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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Anapa Open
May 28 - June 1, 2014

(2) 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:

196

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$452,943.30

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 Anapa Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2013	Did not play	Rihards Finsters - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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

Anapa Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/29/2014	Pool B	Ilya Leshukov / Aleksander Margiev, Russia (31)	Won 26-24, 21-12	0:35
Thu, 5/29/2014	Pool B	Kristo Kollo / Rivo Vesik, Estonia (18)	Won 28-26, 14-21, 15-10	0:57
Fri, 5/30/2014	Pool B	Jonas Kissling / Mats Kovatsch, Switzerland (15)	Lost 22-20, 17-21, 15-17	0:53
Sat, 5/31/2014	Winner 2	Leon Colina / Jackson Henriquez, Venezuela (24)	Won 26-24, 21-13	0:38
Sat, 5/31/2014	Winner 3	Tiago Santos / Jefferson Santos Pereira, Qatar (26, Q3)	Won 21-16, 19-21, 15-10	0:51
Sun, 6/1/2014	Semi-Finals	Sebastian Chevallier / Alexei Strasser, Switzerland (3)	Won 21-17, 21-14	0:33
Sun, 6/1/2014	Gold Medal	Viacheslav Krasilnikov / Konstantin Semenov, Russia (1)	Won 21-16, 24-26, 15-13	0:53

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
81	1	0	1	2	5	21	22	13	0	$228,000.00	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
196	7	3	6	6	20	54	43	27	0	$452,100.00	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	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	$13,000.00	10	3	76.9 %
Total	FIVB	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	$32,500.00	17	8	68.0 %

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
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
3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$6,500.00	2014	FIVB	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$6,500.00
93	4	2	1	1	8	24	20	17	16	$221,000.00	Total	Total	9	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	3	$17,000.00

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	11	68.8%	4	25.0%	1	6.3%	15-1	93.8%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0-1	0.0%	22-2	91.7%	8-2	80.0%	0	0	15-2	88.2%

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 lead the series against the field 13-1 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 0 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Krasilnikov/Semenov, Russia 1-0
6/1/14	FIVB	Anapa Open	Gold Medal	Plavins/Solovejs	2	Krasilnikov/Semenov	1	21-16, 24-26, 15-13	0:53
Lead the series against # 3 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 # 5 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 # 7 Dumek/Kubala, Czech Republic 1-0
12/14/13	FIVB	Durban Open	Semi-Finals	Plavins/Solovejs	14	Dumek/Kubala	16	21-18, 21-14
Series tied with # 15 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 # 18 Kollo/Vesik, Estonia 1-0
5/29/14	FIVB	Anapa Open	Pool B	Plavins/Solovejs	2	Kollo/Vesik	18	28-26, 14-21, 15-10	0:57
Lead the series against # 22, Q1 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 # 24 Colina/Henriquez, Venezuela 2-0
5/31/14	FIVB	Anapa Open	Winner 2	Plavins/Solovejs	2	Colina/Henriquez	24	26-24, 21-13	0:38
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 # 26, Q3 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
Lead the series against # 31 Leshukov/Margiev, Russia 1-0
5/29/14	FIVB	Anapa Open	Pool B	Plavins/Solovejs	2	Leshukov/Margiev	31	26-24, 21-12	0:35
Lead the series against # Q17 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