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US$1,000,000 FIVB Beach Volleyball Swatch World Championships
June 13 - 19, 2011

(30) Grzegorz Fijalek/Mariusz Prudel, Poland

Grzegorz Fijalek
Poland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 11, 1987 (36 yrs old)

Home Town:

Wadowice

Resides:

Lodz

Height:

186 cm (6'1")

Weight:

81 kg (178 lb)

Seasons:

18

Tournaments:

128

Career Wins:

2

Career Winnings:

US$645,650.00

Mariusz Prudel
Poland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 21, 1986 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rybnik

Resides:

Rybnik

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

83 kg (183 lb)

Seasons:

17

Tournaments:

124

Career Wins:

2

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 Rome Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2009	Mariusz Prudel - 17th	Grzegorz Fijalek - 17th
2010	Mariusz Prudel - 5th	Grzegorz Fijalek - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/6-11/2011	Beijing Grand Slam	24	4	560	US$18,400.00
FIVB	5/17-22/2011	Prague Open	11	25	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	5/2-7/2011	Shanghai Open	8	9	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	4/18-23/2011	Brasilia Open	14	17	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	8/3-8/2010	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	4	25	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	7/27-8/1/2010	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	6	5	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	7/20-25/2010	Marseille Open	3	3	480	US$15,000.00
FIVB	7/6-11/2010	Gstaad Grand Slam	7	4	560	US$18,400.00
FIVB	6/29-7/4/2010	Stavanger Grand Slam	8	25	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/15-21/2010	Prague Open	8	9	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	6/9-14/2010	Moscow Grand Slam	12	9	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	5/25-30/2010	Myslowice Open	9	5	360	US$9,100.00
FIVB	5/18-23/2010	Rome Grand Slam	19	5	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	5/3-8/2010	Shanghai Open	17	17	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	4/20-25/2010	Brasilia Open	17	5	360	US$9,100.00
FIVB	8/25-30/2009	The Hague Open	14	17	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	8/18-23/2009	Aland Open	21, Q3	9	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/4-9/2009	Stare Jablonki Open	9	7	300	US$7,600.00
FIVB	7/28-8/2/2009	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	27, Q9	17	160	US$5,100.00

Rome World Championships Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Tue, 6/14/2011

Pool F

Penggen Wu / Linyin Xu, China (6)

Won 21-18, 24-22

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Grzegorz Fijalek	Total	32	22	4	0.563	0	9	0	3
	1	15	12	3	0.600	0	4	0	2
	2	17	10	1	0.529	0	5	0	1
Mariusz Prudel	Total	18	10	3	0.389	5	1	0	1
	1	8	6	1	0.625	0	0	0	0
	2	10	4	2	0.200	5	1	0	1

Wed, 6/15/2011

Pool F

Daniele Lupo / Andrea Tomatis, Italy (43)

Won 21-19, 21-14

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Grzegorz Fijalek	Total	28	15	3	0.429	0	16	2	0
	1	13	9	1	0.615	0	8	1	0
	2	15	6	2	0.267	0	8	1	0
Mariusz Prudel	Total	33	12	2	0.303	1	9	0	0
	1	16	5	1	0.250	0	2	0	0
	2	17	7	1	0.353	1	7	0	0

Thu, 6/16/2011

Pool F

Tarjei Skarlund / Martin Spinnangr, Norway (19)

Won 21-18, 21-16

0:37

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Grzegorz Fijalek	Total	20	13	1	0.600	0	4	1	2
	1	12	7	1	0.500	0	2	1	2
	2	8	6	0	0.750	0	2	0	0
Mariusz Prudel	Total	13	5	2	0.231	3	1	1	0
	1	4	2	0	0.500	2	0	1	0
	2	9	3	2	0.111	1	1	0	0

Fri, 6/17/2011

Winner 1

Christian Redmann / Ben Saxton, Canada (46)

Won 21-18, 21-19

0:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Grzegorz Fijalek	Total	29	15	7	0.276	0	9	1	1
	1	13	7	3	0.308	0	3	1	0
	2	16	8	4	0.250	0	6	0	1
Mariusz Prudel	Total	10	7	0	0.700	2	0	1	1
	1	3	3	0	1.000	1	0	1	0
	2	7	4	0	0.571	1	0	0	1

Fri, 6/17/2011

Winner 2

Benjamin Insfran / Bruno Schmidt, Brazil (8)

Won 21-13, 21-16

0:38

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Grzegorz Fijalek	Total	18	11	1	0.556	0	11	0	0
	1	6	3	0	0.500	0	5	0	0
	2	12	8	1	0.583	0	6	0	0
Mariusz Prudel	Total	30	14	5	0.300	5	6	1	2
	1	15	9	2	0.467	2	3	0	0
	2	15	5	3	0.133	3	3	1	2

Sat, 6/18/2011

Winner 3

Julius Brink / Jonas Reckermann, Germany (4)

Lost 15-21, 16-21

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Grzegorz Fijalek	Total	16	9	2	0.438	0	4	1	1
	1	5	2	0	0.400	0	0	0	1
	2	11	7	2	0.455	0	4	1	0
Mariusz Prudel	Total	28	10	4	0.214	5	0	0	2
	1	12	6	1	0.417	3	0	0	1
	2	16	4	3	0.063	2	0	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Grzegorz Fijalek	143	85	18	0.469	0	53	5	7
Mariusz Prudel	132	58	16	0.318	21	17	3	6

World Championships Results

Year	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2013	Stare Jablonki	Mariusz Prudel - 17th	Grzegorz Fijalek - 17th
2015	The Hague	Mariusz Prudel - 17th	Grzegorz Fijalek - 17th
2017	Vienna	Michal Bryl - 17th	Kacper Kujawiak - 17th
2019	Hamburg	Michal Bryl - 9th	Did not play

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/13-19/2011	Rome World Championships	30	5	600	US$18,000.00
FIVB	7/2-7/2013	Stare Jablonki World Championships	1	17	400	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/26-7/5/2015	Netherlands World Championships	4	17	400	US$7,000.00

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 37-37

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 0-3
5/5/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 3	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Fijalek/Prudel	8	21-17, 21-14	0:38
7/11/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Fijalek/Prudel	7	21-14, 21-14	0:42
5/29/10	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 6	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Fijalek/Prudel	9	23-21, 21-19	0:57
Trail the series against # 3 Araujo/Santos, Brazil 0-2
4/20/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 2	Araujo/Santos	3	Fijalek/Prudel	14	21-15, 14-21, 15-8	0:47
7/11/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Araujo/Santos	11, Q1	Fijalek/Prudel	7	21-16, 21-15	0:43
Trail the series against # 4 Brink/Reckermann, Germany 0-3
6/18/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Winner 3	Brink/Reckermann	4	Fijalek/Prudel	30	21-15, 21-16	0:41
6/11/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Brink/Reckermann	4	Fijalek/Prudel	24	21-16, 20-22, 15-12	0:59
8/21/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 4	Brink/Reckermann	1	Fijalek/Prudel	21, Q3	21-19, 21-13	0:42
Trail the series against # 5 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 1-3
5/5/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 4	Klemperer/Koreng	6	Fijalek/Prudel	8	17-21, 21-12, 15-12	0:49
5/29/10	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 5	Fijalek/Prudel	9	Klemperer/Koreng	7	24-22, 21-6	0:49
7/30/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool F	Klemperer/Koreng	6	Fijalek/Prudel	27, Q9	21-18, 21-14	0:41
5/28/09	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 2	Klemperer/Koreng	7	Fijalek/Prudel	10	21-14, 21-16	0:39
Series tied with # 6 Wu/Xu, China 2-2
6/14/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool F	Fijalek/Prudel	30	Wu/Xu	6	21-18, 24-22	0:39
5/19/11	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 1	Wu/Xu	6	Fijalek/Prudel	11	30-28, 21-18	0:44
7/24/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Semi-Finals	Wu/Xu	2	Fijalek/Prudel	3	19-21, 21-16, 15-13	1:01
5/22/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Winner 2	Fijalek/Prudel	19	Wu/Xu	26	21-16, 13-21, 15-8	0:48
Series tied with # 7 Fuerbringer/Lucena, United States 1-1
7/31/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 3	Fuerbringer/Lucena	12	Fijalek/Prudel	6	21-18, 21-15	0:39
7/10/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 3	Fijalek/Prudel	7	Fuerbringer/Lucena	13, Q4	21-14, 21-18	0:39
Lead the series against # 8 Insfran/Schmidt, Brazil 4-3
6/17/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Winner 2	Fijalek/Prudel	30	Insfran/Schmidt	8	21-13, 21-16	0:38
6/9/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool H	Fijalek/Prudel	24	Insfran/Schmidt	8	17-21, 21-14, 15-9	0:52
8/6/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool M	Insfran/Schmidt	13	Fijalek/Prudel	4	17-21, 28-26, 15-10	1:11
7/30/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool O	Fijalek/Prudel	6	Insfran/Schmidt	11, Q1	21-18, 21-13	0:48
7/24/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 6	Fijalek/Prudel	3	Insfran/Schmidt	4	21-19, 21-18	0:52
6/18/10	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 4	Insfran/Schmidt	11	Fijalek/Prudel	8	19-21, 26-24, 15-10	1:10
5/27/10	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 2	Insfran/Schmidt	8	Fijalek/Prudel	9	13-21, 21-15, 15-12	1:03
Trail the series against # 9 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
Trail the series against # 10 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 0-2
6/18/10	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 3	Gibb/Rosenthal	17	Fijalek/Prudel	8	21-19, 21-19	0:44
5/6/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 2	Gibb/Rosenthal	15	Fijalek/Prudel	17	21-17, 18-21, 15-11	0:53
Trail the series against # 11 Benes/Kubala, Czech Republic 1-2
8/28/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 2	Benes/Kubala	20	Fijalek/Prudel	14	21-19, 21-17	0:38
8/6/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 1	Fijalek/Prudel	9	Benes/Kubala	24	21-16, 21-19	0:43
5/15/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Contender 2	Benes/Kubala	31, Q7	Fijalek/Prudel	17	21-19, 21-19	0:49
Lead the series against # 13 Ingrosso/Ingrosso, Italy 3-1
4/21/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 2	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	20	Fijalek/Prudel	14	19-21, 21-19, 15-9	1:00
7/29/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool O	Fijalek/Prudel	6	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	22	21-15, 21-14	0:37
7/23/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 3	Fijalek/Prudel	3	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	11	22-20, 21-19	0:53
7/29/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Fijalek/Prudel	27, Q9	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	Q25	21-18, 21-17	0:44
Trail the series against # 15 Plavins/Smedins, Latvia 0-1
8/5/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool M	Plavins/Smedins	20, Q7	Fijalek/Prudel	4	21-16, 19-21, 16-14	0:55
Lead the series against # 17 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 3-0
6/10/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Winner 3	Fijalek/Prudel	24	Nummerdor/Schuil	16	22-20, 19-21, 15-12	0:54
6/11/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool N	Fijalek/Prudel	12	Nummerdor/Schuil	5	21-16, 21-17	0:37
4/22/10	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 2	Fijalek/Prudel	17	Nummerdor/Schuil	1	21-17, 28-30, 16-14	1:13
Lead the series against # 19 Skarlund/Spinnangr, Norway 3-1
6/16/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool F	Fijalek/Prudel	30	Skarlund/Spinnangr	19	21-18, 21-16	0:37
7/29/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool O	Fijalek/Prudel	6	Skarlund/Spinnangr	27	17-21, 21-12, 15-12	0:58
7/23/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 2	Fijalek/Prudel	3	Skarlund/Spinnangr	20	11-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:47
7/1/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool Q	Skarlund/Spinnangr	9	Fijalek/Prudel	8	21-17, 21-19	0:40
Lead the series against # 20 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 1-0
7/8/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool P	Fijalek/Prudel	7	Erdmann/Matysik	26	17-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:57
Trail the series against # 21 Bellaguarda/Heuscher, Switzerland 0-1
6/11/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	19	Fijalek/Prudel	24	21-18, 21-16	0:37
Lead the series against # 23 Hoyer/Soderberg, Denmark 2-1
8/5/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool M	Hoyer/Soderberg	29, Q11	Fijalek/Prudel	4	21-18, 13-21, 15-11	0:55
4/23/10	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Contender 4	Fijalek/Prudel	17	Hoyer/Soderberg	29, Q6	21-19, 21-19	0:44
5/7/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Qualifier 2	Fijalek/Prudel	32, Q43	Hoyer/Soderberg	Q11	19-21, 21-19, 15-11	1:10
Lead the series against # 25 Ces/Ces, France 2-1
4/20/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Winner 1	Fijalek/Prudel	14	Ces/Ces	19	21-14, 21-10	0:34
8/21/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 3	Fijalek/Prudel	21, Q3	Ces/Ces	14	21-19, 10-21, 15-12	1:01
10/30/08	FIVB	Manama Open	Winner 3	Ces/Ces	2	Fijalek/Prudel	10	21-19, 21-14	0:48
Trail the series against # 26 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 0-1
6/10/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool N	Lochhead/Pitman	21, Q4	Fijalek/Prudel	12	21-17, 14-21, 15-13	1:02
Lead the series against # 27 Gabathuler/Schnider, Switzerland 3-0
5/4/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 2	Fijalek/Prudel	8	Gabathuler/Schnider	24, Q6	30-28, 21-18	0:49
7/9/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool P	Fijalek/Prudel	7	Gabathuler/Schnider	10	19-21, 22-20, 15-11	1:02
6/11/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool N	Fijalek/Prudel	12	Gabathuler/Schnider	28, Q9	26-24, 20-22, 16-14	1:12
Trail the series against # 31 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 1-2
7/8/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool P	Fijalek/Prudel	7	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	23	21-18, 22-20	0:47
7/31/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 1	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	17, Q2	Fijalek/Prudel	27, Q9	24-22, 16-21, 15-13	1:03
8/29/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 2	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	2	Fijalek/Prudel	17, Q5	12-21, 22-20, 15-11	0:53
Lead the series against # 32 Lario/Mesa, Spain 2-0
7/23/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 4	Fijalek/Prudel	3	Lario/Mesa	23, Q1	21-17, 21-16	0:40
8/7/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 3	Fijalek/Prudel	9	Lario/Mesa	18	22-20, 21-14	0:44
Series tied with # 36 Dollinger/Windscheif, Germany 1-1
5/4/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Fijalek/Prudel	8	Dollinger/Windscheif	25, Q4	21-18, 21-16	0:38
11/1/08	FIVB	Manama Open	Bronze Medal	Dollinger/Windscheif	21, Q5	Fijalek/Prudel	10	21-14, 21-14	0:39
Lead the series against # 37 Barsuk/Yutvalin, Russia 1-0
6/9/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool H	Fijalek/Prudel	24	Barsuk/Yutvalin	25, Q24	24-22, 16-21, 15-9	0:48
Trail the series against # 38 Samoilovs/Sorokins, Latvia 0-2
7/1/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool Q	Samoilovs/Sorokins	25	Fijalek/Prudel	8	21-15, 21-13	0:34
5/5/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	16	Fijalek/Prudel	17	16-21, 21-12, 15-11	0:50
Lead the series against # 39 Bogatov/Prokopiev, Russia 1-0
7/10/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 2	Fijalek/Prudel	7	Bogatov/Prokopiev	20	18-21, 21-16, 16-14	1:05
Lead the series against # 41 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 # 43 Lupo/Tomatis, Italy 1-0
6/15/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool F	Fijalek/Prudel	30	Lupo/Tomatis	43	21-19, 21-14	0:42
Lead the series against # 44 Doppler/Mellitzer, Austria 1-0
5/21/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool L	Fijalek/Prudel	19	Doppler/Mellitzer	30, Q16	21-12, 21-19	0:39
Series tied with # 45 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 1-1
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
Lead the series against # 46 Redmann/Saxton, Canada 1-0
6/17/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Winner 1	Fijalek/Prudel	30	Redmann/Saxton	46	21-18, 21-19	0:39