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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 BPT Challenge Xiamen
April 25 - 28, 2024

(18, Q5) 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 Xiamen Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2016	Marco Grimalt - 9th	Esteban Grimalt - 9th
2019	Marco Grimalt - 17th	Esteban Grimalt - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/17-21/2024	Elite16 Tepic	16, Q11	13th	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	4/11-14/2024	Challenge Guadalajara	Q7	33rd	140	US$0.00
FIVB	3/28-31/2024	Challenge Saquarema	17, Q4	9th	460	US$2,500.00
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 Xiamen Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 4/25/2024	Qualifier 2	Bradley Fuller / Ben O'Dea, New Zealand (Q12)	Won 24-22, 21-15	0:37
Fri, 4/26/2024	Pool F	Thomas Hodges / Zachery Schubert, Australia (7)	Lost 19-21, 21-18, 17-19	0:54
Fri, 4/26/2024	Pool F	Likejiang Ha / Jiaxin Wu, China (6)	Won 21-15, 21-11	0:32
Sat, 4/27/2024	Winner 1	Julian Horl / Alexander Horst, Austria (8)	Won 19-21, 23-21, 15-11	1:02
Sat, 4/27/2024	Winner 2	Mathias Berntsen / Hendrik Mol, Norway (10)	Won 12-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:53
Sun, 4/28/2024	Semi-Finals	Lukas Pfretzschner / Sven Winter, Germany (2)	Won 18-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:57
Sun, 4/28/2024	Gold Medal	Arnaud Gauthier-Rat / Youssef Krou, France (21)	Won 17-21, 21-18, 15-9	0:48

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 %
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	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	$17,500.00	11	8	57.9 %
Total	FIVB	108	5	2	0	4	8	0	26	5	24	14	20	$457,475.00	205	206	49.9 %

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
5	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	$8,750.00	2024	FIVB	5	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	$8,750.00
108	5	2	0	4	8	31	24	14	20	$228,737.50	Total	Total	108	5	2	0	4	8	31	24	14	20	$228,737.50

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%
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	11	55.0%	5	25.0%	4	20.0%	16-4	80.0%	6	31.6%	2	10.5%	11	57.9%	6-13	31.6%	22-20	52.4%	22-12	64.7%	1	0	23-16	59.0%

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	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 17-10 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 2 Series, 5 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 2 Pfretzschner/Winter, Germany 2-0
4/28/24	FIVB	Challenge Xiamen	Semi-Finals	Grimalt/Grimalt	18, Q5	Pfretzschner/Winter	2	18-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:57
7/21/23	FIVB	Challenge Edmonton	Pool B	Grimalt/Grimalt	2	Pfretzschner/Winter	23, Q23	21-15, 19-21, 15-8	0:47
Series tied with # 4 Budinger/Evans, United States 1-1
4/17/24	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Qualifier 2	Grimalt/Grimalt	16, Q11	Budinger/Evans	Q3	18-21, 21-14, 15-12	0:49
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 # 6 Ha/Wu, China 1-0
4/26/24	FIVB	Challenge Xiamen	Pool F	Grimalt/Grimalt	18, Q5	Ha/Wu	6	21-15, 21-11	0:32
Series tied with # 7 Hodges/Schubert, Australia 1-1
4/26/24	FIVB	Challenge Xiamen	Pool F	Hodges/Schubert	7	Grimalt/Grimalt	18, Q5	21-19, 18-21, 19-17	0:54
9/27/23	FIVB	Elite16 Paris	Qualifier 2	Grimalt/Grimalt	15, Q8	Hodges/Schubert	16, Q1	21-17, 16-21, 15-11	0:47
Lead the series against # 8 Horl/Horst, Austria 2-1
4/27/24	FIVB	Challenge Xiamen	Winner 1	Grimalt/Grimalt	18, Q5	Horl/Horst	8	19-21, 23-21, 15-11	1:02
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
Lead the series against # 9 Carracher/Nicolaidis, Australia 1-0
5/7/22	FIVB	Doha Challenge	Lucky Loser	Grimalt/Grimalt	15, Q2	Carracher/Nicolaidis	20, Q6	21-16, 12-21, 15-11	0:49
Trail the series against # 10 Berntsen/Mol, Norway 1-3
4/27/24	FIVB	Challenge Xiamen	Winner 2	Grimalt/Grimalt	18, Q5	Berntsen/Mol	10	12-21, 21-18, 15-10	0:53
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 # 11 Bello/Bello, England 1-0
4/17/24	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Qualifier 1	Grimalt/Grimalt	16, Q11	Bello/Bello	Q6	21-15, 25-27, 15-10	0:57
Lead the series against # 14, Q1 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 # 17, Q3 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, Q8 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
Series tied with # 21 Gauthier-Rat/Krou, France 1-1
4/28/24	FIVB	Challenge Xiamen	Gold Medal	Grimalt/Grimalt	18, Q5	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	21	17-21, 21-18, 15-9	0:48
7/28/23	FIVB	Elite16 Montréal	Pool A	Gauthier-Rat/Krou	9	Grimalt/Grimalt	8	21-19, 21-19	0:42
Series tied with # 22, Q10 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 # 23, Q18 Bedritis/Rinkevics, Latvia 1-0
5/20/22	FIVB	Kusadasi Challenge	Pool A	Grimalt/Grimalt	1	Bedritis/Rinkevics	24, Q18	21-12, 21-10	0:30
Lead the series against # Q12 Fuller/O'Dea, New Zealand 1-0
4/25/24	FIVB	Challenge Xiamen	Qualifier 2	Grimalt/Grimalt	18, Q5	Fuller/O'Dea	Q12	24-22, 21-15	0:37
Series tied with # Q22 Leitner/Pascariuc, Austria 1-1
4/11/24	FIVB	Challenge Guadalajara	Qualifier 1	Leitner/Pascariuc	Q26	Grimalt/Grimalt	Q7	23-21, 21-12	0:39
3/28/24	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Qualifier 1	Grimalt/Grimalt	17, Q4	Leitner/Pascariuc	Q29	21-18, 22-20	0:36