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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$50,000 Agadir Two Star
July 26 - 29, 2018

(4) 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 Agadir Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/17-22/2018	Haiyang Three Star	11	17th	240	US$1,500.00
FIVB	5/9-13/2018	Lucerne Three Star	14	25th	180	US$1,000.00
FIVB	5/2-6/2018	Mersin Three Star	16	5th	360	US$3,000.00
FIVB	3/6-10/2018	Doha Four Star	Q14	41st	40	US$0.00
FIVB	2/20-24/2018	Kish Island Three Star	13	17th	240	US$2,000.00
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

Agadir Two Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 7/27/2018	Pool D	Jakob Molin / Linus Tholse, Sweden (21, Q3)	Won 21-18, 26-24	0:37
Fri, 7/27/2018	Pool D	Martin Appelgren / Simon Boman, Sweden (9)	Won 24-22, 21-17	0:37
Sat, 7/28/2018	Winner 1	Oscar Brandao / Luciano Ferreira, Brazil (8)	Won 19-21, 21-16, 16-14	0:58
Sat, 7/28/2018	Winner 2	Christoph Dressler / Alexander Huber, Austria (7, Q1)	Lost 18-21, 16-21	0:41

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	8	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	2	1	$11,500.00	12	14	46.2 %
Total	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	3	2	$13,000.00	14	17	45.2 %
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
8	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	2	1	$5,750.00	2018	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	2	1	$5,750.00
30	0	0	0	1	3	1	7	9	9	$20,900.00	Total	Total	34	1	1	0	1	3	2	3	5	18	$35,250.00

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	5	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	5-0	100.0%	1	25.0%	1	25.0%	2	50.0%	1-3	25.0%	10-4	71.4%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	6-3	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	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 lead the series against the field 5-3 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Kazdailis/Rumsevicius, Lithuania 0-2
5/10/18	FIVB	Lucerne Three Star	Pool C	Kazdailis/Rumsevicius	19	Finsters/Solovejs	14	21-13, 21-17	0:29
5/3/18	FIVB	Mersin Three Star	Pool A	Kazdailis/Rumsevicius	17	Finsters/Solovejs	16	21-18, 15-21, 15-12	0:50
Lead the series against # 6 Bercik/Dumek, Czech Republic 1-0
1/3/18	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Qualifier 1	Finsters/Solovejs	24, Q6	Bercik/Dumek	Q27	21-17, 21-15	0:34
Trail the series against # 7, Q1 Dressler/Huber, Austria 0-1
7/28/18	FIVB	Agadir Two Star	Winner 2	Dressler/Huber	7, Q1	Finsters/Solovejs	4	21-18, 21-16	0:41
Lead the series against # 8 Brandao/Ferreira, Brazil 1-0
7/28/18	FIVB	Agadir Two Star	Winner 1	Finsters/Solovejs	4	Brandao/Ferreira	8	19-21, 21-16, 16-14	0:58
Lead the series against # 9 Appelgren/Boman, Sweden 1-0
7/27/18	FIVB	Agadir Two Star	Pool D	Finsters/Solovejs	4	Appelgren/Boman	9	24-22, 21-17	0:37
Lead the series against # 11 Bykanov/Hudyakov, Russia 1-0
1/4/18	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Qualifier 2	Finsters/Solovejs	24, Q6	Bykanov/Hudyakov	Q11	21-16, 23-21	0:34
Lead the series against # 21, Q3 Molin/Tholse, Sweden 1-0
7/27/18	FIVB	Agadir Two Star	Pool D	Finsters/Solovejs	4	Molin/Tholse	21, Q3	21-18, 26-24	0:37