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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 Open of Portugal
June 13 - 17, 2007

(31, Q28) 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 Espinho Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2006	Anton Hauser - 41st	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/5-10/2007	Zagreb Open	Q39	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	5/23-27/2007	Italian Open	Q41	33rd	30	US$0.00

Espinho Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 6/12/2007	Country Quota	Jason Hofer / Djordje Ljubicic, Canada	Won 21-17, 16-21, 15-13	0:59
Tue, 6/12/2007	Country Quota	Jason Kruger / Wes Montgomery, Canada	Won 21-18, 21-14	0:40
Wed, 6/13/2007	Qualifier 1	Aliaksandr Kavalenka / Andrei Zharykau, Belarus (Q37)	Won 17-21, 21-12, 15-8	0:52
Wed, 6/13/2007	Qualifier 2	Florian Gosch / Alexander Horst, Austria (Q5)	Won 21-19, 14-21, 15-12	1:03
Wed, 6/13/2007	Qualifier 3	Florian Huth / Kjell Schneider, Germany (Q12)	Won 21-14, 21-18	0:29
Thu, 6/14/2007	Winner 1	Pedro Cunha / Franco Neto, Brazil (2)	Lost 15-21, 13-21	0:44
Thu, 6/14/2007	Contender 1	Riccardo Lione / Matteo Varnier, Italy (15)	Lost 11-21, 19-21	0:39

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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$2,000.00	9	4	69.2 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$2,000.00	9	4	69.2 %

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
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,000.00	2007	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,000.00
12	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	9	$1,000.00	Total	Total	6	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	2	$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	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	5	71.4%	2	28.6%	0	0.0%	7-0	100.0%	1	14.3%	0	0.0%	6	85.7%	1-6	14.3%	10-10	50.0%	6-0	100.0%	1	0	9-5	64.3%

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 8-3 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Cunha/Neto, Brazil 0-1
6/14/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Winner 1	Cunha/Neto	2	Podstawka/Simek	31, Q28	21-15, 21-13	0:44
Trail the series against # 15 Lione/Varnier, Italy 0-1
6/14/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Contender 1	Lione/Varnier	15	Podstawka/Simek	31, Q28	21-11, 21-19	0:39
Trail the series against # 30, Q7 Alvarez/Munder, Cuba 0-1
6/6/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Qualifier 2	Alvarez/Munder	29, Q7	Podstawka/Simek	Q39	21-14, 21-18	0:41
Lead the series against Hofer/Ljubicic, Canada 1-0
6/12/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Country Quota	Podstawka/Simek	31, Q28	Hofer/Ljubicic		21-17, 16-21, 15-13	0:59
Lead the series against Kruger/Montgomery, Canada 2-0
6/12/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Country Quota	Podstawka/Simek	31, Q28	Kruger/Montgomery		21-18, 21-14	0:40
6/5/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Country Quota	Podstawka/Simek	Q39	Kruger/Montgomery		15-11 Retired	0:21
Lead the series against # Q5 Gosch/Horst, Austria 1-0
6/13/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Qualifier 2	Podstawka/Simek	31, Q28	Gosch/Horst	Q5	21-19, 14-21, 15-12	1:03
Lead the series against # Q12 Huth/Schneider, Germany 1-0
6/13/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Qualifier 3	Podstawka/Simek	31, Q28	Huth/Schneider	Q12	21-14, 21-18	0:29
Lead the series against # Q20 Miramontes/Virgen, Mexico 1-0
6/6/07	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Qualifier 1	Podstawka/Simek	Q39	Miramontes/Virgen	Q26	29-27, 21-13	0:43
Lead the series against # Q23 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
Lead the series against # Q37 Kavalenka/Zharykau, Belarus 1-0
6/13/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Qualifier 1	Podstawka/Simek	31, Q28	Kavalenka/Zharykau	Q37	17-21, 21-12, 15-8	0:52