Match Preview

Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro
Saturday, August 1, 2026 Court #3 14:00

Match #42: Winner's Bracket Round 1

(22, Q5) Derek Bradford/Evan Cory, United States
vs.
(16) Esteban Grimalt/Marco Grimalt, Chile

Derek Bradford
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 2, 2004 (22 yrs old)

Home Town:

Northridge, CA

Height:

206 cm (6'9")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB Mount Maunganui 2025)

Career Winnings:

US$10,450.00

Evan Cory
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 14, 1997 (28 yrs old)

Home Town:

Metairie, LA

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$24,209.25

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	Money
FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	2	US$19,700.00

Previous Rio de Janeiro Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/10-14/2026	BPT Challenge Alanya	20	17th	340	US$2,250.00
FIVB	5/20-24/2026	BPT Challenge Nuvali	11	25th	220	US$1,500.00
FIVB	3/18-22/2026	BPT Challenge Tlaxcala	12	9th	460	US$3,250.00
FIVB	3/5-8/2026	BPT Challenge Bhubaneswar	2	5th	600	US$5,000.00
FIVB	10/7-11/2025	BPT Elite Newport Beach	Q9	21st	300	US$0.00
FIVB	10/1-5/2025	BPT Challenge Veracruz	23, Q1	25th	220	US$1,500.00

BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/29/2026	Qualifier 1	Vilsomar Brito / Joao Pedro Camargo, Brazil (Q12)	Won 21-14, 21-13	0:31
Thu, 7/30/2026	Pool C	Calvin Aye / Remi Daubas, France (3)	Lost 12-21, 18-21	0:32
Thu, 7/30/2026	Pool C	Renato Lima / Andre Loyola, Brazil (10)	Won 22-20, 16-21, 15-8	0:50
Fri, 7/31/2026	Pool C	Joaquin Bello / Luis Javier Bello, England (15)	Won 21-17, 21-16	0:38
Sat, 8/1/2026	Winner 1	Esteban Grimalt / Marco Grimalt, Chile (16)

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	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$6,200.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	0	$13,500.00
Total	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	$19,700.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Derek Bradford												Evan Cory
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,100.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$3,100.00
8	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	2	$6,750.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	20	1	0	0	1	2	3	2	7	4	$20,375.00
6	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	0	0	$600.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$500.00
16	0	0	1	0	2	3	4	3	2	$10,450.00	Total	25	2	0	0	1	2	3	4	8	4	$23,975.00

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
2025	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$1,500.00	0	3	0.0 %
2026	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	$12,000.00	8	8	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	$13,500.00	8	11	42.1 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Derek Bradford													Evan Cory
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2022	FIVB	5	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	$4,750.00
											2023	FIVB	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	$500.00
6	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	0	$350.00	2024	FIVB	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$6,500.00
5	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	$1,000.00	2025	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	$3,125.00
4	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	$6,000.00	2026	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	$6,000.00
15	0	0	1	0	2	3	4	3	2	$7,350.00	Total	Total	24	2	0	0	1	2	3	4	8	4	$20,875.00

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	5	62.5%	2	25.0%	1	12.5%	7-1	87.5%	1	9.1%	1	9.1%	9	81.8%	1-10	9.1%	5-9	35.7%	3-2	60.0%	0	0	8-11	42.1%
2025-2026	5	62.5%	2	25.0%	1	12.5%	7-1	87.5%	1	9.1%	1	9.1%	9	81.8%	1-10	9.1%	5-9	35.7%	3-2	60.0%	0	0	8-11	42.1%
Against the Field	2	66.7%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	1	33.3%	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1-2	33.3%	4-4	50.0%	4-0	100.0%	0	0	4-2	66.7%

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	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	3	6	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	9
Total	0	0	1	1	5	7	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	11

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:

134

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$283,757.78

Marco Grimalt
Chile

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 11, 1989 (37 yrs old)

Home Town:

Queilen

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

95 kg (209 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

134

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$283,757.78

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	37	41	57	Money
FIVB	134	5	2	2	4	9	0	33	8	24	6	3	17	15	1	3	1	US$567,432.15

Previous Rio de Janeiro Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2015	Marco Grimalt - 17th	Esteban Grimalt - 17th
2016	Marco Grimalt - 19th	Esteban Grimalt - 19th
2016	Marco Grimalt - 9th	Esteban Grimalt - 9th
2017	Marco Grimalt - 25th	Esteban Grimalt - 25th
2025	Marco Grimalt - 25th	Esteban Grimalt - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/1-5/2026	BPT Elite Gstaad	Q1	25th	300	US$0.00
FIVB	5/27-31/2026	BPT Elite Ostrava	16	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2026	BPT Elite Brasília	13	9th	600	US$6,200.00
FIVB	4/8-12/2026	BPT Elite Saquarema	12	19th	380	US$2,500.00
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

BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/30/2026	Pool D	Matthew Immers / Leon Luini, Netherlands (9)	Won 18-21, 21-11, 20-18	0:52
Thu, 7/30/2026	Pool D	Mathias Berntsen / Hendrik Mol, Norway (4)	Won 21-19, 21-16	0:33
Fri, 7/31/2026	Pool D	Heitor Barbosa / Vinicius Rezende, Brazil (21, Q10)	Won 23-21, 15-21, 15-12	0:54
Sat, 8/1/2026	Winner 1	Derek Bradford / Evan Cory, United States (22, Q5)

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	2	$47,200.00
World Tour Finals	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$7,500.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	61	1	0	2	1	3	0	13	8	15	10	7	$315,100.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	56	2	2	0	3	5	0	16	0	13	6	9	$176,275.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	5	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	$21,300.00
Total	134	5	2	2	4	9	0	33	8	33	17	20	$567,375.00

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	2	$23,600.00	World Championships	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	2	$23,600.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$3,750.00	World Tour Finals	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$3,750.00
61	1	0	2	1	3	21	15	10	7	$157,550.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	61	1	0	2	1	3	21	15	10	7	$157,550.00
56	2	2	0	3	5	16	13	6	9	$88,137.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	56	2	2	0	3	5	16	13	6	9	$88,137.50
5	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	$10,650.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	5	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	$10,650.00
134	5	2	2	4	9	41	33	17	20	$283,687.50	Total	134	5	2	2	4	9	41	33	17	20	$283,687.50

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 %
2026	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	$11,200.00	5	9	35.7 %
Total	FIVB	133	5	2	2	4	9	0	33	8	33	17	20	$561,175.00	246	257	48.9 %

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
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	$5,600.00	2026	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	$5,600.00
133	5	2	2	4	9	41	33	17	20	$280,587.50	Total	Total	133	5	2	2	4	9	41	33	17	20	$280,587.50

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	150	66.1%	33	14.5%	44	19.4%	183-44	80.6%	55	20.6%	48	18.0%	164	61.4%	55-212	20.6%	150-164	47.8%	88-92	48.9%	8	1	246-257	48.9%
2025-2026	17	65.4%	3	11.5%	6	23.1%	20-6	76.9%	9	22.5%	7	17.5%	24	60.0%	9-31	22.5%	17-24	41.5%	12-13	48.0%	1	0	30-37	44.8%
Against the Field	8	61.5%	3	23.1%	2	15.4%	11-2	84.6%	3	17.6%	2	11.8%	12	70.6%	3-14	17.6%	16-24	40.0%	12-8	60.0%	0	0	14-16	46.7%

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	15	48	79	0	0	15	25	1	3	2	1	1	0	97	123
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	26	123	151	5	1	54	66	7	6	2	4	5	2	246	257

Head to Head Results
First meeting between the two teams

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
8/1/26	FIVB	BPT Elite16 Rio de Janeiro	Winner 1