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FIVB Challenger & Satellite
US$30,000 Brno Challenger
July 3 - 6, 2008

(11) Tomasz Sinczak/Rafal Szternel, Poland

Tomasz Sinczak
Poland

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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 C&S Best:

17th (Brno 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$2,150.00

Rafal Szternel
Poland

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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 C&S Best:

17th (Brno 2008)

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 Brno Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/3-8/2008	Stare Jablonki Open	32	25th	60	US$1,800.00
FIVB	5/6-11/2008	Prague Open	Q34	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	9/5-9/2007	Stare Jablonki Open	32	25th	60	US$2,000.00

Brno Challenger Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 7/4/2008	Winner 1	Michal Litva / Peter Varga, Slovakia (22, Q5)	Lost 21-17, 21-23, 11-15	0:56
Fri, 7/4/2008	Contender 1	Michal Biza / Miroslav Svoboda, Czech Republic (5)	Lost 18-21, 19-21	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	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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,800.00	1	3	25.0 %
2008	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	0	2	0.0 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	$3,800.00	1	7	12.5 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	0	2	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 %

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
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00	2008	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00
11	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	3	4	$2,150.00	Total	Total	12	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	3	5	$2,150.00

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	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	0-2	0.0%
2007-2008	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	0-2	0.0%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-2	0.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	0-2	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	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 1-2 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 5 Biza/Svoboda, Czech Republic 0-1
7/4/08	FIVB C&S	Brno Challenger	Contender 1	Biza/Svoboda	5	Sinczak/Szternel	11	21-18, 21-19	0:42
Lead the series against # 15 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
Trail the series against # 22, Q5 Litva/Varga, Slovakia 0-1
7/4/08	FIVB C&S	Brno Challenger	Winner 1	Litva/Varga	22, Q5	Sinczak/Szternel	11	17-21, 23-21, 15-11	0:56