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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Paraná Open
October 29 - November 2, 2014

(4) Esteban Grimalt/Marco Grimalt, Chile

Esteban Grimalt
Chile

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 9, 1991 (34 yrs old)

Home Town:

Santiago

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

95 kg (209 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

128

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$270,557.78

Marco Grimalt
Chile

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 11, 1989 (36 yrs old)

Home Town:

Queilen

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

95 kg (209 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

128

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$270,557.78

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	37	41	57	Money
FIVB	128	5	2	2	4	8	0	32	8	24	4	3	16	15	1	3	1	US$541,032.15

Previous Paraná Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/23-28/2014	São Paulo Grand Slam	19	17th	240	US$7,000.00
FIVB	7/30-8/3/2014	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	28, Q11	9th	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	7/22-27/2014	ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball	27, Q5	25th	160	US$5,000.00
FIVB	7/15-20/2014	The Hague Grand Slam	28, Q11	9th	360	US$14,000.00
FIVB	7/9-13/2014	Gstaad Grand Slam	Q9	33rd	80	US$0.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2014	Stavanger Grand Slam	Q6	33rd	80	US$0.00
FIVB	6/18-22/2014	Berlin Grand Slam	Q5	33rd	80	US$0.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2014	Moscow Grand Slam	26, Q5	25th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	5/6-10/2014	Puerto Vallarta Open	4	5th	300	US$3,375.00

Paraná Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 10/30/2014	Pool D	Alejandro Ronconi / Angel Verzzali, Argentina (29, Q11)	Won 21-13, 21-18	0:37
Thu, 10/30/2014	Pool D	Julian Horl / Daniel Hupfer, Austria (20, Q2)	Won 21-13, 21-17
Fri, 10/31/2014	Pool D	Derek Olson / Stafford Slick, United States (13)	Won 18-21, 27-25, 15-12	1:01
Sat, 11/1/2014	Winner 2	Julian Azaad / Pablo Bianchi, Argentina (9)	Won 21-13, 21-17	0:36
Sat, 11/1/2014	Winner 3	Bennet Poniewaz / David Poniewaz, Germany (12)	Won 21-17, 21-12	0:32
Sun, 11/2/2014	Semi-Finals	Ben Saxton / Chaim Schalk, Canada (1)	Won 24-26, 30-28, 15-9	0:58
Sun, 11/2/2014	Gold Medal	Josh Binstock / Sam Schachter, Canada (2)	Lost 14-21, 12-21	0:36

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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	$47,200.00
World Tour Finals	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	55	1	0	2	1	2	0	12	8	13	9	0	$288,700.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	56	2	2	0	3	5	0	16	0	13	6	0	$176,275.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	5	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	$21,300.00
Total	128	5	2	2	4	8	0	32	8	31	16	0	$540,975.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Esteban Grimalt												Marco Grimalt
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	0	2	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$0.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	$23,600.00	World Championships	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	$23,600.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,750.00	World Tour Finals	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,750.00
55	1	0	2	1	2	20	13	9	0	$144,350.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	55	1	0	2	1	2	20	13	9	0	$144,350.00
56	2	2	0	3	5	16	13	6	0	$88,137.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	56	2	2	0	3	5	16	13	6	0	$88,137.50
5	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$10,650.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	5	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$10,650.00
128	5	2	2	4	8	40	31	16	0	$270,487.50	Total	128	5	2	2	4	8	40	31	16	0	$270,487.50

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
2011	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$2,000.00	4	4	50.0 %
2012	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
2013	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	4	$14,000.00	9	10	47.4 %
2014	FIVB	10	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	2	3	$52,375.00	25	16	61.0 %
Total	FIVB	20	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	2	3	10	$68,375.00	39	31	55.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Esteban Grimalt													Marco Grimalt
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,000.00	2011	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2012	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	$7,000.00	2013	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	$7,000.00
10	0	1	0	0	1	2	1	2	3	$26,187.50	2014	FIVB	10	0	1	0	0	1	2	1	2	3	$26,187.50
20	0	1	0	0	1	3	2	3	10	$34,187.50	Total	Total	20	0	1	0	0	1	3	2	3	10	$34,187.50

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	145	65.9%	32	14.5%	43	19.5%	177-43	80.5%	53	20.7%	46	18.0%	157	61.3%	53-203	20.7%	145-157	48.0%	85-89	48.9%	8	1	238-247	49.1%
2013-2014	20	74.1%	6	22.2%	1	3.7%	26-1	96.3%	12	31.6%	4	10.5%	22	57.9%	12-26	31.6%	20-22	47.6%	18-5	78.3%	2	0	40-27	59.7%
Against the Field	14	87.5%	0	0.0%	2	12.5%	14-2	87.5%	5	38.5%	0	0.0%	8	61.5%	5-8	38.5%	28-14	66.7%	10-4	71.4%	1	0	20-9	69.0%

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	2	7	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	9
World Championships	0	0	0	0	9	12	2	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	17
World Tour Finals	0	0	1	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	30	14	41	72	0	0	14	23	1	3	2	1	1	0	89	113
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	19	9	57	48	1	1	34	33	4	3	0	3	2	2	117	100
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	1	6	2	0	0	4	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	14	4
Total	0	0	50	25	116	144	5	1	53	64	7	6	2	4	5	2	238	247

Head to Head Results
Grimalt/Grimalt lead the series against the field 9-4 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Saxton/Schalk, Canada 2-0
11/2/14	FIVB	Paraná Open	Semi-Finals	Grimalt/Grimalt	4	Saxton/Schalk	1	24-26, 30-28, 15-9	0:58
7/18/14	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Winner 1	Grimalt/Grimalt	28, Q11	Saxton/Schalk	17	21-17, 21-17	0:35
Trail the series against # 2 Binstock/Schachter, Canada 0-1
11/2/14	FIVB	Paraná Open	Gold Medal	Binstock/Schachter	2	Grimalt/Grimalt	4	21-14, 21-12	0:36
Trail the series against # 3 Huber/Seidl, Austria 1-3
7/17/14	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool E	Grimalt/Grimalt	28, Q11	Huber/Seidl	21, Q3	16-21, 23-21, 15-10	0:48
6/13/14	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool G	Huber/Seidl	23	Grimalt/Grimalt	26, Q5	21-16, 21-15	0:34
7/12/13	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 1	Huber/Seidl	17	Grimalt/Grimalt	28, Q7	21-15, 21-14	0:35
4/18/12	FIVB	Brasília Open	Qualifier 3	Huber/Seidl	23, Q7	Grimalt/Grimalt	Q23	22-20, 21-18	0:39
Lead the series against # 9 Azaad/Bianchi, Argentina 1-0
11/1/14	FIVB	Paraná Open	Winner 2	Grimalt/Grimalt	4	Azaad/Bianchi	9	21-13, 21-17	0:36
Lead the series against # 12 Poniewaz/Poniewaz, Germany 1-0
11/1/14	FIVB	Paraná Open	Winner 3	Grimalt/Grimalt	4	Poniewaz/Poniewaz	12	21-17, 21-12	0:32
Lead the series against # 13 Olson/Slick, United States 1-0
10/31/14	FIVB	Paraná Open	Pool D	Grimalt/Grimalt	4	Olson/Slick	13	18-21, 27-25, 15-12	1:01
Lead the series against # 15 Faiga/Hilman, Israel 1-0
5/7/14	FIVB	Puerto Vallarta Open	Pool D	Grimalt/Grimalt	4	Faiga/Hilman	29, Q14	21-15, 21-17	0:40
Lead the series against # 20, Q2 Horl/Hupfer, Austria 1-0
10/30/14	FIVB	Paraná Open	Pool D	Grimalt/Grimalt	4	Horl/Hupfer	20, Q2	21-13, 21-17
Lead the series against # 29, Q11 Ronconi/Verzzali, Argentina 1-0
10/30/14	FIVB	Paraná Open	Pool D	Grimalt/Grimalt	4	Ronconi/Verzzali	29, Q11	21-13, 21-18	0:37