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AVP Tour
$250,000 AVP Manhattan Beach Open Presented by Bud Light
August 18 - 21, 2005

(26, Q5) Steve Grotowski/Adam Roberts

Steve Grotowski

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 30, 1982 (41 yrs old)

Home Town:

London

Resides:

Boynton Beach, FL

Height:

6'6"

College(s):

University of New Haven

Seasons:

Tournaments:

120

Career Wins:

1 (NVL Port St. Lucie 2016)

Career AVP Best:

5th (Cincinnati 2013)

Career Winnings:

$82,274.60

Adam Roberts

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 25, 1976 (48 yrs old)

Home Town:

High Point, NC

Resides:

Myrtle Beach, SC

Height:

6'1"

College(s):

Kansas State

Seasons:

Tournaments:

250

Career Wins:

Career AVP Best:

2nd (Waupaca 2023)

Career Winnings:

$107,484.25

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
AVP	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	1	$1,575.00

Previous Manhattan Beach Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2001	Did not play	Jim Walls - 33rd
2002	Brian Schoenbaum - 49th	Jim Walls - 33rd
2003	Did not play	Matt Heath - 25th
2004	Ranse Jones - 33rd	Matt Heath - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
AVP	8/11-13/2005	Huntington Beach Open	Q2	33	24	$0.00
AVP	6/30-7/3/2005	Cincinnati Open	26, Q2	25	52	$250.00
AVP	6/10-12/2005	San Diego Open	26, Q1	17	72	$550.00
AVP	5/20-22/2005	Santa Barbara Open	24, Q2	25	36	$100.00
AVP	4/29-5/1/2005	Austin Open	Q5	25	36	$0.00
AVP	4/22-24/2005	Tempe Open	Q6	25	36	$0.00
AVP	4/1-3/2005	Fort Lauderdale Open	22, Q2	25	36	$100.00

Manhattan Beach Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Thu, 8/18/2005

Qualifier 2

Daniel Lindsey / Austin Rester (Q60)

Won 21-10, 21-14

0:38

Thu, 8/18/2005

Qualifier 3

Jon Mesko / Tom Slauterbeck (Q37)

Won 23-21, 21-18

0:45

Thu, 8/18/2005

Qualifier 4

Chris Harger / Tony Pray (Q12)

Won 21-19, 21-9

0:42

Fri, 8/19/2005

Winner 1

Karch Kiraly / Mike Lambert (7)

Lost 17-21, 17-21

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Steve Grotowski	Total	22	12	4	0.364	1	5	0	1
	1	12	7	3	0.333	0	3	0	1
	2	10	5	1	0.400	1	2	0	0
Adam Roberts	Total	39	18	7	0.282	0	15	0	0
	1	22	9	5	0.182	0	11	0	0
	2	17	9	2	0.412	0	4	0	0

Sun, 8/21/2005

Contender 1

John Hyden / Adam Jewell (10)

Lost 9-21, 13-21

0:34

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Steve Grotowski	Total	25	11	4	0.280	1	3	0	2
	1	11	5	3	0.182	0	1	0	1
	2	14	6	1	0.357	1	2	0	1
Adam Roberts	Total	22	9	4	0.227	0	9	0	1
	1	9	4	2	0.222	0	6	0	1
	2	13	5	2	0.231	0	3	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Steve Grotowski	47	23	8	0.319	2	8	0	3
Adam Roberts	61	27	11	0.262	0	24	0	1

Head to Head Results
Grotowski/Roberts trail the series against the field 6-7

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 Rosenthal/Witt 0-1
6/11/05	AVP	San Diego Open	Contender 2	Rosenthal/Witt	9	Grotowski/Roberts	26, Q1	21-17, 21-12	0:33
Trail the series against # 5 Dalhausser/Lucena 0-2
6/11/05	AVP	San Diego Open	Winner 1	Dalhausser/Lucena	7	Grotowski/Roberts	26, Q1	21-15, 21-12	0:27
4/2/05	AVP	Fort Lauderdale Open	Winner 1	Dalhausser/Lucena	11	Grotowski/Roberts	22, Q2	18-21, 21-11, 15-11	0:44
Trail the series against # 6 Rogers/Scott 0-1
5/21/05	AVP	Santa Barbara Open	Winner 1	Rogers/Scott	9	Grotowski/Roberts	24, Q2	21-10, 21-13	0:35
Trail the series against # 7 Kiraly/Lambert 0-1
8/19/05	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Winner 1	Kiraly/Lambert	7	Grotowski/Roberts	26, Q5	21-17, 21-17	0:35
Trail the series against # 8 Blanton/Wong 0-1
7/1/05	AVP	Cincinnati Open	Winner 1	Blanton/Wong	7	Grotowski/Roberts	26, Q2	22-20, 21-17	0:36
Trail the series against # 10 Hyden/Jewell 0-1
8/21/05	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Contender 1	Hyden/Jewell	10	Grotowski/Roberts	26, Q5	21-9, 21-13	0:34
Lead the series against # Q12 Harger/Pray 1-0
8/18/05	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Qualifier 4	Grotowski/Roberts	26, Q5	Harger/Pray	Q12	21-19, 21-9	0:42
Lead the series against # Q27 Iordanov/Woo 1-0
8/11/05	AVP	Huntington Beach Open	Qualifier 3	Grotowski/Roberts	Q2	Iordanov/Woo	Q34	21-16, 21-12	0:45
Lead the series against # Q31 Michael/Paulson 1-0
6/10/05	AVP	San Diego Open	Qualifier 2	Grotowski/Roberts	26, Q1	Michael/Paulson	Q65	21-18, 21-17	0:38
Lead the series against # Q36 Burnham/Sandoval 1-0
6/10/05	AVP	San Diego Open	Qualifier 3	Grotowski/Roberts	26, Q1	Burnham/Sandoval	Q33	21-14, 21-17	0:37
Lead the series against # Q37 Mesko/Slauterbeck 1-0
8/18/05	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Qualifier 3	Grotowski/Roberts	26, Q5	Mesko/Slauterbeck	Q37	23-21, 21-18	0:45
Lead the series against # Q60 Lindsey/Rester 1-0
8/18/05	AVP	Manhattan Beach Open	Qualifier 2	Grotowski/Roberts	26, Q5	Lindsey/Rester	Q60	21-10, 21-14	0:38