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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 smart Grand Slam Rome
June 13 - 17, 2012

(Q23) John Garcia-Thompson/Steve Grotowski, England

John Garcia-Thompson
England

/ Spain

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 8, 1979 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Palma de Mallorca

Resides:

S.C. TENERIFE

Height:

192 cm (6'3")

Weight:

92 kg (202 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (FIVB C&S Buenos Aires 2005)

Career FIVB WT Best:

9th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$40,620.00

Steve Grotowski
England

/ United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 30, 1982 (41 yrs old)

Home Town:

London

Resides:

Boynton Beach, FL

Height:

198 cm (6'6")

Weight:

93 kg (205 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (FIVB C&S Geroskipou 2007)

Career FIVB WT Best:

17th (6 times)

Career Winnings:

US$18,475.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	33	41	57	Money
FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	4	4	2	US$10,300.00

Previous Rome Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2009	Did not play	Gregg Weaver - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/7-12/2012	Moscow Grand Slam	Q22	41	24	US$0.00
FIVB	5/22-27/2012	Prague Open	Q26	33	30	US$0.00
FIVB	5/8-13/2012	Beijing Grand Slam	Q30	41	24	US$0.00
FIVB	5/1-6/2012	Shanghai Grand Slam	30, Q26	25	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	4/24-29/2012	Silesia Open	Q25	57	6	US$0.00
FIVB	4/17-22/2012	Brasília Open	29	25	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/23-28/2011	The Hague Open	Q24	33	30	US$0.00
FIVB	8/16-21/2011	Åland Open	Q23	41	18	US$0.00
FIVB	7/19-24/2011	Québec Open	17, Q6	25	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	5/17-22/2011	Prague Open	Q32	33	30	US$0.00
FIVB	5/2-7/2011	Shanghai Open	31, Q32	17	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	4/18-23/2011	Brasilia Open	Q36	57	6	US$0.00

Grand Slam Rome Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/13/2012	Qualifier 1	Andy Ces / Kevin Ces, France (Q10)	Won 21-18, 21-18	0:41
Wed, 6/13/2012	Qualifier 2	Igor Hernandez / Jesus Villafane, Venezuela (27, Q26)	Lost 14-21, 14-21	0:37

Head to Head Results
Garcia-Thompson/Grotowski trail the series against the field 4-13

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Cerutti/Rego, Brazil 0-1
5/4/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Cerutti/Rego	2	Garcia-Thompson/Grotowski	31, Q32	21-9, 21-10	0:28
Trail the series against # 2 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-1
5/3/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool L	Nummerdor/Schuil	3	Garcia-Thompson/Grotowski	30, Q26	21-10, 21-16	0:33
Trail the series against # 5 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 0-1
5/3/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool L	Gibb/Rosenthal	14	Garcia-Thompson/Grotowski	30, Q26	21-11, 21-13	0:32
Series tied with # 11 Samoilovs/Sorokins, Latvia 1-1
5/9/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	17, Q3	Garcia-Thompson/Grotowski	Q30	21-15, 23-21	0:40
5/3/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Qualifier 2	Garcia-Thompson/Grotowski	31, Q32	Samoilovs/Sorokins	Q1	21-19, 21-17	0:44
Trail the series against # 12 Fuerbringer/Lucena, United States 0-1
4/19/12	FIVB	Brasília Open	Winner 1	Fuerbringer/Lucena	4	Garcia-Thompson/Grotowski	29	21-19, 21-12	0:39
Trail the series against # 15 Dollinger/Windscheif, Germany 0-1
5/4/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool L	Dollinger/Windscheif	19, Q6	Garcia-Thompson/Grotowski	30, Q26	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 19 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 0-3
4/19/12	FIVB	Brasília Open	Contender 1	Lochhead/Pitman	20	Garcia-Thompson/Grotowski	29	21-15, 13-21, 16-14	0:51
8/24/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Qualifier 3	Lochhead/Pitman	24, Q8	Garcia-Thompson/Grotowski	Q24	23-21, 21-18	0:43
8/17/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Qualifier 2	Lochhead/Pitman	22, Q10	Garcia-Thompson/Grotowski	Q23	17-21, 21-12, 15-11	0:48
Lead the series against # 22 Skarlund/Spinnangr, Norway 1-0
5/4/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 1	Garcia-Thompson/Grotowski	31, Q32	Skarlund/Spinnangr	15	21-17, 21-19	0:39
Trail the series against # 23, Q13 Bogatov/Prokopiev, Russia 0-1
5/23/12	FIVB	Prague Open	Qualifier 3	Bogatov/Prokopiev	26, Q10	Garcia-Thompson/Grotowski	Q26	21-11, 21-18	0:32
Trail the series against # 24 Bellaguarda/Heuscher, Switzerland 0-1
5/5/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 2	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	16	Garcia-Thompson/Grotowski	31, Q32	21-11, 21-16	0:37
Trail the series against # 27, Q26 Hernandez/Villafane, Venezuela 0-1
6/13/12	FIVB	Grand Slam Rome	Qualifier 2	Hernandez/Villafane	27, Q26	Garcia-Thompson/Grotowski	Q23	21-14, 21-14	0:37
Trail the series against # Q9 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 0-1
6/8/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	31, Q11	Garcia-Thompson/Grotowski	Q22	23-21, 21-17	0:42
Lead the series against # Q10 Ces/Ces, France 1-0
6/13/12	FIVB	Grand Slam Rome	Qualifier 1	Garcia-Thompson/Grotowski	Q23	Ces/Ces	Q10	21-18, 21-18	0:41
Lead the series against # Q15 Lario/Mesa, Spain 1-0
5/23/12	FIVB	Prague Open	Qualifier 2	Garcia-Thompson/Grotowski	Q26	Lario/Mesa	Q7	18-21, 21-17, 19-17	0:53