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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Grand Slam presented by Seat
June 9 - 14, 2010

(12) 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 Moscow Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/25-30/2010	Myslowice Open	9	5th	360	US$9,100.00
FIVB	5/18-23/2010	Rome Grand Slam	19	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	5/3-8/2010	Shanghai Open	17	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	4/20-25/2010	Brasilia Open	17	5th	360	US$9,100.00
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

Moscow Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 6/10/2010	Pool N	Jason Lochhead / Kirk Pitman, New Zealand (21, Q4)	Lost 17-21, 21-14, 13-15	1:02
Fri, 6/11/2010	Pool N	Philip Gabathuler / Jan Schnider, Switzerland (28, Q9)	Won 26-24, 20-22, 16-14	1:12
Fri, 6/11/2010	Pool N	Reinder Nummerdor / Richard Schuil, Netherlands (5)	Won 21-16, 21-17	0:37
Sun, 6/13/2010	Winner 2	Casey Jennings / Brad Keenan, United States (17)	Lost 21-17, 15-21, 13-15	0:54

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	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	5	0	0	$34,150.00	18	17	51.4 %
2010	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	$42,200.00	16	9	64.0 %
Total	FIVB	19	0	0	0	1	3	1	2	2	10	0	0	$100,750.00	49	39	55.7 %
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
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
5	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	$21,100.00	2010	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	$21,100.00
24	0	0	1	1	5	6	11	0	0	$50,625.00	Total	Total	27	0	0	0	1	5	4	11	2	4	$52,375.00

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%
2009-2010	33	67.3%	7	14.3%	9	18.4%	40-9	81.6%	11	26.8%	7	17.1%	23	56.1%	11-30	26.8%	33-23	58.9%	18-16	52.9%	1	0	52-39	57.1%
Against the Field	55	72.4%	9	11.8%	12	15.8%	64-12	84.2%	18	26.5%	15	22.1%	35	51.5%	18-50	26.5%	110-68	61.8%	54-54	50.0%	1	0	83-61	57.6%

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 25-20 (Lead 15 Series, Trail 10 Series, 5 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 0-1
5/29/10	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 6	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Fijalek/Prudel	9	23-21, 21-19	0:57
Trail the series against # 3 Brink/Reckermann, Germany 0-1
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 # 4 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 0-3
5/22/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Winner 3	Gavira/Herrera	5	Fijalek/Prudel	19	21-12, 21-18	0:32
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
Lead the series against # 5 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 2-0
6/11/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool N	Fijalek/Prudel	12	Nummerdor/Schuil	5	21-16, 21-17	0:37
4/22/10	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 2	Fijalek/Prudel	17	Nummerdor/Schuil	1	21-17, 28-30, 16-14	1:13
Trail the series against # 6 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 1-2
5/29/10	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 5	Fijalek/Prudel	9	Klemperer/Koreng	7	24-22, 21-6	0:49
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
Trail the series against # 7 Insfran/Schmidt, Brazil 0-1
5/27/10	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 2	Insfran/Schmidt	8	Fijalek/Prudel	9	13-21, 21-15, 15-12	1:03
Series tied with # 9 Barsuk/Kolodinsky, Russia 1-1
8/20/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 1	Fijalek/Prudel	21, Q3	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	5	21-17, 24-22	0:47
4/23/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 2	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	6	Fijalek/Prudel	22	21-19, 21-16	0:42
Lead the series against # 11 Marques/Solberg, Brazil 2-1
5/20/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool L	Fijalek/Prudel	19	Marques/Solberg	3	19-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:58
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
Lead the series against # 13 Wu/Xu, China 1-0
5/22/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Winner 2	Fijalek/Prudel	19	Wu/Xu	26	21-16, 13-21, 15-8	0:48
Lead the series against # 14 Gosch/Horst, Austria 1-0
5/19/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool L	Fijalek/Prudel	19	Gosch/Horst	14	10-21, 21-13, 22-20	0:58
Lead the series against # 15 Bellaguarda/Laciga, Switzerland 1-0
4/24/10	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 5	Fijalek/Prudel	17	Bellaguarda/Laciga	10	21-18, 21-19	0:45
Series tied with # 17 Jennings/Keenan, United States 1-1
6/13/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 2	Jennings/Keenan	17	Fijalek/Prudel	12	17-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:54
5/28/10	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 3	Fijalek/Prudel	9	Jennings/Keenan	17	21-16, 21-17	0:38
Trail the series against # 18 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 0-1
5/6/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 2	Gibb/Rosenthal	15	Fijalek/Prudel	17	21-17, 18-21, 15-11	0:53
Trail the series against # 21, Q4 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 0-1
6/10/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool N	Lochhead/Pitman	21, Q4	Fijalek/Prudel	12	21-17, 14-21, 15-13	1:02
Trail the series against # 23 Dollinger/Windscheif, Germany 0-1
11/1/08	FIVB	Manama Open	Bronze Medal	Dollinger/Windscheif	21, Q5	Fijalek/Prudel	10	21-14, 21-14	0:39
Trail the series against # 24, Q3 "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
Trail the series against # 25 Samoilovs/Sorokins, Latvia 0-1
5/5/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	16	Fijalek/Prudel	17	16-21, 21-12, 15-11	0:50
Lead the series against # 27 Redmann/VanHuizen, Canada 1-0
5/27/10	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 1	Fijalek/Prudel	9	Redmann/VanHuizen	24	17-21, 21-13, 15-12	0:58
Lead the series against # 28, Q9 Gabathuler/Schnider, Switzerland 1-0
6/11/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool N	Fijalek/Prudel	12	Gabathuler/Schnider	28, Q9	26-24, 20-22, 16-14	1:12
Lead the series against # 31, Q12 Doppler/Mellitzer, Austria 1-0
5/21/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool L	Fijalek/Prudel	19	Doppler/Mellitzer	30, Q16	21-12, 21-19	0:39
Series tied with Barbosa/Cunha, Brazil 1-1
5/28/10	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 4	Fijalek/Prudel	9	Barbosa/Cunha	11, Q5	By Forfeit
4/24/10	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 6	Barbosa/Cunha	11	Fijalek/Prudel	17	15-21, 21-16, 15-5	0:49
Series tied with # Q2 Ces/Ces, France 1-1
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
Lead the series against # Q5 Lario/Mesa, Spain 1-0
8/7/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 3	Fijalek/Prudel	9	Lario/Mesa	18	22-20, 21-14	0:44
Lead the series against # Q8 Hoyer/Soderberg, Denmark 2-0
4/23/10	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 4	Fijalek/Prudel	17	Hoyer/Soderberg	29, Q6	21-19, 21-19	0:44
5/7/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Qualifier 2	Fijalek/Prudel	32, Q43	Hoyer/Soderberg	Q11	19-21, 21-19, 15-11	1:10
Series tied with # Q11 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 1-1
5/28/10	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 2	Fijalek/Prudel	9	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	10	21-17, 21-12	0:45
11/13/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 2	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	12	Fijalek/Prudel	11	25-23, 21-13	0:35
Lead the series against # Q13 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
Lead the series against # Q15 Hupfer/Schroffenegger, Austria 1-0
8/27/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 1	Fijalek/Prudel	14	Hupfer/Schroffenegger	19	21-14, 22-20	0:39
Lead the series against # Q20 Hernandez/Villafane, Venezuela 1-0
5/28/09	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 1	Fijalek/Prudel	10	Hernandez/Villafane	23, Q5	21-13, 21-14	0:39
Lead the series against # Q24 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
Lead the series against # Q26 Chen/Liu, China 1-0
5/5/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 1	Fijalek/Prudel	17	Chen/Liu	32	21-19, 21-16	0:45