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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$350,000 GE Money Bank Mazury Open
June 3 - 8, 2008

(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
2007	Rafal Szternel - 25th	Tomasz Sinczak - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	5/28-6/1/2008	Dutch Masters	9	7th	300	€ 2,200.00
CEV	5/22-25/2008	Swiss Masters	8	9th	240	€ 1,800.00
CEV	5/9-12/2008	Austrian Masters	12, Q3	5th	360	€ 2,800.00
FIVB	5/6-11/2008	Prague Open	Q34	41st	18	US$0.00
CEV	4/17-20/2008	Spanish Masters	Q11	29th	30	€ 0.00
FIVB	9/5-9/2007	Stare Jablonki Open	32	25th	60	US$2,000.00
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, 6/5/2008	Winner 1	Emanuel Rego / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (1)	Lost 18-21, 17-21	0:39
Thu, 6/5/2008	Contender 1	Bjorn Berg / Hannes Brinkborg, Sweden (16)	Lost 12-21, 18-21	0:42

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 %
2008	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,800.00	1	3	25.0 %
2008	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	$6,800.00	7	8	46.7 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	$3,800.00	1	7	12.5 %
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	8	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	0	1	$9,400.00	12	14	46.2 %

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
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$900.00	2008	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$900.00
4	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	$3,400.00	2008	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	$3,400.00
19	0	1	1	0	2	4	2	3	6	$6,600.00	Total	Total	22	0	1	1	0	2	4	4	3	7	$6,850.00

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%	0	0.0%	4	80.0%	1-4	20.0%	0-8	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	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
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 4-10 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 8 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-2
6/5/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 1	Rego/Santos	1	Sinczak/Szternel	32	21-18, 21-17	0:39
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 # 2 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 0-1
8/10/07	CEV	Dutch Masters	Winner 1	Klemperer/Koreng	1	Sinczak/Szternel	16	21-19, 21-18	0:44
Trail the series against # 8 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 # 16 Berg/Brinkborg, Sweden 0-1
6/5/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 1	Berg/Brinkborg	16	Sinczak/Szternel	32	21-12, 21-18	0:42
Lead the series against # 20, Q11 Gavira/Lario, Spain 1-0
5/11/08	CEV	Austrian Masters	Contender 2	Sinczak/Szternel	12, Q3	Gavira/Lario	7	21-14, 15-21, 15-13	1:04
Trail the series against # 21, Q5 Ces/Ces, France 0-1
4/17/08	CEV	Spanish Masters	Qualifier 1	Ces/Ces	16, Q22	Sinczak/Szternel	Q11	21-19, 21-17	0:48
Trail the series against # 24 Matysik/Uhmann, Germany 0-2
5/30/08	CEV	Dutch Masters	Winner 2	Matysik/Uhmann	1	Sinczak/Szternel	9	21-11, 24-22	0:42
5/23/08	CEV	Swiss Masters	Winner 2	Matysik/Uhmann	1	Sinczak/Szternel	8	21-11, 21-14	0:37
Trail the series against # 28, Q8 Hoyer/Soderberg, Denmark 0-1
5/10/08	CEV	Austrian Masters	Qualifier 3	Hoyer/Soderberg	15, Q6	Sinczak/Szternel	12, Q3	21-18, 21-17	0:37
Trail the series against # 29 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
Lead the series against # Q18 Blauel/Huber, Austria 1-0
5/11/08	CEV	Austrian Masters	Contender 1	Sinczak/Szternel	12, Q3	Blauel/Huber	13, Q4	21-16, 20-22, 15-13	1:02
Lead the series against # Q24 Indra/Wachter, Liechtenstein 1-0
6/15/06	CEV	Russian Masters	Qualifier 2	Sinczak/Szternel	16	Indra/Wachter		21-14, 21-13	0:38
Lead the series against # Q25 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