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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite Itapema
Saturday, December 6, 2025

Match #34: Winner's Bracket Round 2

(4) Marco Grimalt/Esteban Grimalt, Chile
vs.
(15) Jiri Sedlak/Jakub Sepka, Czech Republic

Marco Grimalt
Chile

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 11, 1989 (36 yrs old)

Home Town:

Queilen

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

95 kg (209 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

129

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$274,307.78

Esteban Grimalt
Chile

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 9, 1991 (34 yrs old)

Home Town:

Santiago

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

95 kg (209 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

129

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$274,307.78

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	37	41	57	Money
FIVB	129	5	2	2	4	8	0	32	8	24	4	3	16	15	1	3	1	US$548,532.15

Previous Itapema Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2018	Esteban Grimalt - 25th	Marco Grimalt - 25th
2019	Esteban Grimalt - 5th	Marco Grimalt - 5th
2022	Esteban Grimalt - 9th	Marco Grimalt - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	36	17th	640	US$7,000.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	13, Q1	3rd	1000	US$14,000.00
FIVB	10/1-5/2025	BPT Challenge Veracruz	11	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	9/24-28/2025	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	Q14	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	8/27-31/2025	BPT Elite Hamburg	21, Q9	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	8/13-17/2025	BPT Elite Montréal	16, Q11	9th	600	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/6-10/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	13	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2025	BPT Elite Gstaad	Q4	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2025	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	10	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	5/28-6/1/2025	BPT Elite Ostrava	19, Q7	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	4/16-20/2025	BPT Elite Brasília	12	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	4/9-13/2025	BPT Elite Saquarema	12	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	3/26-30/2025	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	8	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	3/19-23/2025	BPT Challenge Yucatan	2	9th	460	US$3,250.00

BPT Elite Itapema Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 12/3/2025	Pool D	Timothy Brewster / Ryan Ierna, United States (21, Q6)	Won 21-13, 21-15	0:29
Thu, 12/4/2025	Pool D	Elouan Chouikh / Joadel Gardoque, France (16)	Won 21-19, 22-20	0:37
Sat, 12/6/2025	Winner 2	Jiri Sedlak / Jakub Sepka, Czech Republic (15)

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$)
Olympic Games	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	$47,200.00
World Tour Finals	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$7,500.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	56	1	0	2	1	2	0	12	8	13	9	0	$296,200.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	56	2	2	0	3	5	0	16	0	13	6	0	$176,275.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	5	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	$21,300.00
Total	129	5	2	2	4	8	0	32	8	31	16	0	$548,475.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Marco Grimalt												Esteban Grimalt
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	2	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$0.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	$23,600.00	World Championships	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	$23,600.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,750.00	World Tour Finals	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$3,750.00
56	1	0	2	1	2	20	13	9	0	$148,100.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	56	1	0	2	1	2	20	13	9	0	$148,100.00
56	2	2	0	3	5	16	13	6	0	$88,137.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	56	2	2	0	3	5	16	13	6	0	$88,137.50
5	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$10,650.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	5	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	$10,650.00
129	5	2	2	4	8	40	31	16	0	$274,237.50	Total	129	5	2	2	4	8	40	31	16	0	$274,237.50

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
2011	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$2,000.00	4	4	50.0 %
2012	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
2013	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	4	$14,000.00	9	10	47.4 %
2014	FIVB	11	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	2	3	$60,375.00	31	17	64.6 %
2015	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	2	0	$47,500.00	11	21	34.4 %
2016	FIVB	12	0	0	0	2	0	0	6	0	3	0	1	$41,400.00	28	29	49.1 %
2017	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	1	$28,000.00	7	15	31.8 %
2018	FIVB	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	5	1	$34,000.00	21	17	55.3 %
2019	FIVB	13	2	0	0	1	1	0	3	0	4	0	2	$78,400.00	32	22	59.3 %
2020	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	$10,300.00	7	4	63.6 %
2021	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	2	2	$14,000.00	6	15	28.6 %
2022	FIVB	10	1	0	0	1	2	0	3	1	1	0	1	$63,500.00	24	20	54.5 %
2023	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	3	4	0	0	$46,500.00	13	23	36.1 %
2024	FIVB	11	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	1	2	0	2	$44,500.00	22	22	50.0 %
2025	FIVB	14	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	3	5	2	0	$56,500.00	24	27	47.1 %
Total	FIVB	128	5	2	2	4	8	0	32	8	31	16	20	$540,975.00	240	247	49.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Marco Grimalt													Esteban Grimalt
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,000.00	2011	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2012	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	$7,000.00	2013	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	$7,000.00
11	0	2	0	0	1	2	1	2	3	$30,187.50	2014	FIVB	11	0	2	0	0	1	2	1	2	3	$30,187.50
8	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	2	0	$23,750.00	2015	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	2	0	$23,750.00
12	0	0	0	2	0	6	3	0	1	$20,700.00	2016	FIVB	12	0	0	0	2	0	6	3	0	1	$20,700.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	1	$14,000.00	2017	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	1	$14,000.00
10	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	1	$17,000.00	2018	FIVB	10	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	1	$17,000.00
13	2	0	0	1	1	3	4	0	2	$39,200.00	2019	FIVB	13	2	0	0	1	1	3	4	0	2	$39,200.00
3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$5,150.00	2020	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$5,150.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	$7,000.00	2021	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	$7,000.00
10	1	0	0	1	2	4	1	0	1	$31,750.00	2022	FIVB	10	1	0	0	1	2	4	1	0	1	$31,750.00
11	0	0	0	0	2	5	4	0	0	$23,250.00	2023	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	2	5	4	0	0	$23,250.00
11	1	0	1	0	0	5	2	0	2	$22,250.00	2024	FIVB	11	1	0	1	0	0	5	2	0	2	$22,250.00
14	0	0	1	0	0	6	5	2	0	$28,250.00	2025	FIVB	14	0	0	1	0	0	6	5	2	0	$28,250.00
128	5	2	2	4	8	40	31	16	20	$270,487.50	Total	Total	128	5	2	2	4	8	40	31	16	20	$270,487.50

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	147	66.2%	32	14.4%	43	19.4%	179-43	80.6%	53	20.7%	46	18.0%	157	61.3%	53-203	20.7%	147-157	48.4%	85-89	48.9%	8	1	240-247	49.3%
2024-2025	25	65.8%	4	10.5%	9	23.7%	29-9	76.3%	14	26.4%	10	18.9%	29	54.7%	14-39	26.4%	25-29	46.3%	18-19	48.6%	3	1	46-49	48.4%
Against the Field	8	80.0%	1	10.0%	1	10.0%	9-1	90.0%	5	50.0%	0	0.0%	5	50.0%	5-5	50.0%	16-8	66.7%	12-2	85.7%	1	0	15-5	75.0%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	2	7	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	9
World Championships	0	0	0	0	9	12	2	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	17
World Tour Finals	0	0	1	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	30	14	43	72	0	0	14	23	1	3	2	1	1	0	91	113
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	19	9	57	48	1	1	34	33	4	3	0	3	2	2	117	100
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	1	6	2	0	0	4	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	14	4
Total	0	0	50	25	118	144	5	1	53	64	7	6	2	4	5	2	240	247

Jiri Sedlak
Czech Republic

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 19, 2000 (25 yrs old)

Home Town:

Brno

Height:

193 cm (6'4")

Weight:

85 kg (187 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$32,260.23

Jakub Sepka
Czech Republic

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 5, 2002 (23 yrs old)

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$28,804.13

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	19	2	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	1	4	3	1	US$32,524.47

Previous Itapema Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2022	Did not play	Tomas Semerad - 19th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	10/1-5/2025	BPT Challenge Veracruz	15	25th	220	US$1,500.00
FIVB	8/21-24/2025	Futures Brno	1	1st	400	€ 1,000.00
FIVB	8/6-10/2025	BPT Challenge Baden	Q5	41st	100	US$0.00
FIVB	6/25-29/2025	BPT Challenge Warmia Mazury	27, Q8	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2025	BPT Challenge Alanya	Q5	33rd	180	US$0.00
FIVB	6/5-8/2025	Futures Prague	1	2nd	360	€ 700.00
FIVB	5/28-6/1/2025	BPT Elite Ostrava	23, Q14	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	3/26-30/2025	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	Q10	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	3/19-23/2025	BPT Challenge Yucatan	14	25th	220	US$1,500.00

BPT Elite Itapema Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 12/3/2025	Pool C	Taylor Crabb / Trevor Crabb, United States (10)	Lost 14-21, 16-21	0:31
Thu, 12/4/2025	Pool C	Hagen Smith / Logan Webber, United States (22, Q9)	Won 21-15, 24-22	0:39
Fri, 12/5/2025	Winner 1	Heitor Barbosa / Vinicius Rezende, Brazil (5)	Won 16-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:43
Sat, 12/6/2025	Winner 2	Esteban Grimalt / Marco Grimalt, Chile (4)

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	1	0	$24,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	$5,250.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,900.00
Total	19	2	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	4	0	$32,150.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Jiri Sedlak												Jakub Sepka
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	Youth Olympic Games
12	0	0	0	0	0	6	4	1	0	$20,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	13	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	2	0	$18,000.00
16	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	6	0	$7,375.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	16	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	4	0	$7,500.00
21	2	1	0	2	6	5	4	1	0	$3,050.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	10	2	1	0	1	2	2	2	0	0	$2,250.00
											U18/19 World Championships	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
50	2	1	0	2	7	12	9	9	0	$30,925.00	Total	41	2	1	0	2	4	9	9	6	0	$27,750.00

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
2023	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2024	FIVB	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	1	2	$13,200.00	11	11	50.0 %
2025	FIVB	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	2	$11,450.00	17	13	56.7 %
Total	FIVB	18	2	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	4	4	$24,650.00	28	25	52.8 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Jiri Sedlak													Jakub Sepka
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	2018	FIVB Age Group WC
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00	2019	FIVB
4	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	$250.00	2020	FIVB
5	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	$1,300.00	2021	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	$450.00
											2021	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
8	0	0	0	1	1	4	1	0	1	$1,800.00	2022	FIVB	11	0	0	0	1	1	3	4	1	1	$8,575.00
5	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	0	$2,700.00	2023	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	$2,650.00
11	1	0	0	0	2	3	2	1	2	$6,900.00	2024	FIVB	8	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	2	$6,600.00
13	1	1	0	0	1	3	2	3	2	$14,225.00	2025	FIVB	9	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	3	2	$5,725.00
49	2	1	0	2	7	12	9	9	7	$27,175.00	Total	Total	40	2	1	0	2	4	9	9	6	7	$24,000.00

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	22	71.0%	4	12.9%	5	16.1%	26-5	83.9%	2	10.0%	4	20.0%	14	70.0%	2-18	10.0%	22-14	61.1%	6-9	40.0%	0	2	28-25	52.8%
2024-2025	22	73.3%	4	13.3%	4	13.3%	26-4	86.7%	2	10.0%	4	20.0%	14	70.0%	2-18	10.0%	22-14	61.1%	6-8	42.9%	0	2	28-24	53.8%
Against the Field	2	50.0%	0	0.0%	2	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	2	22.2%	2	22.2%	5	55.6%	2-7	22.2%	4-10	28.6%	4-8	33.3%	0	0	4-9	30.8%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	2	3	5	5	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	11
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	4	5	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	11
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	3	1	3	0	0	0	2	1	15	3
Total	0	0	6	8	13	11	0	0	4	5	3	0	0	0	2	1	28	25

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
12/6/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Itapema	Winner 2