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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$380,000 Mazury Open
August 4 - 9, 2009

(32) Grzegorz Klimek/Rafal Szternel, Poland

Grzegorz Klimek
Poland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 26, 1983 (42 yrs old)

Home Town:

Lodz

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

85 kg (187 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (FIVB C&S Casablanca 2006)

Career FIVB WT Best:

25th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$4,650.00

Rafal Szternel
Poland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 26, 1986 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Lodz

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

85 kg (187 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB U21 World Championships Myslowice 2006)

Career FIVB WT Best:

25th (4 times)

Career Winnings:

US$4,900.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	41	Money
FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	US$2,000.00

Previous Stare Jablonki Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2004	Dominik Witczak - 41st	Did not play
2005	Dominik Witczak - 25th	Mariusz Prudel - Country Quota
2006	Rafal Matusiak - 41st	Tomasz Sinczak - Country Quota
2007	Did not play	Tomasz Sinczak - 25th
2008	Dominik Witczak - 41st	Tomasz Sinczak - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/26-31/2009	Myslowice Open	Q30	41st	18	US$0.00

Stare Jablonki Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/6/2009	Winner 1	Julius Brink / Jonas Reckermann, Germany (1)	Lost 11-21, 15-21	0:49
Thu, 8/6/2009	Contender 1	Christian Redmann / Rich VanHuizen, Canada (16)	Lost 17-21, 21-19, 7-15	0:59

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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00
Total	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Grzegorz Klimek												Rafal Szternel
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,750.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,750.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$2,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	$2,900.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$400.00	Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$500.00	Satellite
											U21 World Championships	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
14	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	0	$4,650.00	Total	18	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	5	0	$4,900.00

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
2009	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$2,000.00	1	3	25.0 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$2,000.00	1	3	25.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Grzegorz Klimek													Rafal Szternel
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2003	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2004	FIVB
											2004	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,000.00	2005	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$150.00	2005	FIVB C&S
											2005	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	2006	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$750.00	2006	FIVB C&S
											2006	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2007	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2008	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$900.00
											2008	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	$2,750.00	2009	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,000.00
14	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	8	$4,650.00	Total	Total	14	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	4	6	$3,150.00

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	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2	66.7%	0-3	0.0%	1-2	33.3%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	1-3	25.0%
2008-2009	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2	66.7%	0-3	0.0%	1-2	33.3%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	1-3	25.0%
Against the Field	0		0		0		0-0		0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2	66.7%	0-3	0.0%	0-4	0.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	0-3	0.0%

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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Total	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3

Head to Head Results
Klimek/Szternel trail the series against the field 0-3 (Lead 0 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Brink/Reckermann, Germany 0-1
8/6/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 1	Brink/Reckermann	1	Klimek/Szternel	32	21-11, 21-15	0:49
Trail the series against # 16 Redmann/VanHuizen, Canada 0-1
8/6/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 1	Redmann/VanHuizen	16	Klimek/Szternel	32	21-17, 19-21, 15-7	0:59
Trail the series against # 18 Lario/Mesa, Spain 0-1
5/27/09	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Qualifier 2	Lario/Mesa	Q3	Klimek/Szternel	Q30	21-17, 21-13	0:41