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US$1,000,000 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships 2015
June 26 - July 5, 2015

(19) 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 The Hague Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2011	Marco Grimalt - 57th	Esteban Grimalt - 57th
2014	Marco Grimalt - 9th	Esteban Grimalt - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/16-20/2015	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	19	9th	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	6/2-7/2015	Porec Major Series	23	25th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	5/25-31/2015	Moscow Grand Slam	23	25th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	4/21-25/2015	Fuzhou Open	7	9th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	12/9-14/2014	Mangaung Open	5	2nd	450	US$8,000.00
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

Netherlands World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sat, 6/27/2015	Pool F	Michiel van Dorsten / Steven van de Velde, Netherlands (30)	Lost 21-16, 19-21, 13-15	0:51
Sun, 6/28/2015	Pool F	Dmitri Barsuk / Yaroslav Koshkarev, Russia (43)	Won 24-22, 19-21, 15-11	0:50
Tue, 6/30/2015	Pool F	Martins Plavins / Aleksandrs Samoilovs, Latvia (6)	Lost 21-19, 19-21, 7-15	0:52
Wed, 7/1/2015	Winner 1	Jonathan Erdmann / Kay Matysik, Germany (8)	Lost 17-21, 15-21	0:39

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2013	World Championships	Stare Jablonki	Marco Grimalt - 33rd	Esteban Grimalt - 33rd
2015	World Championships	The Hague	Marco Grimalt - 17th	Esteban Grimalt - 17th
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Marco Grimalt - 17th	Esteban Grimalt - 17th
2019	World Championships	Hamburg	Marco Grimalt - 37th	Esteban Grimalt - 37th
2022	World Championships	Rome	Marco Grimalt - 9th	Esteban Grimalt - 9th
2023	World Championships	Tlaxcala	Marco Grimalt - 17th	Esteban Grimalt - 17th
2025	World Championships	Adelaide	Marco Grimalt - 17th	Esteban Grimalt - 17th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/2-7/2013	Stare Jablonki World Championships	25	33rd	50	US$4,800.00
FIVB	6/26-7/5/2015	Netherlands World Championships	19	17th	400	US$7,000.00
FIVB	7/28-8/6/2017	Vienna World Championships	20	17th	320	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/7/2019	World Championships Hamburg	10	37th	160	US$3,400.00
FIVB	6/10-19/2022	Beach Volleyball World Championships	9	9th	800	US$11,000.00
FIVB	10/6-15/2023	Beach Volleyball World Championships	14	17th	640	US$7,000.00
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	36	17th	640	US$7,000.00

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	11	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	2	3	$60,375.00	31	17	64.6 %
2015	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	0	$28,000.00	6	14	30.0 %
Total	FIVB	26	0	2	0	0	1	0	5	0	3	5	10	$104,375.00	51	46	52.6 %

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
5	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	$14,000.00	2015	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	$14,000.00
26	0	2	0	0	1	5	3	5	10	$52,187.50	Total	Total	26	0	2	0	0	1	5	3	5	10	$52,187.50

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%
2014-2015	18	58.1%	9	29.0%	4	12.9%	27-4	87.1%	12	26.1%	7	15.2%	27	58.7%	12-34	26.1%	18-27	40.0%	21-11	65.6%	3	0	42-38	52.5%
Against the Field	11	33.3%	10	30.3%	12	36.4%	21-12	63.6%	12	17.9%	14	20.9%	41	61.2%	12-55	17.9%	22-80	21.6%	44-52	45.8%	1	0	34-66	34.0%

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 trail the series against the field 11-27 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 16 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Nummerdor/Varenhorst, Netherlands 0-2
6/17/15	FIVB	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	Pool C	Nummerdor/Varenhorst	3	Grimalt/Grimalt	19	21-17, 21-23, 15-12	1:00
12/14/14	FIVB	Mangaung Open	Gold Medal	Nummerdor/Varenhorst	1	Grimalt/Grimalt	5	21-18, 21-18	0:36
Trail the series against # 4 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 0-2
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
Series tied with # 5 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 1-1
6/4/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Pool G	Grimalt/Grimalt	23	Lupo/Nicolai	10	15-21, 21-19, 24-22	0:56
5/28/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool G	Lupo/Nicolai	7	Grimalt/Grimalt	23	21-16, 28-26	0:44
Trail the series against # 6 Plavins/Samoilovs, Latvia 0-1
6/30/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Pool F	Plavins/Samoilovs	6	Grimalt/Grimalt	19	19-21, 21-19, 15-7	0:52
Trail the series against # 8 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 0-3
7/1/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Winner 1	Erdmann/Matysik	8	Grimalt/Grimalt	19	21-17, 21-15	0:39
6/12/14	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool G	Erdmann/Matysik	7	Grimalt/Grimalt	26, Q5	23-21, 21-15	0:39
10/10/13	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Pool H	Erdmann/Matysik	9	Grimalt/Grimalt	25, Q2	21-16, 21-16	0:40
Trail the series against # 9 Bourne/Hyden, United States 0-3
6/17/15	FIVB	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	Pool C	Bourne/Hyden	14	Grimalt/Grimalt	19	21-15, 21-15	0:40
8/2/14	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 2	Bourne/Hyden	13	Grimalt/Grimalt	28, Q11	21-17, 23-21	0:37
7/24/14	FIVB	ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball	Pool F	Bourne/Hyden	11	Grimalt/Grimalt	27, Q5	21-17, 21-14	0:34
Trail the series against # 12 Goncalves/Solberg, Brazil 0-1
5/27/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool G	Goncalves/Solberg	10	Grimalt/Grimalt	23	21-18, 19-21, 15-8	0:52
Trail the series against # 14 Gibb/Patterson, United States 0-1
10/11/13	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Winner 2	Gibb/Patterson	4	Grimalt/Grimalt	25, Q2	21-13, 21-14	0:34
Lead the series against # 15 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 # 17 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 # 18 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 1-2
6/4/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Pool G	Gavira/Herrera	7	Grimalt/Grimalt	23	21-19, 21-19	0:39
7/31/14	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool E	Grimalt/Grimalt	28, Q11	Gavira/Herrera	12	24-22, 17-21, 20-18	0:58
7/16/14	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool E	Gavira/Herrera	5	Grimalt/Grimalt	28, Q11	21-13, 21-17	0:32
Trail the series against # 20 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 0-1
4/24/15	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 2	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	6	Grimalt/Grimalt	7	24-22, 21-17	0:40
Trail the series against # 21 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 # 22 Doppler/Horst, Austria 0-1
7/11/13	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool E	Doppler/Horst	12	Grimalt/Grimalt	28, Q7	24-22, 21-14	0:37
Trail the series against # 23 Kapa/McHugh, Australia 1-2
6/19/15	FIVB	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	Winner 2	Kapa/McHugh	20	Grimalt/Grimalt	19	28-26, 18-21, 15-12	1:00
8/1/14	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool E	Grimalt/Grimalt	28, Q11	Kapa/McHugh	21	21-19, 21-16	0:36
7/2/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Pool A	Kapa/McHugh	24	Grimalt/Grimalt	25	21-15, 21-19	0:36
Trail the series against # 29 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
Trail the series against # 30 van de Velde/van Dorsten, Netherlands 0-1
6/27/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Pool F	van Dorsten/van de Velde	30	Grimalt/Grimalt	19	16-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:51
Lead the series against # 32 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 # 35 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
Trail the series against # 36 Ontiveros/Virgen, Mexico 0-1
7/9/14	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Ontiveros/Virgen	29, Q8	Grimalt/Grimalt	Q9	21-23, 21-16, 15-11	0:49
Lead the series against # 38 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 # 41 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 # 43 Barsuk/Koshkarev, Russia 1-0
6/28/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Pool F	Grimalt/Grimalt	19	Barsuk/Koshkarev	43	24-22, 19-21, 15-11	0:50