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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$100,000 MICA Mall Kish Island Open
February 20 - 24, 2018

(13) Rihards Finsters/Aleksandrs Solovejs, Latvia

Rihards Finsters
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 21, 1991 (34 yrs old)

Home Town:

Liepaja

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

87 kg (191 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

4th (FIVB U23 World Championships Myslowice 2013)

Career FIVB WT Best:

5th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$21,650.00

Aleksandrs Solovejs
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 11, 1991 (34 yrs old)

Home Town:

Riga

Height:

203 cm (6'8")

Weight:

108 kg (238 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Anapa 2014)

Career Winnings:

US$37,867.13

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	41	Money
FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	3	3	US$14,500.00
FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
Overall	13	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	3	3	3	US$14,500.00

Previous Kish Island Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	1/3-7/2018	The Hague Four Star	24, Q6	25th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	11/22-25/2017	Sydney Two Star	7	5th	160	US$1,000.00

Kish Island Three Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 2/21/2018	Pool D	Dirk Boehle / Steven van de Velde, Netherlands (20)	Won 21-19, 21-18	0:33
Wed, 2/21/2018	Pool D	Mariusz Prudel / Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland (4)	Lost 22-20, 17-21, 9-15	0:51
Thu, 2/22/2018	Winner 1	Alexander Walkenhorst / Sven Winter, Germany (22, Q3)	Lost 28-30, 18-21	0:46

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	$3,500.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	7	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	1	0	$11,000.00
U23 World Championships	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	13	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	3	3	0	$14,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Rihards Finsters												Aleksandrs Solovejs
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	1	0	0	$3,500.00	World Championships
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	$6,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	18	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	$14,250.00
13	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	0	$5,150.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	11	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	$16,250.00
9	0	0	0	0	3	0	5	1	0	$7,000.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	11	0	0	0	0	4	1	5	1	0	$7,250.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U23 World Championships	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
32	0	0	0	1	3	1	8	9	0	$21,650.00	Total	41	1	1	0	1	4	3	6	5	0	$37,750.00

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
2013	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,500.00	2	2	50.0 %
2013	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	7	3	70.0 %
2015	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2018	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	$5,000.00	5	6	45.5 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	$6,500.00	7	9	43.8 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	7	3	70.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Rihards Finsters													Aleksandrs Solovejs
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2012	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,750.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$750.00	2013	FIVB	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$8,750.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2013	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2014	FIVB	10	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	5	$19,000.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00	2015	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	$0.00
13	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	6	4	$9,400.00	2016	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	$5,000.00	2017	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	$2,500.00	2018	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	$2,500.00
25	0	0	0	1	1	1	6	8	8	$17,650.00	Total	Total	29	1	1	0	1	1	2	2	4	17	$32,000.00

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	10	71.4%	2	14.3%	2	14.3%	12-2	85.7%	5	21.7%	2	8.7%	16	69.6%	5-18	21.7%	10-16	38.5%	7-4	63.6%	0	0	17-20	45.9%
2017-2018	8	72.7%	2	18.2%	1	9.1%	10-1	90.9%	2	13.3%	1	6.7%	12	80.0%	2-13	13.3%	8-12	40.0%	4-2	66.7%	0	0	12-14	46.2%
Against the Field	4	80.0%	0	0.0%	1	20.0%	4-1	80.0%	2	22.2%	1	11.1%	6	66.7%	2-7	22.2%	8-12	40.0%	4-4	50.0%	0	0	6-8	42.9%

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	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	3	2	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	6
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	2	0	7	7	0	0	4	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	13
U23 World Championships	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	7	3
Total	0	0	7	3	10	12	0	0	7	6	0	1	0	1	0	0	24	23

Head to Head Results
Finsters/Solovejs trail the series against the field 2-3 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 Prudel/Szalankiewicz, Poland 0-1
2/21/18	FIVB	Kish Island Three Star	Pool D	Prudel/Szalankiewicz	4	Finsters/Solovejs	13	20-22, 21-17, 15-9	0:51
Trail the series against # 11 Gauthier-Rat/Thiercy, France 0-1
1/5/18	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Pool H	Gauthier-Rat/Thiercy	25, Q7	Finsters/Solovejs	24, Q6	21-15, 21-16	0:32
Lead the series against # 20 Boehle/van de Velde, Netherlands 1-0
2/21/18	FIVB	Kish Island Three Star	Pool D	Finsters/Solovejs	13	Boehle/van de Velde	20	21-19, 21-18	0:33
Trail the series against # 22, Q3 Walkenhorst/Winter, Germany 0-1
2/22/18	FIVB	Kish Island Three Star	Winner 1	Walkenhorst/Winter	22, Q3	Finsters/Solovejs	13	30-28, 21-18	0:46
Lead the series against # Q2 Inkiew/Techakijvorakul, Thailand 1-0
11/23/17	FIVB	Sydney Two Star	Pool F	Finsters/Solovejs	7	Inkiew/Techakijvorakul	6	21-18, 21-12	0:32