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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$350,000 Otera Open Kristiansand
August 26 - 31, 2008

(17, Q5) Grzegorz Fijalek/Mariusz Prudel, Poland

Grzegorz Fijalek
Poland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 11, 1987 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Wadowice

Height:

186 cm (6'1")

Weight:

81 kg (178 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

159

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$706,317.41

Mariusz Prudel
Poland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 21, 1986 (40 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rybnik

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

83 kg (183 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

152

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$558,089.37

Awards

Most Improved Player 2011

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	Money
CEV	21	1	0	3	1	5	2	6	1	0	1	1	US$93,370.29
FIVB	86	1	4	5	6	18	2	25	2	18	0	5	US$937,300.00
FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	US$500.00
Overall	109	2	4	8	7	24	4	31	3	19	1	6	US$1,031,170.29

Previous Kristiansand Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	7/11-13/2008	European Championship	10	5th	480	€ 5,500.00
FIVB C&S	7/3-6/2008	Brno Challenger	7	17th	16	US$500.00
FIVB	6/3-8/2008	Stare Jablonki Open	10	17th	120	US$2,500.00
CEV	5/28-6/1/2008	Dutch Masters	6	7th	300	€ 2,200.00
CEV	5/22-25/2008	Swiss Masters	11	3rd	480	€ 5,700.00
CEV	5/9-12/2008	Austrian Masters	11	9th	240	€ 1,800.00
FIVB	5/6-11/2008	Prague Open	32, Q43	17th	120	US$2,500.00
CEV	4/17-20/2008	Spanish Masters	Q12	21st	60	€ 0.00

Kristiansand Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/27/2008	Qualifier 2	Jody Gooding / Robin Miedzybrodzki, England (Q12)	Won 21-9, 21-13	0:32
Thu, 8/28/2008	Winner 1	Philip Gabathuler / David Wenger, Switzerland (16)	Won 21-15, 21-12	0:35
Thu, 8/28/2008	Winner 2	Harley Marques / Pedro Solberg, Brazil (1)	Lost 16-21, 18-21	0:40
Fri, 8/29/2008	Contender 2	Renato "Geor" Gomes / Gia Terceiro, Georgia (2)	Lost 21-12, 20-22, 11-15	0:53

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
Confederation Championship	9	0	0	2	0	4	0	2	0	0	1	0	$41,500.00
Total	97	1	4	7	6	23	2	27	2	19	6	0	$979,300.00

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	5	$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	7	$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	2	$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
14	0	0	2	0	5	5	1	1	0	$26,125.00	Confederation Championship	12	0	0	2	0	5	3	1	1	0	$23,125.00
142	2	8	10	7	34	46	26	9	0	$671,775.00	Total	136	2	4	8	6	31	36	26	9	14	$526,475.00

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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$7,500.00	7	6	53.8 %
2008	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	0	2	0.0 %
2008	CEV	5	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	$15,200.00	11	8	57.9 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$7,500.00	7	6	53.8 %
Total	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	0	2	0.0 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	3	2	60.0 %
Total	CEV	5	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	$15,200.00	11	8	57.9 %

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
6	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	$2,050.00	2007	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$250.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$3,750.00	2008	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	$3,750.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00	2008	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00
5	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	$7,600.00	2008	CEV	5	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	$7,600.00
19	0	0	2	0	3	5	7	0	2	$13,650.00	Total	Total	18	0	0	1	0	3	1	7	1	5	$11,850.00

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	18	66.7%	1	3.7%	8	29.6%	19-8	70.4%	6	42.9%	3	21.4%	5	35.7%	6-8	42.9%	36-10	78.3%	14-22	38.9%	0	0	25-16	61.0%

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
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
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	21	3	0	0	9	6	0	2	2	0	0	0	32	12
Total	0	0	8	0	154	61	0	1	95	76	5	13	7	6	1	4	301	183

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 6-6 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 5 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 Marques/Solberg, Brazil 1-1
8/28/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 2	Marques/Solberg	1	Fijalek/Prudel	17, Q5	21-16, 21-18	0:40
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 # 2 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 0-1
8/29/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 2	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	2	Fijalek/Prudel	17, Q5	12-21, 22-20, 15-11	0:53
Trail the series against # 3 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
Trail the series against # 13 Gosch/Horst, Austria 0-1
5/11/08	CEV	Austrian Masters	Winner 1	Gosch/Horst	6	Fijalek/Prudel	11	25-27, 21-9, 15-9	1:12
Lead the series against # 16 Gabathuler/Wenger, Switzerland 3-0
8/28/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 1	Fijalek/Prudel	17, Q5	Gabathuler/Wenger	16	21-15, 21-12	0:35
7/11/08	CEV	European Championship	Winner 1	Fijalek/Prudel	10	Gabathuler/Wenger	23	15-21, 21-15, 15-9	0:54
5/11/08	CEV	Austrian Masters	Contender 1	Fijalek/Prudel	11	Gabathuler/Wenger	14, Q7	21-16, 21-13	0:34
Trail the series against # 20 Ces/Ces, France 0-1
5/24/08	CEV	Swiss Masters	Semi-Finals	Ces/Ces	12, Q4	Fijalek/Prudel	11	22-20, 21-23, 18-16	1:17
Lead the series against # 22, Q2 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
Trail the series against # 28, Q7 Grotowski/Weaver, England 0-1
7/4/08	FIVB C&S	Brno Challenger	Contender 1	Grotowski/Weaver	9	Fijalek/Prudel	7	23-21, 21-13	0:37
Lead the series against # Q12 Gooding/Miedzybrodzki, England 1-0
8/27/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Qualifier 2	Fijalek/Prudel	17, Q5	Gooding/Miedzybrodzki	Q12	21-9, 21-13	0:32