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$245,000 AVP Cuervo Gold Crown Fort Lauderdale Open
March 31 - April 2, 2006

(25) Mike DiPierro/Steve Grotowski

Mike DiPierro

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 10, 1980 (45 yrs old)

Home Town:

Pompano Beach, FL

Height:

6'6"

College(s):

Lindenwood University
St. Louis Junior

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (NVL Port St. Lucie 2016)

Career AVP Best:

7th (2 times)

Career Winnings:

$56,817.50

Steve Grotowski

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 30, 1982 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

London

Height:

6'6"

College(s):

University of New Haven

Seasons:

Tournaments:

120

Career Wins:

1 (NVL Port St. Lucie 2016)

Career AVP Best:

5th (Cincinnati 2013)

Career Winnings:

$82,274.60

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	17	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	7	3	$24,350.00
NVL	5	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$19,250.00
Overall	22	1	1	2	0	1	2	2	3	7	3	$43,600.00

Previous Fort Lauderdale Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2003	David DiPierro - 33rd	Mike Morales - 41st
2004	David DiPierro - 25th	Ranse Jones - 25th
2005	David DiPierro - 17th	Adam Roberts - 25th

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

Fort Lauderdale Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 4/1/2006

Winner 1

Nick Lucena / Mark Williams (8)

Lost 16-21, 17-21

0:40

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike DiPierro	Total	15	6	2	0.267	1	10	0	1
	1	4	2	1	0.250	0	1	0	1
	2	11	4	1	0.273	1	9	0	0
Steve Grotowski	Total	26	17	4	0.500	1	2	0	4
	1	13	9	1	0.615	0	0	0	3
	2	13	8	3	0.385	1	2	0	1

Sat, 4/1/2006

Contender 1

Kevin Wong / Scott Wong (9)

Won 24-22, 18-21, 17-15

1:39

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike DiPierro	Total	45	24	3	0.467	0	18	1	0
	1	19	11	1	0.526	0	8	1	0
	2	15	5	2	0.200	0	6	0	0
	3	11	8	0	0.727	0	4	0	0
Steve Grotowski	Total	27	16	1	0.556	3	11	3	5
	1	10	5	0	0.500	2	6	0	1
	2	10	7	0	0.700	1	4	1	2
	3	7	4	1	0.429	0	1	2	2

Sat, 4/1/2006

Contender 2

John Hyden / Jeff Nygaard (7)

Lost 18-21, 16-21

0:49

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike DiPierro	Total	28	11	7	0.143	1	3	2	1
	1	12	5	3	0.167	0	2	1	1
	2	16	6	4	0.125	1	1	1	0
Steve Grotowski	Total	23	11	4	0.304	2	1	0	3
	1	7	5	0	0.714	0	0	0	2
	2	16	6	4	0.125	2	1	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike DiPierro	88	41	12	0.330	2	31	3	2
Steve Grotowski	76	44	9	0.461	6	14	3	12
Total	164	85	21	0.390	8	45	6	14
Opponents	157	85	13	0.459	11	42	11	10

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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	16	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	6	3	0	$23,550.00
Manhattan Beach	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$800.00
Total	17	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	7	3	0	$24,350.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Mike DiPierro												Steve Grotowski
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,650.00
63	0	0	0	0	2	14	27	12	0	$32,317.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	70	0	0	0	0	4	10	13	19	0	$37,537.50
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$1,200.00	Challenger	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$1,225.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$900.00	Manhattan Beach	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$925.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	Tour Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00
73	0	0	0	1	2	15	29	13	0	$35,667.50	Total	89	0	0	0	0	5	13	16	21	0	$44,837.50

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
2004	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	1	2	33.3 %
2006	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$600.00	1	2	33.3 %
Total	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$1,100.00	2	4	33.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Mike DiPierro													Steve Grotowski
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2000	AVP
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2000	FIVB
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	$300.00	2001	AVP
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$50.00	2002	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	$50.00	2003	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	$350.00	2004	AVP	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	$350.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	1	$1,425.00	2005	AVP	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	1	$787.50
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$300.00	2006	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$300.00
25	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	9	11	$2,475.00	Total	Total	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	10	7	$1,437.50

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	23	60.5%	11	28.9%	4	10.5%	34-4	89.5%	2	6.7%	6	20.0%	22	73.3%	2-28	6.7%	23-22	51.1%	13-10	56.5%	0	1	36-33	52.2%
2005-2006	14	63.6%	5	22.7%	3	13.6%	19-3	86.4%	0	0.0%	2	12.5%	14	87.5%	0-16	0.0%	14-14	50.0%	5-5	50.0%	0	0	19-19	50.0%
Against the Field	4	50.0%	3	37.5%	1	12.5%	7-1	87.5%	0	0.0%	2	18.2%	9	81.8%	0-11	0.0%	8-18	30.8%	6-6	50.0%	0	0	7-12	36.8%

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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	6	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	35	31
Manhattan Beach	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Total	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	6	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	36	33

Head to Head Results
DiPierro/Grotowski trail the series against the field 1-3 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 7 Hyden/Nygaard 0-1
4/1/06	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Contender 2	Hyden/Nygaard	7	DiPierro/Grotowski	25	21-18, 21-16	0:49
Trail the series against # 8 Lucena/Williams 0-1
4/1/06	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 1	Lucena/Williams	8	DiPierro/Grotowski	25	21-16, 21-17	0:40
Lead the series against # 9 Wong/Wong 1-0
4/1/06	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Contender 1	DiPierro/Grotowski	25	Wong/Wong	9	24-22, 18-21, 17-15	1:39
Trail the series against # 11 Ring/Roumain 0-1
9/4/04	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 2	Ring/Roumain	6	DiPierro/Grotowski	28	30-28, 21-18	0:49