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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$800,000 Gstaad Major
July 5 - 10, 2016

(21, Q2) 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 Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2007	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 37th	Did not play
2008	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 17th	Did not play
2010	Janis Smedins - 17th	Did not play
2011	Janis Smedins - 17th	Did not play
2012	Aleksandrs Solovejs - 25th	Abolins Armands - 41st
2013	Janis Peda - 25th	Did not play
2014	Aleksandrs Solovejs - 33rd	Abolins Armands - 41st
2015	Hermans Egleskalns - 33rd	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/15-19/2016	Poland Grand Slam	16	9th	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	6/7-12/2016	Major Hamburg	26, Q4	9th	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	5/24-29/2016	Moscow Grand Slam	27, Q9	25th	160	US$4,000.00
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

Gstaad Major Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 7/5/2016	Qualifier 1	Jaapjan Feenstra / Gijs van Pruissen, Netherlands (Q31)	Won 21-11, 21-14	0:25
Wed, 7/6/2016	Qualifier 2	Felix Koraimann / Daniel Mullner, Austria (Q18)	Won 21-10, 21-17	0:30
Thu, 7/7/2016	Pool E	Reinder Nummerdor / Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands (12)	Won 21-16, 19-21, 17-15	0:47
Thu, 7/7/2016	Pool E	Jake Gibb / Casey Patterson, United States (5)	Lost 8-21, 18-21	0:30
Fri, 7/8/2016	Pool E	Geir Eithun / Christian Sorum, Norway (28, Q7)	Won 21-17, 21-18	0:33
Sat, 7/9/2016	Winner 1	Adrian Carambula / Alex Ranghieri, Italy (16)	Lost 16-21, 11-21	0:28

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	15	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	0	3	1	2	$53,400.00	40	29	58.0 %
Total	FIVB	19	0	0	1	1	0	0	10	0	3	2	2	$74,900.00	53	38	58.2 %

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
15	0	0	1	0	0	8	3	1	2	$26,700.00	2016	FIVB	15	0	0	1	0	0	8	3	1	2	$26,700.00
126	4	2	2	2	8	35	26	20	27	$275,050.00	Total	Total	32	0	0	1	1	2	12	5	3	8	$38,600.00

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	10	45.5%	5	22.7%	7	31.8%	15-7	68.2%	6	18.2%	3	9.1%	24	72.7%	6-27	18.2%	20-48	29.4%	22-20	52.4%	0	0	21-34	38.2%

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 18-25 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 11 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 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 # 3 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
Trail the series against # 4 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
Trail the series against # 5 Gibb/Patterson, United States 0-2
7/7/16	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Pool E	Gibb/Patterson	5	Plavins/Regza	21, Q2	21-8, 21-18	0:30
6/18/16	FIVB	Poland Grand Slam	Winner 2	Gibb/Patterson	3	Plavins/Regza	16	21-17, 21-19	0:34
Trail the series against # 6 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 # 7 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
Series tied with # 9 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 1-1
6/9/16	FIVB	Major Hamburg	Pool G	Plavins/Regza	26, Q4	Lupo/Nicolai	10	21-16, 21-13	0:30
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 # 10 Doppler/Horst, Austria 1-2
6/8/16	FIVB	Major Hamburg	Pool G	Doppler/Horst	7	Plavins/Regza	26, Q4	17-21, 21-14, 15-10	0:41
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 # 11 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 # 12 Nummerdor/Varenhorst, Netherlands 2-0
7/7/16	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Pool E	Plavins/Regza	21, Q2	Nummerdor/Varenhorst	12	21-16, 19-21, 17-15	0:47
5/13/16	FIVB	Antalya Open	Pool A	Plavins/Regza	16	Nummerdor/Varenhorst	1	17-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:48
Lead the series against # 14 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 # 15 Ontiveros/Virgen, Mexico 1-2
6/10/16	FIVB	Major Hamburg	Winner 2	Ontiveros/Virgen	15	Plavins/Regza	26, Q4	21-18, 21-19	0:34
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 # 16 Carambula/Ranghieri, Italy 0-2
7/9/16	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Winner 1	Carambula/Ranghieri	16	Plavins/Regza	21, Q2	21-16, 21-11	0:28
10/25/15	FIVB	Antalya Open	Semi-Finals	Carambula/Ranghieri	2	Plavins/Regza	9	24-22, 21-19	0:47
Trail the series against # 17 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
Series tied with # 18, Q1 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 # 22 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 2-1
6/9/16	FIVB	Major Hamburg	Pool G	Plavins/Regza	26, Q4	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	23, Q1	21-19, 15-21, 15-10	0:43
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
Lead the series against # 23, Q3 Kosiak/Rudol, Poland 1-0
11/11/15	FIVB	Qatar Open	Winner 1	Plavins/Regza	7	Kosiak/Rudol	15	16-21, 21-19, 15-7	0:43
Lead the series against # 24, Q4 Hordvik/Usken, Norway 1-0
6/18/16	FIVB	Poland Grand Slam	Winner 1	Plavins/Regza	16	Hordvik/Usken	23	21-16, 21-15	0:30
Lead the series against # 28, Q7 Eithun/Sorum, Norway 1-0
7/8/16	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Pool E	Plavins/Regza	21, Q2	Eithun/Sorum	28, Q7	21-17, 21-18	0:33
Series tied with # Q10 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 # Q12 Ermacora/Pristauz, Austria 1-0
3/8/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Plavins/Regza	Q4	Ermacora/Pristauz	Q29	21-15, 16-21, 15-10	0:46
Lead the series against # Q18 Koraimann/Mullner, Austria 1-0
7/6/16	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Qualifier 2	Plavins/Regza	21, Q2	Koraimann/Mullner	Q18	21-10, 21-17	0:30
Lead the series against # Q28 Bouter/van Steenis, Netherlands 1-0
6/7/16	FIVB	Major Hamburg	Qualifier 1	Plavins/Regza	26, Q4	Bouter/van Steenis	Q29	21-11, 21-17	0:26
Lead the series against # Q31 Feenstra/van Pruissen, Netherlands 1-0
7/5/16	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Qualifier 1	Plavins/Regza	21, Q2	Feenstra/van Pruissen	Q31	21-11, 21-14	0:25