Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$800,000 Shanghai PPTV Grand Slam
April 29 - May 3, 2014
(Q11) 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: 21
Tournaments: 184
Career Wins: 6
Career FIVB WT Wins: 4
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: 8
Tournaments: 41
Career Wins: 1 (FIVB Anapa 2014)
Career Winnings: US$37,867.13
Team Career Summary 
TourPlayed123457913172533Money
FIVB1311000020126 US$57,500.00
Previous Shanghai Results 
YearPartner - ResultPartner - Result
2007 Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 13th Did not play
2008 Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 25th Did not play
2010 Janis Smedins - 41st Did not play
2012 Janis Smedins - 17th Did not play
2013 Janis Peda - 17th Did not play
Recent Results 
TourDateTournamentSeedFinishPointsMoney
FIVB 4/22-26/2014 Fuzhou Open 18 9th 240 US$2,000.00
FIVB 12/11-14/2013 Durban Open 14 2nd 450 US$16,000.00
FIVB 8/21-25/2013 Moscow Grand Slam Q9 33rd 160 US$0.00
Shanghai Grand Slam Matches
DateBracketOpponentScoreTime
Tue, 4/29/2014 Qualifier 1 Edvarts Buivids / Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia (Q22) Won 21-18, 23-21 0:42
Tue, 4/29/2014 Qualifier 2 Geir Eithun / Iver Horrem, Norway (26, Q6) Lost 13-21, 20-22 0:40
Head to Head Results
Plavins/Solovejs lead the series against the field 7-6 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 4 Series, 1 Series Tied)
DateTourTournamentRoundWinning TeamSeedLosing TeamSeedScoreTime
Lead the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Rosenthal, United States 1-0
4/23/14FIVBFuzhou Open Pool B Plavins/Solovejs 18 Dalhausser/Rosenthal 2 17-21, 21-10, 15-12 0:48
Trail the series against # 3 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 0-2
12/14/13FIVBDurban Open Gold Medal Samoilovs/Smedins 3 Plavins/Solovejs 14 15-21, 21-17, 15-10 0:51
12/12/13FIVBDurban Open Pool C Samoilovs/Smedins 3 Plavins/Solovejs 14 21-15, 21-16 0:40
Lead the series against # 9 Chen/Li, China 1-0
12/14/13FIVBDurban Open Winner 3 Plavins/Solovejs 14 Chen/Li 24, Q7 21-18, 21-15 0:39
Trail the series against # 11 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 0-1
7/5/12FIVBGstaad Grand Slam Pool Q Erdmann/Matysik 8 Plavins/Solovejs 25 17-21, 21-18, 15-7 0:53
Series tied with # 17 Ranghieri/Tomatis, Italy 1-1
12/14/13FIVBDurban Open Winner 2 Plavins/Solovejs 14 Ranghieri/Tomatis 5 21-16, 24-22 0:39
8/21/13FIVBMoscow Grand Slam Qualifier 2 Ranghieri/Tomatis 27, Q8 Plavins/Solovejs Q9 21-17, 18-21, 15-10 0:46
Trail the series against # 22, Q2 Stiekema/Varenhorst, Netherlands 0-1
4/25/14FIVBFuzhou Open Winner 2 Stiekema/Varenhorst 12 Plavins/Solovejs 18 21-18, 21-17 0:34
Trail the series against # 26, Q6 Eithun/Horrem, Norway 0-1
4/29/14FIVBShanghai Grand Slam Qualifier 2 Eithun/Horrem 26, Q6 Plavins/Solovejs Q11 21-13, 22-20 0:40
Lead the series against # Q8 Chevallier/Strasser, Switzerland 1-0
4/23/14FIVBFuzhou Open Pool B Plavins/Solovejs 18 Chevallier/Strasser 15 21-17, 21-18 0:40
Lead the series against # Q15 Dumek/Kubala, Czech Republic 1-0
12/14/13FIVBDurban Open Semi-Finals Plavins/Solovejs 14 Dumek/Kubala 16 21-18, 21-14  
Lead the series against # Q17 Kissling/Kovatsch, Switzerland 1-0
12/13/13FIVBDurban Open Pool C Plavins/Solovejs 14 Kissling/Kovatsch 19, Q3 21-14, 27-25 0:39
Lead the series against # Q22 Buivids/Sorokins, Latvia 1-0
4/29/14FIVBShanghai Grand Slam Qualifier 1 Plavins/Solovejs Q11 Buivids/Sorokins Q22 21-18, 23-21 0:42