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Jose Cuervo Pro Beach Volleyball Series
$100,000 Jose Cuervo Pro Beach Volleyball Series Manhattan Beach Open
August 24 - 26, 2012

(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 Pro Beach Best:

2nd (Belmar 2012)

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 Pro Beach Best:

2nd (Belmar 2012)

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 Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
AVP 2002	Did not play	Brian Schoenbaum - 49th
AVP 2004	Did not play	Ranse Jones - 33rd
AVP 2005	Did not play	Adam Roberts - 25th
AVP 2006	Did not play	Mike DiPierro - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
Pro Beach	6/22-24/2012	Belmar Open	3	2nd	450	$7,500.00
Pro Beach	9/16-18/2011	Miami Beach Pro	8	5th	432	$4,750.00
Wide Open	9/1-4/2011	U.S. Open of Beach Volleyball	7	5th	0	$4,000.00

Manhattan Beach Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Sat, 8/25/2012	Winner 1	Duncan Budinger / Everett Matthews (26, Q2)	Won 21-11, 21-15
Sat, 8/25/2012	Winner 2	Braidy Halverson / Ty Loomis (10)	Won 21-17, 21-13
Sat, 8/25/2012	Winner 3	Matt Fuerbringer / Nick Lucena (2)	Lost 19-21, 18-21
Sat, 8/25/2012	Contender 4	Paul Baxter / Pedro Brazao (22)	Won 18-21, 21-16, 15-13
Sun, 8/26/2012	Contender 5	Jake Gibb / Sean Rosenthal (1)	Lost 15-21, 18-21

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 %
2011	Pro Beach	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,750.00	3	2	60.0 %
2012	Pro Beach	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$9,750.00	9	4	69.2 %
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 %
Total	Pro Beach	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$14,500.00	12	6	66.7 %

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	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,375.00
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
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,375.00	2011	Pro Beach	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$4,062.50
											2011	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	$2,400.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$625.00	2012	NVL
5	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	$9,500.00	2012	Pro Beach	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,875.00
											2012	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	6	$2,750.00
25	0	1	4	0	8	5	0	1	6	$26,425.00	Total	Total	103	0	1	3	0	9	11	19	21	39	$53,200.00

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	12	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	12-0	100.0%	2	20.0%	1	10.0%	7	70.0%	2-8	20.0%	12-7	63.2%	2-1	66.7%	0	0	14-8	63.6%
2011-2012	12	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	12-0	100.0%	2	20.0%	1	10.0%	7	70.0%	2-8	20.0%	12-7	63.2%	2-1	66.7%	0	0	14-8	63.6%
Against the Field	6	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	6-0	100.0%	2	20.0%	1	10.0%	7	70.0%	2-8	20.0%	12-14	46.2%	4-2	66.7%	0	0	8-8	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
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 10-9 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Gibb/Rosenthal 0-2
8/26/12	Pro Beach	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 5	Gibb/Rosenthal	1	Carambula/Grotowski	7	21-15, 21-18
9/17/11	Pro Beach	Miami Beach Pro	Winner 2	Gibb/Rosenthal	1	Carambula/Grotowski	8	21-16, 21-17	0:42
Trail the series against # 2 Fuerbringer/Lucena 0-2
8/25/12	Pro Beach	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 3	Fuerbringer/Lucena	2	Carambula/Grotowski	7	21-19, 21-18
9/17/11	Pro Beach	Miami Beach Pro	Contender 4	Fuerbringer/Lucena	2	Carambula/Grotowski	8	21-18, 21-18	0:40
Trail the series against # 3 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
Lead the series against # 4 Keenan/Mayer 1-0
6/24/12	Pro Beach	Belmar Open	Contender 6	Carambula/Grotowski	3	Keenan/Mayer	1	21-14, 21-19
Lead the series against # 6 Mariano/Ratledge 3-1
6/24/12	Pro Beach	Belmar Open	Semi-Finals	Carambula/Grotowski	3	Mariano/Ratledge	6	21-14, 21-18
6/23/12	Pro Beach	Belmar Open	Winner 3	Mariano/Ratledge	6	Carambula/Grotowski	3	22-20, 17-21, 17-15
9/16/11	Pro Beach	Miami Beach Pro	Winner 1	Carambula/Grotowski	8	Mariano/Ratledge	9	23-21, 21-14	0:55
9/4/10	P&R	Cincinnati Players Championship	Contender 1	Carambula/Grotowski	7, Q2	Mariano/Ratledge	6	21-14, 21-17	0:48
Trail the series against # 8 Doherty/Patterson 0-1
6/24/12	Pro Beach	Belmar Open	Finals	Doherty/Patterson	13	Carambula/Grotowski	3	21-14, 23-21
Lead the series against # 10 Halverson/Loomis 1-0
8/25/12	Pro Beach	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 2	Carambula/Grotowski	7	Halverson/Loomis	10	21-17, 21-13
Lead the series against # 22 Baxter/Brazao 1-0
8/25/12	Pro Beach	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 4	Carambula/Grotowski	7	Baxter/Brazao	22	18-21, 21-16, 15-13
Lead the series against # 26, Q2 Budinger/Matthews 1-0
8/25/12	Pro Beach	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1	Carambula/Grotowski	7	Budinger/Matthews	26, Q2	21-11, 21-15
Lead the series against # 28, Q5 Bomgren/Bomgren 1-0
7/30/11	Wide Open	Corona Light Wide Open Chicago	Winner 2	Carambula/Grotowski	2	Bomgren/Bomgren	31	21-14, 21-16
Lead the series against # Q8 Maghy/Ratelle 1-0
7/23/11	NVL	NVL Malibu	Winner 1	Carambula/Grotowski	6	Maghy/Ratelle	27, Q4	21-13, 21-18	0:41
Lead the series against # Q16 Bourne/Carlson 1-0
6/24/12	Pro Beach	Belmar Open	Contender 5	Carambula/Grotowski	3	Bourne/Carlson	31, Q11	21-15, 22-20