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US$190,000 Foro Italico Open presented by Skipper
May 12 - 17, 2009

(25, Q4) 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 Rome Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2009	Shanghai Open	Q5	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	11/11-15/2008	Sanya Open	22	17th	120	US$2,500.00
FIVB	10/27-11/1/2008	Manama Open	18	17th	120	US$2,500.00
FIVB	10/6-11/2008	Dubai Open	25, Q4	17th	120	US$2,500.00
FIVB	9/16-21/2008	Guarajà Open	17	17th	120	US$2,500.00
FIVB	8/26-31/2008	Kristiansand Open	28, Q7	25th	60	US$1,800.00
FIVB	7/15-20/2008	Marseille Open	30, Q8	25th	60	US$1,800.00
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

Rome Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/13/2009	Qualifier 2	Nikolay Kolev / Neven Neshev, Bulgaria (Q36)	Won 0-1 Retired	0:09
Wed, 5/13/2009	Qualifier 3	Daan Spijkers / Niels van de Sande, Netherlands (Q13)	Won 21-17, 34-32	0:54
Thu, 5/14/2009	Winner 1	Jonathan Erdmann / Stefan Windscheif, Germany (8, Q5)	Lost 12-21, 21-15, 10-15	0:47
Thu, 5/14/2009	Contender 1	Emiel Boersma / Joppe Paulides, Netherlands (24)	Lost 14-21, 18-21	0:40

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	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	3	$13,600.00	11	15	42.3 %
2008	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$700.00	1	2	33.3 %
2009	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$2,000.00	2	3	40.0 %
Total	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	7	$15,600.00	15	21	41.7 %
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
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	3	$6,800.00	2008	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	3	$6,800.00
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
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,000.00	2009	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,000.00
22	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	3	12	$9,025.00	Total	Total	19	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	4	9	$8,675.00

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%
2008-2009	13	56.5%	3	13.0%	7	30.4%	16-7	69.6%	3	12.0%	6	24.0%	16	64.0%	3-22	12.0%	13-16	44.8%	6-13	31.6%	1	0	20-29	40.8%
Against the Field	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	1	9.1%	2	18.2%	8	72.7%	1-10	9.1%	2-14	12.5%	4-6	40.0%	1	0	4-10	28.6%

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
Series tied against the field 4-4 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 8, Q5 Erdmann/Windscheif, Germany 0-1
5/14/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Winner 1	Erdmann/Windscheif	8, Q5	Grotowski/Weaver	25, Q4	21-12, 15-21, 15-10	0:47
Lead the series against # 17 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 2-0
11/12/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Winner 1	Grotowski/Weaver	22	Fijalek/Prudel	11	16-21, 21-18, 15-9	0:54
7/4/08	FIVB C&S	Brno Challenger	Contender 1	Grotowski/Weaver	9	Fijalek/Prudel	7	23-21, 21-13	0:37
Trail the series against # 23 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 0-1
10/9/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Contender 2	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	7	Grotowski/Weaver	25, Q4	21-17, 18-21, 17-15	0:58
Trail the series against # 24 Boersma/Paulides, Netherlands 0-1
5/14/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Contender 1	Boersma/Paulides	24	Grotowski/Weaver	25, Q4	21-14, 21-18	0:40
Lead the series against # Q13 Spijkers/van de Sande, Netherlands 1-0
5/13/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Qualifier 3	Grotowski/Weaver	25, Q4	Spijkers/van de Sande	Q13	21-17, 34-32	0:54
Trail the series against # Q14 Boehm/McHugh, Australia 0-1
4/30/09	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Qualifier 2	Boehm/McHugh	31, Q12	Grotowski/Weaver	Q5	21-19, 21-18	0:44
Lead the series against # Q36 Kolev/Neshev, Bulgaria 1-0
5/13/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Qualifier 2	Grotowski/Weaver	25, Q4	Kolev/Neshev	Q36	0-1 Retired	0:09