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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$380,000 China Shanghai Jinshan Open
May 2 - 7, 2011

(8) 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 Shanghai Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2009	Mariusz Prudel - 13th	Grzegorz Fijalek - 13th
2010	Mariusz Prudel - 17th	Grzegorz Fijalek - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/18-23/2011	Brasilia Open	14	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	8/3-8/2010	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	4	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	7/27-8/1/2010	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	6	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	7/20-25/2010	Marseille Open	3	3rd	480	US$15,000.00
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

Shanghai Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/4/2011	Winner 1	Sebastian Dollinger / Stefan Windscheif, Germany (25, Q4)	Won 21-18, 21-16	0:38
Wed, 5/4/2011	Winner 2	Philip Gabathuler / Jan Schnider, Switzerland (24, Q6)	Won 30-28, 21-18	0:49
Thu, 5/5/2011	Winner 3	Phil Dalhausser / Todd Rogers, United States (1)	Lost 17-21, 14-21	0:38
Thu, 5/5/2011	Contender 4	David Klemperer / Eric Koreng, Germany (6)	Lost 21-17, 12-21, 12-15	0:49

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	11	0	0	1	1	4	0	2	0	1	2	0	$101,800.00	34	22	60.7 %
2011	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$8,800.00	3	4	42.9 %
Total	FIVB	27	0	0	1	2	4	1	4	2	11	2	0	$169,150.00	70	56	55.6 %
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
11	0	0	1	1	4	2	1	2	0	$50,900.00	2010	FIVB	11	0	0	1	1	4	2	1	2	0	$50,900.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$4,400.00	2011	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$4,400.00
32	0	0	2	2	6	8	12	2	0	$84,825.00	Total	Total	35	0	0	1	2	6	6	12	4	4	$86,575.00

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%
2010-2011	50	68.5%	10	13.7%	13	17.8%	60-13	82.2%	15	33.3%	10	22.2%	20	44.4%	15-30	33.3%	50-20	71.4%	25-23	52.1%	1	0	76-43	63.9%
Against the Field	43	69.4%	10	16.1%	9	14.5%	53-9	85.5%	13	21.7%	16	26.7%	31	51.7%	13-47	21.7%	86-62	58.1%	46-50	47.9%	0	0	66-56	54.1%

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 17-25 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 9 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 0-3
5/5/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 3	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Fijalek/Prudel	8	21-17, 21-14	0:38
7/11/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Fijalek/Prudel	7	21-14, 21-14	0:42
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
Series tied with # 4 Fuerbringer/Lucena, United States 1-1
7/31/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 3	Fuerbringer/Lucena	12	Fijalek/Prudel	6	21-18, 21-15	0:39
7/10/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 3	Fijalek/Prudel	7	Fuerbringer/Lucena	13, Q4	21-14, 21-18	0:39
Series tied with # 5 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 # 6 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 1-3
5/5/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 4	Klemperer/Koreng	6	Fijalek/Prudel	8	17-21, 21-12, 15-12	0:49
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 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
Trail the series against # 10 Cunha/Solberg, Brazil 0-2
5/1/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 2	Cunha/Solberg	2	Fijalek/Prudel	18	23-21, 21-16	0:48
4/24/09	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 2	Cunha/Solberg	5	Fijalek/Prudel	22	21-12, 21-23, 15-9	0:55
Trail the series against # 11 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 0-2
6/18/10	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 3	Gibb/Rosenthal	17	Fijalek/Prudel	8	21-19, 21-19	0:44
5/6/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 2	Gibb/Rosenthal	15	Fijalek/Prudel	17	21-17, 18-21, 15-11	0:53
Lead the series against # 12 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 # 14 "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
Lead the series against # 15 Skarlund/Spinnangr, Norway 2-1
7/29/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool O	Fijalek/Prudel	6	Skarlund/Spinnangr	27	17-21, 21-12, 15-12	0:58
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
Lead the series against # 18, Q3 Ces/Ces, France 2-1
4/20/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 1	Fijalek/Prudel	14	Ces/Ces	19	21-14, 21-10	0:34
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
Trail the series against # 19 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
Lead the series against # 20 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 1-0
7/8/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool P	Fijalek/Prudel	7	Erdmann/Matysik	26	17-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:57
Lead the series against # 22 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
Lead the series against # 24, Q6 Gabathuler/Schnider, Switzerland 3-0
5/4/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 2	Fijalek/Prudel	8	Gabathuler/Schnider	24, Q6	30-28, 21-18	0:49
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
Series tied with # 25, Q4 Dollinger/Windscheif, Germany 1-1
5/4/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Fijalek/Prudel	8	Dollinger/Windscheif	25, Q4	21-18, 21-16	0:38
11/1/08	FIVB	Manama Open	Bronze Medal	Dollinger/Windscheif	21, Q5	Fijalek/Prudel	10	21-14, 21-14	0:39
Series tied with # 28, Q7 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
Trail the series against # Q1 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