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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$175,000 Prague Open
May 6 - 11, 2008

(Q34) Tomasz Sinczak/Rafal Szternel, Poland

Tomasz Sinczak
Poland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 16, 1986 (39 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$2,150.00

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	57	CQ	Money
FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	US$3,800.00
FIVB Age Group WC	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	US$500.00
Overall	10	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	1	1	1	US$4,300.00

Previous Prague Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/5-9/2007	Stare Jablonki Open	32	25th	60	US$2,000.00

Prague Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/7/2008	Qualifier 1	Aliaksandr Kavalenka / Andrei Zharykau, Belarus (Q31)	Won 22-24, 22-20, 15-13	1:01
Wed, 5/7/2008	Qualifier 2	Jochem De Gruijter / Gijs Ronnes, Netherlands (24, Q2)	Lost 15-21, 19-21	0:34

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	0	$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
Total	10	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	0	$4,300.00

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	0	$1,900.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	$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
11	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	$2,150.00	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
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 %
2007	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00	0	2	0.0 %
2008	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$2,000.00	1	5	16.7 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$0.00	13	8	61.9 %

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
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2008	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
9	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	4	$1,000.00	Total	Total	10	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	5	$1,000.00

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%
2007-2008	0		0		0		0-0		1	16.7%	1	16.7%	4	66.7%	1-5	16.7%	0-4	0.0%	1-1	50.0%	0	0	1-5	16.7%
Against the Field	0		0		0		0-0		1	20.0%	1	20.0%	3	60.0%	1-4	20.0%	0-6	0.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	1-4	20.0%

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	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
Total	0	1	3	3	5	4	0	0	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	14	17

Head to Head Results
Sinczak/Szternel trail the series against the field 2-4 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 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 # 15 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, Q2 De Gruijter/Ronnes, Netherlands 0-1
5/7/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Qualifier 2	De Gruijter/Ronnes	24, Q2	Sinczak/Szternel	Q34	21-15, 21-19	0:34
Trail the series against # 29, Q13 Koshkarev/Prokopiev, Russia 0-1
9/9/05	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Pool B	Koshkarev/Prokopiev	23, Q5	Sinczak/Szternel	14	19-21, 21-14, 15-11	0:49
Lead the series against # Q20 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 # Q31 Kavalenka/Zharykau, Belarus 1-0
5/7/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Qualifier 1	Sinczak/Szternel	Q34	Kavalenka/Zharykau	Q31	22-24, 22-20, 15-13	1:01