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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 BPT Challenge Saquarema
March 28 - 31, 2024

(17, Q4) 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 Saquarema Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/21-24/2024	Challenge Recife	Q5	33rd	140	US$0.00
FIVB	11/22-26/2023	Elite16 Joao Pessoa	Q5	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	10/6-15/2023	Beach Volleyball World Championships	14	17th	640	US$7,000.00
FIVB	9/27-10/1/2023	Elite16 Paris	15, Q8	13th	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	8/16-20/2023	Elite16 Hamburg	Q6	21st	340	US$0.00
FIVB	7/26-30/2023	Elite16 Montréal	8	13th	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	7/20-23/2023	Challenge Edmonton	2	9th	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2023	Elite16 Gstaad	10	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2023	Elite16 Ostrava	12	13th	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	4/26-30/2023	Elite16 Uberlândia	Q1	17th	400	US$0.00

Challenge Saquarema Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 3/28/2024	Qualifier 1	Laurenz Leitner / Paul Pascariuc, Austria (Q29)	Won 21-18, 22-20	0:36
Thu, 3/28/2024	Qualifier 2	Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Mihails Samoilovs, Latvia (Q13)	Won 21-15, 21-17	0:34
Fri, 3/29/2024	Pool E	Piotr Kantor / Jakub Zdybek, Poland (8)	Won 13-21, 22-20, 15-9	0:52
Fri, 3/29/2024	Pool E	Martin Ermacora / Philipp Waller, Austria (20, Q11)	Lost By Forfeit
Sat, 3/30/2024	Winner 1	Julian Horl / Alexander Horst, Austria (14)	Lost 22-20, 18-21, 11-15	0:54

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	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	2	0	$47,500.00	11	21	34.4 %
2016	FIVB	12	0	0	0	2	0	0	6	0	3	0	1	$41,400.00	28	29	49.1 %
2017	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	1	$28,000.00	7	15	31.8 %
2018	FIVB	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	5	1	$34,000.00	21	17	55.3 %
2019	FIVB	13	2	0	0	1	1	0	3	0	4	0	2	$78,400.00	32	22	59.3 %
2020	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$10,300.00	7	4	63.6 %
2021	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	2	2	$14,000.00	6	15	28.6 %
2022	FIVB	10	1	0	0	1	2	0	3	1	1	0	1	$63,500.00	24	20	54.5 %
2023	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	3	4	0	0	$46,500.00	13	23	36.1 %
2024	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$2,500.00	3	3	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	105	4	2	0	4	8	0	26	4	24	14	19	$442,475.00	197	201	49.5 %

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
8	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	2	0	$23,750.00	2015	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	2	0	$23,750.00
12	0	0	0	2	0	6	3	0	1	$20,700.00	2016	FIVB	12	0	0	0	2	0	6	3	0	1	$20,700.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	1	$14,000.00	2017	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	1	$14,000.00
10	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	1	$17,000.00	2018	FIVB	10	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	1	$17,000.00
13	2	0	0	1	1	3	4	0	2	$39,200.00	2019	FIVB	13	2	0	0	1	1	3	4	0	2	$39,200.00
3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$5,150.00	2020	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$5,150.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	$7,000.00	2021	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	$7,000.00
10	1	0	0	1	2	4	1	0	1	$31,750.00	2022	FIVB	10	1	0	0	1	2	4	1	0	1	$31,750.00
11	0	0	0	0	2	5	4	0	0	$23,250.00	2023	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	2	5	4	0	0	$23,250.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$1,250.00	2024	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$1,250.00
105	4	2	0	4	8	30	24	14	19	$221,237.50	Total	Total	105	4	2	0	4	8	30	24	14	19	$221,237.50

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%
2023-2024	19	55.9%	6	17.6%	9	26.5%	25-9	73.5%	8	18.6%	10	23.3%	25	58.1%	8-35	18.6%	19-25	43.2%	14-19	42.4%	2	1	35-45	43.8%
Against the Field	18	54.5%	6	18.2%	9	27.3%	24-9	72.7%	9	28.1%	8	25.0%	15	46.9%	9-23	28.1%	36-24	60.0%	30-34	46.9%	2	1	35-30	53.8%

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
Series tied against the field 21-21 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 8 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Budinger/Evans, United States 0-1
7/27/23	FIVB	Elite16 Montréal	Pool A	Budinger/Evans	16, Q13	Grimalt/Grimalt	8	21-12, 23-25, 15-10	0:49
Lead the series against # 5 Hodges/Schubert, Australia 1-0
9/27/23	FIVB	Elite16 Paris	Qualifier 2	Grimalt/Grimalt	15, Q8	Hodges/Schubert	16, Q1	21-17, 16-21, 15-11	0:47
Trail the series against # 6 Loyola/Wanderley, Brazil 2-3
7/7/23	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Pool B	Loyola/Wanderley	7	Grimalt/Grimalt	10	21-17, 18-21, 15-12	0:57
1/27/23	FIVB	Beach Pro Tour Finals	Pool A	Loyola/Wanderley	4	Grimalt/Grimalt	8	16-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:50
11/15/19	FIVB	Chetumal Four Star	Winner 2	Grimalt/Grimalt	14	Loyola/Wanderley	11	21-18, 21-16	0:37
8/1/19	FIVB	Vienna Major Five Star	Pool G	Grimalt/Grimalt	26	Loyola/Wanderley	10	21-18, 21-17	0:34
7/21/19	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Semi-Finals	Loyola/Wanderley	7	Grimalt/Grimalt	18	21-17, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # 8 Kantor/Zdybek, Poland 1-0
3/29/24	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Pool E	Grimalt/Grimalt	17, Q4	Kantor/Zdybek	8	13-21, 22-20, 15-9	0:52
Trail the series against # 12 Berntsen/Mol, Norway 0-3
9/30/22	FIVB	Paris Elite 16	Pool B	Berntsen/Mol	10	Grimalt/Grimalt	7	21-16, 25-23	0:41
7/8/21	FIVB	Gstaad 4 Star	Pool C	Berntsen/Mol	30, Q11	Grimalt/Grimalt	19	21-18, 21-19	0:43
9/4/19	FIVB	World Tour Finals Rome	Qualifier 2	Berntsen/Mol	29, Q13	Grimalt/Grimalt	Q4	21-17, 24-22	0:38
Lead the series against # 13, Q3 Bourne/Schalk, United States 1-0
9/27/23	FIVB	Elite16 Paris	Qualifier 1	Grimalt/Grimalt	15, Q8	Bourne/Schalk	Q9	21-18, 22-24, 15-11	0:59
Series tied with # 14 Horl/Horst, Austria 1-1
3/30/24	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Winner 1	Horl/Horst	14	Grimalt/Grimalt	17, Q4	20-22, 21-18, 15-11	0:54
5/6/22	FIVB	Doha Challenge	Pool C	Grimalt/Grimalt	15, Q2	Horl/Horst	22, Q10	16-21, 21-14, 15-10	0:47
Trail the series against # 15 Felipe/Lima, Brazil 0-1
8/12/22	FIVB	Hamburg Elite 16	Pool D	Felipe/Lima	4	Grimalt/Grimalt	5	11-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:50
Trail the series against # 16 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 3-7
2/2/23	FIVB	Doha Elite16	Pool C	Grimalt/Grimalt	6	Gavira/Herrera	14, Q4	21-19, 21-16	0:36
8/11/22	FIVB	Hamburg Elite 16	Pool D	Gavira/Herrera	13, Q1	Grimalt/Grimalt	5	16-21, 21-11, 22-20	1:01
3/11/20	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Winner 1	Grimalt/Grimalt	17	Gavira/Herrera	10	23-25, 21-18, 15-13	0:54
6/1/19	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Winner 2	Gavira/Herrera	6	Grimalt/Grimalt	7	16-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:51
4/25/19	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Pool E	Gavira/Herrera	5	Grimalt/Grimalt	12	21-18, 17-21, 15-12	0:47
10/19/18	FIVB	Las Vegas Four Star	Winner 1	Gavira/Herrera	3	Grimalt/Grimalt	17	21-18, 19-21, 15-11	0:45
5/18/17	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Four Star	Pool G	Gavira/Herrera	7	Grimalt/Grimalt	26, Q4	21-18, 14-21, 15-12	0:46
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
Lead the series against # 18, Q9 Aravena/Droguett, Chile 1-0
9/29/22	FIVB	Paris Elite 16	Pool B	Grimalt/Grimalt	7	Aravena/Droguett	15, Q4	21-12, 21-17	0:34
Lead the series against # 19, Q10 Breer/Krattiger, Switzerland 1-0
7/8/22	FIVB	Gstaad Elite 16	Winner 3	Grimalt/Grimalt	13	Breer/Krattiger	8	21-18, 21-13	0:37
Trail the series against # 20, Q11 Ermacora/Waller, Austria 0-1
3/29/24	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Pool E	Ermacora/Waller	20, Q11	Grimalt/Grimalt	17, Q4	By Forfeit
Series tied with # 21 Bassereau/Lyneel, France 1-1
10/8/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool K	Grimalt/Grimalt	14	Bassereau/Lyneel	38	22-20, 21-13	0:35
4/26/23	FIVB	Elite16 Uberlândia	Qualifier 2	Bassereau/Lyneel	16, Q8	Grimalt/Grimalt	Q1	21-15, 16-21, 15-13	0:46
Lead the series against # Q2 Luini/Varenhorst, Netherlands 1-0
7/21/23	FIVB	Challenge Edmonton	Pool B	Grimalt/Grimalt	2	Luini/Varenhorst	14	14-21, 21-13, 15-13	0:44
Lead the series against # Q5 Nolvak/Tiisaar, Estonia 4-0
11/14/19	FIVB	Chetumal Four Star	Pool C	Grimalt/Grimalt	14	Nolvak/Tiisaar	19	18-21, 29-27, 17-15	1:12
3/9/19	FIVB	Sydney Three Star	Winner 3	Grimalt/Grimalt	2	Nolvak/Tiisaar	18	19-21, 29-27, 17-15	1:06
3/7/19	FIVB	Sydney Three Star	Pool B	Grimalt/Grimalt	2	Nolvak/Tiisaar	18	25-23, 21-14	0:39
7/27/18	FIVB	Tokyo Three Star	Winner 2	Grimalt/Grimalt	7	Nolvak/Tiisaar	13	21-13, 18-21, 15-6	0:44
Trail the series against # Q6 da Silva/Dos Santos, Brazil 0-1
11/22/23	FIVB	Elite16 Joao Pessoa	Qualifier 1	Dos Santos/da Silva	16, Q12	Grimalt/Grimalt	Q5	21-17, 21-17	0:35
Series tied with # Q7 Campos/Pedrosa, Portugal 1-1
7/22/23	FIVB	Challenge Edmonton	Winner 1	Campos/Pedrosa	18, Q11	Grimalt/Grimalt	2	25-27, 22-20, 15-11	0:59
5/5/22	FIVB	Doha Challenge	Qualifier 2	Grimalt/Grimalt	15, Q2	Campos/Pedrosa	Q18	21-16, 21-19	0:35
Lead the series against # Q8 Lupo/Rossi, Italy 1-0
7/7/23	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Pool B	Grimalt/Grimalt	10	Lupo/Rossi	15, Q9	21-14, 21-10	0:30
Lead the series against # Q13 Samoilovs/Samoilovs, Latvia 1-0
3/28/24	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Qualifier 2	Grimalt/Grimalt	17, Q4	Samoilovs/Samoilovs	Q13	21-15, 21-17	0:34
Trail the series against # Q22 Smith/Webber, United States 0-1
3/21/24	FIVB	Challenge Recife	Qualifier 1	Smith/Webber	Q28	Grimalt/Grimalt	Q5	21-18, 21-17	0:37
Lead the series against # Q29 Leitner/Pascariuc, Austria 1-0
3/28/24	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Qualifier 1	Grimalt/Grimalt	17, Q4	Leitner/Pascariuc	Q29	21-18, 22-20	0:36