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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite Saquarema
Thursday, April 9, 2026

Match #19: Pool A

(12) Esteban Grimalt/Marco Grimalt, Chile
vs.
(24, Q8) Bautista Amieva/Maciel Bueno, Argentina

Esteban Grimalt
Chile

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 9, 1991 (35 yrs old)

Home Town:

Santiago

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

95 kg (209 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

130

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$275,057.78

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:

130

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$275,057.78

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	37	41	57	Money
FIVB	130	5	2	2	4	9	0	32	8	24	4	3	16	15	1	3	1	US$550,032.15

Previous Saquarema Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2024	Marco Grimalt - 9th	Esteban Grimalt - 9th
2025	Marco Grimalt - 13th	Esteban Grimalt - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	12/3-7/2025	BPT Elite Itapema	4	5th	760	US$9,000.00
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

BPT Elite Saquarema Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 4/8/2026	Pool A	Samuele Cottafava / Gianluca Dal Corso, Italy (13)	Lost 21-18, 17-21, 13-15	0:46
Thu, 4/9/2026	Pool A	Bautista Amieva / Maciel Bueno, Argentina (24, Q8)
Thu, 4/9/2026	Pool A	Evandro Goncalves / Arthur Lanci, Brazil (1)

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	57	1	0	2	1	3	0	12	8	13	9	0	$297,700.00
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	130	5	2	2	4	9	0	32	8	31	16	0	$549,975.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Esteban Grimalt												Marco 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
57	1	0	2	1	3	20	13	9	0	$148,850.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	57	1	0	2	1	3	20	13	9	0	$148,850.00
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
130	5	2	2	4	9	40	31	16	0	$274,987.50	Total	130	5	2	2	4	9	40	31	16	0	$274,987.50

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	15	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	3	5	2	0	$65,500.00	25	28	47.2 %
Total	FIVB	129	5	2	2	4	9	0	32	8	31	16	20	$549,975.00	241	248	49.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Esteban Grimalt													Marco 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
15	0	0	1	0	1	6	5	2	0	$32,750.00	2025	FIVB	15	0	0	1	0	1	6	5	2	0	$32,750.00
129	5	2	2	4	9	40	31	16	20	$274,987.50	Total	Total	129	5	2	2	4	9	40	31	16	20	$274,987.50

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	148	66.1%	32	14.3%	44	19.6%	180-44	80.4%	53	20.6%	46	17.9%	158	61.5%	53-204	20.6%	148-158	48.4%	85-90	48.6%	8	1	241-249	49.2%
2025-2026	15	65.2%	2	8.7%	6	26.1%	17-6	73.9%	7	23.3%	5	16.7%	18	60.0%	7-23	23.3%	15-18	45.5%	9-11	45.0%	1	0	25-29	46.3%
Against the Field	8	47.1%	3	17.6%	6	35.3%	11-6	64.7%	5	13.5%	7	18.9%	25	67.6%	5-32	13.5%	16-48	25.0%	16-26	38.1%	1	0	17-37	31.5%

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	73	0	0	15	24	1	3	2	1	1	0	92	115
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	145	5	1	54	65	7	6	2	4	5	2	241	249

Bautista Amieva
Argentina

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 29, 2000 (26 yrs old)

Home Town:

Tunuyán - Mendoza

Height:

185 cm (6'1")

Weight:

79 kg (174 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$19,169.48

Maciel Bueno Torres
Argentina

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 1, 2002 (23 yrs old)

Home Town:

Tunuyan

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (9 times)

Career Winnings:

US$16,382.48

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	Money
FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	1	3	US$27,500.00

Previous Saquarema Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2023	Leo Aveiro - 33rd	Julian Azaad - 33rd
2024	Did not play	Julian Azaad - 33rd
2025	Maciel Bueno - 25th	Bautista Amieva - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	3/25-29/2026	BPT Challenge Nayarit	5	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	3/18-22/2026	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	11	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	11/14-23/2025	2025 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships	28	17th	640	US$7,000.00
FIVB	4/16-20/2025	BPT Elite Brasília	Q13	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	4/9-13/2025	BPT Elite Saquarema	Q13	25th	300	US$0.00

BPT Elite Saquarema Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 4/8/2026	Qualifier 1	Heitor Barbosa / Vinicius Rezende, Brazil (Q9)	Won 18-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:52
Wed, 4/8/2026	Pool A	Evandro Goncalves / Arthur Lanci, Brazil (1)	Lost 16-21, 14-21	0:35
Thu, 4/9/2026	Pool A	Esteban Grimalt / Marco Grimalt, Chile (12)
Thu, 4/9/2026	Pool A	Samuele Cottafava / Gianluca Dal Corso, Italy (13)

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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	$12,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	$8,000.00
Total	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	3	0	$27,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Bautista Amieva												Maciel Bueno
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Youth Olympic Games
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	$6,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	$6,250.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	$4,000.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	$4,500.00
14	5	0	1	2	3	3	0	0	0	$3,850.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	11	0	0	0	0	9	2	0	0	0	$1,500.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
31	5	0	2	3	3	8	3	3	0	$17,600.00	Total	24	0	0	0	0	9	6	3	3	0	$15,750.00

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
2024	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$10,000.00	4	6	40.0 %
2025	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	$11,000.00	2	9	18.2 %
2026	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$6,500.00	5	4	55.6 %
Total	FIVB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	3	0	$27,500.00	11	19	36.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Bautista Amieva													Maciel Bueno
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	1	0	0	$0.00	2017	FIVB Age Group WC
2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2018	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2019	FIVB Age Group WC
4	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	$500.00	2021	FIVB
5	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$1,750.00	2022	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	$600.00
8	2	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	2	$1,600.00	2023	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	6	0	1	0	1	$1,400.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$5,000.00	2024	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	$5,000.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	$5,500.00	2025	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	$5,500.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$3,250.00	2026	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$3,250.00
30	5	0	2	3	3	8	3	3	3	$17,600.00	Total	Total	23	0	0	0	0	9	6	3	3	2	$15,750.00

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	8	66.7%	2	16.7%	2	16.7%	10-2	83.3%	1	5.9%	4	23.5%	12	70.6%	1-16	5.9%	8-12	40.0%	3-6	33.3%	0	1	11-19	36.7%
2025-2026	5	62.5%	1	12.5%	2	25.0%	6-2	75.0%	1	8.3%	3	25.0%	8	66.7%	1-11	8.3%	5-8	38.5%	2-5	28.6%	0	0	7-13	35.0%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0	0.0%	1-0	100.0%	1	14.3%	1	14.3%	5	71.4%	1-6	14.3%	0-8	0.0%	4-2	66.7%	0	1	2-6	25.0%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	6	2	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	11
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5
Total	0	0	6	2	4	14	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	19

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
4/9/26	FIVB	BPT Elite Saquarema	Pool A