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Wide Open Beach Volleyball
$150,000 U.S. Open of Beach Volleyball
September 1 - 4, 2011

(7) Adrian Carambula/Steve Grotowski

Adrian Ignacio Carambula Raurich

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 16, 1988 (36 yrs old)

Home Town:

Montevideo, Uruguay

Height:

6'0"

Seasons:

Tournaments:

131

Career Wins:

Career Wide Open Best:

3rd (Seaside Heights 2011)

Career Winnings:

$342,883.00

Steve Grotowski

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 30, 1982 (42 yrs old)

Home Town:

London

Height:

6'6"

College(s):

University of New Haven

Seasons:

Tournaments:

120

Career Wins:

1 (NVL Port St. Lucie 2016)

Career Wide Open Best:

3rd (Seaside Heights 2011)

Career Winnings:

$82,274.60

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
NVL	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,500.00
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
Wide Open	4	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	$12,500.00
Overall	11	0	1	3	0	4	2	0	1	0	0	$40,500.00

Previous Cincinnati Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
P&R 2010	Steve Grotowski - 3rd	Adrian Carambula - 3rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
Wide Open	7/30-31/2011	Corona Light Wide Open Chicago	2	5th	0	$4,000.00
NVL	7/23-24/2011	NVL Malibu	6	3rd	1080	$3,500.00
Wide Open	6/25-26/2011	Corona Light Wide Open Seaside Heights	7	3rd	0	$2,500.00
Wide Open	6/11-12/2011	Corona Light Wide Open Siesta Key		5th	0	$2,000.00
P&R	9/2-5/2010	Cincinnati Players Championship	7, Q2	3rd	0	$5,000.00

U.S. Open of Beach Volleyball Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 9/2/2011	Winner 1	Mark VanZwieten / Steven VanderWerp (10)	Won 21-12, 21-23, 15-11	0:59
Fri, 9/2/2011	Winner 2	John Hyden / Sean Scott (2)	Lost 19-21, 20-22	0:45
Sat, 9/3/2011	Contender 2	C.J. Macias / Drew Mallin (13)	Won 19-21, 21-14, 15-12	1:10
Sat, 9/3/2011	Contender 3	Rodrigo Monteiro / Fred Souza (8)	Won 21-14, 22-20	0:45
Sun, 9/4/2011	Contender 4	Billy Allen / Brad Keenan (4)	Lost 21-17, 22-24, 11-15	1:05

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 6-6 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 3 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Hyden/Scott 0-3
9/2/11	Wide Open	U.S. Open of Beach Volleyball	Winner 2	Hyden/Scott	2	Carambula/Grotowski	7	21-19, 22-20	0:45
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
Series tied with # 3 Mayer/Prosser 1-1
7/31/11	Wide Open	Corona Light Wide Open Chicago	Winner 5	Mayer/Prosser	6	Carambula/Grotowski	2	21-17, 19-21, 15-10
9/2/10	P&R	Cincinnati Players Championship	Qualifier 4	Carambula/Grotowski	7, Q2	Mayer/Prosser	Q1	21-19, 25-23	0:45
Trail the series against # 4 Allen/Keenan 0-1
9/4/11	Wide Open	U.S. Open of Beach Volleyball	Contender 4	Allen/Keenan	4	Carambula/Grotowski	7	17-21, 24-22, 15-11	1:05
Lead the series against # 6 Loomis/Williams 1-0
7/23/11	NVL	NVL Malibu	Winner 2	Carambula/Grotowski	6	Loomis/Williams	11	21-18, 18-21, 15-7	0:58
Lead the series against # 8 Monteiro/Souza 1-0
9/3/11	Wide Open	U.S. Open of Beach Volleyball	Contender 3	Carambula/Grotowski	7	Monteiro/Souza	8	21-14, 22-20	0:45
Lead the series against # 10 VanderWerp/VanZwieten 1-0
9/2/11	Wide Open	U.S. Open of Beach Volleyball	Winner 1	Carambula/Grotowski	7	VanZwieten/VanderWerp	10	21-12, 21-23, 15-11	0:59
Trail the series against # 11 Acosta/Tramblie 0-1
7/23/11	NVL	NVL Malibu	Semi-Finals	Acosta/Tramblie	8	Carambula/Grotowski	6	21-13, 21-17	0:45
Lead the series against # 12 Hill/Matthews 1-0
7/30/11	Wide Open	Corona Light Wide Open Chicago	Winner 3	Carambula/Grotowski	2	Hill/Matthews	15	21-17, 21-18
Lead the series against # 13 Macias/Mallin 1-0
9/3/11	Wide Open	U.S. Open of Beach Volleyball	Contender 2	Carambula/Grotowski	7	Macias/Mallin	13	19-21, 21-14, 15-12	1:10