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$250,000 AVP Manhattan Beach Open Presented by Bud Light
August 18 - 21, 2005

(26, Q5) Steve Grotowski/Adam Roberts

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

Adam Roberts

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 25, 1976 (49 yrs old)

Home Town:

High Point, NC

Height:

6'1"

College(s):

Kansas State

Seasons:

Tournaments:

264

Career Wins:

Career AVP Best:

2nd (Waupaca 2023)

Career Winnings:

$108,959.25

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
AVP	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	1	$1,575.00

Previous Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2001	Did not play	Jim Walls - 33rd
2002	Brian Schoenbaum - 49th	Jim Walls - 33rd
2003	Did not play	Matt Heath - 25th
2004	Ranse Jones - 33rd	Matt Heath - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/11-13/2005	Huntington Beach Open	Q2	33rd	24	$0.00
AVP	6/30-7/3/2005	Cincinnati Open	26, Q2	25th	52	$250.00
AVP	6/10-12/2005	San Diego Open	26, Q1	17th	72	$550.00
AVP	5/20-22/2005	Santa Barbara Open	24, Q2	25th	36	$100.00
AVP	4/29-5/1/2005	Austin Open	Q5	25th	36	$0.00
AVP	4/22-24/2005	Tempe Open	Q6	25th	36	$0.00
AVP	4/1-3/2005	Fort Lauderdale Open	22, Q2	25th	36	$100.00

Manhattan Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Thu, 8/18/2005

Qualifier 2

Daniel Lindsey / Austin Rester (Q60)

Won 21-10, 21-14

0:38

Thu, 8/18/2005

Qualifier 3

Jon Mesko / Tom Slauterbeck (Q37)

Won 23-21, 21-18

0:45

Thu, 8/18/2005

Qualifier 4

Chris Harger / Tony Pray (Q12)

Won 21-19, 21-9

0:42

Fri, 8/19/2005

Winner 1

Karch Kiraly / Mike Lambert (7)

Lost 17-21, 17-21

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Steve Grotowski	Total	22	12	4	0.364	1	5	0	1
	1	12	7	3	0.333	0	3	0	1
	2	10	5	1	0.400	1	2	0	0
Adam Roberts	Total	39	18	7	0.282	0	15	0	0
	1	22	9	5	0.182	0	11	0	0
	2	17	9	2	0.412	0	4	0	0

Sun, 8/21/2005

Contender 1

John Hyden / Adam Jewell (10)

Lost 9-21, 13-21

0:34

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Steve Grotowski	Total	25	11	4	0.280	1	3	0	2
	1	11	5	3	0.182	0	1	0	1
	2	14	6	1	0.357	1	2	0	1
Adam Roberts	Total	22	9	4	0.227	0	9	0	1
	1	9	4	2	0.222	0	6	0	1
	2	13	5	2	0.231	0	3	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Steve Grotowski	47	23	8	0.319	2	8	0	3
Adam Roberts	61	27	11	0.262	0	24	0	1
Total	108	50	19	0.287	2	32	0	4
Opponents	100	56	3	0.530	3	44	2	3

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	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	0	$1,325.00
Manhattan Beach	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00
Total	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	0	$1,575.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Steve Grotowski												Adam Roberts
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,650.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
70	0	0	0	0	4	10	13	19	0	$37,537.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	150	0	0	0	0	3	37	54	32	1	$63,307.50
											Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	28	0	0	1	1	5	7	8	1	0	$2,800.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$1,225.00	Challenger	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$700.00
											Satellite	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$375.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$925.00	Manhattan Beach	16	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	3	0	$5,530.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	Tour Championships	9	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	0	$3,300.00
											Gold Series	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$2,750.00
											Heritage Series/Pro Series	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	2	$2,025.00
											Contender Series/Tour Series	14	0	1	0	0	1	7	4	1	0	$2,900.00
89	0	0	0	0	5	13	16	21	0	$44,837.50	Total	233	0	1	1	1	10	61	77	40	3	$83,687.50

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
2005	AVP	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	1	$1,250.00	21	13	61.8 %
Total	AVP	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	1	$1,250.00	21	13	61.8 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Steve Grotowski													Adam Roberts
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1998	AVP	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	$995.00
											1999	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2000	USAV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
											2000	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	$750.00
											2000	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$250.00
											2001	AVP	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	1	$1,325.00
											2001	BVA	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,000.00
											2001	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2002	AVP	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	$400.00
											2002	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2003	AVP	8	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	1	$2,650.00
											2003	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	$350.00	2004	AVP	9	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	0	0	$4,280.00
											2004	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	1	$625.00	2005	AVP	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	2	$1,325.00
17	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	7	$975.00	Total	Total	62	0	0	1	0	0	12	18	17	14	$16,425.00

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	20	80.0%	2	8.0%	3	12.0%	22-3	88.0%	4	25.0%	2	12.5%	10	62.5%	4-12	25.0%	20-10	66.7%	6-5	54.5%	0	1	26-16	61.9%
2004-2005	20	80.0%	2	8.0%	3	12.0%	22-3	88.0%	4	25.0%	2	12.5%	10	62.5%	4-12	25.0%	20-10	66.7%	6-5	54.5%	0	1	26-16	61.9%
Against the Field	8	88.9%	0	0.0%	1	11.1%	8-1	88.9%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	7	100.0%	0-7	0.0%	16-14	53.3%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	8-8	50.0%

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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	22	4	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	14
Manhattan Beach	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Total	0	0	25	4	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	16

Head to Head Results
Grotowski/Roberts trail the series against the field 6-7 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 6 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 Rosenthal/Witt 0-1
6/11/05	AVP	San Diego Open	Contender 2	Rosenthal/Witt	9	Grotowski/Roberts	26, Q1	21-17, 21-12	0:33
Trail the series against # 5 Dalhausser/Lucena 0-2
6/11/05	AVP	San Diego Open	Winner 1	Dalhausser/Lucena	7	Grotowski/Roberts	26, Q1	21-15, 21-12	0:27
4/2/05	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 1	Dalhausser/Lucena	11	Grotowski/Roberts	22, Q2	18-21, 21-11, 15-11	0:44
Trail the series against # 6 Rogers/Scott 0-1
5/21/05	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Winner 1	Rogers/Scott	9	Grotowski/Roberts	24, Q2	21-10, 21-13	0:35
Trail the series against # 7 Kiraly/Lambert 0-1
8/19/05	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1	Kiraly/Lambert	7	Grotowski/Roberts	26, Q5	21-17, 21-17	0:35
Trail the series against # 8 Blanton/Wong 0-1
7/1/05	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 1	Blanton/Wong	7	Grotowski/Roberts	26, Q2	22-20, 21-17	0:36
Trail the series against # 10 Hyden/Jewell 0-1
8/21/05	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 1	Hyden/Jewell	10	Grotowski/Roberts	26, Q5	21-9, 21-13	0:34
Lead the series against # Q12 Harger/Pray 1-0
8/18/05	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Qualifier 4	Grotowski/Roberts	26, Q5	Harger/Pray	Q12	21-19, 21-9	0:42
Lead the series against # Q27 Iordanov/Woo 1-0
8/11/05	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Qualifier 3	Grotowski/Roberts	Q2	Iordanov/Woo	Q34	21-16, 21-12	0:45
Lead the series against # Q31 Michael/Paulson 1-0
6/10/05	AVP	San Diego Open	Qualifier 2	Grotowski/Roberts	26, Q1	Michael/Paulson	Q65	21-18, 21-17	0:38
Lead the series against # Q36 Burnham/Sandoval 1-0
6/10/05	AVP	San Diego Open	Qualifier 3	Grotowski/Roberts	26, Q1	Burnham/Sandoval	Q33	21-14, 21-17	0:37
Lead the series against # Q37 Mesko/Slauterbeck 1-0
8/18/05	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Qualifier 3	Grotowski/Roberts	26, Q5	Mesko/Slauterbeck	Q37	23-21, 21-18	0:45
Lead the series against # Q60 Lindsey/Rester 1-0
8/18/05	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Qualifier 2	Grotowski/Roberts	26, Q5	Lindsey/Rester	Q60	21-10, 21-14	0:38