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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$350,000 GE Money Bank Mazury Open
June 3 - 8, 2008

(10) Grzegorz Fijalek/Mariusz Prudel, Poland

Grzegorz Fijalek
Poland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 11, 1987 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

Wadowice

Height:

186 cm (6'1")

Weight:

81 kg (178 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

128

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$645,650.00

Mariusz Prudel
Poland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 21, 1986 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rybnik

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

83 kg (183 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

124

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$503,736.51

Awards

Most Improved Player 2011

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	86	1	4	5	6	18	2	25	2	18	5	US$937,300.00
FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	US$500.00
Overall	88	1	4	5	6	19	2	25	2	19	5	US$937,800.00

Previous Stare Jablonki Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Did not play	Rafal Szternel - Country Quota
2006	Did not play	Patryk Fogel - 57th
2007	Did not play	Patryk Fogel - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/6-11/2008	Prague Open	32, Q43	17th	120	US$2,500.00

Stare Jablonki Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 6/5/2008	Winner 1	Kentaro Asahi / Katsuhiro Shiratori, Japan (23, Q2)	Won 21-19, 16-21, 15-13	1:03
Thu, 6/5/2008	Winner 2	Benjamin Insfran / Franco Neto, Brazil (7)	Lost 21-18, 17-21, 9-15	1:03
Fri, 6/6/2008	Contender 2	Ahren Cadieux / Mark Heese, Canada (25, Q1)	Lost 14-21, 18-21	0:44

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$)
Olympic Games	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	$32,000.00
World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$9,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	51	1	4	3	4	10	0	20	0	5	4	0	$748,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	29	0	0	2	2	5	2	5	2	10	1	0	$148,300.00
Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	88	1	4	5	6	19	2	25	2	19	5	0	$937,800.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Grzegorz Fijalek												Mariusz Prudel
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	$25,000.00	World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	$19,500.00
3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$46,500.00	World Tour Finals	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,500.00
59	1	5	4	4	12	23	6	4	0	$427,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	58	1	4	3	4	10	20	5	6	0	$377,750.00
51	1	2	3	3	12	14	13	3	0	$144,650.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	45	0	0	2	2	9	11	13	1	0	$93,275.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$2,250.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	11	1	0	1	0	3	2	2	0	0	$8,075.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00	Challenger	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$0.00
2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
128	2	8	8	7	29	41	25	8	0	$645,650.00	Total	124	2	4	6	6	26	33	25	8	0	$503,350.00

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
2006	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	3	2	60.0 %
2008	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$5,000.00	5	4	55.6 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$5,000.00	5	4	55.6 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	3	2	60.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Grzegorz Fijalek													Mariusz Prudel
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	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2004	FIVB Age Group WC
											2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2005	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
											2006	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2006	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2007	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2007	FIVB Age Group WC
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$2,500.00	2008	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$2,500.00
6	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	0	0	$2,500.00	Total	Total	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	4	$2,500.00

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	189	69.5%	35	12.9%	48	17.6%	224-48	82.4%	41	26.1%	35	22.3%	81	51.6%	41-116	26.1%	189-81	70.0%	76-83	47.8%	1	3	266-167	61.4%
2007-2008	10	62.5%	1	6.3%	5	31.3%	11-5	68.8%	4	33.3%	1	8.3%	7	58.3%	4-8	33.3%	10-7	58.8%	5-6	45.5%	0	0	15-13	53.6%
Against the Field	21	72.4%	3	10.3%	5	17.2%	24-5	82.8%	7	35.0%	4	20.0%	9	45.0%	7-13	35.0%	42-18	70.0%	20-18	52.6%	0	0	31-18	63.3%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5
World Championships	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	4
World Tour Finals	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	2	0	107	46	0	0	50	35	5	7	3	4	1	4	168	96
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	6	0	12	6	0	0	31	28	0	4	2	2	0	0	82	60
Challenger	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
U21 World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Total	0	0	8	0	133	58	0	1	86	70	5	11	5	6	1	4	269	171

Head to Head Results
Fijalek/Prudel lead the series against the field 5-2 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 3 Marques/Solberg, Brazil 1-0
5/8/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 1	Fijalek/Prudel	32, Q43	Marques/Solberg	1	13-21, 22-20, 15-12	0:55
Trail the series against # 7 Insfran/Neto, Brazil 0-1
6/5/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 2	Insfran/Neto	7	Fijalek/Prudel	10	18-21, 21-17, 15-9	1:03
Lead the series against # 23, Q2 Asahi/Shiratori, Japan 1-0
6/5/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 1	Fijalek/Prudel	10	Asahi/Shiratori	23, Q2	21-19, 16-21, 15-13	1:03
Trail the series against # 25, Q1 Cadieux/Heese, Canada 0-1
6/6/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 2	Cadieux/Heese	25, Q1	Fijalek/Prudel	10	21-14, 21-18	0:44
Lead the series against # 26, Q6 Goranson/Hoidalen, Norway 1-0
5/7/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Qualifier 3	Fijalek/Prudel	32, Q43	Goranson/Hoidalen	Q6	16-21, 24-22, 15-12	0:58
Lead the series against # 28, Q8 Hoyer/Soderberg, Denmark 1-0
5/7/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Qualifier 2	Fijalek/Prudel	32, Q43	Hoyer/Soderberg	Q11	19-21, 21-19, 15-11	1:10
Lead the series against # Q15 Kapa/Richardson, Australia 1-0
5/7/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Qualifier 1	Fijalek/Prudel	32, Q43	Kapa/Richardson	Q22	21-18, 21-14	0:39