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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$440,000 São Paulo Grand Slam
October 8 - 13, 2013

(10) 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 São Paulo Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/6-10/2013	Berlin Grand Slam	11	5th	480	US$10,000.00
FIVB	7/10-14/2013	Gstaad Grand Slam	10	17th	320	US$3,700.00
FIVB	7/2-7/2013	Stare Jablonki World Championships	1	17th	400	US$7,000.00
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

São Paulo Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 10/9/2013	Pool G	Jon Stiekema / Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands (23)	Lost 18-21, 19-21	0:38
Thu, 10/10/2013	Pool G	Maverick Hatch / Christian Redmann, Canada (26, Q3)	Won 18-21, 21-17, 15-8	0:50
Thu, 10/10/2013	Pool G	Alison Cerutti / Emanuel Rego, Brazil (7)	Won 15-21, 21-17, 15-9	0:47
Fri, 10/11/2013	Winner 1	Alexander Huber / Robin Seidl, Austria (13)	Won 21-18, 21-16	0:37
Fri, 10/11/2013	Winner 2	Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Janis Smedins, Latvia (3)	Lost 17-21, 22-20, 12-15	0:57

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	11	0	2	0	3	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	$156,600.00	42	21	66.7 %
2012	FIVB	7	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	$62,400.00	20	15	57.1 %
2013	FIVB	9	0	0	1	0	5	0	1	0	2	0	0	$79,200.00	32	15	68.1 %
Total	FIVB	52	0	2	3	5	13	2	7	2	15	3	0	$458,550.00	161	103	61.0 %
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
11	0	2	0	3	3	1	1	1	0	$78,300.00	2011	FIVB	11	0	2	0	3	3	1	1	1	0	$78,300.00
7	0	0	1	0	2	2	2	0	0	$31,200.00	2012	FIVB	8	0	0	1	0	2	3	2	0	0	$33,325.00
9	0	0	1	0	5	1	2	0	0	$39,600.00	2013	FIVB	9	0	0	1	0	5	1	2	0	0	$39,600.00
57	0	2	4	5	16	11	16	3	0	$229,525.00	Total	Total	61	0	2	3	5	16	10	16	5	4	$233,400.00

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%
2012-2013	40	85.1%	3	6.4%	4	8.5%	43-4	91.5%	9	26.5%	10	29.4%	15	44.1%	9-25	26.5%	40-15	72.7%	12-14	46.2%	0	1	52-30	63.4%
Against the Field	42	67.7%	10	16.1%	10	16.1%	52-10	83.9%	17	32.7%	12	23.1%	23	44.2%	17-35	32.7%	84-46	64.6%	54-44	55.1%	0	0	69-45	60.5%

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 27-23 (Lead 12 Series, Trail 7 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Filho/Santos, Brazil 0-2
7/12/13	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool G	Filho/Santos	7	Fijalek/Prudel	10	21-17, 15-21, 15-11
5/3/13	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Winner 3	Filho/Santos	12	Fijalek/Prudel	7	21-18, 21-17	0:40
Trail the series against # 2 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 # 3 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 0-2
10/11/13	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Fijalek/Prudel	10	21-17, 20-22, 15-12	0:57
6/13/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool G	Samoilovs/Smedins	10	Fijalek/Prudel	7	21-15, 21-14	0:33
Trail the series against # 4 Gibb/Patterson, United States 0-1
8/8/13	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool F	Gibb/Patterson	6	Fijalek/Prudel	11	21-17, 21-18	0:39
Trail the series against # 5 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 # 6 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 2-1
7/12/13	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 1	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	11	Fijalek/Prudel	10	21-11, 15-21, 15-8	0:46
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
Trail the series against # 7 Cerutti/Rego, Brazil 2-4
10/10/13	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Pool G	Fijalek/Prudel	10	Cerutti/Rego	7	15-21, 21-17, 15-9	0:47
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
Series tied with # 8 Felipe/Goncalves, Brazil 1-1
8/9/13	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 3	Felipe/Goncalves	13, Q1	Fijalek/Prudel	11	21-15, 21-13	0:33
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 # 9 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
Lead the series against # 11 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 3-2
8/9/13	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 2	Fijalek/Prudel	11	Lupo/Nicolai	10	19-21, 25-23, 15-7	0:57
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
Lead the series against # 12 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 # 13 Huber/Seidl, Austria 4-0
10/11/13	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Winner 1	Fijalek/Prudel	10	Huber/Seidl	13	21-18, 21-16	0:37
8/9/13	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 1	Fijalek/Prudel	11	Huber/Seidl	16	21-16, 23-21	0:44
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
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 # 19 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 # 22 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
Trail the series against # 23 Stiekema/Varenhorst, Netherlands 0-2
10/9/13	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Pool G	Stiekema/Varenhorst	23	Fijalek/Prudel	10	21-18, 21-19	0:38
7/19/12	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool K	Stiekema/Varenhorst	18	Fijalek/Prudel	15	21-13, 21-13	0:36
Lead the series against # 24, Q1 Chevallier/Strasser, Switzerland 1-0
6/20/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool E	Fijalek/Prudel	5	Chevallier/Strasser	28	21-15, 21-18	0:42
Lead the series against # 25, Q2 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 # 26, Q3 Hatch/Redmann, Canada 1-0
10/10/13	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Pool G	Fijalek/Prudel	10	Hatch/Redmann	26, Q3	18-21, 21-17, 15-8	0:50
Lead the series against # Q16 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