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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$800,000 Moscow Grand Slam
May 24 - 29, 2016

(27, Q9) Martins Plavins/Haralds Regza, Latvia

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:

195

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$450,693.30

Haralds Regza
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 6, 1992 (33 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kraslava

Height:

197 cm (6'6")

Weight:

88 kg (194 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (FIVB Göteborg 2019)

Career Winnings:

US$66,439.46

Awards

Best Defensive Player 2012

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
FIVB	28	0	0	1	2	0	0	12	0	6	4	3	US$119,400.00

Previous Moscow Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2008	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 9th	Did not play
2009	Janis Smedins - 17th	Did not play
2011	Janis Smedins - 17th	Did not play
2012	Janis Smedins - 9th	Did not play
2013	Aleksandrs Solovejs - 33rd	Did not play
2014	Aleksandrs Solovejs - 25th	Did not play
2015	Hermans Egleskalns - 41st	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/10-15/2016	Antalya Open	16	9th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	4/19-23/2016	Fuzhou Open	16	9th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	4/12-16/2016	Xiamen Open	16	9th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	4/4-8/2016	Qatar Open	18	9th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	3/15-20/2016	Vitória Open	Q2	33rd	60	US$0.00
FIVB	3/8-13/2016	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Q4	33rd	80	US$0.00
FIVB	2/23-28/2016	Maceió Open	17	17th	180	US$1,200.00
FIVB	2/15-19/2016	Kish Island Open	6	17th	180	US$1,200.00
FIVB	11/8-13/2015	Qatar Open	7	9th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	10/21-25/2015	Antalya Open	9	3rd	400	US$6,000.00
FIVB	10/6-11/2015	Puerto Vallarta Open	13	9th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	9/22-26/2015	Xiamen Open	9	4th	350	US$4,500.00
FIVB	9/8-13/2015	Sochi Open	8	9th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/25-30/2015	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	28	9th	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	8/18-23/2015	Long Beach Grand Slam	29, Q7	25th	160	US$4,000.00

Moscow Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 5/24/2016	Qualifier 1	Mykola Babich / Iaroslav Gordieiev, Ukraine (Q24)	Won 21-19, 21-18	0:34
Tue, 5/24/2016	Qualifier 2	Saymon Barbosa / Guto Carvalhaes, Brazil (Q8)	Won 21-19, 21-18	0:30
Wed, 5/25/2016	Pool F	Alexander Brouwer / Robert Meeuwsen, Netherlands (6)	Lost 16-21, 18-21	0:30
Thu, 5/26/2016	Pool F	Tri Bourne / John Hyden, United States (11)	Won 18-21, 21-17, 19-17	0:50
Thu, 5/26/2016	Pool F	Youssef Krou / Edouard Rowlandson, France (22, Q1)	Lost 15-21, 21-23	0:36

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	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	4	0	$74,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	13	0	0	1	2	0	0	7	0	2	0	0	$34,900.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00
Total	28	0	0	1	2	0	0	12	0	6	4	0	$119,400.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Martins Plavins												Haralds Regza
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
8	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	0	0	$36,900.00	World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$3,500.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$17,750.00	World Tour Finals
80	1	0	1	2	5	21	22	13	0	$225,750.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	16	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	4	0	$37,000.00
83	2	2	2	2	9	25	15	14	0	$156,100.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	19	0	0	1	2	0	7	3	0	0	$18,600.00
11	2	1	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	$10,550.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	14	0	1	2	0	5	3	3	0	0	$6,625.00
3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$1,800.00	Challenger
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	Satellite
											U23 World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00
2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
195	7	3	6	6	20	54	43	27	0	$449,850.00	Total	56	0	1	3	2	7	16	10	5	0	$65,725.00

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	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	$21,500.00	13	9	59.1 %
2016	FIVB	12	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	0	2	1	2	$24,400.00	29	23	55.8 %
Total	FIVB	16	0	0	1	1	0	0	8	0	2	2	2	$45,900.00	42	32	56.8 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Martins Plavins													Haralds Regza
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	2002	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2004	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00	2005	FIVB
2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,450.00	2005	FIVB C&S
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2005	FIVB Age Group WC
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	$3,250.00	2006	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$1,350.00	2006	FIVB C&S
15	0	0	0	0	2	3	5	2	3	$30,500.00	2007	FIVB
17	0	0	0	0	1	5	2	6	3	$29,100.00	2008	FIVB
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	1	$10,650.00	2009	FIVB
11	0	1	0	0	1	2	2	1	4	$28,750.00	2010	FIVB
											2010	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$0.00
10	0	0	0	1	1	3	4	1	0	$39,875.00	2011	FIVB
											2011	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
11	1	0	1	0	0	6	2	1	0	$49,725.00	2012	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00
											2012	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
9	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	$18,850.00	2013	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,150.00
											2013	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
10	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	5	$19,000.00	2014	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
											2014	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
11	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	5	$14,850.00	2015	FIVB	4	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	$10,750.00
12	0	0	1	0	0	6	2	1	2	$12,200.00	2016	FIVB	12	0	0	1	0	0	6	2	1	2	$12,200.00
123	4	2	2	2	8	33	25	20	27	$260,550.00	Total	Total	29	0	0	1	1	2	10	4	3	8	$24,100.00

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	45	69.2%	12	18.5%	8	12.3%	57-8	87.7%	10	16.4%	7	11.5%	44	72.1%	10-51	16.4%	45-44	50.6%	22-15	59.5%	0	0	67-59	53.2%
2015-2016	38	67.9%	11	19.6%	7	12.5%	49-7	87.5%	8	18.2%	6	13.6%	30	68.2%	8-36	18.2%	38-30	55.9%	19-13	59.4%	0	0	57-43	57.0%
Against the Field	13	48.1%	7	25.9%	7	25.9%	20-7	74.1%	6	14.0%	5	11.6%	32	74.4%	6-37	14.0%	26-64	28.9%	26-24	52.0%	0	0	26-44	37.1%

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	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	10	2	12	18	0	0	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	26
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	1	24	11	0	0	12	9	0	3	1	2	0	0	37	26
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4
Total	0	0	10	3	39	33	1	0	16	18	0	3	1	2	0	0	67	59

Head to Head Results
Plavins/Regza trail the series against the field 18-27 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 13 Series, 5 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Dalhausser/Lucena, United States 0-3
4/21/16	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool A	Dalhausser/Lucena	1	Plavins/Regza	16	17-21, 21-15, 15-10	0:44
10/8/15	FIVB	Puerto Vallarta Open	Pool D	Dalhausser/Lucena	4	Plavins/Regza	13	19-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:51
9/26/15	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Semi-Finals	Dalhausser/Lucena	2	Plavins/Regza	9	21-17, 19-21, 15-11	0:52
Trail the series against # 4 Goncalves/Solberg, Brazil 0-2
2/24/16	FIVB	Maceió Open	Pool A	Goncalves/Solberg	1	Plavins/Regza	17	22-20, 15-21, 15-12	0:55
8/19/15	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Pool D	Goncalves/Solberg	4	Plavins/Regza	29, Q7	21-18, 21-12	0:38
Lead the series against # 5 Nummerdor/Varenhorst, Netherlands 1-0
5/13/16	FIVB	Antalya Open	Pool A	Plavins/Regza	16	Nummerdor/Varenhorst	1	17-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:48
Trail the series against # 6 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 0-2
5/25/16	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool F	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	6	Plavins/Regza	27, Q9	21-16, 21-18	0:30
10/9/15	FIVB	Puerto Vallarta Open	Winner 2	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	3	Plavins/Regza	13	21-18, 21-19	0:39
Series tied with # 7 Doppler/Horst, Austria 1-1
4/5/16	FIVB	Qatar Open	Pool B	Doppler/Horst	2	Plavins/Regza	18	17-21, 21-15, 15-11	0:45
8/27/15	FIVB	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	Pool E	Plavins/Regza	28	Doppler/Horst	5	21-17, 21-19	0:34
Trail the series against # 8 Krasilnikov/Semenov, Russia 0-1
8/27/15	FIVB	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	Pool E	Krasilnikov/Semenov	12	Plavins/Regza	28	21-19, 21-16	0:34
Trail the series against # 9 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 0-2
4/22/16	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Smedins	4	Plavins/Regza	16	21-18, 21-12	0:35
9/26/15	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Bronze Medal	Samoilovs/Smedins	1	Plavins/Regza	9	21-17, 21-13	0:34
Trail the series against # 10 Saxton/Schalk, Canada 0-1
4/14/16	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool A	Saxton/Schalk	1	Plavins/Regza	16	32-30, 21-16	0:44
Lead the series against # 11 Bourne/Hyden, United States 2-0
5/26/16	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool F	Plavins/Regza	27, Q9	Bourne/Hyden	11	18-21, 21-17, 19-17	0:50
4/6/16	FIVB	Qatar Open	Winner 1	Plavins/Regza	18	Bourne/Hyden	5	21-23, 24-22, 15-10	0:53
Trail the series against # 12 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 0-1
4/15/16	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Winner 2	Gavira/Herrera	7	Plavins/Regza	16	21-19, 26-24	0:40
Trail the series against # 13 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 0-1
4/7/16	FIVB	Qatar Open	Winner 2	Lupo/Nicolai	9	Plavins/Regza	18	12-21, 21-11, 15-12	0:36
Trail the series against # 14 Carambula/Ranghieri, Italy 0-1
10/25/15	FIVB	Antalya Open	Semi-Finals	Carambula/Ranghieri	2	Plavins/Regza	9	24-22, 21-19	0:47
Trail the series against # 15 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 0-2
2/26/16	FIVB	Maceió Open	Winner 1	Fijalek/Prudel	8	Plavins/Regza	17	21-14, 22-20	0:36
8/20/15	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Pool D	Fijalek/Prudel	13	Plavins/Regza	29, Q7	21-10, 21-18	0:31
Lead the series against # 17 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 2-1
10/24/15	FIVB	Antalya Open	Winner 3	Plavins/Regza	9	Kantor/Losiak	6	21-18, 24-22	0:39
9/25/15	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Winner 3	Plavins/Regza	9	Kantor/Losiak	3	21-16, 21-18	0:34
8/29/15	FIVB	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	Winner 2	Kantor/Losiak	27	Plavins/Regza	28	21-15, 19-21, 15-9	0:49
Trail the series against # 19 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 0-1
5/14/16	FIVB	Antalya Open	Winner 2	Erdmann/Matysik	7	Plavins/Regza	16	21-16, 22-20	0:37
Series tied with # 20 Ontiveros/Virgen, Mexico 1-1
2/18/16	FIVB	Kish Island Open	Winner 1	Ontiveros/Virgen	2	Plavins/Regza	6	21-19, 21-16	0:36
8/28/15	FIVB	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	Pool E	Plavins/Regza	28	Ontiveros/Virgen	21	21-18, 21-13	0:36
Trail the series against # 22, Q1 Krou/Rowlandson, France 0-1
5/26/16	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool F	Krou/Rowlandson	22, Q1	Plavins/Regza	27, Q9	21-15, 23-21	0:36
Series tied with # 24, Q4 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 1-1
4/5/16	FIVB	Qatar Open	Pool B	Plavins/Regza	18	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	15	18-21, 21-14, 15-12	0:45
8/20/15	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Pool D	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	20	Plavins/Regza	29, Q7	21-19, 21-16	0:37
Trail the series against # 26 Stoyanovskiy/Yarzutkin, Russia 0-2
2/17/16	FIVB	Kish Island Open	Pool F	Stoyanovskiy/Yarzutkin	11	Plavins/Regza	6	21-14, 21-19	0:30
9/11/15	FIVB	Sochi Open	Winner 2	Stoyanovskiy/Yarzutkin	18	Plavins/Regza	8	21-18, 21-18	0:33
Lead the series against # 28, Q11 Fuchs/Windscheif, Germany 3-0
4/22/16	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 1	Plavins/Regza	16	Fuchs/Windscheif	19	21-17, 21-15	0:35
4/15/16	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Winner 1	Plavins/Regza	16	Fuchs/Windscheif	19	21-19, 21-14	0:34
8/29/15	FIVB	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	Winner 1	Plavins/Regza	28	Fuchs/Windscheif	25, Q7	21-16, 14-21, 15-10	0:45
Series tied with # 32, Q19 Finsters/Tocs, Latvia 1-1
3/8/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Finsters/Tocs	30, Q20	Plavins/Regza	Q4	24-22, 24-26, 15-13	1:01
11/10/15	FIVB	Qatar Open	Pool G	Plavins/Regza	7	Finsters/Tocs	26, Q5	21-13, 21-19	0:32
Lead the series against # Q3 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 1-0
10/25/15	FIVB	Antalya Open	Bronze Medal	Plavins/Regza	9	Grimalt/Grimalt	5	21-15, 21-17	0:33
Series tied with # Q8 Barbosa/Carvalhaes, Brazil 1-1
5/24/16	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Plavins/Regza	27, Q9	Barbosa/Carvalhaes	Q8	21-19, 21-18	0:30
3/15/16	FIVB	Vitória Open	Qualifier 2	Barbosa/Carvalhaes	28, Q15	Plavins/Regza	Q2	21-19, 22-20	0:35
Lead the series against # Q10 Huber/Seidl, Austria 2-1
5/12/16	FIVB	Antalya Open	Pool A	Plavins/Regza	16	Huber/Seidl	17	21-16, 21-23, 15-11	0:48
4/20/16	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool A	Huber/Seidl	17	Plavins/Regza	16	19-21, 21-17, 15-9	0:47
4/13/16	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool A	Plavins/Regza	16	Huber/Seidl	17	21-16, 21-12	0:29
Lead the series against # Q15 Dyachenko/Sidorenko, Kazakhstan 1-0
8/18/15	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Plavins/Regza	29, Q7	Dyachenko/Sidorenko	Q10	21-17, 23-25, 15-11	0:53
Lead the series against # Q24 Babich/Gordieiev, Ukraine 1-0
5/24/16	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Plavins/Regza	27, Q9	Babich/Gordieiev	Q24	21-19, 21-18	0:34