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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 BPT Challenge Itapema
April 6 - 9, 2023

(21, Q9) 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 Itapema Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2018	Bartosz Losiak - 3rd	Kacper Kujawiak - 17th
2019	Bartosz Losiak - 4th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/16-19/2023	La Paz Challenge	18, Q3	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	8/10-14/2022	Hamburg Elite 16	Q4	17th	400	US$0.00
FIVB	7/14-17/2022	Espinho Challenge	9	4th	680	US$6,000.00
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

Challenge Itapema Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 4/6/2023	Qualifier 1	Adrielson Dos Santos / Arthur da Silva, Brazil (Q24)	Won 21-18, 21-19	0:40
Thu, 4/6/2023	Qualifier 2	Miguel Sarabia / Juan Virgen, Mexico (Q8)	Won 21-17, 21-18	0:38
Fri, 4/7/2023	Pool D	Thomas Hodges / Zachery Schubert, Australia (4)	Won 21-18, 21-19	0:39
Fri, 4/7/2023	Pool D	Mathias Berntsen / Hendrik Mol, Norway (9)	Lost 23-21, 18-21, 8-15	0:49
Sat, 4/8/2023	Winner 1	Tri Bourne / Chaim Schalk, United States (7)	Lost 17-21, 21-12, 14-16	0:50

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	7	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	$23,750.00	11	12	47.8 %
2023	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00	6	3	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	9	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	0	4	0	0	$28,750.00	17	15	53.1 %

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
7	0	0	0	1	1	1	4	0	0	$11,875.00	2022	FIVB	8	0	0	0	1	1	1	4	0	1	$11,875.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$2,500.00	2023	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$2,500.00
112	6	7	6	4	19	27	20	7	16	$409,150.00	Total	Total	87	2	1	2	1	6	15	17	17	26	$78,950.00

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%
2022-2023	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%
Against the Field	9	81.8%	1	9.1%	1	9.1%	10-1	90.9%	3	27.3%	3	27.3%	5	45.5%	3-8	27.3%	18-8	69.2%	8-8	50.0%	1	0	14-8	63.6%

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
Kantor/Rudol lead the series against the field 11-7 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 5 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 4 Hodges/Schubert, Australia 1-0
4/7/23	FIVB	Challenge Itapema	Pool D	Kantor/Rudol	21, Q9	Hodges/Schubert	4	21-18, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # 5 Gauthier-Rat/Krou, France 1-0
3/17/23	FIVB	La Paz Challenge	Pool F	Kantor/Rudol	18, Q3	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	7	22-20, 32-34, 18-16	1:11
Trail the series against # 6 Brunner/Crabb, United States 0-1
3/18/23	FIVB	La Paz Challenge	Winner 1	Brunner/Crabb	9	Kantor/Rudol	18, Q3	21-14, 21-16	0:33
Trail the series against # 7 Bourne/Schalk, United States 0-1
4/8/23	FIVB	Challenge Itapema	Winner 1	Bourne/Schalk	7	Kantor/Rudol	21, Q9	21-17, 12-21, 16-14	0:50
Trail the series against # 9 Berntsen/Mol, Norway 0-1
4/7/23	FIVB	Challenge Itapema	Pool D	Berntsen/Mol	9	Kantor/Rudol	21, Q9	21-23, 21-18, 15-8	0:49
Lead the series against # 14 Dearing/Schachter, Canada 1-0
3/17/23	FIVB	La Paz Challenge	Pool F	Kantor/Rudol	18, Q3	Dearing/Schachter	19, Q4	21-18, 26-24	0:40
Series tied with # 17 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
Trail the series against # 19 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
Lead the series against # 20, Q6 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 # Q8 Sarabia/Virgen, Mexico 1-0
4/6/23	FIVB	Challenge Itapema	Qualifier 2	Kantor/Rudol	21, Q9	Sarabia/Virgen	Q8	21-17, 21-18	0:38
Trail the series against # Q11 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
Series tied with # Q14 Luini/Penninga, Netherlands 1-1
8/10/22	FIVB	Hamburg Elite 16	Qualifier 2	Luini/Penninga	16, Q5	Kantor/Rudol	Q4	28-26, 20-22, 15-10	0:59
5/20/22	FIVB	Kusadasi Challenge	Pool E	Kantor/Rudol	17	Luini/Penninga	8	23-25, 21-19, 18-16	0:59
Lead the series against # Q18 Cory/Webber, United States 1-0
3/16/23	FIVB	La Paz Challenge	Qualifier 2	Kantor/Rudol	18, Q3	Cory/Webber	Q14	21-15, 21-13	0:31
Lead the series against # Q21 Elazar/Ohana, Israel 1-0
8/10/22	FIVB	Hamburg Elite 16	Qualifier 1	Kantor/Rudol	Q4	Elazar/Ohana	Q13	21-13, 21-19	0:38
Lead the series against # Q24 da Silva/Dos Santos, Brazil 1-0
4/6/23	FIVB	Challenge Itapema	Qualifier 1	Kantor/Rudol	21, Q9	Dos Santos/da Silva	Q24	21-18, 21-19	0:40