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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$200,000 Italian Open Presented by Abruzzo
May 23 - 27, 2007

(Q41) Paul Podstawka/Chris Simek, Canada

Paul Podstawka
Canada

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 28, 1985 (40 yrs old)

Home Town:

Toronto

Height:

198 cm (6'6")

Weight:

86 kg (189 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (FIVB C&S Lausanne 2007)

Career FIVB WT Best:

25th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$4,050.00

Chris Simek
Canada

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 11, 1983 (42 yrs old)

Home Town:

Washago, Ontario

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

84 kg (185 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (2 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

25th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

US$5,400.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	US$4,000.00

Previous Roseto degli Abruzzi Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2006	Anton Hauser - 57th	Did not play

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

Italian Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/23/2007	Qualifier 1	Denis Rovkin / Pavel Saulko, Kazakhstan (Q24)	Won 21-17, 21-17	0:44
Wed, 5/23/2007	Qualifier 2	Philip Gabathuler / David Wenger, Switzerland (Q9)	Won 20-22, 21-19, 15-9	0:59
Wed, 5/23/2007	Qualifier 3	Emiel Boersma / Bram Ronnes, Netherlands (27, Q8)	Lost 14-21, 16-21	0:41

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	$4,000.00
Total	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$4,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Paul Podstawka												Chris Simek
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	$3,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$2,000.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00	Challenger	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,100.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$600.00	Satellite	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$300.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
23	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	3	0	$4,050.00	Total	16	0	0	2	0	2	2	0	2	0	$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
2007	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2	1	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2	1	66.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Paul Podstawka													Chris Simek
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2001	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2002	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2003	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2004	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2005	FIVB Age Group WC
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00	2006	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2006	FIVB C&S
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2007	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	8	$0.00	Total	Total	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	$0.00

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	7	77.8%	2	22.2%	0	0.0%	9-0	100.0%	2	22.2%	0	0.0%	7	77.8%	2-7	22.2%	7-7	50.0%	4-0	100.0%	1	0	12-7	63.2%
2006-2007	7	77.8%	2	22.2%	0	0.0%	9-0	100.0%	2	22.2%	0	0.0%	7	77.8%	2-7	22.2%	7-7	50.0%	4-0	100.0%	1	0	12-7	63.2%
Against the Field	4	80.0%	1	20.0%	0	0.0%	5-0	100.0%	1	14.3%	0	0.0%	6	85.7%	1-6	14.3%	8-10	44.4%	4-0	100.0%	1	0	7-5	58.3%

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	4	0	8	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	7
Total	4	0	8	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	7

Head to Head Results
Podstawka/Simek lead the series against the field 2-1 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 1 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 27, Q8 Boersma/Ronnes, Netherlands 0-1
5/23/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 3	Boersma/Ronnes	27, Q8	Podstawka/Simek	Q41	21-14, 21-16	0:41
Lead the series against # Q9 Gabathuler/Wenger, Switzerland 1-0
5/23/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 2	Podstawka/Simek	Q41	Gabathuler/Wenger	Q9	20-22, 21-19, 15-9	0:59
Lead the series against # Q24 Rovkin/Saulko, Kazakhstan 1-0
5/23/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 1	Podstawka/Simek	Q41	Rovkin/Saulko	Q24	21-17, 21-17	0:44