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$150,000 DO AC Invitational
September 5 - 7, 2014

(9) Pedro Brazao/Steve Grotowski

Pedro Grael Brazão

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 27, 1979 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Height:

6'5"

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB C&S Cattolica 2004)

Career AVP Best:

3rd (2 times)

Career Winnings:

$128,590.00

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	5	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	$17,600.00

Previous Atlantic City Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2013	Did not play	Casey Jennings - 7th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/7-10/2014	Salt Lake City Open	8	9th	300	$2,500.00
AVP	7/3-6/2014	Milwaukee Open	9	7th	370	$3,800.00
AVP	5/29-6/1/2014	St. Petersburg Open	9	9th	300	$2,500.00
AVP	10/17-20/2013	AVP Championships at Huntington Beach	12	7th	370	$5,000.00

DO AC Invitational Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 9/6/2014

Winner 1

Adrian Carambula / Stafford Slick (8)

Lost 16-21, 17-21

0:45

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Pedro Brazao	Total	26	15	7	0.308	1	2	0	3
	1	12	6	3	0.250	0	0	0	1
	2	14	9	4	0.357	1	2	0	2
Steve Grotowski	Total	14	8	1	0.500	1	1	1	1
	1	9	6	1	0.556	0	1	0	1
	2	5	2	0	0.400	1	0	1	0

Sat, 9/6/2014

Contender 1

Shane Donohue / Eric Lucas (16, Q9)

Won 21-11, 19-21, 15-13

1:03

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Pedro Brazao	Total	51	26	7	0.373	1	15	0	2
	1	11	7	1	0.545	0	3	0	1
	2	21	10	3	0.333	1	6	0	1
	3	19	9	3	0.316	0	6	0	0
Steve Grotowski	Total	23	11	3	0.348	6	4	2	6
	1	6	5	0	0.833	2	0	2	3
	2	6	4	0	0.667	3	3	0	2
	3	11	2	3	-0.091	1	1	0	1

Sat, 9/6/2014

Contender 2

Jeremy Casebeer / Casey Jennings (6)

Won 21-18, 21-17

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Pedro Brazao	Total	26	15	2	0.500	0	7	0	1
	1	15	9	2	0.467	0	4	0	1
	2	11	6	0	0.545	0	3	0	0
Steve Grotowski	Total	16	11	2	0.563	5	1	1	3
	1	7	5	1	0.571	3	0	0	1
	2	9	6	1	0.556	2	1	1	2

Sun, 9/7/2014

Contender 3

Billy Allen / Trevor Crabb (7)

Lost 18-21, 21-18, 13-15

1:06

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Pedro Brazao	Total	49	23	4	0.388	0	11	3	2
	1	19	8	2	0.316	0	4	2	1
	2	17	9	1	0.471	0	6	1	0
	3	13	6	1	0.385	0	1	0	1
Steve Grotowski	Total	23	15	2	0.565	1	9	0	4
	1	9	6	1	0.556	0	2	0	3
	2	10	6	1	0.500	1	3	0	1
	3	4	3	0	0.750	0	4	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Pedro Brazao	152	79	20	0.388	2	35	3	8
Steve Grotowski	76	45	8	0.487	13	15	4	14

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	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	$8,800.00
Tour Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00
Total	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	$13,800.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Pedro Brazao												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	1	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00	World Championships
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$5,875.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,650.00
49	0	0	2	0	10	30	2	1	0	$85,185.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	70	0	0	0	0	4	10	13	19	0	$37,537.50
											Challenger	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$1,225.00
2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,850.00	Satellite
4	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	$6,855.00	Manhattan Beach	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$925.00
5	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	$8,250.00	Tour Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00
64	1	0	3	0	12	38	4	1	0	$115,515.00	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
2013	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00	2	2	50.0 %
2014	AVP	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	$12,600.00	6	8	42.9 %
Total	AVP	5	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	$17,600.00	8	10	44.4 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Pedro Brazao													Steve Grotowski
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,750.00	2001	FIVB
											2002	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
											2003	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$11,000.00	2003	FIVB
											2004	AVP	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	$350.00
9	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	5	$8,875.00	2004	FIVB
2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,850.00	2004	FIVB C&S
											2005	AVP	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	1	$787.50
											2006	AVP	10	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	3	0	$4,050.00
											2007	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	$0.00
											2007	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$875.00
											2007	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
17	0	0	1	0	5	9	2	0	0	$32,575.00	2008	AVP
											2008	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	3	$6,800.00
											2008	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$350.00
											2008	CEV	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	$600.00
14	0	0	1	0	3	10	0	0	0	$33,890.00	2009	AVP
											2009	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	6	$5,300.00
											2009	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$1,000.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	$7,725.00	2010	AVP	6	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	0	$7,875.00
											2010	P&R	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$1,500.00	2011	NVL	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,375.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00	2011	Wide Open	4	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	$6,250.00
2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$4,125.00	2011	Pro Beach	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$4,062.50
											2011	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	$2,400.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$2,500.00	2012	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$750.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$1,125.00	2012	Pro Beach	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$6,625.00
											2012	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	6	$2,750.00
5	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	$8,125.00	2013	AVP	6	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	0	$9,900.00
4	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	$6,300.00	2014	AVP	4	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	$6,300.00
73	1	0	4	0	14	42	6	1	5	$122,340.00	Total	Total	115	0	1	3	0	15	16	20	21	39	$71,900.00

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	4	50.0%	4	50.0%	0	0.0%	8-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	2	20.0%	8	80.0%	0-10	0.0%	4-8	33.3%	4-2	66.7%	0	0	8-10	44.4%
2013-2014	4	50.0%	4	50.0%	0	0.0%	8-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	2	20.0%	8	80.0%	0-10	0.0%	4-8	33.3%	4-2	66.7%	0	0	8-10	44.4%
Against the Field	2	66.7%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	12.5%	7	87.5%	0-8	0.0%	4-14	22.2%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	3-8	27.3%

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	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	6
Tour Championships	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	8

Head to Head Results
Brazao/Grotowski trail the series against the field 3-8 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 5 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Gibb/Patterson 0-2
7/5/14	AVP	Milwaukee Open	Winner 2	Gibb/Patterson	1	Brazao/Grotowski	9	21-17, 21-13	0:45
10/19/13	AVP	AVP Championships at Huntington Beach	Contender 3	Gibb/Patterson	1	Brazao/Grotowski	12	21-19, 21-16	0:43
Trail the series against # 2 Bourne/Hyden 0-1
8/9/14	AVP	Salt Lake City Open	Winner 2	Bourne/Hyden	1	Brazao/Grotowski	8	22-20, 21-13	0:44
Trail the series against # 3 Doherty/Lucena 0-1
5/31/14	AVP	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 2	Doherty/Lucena	3	Brazao/Grotowski	9	21-15, 22-20	0:47
Series tied with # 6 Casebeer/Jennings 1-1
9/6/14	AVP	DO AC Invitational	Contender 2	Brazao/Grotowski	9	Casebeer/Jennings	6	21-18, 21-17	0:42
7/5/14	AVP	Milwaukee Open	Contender 3	Casebeer/Jennings	10	Brazao/Grotowski	9	21-18, 21-17	0:46
Trail the series against # 7 Allen/Crabb 0-1
9/7/14	AVP	DO AC Invitational	Contender 3	Allen/Crabb	7	Brazao/Grotowski	9	21-18, 18-21, 15-13	1:06
Series tied with # 8 Carambula/Slick 1-1
9/6/14	AVP	DO AC Invitational	Winner 1	Carambula/Slick	8	Brazao/Grotowski	9	21-16, 21-17	0:45
10/18/13	AVP	AVP Championships at Huntington Beach	Winner 1	Brazao/Grotowski	12	Carambula/Slick	5	21-18, 21-15	0:43
Trail the series against # 10 McColloch/Olson 0-1
8/9/14	AVP	Salt Lake City Open	Contender 2	McColloch/Olson	11	Brazao/Grotowski	8	23-21, 21-11	0:46
Lead the series against # 16, Q9 Donohue/Lucas 1-0
9/6/14	AVP	DO AC Invitational	Contender 1	Brazao/Grotowski	9	Donohue/Lucas	16, Q9	21-11, 19-21, 15-13	1:03