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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 A1 Beach Volleyball Grand Slam Presented by Volksbank
July 28 - August 2, 2009

(27, Q9) 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 Klagenfurt Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/26-31/2009	Myslowice Open	10	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	5/12-17/2009	Rome Open	17	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2009	Shanghai Open	18	13th	180	US$4,250.00
FIVB	4/21-26/2009	Brasilia Open	22	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	11/11-15/2008	Sanya Open	11	17th	120	US$2,500.00
FIVB	10/27-11/1/2008	Manama Open	10	4th	420	US$10,500.00
FIVB	10/6-11/2008	Dubai Open	20	13th	180	US$3,900.00
FIVB	8/26-31/2008	Kristiansand Open	17, Q5	17th	120	US$2,500.00

Klagenfurt Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/29/2009	Qualifier 1	Sam Boehm / Christopher McHugh, Australia (Q24)	Won 19-21, 21-16, 15-8	0:52
Wed, 7/29/2009	Qualifier 2	Matteo Ingrosso / Paolo Ingrosso, Italy (Q25)	Won 21-18, 21-17	0:44
Thu, 7/30/2009	Pool F	David Klemperer / Eric Koreng, Germany (6)	Lost 18-21, 14-21	0:41
Thu, 7/30/2009	Pool F	Matt Fuerbringer / Casey Jennings, United States (11)	Lost 21-18, 29-31, 10-15	1:17
Fri, 7/31/2009	Pool F	Jialu Li / Linyin Xu, China (22)	Won 21-14, 22-20	0:37
Fri, 7/31/2009	Winner 1	Renato "Geor" Gomes / Gia Terceiro, Georgia (17, Q2)	Lost 22-24, 21-16, 13-15	1:03

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	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	$24,400.00	15	13	53.6 %
2008	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	0	2	0.0 %
2009	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	$17,750.00	8	11	42.1 %
Total	FIVB	11	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	8	0	0	$42,150.00	23	24	48.9 %
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 %

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	1	0	1	4	0	0	$12,200.00	2008	FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	0	0	$12,200.00
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	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	$8,875.00	2009	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	0	$10,625.00
16	0	0	1	1	1	4	9	0	0	$21,325.00	Total	Total	19	0	0	0	1	1	2	9	2	4	$23,075.00

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%
2008-2009	24	70.6%	3	8.8%	7	20.6%	27-7	79.4%	6	20.7%	3	10.3%	20	69.0%	6-23	20.7%	24-20	54.5%	9-10	47.4%	0	0	33-30	52.4%
Against the Field	52	72.2%	8	11.1%	12	16.7%	60-12	83.3%	10	19.6%	12	23.5%	29	56.9%	10-41	19.6%	104-58	64.2%	36-48	42.9%	0	0	70-53	56.9%

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 trail the series against the field 9-13 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 9 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Cerutti/Marques, Brazil 0-1
5/14/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Winner 2	Cerutti/Marques	1	Fijalek/Prudel	17	21-12, 21-14	0:35
Trail the series against # 6 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 0-2
7/30/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool F	Klemperer/Koreng	6	Fijalek/Prudel	27, Q9	21-18, 21-14	0:41
5/28/09	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 2	Klemperer/Koreng	7	Fijalek/Prudel	10	21-14, 21-16	0:39
Series tied with # 11 Fuerbringer/Jennings, United States 1-1
7/30/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool F	Fuerbringer/Jennings	11	Fijalek/Prudel	27, Q9	18-21, 31-29, 15-10	1:17
4/23/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 1	Fijalek/Prudel	22	Fuerbringer/Jennings	11	21-16, 14-21, 15-13	1:03
Trail the series against # 12, Q1 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 0-1
5/29/09	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 2	Araujo/Magalhaes	8, Q1	Fijalek/Prudel	10	21-16, 21-16	0:45
Trail the series against # 13 Barsuk/Kolodinsky, Russia 0-1
4/23/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 2	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	6	Fijalek/Prudel	22	21-19, 21-16	0:42
Trail the series against # 17, Q2 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 0-2
7/31/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 1	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	17, Q2	Fijalek/Prudel	27, Q9	24-22, 16-21, 15-13	1:03
8/29/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 2	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	2	Fijalek/Prudel	17, Q5	12-21, 22-20, 15-11	0:53
Lead the series against # 19, Q19 Asahi/Shiratori, Japan 2-0
5/1/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Fijalek/Prudel	18	Asahi/Shiratori	15	21-16, 21-17	0:42
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 # 20 Ces/Ces, France 0-1
10/30/08	FIVB	Manama Open	Winner 3	Ces/Ces	2	Fijalek/Prudel	10	21-19, 21-14	0:48
Lead the series against # 22 Li/Xu, China 1-0
7/31/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool F	Fijalek/Prudel	27, Q9	Li/Xu	22	21-14, 22-20	0:37
Trail the series against # 28, Q13 Benes/Kubala, Czech Republic 0-1
5/15/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Contender 2	Benes/Kubala	31, Q7	Fijalek/Prudel	17	21-19, 21-19	0:49
Lead the series against # 30 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 # Q4 Baracetti/Salema, Argentina 1-0
10/29/08	FIVB	Manama Open	Winner 2	Fijalek/Prudel	10	Baracetti/Salema	7	21-14, 21-18	0:40
Trail the series against # Q8 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 0-1
11/13/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 2	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	12	Fijalek/Prudel	11	25-23, 21-13	0:35
Lead the series against # Q15 Dumek/Tichy, Czech Republic 1-0
10/30/08	FIVB	Manama Open	Contender 4	Fijalek/Prudel	10	Dumek/Tichy	20	21-17, 21-11	0:42
Trail the series against # Q18 Grotowski/Weaver, England 0-2
11/12/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 1	Grotowski/Weaver	22	Fijalek/Prudel	11	16-21, 21-18, 15-9	0:54
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 # Q24 Boehm/McHugh, Australia 1-0
7/29/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Fijalek/Prudel	27, Q9	Boehm/McHugh	Q24	19-21, 21-16, 15-8	0:52
Lead the series against # Q25 Ingrosso/Ingrosso, Italy 1-0
7/29/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Fijalek/Prudel	27, Q9	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	Q25	21-18, 21-17	0:44