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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$380,000 World Series 13
July 20 - 25, 2010

(3) 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 Marseille Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2006	Did not play	Tomasz Sinczak - 57th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/6-11/2010	Gstaad Grand Slam	7	4th	560	US$18,400.00
FIVB	6/29-7/4/2010	Stavanger Grand Slam	8	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/15-21/2010	Prague Open	8	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	6/9-14/2010	Moscow Grand Slam	12	9th	320	US$8,000.00
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

Marseille Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/22/2010	Winner 1	Andrey Maryshev / Alexey Yutvalin, Russia (30, Q21)	Lost 17-21, 24-26	0:49
Thu, 7/22/2010	Contender 1	Alexandr Dyachenko / Alexey Sidorenko, Kazakhstan (19, Q15)	Won 16-21, 21-19, 15-10	0:50
Fri, 7/23/2010	Contender 2	Tarjei Skarlund / Martin Spinnangr, Norway (20)	Won 11-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:47
Fri, 7/23/2010	Contender 3	Matteo Ingrosso / Paolo Ingrosso, Italy (11)	Won 22-20, 21-19	0:53
Fri, 7/23/2010	Contender 4	Inocencio Lario / Raul Mesa, Spain (23, Q1)	Won 21-17, 21-16	0:40
Sat, 7/24/2010	Contender 5	Andrey Maryshev / Alexey Yutvalin, Russia (30, Q21)	Won 21-19, 19-21, 15-13	0:53
Sat, 7/24/2010	Contender 6	Benjamin Insfran / Bruno Schmidt, Brazil (4)	Won 21-19, 21-18	0:52
Sat, 7/24/2010	Semi-Finals	Penggen Wu / Linyin Xu, China (2)	Lost 21-19, 16-21, 13-15	1:01
Sun, 7/25/2010	Bronze Medal	Florian Gosch / Alexander Horst, Austria (6)	Won 22-20, 21-17	0:51

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	9	0	0	1	1	3	0	2	0	1	1	0	$85,100.00	30	18	62.5 %
Total	FIVB	23	0	0	1	2	3	1	3	2	10	1	0	$143,650.00	63	48	56.8 %
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 %

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
9	0	0	1	1	3	2	1	1	0	$42,550.00	2010	FIVB	9	0	0	1	1	3	2	1	1	0	$42,550.00
28	0	0	2	2	5	7	11	1	0	$72,075.00	Total	Total	31	0	0	1	2	5	5	11	3	4	$73,825.00

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	43	72.9%	6	10.2%	10	16.9%	49-10	83.1%	13	39.4%	5	15.2%	15	45.5%	13-20	39.4%	86-30	74.1%	38-30	55.9%	0	0	62-30	67.4%

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 23-18 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 7 Series, 5 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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
Series tied with # 2 Wu/Xu, China 1-1
7/24/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Semi-Finals	Wu/Xu	2	Fijalek/Prudel	3	19-21, 21-16, 15-13	1:01
5/22/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Winner 2	Fijalek/Prudel	19	Wu/Xu	26	21-16, 13-21, 15-8	0:48
Trail the series against # 4 Insfran/Schmidt, Brazil 1-2
7/24/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 6	Fijalek/Prudel	3	Insfran/Schmidt	4	21-19, 21-18	0:52
6/18/10	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 4	Insfran/Schmidt	11	Fijalek/Prudel	8	19-21, 26-24, 15-10	1:10
5/27/10	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 2	Insfran/Schmidt	8	Fijalek/Prudel	9	13-21, 21-15, 15-12	1:03
Trail the series against # 5 Samoilovs/Sorokins, Latvia 0-2
7/1/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool Q	Samoilovs/Sorokins	25	Fijalek/Prudel	8	21-15, 21-13	0:34
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 # 6 Gosch/Horst, Austria 2-0
7/25/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Bronze Medal	Fijalek/Prudel	3	Gosch/Horst	6	22-20, 21-17	0:51
5/19/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool L	Fijalek/Prudel	19	Gosch/Horst	14	10-21, 21-13, 22-20	0:58
Series tied with # 9 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 # 11 Ingrosso/Ingrosso, Italy 2-0
7/23/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 3	Fijalek/Prudel	3	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	11	22-20, 21-19	0:53
7/29/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Fijalek/Prudel	27, Q9	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	Q25	21-18, 21-17	0:44
Trail the series against # 12 Benes/Kubala, Czech Republic 1-2
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
Trail the series against # 16 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 1-2
7/8/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool P	Fijalek/Prudel	7	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	23	21-18, 22-20	0:47
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 # 17 Heuscher/Heyer, Switzerland 0-1
7/1/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool Q	Heuscher/Heyer	24	Fijalek/Prudel	8	30-28, 21-16	0:55
Lead the series against # 18, Q3 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
Lead the series against # 19, Q15 Dyachenko/Sidorenko, Kazakhstan 1-0
7/22/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 1	Fijalek/Prudel	3	Dyachenko/Sidorenko	19, Q15	16-21, 21-19, 15-10	0:50
Series tied with # 20 Skarlund/Spinnangr, Norway 1-1
7/23/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 2	Fijalek/Prudel	3	Skarlund/Spinnangr	20	11-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:47
7/1/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool Q	Skarlund/Spinnangr	9	Fijalek/Prudel	8	21-17, 21-19	0:40
Trail the series against # 21 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
Lead the series against # 22 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
Lead the series against # 23, Q1 Lario/Mesa, Spain 2-0
7/23/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 4	Fijalek/Prudel	3	Lario/Mesa	23, Q1	21-17, 21-16	0:40
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 # 24 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
Series tied with # 29, Q4 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
Series tied with # 30, Q21 Maryshev/Yutvalin, Russia 1-1
7/24/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 5	Fijalek/Prudel	3	Maryshev/Yutvalin	30, Q21	21-19, 19-21, 15-13	0:53
7/22/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 1	Maryshev/Yutvalin	30, Q21	Fijalek/Prudel	3	21-17, 26-24	0:49
Lead the series against # Q2 Gabathuler/Schnider, Switzerland 2-0
7/9/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool P	Fijalek/Prudel	7	Gabathuler/Schnider	10	19-21, 22-20, 15-11	1:02
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 # Q7 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 # Q14 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