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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$190,000 Prague Open
May 17 - 22, 2011

(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 Prague Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/2-7/2011	Shanghai Open	31, Q32	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	4/18-23/2011	Brasilia Open	Q36	57th	6	US$0.00

Prague Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 5/18/2011	Qualifier 1	Daniel Hupfer / Helmut Moser, Austria (Q33)	Won 18-21, 21-14, 15-10	0:48
Wed, 5/18/2011	Qualifier 2	Casey Jennings / Kevin Wong, United States (Q1)	Won 25-23, 24-22	0:43
Wed, 5/18/2011	Qualifier 3	Josh Binstock / Rich VanHuizen, Canada (30, Q16)	Lost 19-21, 16-21	0:34

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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	$2,800.00	6	4	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	$2,800.00	6	4	60.0 %

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
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	$1,400.00	2011	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	$1,400.00
56	0	0	0	0	1	4	9	12	30	$36,870.00	Total	Total	33	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	5	19	$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	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	8-0	100.0%	4	25.0%	0	0.0%	12	75.0%	4-12	25.0%	16-22	42.1%	8-0	100.0%	0	1	12-12	50.0%

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 5-3 (Lead 5 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 # 14 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
Lead the series against # 20 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
Trail the series against # 30, Q16 Binstock/VanHuizen, Canada 0-1
5/18/11	FIVB	Prague Open	Qualifier 3	Binstock/VanHuizen	30, Q16	Garcia-Thompson/Grotowski	Q32	21-19, 21-16	0:34
Lead the series against # Q1 Jennings/Wong, United States 1-0
5/18/11	FIVB	Prague Open	Qualifier 2	Garcia-Thompson/Grotowski	Q32	Jennings/Wong	Q1	25-23, 24-22	0:43
Lead the series against # Q23 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
Lead the series against # Q33 Hupfer/Moser, Austria 1-0
5/18/11	FIVB	Prague Open	Qualifier 1	Garcia-Thompson/Grotowski	Q32	Hupfer/Moser	Q33	18-21, 21-14, 15-10	0:48
Trail the series against # Q43 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