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European Championship Tour
€ 100,000 English Masters
September 9 - 13, 2009

(9) 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:

163

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

1 (Baden 2014)

Career Winnings:

US$706,317.41

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:

154

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

1 (Baden 2014)

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
CEV Under Age	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
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	111	3	5	8	7	24	4	31	3	19	1	6	US$1,031,170.29

Previous Blackpool Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2008	Mariusz Prudel - 13th	Grzegorz Fijalek - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/25-30/2009	The Hague Open	14	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	8/18-23/2009	Aland Open	21, Q3	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/4-9/2009	Stare Jablonki Open	9	7th	300	US$7,600.00
FIVB	7/28-8/2/2009	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	27, Q9	17th	160	US$5,100.00
CEV	6/17-21/2009	German Masters	6	9th	240	€ 1,800.00
CEV	6/3-7/2009	Austrian Masters	7	7th	300	€ 1,400.00
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
CEV	5/6-10/2009	Spanish Masters	7	9th	240	€ 1,100.00
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
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

English Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 9/11/2009	Winner 1	Inocencio Lario / Raul Mesa, Spain (8)	Won 21-19, 21-14	0:43
Fri, 9/11/2009	Winner 2	Julius Brink / Jonas Reckermann, Germany (1)	Lost 21-23, 13-21	0:47
Fri, 9/11/2009	Contender 2	Florian Gosch / Alexander Horst, Austria (6)	Lost 14-21, 15-21	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$)
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	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
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	0	$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	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 %
2008	CEV	7	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	$18,800.00	12	12	50.0 %
2009	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	5	0	0	$34,150.00	18	17	51.4 %
2009	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	$6,100.00	5	8	38.5 %
Total	FIVB	14	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	9	0	0	$58,550.00	33	30	52.4 %
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	11	0	0	1	0	2	2	4	1	1	0	0	$24,900.00	17	20	45.9 %

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
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2004	CEV Under Age
											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
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2005	CEV Under Age	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2006	CEV Under Age
											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
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
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
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2008	CEV Under Age	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
8	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	0	0	$17,075.00	2009	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	1	0	$18,825.00
4	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	$3,050.00	2009	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	$3,050.00
40	1	2	3	1	6	12	13	0	2	$44,025.00	Total	Total	38	1	1	1	1	6	8	13	2	5	$43,975.00

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	32	65.3%	10	20.4%	7	14.3%	42-7	85.7%	11	31.4%	8	22.9%	16	45.7%	11-24	31.4%	32-16	66.7%	21-15	58.3%	2	1	55-32	63.2%
2008-2009	11	57.9%	3	15.8%	5	26.3%	14-5	73.7%	4	20.0%	5	25.0%	11	55.0%	4-16	20.0%	11-11	50.0%	7-10	41.2%	1	1	19-22	46.3%
Against the Field	8	57.1%	4	28.6%	2	14.3%	12-2	85.7%	5	31.3%	2	12.5%	9	56.3%	5-11	31.3%	16-14	53.3%	18-8	69.2%	2	0	19-11	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
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 17-20 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 7 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Brink/Reckermann, Germany 0-2
9/11/09	CEV	English Masters	Winner 2	Brink/Reckermann	1	Fijalek/Prudel	9	23-21, 21-13	0:47
8/21/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 4	Brink/Reckermann	1	Fijalek/Prudel	21, Q3	21-19, 21-13	0:42
Trail the series against # 2 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 1-4
7/30/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool F	Klemperer/Koreng	6	Fijalek/Prudel	27, Q9	21-18, 21-14	0:41
6/5/09	CEV	Austrian Masters	Winner 2	Klemperer/Koreng	2	Fijalek/Prudel	7	24-22, 21-16	0:50
5/28/09	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 2	Klemperer/Koreng	7	Fijalek/Prudel	10	21-14, 21-16	0:39
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 # 3 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 1-2
8/27/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 2	Gavira/Herrera	3	Fijalek/Prudel	14	25-23, 21-19	0:45
8/8/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 5	Gavira/Herrera	3	Fijalek/Prudel	9	21-18, 21-8	0:32
5/8/09	CEV	Spanish Masters	Winner 1	Fijalek/Prudel	7	Gavira/Herrera	10	21-15, 22-20	0:46
Lead the series against # 4 Heuscher/Heyer, Switzerland 2-1
6/19/09	CEV	German Masters	Winner 2	Heuscher/Heyer	3	Fijalek/Prudel	6	13-21, 21-14, 15-11	0:51
5/25/08	CEV	Swiss Masters	Bronze Medal	Fijalek/Prudel	11	Heuscher/Heyer	2	23-21, 19-21, 15-13	1:15
5/24/08	CEV	Swiss Masters	Winner 3	Fijalek/Prudel	11	Heuscher/Heyer	2	14-21, 21-17, 15-13	1:00
Trail the series against # 5 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
Series tied with # 6 Gosch/Horst, Austria 2-2
9/11/09	CEV	English Masters	Contender 2	Gosch/Horst	6	Fijalek/Prudel	9	21-14, 21-15	0:47
6/5/09	CEV	Austrian Masters	Contender 2	Fijalek/Prudel	7	Gosch/Horst	5	21-17, 17-21, 15-12	1:19
9/20/08	CEV	Russian Masters Final	Pool B	Fijalek/Prudel	7	Gosch/Horst	6	21-18, 21-17	0:39
5/11/08	CEV	Austrian Masters	Winner 1	Gosch/Horst	6	Fijalek/Prudel	11	25-27, 21-9, 15-9	1:12
Trail the series against # 7 Benes/Kubala, Czech Republic 1-3
8/28/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 2	Benes/Kubala	20	Fijalek/Prudel	14	21-19, 21-17	0:38
8/6/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 1	Fijalek/Prudel	9	Benes/Kubala	24	21-16, 21-19	0:43
5/15/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Contender 2	Benes/Kubala	31, Q7	Fijalek/Prudel	17	21-19, 21-19	0:49
5/8/09	CEV	Spanish Masters	Contender 2	Benes/Kubala	13, Q3	Fijalek/Prudel	7	21-18, 21-9	0:31
Lead the series against # 8 Lario/Mesa, Spain 3-0
9/11/09	CEV	English Masters	Winner 1	Fijalek/Prudel	9	Lario/Mesa	8	21-19, 21-14	0:43
8/7/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 3	Fijalek/Prudel	9	Lario/Mesa	18	22-20, 21-14	0:44
6/5/09	CEV	Austrian Masters	Winner 1	Fijalek/Prudel	7	Lario/Mesa	10	21-18, 21-14	0:37
Lead the series against # 11, Q1 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 1-0
6/19/09	CEV	German Masters	Winner 1	Fijalek/Prudel	6	Erdmann/Matysik	11	18-21, 21-17, 15-11	1:03
Trail the series against # 12 Ces/Ces, France 1-2
8/21/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 3	Fijalek/Prudel	21, Q3	Ces/Ces	14	21-19, 10-21, 15-12	1:01
10/30/08	FIVB	Manama Open	Winner 3	Ces/Ces	2	Fijalek/Prudel	10	21-19, 21-14	0:48
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 # 15, Q10 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
Series tied with # Q4 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 1-1
11/13/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 2	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	12	Fijalek/Prudel	11	25-23, 21-13	0:35
5/23/08	CEV	Swiss Masters	Winner 2	Fijalek/Prudel	11	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	14, Q8	21-14, 21-16	0:38
Lead the series against # Q6 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
Lead the series against # Q7 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 # Q13 Kufa/Rotrekl, Czech Republic 0-1
4/17/08	CEV	Spanish Masters	Qualifier 2	Kufa/Rotrekl	Q5	Fijalek/Prudel	Q12	21-17, 15-21, 16-14	0:53
Lead the series against # Q19 Garcia-Thompson/Miedzybrodzki, England 1-0
8/19/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Qualifier 3	Fijalek/Prudel	21, Q3	Garcia-Thompson/Miedzybrodzki	Q19	22-20, 21-14	0:53