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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$350,000 Dubai Open
October 5 - 11, 2008

(24, Q1) Monika Brzostek/Karolina Marciniak, Poland

Monika Brzostek
Poland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 28, 1989 (36 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rybnik

Height:

173 cm (5'8")

Weight:

64 kg (141 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB U21 World Championships Blackpool 2009)

Career FIVB WT Best:

2nd (Rio de Janeiro 2016)

Career Winnings:

US$180,687.50

Karolina Sowala Marciniak
Poland

Photo: Brian White

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 18, 1988 (37 yrs old)

Home Town:

Lask, Poland

Height:

180 cm (5'11")

Weight:

69 kg (152 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB U21 World Championships Brighton 2008)

Career FIVB WT Best:

13th (Åland 2009)

Career Winnings:

US$19,975.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	57	Money
FIVB	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	5	3	7	1	US$29,350.00
FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	24	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	5	5	3	7	1	US$29,350.00

Previous Dubai Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/15-20/2008	Guarajà Open	26	17th	120	US$2,500.00
FIVB Age Group WC	9/3-7/2008	Under 21 World Championships	18	3rd	0	US$0.00
FIVB	8/25-30/2008	Kristiansand Open	27, Q8	25th	60	US$1,800.00
FIVB	6/2-7/2008	Stare Jablonki Open	32	25th	60	US$1,800.00
FIVB	5/26-31/2008	Barcelona Open	Q38	57th	6	US$0.00

Dubai Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 10/7/2008	Winner 1	Sanne Keizer / Marleen Van Iersel, Netherlands (9)	Lost 20-22, 15-21	0:37
Tue, 10/7/2008	Contender 1	Daniela Gioria / Giulia Momoli, Italy (8)	Won 21-15, 21-17	0:34
Wed, 10/8/2008	Contender 2	Geeske Banck / Anja Gunther, Germany (7)	Lost 18-21, 11-21	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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$7,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	0	$21,850.00
U21 World Championships	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	24	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	5	5	0	$29,350.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Monika Brzostek												Karolina Marciniak
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$9,000.00	World Championships
46	0	1	1	0	2	8	11	6	0	$143,175.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	$8,050.00
37	0	0	0	0	1	4	8	10	0	$24,912.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	23	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	5	0	$11,925.00
7	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	2	0	$3,600.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
3	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	3	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
97	1	1	2	1	5	15	23	18	0	$180,687.50	Total	40	0	0	1	0	2	2	6	7	0	$19,975.00

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 Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	4	2	66.7 %
2008	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	$8,600.00	3	9	25.0 %
2008	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	5	2	71.4 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	$8,600.00	3	9	25.0 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	9	4	69.2 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Monika Brzostek													Karolina Marciniak
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	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2006	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2006	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2007	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2007	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	$4,300.00	2008	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	$4,300.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2008	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
10	0	0	1	1	0	1	2	2	3	$4,300.00	Total	Total	12	0	0	1	0	2	1	2	2	4	$4,300.00

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	10	50.0%	2	10.0%	8	40.0%	12-8	60.0%	4	13.8%	1	3.4%	24	82.8%	4-25	13.8%	10-24	29.4%	6-9	40.0%	0	0	16-33	32.7%
2007-2008	5	62.5%	0	0.0%	3	37.5%	5-3	62.5%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	10	100.0%	0-10	0.0%	5-10	33.3%	0-3	0.0%	0	0	5-13	27.8%
Against the Field	3	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	8.3%	11	91.7%	0-12	0.0%	6-22	21.4%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	3-12	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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	3	5	0	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	9
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	24
U21 World Championships	0	0	2	0	4	2	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	9	4
Total	0	0	11	11	4	5	0	0	3	11	0	1	1	0	0	0	25	37

Head to Head Results
Brzostek/Marciniak lead the series against the field 5-3 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 5 Martins/Santanna, Georgia 0-1
9/17/08	FIVB	Guarajà Open	Winner 1	Martins/Santanna	7	Brzostek/Marciniak	26	21-15, 21-16	0:31
Trail the series against # 7 Banck/Gunther, Germany 0-1
10/8/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Contender 2	Banck/Gunther	7	Brzostek/Marciniak	24, Q1	21-18, 21-11	0:34
Lead the series against # 8 Gioria/Momoli, Italy 1-0
10/7/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Contender 1	Brzostek/Marciniak	24, Q1	Gioria/Momoli	8	21-15, 21-17	0:34
Trail the series against # 9 Keizer/Van Iersel, Netherlands 0-1
10/7/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Winner 1	Keizer/Van Iersel	9	Brzostek/Marciniak	24, Q1	22-20, 21-15	0:37
Lead the series against # 25 Johns/Mullin, England 1-0
9/17/08	FIVB	Guarajà Open	Contender 1	Brzostek/Marciniak	26	Johns/Mullin	23	21-17, 22-20	0:36
Lead the series against # 26, Q3 Baquerizo/Fernandez, Spain 1-0
9/6/07	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Pool A	Brzostek/Marciniak	24, Q9	Baquerizo/Fernandez	13	21-16, 16-21, 15-11	0:46
Lead the series against # 28, Q5 Alenkina/Tsimbalova, Kazakhstan 1-0
8/26/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Qualifier 2	Brzostek/Marciniak	27, Q8	Alenkina/Tsimbalova	Q9	21-14, 21-13	0:29
Lead the series against # 30, Q7 Mashkova/Turichsheva, Kazakhstan 1-0
9/4/07	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Qualifier 3	Brzostek/Marciniak	24, Q9	Mashkova/Turichsheva	Q16	21-16, 18-21, 15-9	1:15