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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$350,000 China Sanya Open presented by Olympic Gardens
November 11 - 15, 2008

(12) Michal Kadziola/Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland

Michal Krzysztof Kadziola
Poland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 28, 1989 (34 yrs old)

Home Town:

Dabrowa Gornicza

Resides:

Lodz

Height:

194 cm (6'4")

Weight:

83 kg (183 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$207,823.13

Jakub Szalankiewicz
Poland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 3, 1989 (34 yrs old)

Home Town:

Staszow

Resides:

Staszow

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

80 kg (176 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

153

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$258,758.35

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	41	CQ	Money
FIVB	88	0	0	0	2	8	0	16	2	27	1	16	8	7	1	US$411,025.00
FIVB Age Group WC	4	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$950.00
Other	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	94	2	0	0	2	10	0	17	2	27	1	16	8	7	1	US$411,975.00

Previous Sanya Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/27-11/1/2008	Manama Open	8	5	360	US$8,500.00
FIVB	10/6-11/2008	Dubai Open	21, Q3	13	180	US$3,900.00
FIVB Age Group WC	9/3-7/2008	Under 21 World Championships	17	5	0	US$0.00
FIVB	6/24-29/2008	Stavanger Grand Slam	Q15	41	24	US$0.00
FIVB	6/3-8/2008	Stare Jablonki Open	9	25	60	US$1,800.00
FIVB	5/27-6/1/2008	Barcelona Open	22	9	240	US$5,500.00
FIVB	3/25-30/2008	Adelaide Australia Open	Q20	41	18	US$0.00
FIVB	9/5-9/2007	Stare Jablonki Open	9	17	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB Age Group WC	7/11-15/2007	Under 19 World Championships	1	1	0	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	6/28-7/1/2007	Brno Challenger	23, Q28	9	32	US$950.00

Sanya Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 11/12/2008	Winner 1	Magne Kobbevik / Trygve Leite, Norway (21, Q6)	Won 21-12, 21-10	0:36
Wed, 11/12/2008	Winner 2	Pedro Cunha / Roberto Pitta, Brazil (5)	Lost 15-21, 17-21	0:38
Thu, 11/13/2008	Contender 2	Grzegorz Fijalek / Mariusz Prudel, Poland (11)	Won 25-23, 21-13	0:35
Thu, 11/13/2008	Contender 3	Adrian Gavira / Raul Mesa, Spain (4)	Won 21-17, 23-21	0:43
Thu, 11/13/2008	Contender 4	Andy Ces / Kevin Ces, France (2)	Lost 22-24, 10-21	0:40

Head to Head Results
Kadziola/Szalankiewicz lead the series against the field 7-6

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Ces/Ces, France 0-3
11/13/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 4	Ces/Ces	2	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	12	24-22, 21-10	0:40
10/31/08	FIVB	Manama Open	Contender 6	Ces/Ces	2	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	8	21-13, 21-18	0:38
5/30/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Contender 4	Ces/Ces	26, Q4	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	22	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # 4 Gavira/Mesa, Spain 1-0
11/13/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 3	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	12	Gavira/Mesa	4	21-17, 23-21	0:43
Trail the series against # 5 Cunha/Pitta, Brazil 0-1
11/12/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 2	Cunha/Pitta	5	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	12	21-15, 21-17	0:38
Trail the series against # 7 Gabathuler/Wenger, Switzerland 0-1
10/8/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Winner 1	Gabathuler/Wenger	12	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	21, Q3	34-32, 21-19	0:56
Lead the series against # 11 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 1-0
11/13/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 2	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	12	Fijalek/Prudel	11	25-23, 21-13	0:35
Lead the series against # 15 Hernandez/Villafane, Venezuela 1-0
10/30/08	FIVB	Manama Open	Contender 4	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	8	Hernandez/Villafane	14	22-20, 21-15	0:49
Trail the series against # 16 Cadieux/VanHuizen, Canada 0-1
10/30/08	FIVB	Manama Open	Winner 3	Cadieux/VanHuizen	16	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	8	21-17, 21-19	1:03
Lead the series against # 20, Q5 Litva/Varga, Slovakia 1-0
10/29/08	FIVB	Manama Open	Winner 1	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	8	Litva/Varga	25, Q7	21-16, 21-19	0:42
Lead the series against # 21, Q6 Kobbevik/Leite, Norway 1-0
11/12/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 1	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	12	Kobbevik/Leite	21, Q6	21-12, 21-10	0:36
Lead the series against # 28, Q7 Henriquez/Mussa, Venezuela 1-0
9/6/07	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 1	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	9	Henriquez/Mussa	25, Q6	27-25, 21-17	0:44
Lead the series against # 29 Boehm/McHugh, Australia 1-0
9/6/08	FIVB Age Group WC	Under 21 World Championships	Winner 1	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	17	Boehm/McHugh	12	18-21, 22-20, 15-10	1:01