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€ 50,000 2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baden Masters
May 28 - 31, 2014

(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:

163

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

1 (Baden 2014)

Career Winnings:

US$706,317.41

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:

154

Career Wins:

Career CEV Wins:

1 (Baden 2014)

Career Winnings:

US$558,089.37

Awards

Most Improved Player 2011

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	Money
CEV	21	1	0	3	1	5	2	6	1	0	1	1	US$93,370.29
CEV Under Age	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
FIVB	86	1	4	5	6	18	2	25	2	18	0	5	US$937,300.00
FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	US$500.00
Overall	111	3	5	8	7	24	4	31	3	19	1	6	US$1,031,170.29

Previous Baden Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2009	Mariusz Prudel - 7th	Grzegorz Fijalek - 7th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2014	Shanghai Grand Slam	12	9th	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	10/8-13/2013	São Paulo Grand Slam	10	9th	400	US$5,500.00
FIVB	8/6-10/2013	Berlin Grand Slam	11	5th	480	US$10,000.00
CEV	7/31-8/4/2013	2013 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	5	3rd	400	€ 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

2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baden Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 5/30/2014	Winner 1	Gianluca Casadei / Paolo Ficosecco, Italy (14, Q6)	Won 21-16, 21-16	0:34
Fri, 5/30/2014	Winner 2	Finn Dittelbach / Eric Koreng, Germany (11)	Won 21-18, 24-22	0:53
Fri, 5/30/2014	Winner 3	Adrian Gavira / Pablo Herrera, Spain (2)	Won 22-20, 21-17	0:36
Sat, 5/31/2014	Semi-Finals	Tim Holler / Jonas Schroder, Germany (16, Q9)	Won 21-17, 21-15	0:35
Sat, 5/31/2014	Gold Medal	Clemens Doppler / Alexander Horst, Austria (4)	Won 21-18, 21-14	0:34

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
Confederation Championship	9	0	0	2	0	4	0	2	0	0	1	0	$41,500.00
Total	97	1	4	7	6	23	2	27	2	19	6	0	$979,300.00

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
14	0	0	2	0	5	5	1	1	0	$26,125.00	Confederation Championship	12	0	0	2	0	5	3	1	1	0	$23,125.00
142	2	8	10	7	34	46	26	9	0	$671,775.00	Total	136	2	4	8	6	31	36	26	9	0	$526,475.00

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 %
2008	CEV	7	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	$18,800.00	12	12	50.0 %
2009	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	5	0	0	$34,150.00	18	17	51.4 %
2009	CEV	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	$8,600.00	7	10	41.2 %
2010	FIVB	11	0	0	1	1	4	0	2	0	1	2	0	$101,800.00	34	22	60.7 %
2010	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	3	1	75.0 %
2011	FIVB	11	0	2	0	3	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	$156,600.00	42	21	66.7 %
2011	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	3	1	75.0 %
2012	FIVB	7	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	$62,400.00	20	15	57.1 %
2012	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$500.00	1	2	33.3 %
2013	FIVB	9	0	0	1	0	5	0	1	0	2	0	0	$79,200.00	32	15	68.1 %
2013	CEV	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00	6	1	85.7 %
2014	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$11,000.00	2	3	40.0 %
2014	CEV	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00	5	0	100.0 %
Total	FIVB	53	0	2	3	5	13	2	8	2	15	3	0	$469,550.00	163	106	60.6 %
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 %
Total	CEV	17	1	0	2	0	3	2	6	1	1	1	0	$48,900.00	37	27	57.8 %

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
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2004	CEV Under Age
											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
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2005	CEV Under Age	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2006	CEV Under Age
											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	0	0	2	2	0	2	$2,050.00	2007	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$250.00
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
7	0	0	1	0	3	2	1	0	0	$9,400.00	2008	CEV	7	0	0	1	0	3	2	1	0	0	$9,400.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2008	CEV Under Age	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
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	2	3	0	0	0	$4,300.00	2009	CEV	5	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	$4,300.00
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2010	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2011	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00	2012	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00
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
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00	2013	CEV	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$5,500.00	2014	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$5,500.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00	2014	CEV	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00
85	2	4	7	5	21	21	19	4	2	$261,525.00	Total	Total	84	2	3	5	5	21	18	19	6	5	$263,600.00

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	32	65.3%	10	20.4%	7	14.3%	42-7	85.7%	11	31.4%	8	22.9%	16	45.7%	11-24	31.4%	32-16	66.7%	21-15	58.3%	2	1	55-32	63.2%
2013-2014	11	84.6%	1	7.7%	1	7.7%	12-1	92.3%	2	66.7%	0	0.0%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	11-1	91.7%	3-1	75.0%	1	0	15-2	88.2%
Against the Field	10	90.9%	0	0.0%	1	9.1%	10-1	90.9%	1	20.0%	1	20.0%	3	60.0%	1-4	20.0%	20-4	83.3%	2-4	33.3%	1	0	12-4	75.0%

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
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	21	3	0	0	9	6	0	2	2	0	0	0	32	12
Total	0	0	8	0	154	61	0	1	95	76	5	13	7	6	1	4	301	183

Head to Head Results
Fijalek/Prudel lead the series against the field 23-11 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 2 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 1 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 2-2
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
5/31/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool N	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	12	Fijalek/Prudel	5	21-14, 29-31, 15-11	0:50
Trail the series against # 2 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 2-4
5/30/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baden Masters	Winner 3	Fijalek/Prudel	3	Gavira/Herrera	2	22-20, 21-17	0:36
5/22/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Winner 3	Gavira/Herrera	5	Fijalek/Prudel	19	21-12, 21-18	0:32
9/16/09	CEV	European Championship Final	Pool B	Gavira/Herrera	2	Fijalek/Prudel	10	21-10, 21-14	0:30
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
5/8/09	CEV	Spanish Masters	Winner 1	Fijalek/Prudel	7	Gavira/Herrera	10	21-15, 22-20	0:46
Lead the series against # 4 Doppler/Horst, Austria 2-0
5/31/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baden Masters	Gold Medal	Fijalek/Prudel	3	Doppler/Horst	4	21-18, 21-14	0:34
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 # 5 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 5-2
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
5/23/08	CEV	Swiss Masters	Winner 2	Fijalek/Prudel	11	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	14, Q8	21-14, 21-16	0:38
Trail the series against # 7 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 # 8 Huber/Seidl, Austria 5-0
5/2/14	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Winner 1	Fijalek/Prudel	12	Huber/Seidl	23, Q3	21-16, 21-15	0:40
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 # 10 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 # 11 Dittelbach/Koreng, Germany 1-0
5/30/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baden Masters	Winner 2	Fijalek/Prudel	3	Dittelbach/Koreng	11	21-18, 24-22	0:53
Lead the series against # 14, Q6 Casadei/Ficosecco, Italy 1-0
5/30/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baden Masters	Winner 1	Fijalek/Prudel	3	Casadei/Ficosecco	14, Q6	21-16, 21-16	0:34
Lead the series against # 16, Q9 Holler/Schroder, Germany 1-0
5/31/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Baden Masters	Semi-Finals	Fijalek/Prudel	3	Holler/Schroder	16, Q9	21-17, 21-15	0:35
Series tied with # Q1 Mullner/Wutzl, Austria 1-1
8/7/13	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool F	Fijalek/Prudel	11	Mullner/Wutzl	27, Q8	21-16, 21-14	0:36
5/31/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool N	Mullner/Wutzl	21	Fijalek/Prudel	5	15-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:46