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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 (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 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

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 %
2014	FIVB	10	1	2	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	2	0	$240,000.00	35	18	66.0 %
2015	FIVB	9	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	0	1	0	0	$116,000.00	26	17	60.5 %
2016	FIVB	15	0	0	1	1	3	0	8	0	2	0	0	$122,750.00	44	29	60.3 %
Total	FIVB	86	1	4	5	6	18	2	25	2	18	5	0	$937,300.00	266	167	61.4 %
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
10	1	2	0	0	2	3	0	2	0	$120,000.00	2014	FIVB	10	1	2	0	0	2	3	0	2	0	$120,000.00
9	0	0	1	0	0	7	1	0	0	$58,000.00	2015	FIVB	9	0	0	1	0	0	7	1	0	0	$58,000.00
15	0	0	1	1	3	8	2	0	0	$61,375.00	2016	FIVB	15	0	0	1	1	3	8	2	0	0	$61,375.00
91	1	4	6	6	21	29	19	5	0	$468,900.00	Total	Total	95	1	4	5	6	21	28	19	7	4	$472,775.00

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%
2015-2016	48	61.5%	15	19.2%	15	19.2%	63-15	80.8%	7	18.4%	11	28.9%	20	52.6%	7-31	18.4%	48-20	70.6%	22-26	45.8%	0	0	70-46	60.3%
Against the Field	8	30.8%	8	30.8%	10	38.5%	16-10	61.5%	5	17.9%	8	28.6%	15	53.6%	5-23	17.9%	16-28	36.4%	26-36	41.9%	0	1	21-33	38.9%

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 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