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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 1to1energy Grand Slam
July 6 - 11, 2009

(Q19) 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:

116

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB U21 World Championships Blackpool 2009)

Career FIVB WT Best:

2nd (Rio de Janeiro 2016)

Career Winnings:

US$208,148.45

Karolina Sowala Marciniak
Poland

Photo: Brian White

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 18, 1988 (38 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$24,307.08

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	29	33	41	57	Money
CEV	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	US$5,428.24
FIVB	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	5	0	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	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	29	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	1	5	1	5	2	3	7	1	US$34,778.24

Previous Gstaad Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	6/17-21/2009	German Masters	Q15	29th	30	€ 0.00
CEV	6/3-7/2009	Austrian Masters	16, Q25	9th	240	€ 1,100.00
CEV	5/6-10/2009	Spanish Masters	Q21	29th	30	€ 0.00
FIVB	11/12-16/2008	Sanya Open	20	17th	120	US$2,500.00
FIVB	11/5-9/2008	Phuket Thailand Open	22	17th	120	US$2,500.00
FIVB	10/5-11/2008	Dubai Open	24, Q1	17th	120	US$2,500.00
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

Gstaad Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 7/7/2009	Qualifier 1	Maria Prokopeva / Evgenia Ukolova, Russia (Q14)	Lost 15-21, 19-21	0:29

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	5	$7,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	4	6	$21,850.00
U21 World Championships	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00
Total	25	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	6	5	11	$30,350.00

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	17	$143,175.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	9	$8,050.00
37	0	0	0	0	1	4	8	10	14	$24,912.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	23	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	5	13	$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
8	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	2	0	$9,500.00	Confederation Championship	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$750.00
105	1	1	3	1	5	17	26	20	31	$190,187.50	Total	42	0	0	1	0	2	2	7	8	22	$20,725.00

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	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	1	$13,600.00	5	13	27.8 %
2008	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	5	2	71.4 %
2009	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2009	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	$1,100.00	4	4	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	2	$13,600.00	5	14	26.3 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	9	4	69.2 %
Total	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	$1,100.00	4	4	50.0 %

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
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	1	$6,800.00	2008	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	1	$6,800.00
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2009	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	$550.00	2009	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	$550.00
16	0	0	1	1	0	2	4	2	6	$7,350.00	Total	Total	18	0	0	1	0	2	2	4	2	7	$7,350.00

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%
2008-2009	8	66.7%	1	8.3%	3	25.0%	9-3	75.0%	3	15.0%	1	5.0%	16	80.0%	3-17	15.0%	8-16	33.3%	4-4	50.0%	0	0	12-20	37.5%
Against the Field	2	40.0%	1	20.0%	2	40.0%	3-2	60.0%	4	20.0%	1	5.0%	15	75.0%	4-16	20.0%	4-30	11.8%	10-6	62.5%	0	0	7-18	28.0%

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
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Total	0	0	11	11	4	8	0	0	3	11	0	1	1	0	0	0	25	40

Head to Head Results
Brzostek/Marciniak trail the series against the field 4-10 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 8 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 11 Holtwick/Semmler, Germany 0-1
6/5/09	CEV	Austrian Masters	Winner 1	Holtwick/Semmler	1	Brzostek/Marciniak	16, Q25	21-10, 21-19	0:29
Trail the series against # 13 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
Trail the series against # 16 Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani, Greece 0-1
6/5/09	CEV	Austrian Masters	Contender 2	Arvaniti/Tsiartsiani	3	Brzostek/Marciniak	16, Q25	21-9, 21-12	0:28
Lead the series against # 19 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 # 23 Ljungquist/Lundqvist, Sweden 0-1
11/13/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 1	Ljungquist/Lundqvist	13	Brzostek/Marciniak	20	21-14, 21-14	0:32
Series tied with # 24, Q2 Banck/Gunther, Germany 1-1
6/4/09	CEV	Austrian Masters	Qualifier 3	Brzostek/Marciniak	16, Q25	Banck/Gunther	Q1	21-19, 21-14	0:33
10/8/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Contender 2	Banck/Gunther	7	Brzostek/Marciniak	24, Q1	21-18, 21-11	0:34
Trail the series against # 25, Q1 Martins/Santanna, Georgia 0-2
11/6/08	FIVB	Phuket Thailand Open	Winner 1	Martins/Santanna	11	Brzostek/Marciniak	22	21-11, 21-10	0:24
9/17/08	FIVB	Guarajà Open	Winner 1	Martins/Santanna	7	Brzostek/Marciniak	26	21-15, 21-16	0:31
Trail the series against # 30 Graessli/Guerra Arias-Schmocker, Switzerland 0-1
5/7/09	CEV	Spanish Masters	Qualifier 1	Graessli/Guerra Arias-Schmocker	Q12	Brzostek/Marciniak	Q21	21-17, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # 31, Q21 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 # Q11 Mooren/Wesselink, Netherlands 1-0
6/5/09	CEV	Austrian Masters	Contender 1	Brzostek/Marciniak	16, Q25	Mooren/Wesselink	8	21-19, 21-17	0:32
Trail the series against # Q14 Prokopeva/Ukolova, Russia 0-1
7/7/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Prokopeva/Ukolova	Q14	Brzostek/Marciniak	Q19	21-15, 21-19	0:29
Trail the series against # Q17 Dampney/Mullin, England 0-1
6/18/09	CEV	German Masters	Qualifier 1	Dampney/Mullin	Q18	Brzostek/Marciniak	Q15	16-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:48