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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$292,800 Durban Open
December 11 - 14, 2013

(14) Martins Plavins/Aleksandrs Solovejs, Latvia

Martins Plavins
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 8, 1985 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Riga

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

87 kg (191 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

184

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$412,724.80

Aleksandrs Solovejs
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 11, 1991 (33 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

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 Durban Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/21-25/2013	Moscow Grand Slam	Q9	33rd	160	US$0.00

Durban Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 12/12/2013	Pool C	Pawel Pelka / Dawid Popek, Poland (30)	Won 21-12, 21-13	0:32
Thu, 12/12/2013	Pool C	Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Janis Smedins, Latvia (3)	Lost 15-21, 16-21	0:40
Fri, 12/13/2013	Pool C	Jonas Kissling / Mats Kovatsch, Switzerland (19, Q3)	Won 21-14, 27-25	0:39
Fri, 12/13/2013	Winner 1	Leon Colina / Jackson Henriquez, Venezuela (25, Q8)	Won 21-19, 21-19	0:39
Sat, 12/14/2013	Winner 2	Alex Ranghieri / Andrea Tomatis, Italy (5)	Won 21-16, 24-22	0:39
Sat, 12/14/2013	Winner 3	Cheng Chen / Jian Li, China (24, Q7)	Won 21-18, 21-15	0:39
Sat, 12/14/2013	Semi-Finals	Jan Dumek / Premysl Kubala, Czech Republic (16)	Won 21-18, 21-14
Sat, 12/14/2013	Gold Medal	Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Janis Smedins, Latvia (3)	Lost 21-15, 17-21, 10-15	0:51

Head to Head Results
Plavins/Solovejs lead the series against the field 6-3 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 1 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 0-2
12/14/13	FIVB	Durban Open	Gold Medal	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Plavins/Solovejs	14	15-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:51
12/12/13	FIVB	Durban Open	Pool C	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Plavins/Solovejs	14	21-15, 21-16	0:40
Series tied with # 5 Ranghieri/Tomatis, Italy 1-1
12/14/13	FIVB	Durban Open	Winner 2	Plavins/Solovejs	14	Ranghieri/Tomatis	5	21-16, 24-22	0:39
8/21/13	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Ranghieri/Tomatis	27, Q8	Plavins/Solovejs	Q9	21-17, 18-21, 15-10	0:46
Lead the series against # 16 Dumek/Kubala, Czech Republic 1-0
12/14/13	FIVB	Durban Open	Semi-Finals	Plavins/Solovejs	14	Dumek/Kubala	16	21-18, 21-14
Lead the series against # 19, Q3 Kissling/Kovatsch, Switzerland 1-0
12/13/13	FIVB	Durban Open	Pool C	Plavins/Solovejs	14	Kissling/Kovatsch	19, Q3	21-14, 27-25	0:39
Lead the series against # 24, Q7 Chen/Li, China 1-0
12/14/13	FIVB	Durban Open	Winner 3	Plavins/Solovejs	14	Chen/Li	24, Q7	21-18, 21-15	0:39
Lead the series against # 25, Q8 Colina/Henriquez, Venezuela 1-0
12/13/13	FIVB	Durban Open	Winner 1	Plavins/Solovejs	14	Colina/Henriquez	25, Q8	21-19, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # 30 Pelka/Popek, Poland 1-0
12/12/13	FIVB	Durban Open	Pool C	Plavins/Solovejs	14	Pelka/Popek	30	21-12, 21-13	0:32