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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$500,000 SWATCH FIVB World Tour Finals
September 14 - 18, 2016

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

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/23-28/2016	Long Beach Grand Slam	10	9th	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	8/6-18/2016	2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games	17	17th	0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/26-31/2016	A1 Major Klagenfurt	10	9th	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	7/5-10/2016	Gstaad Major	17	17th	240	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/3/2016	Porec Major	17	9th	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	6/15-19/2016	Poland Grand Slam	10	9th	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	6/7-12/2016	Major Hamburg	18	9th	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	5/24-29/2016	Moscow Grand Slam	15	9th	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	5/10-15/2016	Antalya Open	6	3rd	400	US$6,000.00
FIVB	5/3-8/2016	Sochi Open	7	5th	300	US$3,375.00
FIVB	4/4-8/2016	Qatar Open	4	9th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	3/15-20/2016	Vitória Open	6	9th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	3/8-13/2016	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	15	4th	560	US$24,000.00
FIVB	2/23-28/2016	Maceió Open	8	5th	300	US$3,375.00

2016 World Tour Finals Toronto Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 9/14/2016	Pool B	Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Janis Smedins, Latvia (2)	Lost 17-21, 24-22, 9-15	0:55
Thu, 9/15/2016	Pool B	Alexander Brouwer / Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands (7)	Won 21-14, 26-24	0:40
Sat, 9/17/2016	Winner 1	Josh Binstock / Sam Schachter, Canada (11)	Won 21-18, 17-21, 15-12	0:52
Sat, 9/17/2016	Winner 2	Alison Cerutti / Bruno Schmidt, Brazil (1)	Lost 19-21, 15-21	0:43

Head to Head Results
Fijalek/Prudel trail the series against the field 21-33 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 5 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Cerutti/Schmidt, Brazil 2-4
9/17/16	FIVB	2016 World Tour Finals Toronto	Winner 2	Cerutti/Schmidt	1	Fijalek/Prudel	10	21-19, 21-15	0:43
7/7/16	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Pool A	Cerutti/Schmidt	1	Fijalek/Prudel	17	21-15, 21-17	0:33
6/30/16	FIVB	Porec Major	Pool A	Fijalek/Prudel	17	Cerutti/Schmidt	1	17-21, 21-16, 16-14	0:51
7/24/15	FIVB	Yokohama Grand Slam	Winner 2	Cerutti/Schmidt	3	Fijalek/Prudel	15	21-23, 21-16, 15-8	1:02
7/10/15	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Pool C	Fijalek/Prudel	14	Cerutti/Schmidt	3	21-18, 21-18	0:40
6/27/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool D	Cerutti/Schmidt	4	Fijalek/Prudel	13	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 2 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 1-7
9/14/16	FIVB	2016 World Tour Finals Toronto	Pool B	Samoilovs/Smedins	2	Fijalek/Prudel	10	21-17, 22-24, 15-9	0:55
7/30/16	FIVB	A1 Major Klagenfurt	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Smedins	1	Fijalek/Prudel	10	22-24, 21-16, 15-9	0:54
7/2/16	FIVB	Porec Major	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	Fijalek/Prudel	17	21-18, 21-16	0:37
5/15/16	FIVB	Antalya Open	Semi-Finals	Samoilovs/Smedins	4	Fijalek/Prudel	6	18-21, 25-23, 15-13	0:55
8/28/15	FIVB	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	Pool H	Fijalek/Prudel	8	Samoilovs/Smedins	9	21-17, 21-19	0:36
8/23/14	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	Fijalek/Prudel	1	18-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:57
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 Saxton/Schalk, Canada 2-5
8/11/16	FIVB	2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games	Lucky Loser	Saxton/Schalk	16	Fijalek/Prudel	17	21-19, 21-18	0:41
6/18/16	FIVB	Poland Grand Slam	Winner 2	Saxton/Schalk	5	Fijalek/Prudel	10	21-17, 19-21, 15-12	0:48
3/18/16	FIVB	Vitória Open	Winner 1	Fijalek/Prudel	6	Saxton/Schalk	5	24-26, 21-17, 15-12	1:00
5/28/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool C	Saxton/Schalk	19	Fijalek/Prudel	3	22-20, 27-25	0:44
9/25/14	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Pool B	Saxton/Schalk	15	Fijalek/Prudel	2	19-21, 22-20, 20-18	1:02
7/11/13	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool G	Saxton/Schalk	23, Q3	Fijalek/Prudel	10	14-21, 21-11, 15-13	0:48
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 # 5 Goncalves/Solberg, Brazil 0-5
6/17/16	FIVB	Poland Grand Slam	Pool G	Goncalves/Solberg	7	Fijalek/Prudel	10	21-19, 21-12	0:35
8/20/15	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Pool D	Goncalves/Solberg	4	Fijalek/Prudel	13	21-13, 21-15	0:33
7/23/15	FIVB	Yokohama Grand Slam	Pool B	Goncalves/Solberg	2	Fijalek/Prudel	15	21-16, 18-21, 17-15	1:02
7/1/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Winner 1	Goncalves/Solberg	12	Fijalek/Prudel	4	21-15, 21-23, 15-13	1:01
6/14/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Semi-Finals	Goncalves/Solberg	7	Fijalek/Prudel	2	21-18, 21-16	0:39
Lead the series against # 6 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 4-1
3/12/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Kantor/Losiak	23, Q1	Fijalek/Prudel	15	21-17, 23-21	0:42
7/22/15	FIVB	Yokohama Grand Slam	Pool B	Fijalek/Prudel	15	Kantor/Losiak	18	21-14, 13-21, 15-10	0:50
7/9/15	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Pool C	Fijalek/Prudel	14	Kantor/Losiak	19	21-18, 20-22, 15-13	0:50
6/17/15	FIVB	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	Pool A	Fijalek/Prudel	1	Kantor/Losiak	17	21-19, 21-14	0:36
8/25/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 1	Fijalek/Prudel	1	Kantor/Losiak	32	21-12, 19-21, 15-8	0:42
Series tied with # 7 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 5-5
9/15/16	FIVB	2016 World Tour Finals Toronto	Pool B	Fijalek/Prudel	10	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	7	21-14, 26-24	0:40
5/14/16	FIVB	Antalya Open	Winner 3	Fijalek/Prudel	6	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	2	22-20, 21-17	0:40
3/13/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	5	Fijalek/Prudel	15	19-21, 21-19, 20-18	1:02
8/21/15	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Winner 2	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	5	Fijalek/Prudel	13	24-22, 21-15	0:42
7/11/15	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Winner 2	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	7	Fijalek/Prudel	14	23-21, 14-21, 22-20	1:06
5/28/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool C	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	14	Fijalek/Prudel	3	19-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:52
8/1/14	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool B	Fijalek/Prudel	2	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	18	21-16, 16-21, 15-11	0:52
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
Lead the series against # 8 Ontiveros/Virgen, Mexico 3-2
6/8/16	FIVB	Major Hamburg	Pool B	Fijalek/Prudel	18	Ontiveros/Virgen	15	18-21, 21-13, 15-12	0:44
3/11/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Winner 2	Fijalek/Prudel	15	Ontiveros/Virgen	17	21-18, 21-18	0:50
2/25/16	FIVB	Maceió Open	Pool H	Ontiveros/Virgen	9	Fijalek/Prudel	8	21-19, 21-19	0:44
6/19/15	FIVB	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	Winner 2	Ontiveros/Virgen	24, Q2	Fijalek/Prudel	1	16-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:58
6/5/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Winner 1	Fijalek/Prudel	3	Ontiveros/Virgen	28, Q9	21-18, 20-22, 15-10	0:54
Series tied with # 9 Carambula/Ranghieri, Italy 1-1
7/7/16	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Pool A	Fijalek/Prudel	17	Carambula/Ranghieri	16	21-17, 16-21, 15-11	0:45
6/30/16	FIVB	Porec Major	Pool A	Carambula/Ranghieri	16	Fijalek/Prudel	17	21-18, 14-21, 15-12	0:41
Lead the series against # 11 Binstock/Schachter, Canada 2-1
9/17/16	FIVB	2016 World Tour Finals Toronto	Winner 1	Fijalek/Prudel	10	Binstock/Schachter	11	21-18, 17-21, 15-12	0:52
6/30/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Pool D	Binstock/Schachter	21	Fijalek/Prudel	4	27-25, 21-18	0:54
5/29/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 1	Fijalek/Prudel	3	Binstock/Schachter	15	21-19, 21-17	0:41
Trail the series against # 12 Bourne/Hyden, United States 1-2
6/12/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Pool B	Fijalek/Prudel	2	Bourne/Hyden	15	21-17, 18-21, 15-13	0:49
6/21/14	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 3	Bourne/Hyden	27, Q7	Fijalek/Prudel	13	15-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:51
4/30/14	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool E	Bourne/Hyden	28, Q20	Fijalek/Prudel	12	21-17, 21-18	0:39