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AVP Tour
$250,000 McDonald's Chicago Open presented by Nautica
July 20 - 23, 2006

(20) Mike DiPierro/Steve Grotowski

Mike DiPierro

Photo: Ed Chan

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 10, 1980 (44 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 Chicago Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2000	David DiPierro - 41st	Did not play
FIVB 2000	David DiPierro - 49th	Did not play
2003	David DiPierro - 33rd	Did not play
2004	Steve Grotowski - 17th	Mike DiPierro - 17th
2005	Jim Nichols - 41st	Adam Roberts - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	7/13-16/2006	Birmingham-Hoover Open	18	17th	72	$600.00
AVP	7/6-9/2006	Atlanta Open	21	9th	144	$2,600.00
AVP	6/29-7/2/2006	Seaside Heights Open	25, Q2	13th	108	$1,400.00
AVP	5/26-28/2006	Huntington Beach Open	27, Q2	17th	72	$600.00
AVP	5/18-21/2006	Santa Barbara Open	25, Q1	25th	52	$350.00
AVP	3/31-4/2/2006	Fort Lauderdale Open	25	17th	72	$600.00

Chicago Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 7/21/2006

Winner 1

Eric Fonoimoana / George Roumain (13)

Lost 14-21, 17-21

0:41

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike DiPierro	Total	13	6	3	0.231	0	2	0	3
	1	5	1	3	-0.400	0	1	0	0
	2	8	5	0	0.625	0	1	0	3
Steve Grotowski	Total	30	18	8	0.333	1	11	1	5
	1	18	11	5	0.333	0	7	0	3
	2	12	7	3	0.333	1	4	1	2

Fri, 7/21/2006

Contender 1

David Fischer / Scott Hill (29, Q3)

Lost 28-30, 21-18, 13-15

1:08

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike DiPierro	Total	32	13	4	0.281	1	16	0	1
	1	20	9	3	0.300	0	10	0	1
	2	9	2	0	0.222	1	5	0	0
	3	3	2	1	0.333	0	1	0	0
Steve Grotowski	Total	46	24	8	0.348	5	8	0	0
	1	22	7	6	0.045	3	5	0	0
	2	14	11	1	0.714	0	3	0	0
	3	10	6	1	0.500	2	0	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Mike DiPierro	45	19	7	0.267	1	18	0	4
Steve Grotowski	76	42	16	0.342	6	19	1	5
Total	121	61	23	0.314	7	37	1	9
Opponents	109	59	17	0.385	10	33	1	6

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	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	2	0	$6,500.00	15	14	51.7 %
Total	AVP	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	2	0	$7,000.00	16	16	50.0 %

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
8	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	0	$3,625.00	2006	AVP	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	0	$3,250.00
32	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	11	11	$5,800.00	Total	Total	26	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	12	7	$4,387.50

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	2	28.6%	5	71.4%	0	0.0%	7-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	2	14.3%	12	85.7%	0-14	0.0%	4-24	14.3%	10-4	71.4%	0	0	7-14	33.3%

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 4-9 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 7 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 5 Gibb/Rosenthal 1-0
7/7/06	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 2	DiPierro/Grotowski	21	Gibb/Rosenthal	5	21-17, 16-21, 15-13	0:59
Trail the series against # 6 Hyden/Nygaard 0-2
7/7/06	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 3	Hyden/Nygaard	4	DiPierro/Grotowski	21	21-11, 21-19	0:38
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 # 7 Stolfus/Wachtfogel 0-1
7/8/06	AVP	Atlanta Open	Contender 3	Stolfus/Wachtfogel	7	DiPierro/Grotowski	21	24-22, 21-19	0:47
Lead the series against # 8 Doble/Mariano 1-0
6/30/06	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Winner 1	DiPierro/Grotowski	25, Q2	Doble/Mariano	8	21-16, 23-21	0:48
Trail the series against # 11 Keenan/Mayer 0-1
7/1/06	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Contender 3	Keenan/Mayer	18	DiPierro/Grotowski	25, Q2	21-10, 21-18	0:34
Series tied with # 13 Fonoimoana/Roumain 1-1
7/21/06	AVP	Chicago Open	Winner 1	Fonoimoana/Roumain	13	DiPierro/Grotowski	20	21-14, 21-17	0:41
7/7/06	AVP	Atlanta Open	Winner 1	DiPierro/Grotowski	21	Fonoimoana/Roumain	12	21-16, 18-21, 18-16	1:12
Trail the series against # 14 Baxter/Ring 0-1
7/14/06	AVP	Birmingham-Hoover Open	Winner 1	Baxter/Ring	15	DiPierro/Grotowski	18	21-19, 21-15	0:47
Trail the series against # 16 Loomis/Ratledge 0-1
6/30/06	AVP	Seaside Heights Open	Winner 2	Loomis/Ratledge	9	DiPierro/Grotowski	25, Q2	21-14, 21-12	0:41
Trail the series against # 17 Blanton/Prosser 0-1
7/15/06	AVP	Birmingham-Hoover Open	Contender 2	Blanton/Prosser	16	DiPierro/Grotowski	18	21-18, 21-10	0:44
Trail the series against # 29, Q3 Fischer/Hill 0-1
7/21/06	AVP	Chicago Open	Contender 1	Fischer/Hill	29, Q3	DiPierro/Grotowski	20	30-28, 18-21, 15-13	1:08
Lead the series against # Q15 Moran/Seiffert 1-0
7/14/06	AVP	Birmingham-Hoover Open	Contender 1	DiPierro/Grotowski	18	Moran/Seiffert	31, Q8	25-23, 18-21, 15-12	1:13