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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$350,000 World Series 13
July 15 - 20, 2008

(30, Q8) Steve Grotowski/Gregg Weaver, England

Steve Grotowski
England

/ United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 30, 1982 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

London

Height:

198 cm (6'6")

Weight:

93 kg (205 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (FIVB C&S Geroskipou 2007)

Career FIVB WT Best:

17th (6 times)

Career Winnings:

US$18,475.00

Gregg Weaver
England

Photo: eurobeachtour.com

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 3, 1982 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Poole, England

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

85 kg (187 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (FIVB C&S Geroskipou 2007)

Career FIVB WT Best:

13th (Québec 2011)

Career Winnings:

US$16,500.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	4	8	US$24,200.00
FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	US$1,750.00
Overall	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	5	4	8	US$25,950.00

Previous Marseille Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2007	Gregg Weaver - 41st	Steve Grotowski - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB C&S	7/3-6/2008	Brno Challenger	9	13th	24	US$700.00
FIVB	6/3-8/2008	Stare Jablonki Open	Q17	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	5/13-18/2008	Italian Open	Q30	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	3/25-30/2008	Adelaide Australia Open	Q19	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	8/15-19/2007	Aland Open	Q16	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	8/8-12/2007	Kristiansand Open	Q20	41st	16	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	7/26-29/2007	Geroskipou Challenger	11, Q3	9th	32	US$1,050.00
FIVB	7/18-22/2007	Marseille Open	Q34	41st	18	US$0.00

Marseille Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/16/2008	Qualifier 1	Abdullah Al Ali / Saleh Mousa, United Arab Emirates (Q25)	Won 21-11, 21-14	0:37
Wed, 7/16/2008	Qualifier 2	Oivind Hordvik / Bjorn Ingeborgrud, Norway (31, Q9)	Won 25-23, 21-16	0:44
Thu, 7/17/2008	Winner 1	Pablo Herrera / Raul Mesa, Spain (3)	Lost 21-23, 19-21	0:44
Thu, 7/17/2008	Contender 1	Bjorn Berg / Hannes Brinkborg, Sweden (14)	Lost 18-21, 9-21	0:39

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,800.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	0	$22,400.00
Challenger	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,750.00
Total	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	5	0	$25,950.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Steve Grotowski												Gregg Weaver
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	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$900.00
32	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	7	0	$14,600.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	34	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	5	0	$14,725.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$1,225.00	Challenger	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$875.00
											U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
45	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	8	0	$18,475.00	Total	49	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	6	0	$16,500.00

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
2007	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2	3	40.0 %
2007	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,050.00	3	2	60.0 %
2008	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$1,800.00	4	5	44.4 %
2008	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$700.00	1	2	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	$1,800.00	6	8	42.9 %
Total	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,750.00	4	4	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Steve Grotowski													Gregg Weaver
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2002	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2002	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	$0.00	2007	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$875.00	2007	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$525.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$900.00	2008	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$900.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$350.00	2008	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$350.00
15	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	11	$2,125.00	Total	Total	12	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	8	$1,775.00

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	15	57.7%	3	11.5%	8	30.8%	18-8	69.2%	3	11.1%	7	25.9%	17	63.0%	3-24	11.1%	15-17	46.9%	6-15	28.6%	1	0	22-32	40.7%
2007-2008	10	66.7%	0	0.0%	5	33.3%	10-5	66.7%	3	18.8%	4	25.0%	9	56.3%	3-13	18.8%	10-9	52.6%	3-9	25.0%	0	0	13-18	41.9%
Against the Field	3	50.0%	0	0.0%	3	50.0%	3-3	50.0%	1	11.1%	1	11.1%	7	77.8%	1-8	11.1%	6-14	30.0%	2-8	20.0%	0	0	4-11	26.7%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	16	8	0	0	0	0	2	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	28
Challenger	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4
Total	0	0	19	11	0	0	0	0	2	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	36

Head to Head Results
Grotowski/Weaver trail the series against the field 3-4 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 3 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Herrera/Mesa, Spain 0-1
7/17/08	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 1	Herrera/Mesa	3	Grotowski/Weaver	30, Q8	23-21, 21-19	0:44
Trail the series against # 14 Berg/Brinkborg, Sweden 0-1
7/17/08	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 1	Berg/Brinkborg	14	Grotowski/Weaver	30, Q8	21-18, 21-9	0:39
Trail the series against # 22 Li/Zhou, China 0-1
7/18/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Qualifier 2	Li/Zhou	23, Q2	Grotowski/Weaver	Q34	15-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:57
Series tied with # 28, Q6 Hupfer/Schroffenegger, Austria 1-1
6/4/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Qualifier 2	Hupfer/Schroffenegger	Q16	Grotowski/Weaver	Q17	21-14, 21-12	0:32
7/18/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Qualifier 1	Grotowski/Weaver	Q34	Hupfer/Schroffenegger	Q31	21-19, 21-16	0:37
Lead the series against # 31, Q9 Hordvik/Ingeborgrud, Norway 1-0
7/16/08	FIVB	Marseille Open	Qualifier 2	Grotowski/Weaver	30, Q8	Hordvik/Ingeborgrud	31, Q9	25-23, 21-16	0:44
Lead the series against # Q25 Al Ali/Mousa, United Arab Emirates 1-0
7/16/08	FIVB	Marseille Open	Qualifier 1	Grotowski/Weaver	30, Q8	Al Ali/Mousa	Q25	21-11, 21-14	0:37