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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Espinho Challenge
July 14 - 17, 2022

(9) Piotr Kantor/Maciej Rudol, Poland

Piotr Kantor
Poland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 3, 1992 (33 yrs old)

Home Town:

Sosnowiec

Height:

200 cm (6'7")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

137

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$439,273.23

Maciej Rudol
Poland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 27, 1993 (32 yrs old)

Home Town:

Ilawa

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

85 kg (187 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

1 (Aydin 2019)

Career Winnings:

US$82,830.50

Awards

Most Improved Player 2016

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	Money
FIVB	10	0	0	0	1	2	0	3	0	3	1	0	US$32,500.00

Previous Espinho Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2017	Did not play	Jakub Szalankiewicz - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/6-9/2022	Gstaad Elite 16	23	17th	400	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/10-19/2022	Beach Volleyball World Championships	33	9th	800	US$11,000.00
FIVB	6/1-5/2022	Jurmala Elite 16	Q8	17th	400	US$0.00
FIVB	5/25-29/2022	Ostrava Elite 16	Q8	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	5/19-22/2022	Kusadasi Challenge	17	5th	600	US$3,750.00

Espinho Challenge Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 7/15/2022	Pool D	Yves Haussener / Quentin Metral, Switzerland (16)	Won 21-11, 21-18	0:40
Fri, 7/15/2022	Pool D	Andy Benesh / Miles Evans, United States (21, Q10)	Lost 17-21, 16-21	0:38
Sat, 7/16/2022	Winner 1	Vaclav Bercik / Matyas Dzavoronok, Czech Republic (20, Q8)	Won 16-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:50
Sat, 7/16/2022	Winner 2	Christiaan Varenhorst / Steven van de Velde, Netherlands (1)	Won 18-21, 21-17, 19-17	0:55
Sun, 7/17/2022	Semi-Finals	Martin Ermacora / Moritz Pristauz, Austria (7)	Lost 21-19, 18-21, 12-15	0:58
Sun, 7/17/2022	Bronze Medal	Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Janis Smedins, Latvia (13)	Lost 17-21, 14-21	0:38

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$11,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	$3,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	5	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	$18,500.00
Total	10	0	0	0	1	2	0	3	0	4	0	0	$32,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Piotr Kantor												Maciej Rudol
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	0	2	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
5	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	$25,000.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$5,500.00
4	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	$50,000.00	World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
47	1	2	2	0	5	11	15	4	0	$215,125.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	24	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	4	0	$22,500.00
66	2	4	3	4	16	19	5	2	1	$143,400.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	48	0	0	0	1	5	7	9	10	0	$40,325.00
7	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	1	0	$5,350.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	20	1	1	2	0	2	8	2	4	0	$13,100.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U23 World Championships	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
137	6	8	7	5	27	32	26	7	1	$438,875.00	Total	98	2	1	3	1	8	18	17	18	0	$81,425.00

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
2022	FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	$23,750.00	10	11	47.6 %
Total	FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	$23,750.00	10	11	47.6 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Piotr Kantor													Maciej Rudol
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2009	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2009	FIVB Age Group WC
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,000.00	2010	FIVB
2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2010	FIVB Age Group WC
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$1,400.00	2011	FIVB
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2011	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	$4,000.00	2012	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2012	FIVB Age Group WC
8	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	1	2	$18,125.00	2013	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2013	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
8	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	2	0	$41,500.00	2014	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	$4,600.00
											2014	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
13	0	1	0	0	3	3	3	0	3	$46,875.00	2015	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	3	$5,700.00
16	1	0	3	0	4	7	1	0	0	$82,875.00	2016	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	3	3	$12,275.00
9	0	3	0	1	1	2	1	1	0	$64,000.00	2017	FIVB	9	0	0	1	0	2	1	2	2	1	$16,350.00
11	1	2	2	1	2	2	1	0	0	$78,000.00	2018	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	5	5	$8,250.00
10	0	0	0	1	3	3	2	1	0	$30,500.00	2019	FIVB	16	1	0	0	0	1	2	2	4	6	$13,750.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,500.00	2020	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$300.00
8	1	0	0	0	4	1	1	1	0	$25,000.00	2021	FIVB	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	$2,350.00
6	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	0	0	$11,875.00	2022	FIVB	7	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	0	1	$11,875.00
109	6	7	6	4	19	25	19	7	16	$406,650.00	Total	Total	84	2	1	2	1	6	13	16	17	26	$76,450.00

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	10	62.5%	2	12.5%	4	25.0%	12-4	75.0%	7	36.8%	3	15.8%	9	47.4%	7-12	36.8%	10-9	52.6%	9-7	56.3%	1	0	20-16	55.6%
2021-2022	4	50.0%	1	12.5%	3	37.5%	5-3	62.5%	6	40.0%	2	13.3%	7	46.7%	6-9	40.0%	4-7	36.4%	7-5	58.3%	0	0	11-12	47.8%
Against the Field	5	83.3%	0	0.0%	1	16.7%	5-1	83.3%	4	36.4%	2	18.2%	5	45.5%	4-7	36.4%	10-8	55.6%	8-6	57.1%	1	0	10-7	58.8%

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	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	2	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	3	0	8	2	0	0	4	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	15	8
Total	0	0	5	3	10	5	0	0	5	6	0	1	0	1	0	0	20	16

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 6-6 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 5 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 van de Velde/Varenhorst, Netherlands 1-0
7/16/22	FIVB	Espinho Challenge	Winner 2	Kantor/Rudol	9	Varenhorst/van de Velde	1	18-21, 21-17, 19-17	0:55
Trail the series against # 4 Bourne/Crabb, United States 0-1
5/25/22	FIVB	Ostrava Elite 16	Qualifier 1	Bourne/Crabb	15, Q9	Kantor/Rudol	Q8	21-18, 21-18	0:38
Trail the series against # 7 Ermacora/Pristauz, Austria 0-1
7/17/22	FIVB	Espinho Challenge	Semi-Finals	Ermacora/Pristauz	7	Kantor/Rudol	9	19-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:58
Series tied with # 8 Horl/Horst, Austria 1-1
7/6/22	FIVB	Gstaad Elite 16	Pool G	Horl/Horst	26	Kantor/Rudol	23	21-14, 17-21, 15-13	0:55
5/21/22	FIVB	Kusadasi Challenge	Winner 1	Kantor/Rudol	17	Horl/Horst	22, Q10	18-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:52
Lead the series against # 11 Luini/Penninga, Netherlands 1-0
5/20/22	FIVB	Kusadasi Challenge	Pool E	Kantor/Rudol	17	Luini/Penninga	8	23-25, 21-19, 18-16	0:59
Trail the series against # 12 Burnett/McHugh, Australia 0-1
5/21/22	FIVB	Kusadasi Challenge	Winner 2	Burnett/McHugh	3	Kantor/Rudol	17	21-17, 21-15	0:39
Trail the series against # 13 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 0-1
7/17/22	FIVB	Espinho Challenge	Bronze Medal	Samoilovs/Smedins	13	Kantor/Rudol	9	21-17, 21-14	0:38
Lead the series against # 16 Haussener/Metral, Switzerland 2-0
7/15/22	FIVB	Espinho Challenge	Pool D	Kantor/Rudol	9	Haussener/Metral	16	21-11, 21-18	0:40
6/1/22	FIVB	Jurmala Elite 16	Qualifier 1	Kantor/Rudol	Q8	Haussener/Metral	Q9	21-14, 21-15	0:34
Lead the series against # 20, Q8 Bercik/Dzavoronok, Czech Republic 1-0
7/16/22	FIVB	Espinho Challenge	Winner 1	Kantor/Rudol	9	Bercik/Dzavoronok	20, Q8	16-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:50
Trail the series against # 21, Q10 Benesh/Evans, United States 0-1
7/15/22	FIVB	Espinho Challenge	Pool D	Benesh/Evans	21, Q10	Kantor/Rudol	9	21-17, 21-16	0:38