European Championship Tour
€ 100,000 Italian Open
May 12 - 16, 2004
Michal Palinek/Stepan Smrcka, Czech Republic
 
Michal Palinek
Czech Republic
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Personal Info
Birth Date: Aug 10, 1967 (57 yrs old)
Home Town: Prerov
Height: 190 cm (6'3")
Weight: 80 kg (176 lb)
Seasons: 12
Tournaments: 94
Career Wins: 1 (CEV Rome 1996)
Career Winnings: US$111,884.73
Stepan Smrcka
Czech Republic
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Personal Info
Birth Date: Aug 3, 1981 (43 yrs old)
Home Town: Ceske Budejovice
Seasons: 3
Tournaments: 12
Career Best: 5th (3 times)
Career CEV Best: 27th (Roseto degli Abruzzi 2004)
Career Winnings: US$2,248.23
Team Career Summary 
TourPlayed1234579131725274157Money
CEV10000000000100 US$0.00
CEV C&S20000110000000 US$1,948.78
FIVB50000000000032 US$0.00
FIVB C&S20000100010000 US$2,000.00
Overall100000210010132 US$3,948.78
Previous Roseto degli Abruzzi Results  Neither player has played in this venue before
Recent Results 
TourDateTournamentSeedFinishPointsMoney
FIVB C&S 8/19-24/2003 Greece Challenger 18 5th 36 US$1,500.00
FIVB 7/23-27/2003 Portugal Open Q28 41st 10 US$0.00
FIVB 7/2-6/2003 Norway Open Q43 41st 10 US$0.00
FIVB 6/18-22/2003 Switzerland Open Q48 41st 10 US$0.00
FIVB 6/4-8/2003 Hellas Open Q41 57th 4 US$0.00
Italian Open Matches
DateBracketOpponentScoreTime
Wed, 5/12/2004 Filip Hanak / Lubomir Kuchta, Czech Republic Won 21-16, 21-19 0:35
Thu, 5/13/2004 Jorg Ahmann / Axel Hager, Germany Lost 12-21, 19-21 0:40
Head to Head Results
Palinek/Smrcka trail the series against the field 4-6 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 5 Series, 0 Series Tied)
DateTourTournamentRoundWinning TeamSeedLosing TeamSeedScoreTime
Trail the series against Ahmann/Hager, Germany 0-1
5/13/04CEVItalian Open Ahmann/Hager Palinek/Smrcka 21-12, 21-19 0:40
Trail the series against Arkaev/Barsuk, Russia 0-1
6/19/03FIVBSwitzerland Open Qualifier 2 Arkaev/Barsuk 27, Q16 Palinek/Smrcka Q48 21-18, 23-21 0:41
Trail the series against Beligratis/Michalopoulos, Greece 0-1
8/20/03FIVB C&SGreece Challenger Pool F Beligratis/Michalopoulos 6 Palinek/Smrcka 18 16-21, 21-15, 15-13 0:57
Lead the series against Brizida/Pedrosa, Portugal 1-0
6/18/03FIVBSwitzerland Open Qualifier 1 Palinek/Smrcka Q48 Brizida/Pedrosa Q17 21-23, 21-16, 15-10 0:57
Lead the series against Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson, Spain 1-0
8/22/03FIVB C&SGreece Challenger Winner 1 Palinek/Smrcka 18 Cotrino /Garcia-Thompson 2 21-16, 25-27, 17-15 1:14
Trail the series against Dobeiner/Mellitzer, Austria 0-1
7/27/02FIVB C&SUkraine Challenger Pool H Dobeiner/Mellitzer 24 Palinek/Smrcka 9 21-16, 18-21, 25-23 0:58
Trail the series against Fenili/Galli, Italy 0-2
8/23/03FIVB C&SGreece Challenger Winner 2 Fenili/Galli 13 Palinek/Smrcka 18 By Forfeit  
7/2/03FIVBNorway Open Qualifier 2 Fenili/Galli Q54 Palinek/Smrcka Q43 21-16, 23-21 0:42
Lead the series against Gosch/Strauss, Austria 1-0
7/2/03FIVBNorway Open Qualifier 1 Palinek/Smrcka Q43 Gosch/Strauss Q22 21-18, 21-19 0:38
Lead the series against Hanak/Kuchta, Czech Republic 1-0
5/12/04CEVItalian Open Palinek/Smrcka Hanak/Kuchta 21-16, 21-19 0:35