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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$800,000 ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball
August 18 - 23, 2015

(15) Esteban Grimalt/Marco Grimalt, Chile

Esteban Grimalt
Chile

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 9, 1991 (33 yrs old)

Home Town:

Santiago

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

95 kg (209 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

114

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$242,307.78

Marco Grimalt
Chile

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 11, 1989 (35 yrs old)

Home Town:

Queilen

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

95 kg (209 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

114

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$242,307.78

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	37	41	57	Money
FIVB	114	5	2	1	4	8	0	29	5	21	2	3	14	15	1	3	1	US$484,532.15

Previous Long Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2014	Marco Grimalt - 25th	Esteban Grimalt - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/26-7/5/2015	Netherlands World Championships	19	17th	400	US$7,000.00
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

Long Beach Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/19/2015	Pool B	Tri Bourne / John Hyden, United States (18)	Lost 17-21, 19-21	0:41
Thu, 8/20/2015	Pool B	Andrea Tomatis / Francesco Vanni, Italy (31, Q18)	Won 22-20, 18-21, 20-18	0:53
Thu, 8/20/2015	Pool B	Alison Cerutti / Bruno Schmidt, Brazil (2)	Lost 18-21, 21-18, 12-15	0:49
Fri, 8/21/2015	Winner 1	Reinder Nummerdor / Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands (3)	Lost 18-21, 18-21	0:40

Head to Head Results
Grimalt/Grimalt trail the series against the field 9-29 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 17 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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
Trail the series against # 2 Cerutti/Schmidt, Brazil 0-1
8/20/15	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Pool B	Cerutti/Schmidt	2	Grimalt/Grimalt	15	21-18, 18-21, 15-12	0:49
Trail the series against # 3 Nummerdor/Varenhorst, Netherlands 0-3
8/21/15	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Winner 1	Nummerdor/Varenhorst	3	Grimalt/Grimalt	15	21-18, 21-18	0:40
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 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 # 5 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 # 6 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 0-1
7/18/14	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Smedins	4	Grimalt/Grimalt	28, Q11	22-20, 21-19	0:39
Trail the series against # 8 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
Lead the series against # 9 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 # 10 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 # 11 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 # 13 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 # 14 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 # 16 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 # 18 Bourne/Hyden, United States 0-4
8/19/15	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Pool B	Bourne/Hyden	18	Grimalt/Grimalt	15	21-17, 21-19	0:41
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 # 21 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 # 22 Giginoglu/Gogtepe, Türkiye 1-0
6/19/15	FIVB	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	Winner 1	Grimalt/Grimalt	19	Giginoglu/Gogtepe	18	21-18, 14-21, 15-10	0:50
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 # 27, Q5 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 # 28, Q6 Bockermann/Fluggen, Germany 0-1
6/5/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Pool G	Bockermann/Fluggen	26, Q6	Grimalt/Grimalt	23	21-19, 21-13	0:33
Lead the series against # 30, Q9 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
Lead the series against # 31, Q18 Tomatis/Vanni, Italy 1-0
8/20/15	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Pool B	Grimalt/Grimalt	15	Tomatis/Vanni	31, Q18	22-20, 18-21, 20-18	0:53
Trail the series against # Q2 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 0-2
4/23/15	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool G	Kantor/Losiak	10	Grimalt/Grimalt	7	21-18, 21-15	0:35
7/24/14	FIVB	ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball	Pool F	Kantor/Losiak	22	Grimalt/Grimalt	27, Q5	21-18, 16-21, 15-13	0:48
Lead the series against # Q13 Kissling/Kovatsch, Switzerland 1-0
6/18/15	FIVB	St. Petersburg Grand Slam	Pool C	Grimalt/Grimalt	19	Kissling/Kovatsch	30, Q8	21-13, 21-19	0:37