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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$300,000 BPT Elite Newport Beach
October 7 - 11, 2025

(6) Kristians Fokerots/Martins Plavins, Latvia

Kristians Fokerots
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 31, 2005 (21 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kuldiga

Height:

194 cm (6'4")

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$83,111.80

Martins Plavins
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 8, 1985 (40 yrs old)

Home Town:

Riga

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

87 kg (191 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

198

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$479,193.30

Awards

Best Defensive Player 2012

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	25	Money
FIVB	22	2	1	4	2	5	0	1	3	2	1	1	US$160,226.96

Previous Newport Beach Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/24-28/2025	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	4	4th	900	US$12,000.00
FIVB	9/17-21/2025	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	7	19th	380	US$2,500.00
FIVB	8/27-31/2025	BPT Elite Hamburg	13	4th	900	US$12,000.00
FIVB	7/2-6/2025	BPT Elite Gstaad	14	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2025	Futures Jurmala	1	1st	400	€ 2,000.00
FIVB	5/28-6/1/2025	BPT Elite Ostrava	12	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	4/16-20/2025	BPT Elite Brasília	7	5th	760	US$9,000.00
FIVB	4/9-13/2025	BPT Elite Saquarema	7	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	3/26-30/2025	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	4	13th	460	US$4,500.00
FIVB	11/6-10/2024	Elite16 Rio de Janeiro	7	3rd	1000	US$14,000.00
FIVB	10/16-20/2024	Elite16 Joao Pessoa	8	5th	760	US$8,000.00

BPT Elite Newport Beach Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 10/8/2025	Pool C	Taylor Crabb / Trevor Crabb, United States (11)	Lost 21-16, 19-21, 13-15	0:46
Thu, 10/9/2025	Pool C	Adrian Gavira / Alejandro Huerta, Spain (14, Q5)	Won 21-19, 21-19	0:33
Thu, 10/9/2025	Pool C	Evandro Goncalves / Arthur Lanci, Brazil (3)	Lost 17-21, 24-26	0:40
Fri, 10/10/2025	Winner 1	Andy Benesh / Miles Partain, United States (4)	Won 24-22, 19-21, 15-11	0:52
Fri, 10/10/2025	Winner 2	Ahmed Tijan / Cherif Younousse, Qatar (1)	Lost 21-18, 16-21, 10-15	0:45

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$)
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$7,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	14	0	1	3	2	4	0	0	3	1	0	0	$145,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	$4,000.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,800.00
Total	22	2	1	4	2	5	0	1	3	3	1	0	$159,800.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Kristians Fokerots												Martins Plavins
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	3	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00	World Championships	8	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	0	0	$36,900.00
											World Tour Finals	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$17,750.00
15	0	1	3	2	4	3	2	0	0	$72,500.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	83	1	1	3	2	5	21	22	13	0	$254,250.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	0	$2,500.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	83	2	2	2	2	9	25	15	14	0	$156,100.00
9	3	1	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	$3,300.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	11	2	1	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	$10,550.00
											Challenger	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$1,800.00
											Satellite	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
											U21 World Championships	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
37	4	2	5	2	7	4	5	5	0	$81,800.00	Total	198	7	4	8	6	20	54	43	27	0	$478,350.00

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
2023	FIVB	6	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	$5,800.00	18	8	69.2 %
2024	FIVB	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$22,000.00	6	6	50.0 %
2025	FIVB	10	1	0	0	2	3	0	0	3	1	0	0	$68,000.00	23	21	52.3 %
Total	FIVB	18	2	0	2	2	5	0	1	3	2	1	0	$95,800.00	47	35	57.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Kristians Fokerots													Martins Plavins
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
											2004	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00
											2005	FIVB C&S	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,450.00
											2005	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2006	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	$3,250.00
											2006	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$1,350.00
											2007	FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	2	3	5	2	3	$30,500.00
											2008	FIVB	17	0	0	0	0	1	5	2	6	3	$29,100.00
											2009	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	1	$10,650.00
											2010	FIVB	11	0	1	0	0	1	2	2	1	4	$28,750.00
											2011	FIVB	10	0	0	0	1	1	3	4	1	0	$39,875.00
											2012	FIVB	11	1	0	1	0	0	6	2	1	0	$49,725.00
											2013	FIVB	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	$18,850.00
											2014	FIVB	10	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	5	$19,000.00
											2015	FIVB	11	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	5	$14,850.00
											2016	FIVB	17	0	0	1	0	0	9	4	1	2	$35,700.00
											2017	FIVB	7	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	1	$13,250.00
											2018	FIVB	13	1	1	0	0	4	4	2	1	0	$53,000.00
											2019	FIVB	13	0	0	1	0	2	8	2	0	0	$38,000.00
											2021	FIVB	6	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	0	$8,750.00
10	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	4	2	$900.00	2022	FIVB	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	1	$1,250.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2022	FIVB Age Group WC
7	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	$2,900.00	2023	FIVB	9	1	0	1	0	2	1	2	2	0	$3,050.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00	2023	FIVB Age Group WC
5	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$12,000.00	2024	FIVB	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$11,000.00
10	1	0	0	2	3	3	1	0	0	$34,000.00	2025	FIVB	10	1	0	0	2	3	3	1	0	0	$34,000.00
34	4	1	3	2	7	4	4	6	3	$49,800.00	Total	Total	194	7	3	6	6	20	54	42	27	29	$446,350.00

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	44	69.8%	12	19.0%	7	11.1%	56-7	88.9%	7	16.7%	8	19.0%	27	64.3%	7-35	16.7%	44-27	62.0%	19-15	55.9%	1	0	64-42	60.4%
2024-2025	25	65.8%	7	18.4%	6	15.8%	32-6	84.2%	2	7.4%	5	18.5%	20	74.1%	2-25	7.4%	25-20	55.6%	9-11	45.0%	1	0	35-31	53.0%
Against the Field	10	58.8%	4	23.5%	3	17.6%	14-3	82.4%	3	23.1%	2	15.4%	8	61.5%	3-10	23.1%	20-16	55.6%	14-10	58.3%	0	0	17-13	56.7%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	19	14	0	0	15	10	1	5	3	2	0	1	38	32
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	5	1	2	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	5
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	5	1	2	1	1	0	2	0	17	3
Total	0	0	5	1	30	18	0	1	20	13	3	6	4	2	2	1	64	42

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 11-11 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 5 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Tijan/Younousse, Qatar 0-3
10/10/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Newport Beach	Winner 2	Tijan/Younousse	1	Fokerots/Plavins	6	18-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:45
9/28/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	Semi-Finals	Tijan/Younousse	3	Fokerots/Plavins	4	21-19, 21-17	0:36
9/27/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	Winner 2	Tijan/Younousse	3	Fokerots/Plavins	4	15-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:47
Trail the series against # 2 Andersson/Nilsson, Sweden 0-1
7/4/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Winner 1	Andersson/Nilsson	24, Q13	Fokerots/Plavins	14	21-14, 21-19	0:34
Trail the series against # 3 Goncalves/Lanci, Brazil 1-3
10/9/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Newport Beach	Pool C	Goncalves/Lanci	3	Fokerots/Plavins	6	21-17, 26-24	0:40
9/18/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Joao Pessoa	Pool F	Goncalves/Lanci	6	Fokerots/Plavins	7	21-18, 21-14	0:31
5/31/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Ostrava	Winner 2	Fokerots/Plavins	12	Goncalves/Lanci	11	22-20, 21-17	0:35
4/19/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Winner 2	Goncalves/Lanci	15	Fokerots/Plavins	7	21-14, 17-21, 31-29	1:01
Lead the series against # 4 Benesh/Partain, United States 2-0
10/10/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Newport Beach	Winner 1	Fokerots/Plavins	6	Benesh/Partain	4	24-22, 19-21, 15-11	0:52
7/2/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Gstaad	Pool B	Fokerots/Plavins	14	Benesh/Partain	11	22-20, 21-17	0:35
Lead the series against # 5 Ehlers/Wickler, Germany 1-0
8/30/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Hamburg	Winner 3	Fokerots/Plavins	13	Ehlers/Wickler	6	21-19, 15-21, 15-9	0:50
Lead the series against # 7 Carracher/Nicolaidis, Australia 2-1
9/25/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	Pool D	Fokerots/Plavins	4	Carracher/Nicolaidis	9	21-11, 21-19	0:28
5/29/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Ostrava	Pool A	Fokerots/Plavins	12	Carracher/Nicolaidis	13	21-14, 15-21, 16-14	0:39
11/18/23	FIVB	Challenge Chiang Mai	Winner 1	Carracher/Nicolaidis	19, Q6	Fokerots/Plavins	24, Q15	21-15, 27-25	0:35
Trail the series against # 8 Berntsen/Mol, Norway 0-2
3/27/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Quintana Roo	Pool D	Berntsen/Mol	9	Fokerots/Plavins	4	21-18, 21-18	0:30
10/17/24	FIVB	Elite16 Joao Pessoa	Pool A	Berntsen/Mol	9	Fokerots/Plavins	8	21-15, 32-34, 16-14	1:01
Lead the series against # 9 Budinger/Evans, United States 2-0
9/27/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Rio de Janeiro	Winner 3	Fokerots/Plavins	4	Budinger/Evans	13	21-14, 25-23	0:36
4/17/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Brasília	Pool F	Fokerots/Plavins	7	Budinger/Evans	19, Q7	21-16, 15-21, 17-15	0:44
Trail the series against # 11 Crabb/Crabb, United States 0-1
10/8/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Newport Beach	Pool C	Crabb/Crabb	11	Fokerots/Plavins	6	16-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:46
Lead the series against # 14, Q5 Gavira/Huerta, Spain 1-0
10/9/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Newport Beach	Pool C	Fokerots/Plavins	6	Gavira/Huerta	14, Q5	21-19, 21-19	0:33
Lead the series against # 15, Q6 Bello/Bello, England 1-0
8/29/25	FIVB	BPT Elite Hamburg	Winner 1	Fokerots/Plavins	13	Bello/Bello	14	21-16, 21-17	0:35
Lead the series against # Q2 Barbosa/Rezende, Brazil 1-0
11/3/23	FIVB	Challenge Haikou	Pool C	Fokerots/Plavins	22, Q14	Barbosa/Rezende	15, Q4	15-21, 21-14, 15-9	0:39