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US$1,000,000 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships Mazury 2013
July 2 - 7, 2013

(1) Grzegorz Fijalek/Mariusz Prudel, Poland

Grzegorz Fijalek
Poland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 11, 1987 (37 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 (38 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

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 Stare Jablonki Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Did not play	Rafal Szternel - Country Quota
2006	Did not play	Patryk Fogel - 57th
2007	Did not play	Patryk Fogel - 41st
2008	Mariusz Prudel - 17th	Grzegorz Fijalek - 17th
2009	Mariusz Prudel - 7th	Grzegorz Fijalek - 7th
2010	Mariusz Prudel - 25th	Grzegorz Fijalek - 25th
2011	Mariusz Prudel - 2nd	Grzegorz Fijalek - 2nd
2012	Mariusz Prudel - 5th	Grzegorz Fijalek - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/18-23/2013	Rome Grand Slam	5	5th	480	US$10,000.00
FIVB	6/11-16/2013	The Hague Grand Slam	7	3rd	640	US$16,500.00
FIVB	5/22-26/2013	Corrientes Grand Slam	6	5th	480	US$10,000.00
FIVB	4/30-5/4/2013	Shanghai Grand Slam	7	5th	480	US$10,000.00
FIVB	4/23-27/2013	Fuzhou Open	7	5th	300	US$6,500.00
FIVB	8/14-19/2012	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	9	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	7/28-8/9/2012	London 2012 Olympic Games	9	5th	0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/17-22/2012	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	15	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/10-14/2012	Berlin Grand Slam	15	3rd	640	US$23,000.00
FIVB	7/3-8/2012	Gstaad Grand Slam	12	17th	160	US$5,100.00

Stare Jablonki World Championships Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Tue, 7/2/2013

Pool A

Inocencio Lario / Javier Monfort, Spain (48)

Won 21-8, 23-21

0:46

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Grzegorz Fijalek	Total	34	18	1	0.500	0	3	2	2
	1	14	8	0	0.571	0	1	1	0
	2	20	10	1	0.450	0	2	1	2
Mariusz Prudel	Total	16	11	1	0.625	4	1	1	0
	1	8	5	0	0.625	3	0	1	0
	2	8	6	1	0.625	1	1	0	0

Wed, 7/3/2013

Pool A

Esteban Grimalt / Marco Grimalt, Chile (25)

Won 21-18, 21-15

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Grzegorz Fijalek	Total	25	14	3	0.440	0	5	0	2
	1	11	5	1	0.364	0	2	0	1
	2	14	9	2	0.500	0	3	0	1
Mariusz Prudel	Total	21	11	0	0.524	5	12	3	1
	1	10	6	0	0.600	2	6	2	1
	2	11	5	0	0.455	3	6	1	0

Thu, 7/4/2013

Pool A

Isaac Kapa / Christopher McHugh, Australia (24)

Won 21-13, 19-21, 15-10

0:51

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Grzegorz Fijalek	Total	28	15	4	0.393	0	6	4	5
	1	6	4	2	0.333	0	2	3	3
	2	17	6	2	0.235	0	3	0	1
	3	5	5	0	1.000	0	1	1	1
Mariusz Prudel	Total	23	14	3	0.478	6	2	0	1
	1	11	7	0	0.636	2	1	0	1
	2	6	2	2	0.000	2	1	0	0
	3	6	5	1	0.667	2	0	0	0

Fri, 7/5/2013

Winner 1

Bruno Schmidt / Pedro Solberg, Brazil (5)

Lost 17-21, 16-21

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Grzegorz Fijalek	Total	39	18	4	0.359	0	6	1	2
	1	23	11	3	0.348	0	3	0	1
	2	16	7	1	0.375	0	3	1	1
Mariusz Prudel	Total	12	3	4	-0.083	1	4	1	1
	1	6	2	2	0.000	1	3	0	1
	2	6	1	2	-0.167	0	1	1	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Grzegorz Fijalek	126	65	12	0.421	0	20	7	11
Mariusz Prudel	72	39	8	0.431	16	19	5	3
Total	198	104	20	0.424	16	39	12	14
Opponents	199	107	35	0.362	9	39	4	14

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2011	World Championships	Rome	Mariusz Prudel - 5th	Grzegorz Fijalek - 5th
2015	World Championships	The Hague	Mariusz Prudel - 17th	Grzegorz Fijalek - 17th
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Michal Bryl - 17th	Kacper Kujawiak - 17th
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Michal Bryl - 9th	Did not play

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/13-19/2011	Rome World Championships	30	5th	600	US$18,000.00
FIVB	7/2-7/2013	Stare Jablonki World Championships	1	17th	400	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/26-7/5/2015	Netherlands World Championships	4	17th	400	US$7,000.00

Head to Head Results
Fijalek/Prudel lead the series against the field 49-26 (Lead 24 Series, Trail 7 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Cerutti/Rego, Brazil 1-4
6/22/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Winner 3	Cerutti/Rego	7	Fijalek/Prudel	5	21-16, 21-17	0:38
6/15/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Winner 3	Fijalek/Prudel	7	Cerutti/Rego	2	21-16, 18-21, 16-14	0:56
8/6/12	FIVB	London 2012 Olympic Games	Winner 2	Cerutti/Rego	1	Fijalek/Prudel	9	21-17, 16-21, 17-15	0:57
8/21/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Bronze Medal	Cerutti/Rego	2	Fijalek/Prudel	3	26-24, 16-21, 16-14	0:59
7/10/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Cerutti/Rego	1	Fijalek/Prudel	5	21-17, 21-16	0:41
Trail the series against # 3 Dalhausser/Rosenthal, United States 0-1
4/26/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 3	Dalhausser/Rosenthal	2	Fijalek/Prudel	7	21-16, 21-19	0:37
Trail the series against # 5 Schmidt/Solberg, Brazil 0-3
7/5/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Winner 1	Schmidt/Solberg	5	Fijalek/Prudel	1	21-17, 21-16	0:43
6/15/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Schmidt/Solberg	4	Fijalek/Prudel	7	21-13, 21-16	0:34
8/26/06	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Winner 2	Schmidt/Solberg	2	Fijalek/Prudel	6	19-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:58
Trail the series against # 6 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 0-1
6/13/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool G	Samoilovs/Smedins	10	Fijalek/Prudel	7	21-15, 21-14	0:33
Lead the series against # 7 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 5-2
7/14/12	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Fijalek/Prudel	15	Nummerdor/Schuil	8	21-18, 21-19	0:40
8/26/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 3	Nummerdor/Schuil	8	Fijalek/Prudel	1	21-18, 21-16	0:41
8/18/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Winner 2	Nummerdor/Schuil	14	Fijalek/Prudel	3	16-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:50
7/16/11	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 2	Fijalek/Prudel	5	Nummerdor/Schuil	8	20-22, 21-17, 15-7	0:53
6/10/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Winner 3	Fijalek/Prudel	24	Nummerdor/Schuil	16	22-20, 19-21, 15-12	0:54
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
Lead the series against # 8 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 4-2
7/21/12	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 2	Erdmann/Matysik	12	Fijalek/Prudel	15	21-16, 17-21, 20-18	0:59
6/10/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool N	Erdmann/Matysik	12	Fijalek/Prudel	5	21-14, 21-17	0:39
8/20/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Contender 6	Fijalek/Prudel	3	Erdmann/Matysik	6	21-14, 21-17	0:37
7/31/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Fijalek/Prudel	4	Erdmann/Matysik	13	22-20, 21-12	0:39
7/29/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool M	Fijalek/Prudel	4	Erdmann/Matysik	13	21-16, 21-15	0:35
7/8/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool P	Fijalek/Prudel	7	Erdmann/Matysik	26	17-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:57
Series tied with # 9 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 2-2
5/25/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Winner 3	Lupo/Nicolai	3	Fijalek/Prudel	6	21-18, 18-21, 15-11	0:54
5/3/13	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Winner 2	Fijalek/Prudel	7	Lupo/Nicolai	4	21-18, 23-21	0:43
8/27/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 5	Lupo/Nicolai	7	Fijalek/Prudel	1	9-21, 21-11, 15-13	0:38
8/20/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Contender 5	Fijalek/Prudel	3	Lupo/Nicolai	13	17-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:49
Trail the series against # 10 Filho/Santos, Brazil 0-1
5/3/13	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Winner 3	Filho/Santos	12	Fijalek/Prudel	7	21-18, 21-17	0:40
Lead the series against # 11 Dollinger/Windscheif, Germany 2-1
5/2/13	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool G	Fijalek/Prudel	7	Dollinger/Windscheif	10	15-21, 26-24, 15-11	0:56
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
Lead the series against # 12 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 4-2
6/19/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool E	Fijalek/Prudel	5	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	12	21-19, 25-23	0:42
4/26/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 2	Fijalek/Prudel	7	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	15	18-21, 22-20, 15-12	0:58
7/13/12	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 2	Fijalek/Prudel	15	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	21	21-12, 21-18	0:39
7/5/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool N	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	21	Fijalek/Prudel	12	21-18, 18-21, 15-10	0:54
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 # 13 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 2-0
6/14/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Winner 2	Fijalek/Prudel	7	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	8	19-21, 21-12, 20-18	0:58
5/25/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Winner 2	Fijalek/Prudel	6	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	14	18-21, 21-16, 15-7	0:50
Lead the series against # 14 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
Lead the series against # 15 Doppler/Horst, Austria 1-0
8/16/12	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool Q	Fijalek/Prudel	9	Doppler/Horst	25	22-20, 21-15	0:39
Lead the series against # 17 Doherty/Rogers, United States 1-0
4/25/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool G	Fijalek/Prudel	7	Doherty/Rogers	10	21-19, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # 19 Spijkers/Varenhorst, Netherlands 1-0
5/24/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Pool F	Fijalek/Prudel	6	Spijkers/Varenhorst	11	27-25, 21-17	0:46
Lead the series against # 20 Felipe/Goncalves, Brazil 1-0
6/13/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool G	Fijalek/Prudel	7	Felipe/Goncalves	23, Q2	21-12, 21-15	0:36
Lead the series against # 21 Koshkarev/Semenov, Russia 2-0
6/22/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Winner 2	Fijalek/Prudel	5	Koshkarev/Semenov	24	21-18, 21-13	0:35
4/24/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool G	Fijalek/Prudel	7	Koshkarev/Semenov	26, Q7	21-18, 21-10	0:30
Lead the series against # 22 Huber/Seidl, Austria 2-0
6/16/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Fijalek/Prudel	7	Huber/Seidl	22, Q1	21-18, 21-16	0:40
8/17/12	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool Q	Fijalek/Prudel	9	Huber/Seidl	24, Q5	21-16, 22-20	0:45
Trail the series against # 23 Peda/Plavins, Latvia 0-1
6/21/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool E	Peda/Plavins	21, Q2	Fijalek/Prudel	5	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # 24 Kapa/McHugh, Australia 1-0
7/4/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Pool A	Fijalek/Prudel	1	Kapa/McHugh	24	21-13, 19-21, 15-10	0:51
Lead the series against # 25 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 1-0
7/3/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Pool A	Fijalek/Prudel	1	Grimalt/Grimalt	25	21-18, 21-15	0:39
Lead the series against # 28 Eithun/Horrem, Norway 3-0
5/1/13	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool G	Fijalek/Prudel	7	Eithun/Horrem	26	16-21, 21-18, 15-12	1:04
4/24/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool G	Fijalek/Prudel	7	Eithun/Horrem	23	28-26, 21-11	0:47
7/5/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool N	Fijalek/Prudel	12	Eithun/Horrem	28, Q6	21-17, 21-19	0:44
Lead the series against # 30 Smedins/Sorokins, Latvia 1-0
5/23/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Pool F	Fijalek/Prudel	6	Smedins/Sorokins	22	21-11, 21-13	0:34
Lead the series against # 31 Gabathuler/Weingart, Switzerland 2-0
6/12/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool G	Fijalek/Prudel	7	Gabathuler/Weingart	26	21-16, 21-17	0:42
5/1/13	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool G	Fijalek/Prudel	7	Gabathuler/Weingart	23, Q7	23-21, 21-19	0:42
Lead the series against # 32 Hernandez/Villafane, Venezuela 2-0
7/11/12	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool K	Fijalek/Prudel	15	Hernandez/Villafane	31	21-16, 21-11	0:38
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 # 34 Benes/Kubala, Czech Republic 4-3
8/16/12	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool Q	Fijalek/Prudel	9	Benes/Kubala	8	21-13, 21-15	0:31
8/19/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Contender 4	Fijalek/Prudel	3	Benes/Kubala	8	24-22, 21-12	0:36
7/9/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 2	Fijalek/Prudel	5	Benes/Kubala	22	21-16, 21-16	0:36
6/30/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool M	Benes/Kubala	20	Fijalek/Prudel	13	16-21, 21-18, 20-18	0:56
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
Lead the series against # 35 Bogatov/Prokopiev, Russia 2-0
6/14/12	FIVB	Grand Slam Rome	Pool P	Fijalek/Prudel	7	Bogatov/Prokopiev	23, Q13	21-12, 21-17	0:35
7/10/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 2	Fijalek/Prudel	7	Bogatov/Prokopiev	20	18-21, 21-16, 16-14	1:05
Lead the series against # 38 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 1-0
8/25/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 1	Fijalek/Prudel	1	Kantor/Losiak	32	21-12, 19-21, 15-8	0:42
Lead the series against # 39 Kuleshov/Yakovlev, Kazakhstan 1-0
5/23/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Pool F	Fijalek/Prudel	6	Kuleshov/Yakovlev	27	21-15, 21-11	0:37
Lead the series against # 40 Saxton/Schalk, Canada 1-0
6/14/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Winner 1	Fijalek/Prudel	7	Saxton/Schalk	28, Q8	21-19, 21-18	0:39
Trail the series against # 44 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 # 48 Lario/Monfort, Spain 1-0
7/2/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Pool A	Fijalek/Prudel	1	Lario/Monfort	48	21-8, 23-21	0:46