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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 1 to 1 Energy Grand Slam
July 3 - 8, 2012

(25) Martins Plavins/Aleksandrs Solovejs, 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

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

Awards

Best Defensive Player 2012

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
FIVB	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	6	US$57,500.00

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

Recent Results Have not played together in the last year

Gstaad Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/5/2012	Pool Q	Jonathan Erdmann / Kay Matysik, Germany (8)	Lost 21-17, 18-21, 7-15	0:53
Thu, 7/5/2012	Pool Q	Sebastian Chevallier / Sascha Heyer, Switzerland (9)	Lost 19-21, 16-21	0:42
Fri, 7/6/2012	Pool Q	Martin Laciga / Jonas Weingart, Switzerland (24)	Won 18-21, 8-2 Retired	0:23

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	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	$28,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$29,000.00
Total	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	0	$57,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Martins Plavins												Aleksandrs Solovejs
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
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	18	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	$14,250.00
83	2	2	2	2	9	25	15	14	0	$156,100.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	11	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	$16,250.00
11	2	1	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	$10,550.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	11	0	0	0	0	4	1	5	1	0	$7,250.00
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	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships
195	7	3	6	6	20	54	43	27	0	$449,850.00	Total	41	1	1	0	1	4	3	6	5	0	$37,750.00

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
2012	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$3,500.00	1	2	33.3 %
Total	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$3,500.00	1	2	33.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Martins Plavins													Aleksandrs Solovejs
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
10	0	0	0	1	1	3	4	1	0	$39,875.00	2011	FIVB
7	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	1	0	$21,425.00	2012	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,750.00
77	2	1	0	1	8	22	17	13	13	$167,350.00	Total	Total	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,750.00

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	16	64.0%	4	16.0%	5	20.0%	20-5	80.0%	3	16.7%	2	11.1%	13	72.2%	3-15	16.7%	16-13	55.2%	7-7	50.0%	1	0	24-20	54.5%
2011-2012	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-1	0.0%	0-1	0.0%	1	0	1-2	33.3%
Against the Field	0	0.0%	2	66.7%	1	33.3%	2-1	66.7%	1	11.1%	1	11.1%	7	77.8%	1-8	11.1%	0-12	0.0%	6-4	60.0%	1	0	4-8	33.3%

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	4	6	4	8	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	16
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	7	2	0	0	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	15	4
Total	0	0	4	6	11	10	0	0	6	3	2	0	0	0	1	1	24	20

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

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 8 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 0-1
7/5/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool Q	Erdmann/Matysik	8	Plavins/Solovejs	25	17-21, 21-18, 15-7	0:53
Trail the series against # 9 Chevallier/Heyer, Switzerland 0-1
7/5/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool Q	Chevallier/Heyer	9	Plavins/Solovejs	25	21-19, 21-16	0:42
Lead the series against # 24 Laciga/Weingart, Switzerland 1-0
7/6/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool Q	Plavins/Solovejs	25	Laciga/Weingart	24	18-21, 8-2 Retired	0:23