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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$800,000 Berlin smart Grand Slam
June 18 - 22, 2014

(Q4) Martins Plavins/Aleksandrs Solovejs, Latvia

Martins Plavins
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 8, 1985 (41 yrs old)

Home Town:

Riga

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

87 kg (191 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

223

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$532,376.12

Aleksandrs Solovejs
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jan 11, 1991 (35 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$40,758.23

Awards

Best Defensive Player 2012

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	US$1,363.90
FIVB	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	6	US$57,500.00
Overall	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	2	6	US$58,863.90

Previous Berlin Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2007	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 17th	Did not play
2008	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 25th	Did not play
CEV 2009	Lauris Iecelnieks - 29th	Did not play
CEV 2010	Janis Smedins - 3rd	Did not play
2012	Janis Smedins - 17th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/11-15/2014	Moscow Grand Slam	25, Q4	25th	160	US$4,000.00
CEV	6/3-8/2014	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	15	17th	200	€ 1,000.00
FIVB	5/28-6/1/2014	Anapa Open	2	1st	500	US$11,000.00
FIVB	4/29-5/3/2014	Shanghai Grand Slam	Q11	33rd	80	US$0.00
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

Berlin Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/18/2014	Qualifier 2	Jan Hadrava / Premysl Kubala, Czechia (31, Q13)	Lost 21-17, 17-21, 17-19	0:52

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	6	$28,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$29,000.00
Confederation Championship	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00
Total	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	2	6	$58,500.00

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	2	$36,900.00	World Championships
3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$17,750.00	World Tour Finals
85	1	1	3	2	5	23	22	13	15	$260,450.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	18	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	14	$14,250.00
83	2	2	2	2	9	25	15	14	12	$156,100.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	11	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	6	$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
13	1	0	2	0	2	5	2	1	0	$28,000.00	Confederation Championship	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	$1,000.00
213	8	4	10	6	22	61	45	28	29	$512,550.00	Total	45	1	1	0	1	4	3	8	7	20	$38,750.00

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 %
2013	FIVB	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$16,000.00	6	3	66.7 %
2014	FIVB	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	$17,000.00	12	6	66.7 %
2014	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00	2	2	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	$36,500.00	19	11	63.3 %
Total	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00	2	2	50.0 %

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
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00	2006	CEV
15	0	0	0	0	2	3	5	2	3	$30,500.00	2007	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$650.00	2007	CEV
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2009	CEV
11	0	1	0	0	1	2	2	1	4	$28,750.00	2010	FIVB
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$5,000.00	2010	CEV
10	0	0	0	1	1	3	4	1	0	$39,875.00	2011	FIVB
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	2011	CEV
11	1	0	1	0	0	6	2	1	0	$49,725.00	2012	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$1,750.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2012	CEV
9	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	$18,850.00	2013	FIVB	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	$8,750.00
											2013	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
5	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	$8,500.00	2014	FIVB	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	$8,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2014	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
103	4	2	2	1	9	26	23	18	18	$232,400.00	Total	Total	12	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	3	4	$19,500.00

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%
2013-2014	16	66.7%	4	16.7%	4	16.7%	20-4	83.3%	3	17.6%	2	11.8%	12	70.6%	3-14	17.6%	16-12	57.1%	7-6	53.8%	0	0	23-18	56.1%
Against the Field	5	41.7%	3	25.0%	4	33.3%	8-4	66.7%	2	13.3%	2	13.3%	11	73.3%	2-13	13.3%	10-22	31.3%	10-12	45.5%	0	0	10-17	37.0%

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
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Total	0	0	4	6	13	11	0	0	6	4	2	0	0	0	1	1	26	22

Head to Head Results
Plavins/Solovejs trail the series against the field 8-10 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 6 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 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
Lead the series against # 2 Dalhausser/Rosenthal, United States 1-0
4/23/14	FIVB	Fuzhou 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
12/14/13	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 # 6 Krasilnikov/Semenov, Russia 1-1
6/13/14	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool H	Krasilnikov/Semenov	9	Plavins/Solovejs	25, Q4	21-14, 21-19	0:38
6/1/14	FIVB	Anapa Open	Gold Medal	Plavins/Solovejs	2	Krasilnikov/Semenov	1	21-16, 24-26, 15-13	0:53
Trail the series against # 9 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 0-1
6/3/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool B	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	2	Plavins/Solovejs	15	21-15, 15-21, 15-12	0:49
Lead the series against # 11 Rego/Solberg, Brazil 1-0
6/12/14	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool H	Plavins/Solovejs	25, Q4	Rego/Solberg	8	17-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:47
Series tied with # 17 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
Trail the series against # 18 Stiekema/Varenhorst, Netherlands 0-1
4/25/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 2	Stiekema/Varenhorst	12	Plavins/Solovejs	18	21-18, 21-17	0:34
Trail the series against # 24, Q3 Doherty/Lucena, United States 0-1
6/13/14	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool H	Doherty/Lucena	24, Q3	Plavins/Solovejs	25, Q4	16-21, 25-23, 15-6	0:48
Series tied with # 26 Eithun/Horrem, Norway 1-1
6/4/14	CEV	2014 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool B	Plavins/Solovejs	15	Eithun/Horrem	18	21-18, 21-18	0:41
4/29/14	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Eithun/Horrem	26, Q6	Plavins/Solovejs	Q11	21-13, 22-20	0:40
Trail the series against # 31, Q13 Hadrava/Kubala, Czechia 0-1
6/18/14	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Hadrava/Kubala	31, Q13	Plavins/Solovejs	Q4	17-21, 21-17, 19-17	0:52
Lead the series against # Q9 Chevallier/Strasser, Switzerland 2-0
6/1/14	FIVB	Anapa Open	Semi-Finals	Plavins/Solovejs	2	Chevallier/Strasser	3	21-17, 21-14	0:33
4/23/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool B	Plavins/Solovejs	18	Chevallier/Strasser	15	21-17, 21-18	0:40
Lead the series against # Q10 Santos/Santos Pereira, Qatar 1-0
5/31/14	FIVB	Anapa Open	Winner 3	Plavins/Solovejs	2	Santos/Santos Pereira	26, Q3	21-16, 19-21, 15-10	0:51