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European Championship Tour
€ 70,000 Austrian Masters presented by Autohaus Bierbaum
June 3 - 7, 2009

(16, Q25) 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:

126

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB U21 World Championships Blackpool 2009)

Career CEV Best:

2nd (Varna 2012)

Career Winnings:

US$208,644.07

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 (2 times)

Career CEV Best:

9th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$24,747.63

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
CEV Under Age	5	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
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	34	0	0	2	0	1	1	3	2	6	1	5	2	3	7	1	US$34,778.24

Previous Baden Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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
CEV Under Age	7/24-27/2008	CEV U23 European Championships		7th	100	€ 0.00
FIVB	6/2-7/2008	Stare Jablonki Open	32	25th	60	US$1,800.00

Austrian Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 6/4/2009	Qualifier 1	Martina Grossen / Romana Kayser, Switzerland (Q8)	Won 17-21, 24-22, 15-12	0:50
Thu, 6/4/2009	Qualifier 2	Kristel Kiens / Kertti Kulm, Estonia (Q24)	Won 21-16, 21-14	0:33
Thu, 6/4/2009	Qualifier 3	Geeske Banck / Anja Gunther, Germany (Q1)	Won 21-19, 21-14	0:33
Fri, 6/5/2009	Winner 1	Katrin Holtwick / Ilka Semmler, Germany (1)	Lost 10-21, 19-21	0:29
Fri, 6/5/2009	Contender 1	Merel Mooren / Marloes Wesselink, Netherlands (8)	Won 21-19, 21-17	0:32
Fri, 6/5/2009	Contender 2	Vasiliki Arvaniti / Maria Tsiartsiani, Greece (3)	Lost 9-21, 12-21	0:28

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
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	0	$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	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
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	0	$190,187.50	Total	42	0	0	1	0	2	2	7	8	0	$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	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$1,100.00	4	3	57.1 %
Total	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	1	$13,600.00	5	13	27.8 %
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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$1,100.00	4	3	57.1 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Monika Brzostek													Karolina Marciniak
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2005	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2006	CEV Under Age
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
2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2007	CEV Under Age	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	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
2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2008	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$550.00	2009	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$550.00
19	0	1	2	2	1	2	5	2	4	$7,350.00	Total	Total	20	0	0	2	0	3	3	5	2	5	$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	3	50.0%	1	16.7%	2	33.3%	4-2	66.7%	1	12.5%	0	0.0%	7	87.5%	1-7	12.5%	3-7	30.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	5-9	35.7%
2008-2009	3	50.0%	1	16.7%	2	33.3%	4-2	66.7%	1	20.0%	0	0.0%	4	80.0%	1-4	20.0%	3-4	42.9%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	5-6	45.5%
Against the Field	3	50.0%	1	16.7%	2	33.3%	4-2	66.7%	1	16.7%	0	0.0%	5	83.3%	1-5	16.7%	6-10	37.5%	4-4	50.0%	0	0	5-7	41.7%

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 lead the series against the field 7-6 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 5 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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 # 3 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 # 8 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
Lead the series against # 13, Q4 Kolocova/Slukova, Czech Republic 1-0
9/6/07	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Pool A	Brzostek/Marciniak	24, Q9	Kolocova/Slukova	12	17-21, 30-28, 15-8	0:54
Trail the series against 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
Series tied with # Q1 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
Lead the series against # Q7 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 # Q8 Grossen/Kayser, Switzerland 1-0
6/4/09	CEV	Austrian Masters	Qualifier 1	Brzostek/Marciniak	16, Q25	Grossen/Kayser	Q8	17-21, 24-22, 15-12	0:50
Trail the series against # Q17 Meppelink/Wiltens, Netherlands 0-1
9/7/07	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Winner 1	Meppelink/Wiltens	21, Q3	Brzostek/Marciniak	24, Q9	14-21, 21-12, 15-13	0:42
Trail the series against # Q18 Urban/Wiatr, Poland 0-1
5/27/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Qualifier 1	Urban/Wiatr	Q27	Brzostek/Marciniak	Q38	18-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:51
Lead the series against # Q20 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
Lead the series against # Q24 Kiens/Kulm, Estonia 1-0
6/4/09	CEV	Austrian Masters	Qualifier 2	Brzostek/Marciniak	16, Q25	Kiens/Kulm	Q24	21-16, 21-14	0:33