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$80,000 Cincinnati Players Championship
September 2 - 5, 2010

(7, Q2) Adrian Carambula/Steve Grotowski

Adrian Ignacio Carambula Raurich

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 16, 1988 (37 yrs old)

Home Town:

Montevideo, Uruguay

Height:

6'0"

Seasons:

Tournaments:

122

Career Wins:

Career P&R Best:

3rd (Cincinnati 2010)

Career Winnings:

$333,258.00

Steve Grotowski

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 30, 1982 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

London

Height:

6'6"

College(s):

University of New Haven

Seasons:

Tournaments:

109

Career Best:

2nd (Pro Beach Belmar 2012)

Career P&R Best:

3rd (Cincinnati 2010)

Career Winnings:

$64,024.60

Awards

Top Rookie 2015
Most Entertaining Player 2019

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,500.00
P&R	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00
Pro Beach	4	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	$18,000.00
Overall	6	0	1	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	$24,500.00

Previous Cincinnati Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

Cincinnati Players Championship Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 9/2/2010	Qualifier 2	David Englert / Brandon Kelly (Q7)	Won 21-10, 21-10	0:36
Thu, 9/2/2010	Qualifier 3	Chris Luers / Brandon Nelson (Q3)	Won 21-10, 22-20	0:36
Thu, 9/2/2010	Qualifier 4	John Mayer / Matt Prosser (Q1)	Won 21-19, 25-23	0:45
Fri, 9/3/2010	Winner 1	John Hyden / Sean Scott (2)	Lost 18-21, 17-21	0:46
Sat, 9/4/2010	Contender 1	Ryan Mariano / Ed Ratledge (6)	Won 21-14, 21-17	0:48
Sat, 9/4/2010	Contender 2	Brad Keenan / Matt Olson (5)	Won 21-16, 21-19	0:50
Sun, 9/5/2010	Semi-Finals	John Hyden / Sean Scott (2)	Lost 21-19, 14-21, 12-15	1:04

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$)
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,500.00
Total	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Adrian Carambula												Steve Grotowski
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	$21,500.00	World Championships
5	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	$29,000.00	World Tour Finals
33	0	0	4	1	5	11	8	3	0	$135,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,650.00
51	2	1	1	7	11	13	2	2	0	$83,200.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	70	0	0	0	0	4	10	13	19	0	$37,537.50
5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$5,500.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
											Challenger	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$1,225.00
7	0	1	0	0	1	4	1	0	0	$15,000.00	Confederation Championship
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,250.00	Manhattan Beach	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$925.00
2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$8,250.00	Tour Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00
111	2	3	6	8	22	34	15	6	0	$300,200.00	Total	89	0	0	0	0	5	13	16	21	0	$44,837.50

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
2010	P&R	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00	5	2	71.4 %
Total	P&R	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00	5	2	71.4 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Adrian Carambula													Steve Grotowski
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2002	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
											2003	AVP	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
											2004	AVP	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	$350.00
											2005	AVP	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	1	$787.50
											2006	AVP	10	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	3	0	$4,050.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2007	AVP
											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
											2007	CEV	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2008	AVP
											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
											2008	CEV	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	$600.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2009	AVP
											2009	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	6	$5,300.00
											2009	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$1,000.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	1	$2,425.00	2010	AVP	6	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	0	$7,875.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	2010	P&R	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00
11	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	1	6	$4,925.00	Total	Total	78	0	0	1	0	2	11	17	18	29	$30,487.50

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	5	83.3%	0	0.0%	1	16.7%	5-1	83.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	5-1	83.3%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	5-2	71.4%
2009-2010	5	83.3%	0	0.0%	1	16.7%	5-1	83.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	5-1	83.3%	0-1	0.0%	0	0	5-2	71.4%
Against the Field	5	83.3%	0	0.0%	1	16.7%	5-1	83.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	10-2	83.3%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	5-2	71.4%

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
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Total	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2

Head to Head Results
Carambula/Grotowski lead the series against the field 5-2 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 1 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Hyden/Scott 0-2
9/5/10	P&R	Cincinnati Players Championship	Semi-Finals	Hyden/Scott	2	Carambula/Grotowski	7, Q2	19-21, 21-14, 15-12	1:04
9/3/10	P&R	Cincinnati Players Championship	Winner 1	Hyden/Scott	2	Carambula/Grotowski	7, Q2	21-18, 21-17	0:46
Lead the series against # 5 Keenan/Olson 1-0
9/4/10	P&R	Cincinnati Players Championship	Contender 2	Carambula/Grotowski	7, Q2	Keenan/Olson	5	21-16, 21-19	0:50
Lead the series against # 6 Mariano/Ratledge 1-0
9/4/10	P&R	Cincinnati Players Championship	Contender 1	Carambula/Grotowski	7, Q2	Mariano/Ratledge	6	21-14, 21-17	0:48
Lead the series against # Q1 Mayer/Prosser 1-0
9/2/10	P&R	Cincinnati Players Championship	Qualifier 4	Carambula/Grotowski	7, Q2	Mayer/Prosser	Q1	21-19, 25-23	0:45
Lead the series against # Q3 Luers/Nelson 1-0
9/2/10	P&R	Cincinnati Players Championship	Qualifier 3	Carambula/Grotowski	7, Q2	Luers/Nelson	Q3	21-10, 22-20	0:36
Lead the series against # Q7 Englert/Kelly 1-0
9/2/10	P&R	Cincinnati Players Championship	Qualifier 2	Carambula/Grotowski	7, Q2	Englert/Kelly	Q7	21-10, 21-10	0:36