1	Benes/Kubala	20	21-17, 21-18	0:35
5/29/10	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 5	Cerutti/Rego	5	Benes/Kubala	28	21-14, 18-21, 15-11	0:48
5/27/10	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 1	Benes/Kubala	28	Cerutti/Rego	5	18-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:54
Trail the series against # 4 Schmidt/Solberg, Brazil 0-1
6/13/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool D	Schmidt/Solberg	4	Benes/Kubala	20	21-13, 15-21, 15-11	0:48
Trail the series against # 6 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 0-2
8/2/12	FIVB	London 2012 Olympic Games	Lucky Loser	Erdmann/Matysik	8	Benes/Kubala	14	15-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:55
10/7/11	FIVB	Agadir Open	Contender 4	Erdmann/Matysik	6	Benes/Kubala	8	21-14, 21-19	0:36
Trail the series against # 7 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 3-4
8/16/12	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool Q	Fijalek/Prudel	9	Benes/Kubala	8	21-13, 21-15	0:31
8/19/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Contender 4	Fijalek/Prudel	3	Benes/Kubala	8	24-22, 21-12	0:36
7/9/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 2	Fijalek/Prudel	5	Benes/Kubala	22	21-16, 21-16	0:36
6/30/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool M	Benes/Kubala	20	Fijalek/Prudel	13	16-21, 21-18, 20-18	0:56
8/28/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 2	Benes/Kubala	20	Fijalek/Prudel	14	21-19, 21-17	0:38
8/6/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 1	Fijalek/Prudel	9	Benes/Kubala	24	21-16, 21-19	0:43
5/15/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Contender 2	Benes/Kubala	31, Q7	Fijalek/Prudel	17	21-19, 21-19	0:49
Trail the series against # 8 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 1-2
7/11/12	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool L	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	30, Q6	Benes/Kubala	14	21-16, 21-12	0:31
7/6/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool K	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	31	Benes/Kubala	15	18-21, 21-12, 15-11	0:45
6/10/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool K	Benes/Kubala	18	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	31, Q11	22-20, 21-17	0:37
Lead the series against # 11 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 3-0
5/24/12	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 2	Benes/Kubala	9	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	25, Q5	22-20, 24-22	0:46
7/8/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool J	Benes/Kubala	17	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	32, Q9	21-18, 19-21, 15-13	0:58
5/14/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Contender 1	Benes/Kubala	31, Q7	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	15	21-16, 21-13	0:38
Series tied with # 12 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 1-1
6/9/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool K	Lupo/Nicolai	15	Benes/Kubala	18	21-19, 12-21, 16-14	0:48
8/27/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 6	Benes/Kubala	6	Lupo/Nicolai	7	21-16, 21-18	0:35
Lead the series against # 13 Dollinger/Windscheif, Germany 2-1
6/12/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool D	Dollinger/Windscheif	13	Benes/Kubala	20	15-21, 21-15, 15-7	0:42
7/30/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool N	Benes/Kubala	21	Dollinger/Windscheif	28	18-21, 21-15, 15-9	1:04
7/22/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 1	Benes/Kubala	12	Dollinger/Windscheif	21	23-21, 21-19	0:46
Trail the series against # 14 Dyachenko/Sidorenko, Kazakhstan 0-2
7/11/12	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool L	Dyachenko/Sidorenko	19	Benes/Kubala	14	34-32, 21-19	0:54
8/12/10	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 1	Dyachenko/Sidorenko	24, Q7	Benes/Kubala	8	17-21, 23-21, 16-14	0:52
Trail the series against # 18 Doppler/Horst, Austria 0-1
8/17/12	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool Q	Doppler/Horst	25	Benes/Kubala	8	21-23, 21-18, 15-12	0:53
Trail the series against # 22, Q1 Huber/Seidl, Austria 0-1
8/16/12	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool Q	Huber/Seidl	24, Q5	Benes/Kubala	8	21-17, 21-16	0:31
Trail the series against # 27, Q7 Bockermann/Urbatzka, Germany 0-1
7/29/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool K	Bockermann/Urbatzka	31, Q25	Benes/Kubala	18	15-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:48
Trail the series against # 29, Q12 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 4-6
6/13/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool D	Gavira/Herrera	29, Q12	Benes/Kubala	20	22-20, 22-20	0:39
7/29/12	FIVB	London 2012 Olympic Games	Pool B	Gavira/Herrera	11	Benes/Kubala	14	25-23, 21-16	0:40
6/14/12	FIVB	Grand Slam Rome	Pool J	Benes/Kubala	16	Gavira/Herrera	17	21-18, 21-16	0:35
6/10/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 1	Benes/Kubala	18	Gavira/Herrera	14	22-20, 23-21	0:44
5/11/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool M	Benes/Kubala	13	Gavira/Herrera	4	22-20, 18-21, 15-10	0:48
7/7/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool O	Gavira/Herrera	6	Benes/Kubala	22	21-16, 19-21, 17-15	0:50
7/29/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool N	Benes/Kubala	21	Gavira/Herrera	5	16-21, 21-18, 22-20	0:55
7/1/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool L	Gavira/Herrera	3	Benes/Kubala	19	14-21, 21-16, 15-8	0:44
5/28/10	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 3	Gavira/Herrera	4	Benes/Kubala	28	21-13, 21-16	0:31
5/28/09	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 1	Gavira/Herrera	13	Benes/Kubala	29, Q11	18-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:53
Trail the series against # Q3 Bogatov/Prokopiev, Russia 0-1
7/17/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 1	Bogatov/Prokopiev	10	Benes/Kubala	24, Q14	21-17 Retired	0:20
Lead the series against # Q10 Mullner/Wutzl, Austria 1-0
6/15/12	FIVB	Grand Slam Rome	Winner 1	Benes/Kubala	16	Mullner/Wutzl	31, Q17	21-18, 21-17	0:34
Lead the series against # Q13 Brinkborg/Gunnarsson, Sweden 2-0
6/13/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool K	Benes/Kubala	11	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	35	21-19, 20-22, 15-13	0:47
7/1/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool L	Benes/Kubala	19	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	30	21-18, 23-21	0:44