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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 (37 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 (43 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

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
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

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 %
2011	NVL	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,500.00	4	1	80.0 %
2011	Wide Open	4	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	$12,500.00	6	4	60.0 %
Total	P&R	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00	5	2	71.4 %
Total	NVL	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,500.00	4	1	80.0 %
Total	Wide Open	4	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	$12,500.00	6	4	60.0 %

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
2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,750.00	2011	NVL	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,750.00
5	0	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	$6,250.00	2011	Wide Open	4	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	$6,250.00
											2011	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	$2,400.00
18	0	0	3	0	4	4	0	1	6	$13,925.00	Total	Total	89	0	0	3	0	5	11	18	19	33	$40,887.50

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	4	57.1%	1	14.3%	2	28.6%	5-2	71.4%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1-2	33.3%	4-1	80.0%	2-3	40.0%	0	0	6-4	60.0%
2010-2011	4	57.1%	1	14.3%	2	28.6%	5-2	71.4%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1-2	33.3%	4-1	80.0%	2-3	40.0%	0	0	6-4	60.0%
Against the Field	2	50.0%	1	25.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1	33.3%	1-2	33.3%	4-2	66.7%	4-4	50.0%	0	0	4-3	57.1%

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
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