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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 Xiamen Four Star
April 23 - 28, 2019

(Q24) 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 Xiamen Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2016	Edgars Tocs - 25th	Did not play
2017	Edgars Tocs - 17th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/26-29/2018	Agadir Two Star	4	5th	240	US$1,000.00
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

Xiamen Four Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 4/24/2019	Qualifier 1	Christiaan Varenhorst / Steven van de Velde, Netherlands (Q9)	Lost 17-21, 21-19, 12-15	0:50

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 %
2019	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
Total	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	3	3	$13,000.00	14	18	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
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2019	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
31	0	0	0	1	3	1	7	9	10	$20,900.00	Total	Total	35	1	1	0	1	3	2	3	5	19	$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%
2018-2019	9	75.0%	2	16.7%	1	8.3%	11-1	91.7%	4	20.0%	2	10.0%	14	70.0%	4-16	20.0%	9-14	39.1%	6-3	66.7%	0	0	15-17	46.9%
Against the Field	3	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	2	25.0%	1	12.5%	5	62.5%	2-6	25.0%	6-10	37.5%	4-2	66.7%	0	0	5-6	45.5%

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
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
Series tied against the field 4-4 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Mol/Sorum, Norway 0-1
1/4/18	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Pool H	Mol/Sorum	9	Finsters/Solovejs	24, Q6	21-16, 21-16	0:28
Lead the series against # 28 Ha/Wu, China 1-0
5/4/18	FIVB	Mersin Three Star	Winner 1	Finsters/Solovejs	16	Ha/Wu	27, Q6	22-20, 24-22	0:43
Lead the series against # 30, Q25 Betzien/Erdmann, Germany 1-0
7/19/18	FIVB	Haiyang Three Star	Pool F	Finsters/Solovejs	11	Betzien/Erdmann	22	19-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:47
Trail the series against Barbosa/Brandao, Brazil 0-1
7/25/13	FIVB	Anapa Open	Pool H	Barbosa/Brandao	9	Finsters/Solovejs	24, Q2	21-19, 23-21	0:39
Trail the series against # Q9 van de Velde/Varenhorst, Netherlands 0-1
4/24/19	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Qualifier 1	Varenhorst/van de Velde	Q9	Finsters/Solovejs	Q24	21-17, 19-21, 15-12	0:50
Lead the series against # Q12 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 # Q14 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
Trail the series against # Q20 Kissling/Zandbergen, Switzerland 0-1
5/11/18	FIVB	Lucerne Three Star	Pool C	Kissling/Zandbergen	30	Finsters/Solovejs	14	21-19, 21-15	0:33