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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$380,000 The Hague Open Beach Volleyball 2009
August 25 - 30, 2009

(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 The Hague Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/18-23/2009	Aland Open	30, Q10	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	8/11-16/2009	Kristiansand Open	26	25th	60	US$2,000.00
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

The Hague Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 8/26/2009	Qualifier 2	Ronny Berntsen / Petter Bjorbak, Norway (Q29)	Won 21-8, 21-18	0:37
Wed, 8/26/2009	Qualifier 3	Nikolay Kolev / Neven Neshev, Bulgaria (30, Q20)	Lost 18-21, 15-21	0:42

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	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	6	$10,600.00	9	14	39.1 %
Total	FIVB	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	12	$24,200.00	22	32	40.7 %
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
10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	6	$5,300.00	2009	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	6	$5,300.00
30	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	5	17	$13,325.00	Total	Total	27	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	6	14	$12,975.00

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	3	33.3%	2	22.2%	4	44.4%	5-4	55.6%	1	7.7%	3	23.1%	9	69.2%	1-12	7.7%	6-16	27.3%	6-14	30.0%	1	0	7-15	31.8%

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 8-15 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 10 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-1
10/30/08	FIVB	Manama Open	Contender 2	Nummerdor/Schuil	1	Grotowski/Weaver	18	21-14, 21-15	0:38
Trail the series against # 2 Cerutti/Marques, Brazil 0-1
8/20/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 1	Cerutti/Marques	3	Grotowski/Weaver	30, Q10	21-11, 21-12	0:33
Trail the series against # 7, Q1 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 # 9 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
Trail the series against # 11 "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 # 13 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
Lead the series against # 14 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
Series tied with # 19 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 # 20 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 # 25 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 # 29, Q11 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
Series tied with # 30, Q20 Kolev/Neshev, Bulgaria 1-1
8/26/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Qualifier 3	Kolev/Neshev	30, Q20	Grotowski/Weaver	Q4	21-18, 21-15	0:42
5/13/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Qualifier 2	Grotowski/Weaver	25, Q4	Kolev/Neshev	Q36	0-1 Retired	0:09
Series tied with # Q3 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 2-2
8/19/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Qualifier 3	Grotowski/Weaver	30, Q10	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	Q7	21-16, 15-21, 15-12	0:53
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 # Q6 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
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
Lead the series against # Q29 Berntsen/Bjorbak, Norway 1-0
8/26/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Qualifier 2	Grotowski/Weaver	Q4	Berntsen/Bjorbak	Q29	21-8, 21-18	0:37