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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$380,000 China Shanghai Jinshan Open
May 2 - 7, 2011

(31, Q32) John Garcia-Thompson/Steve Grotowski, England

John Garcia-Thompson
England

/ Spain

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 8, 1979 (46 yrs old)

Home Town:

Palma de Mallorca

Height:

192 cm (6'3")

Weight:

92 kg (202 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (FIVB C&S Buenos Aires 2005)

Career FIVB WT Best:

9th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$40,620.00

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

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	41	57	Money
FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	4	4	2	US$10,300.00

Previous Shanghai Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2006	Alex Ortiz - 25th	Did not play
2007	Did not play	Jody Gooding - 57th
2009	Did not play	Gregg Weaver - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/18-23/2011	Brasilia Open	Q36	57th	6	US$0.00

Shanghai Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 5/3/2011	Qualifier 1	Nestor Serron / Nicolas Zanotta, Uruguay (Q33)	Won 21-4, 21-8	0:31
Tue, 5/3/2011	Qualifier 2	Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia (Q1)	Won 21-19, 21-17	0:44
Tue, 5/3/2011	Qualifier 3	Martin Reader / Chaim Schalk, Canada (Q17)	Won 21-14, 21-11	0:34
Wed, 5/4/2011	Winner 1	Alison Cerutti / Emanuel Rego, Brazil (2)	Lost 9-21, 10-21	0:28
Wed, 5/4/2011	Contender 1	Tarjei Skarlund / Martin Spinnangr, Norway (15)	Won 21-17, 21-19	0:39
Thu, 5/5/2011	Contender 2	Jefferson Bellaguarda / Patrick Heuscher, Switzerland (16)	Lost 11-21, 16-21	0:37

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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$3,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	$6,800.00
Total	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	$10,300.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

John Garcia-Thompson												Steve Grotowski
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$5,250.00	World Championships
16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$4,450.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,650.00
47	0	0	0	0	0	3	8	12	0	$30,145.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	7	0	$14,600.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00	Challenger	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$1,225.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$325.00	Satellite
68	0	0	0	0	1	4	10	15	0	$40,620.00	Total	45	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	8	0	$18,475.00

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
2011	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$2,800.00	4	3	57.1 %
Total	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$2,800.00	4	3	57.1 %

Individual Finishes by Season

John Garcia-Thompson													Steve Grotowski
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1999	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2001	FIVB
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	3	$5,995.00	2002	FIVB
10	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	5	$8,000.00	2003	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$450.00	2003	FIVB C&S
10	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	5	$7,250.00	2004	FIVB
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	6	$5,250.00	2005	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$325.00	2005	FIVB C&S
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	$8,200.00	2006	FIVB
											2007	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	$0.00
											2007	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$875.00
											2008	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	3	$6,800.00
											2008	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$350.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2009	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	6	$5,300.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2010	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$1,400.00	2011	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$1,400.00
55	0	0	0	0	1	4	9	12	29	$36,870.00	Total	Total	32	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	5	18	$14,725.00

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	10	83.3%	0	0.0%	2	16.7%	10-2	83.3%	5	20.8%	1	4.2%	18	75.0%	5-19	20.8%	10-18	35.7%	5-3	62.5%	0	1	15-22	40.5%
2010-2011	8	88.9%	0	0.0%	1	11.1%	8-1	88.9%	2	22.2%	0	0.0%	7	77.8%	2-7	22.2%	8-7	53.3%	2-1	66.7%	0	0	10-8	55.6%
Against the Field	8	88.9%	0	0.0%	1	11.1%	8-1	88.9%	2	11.8%	1	5.9%	14	82.4%	2-15	11.8%	16-26	38.1%	4-4	50.0%	0	1	10-16	38.5%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	3	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	7
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	11	6	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	12
Total	0	0	14	10	0	6	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	22

Head to Head Results
Garcia-Thompson/Grotowski lead the series against the field 4-3 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Cerutti/Rego, Brazil 0-1
5/4/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Cerutti/Rego	2	Garcia-Thompson/Grotowski	31, Q32	21-9, 21-10	0:28
Lead the series against # 15 Skarlund/Spinnangr, Norway 1-0
5/4/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 1	Garcia-Thompson/Grotowski	31, Q32	Skarlund/Spinnangr	15	21-17, 21-19	0:39
Trail the series against # 16 Bellaguarda/Heuscher, Switzerland 0-1
5/5/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 2	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	16	Garcia-Thompson/Grotowski	31, Q32	21-11, 21-16	0:37
Lead the series against # Q1 Samoilovs/Sorokins, Latvia 1-0
5/3/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Qualifier 2	Garcia-Thompson/Grotowski	31, Q32	Samoilovs/Sorokins	Q1	21-19, 21-17	0:44
Lead the series against # Q17 Reader/Schalk, Canada 1-0
5/3/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Qualifier 3	Garcia-Thompson/Grotowski	31, Q32	Reader/Schalk	Q17	21-14, 21-11	0:34
Trail the series against # Q29 Gooding/Weaver, England 0-1
4/19/11	FIVB	Brasilia Open	Qualifier 1	Gooding/Weaver	Q29	Garcia-Thompson/Grotowski	Q36	21-18, 22-20	0:42
Lead the series against # Q33 Serron/Zanotta, Uruguay 1-0
5/3/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Qualifier 1	Garcia-Thompson/Grotowski	31, Q32	Serron/Zanotta	Q33	21-4, 21-8	0:31