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September 5 - 9, 2007

(32) Tomasz Sinczak/Rafal Szternel, Poland

Tomasz Sinczak
Poland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 16, 1986 (40 yrs old)

Home Town:

Lodz

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB U21 World Championships Myslowice 2006)

Career FIVB WT Best:

25th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$9,786.20

Rafal Szternel
Poland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 26, 1986 (40 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$14,738.95

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	29	41	57	CQ	Money
CEV	9	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	US$15,609.73
FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	1	US$3,800.00
FIVB Age Group WC	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$500.00
Overall	19	0	1	1	0	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	1	1	1	1	US$19,909.73

Previous Stare Jablonki Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Did not play	Mariusz Prudel - Country Quota
2006	Rafal Szternel - Country Quota	Tomasz Sinczak - Country Quota

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	8/9-12/2007	Dutch Masters	16	13th	180	€ 1,300.00
CEV	7/5-8/2007	Swiss Masters		21st	60	€ 0.00

Stare Jablonki Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 9/6/2007	Winner 1	Emanuel Rego / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (1)	Lost 18-21, 18-21	0:39
Thu, 9/6/2007	Contender 1	Martin Laciga / Jan Schnider, Switzerland (16)	Lost 24-26, 21-19, 16-18	1:01

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	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	$3,800.00
Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
U21 World Championships	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$0.00
U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00
Total	11	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	3	$5,300.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Tomasz Sinczak												Rafal Szternel
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,750.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	$1,900.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	9	$2,900.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00	Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00
3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$0.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
12	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	3	4	$2,650.00	Total	19	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	5	9	$5,400.00

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
2003	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	5	3	62.5 %
2004	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2005	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	1	3	25.0 %
2006	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2006	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	6	1	85.7 %
2006	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,300.00	2	3	40.0 %
2007	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00	0	2	0.0 %
2007	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$1,300.00	3	3	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$2,000.00	0	4	0.0 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$0.00	13	8	61.9 %
Total	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$2,600.00	5	6	45.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Tomasz Sinczak													Rafal Szternel
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	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	1	0	$0.00	2004	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2005	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2005	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2006	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2006	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	$650.00	2006	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$650.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00	2007	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,000.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$650.00	2007	CEV	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	1	$900.00
13	0	1	1	0	0	3	2	2	4	$2,300.00	Total	Total	16	0	1	1	0	0	3	4	2	5	$2,550.00

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	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	1	16.7%	1	16.7%	4	66.7%	1-5	16.7%	0-4	0.0%	1-3	25.0%	0	0	1-7	12.5%
2006-2007	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0-2	0.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	0-3	0.0%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	1	20.0%	1	20.0%	3	60.0%	1-4	20.0%	0-6	0.0%	2-4	33.3%	0	0	1-5	16.7%

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	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7
Challenger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
U21 World Championships	0	0	1	1	4	2	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	8	5
U18/19 World Championships	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	5	3
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Total	0	1	3	3	5	4	0	0	5	5	1	1	1	0	0	1	15	19

Head to Head Results
Sinczak/Szternel trail the series against the field 3-5 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 5 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-1
9/6/07	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 1	Rego/Santos	1	Sinczak/Szternel	32	21-18, 21-18	0:39
Trail the series against # 12 Deulofeu/Salvetti, France 0-1
7/5/07	CEV	Swiss Masters	Qualifier 2	Deulofeu/Salvetti		Sinczak/Szternel		21-16, 14-21, 15-11	0:50
Trail the series against # 16 Laciga/Schnider, Switzerland 0-1
9/6/07	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 1	Laciga/Schnider	16	Sinczak/Szternel	32	26-24, 19-21, 18-16	1:01
Trail the series against # 24, Q13 Babich/Nikolaev, Ukraine 0-1
8/10/07	CEV	Dutch Masters	Contender 1	Babich/Nikolaev	8	Sinczak/Szternel	16	21-18, 21-17	0:40
Lead the series against # 30, Q12 Smedins/Smedins, Latvia 1-0
8/27/03	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 18 World Championships	Qualifier 1	Sinczak/Szternel	9, Q5	Smedins/Smedins	Q4	23-21, 21-18
Lead the series against # Q11 Gabathuler/Wenger, Switzerland 1-0
8/9/07	CEV	Dutch Masters	Qualifier 1	Sinczak/Szternel	16	Gabathuler/Wenger		21-16, 21-18	0:34
Lead the series against # Q17 Indra/Wachter, Liechtenstein 1-0
6/15/06	CEV	Russian Masters	Qualifier 2	Sinczak/Szternel	16	Indra/Wachter		21-14, 21-13	0:38
Trail the series against # Q31 Fogel/Prudel, Poland 0-1
8/9/06	FIVB	Poland Open	Country Quota	Fogel/Prudel	Q35	Sinczak/Szternel		18-21, 22-20, 15-10	0:51