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European Championship Tour
€ 100,000 English Masters
September 9 - 13, 2009

(8) 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 Blackpool Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/17-22/2009	Aland Open	26, Q12	13th	180	US$4,250.00
CEV Under Age	8/13-16/2009	CEV U23 European Championships		13th	120	€ 0.00
FIVB	8/3-8/2009	Stare Jablonki Open	10	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/20-26/2009	Marseille Grand Slam	31, Q12	17th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/13-18/2009	Moscow Grand Slam	Q15	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	7/6-11/2009	Gstaad Grand Slam	Q19	41st	24	US$0.00
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

English Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 9/11/2009	Winner 1	Katarzyna Urban / Joanna Wiatr, Poland (9)	Won 21-14, 16-21, 15-13	0:43
Fri, 9/11/2009	Winner 2	Doris Schwaiger / Stefanie Schwaiger, Austria (1)	Lost 16-21, 13-21	0:32
Fri, 9/11/2009	Contender 2	Kristyna Kolocova / Marketa Slukova, Czech Republic (6)	Lost 21-17, 14-21, 11-15	0:40

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	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	$10,250.00	7	7	50.0 %
2009	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	$2,900.00	5	6	45.5 %
Total	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	3	3	$23,850.00	12	20	37.5 %
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	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	$2,900.00	5	6	45.5 %

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
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	$5,125.00	2009	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	$5,125.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	$1,450.00	2009	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	$1,450.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2009	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
27	0	1	2	2	1	5	6	3	7	$13,375.00	Total	Total	28	0	0	2	0	3	6	6	3	8	$13,375.00

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	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	100.0%	0-2	0.0%	0-4	0.0%	2-4	33.3%	0	0	1-4	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
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 6-8 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 3 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 0-2
9/11/09	CEV	English Masters	Winner 2	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	1	Brzostek/Marciniak	8	21-16, 21-13	0:32
8/19/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 1	Schwaiger/Schwaiger	7	Brzostek/Marciniak	26, Q12	21-18, 15-21, 15-12	0:48
Trail the series against # 2 Mouha/Van Breedam, Belgium 0-1
8/20/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 3	Mouha/Van Breedam	17	Brzostek/Marciniak	26, Q12	21-18, 21-15	0:34
Trail the series against # 3 Hakedal/Torlen, Norway 0-1
8/5/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 1	Hakedal/Torlen	7	Brzostek/Marciniak	10	21-18, 21-11	0:36
Series tied with # 6 Kolocova/Slukova, Czech Republic 1-1
9/11/09	CEV	English Masters	Contender 2	Kolocova/Slukova	6	Brzostek/Marciniak	8	17-21, 21-14, 15-11	0:40
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
Series tied with # 7 Gioria/Momoli, Italy 1-1
7/14/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Gioria/Momoli	15, Q2	Brzostek/Marciniak	Q15	24-22, 21-11	0:34
10/7/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Contender 1	Brzostek/Marciniak	24, Q1	Gioria/Momoli	8	21-15, 21-17	0:34
Series tied with # 9 Urban/Wiatr, Poland 1-1
9/11/09	CEV	English Masters	Winner 1	Brzostek/Marciniak	8	Urban/Wiatr	9	21-14, 16-21, 15-13	0:43
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 # 12 Dampney/Mullin, England 3-1
8/20/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 2	Brzostek/Marciniak	26, Q12	Dampney/Mullin	24, Q5	18-21, 21-15, 20-18	0:56
8/18/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Qualifier 2	Brzostek/Marciniak	26, Q12	Dampney/Mullin	24, Q5	23-25, 21-16, 15-12	0:53
7/21/09	FIVB	Marseille Grand Slam	Winner 1	Brzostek/Marciniak	31, Q12	Dampney/Mullin	34, Q8	18-21, 21-12, 17-15	0:47
6/18/09	CEV	German Masters	Qualifier 1	Dampney/Mullin	Q18	Brzostek/Marciniak	Q15	16-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:48