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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$800,000 Stavanger Grand Slam
June 25 - 29, 2014

(28, Q9) 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 Stavanger Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2007	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 17th	Did not play
2008	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 33rd	Did not play
2009	Lauris Iecelnieks - 37th	Did not play
2010	Janis Smedins - 9th	Did not play
2011	Janis Smedins - 9th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/18-22/2014	Berlin Grand Slam	Q4	33rd	80	US$0.00
FIVB	6/11-15/2014	Moscow Grand Slam	25, Q4	25th	160	US$4,000.00
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

Stavanger Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/25/2014	Qualifier 1	Grant Goldschmidt / Leo Williams, South Africa (Q24)	Won 21-15, 21-14	0:40
Wed, 6/25/2014	Qualifier 2	Maverick Hatch / Christian Redmann, Canada (Q8)	Won 21-17, 21-18	0:41
Thu, 6/26/2014	Pool E	Emanuel Rego / Pedro Solberg, Brazil (5)	Lost 15-21, 22-24	0:43
Thu, 6/26/2014	Pool E	Adrian Gavira / Pablo Herrera, Spain (12)	Lost 16-21, 14-21	0:29
Fri, 6/27/2014	Pool E	Markus Bockermann / Mischa Urbatzka, Germany (21)	Won 18-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:48
Sat, 6/28/2014	Winner 1	Jonathan Erdmann / Kay Matysik, Germany (7)	Lost 14-21, 15-21	0:36

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 %
2013	FIVB	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$16,000.00	6	3	66.7 %
2014	FIVB	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	$24,000.00	15	9	62.5 %
Total	FIVB	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	3	$43,500.00	22	14	61.1 %

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
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
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
6	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	$12,000.00	2014	FIVB	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	$12,000.00
96	4	2	1	1	8	24	21	18	17	$226,500.00	Total	Total	12	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	3	4	$22,500.00

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	45.5%	2	18.2%	4	36.4%	7-4	63.6%	3	18.8%	2	12.5%	11	68.8%	3-13	18.8%	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
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 9-12 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 6 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 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 # 5 Rego/Solberg, Brazil 1-1
6/26/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool E	Rego/Solberg	5	Plavins/Solovejs	28, Q9	21-15, 24-22	0:43
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 # 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 # 7 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 0-2
6/28/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 1	Erdmann/Matysik	7	Plavins/Solovejs	28, Q9	21-14, 21-15	0:36
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 Eithun/Horrem, Norway 0-1
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 # 12 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 0-1
6/26/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool E	Gavira/Herrera	12	Plavins/Solovejs	28, Q9	21-16, 21-14	0:29
Trail the series against # 15 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 # 17, Q1 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 # 18 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 # 21 Bockermann/Urbatzka, Germany 1-0
6/27/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool E	Plavins/Solovejs	28, Q9	Bockermann/Urbatzka	21	18-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:48
Lead the series against # Q8 Hatch/Redmann, Canada 1-0
6/25/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Plavins/Solovejs	28, Q9	Hatch/Redmann	Q8	21-17, 21-18	0:41
Series tied with # Q18 Kissling/Kovatsch, Switzerland 1-1
5/30/14	FIVB	Anapa Open	Pool B	Kissling/Kovatsch	15	Plavins/Solovejs	2	20-22, 21-17, 17-15	0:53
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 # Q19 Buivids/Sorokins, Latvia 1-0
4/29/14	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Plavins/Solovejs	Q11	Buivids/Sorokins	Q22	21-18, 23-21	0:42
Lead the series against # Q24 Goldschmidt/Williams, South Africa 1-0
6/25/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Plavins/Solovejs	28, Q9	Goldschmidt/Williams	Q24	21-15, 21-14	0:40