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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$800,000 Long Beach Grand Slam
August 23 - 28, 2016

(10) 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:

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

Resides:

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 Long Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2014	Mariusz Prudel - 2nd	Grzegorz Fijalek - 2nd
2015	Mariusz Prudel - 9th	Grzegorz Fijalek - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/6-18/2016	2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games	17	17	0	US$0.00
FIVB	7/26-31/2016	A1 Major Klagenfurt	10	9	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	7/5-10/2016	Gstaad Major	17	17	240	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/3/2016	Porec Major	17	9	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	6/15-19/2016	Poland Grand Slam	10	9	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	6/7-12/2016	Major Hamburg	18	9	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	5/24-29/2016	Moscow Grand Slam	15	9	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	5/10-15/2016	Antalya Open	6	3	400	US$6,000.00
FIVB	5/3-8/2016	Sochi Open	7	5	300	US$3,375.00
FIVB	4/4-8/2016	Qatar Open	4	9	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	3/15-20/2016	Vitória Open	6	9	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	3/8-13/2016	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	15	4	560	US$24,000.00
FIVB	2/23-28/2016	Maceió Open	8	5	300	US$3,375.00
FIVB	8/25-30/2015	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	8	9	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	8/18-23/2015	Long Beach Grand Slam	13	9	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	7/21-26/2015	Yokohama Grand Slam	15	9	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	7/7-12/2015	Gstaad Major Series	14	9	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	6/26-7/5/2015	Netherlands World Championships	4	17	400	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/16-20/2015	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	1	9	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	6/9-14/2015	Stavanger Major Series	2	3	640	US$32,000.00
FIVB	6/2-7/2015	Porec Major Series	3	9	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	5/25-31/2015	Moscow Grand Slam	3	9	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	9/23-28/2014	São Paulo Grand Slam	2	9	360	US$11,000.00

Long Beach Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/24/2016	Pool G	Joshua Court / Damien Schumann, Australia (23)	Won 21-14, 21-19	0:34
Thu, 8/25/2016	Pool G	Billy Allen / Theo Brunner, United States (26, Q3)	Won 21-18, 21-13	0:33
Thu, 8/25/2016	Pool G	Guto Carvalhaes / Andre Loyola, Brazil (7)	Won 21-16, 21-19	0:37
Fri, 8/26/2016	Winner 2	Marco Caminati / Alex Ranghieri, Italy (20)	Lost 21-16, 15-21, 13-15	0:51

Head to Head Results
Fijalek/Prudel lead the series against the field 29-28

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 1-6
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 # 3 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
Trail the series against # 4 Gibb/Patterson, United States 1-3
5/26/16	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool B	Fijalek/Prudel	15	Gibb/Patterson	2	21-17, 21-14	0:33
4/7/16	FIVB	Qatar Open	Winner 2	Gibb/Patterson	1	Fijalek/Prudel	4	21-16, 21-19	0:37
8/29/15	FIVB	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	Winner 2	Gibb/Patterson	6	Fijalek/Prudel	8	21-19, 19-21, 15-11	0:54
8/8/13	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool F	Gibb/Patterson	6	Fijalek/Prudel	11	21-17, 21-18	0:39
Lead the series against # 5 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
Trail the series against # 6 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 1-4
3/18/16	FIVB	Vitória Open	Winner 2	Gavira/Herrera	10	Fijalek/Prudel	6	21-19, 19-21, 15-7	0:49
6/14/14	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 3	Fijalek/Prudel	14	Gavira/Herrera	6	21-19, 18-21, 15-13	0:45
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
Lead the series against # 7 Carvalhaes/Loyola, Brazil 1-0
8/25/16	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Pool G	Fijalek/Prudel	10	Carvalhaes/Loyola	7	21-16, 21-19	0:37
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
Trail the series against # 9 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
Trail the series against # 11 Felipe/Filho, Brazil 0-1
2/27/16	FIVB	Maceió Open	Winner 3	Felipe/Filho	11	Fijalek/Prudel	8	18-21, 21-16, 15-10	1:03
Lead the series against # 12 O'Gorman/Pedlow, Canada 1-0
5/14/16	FIVB	Antalya Open	Winner 2	Fijalek/Prudel	6	O'Gorman/Pedlow	18	21-12, 21-18	0:35
Series tied with # 14 Binstock/Schachter, Canada 1-1
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
Lead the series against # 15 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 3-0
8/11/16	FIVB	2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games	Pool E	Fijalek/Prudel	17	Grimalt/Grimalt	20	21-13, 16-21, 15-11	0:52
9/26/14	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Winner 1	Fijalek/Prudel	2	Grimalt/Grimalt	19	21-15, 21-14	0:33
7/3/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Pool A	Fijalek/Prudel	1	Grimalt/Grimalt	25	21-18, 21-15	0:39
Lead the series against # 16 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 6-2
8/19/15	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Pool D	Fijalek/Prudel	13	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	20	21-15, 21-13	0:36
7/31/14	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool B	Fijalek/Prudel	2	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	15	21-16, 35-33	0:47
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
Lead the series against # 17 Plavins/Regza, Latvia 2-0
2/26/16	FIVB	Maceió Open	Winner 1	Fijalek/Prudel	8	Plavins/Regza	17	21-14, 22-20	0:36
8/20/15	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Pool D	Fijalek/Prudel	13	Plavins/Regza	29, Q7	21-10, 21-18	0:31
Trail the series against # 20 Caminati/Ranghieri, Italy 0-1
8/26/16	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Winner 2	Caminati/Ranghieri	20	Fijalek/Prudel	10	16-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:51
Lead the series against # 22 Koekelkoren/van Walle, Belgium 1-0
7/28/16	FIVB	A1 Major Klagenfurt	Pool G	Fijalek/Prudel	10	Koekelkoren/van Walle	23	21-11, 21-14	0:32
Lead the series against # 23 Court/Schumann, Australia 1-0
8/24/16	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Pool G	Fijalek/Prudel	10	Court/Schumann	23	21-14, 21-19	0:34
Lead the series against # 26, Q3 Allen/Brunner, United States 1-0
8/25/16	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Pool G	Fijalek/Prudel	10	Allen/Brunner	26, Q3	21-18, 21-13	0:33
Lead the series against # 27, Q5 Kissling/Krattiger, Switzerland 1-0
7/8/16	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Pool A	Fijalek/Prudel	17	Kissling/Krattiger	32	26-24, 18-21, 16-14	1:02