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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 1 to 1 energy Grand Slam 2010
July 5 - 10, 2010

(Q12) 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 Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2009	Karolina Marciniak - 41st	Monika Brzostek - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/28-7/3/2010	Stavanger Grand Slam	Q16	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	6/8-13/2010	Moscow Grand Slam	Q16	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	5/25-30/2010	Seoul Open	Q7	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	5/4-9/2010	Shanghai Open	Q13	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	4/19-24/2010	Brasilia Open	Q7	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	8/17-22/2009	Aland Open	26, Q12	13th	180	US$4,250.00
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

Gstaad Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 7/6/2010	Qualifier 1	Anna Hu / Jieqiong Jin, China (Q21)	Lost 21-16, 14-21, 11-15	0:47

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	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 %
2010	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00	2	6	25.0 %
Total	FIVB	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	3	9	$23,850.00	14	26	35.0 %
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
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
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
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2009	FIVB Age Group WC
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	$0.00	2010	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	$0.00
25	1	0	1	1	0	2	5	3	12	$11,925.00	Total	Total	26	0	0	1	0	2	2	5	3	13	$11,925.00

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%
2009-2010	5	41.7%	2	16.7%	5	41.7%	7-5	58.3%	4	21.1%	1	5.3%	14	73.7%	4-15	21.1%	5-14	26.3%	6-6	50.0%	0	0	11-20	35.5%
Against the Field	1	16.7%	0	0.0%	5	83.3%	1-5	16.7%	4	20.0%	1	5.0%	15	75.0%	4-16	20.0%	2-30	6.3%	8-12	40.0%	0	0	5-21	19.2%

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 trail the series against the field 5-18 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 12 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Antonelli/Antunes, Brazil 0-1
7/23/09	FIVB	Marseille Grand Slam	Winner 2	Antonelli/Antunes	2	Brzostek/Marciniak	31, Q12	21-16, 21-18	0:31
Trail the series against # 9 Kuhn/Zumkehr, Switzerland 0-1
6/18/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 1	Kuhn/Zumkehr	7	Brzostek/Marciniak	26, Q11	19-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:41
Trail the series against # 12 Schwaiger/Schwaiger, Austria 0-1
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 # 15 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 # 23 Gioria/Momoli, Italy 1-2
6/8/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Gioria/Momoli	27, Q1	Brzostek/Marciniak	Q16	21-19, 21-13	0:33
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
Trail the series against # 24, 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 # 25, Q2 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
Series tied with # 26, Q7 Baquerizo/Fernandez, Spain 1-1
8/5/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 1	Baquerizo/Fernandez	23	Brzostek/Marciniak	10	21-17, 26-24	0:44
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
Trail the series against # 28 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 Banck/Gunther, Germany 0-2
6/18/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 1	Banck/Gunther	23	Brzostek/Marciniak	26, Q11	21-19, 21-10	0:32
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 # Q9 Dampney/Mullin, England 3-0
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
Trail the series against # Q14 Mizoe/Tanaka, Japan 0-1
6/29/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Mizoe/Tanaka	Q17	Brzostek/Marciniak	Q16	23-21, 21-16	0:37
Trail the series against # Q16 Urban/Wiatr, Poland 0-3
5/26/10	FIVB	Seoul Open	Qualifier 2	Urban/Wiatr	29, Q10	Brzostek/Marciniak	Q7	22-20, 21-18	0:33
5/5/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Qualifier 2	Urban/Wiatr	Q20	Brzostek/Marciniak	Q13	18-21, 21-14, 15-11	0:46
5/27/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Qualifier 1	Urban/Wiatr	Q27	Brzostek/Marciniak	Q38	18-21, 21-18, 15-11	0:51
Trail the series against # Q21 Hu/Jin, China 0-1
7/6/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Hu/Jin	Q21	Brzostek/Marciniak	Q12	16-21, 21-14, 15-11	0:47