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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Mangaung Open
December 9 - 14, 2014

(5) 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:

129

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$274,307.78

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:

129

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$274,307.78

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	37	41	57	Money
FIVB	129	5	2	2	4	8	0	32	8	24	4	3	16	15	1	3	1	US$548,532.15

Previous Mangaung Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/29-11/2/2014	Paraná Open	4	2nd	450	US$8,000.00
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

Mangaung Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 12/10/2014	Pool E	Cole Durant / Casey Grice, Australia (28, Q8)	Won 21-16, 21-14	0:39
Wed, 12/10/2014	Pool E	Julian Horl / Daniel Hupfer, Austria (21)	Won 21-14, 21-14	0:36
Thu, 12/11/2014	Pool E	Bennet Poniewaz / David Poniewaz, Germany (12)	Won By Forfeit
Fri, 12/12/2014	Winner 2	Marco Caminati / Enrico Rossi, Italy (26, Q6)	Won 21-16, 21-16	0:32
Fri, 12/12/2014	Winner 3	Theo Brunner / Nick Lucena, United States (2)	Won 21-15, 16-21, 18-16	0:51
Sat, 12/13/2014	Semi-Finals	Sebastian Fuchs / Thomas Kaczmarek, Germany (8)	Won 18-21, 21-12, 15-11	0:49
Sun, 12/14/2014	Gold Medal	Reinder Nummerdor / Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands (1)	Lost 18-21, 18-21	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	56	1	0	2	1	2	0	12	8	13	9	0	$296,200.00
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	129	5	2	2	4	8	0	32	8	31	16	0	$548,475.00

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
56	1	0	2	1	2	20	13	9	0	$148,100.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	56	1	0	2	1	2	20	13	9	0	$148,100.00
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
129	5	2	2	4	8	40	31	16	0	$274,237.50	Total	129	5	2	2	4	8	40	31	16	0	$274,237.50

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	11	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	2	3	$60,375.00	31	17	64.6 %
Total	FIVB	21	0	2	0	0	1	0	3	0	2	3	10	$76,375.00	45	32	58.4 %

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
11	0	2	0	0	1	2	1	2	3	$30,187.50	2014	FIVB	11	0	2	0	0	1	2	1	2	3	$30,187.50
21	0	2	0	0	1	3	2	3	10	$38,187.50	Total	Total	21	0	2	0	0	1	3	2	3	10	$38,187.50

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	147	66.2%	32	14.4%	43	19.4%	179-43	80.6%	53	20.7%	46	18.0%	157	61.3%	53-203	20.7%	147-157	48.4%	85-89	48.9%	8	1	240-247	49.3%
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	70.0%	3	15.0%	3	15.0%	17-3	85.0%	8	47.1%	2	11.8%	7	41.2%	8-9	47.1%	28-8	77.8%	22-10	68.8%	3	0	28-9	75.7%

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	43	72	0	0	14	23	1	3	2	1	1	0	91	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	118	144	5	1	53	64	7	6	2	4	5	2	240	247

Head to Head Results
Grimalt/Grimalt lead the series against the field 16-2 (Lead 12 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Nummerdor/Varenhorst, Netherlands 0-1
12/14/14	FIVB	Mangaung Open	Gold Medal	Nummerdor/Varenhorst	1	Grimalt/Grimalt	5	21-18, 21-18	0:36
Lead the series against # 2 Brunner/Lucena, United States 1-0
12/12/14	FIVB	Mangaung Open	Winner 3	Grimalt/Grimalt	5	Brunner/Lucena	2	21-15, 16-21, 18-16	0:51
Lead the series against # 3 Krou/Rowlandson, France 1-0
6/11/14	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Grimalt/Grimalt	26, Q5	Krou/Rowlandson	Q21	12-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:48
Trail the series against # 6 Garcia/Marco, Spain 0-1
6/18/14	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Garcia/Marco	30, Q12	Grimalt/Grimalt	Q5	21-15, 16-21, 15-13
Lead the series against # 8 Fuchs/Kaczmarek, Germany 1-0
12/13/14	FIVB	Mangaung Open	Semi-Finals	Grimalt/Grimalt	5	Fuchs/Kaczmarek	8	18-21, 21-12, 15-11	0:49
Lead the series against # 9 Goldschmidt/Williams, South Africa 1-0
7/9/14	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Grimalt/Grimalt	Q9	Goldschmidt/Williams	Q24	13-21, 21-13, 17-15	0:50
Lead the series against # 11 Eithun/Horrem, Norway 3-0
7/22/14	FIVB	ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball	Qualifier 2	Grimalt/Grimalt	27, Q5	Eithun/Horrem	Q12	21-19, 21-15	0:41
7/15/14	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Grimalt/Grimalt	28, Q11	Eithun/Horrem	Q6	21-14, 21-17	0:36
10/11/13	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Winner 1	Grimalt/Grimalt	25, Q2	Eithun/Horrem	22	22-24, 21-17, 15-13	1:02
Lead the series against # 12 Poniewaz/Poniewaz, Germany 2-0
12/11/14	FIVB	Mangaung Open	Pool E	Grimalt/Grimalt	5	Poniewaz/Poniewaz	12	By Forfeit
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 # 17 Dressler/Kunert, Austria 1-0
5/7/14	FIVB	Puerto Vallarta Open	Pool D	Grimalt/Grimalt	4	Dressler/Kunert	20	21-23, 21-13, 15-13	0:50
Lead the series against # 18 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 # 21 Horl/Hupfer, Austria 2-0
12/10/14	FIVB	Mangaung Open	Pool E	Grimalt/Grimalt	5	Horl/Hupfer	21	21-14, 21-14	0:36
10/30/14	FIVB	Paraná Open	Pool D	Grimalt/Grimalt	4	Horl/Hupfer	20, Q2	21-13, 21-17
Lead the series against # 26, Q6 Caminati/Rossi, Italy 1-0
12/12/14	FIVB	Mangaung Open	Winner 2	Grimalt/Grimalt	5	Caminati/Rossi	26, Q6	21-16, 21-16	0:32
Lead the series against # 28, Q8 Durant/Grice, Australia 1-0
12/10/14	FIVB	Mangaung Open	Pool E	Grimalt/Grimalt	5	Durant/Grice	28, Q8	21-16, 21-14	0:39