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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Gstaad Major, Five Star
July 3 - 9, 2017

(23, Q5) 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
2016	Haralds Regza - 17th	Martins Plavins - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/26-7/2/2017	Porec Major Five Star	Q7	33rd	120	US$0.00
FIVB	6/14-18/2017	The Hague Three Star	15	9th	180	US$2,000.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2017	Moscow Three Star	18	17th	120	US$1,500.00
FIVB	2/7-11/2017	Fort Lauderdale Major Five Star	20	25th	180	US$4,000.00
FIVB	8/23-28/2016	Long Beach Grand Slam	17	9th	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	7/26-31/2016	A1 Major Klagenfurt	19	17th	240	US$7,000.00
FIVB	7/5-10/2016	Gstaad Major	21, Q2	17th	240	US$7,000.00

Gstaad Major Five Star Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 7/4/2017	Qualifier 2	Daniel Bergerud / Mathias Berntsen, Norway (Q12)	Won 21-17, 21-12	0:28
Wed, 7/5/2017	Pool G	Piotr Kantor / Bartosz Losiak, Poland (10)	Lost 15-21, 13-21	0:29
Thu, 7/6/2017	Pool G	Viacheslav Krasilnikov / Nikita Liamin, Russia (7)	Lost 16-21, 14-21	0:33
Fri, 7/7/2017	Pool G	Dries Koekelkoren / Tom van Walle, Belgium (26, Q8)	Lost 12-21, 13-21	0:26

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	17	0	0	1	0	0	0	9	0	4	1	2	$71,400.00	44	34	56.4 %
2017	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	1	$11,500.00	4	11	26.7 %
Total	FIVB	26	0	0	1	1	0	0	12	0	5	4	3	$104,400.00	61	54	53.0 %

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
17	0	0	1	0	0	9	4	1	2	$35,700.00	2016	FIVB	17	0	0	1	0	0	9	4	1	2	$35,700.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	$5,750.00	2017	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	$5,750.00
133	4	2	2	2	8	37	28	22	28	$289,800.00	Total	Total	39	0	0	1	1	2	14	7	5	9	$53,350.00

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	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%
2016-2017	37	69.8%	8	15.1%	8	15.1%	45-8	84.9%	9	17.6%	5	9.8%	37	72.5%	9-42	17.6%	37-37	50.0%	17-13	56.7%	0	0	54-50	51.9%
Against the Field	12	63.2%	1	5.3%	6	31.6%	13-6	68.4%	2	6.3%	3	9.4%	27	84.4%	2-30	6.3%	24-54	30.8%	6-18	25.0%	0	0	15-36	29.4%

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 12-31 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 14 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2, Q1 Carvalhaes/Solberg, Brazil 0-1
2/8/17	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major Five Star	Pool D	Carvalhaes/Solberg	4	Plavins/Regza	20	21-16, 21-13	0:28
Trail the series against # 3 Dalhausser/Lucena, United States 0-4
8/25/16	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Pool A	Dalhausser/Lucena	1	Plavins/Regza	17	21-18, 21-15	0:35
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
Series tied with # 4 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 # 5 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 0-4
6/16/17	FIVB	The Hague Three Star	Pool B	Samoilovs/Smedins	2	Plavins/Regza	15	13-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:40
8/26/16	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Smedins	2	Plavins/Regza	17	21-9, 21-15	0:27
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 Krasilnikov/Liamin, Russia 0-1
7/6/17	FIVB	Gstaad Major Five Star	Pool G	Krasilnikov/Liamin	7	Plavins/Regza	23, Q5	21-16, 21-14	0:33
Trail the series against # 8 Beeler/Krattiger, Switzerland 0-1
2/9/17	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major Five Star	Pool D	Beeler/Krattiger	29, Q10	Plavins/Regza	20	21-14, 21-15	0:31
Lead the series against # 10 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 3-2
7/5/17	FIVB	Gstaad Major Five Star	Pool G	Kantor/Losiak	10	Plavins/Regza	23, Q5	21-15, 21-13	0:29
6/17/16	FIVB	Poland Grand Slam	Pool A	Plavins/Regza	16	Kantor/Losiak	1	21-18, 22-20	0:35
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 # 11 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 # 12 Stoyanovskiy/Yarzutkin, Russia 0-3
6/1/17	FIVB	Moscow Three Star	Pool B	Stoyanovskiy/Yarzutkin	15	Plavins/Regza	18	26-24, 21-13	0:32
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
Trail the series against # 16 Bryl/Fijalek, Poland 0-2
6/2/17	FIVB	Moscow Three Star	Winner 1	Bryl/Fijalek	14	Plavins/Regza	18	21-18, 21-17	0:31
2/8/17	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major Five Star	Pool D	Bryl/Fijalek	13	Plavins/Regza	20	21-18, 21-17	0:39
Trail the series against # 18 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 # 19 Doppler/Horst, Austria 1-3
6/17/17	FIVB	The Hague Three Star	Winner 2	Doppler/Horst	12	Plavins/Regza	15	21-12, 21-19	0:34
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
Lead the series against # 20 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
Trail the series against # 22 Saxton/Schalk, Canada 0-2
7/29/16	FIVB	A1 Major Klagenfurt	Pool C	Saxton/Schalk	3	Plavins/Regza	19	21-15, 21-11	0:29
4/14/16	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool A	Saxton/Schalk	1	Plavins/Regza	16	32-30, 21-16	0:44
Lead the series against # 24 O'Gorman/Plantinga, Canada 1-0
6/16/17	FIVB	The Hague Three Star	Winner 1	Plavins/Regza	15	O'Gorman/Plantinga	13	21-18, 21-15	0:34
Trail the series against # 26, Q8 Koekelkoren/van Walle, Belgium 0-1
7/7/17	FIVB	Gstaad Major Five Star	Pool G	Koekelkoren/van Walle	26, Q8	Plavins/Regza	23, Q5	21-12, 21-13	0:26
Trail the series against # 27, Q10 McHugh/Schumann, Australia 0-1
6/27/17	FIVB	Porec Major Five Star	Qualifier 2	McHugh/Schumann	24, Q10	Plavins/Regza	Q7	21-15, 16-21, 15-5	0:40
Trail the series against # 28, Q11 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
Lead the series against # Q12 Bergerud/Berntsen, Norway 1-0
7/4/17	FIVB	Gstaad Major Five Star	Qualifier 2	Plavins/Regza	23, Q5	Bergerud/Berntsen	Q12	21-17, 21-12	0:28
Lead the series against # Q14 Dressler/Kunert, Austria 1-0
6/15/17	FIVB	The Hague Three Star	Pool B	Plavins/Regza	15	Dressler/Kunert	18	21-18, 21-15	0:32
Lead the series against # Q18 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
Lead the series against # Q19 Di Giantommaso/Thiercy, France 1-0
8/25/16	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Pool A	Plavins/Regza	17	Di Giantommaso/Thiercy	32, Q13	8-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:41