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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$350,000 Dubai Open
October 6 - 11, 2008

(20) 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 Dubai Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
CEV	9/19-21/2008	Russian Masters Final	7	5th	720	€ 2,400.00
CEV	9/11-14/2008	English Masters	7	13th	180	€ 1,200.00
FIVB	8/26-31/2008	Kristiansand Open	17, Q5	17th	120	US$2,500.00
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

Dubai Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 10/8/2008	Winner 1	Alexandr Dyachenko / Oleksiy Kulinich, Kazakhstan (13)	Won 21-17, 21-19	0:54
Thu, 10/9/2008	Winner 2	Jonas Reckermann / Mischa Urbatzka, Germany (4)	Lost 21-14, 16-21, 8-15	0:49
Thu, 10/9/2008	Contender 2	Nikolas Berger / Robert Nowotny, Austria (30, Q17)	Won 18-21, 21-15, 15-10	0:58
Thu, 10/9/2008	Contender 3	Philip Gabathuler / David Wenger, Switzerland (12)	Lost 21-16, 20-22, 12-15	0:58

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	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	$11,400.00	9	8	52.9 %
2008	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	0	2	0.0 %
2008	CEV	7	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	$18,800.00	12	12	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	$11,400.00	9	8	52.9 %
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	7	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	$18,800.00	12	12	50.0 %

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
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
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	$5,700.00	2008	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	$5,700.00
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
7	0	0	1	0	3	2	1	0	0	$9,400.00	2008	CEV	7	0	0	1	0	3	2	1	0	0	$9,400.00
22	0	0	2	0	4	7	7	0	2	$17,400.00	Total	Total	21	0	0	1	0	4	3	7	1	5	$15,600.00

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	29	69.0%	3	7.1%	10	23.8%	32-10	76.2%	8	38.1%	4	19.0%	9	42.9%	8-13	38.1%	58-18	76.3%	22-28	44.0%	0	0	40-23	63.5%

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
Fijalek/Prudel trail the series against the field 12-15 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 7 Series, 3 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 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-3
9/19/08	CEV	Russian Masters Final	Pool B	Nummerdor/Schuil	2	Fijalek/Prudel	7	21-17, 21-17	0:38
7/12/08	CEV	European Championship	Winner 4	Nummerdor/Schuil	3	Fijalek/Prudel	10	21-14, 21-23, 15-9	0:49
5/30/08	CEV	Dutch Masters	Winner 2	Nummerdor/Schuil	3	Fijalek/Prudel	6	21-18, 21-15	0:44
Series tied with # 3 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 1-1
9/19/08	CEV	Russian Masters Final	Pool B	Klemperer/Koreng	3	Fijalek/Prudel	7	21-17, 21-18	0:41
7/12/08	CEV	European Championship	Winner 3	Fijalek/Prudel	10	Klemperer/Koreng	2	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 4 Reckermann/Urbatzka, Germany 0-1
10/9/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Winner 2	Reckermann/Urbatzka	4	Fijalek/Prudel	20	14-21, 21-16, 15-8	0:49
Trail the series against # 5 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
Trail the series against # 7 "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 # 10 Laciga/Schnider, Switzerland 0-3
9/12/08	CEV	English Masters	Winner 1	Laciga/Schnider	10	Fijalek/Prudel	7	21-13, 21-17	0:42
5/11/08	CEV	Austrian Masters	Contender 2	Laciga/Schnider	9	Fijalek/Prudel	11	21-17, 21-17	0:42
5/9/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 2	Laciga/Schnider	15	Fijalek/Prudel	32, Q43	21-18, 17-21, 15-13	1:01
Lead the series against # 12 Gabathuler/Wenger, Switzerland 3-1
10/9/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Contender 3	Gabathuler/Wenger	12	Fijalek/Prudel	20	16-21, 22-20, 15-12	0:58
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
Lead the series against # 13 Dyachenko/Kulinich, Kazakhstan 1-0
10/8/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Winner 1	Fijalek/Prudel	20	Dyachenko/Kulinich	13	21-17, 21-19	0:54
Lead the series against # 15 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 # 21, Q3 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 1-0
5/23/08	CEV	Swiss Masters	Winner 2	Fijalek/Prudel	11	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	14, Q8	21-14, 21-16	0:38
Trail the series against # 25, Q4 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 # 30, Q17 Berger/Nowotny, Austria 2-0
10/9/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Contender 2	Fijalek/Prudel	20	Berger/Nowotny	30, Q17	18-21, 21-15, 15-10	0:58
5/30/08	CEV	Dutch Masters	Contender 2	Fijalek/Prudel	6	Berger/Nowotny	8	21-14, 21-15	0:37
Series tied with # Q5 Gooding/Miedzybrodzki, England 1-1
9/12/08	CEV	English Masters	Contender 1	Gooding/Miedzybrodzki	15	Fijalek/Prudel	7	22-20, 13-21, 21-19	1:02
8/27/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Qualifier 2	Fijalek/Prudel	17, Q5	Gooding/Miedzybrodzki	Q12	21-9, 21-13	0:32
Lead the series against # Q9 Litva/Varga, Slovakia 1-0
4/17/08	CEV	Spanish Masters	Qualifier 1	Fijalek/Prudel	Q12	Litva/Varga	Q21	25-27, 21-15, 15-10	0:56
Trail the series against # Q10 Sidorenko/Yakovlev, Kazakhstan 0-1
7/4/08	FIVB C&S	Brno Challenger	Winner 2	Sidorenko/Yakovlev	10	Fijalek/Prudel	7	21-15, 20-22, 29-27	1:04