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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 BPT Challenge Saquarema
Friday, March 29, 2024 Court #3 14:00

Match #10: Pool E

(8) Piotr Kantor/Jakub Zdybek, Poland
vs.
(17, Q4) Esteban Grimalt/Marco Grimalt, Chile

Piotr Kantor
Poland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 3, 1992 (31 yrs old)

Home Town:

Sosnowiec

Resides:

Sosnowiec

Height:

200 cm (6'7")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

128

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$439,025.00

Jakub Zdybek
Poland

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 11, 1995 (28 yrs old)

Home Town:

Wroclaw

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

86 kg (189 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Apeldoorn 2021)

Career Winnings:

US$24,212.20

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	Money
FIVB	12	0	1	0	1	2	0	2	1	2	2	1	0	US$42,000.00

Previous Saquarema Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2023	Maciej Rudol - 5th	Pawel Lewandowski - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/21-24/2024	Challenge Recife	12	17	360	US$1,500.00
FIVB	11/30-12/3/2023	Challenge Nuvali	4	9	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	11/16-19/2023	Challenge Chiang Mai	7	2	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	11/2-5/2023	Challenge Haikou	9	5	600	US$3,750.00
FIVB	10/19-22/2023	Challenge Goa	11	9	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	10/6-15/2023	Beach Volleyball World Championships	30	17	640	US$7,000.00
FIVB	9/27-10/1/2023	Elite16 Paris	Q7	21	340	US$0.00
FIVB	8/16-20/2023	Elite16 Hamburg	14, Q4	13	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	7/20-23/2023	Challenge Edmonton	9, Q1	19	300	US$1,000.00
FIVB	7/13-16/2023	Challenge Portugal	20, Q7	4	680	US$6,000.00
FIVB	6/15-18/2023	Challenge Jurmala	19, Q9	5	600	US$3,750.00

Challenge Saquarema Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 3/29/2024	Pool E	Esteban Grimalt / Marco Grimalt, Chile (17, Q4)	Lost 21-13, 20-22, 9-15	0:52
Fri, 3/29/2024	Pool E	Thomas Hodges / Zachery Schubert, Australia (5)	Lost 19-21, 21-13, 8-4 Retired	0:55

Esteban Grimalt
Chile

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 9, 1991 (33 yrs old)

Home Town:

Santiago de Chile

Resides:

Santiago

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

110

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$226,807.78

Marco Grimalt
Chile

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 11, 1989 (34 yrs old)

Home Town:

Queilen, Chiloe

Resides:

Santiago

Height:

195 cm (6'5")

Weight:

90 kg (198 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

110

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$226,807.78

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	37	41	57	Money
FIVB	108	4	2	0	4	8	0	26	5	21	1	2	14	15	1	3	1	US$453,532.15
Other	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	110	4	2	0	4	8	0	27	5	21	1	2	14	15	1	3	1	US$453,532.15

Previous Saquarema Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/21-24/2024	Challenge Recife	Q5	33	140	US$0.00
FIVB	11/22-26/2023	Elite16 Joao Pessoa	Q5	21	340	US$0.00
FIVB	10/6-15/2023	Beach Volleyball World Championships	14	17	640	US$7,000.00
FIVB	9/27-10/1/2023	Elite16 Paris	15, Q8	13	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	8/16-20/2023	Elite16 Hamburg	Q6	21	340	US$0.00
FIVB	7/26-30/2023	Elite16 Montréal	8	13	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	7/20-23/2023	Challenge Edmonton	2	9	460	US$2,500.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2023	Elite16 Gstaad	10	5	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2023	Elite16 Ostrava	12	13	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	4/26-30/2023	Elite16 Uberlândia	Q1	17	400	US$0.00
FIVB	3/22-26/2023	Elite16 Tepic	5	9	600	US$6,000.00
FIVB	2/1-5/2023	Doha Elite16	6	5	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	1/26-29/2023	Beach Pro Tour Finals	8	9	0	US$7,500.00
FIVB	9/28-10/2/2022	Paris Elite 16	7	4	900	US$10,000.00
FIVB	8/10-14/2022	Hamburg Elite 16	5	13	460	US$5,000.00
FIVB	7/6-9/2022	Gstaad Elite 16	13	1	1200	US$20,000.00
FIVB	6/10-19/2022	Beach Volleyball World Championships	9	9	800	US$11,000.00
FIVB	5/19-22/2022	Kusadasi Challenge	1	5	600	US$3,750.00
FIVB	5/5-8/2022	Doha Challenge	15, Q2	5	600	US$3,750.00
FIVB	4/14-17/2022	Itapema Challenge	19, Q6	9	460	US$2,500.00

Challenge Saquarema Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 3/28/2024	Qualifier 1	Laurenz Leitner / Paul Pascariuc, Austria (Q29)	Won 21-18, 22-20	0:36
Thu, 3/28/2024	Qualifier 2	Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Mihails Samoilovs, Latvia (Q13)	Won 21-15, 21-17	0:34
Fri, 3/29/2024	Pool E	Piotr Kantor / Jakub Zdybek, Poland (8)	Won 13-21, 22-20, 15-9	0:52
Fri, 3/29/2024	Pool E	Martin Ermacora / Philipp Waller, Austria (20, Q11)	Lost By Forfeit
Sat, 3/30/2024	Winner 1	Julian Horl / Alexander Horst, Austria (14)	Lost 22-20, 18-21, 11-15	0:54

Head to Head Results
Grimalt/Grimalt lead the series 1-0

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
3/29/24	FIVB	Challenge Saquarema	Pool E	Grimalt/Grimalt	17, Q4	Kantor/Zdybek	8	13-21, 22-20, 15-9	0:52