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US$400,000 BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro
July 29 - August 2, 2026

(16) Esteban Grimalt/Marco Grimalt, Chile

Esteban Grimalt
Chile

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 9, 1991 (35 yrs old)

Home Town:

Santiago

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

95 kg (209 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

134

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$285,157.78

Marco Grimalt
Chile

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 11, 1989 (37 yrs old)

Home Town:

Queilen

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

95 kg (209 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

134

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$285,157.78

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	37	41	57	Money
FIVB	134	5	2	2	4	10	0	33	8	24	6	3	17	15	1	3	1	US$570,232.15

Previous Rio de Janeiro Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2015	Marco Grimalt - 17th	Esteban Grimalt - 17th
2016	Marco Grimalt - 19th	Esteban Grimalt - 19th
2016	Marco Grimalt - 9th	Esteban Grimalt - 9th
2017	Marco Grimalt - 25th	Esteban Grimalt - 25th
2025	Marco Grimalt - 25th	Esteban Grimalt - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/1-5/2026	BPT Elite Gstaad	Q1	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	5/27-31/2026	BPT Elite Ostrava	16	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2026	BPT Elite Brasília	13	9th	600	US$6,200.00
FIVB	4/8-12/2026	BPT Elite Saquarema	12	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	12/3-7/2025	BPT Elite Itapema	4	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	36	17th	640	US$7,000.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	13, Q1	3rd	1000	US$14,000.00
FIVB	10/1-5/2025	BPT Challenge Veracruz	11	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	9/24-28/2025	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	Q14	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	8/27-31/2025	BPT Elite Hamburg	21, Q9	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	8/13-17/2025	BPT Elite Montréal	16, Q11	9th	600	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/6-10/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	13	17th	340	US$2,250.00

BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/30/2026	Pool D	Matthew Immers / Leon Luini, Netherlands (9)	Won 18-21, 21-11, 20-18	0:52
Thu, 7/30/2026	Pool D	Mathias Berntsen / Hendrik Mol, Norway (4)	Won 21-19, 21-16	0:33
Fri, 7/31/2026	Pool D	Heitor Barbosa / Vinicius Rezende, Brazil (21, Q10)	Won 23-21, 15-21, 15-12	0:54
Sat, 8/1/2026	Winner 1	Derek Bradford / Evan Cory, United States (22, Q5)	Won 21-18, 25-23	0:47
Sat, 8/1/2026	Winner 2	Arnaud Gauthier-Rat / Teo Rotar, France (8)	Lost 21-19, 23-25, 10-15	0:49

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	2	$47,200.00
World Tour Finals	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$7,500.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	61	1	0	2	1	4	0	13	8	15	10	7	$317,900.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	56	2	2	0	3	5	0	16	0	13	6	9	$176,275.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	5	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	$21,300.00
Total	134	5	2	2	4	10	0	33	8	33	17	20	$570,175.00

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	2	$23,600.00	World Championships	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	2	$23,600.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$3,750.00	World Tour Finals	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$3,750.00
61	1	0	2	1	4	21	15	10	7	$158,950.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	61	1	0	2	1	4	21	15	10	7	$158,950.00
56	2	2	0	3	5	16	13	6	9	$88,137.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	56	2	2	0	3	5	16	13	6	9	$88,137.50
5	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	$10,650.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	5	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	$10,650.00
134	5	2	2	4	10	41	33	17	20	$285,087.50	Total	134	5	2	2	4	10	41	33	17	20	$285,087.50

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	11	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	1	2	0	2	$44,500.00	22	22	50.0 %
2025	FIVB	15	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	3	5	2	0	$65,500.00	25	28	47.2 %
2026	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	$20,200.00	6	10	37.5 %
Total	FIVB	134	5	2	2	4	10	0	33	8	33	17	20	$570,175.00	247	258	48.9 %

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
11	1	0	1	0	0	5	2	0	2	$22,250.00	2024	FIVB	11	1	0	1	0	0	5	2	0	2	$22,250.00
15	0	0	1	0	1	6	5	2	0	$32,750.00	2025	FIVB	15	0	0	1	0	1	6	5	2	0	$32,750.00
5	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	$10,100.00	2026	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	$10,100.00
134	5	2	2	4	10	41	33	17	20	$285,087.50	Total	Total	134	5	2	2	4	10	41	33	17	20	$285,087.50

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	151	65.9%	33	14.4%	45	19.7%	184-45	80.3%	55	20.6%	48	18.0%	164	61.4%	55-212	20.6%	151-164	47.9%	88-93	48.6%	8	1	247-258	48.9%
2025-2026	18	64.3%	3	10.7%	7	25.0%	21-7	75.0%	9	22.5%	7	17.5%	24	60.0%	9-31	22.5%	18-24	42.9%	12-14	46.2%	1	0	31-38	44.9%
Against the Field	9	60.0%	3	20.0%	3	20.0%	12-3	80.0%	3	17.6%	2	11.8%	12	70.6%	3-14	17.6%	18-24	42.9%	12-10	54.5%	0	0	15-17	46.9%

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	15	48	79	0	0	16	26	1	3	2	1	1	0	98	124
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	26	123	151	5	1	55	67	7	6	2	4	5	2	247	258

Head to Head Results
Grimalt/Grimalt trail the series against the field 15-17 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 7 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Goncalves/Lanci, Brazil 0-3
4/10/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Pool A	Goncalves/Lanci	1	Grimalt/Grimalt	12	21-18, 21-16	0:41
10/11/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Newport Beach	Semi-Finals	Goncalves/Lanci	3	Grimalt/Grimalt	13, Q1	21-19, 21-17	0:40
8/27/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Hamburg	Pool D	Goncalves/Lanci	4	Grimalt/Grimalt	21, Q9	16-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:49
Trail the series against # 2 Fokerots/Plavins, Latvia 0-1
12/6/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Itapema	Winner 3	Fokerots/Plavins	2	Grimalt/Grimalt	4	21-18, 24-22	0:36
Trail the series against # 3 Aye/Daubas, France 0-1
11/14/25	FIVB	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool L	Aye/Daubas	13	Grimalt/Grimalt	36	21-15, 18-21, 15-12	0:46
Trail the series against # 4 Berntsen/Mol, Norway 3-4
7/30/26	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro	Pool D	Grimalt/Grimalt	16	Berntsen/Mol	4	21-19, 21-16	0:33
9/24/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	Qualifier 1	Berntsen/Mol	18, Q3	Grimalt/Grimalt	Q14	21-19, 21-19	0:37
4/10/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Pool A	Grimalt/Grimalt	12	Berntsen/Mol	13	21-17, 22-20	1:20
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 # 6 Capogrosso/Capogrosso, Argentina 3-1
8/14/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Montréal	Pool A	Grimalt/Grimalt	16, Q11	Capogrosso/Capogrosso	8	21-17, 21-17	0:35
5/1/24	FIVB	Elite16 Brasília	Qualifier 2	Grimalt/Grimalt	14, Q4	Capogrosso/Capogrosso	Q5	16-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:43
10/7/23	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Pool K	Capogrosso/Capogrosso	35	Grimalt/Grimalt	14	24-22, 21-16	0:42
6/14/22	FIVB	Beach Volleyball World Championships	Lucky Loser	Grimalt/Grimalt	9	Capogrosso/Capogrosso	25	21-18, 15-21, 15-11	0:50
Trail the series against # 8 Gauthier-Rat/Rotar, France 0-2
8/1/26	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro	Winner 2	Gauthier-Rat/Rotar	8	Grimalt/Grimalt	16	19-21, 25-23, 15-10	0:49
6/27/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	Pool G	Gauthier-Rat/Rotar	7	Grimalt/Grimalt	10	21-16, 21-14	0:34
Lead the series against # 9 Immers/Luini, Netherlands 1-0
7/30/26	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro	Pool D	Grimalt/Grimalt	16	Immers/Luini	9	18-21, 21-11, 20-18	0:52
Series tied with # 13 Berger/Hammarberg, Austria 1-1
5/2/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Winner 1	Berger/Hammarberg	7	Grimalt/Grimalt	13	21-15, 21-17	0:33
5/28/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Ostrava	Qualifier 1	Grimalt/Grimalt	19, Q7	Berger/Hammarberg	Q10	22-20, 21-17	0:37
Series tied with # 14 Cottafava/Dal Corso, Italy 1-1
4/8/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Pool A	Cottafava/Dal Corso	13	Grimalt/Grimalt	12	18-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:46
10/2/25	FIVB	BPT Challenge Veracruz	Pool F	Grimalt/Grimalt	11	Cottafava/Dal Corso	22	21-17, 21-18	0:35
Series tied with # 15 Bello/Bello, England 1-1
3/28/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	Winner 1	Bello/Bello	6	Grimalt/Grimalt	8	21-16, 21-18	0:37
4/17/24	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Qualifier 1	Grimalt/Grimalt	16, Q11	Bello/Bello	Q6	21-15, 25-27, 15-10	0:57
Trail the series against # 17, Q1 Amieva/Bueno, Argentina 0-1
4/9/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Pool A	Amieva/Bueno	24, Q8	Grimalt/Grimalt	12	21-19, 16-21, 15-11	0:47
Lead the series against # 18, Q2 Caldwell/LaBouliere, United States 1-0
5/1/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Pool A	Grimalt/Grimalt	13	Caldwell/LaBouliere	24, Q14	21-19, 31-29	0:44
Trail the series against # 19, Q3 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
Lead the series against # 21, Q10 Barbosa/Rezende, Brazil 3-0
7/31/26	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro	Pool D	Grimalt/Grimalt	16	Barbosa/Rezende	21, Q10	23-21, 15-21, 15-12	0:54
8/13/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Montréal	Qualifier 1	Grimalt/Grimalt	16, Q11	Barbosa/Rezende	Q6	21-16, 21-12	0:32
5/1/24	FIVB	Elite16 Brasília	Qualifier 1	Grimalt/Grimalt	14, Q4	Barbosa/Rezende	Q13	26-24, 21-14	0:39
Lead the series against # 22, Q5 Bradford/Cory, United States 1-0
8/1/26	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro	Winner 1	Grimalt/Grimalt	16	Bradford/Cory	22, Q5	21-18, 25-23	0:47