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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$800,000 Moscow Grand Slam
May 25 - 31, 2015

(Q23) Aleksandrs Solovejs/Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia

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

Ruslans Sorokins
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 11, 1982 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Riga

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

96 kg (211 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (4 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

2nd (Kristiansand 2009)

Career Winnings:

US$160,900.00

Awards

Top Rookie 2009

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	US$0.00

Previous Moscow Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2009	Did not play	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 33rd
2010	Did not play	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 25th
2011	Did not play	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 33rd
2012	Did not play	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 5th
2013	Martins Plavins - 33rd	Toms Smedins - 17th
2014	Martins Plavins - 25th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/12-17/2015	Lucerne Open	Q14	33rd	60	US$0.00
FIVB	4/21-25/2015	Fuzhou Open	Q3	41st	30	US$0.00

Moscow Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 5/26/2015	Qualifier 1	Jackson Henriquez / Jesus Villafane, Venezuela (25, Q10)	Lost 16-21, 18-21	0:35

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	0	0	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Aleksandrs Solovejs												Ruslans Sorokins
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$10,700.00
18	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	$14,250.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	40	0	0	0	0	3	9	9	7	0	$86,350.00
11	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	$16,250.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	40	0	1	0	0	2	11	7	6	0	$59,000.00
11	0	0	0	0	4	1	5	1	0	$7,250.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
											Challenger	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$4,100.00
											Satellite	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U23 World Championships
											U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
41	1	1	0	1	4	3	6	5	0	$37,750.00	Total	91	0	4	0	0	5	23	18	14	0	$160,900.00

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
2015	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2	3	40.0 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2	3	40.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Aleksandrs Solovejs													Ruslans Sorokins
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2002	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2003	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
											2004	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2005	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
											2005	FIVB C&S	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,550.00
											2006	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$1,000.00
											2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
											2007	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,300.00
											2008	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$5,950.00
											2008	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$0.00
											2009	FIVB	11	0	1	0	0	0	4	3	2	1	$32,675.00
											2010	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	3	0	$26,650.00
											2011	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	1	5	3	1	2	$29,275.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,750.00	2012	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	4	5	1	2	0	$44,400.00
3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$8,750.00	2013	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	3	$13,500.00
1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2013	FIVB Age Group WC
10	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	5	$19,000.00	2014	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	$1,600.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2015	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
19	1	1	0	1	0	2	1	3	10	$29,500.00	Total	Total	84	0	4	0	0	5	22	18	14	21	$159,900.00

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	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	2	40.0%	1	20.0%	2	40.0%	2-3	40.0%	0-2	0.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	2-4	33.3%
2014-2015	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	2	40.0%	1	20.0%	2	40.0%	2-3	40.0%	0-2	0.0%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	2-4	33.3%
Against the Field	0		0		0		0-0		2	50.0%	0	0.0%	2	50.0%	2-2	50.0%	0-4	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	0	0	2-2	50.0%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Total	1	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4

Head to Head Results
Solovejs/Sorokins lead the series against the field 2-1 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 1 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 25, Q10 Henriquez/Villafane, Venezuela 0-1
5/26/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Henriquez/Villafane	25, Q10	Solovejs/Sorokins	Q23	21-16, 21-18	0:35
Lead the series against # Q25 Horl/Hupfer, Austria 1-0
5/13/15	FIVB	Lucerne Open	Qualifier 1	Solovejs/Sorokins	Q14	Horl/Hupfer	Q19	18-21, 32-30, 15-12	1:06
Lead the series against # Q28 Egleskalns/Plavins, Latvia 1-0
5/12/15	FIVB	Lucerne Open	Country Quota	Solovejs/Sorokins	Q14	Egleskalns/Plavins		18-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:58