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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$1,000,000 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships 2015
June 26 - July 5, 2015

(41) Grant Goldschmidt/Leo Williams, South Africa

Grant Goldschmidt
South Africa

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 16, 1983 (42 yrs old)

Home Town:

Cape Town

Height:

194 cm (6'4")

Weight:

85 kg (187 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Kampong Speu 2019)

Career Winnings:

US$8,243.70

Leo Williams
South Africa

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 9, 1985 (40 yrs old)

Home Town:

Cape Town

Height:

198 cm (6'6")

Weight:

96 kg (211 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Kampong Speu 2019)

Career Winnings:

US$10,084.25

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	37	41	Money
FIVB	17	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	10	US$12,845.72

Previous The Hague Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2014	Leo Williams - 41st	Grant Goldschmidt - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/9-14/2015	Stavanger Major Series	Q31	41st	40	US$0.00
FIVB	6/2-7/2015	Porec Major Series	Q31	41st	40	US$0.00
FIVB	5/25-31/2015	Moscow Grand Slam	Q31	41st	40	US$0.00
FIVB	12/9-14/2014	Mangaung Open	9	9th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/15-20/2014	The Hague Grand Slam	Q23	41st	40	US$0.00
FIVB	7/9-13/2014	Gstaad Grand Slam	Q24	41st	40	US$0.00

Netherlands World Championships Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sun, 6/28/2015	Pool H	Jonathan Erdmann / Kay Matysik, Germany (8)	Lost 13-21, 13-21	0:32
Mon, 6/29/2015	Pool H	Ben Saxton / Chaim Schalk, Canada (17)	Lost 10-21, 12-21	0:29
Tue, 6/30/2015	Pool H	Youssef Krou / Edouard Rowlandson, France (32)	Lost 18-21, 16-21	0:37

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2015	World Championships	The Hague	Leo Williams - 37th	Grant Goldschmidt - 37th
2017	World Championships	Vienna	Did not play	Jamaine Naidoo - 37th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/26-7/5/2015	Netherlands World Championships	41	37th	200	US$3,400.00

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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,400.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,400.00
Total	17	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	$12,800.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Grant Goldschmidt												Leo Williams
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	0	0	0	$1,700.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,400.00
12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,000.00
9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	$2,750.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$2,150.00
4	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	$700.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	20	0	1	0	1	1	8	9	0	0	$1,300.00
27	0	1	0	1	1	2	2	2	0	$8,150.00	Total	45	0	1	0	1	1	10	10	0	0	$9,850.00

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
2014	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	$2,000.00	3	6	33.3 %
2015	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$3,400.00	0	6	0.0 %
Total	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	$5,400.00	3	12	20.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Grant Goldschmidt													Leo Williams
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	1	0	$1,000.00	2005	FIVB
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	2008	FIVB
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	$0.00	2012	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$750.00	2013	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,150.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	$1,000.00	2014	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	$1,000.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$1,700.00	2015	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$1,700.00
19	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	15	$4,450.00	Total	Total	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	9	$3,850.00

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	52.6%	6	31.6%	3	15.8%	16-3	84.2%	2	8.3%	0	0.0%	22	91.7%	2-22	8.3%	10-22	31.3%	8-3	72.7%	1	0	19-25	43.2%
2014-2015	1	25.0%	1	25.0%	2	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	1	8.3%	0	0.0%	11	91.7%	1-11	8.3%	1-11	8.3%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	3-13	18.8%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	7	100.0%	0-7	0.0%	0-14	0.0%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	0-8	0.0%

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
World Championships	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	0	9	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	11
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	6	1	3	3	0	0	5	1	1	1	0	1	0	1	15	8
Total	0	0	6	11	6	9	0	0	6	2	1	1	0	1	0	1	19	25

Head to Head Results
Goldschmidt/Williams trail the series against the field 0-8 (Lead 0 Series, Trail 5 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 8 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 0-1
6/28/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Pool H	Erdmann/Matysik	8	Goldschmidt/Williams	41	21-13, 21-13	0:32
Trail the series against # 15 Brunner/Lucena, United States 0-4
6/10/15	FIVB	Stavanger Major Series	Qualifier 1	Brunner/Lucena	24, Q2	Goldschmidt/Williams	Q31	21-14, 21-14	0:26
6/3/15	FIVB	Porec Major Series	Qualifier 1	Brunner/Lucena	21, Q2	Goldschmidt/Williams	Q31	21-15, 21-18	0:31
5/26/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Brunner/Lucena	20, Q2	Goldschmidt/Williams	Q31	21-10, 21-10	0:23
12/12/14	FIVB	Mangaung Open	Winner 2	Brunner/Lucena	2	Goldschmidt/Williams	9	21-17, 21-10	0:29
Trail the series against # 17 Saxton/Schalk, Canada 0-1
6/29/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Pool H	Saxton/Schalk	17	Goldschmidt/Williams	41	21-10, 21-12	0:29
Trail the series against # 19 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 0-1
7/9/14	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Grimalt/Grimalt	Q9	Goldschmidt/Williams	Q24	13-21, 21-13, 17-15	0:50
Trail the series against # 32 Krou/Rowlandson, France 0-1
6/30/15	FIVB	Netherlands World Championships	Pool H	Krou/Rowlandson	32	Goldschmidt/Williams	41	21-18, 21-16	0:37