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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$380,000 Otera Open
August 11 - 16, 2009

(26) 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 Kristiansand Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2007	Gregg Weaver - 41st	Steve Grotowski - 41st
2008	Gregg Weaver - 25th	Steve Grotowski - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/4-9/2009	Stare Jablonki Open	25, Q10	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/28-8/2/2009	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Q18	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	7/21-26/2009	Marseille Grand Slam	33, Q11	33rd	60	US$1,800.00
FIVB	7/14-19/2009	Moscow Grand Slam	Q18	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	7/7-12/2009	Gstaad Grand Slam	Q18	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	5/12-17/2009	Rome Open	25, Q4	25th	60	US$2,000.00
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

Kristiansand Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/13/2009	Winner 1	Florian Gosch / Alexander Horst, Austria (7)	Lost 21-17, 11-21, 8-15	0:49
Thu, 8/13/2009	Contender 1	Vegard Hoidalen / Jorre Kjemperud, Norway (10)	Lost 21-16, 17-21, 8-15	0:49

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	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	$7,800.00	5	11	31.3 %
Total	FIVB	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	11	$21,400.00	18	29	38.3 %
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
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	$3,900.00	2009	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	$3,900.00
28	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	5	16	$11,925.00	Total	Total	25	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	6	13	$11,575.00

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	12.5%	3	37.5%	4	50.0%	4-4	50.0%	0	0.0%	3	30.0%	7	70.0%	0-10	0.0%	2-14	12.5%	6-14	30.0%	0	0	4-14	22.2%

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 2-12 (Lead 0 Series, Trail 9 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 6 Maciel/Schmidt, Brazil 0-1
8/6/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 1	Maciel/Schmidt	8, Q1	Grotowski/Weaver	25, Q10	21-13, 21-11	0:35
Trail the series against # 7 Gosch/Horst, Austria 0-1
8/13/09	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 1	Gosch/Horst	7	Grotowski/Weaver	26	17-21, 21-11, 15-8	0:49
Trail the series against # 8 "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 # 10 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 1-2
8/13/09	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 1	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	10	Grotowski/Weaver	26	16-21, 21-17, 15-8	0:49
8/5/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Qualifier 3	Grotowski/Weaver	25, Q10	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	Q7	32-30, 19-21, 15-7	1:02
7/23/09	FIVB	Marseille Grand Slam	Winner 1	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	32, Q7	Grotowski/Weaver	33, Q11	21-17, 17-21, 15-10	0:48
Trail the series against # 11 Henriquez/Mussa, Venezuela 0-1
11/13/08	FIVB	Sanya Open	Contender 2	Henriquez/Mussa	28, Q7	Grotowski/Weaver	22	16-21, 21-16, 15-12	1:00
Trail the series against # 16 Dugrip/Salvetti, France 0-1
7/8/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Dugrip/Salvetti	28, Q15	Grotowski/Weaver	Q18	21-17, 21-19	0:50
Series tied with # 17, Q3 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
Trail the series against # 22 Benes/Kubala, Czech Republic 0-1
8/6/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 1	Benes/Kubala	24	Grotowski/Weaver	25, Q10	21-16, 21-18	0:39
Trail the series against # 27, Q7 Dumek/Tichy, Czech Republic 0-2
7/29/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Dumek/Tichy	Q15	Grotowski/Weaver	Q18	21-19, 19-21, 15-10	1:11
7/15/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Dumek/Tichy	Q15	Grotowski/Weaver	Q18	18-21, 21-18, 15-10	1:03
Trail the series against # Q12 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