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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Gstaad Major
July 9 - 14, 2018

(18) Martins Plavins/Edgars Tocs, 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

Edgars Tocs
Latvia

Photo: CEV

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 29, 1988 (36 yrs old)

Home Town:

Madona

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

94 kg (207 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB The Hague 2018)

Career Winnings:

US$116,651.38

Awards

Best Defensive Player 2012

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	32	1	1	1	1	5	1	13	0	6	3	US$199,500.00

Previous Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2007	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 37th	Did not play
2008	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 17th	Did not play
2010	Janis Smedins - 17th	Did not play
2011	Janis Smedins - 17th	Did not play
2012	Aleksandrs Solovejs - 25th	Did not play
2013	Janis Peda - 25th	Did not play
2014	Aleksandrs Solovejs - 33rd	Did not play
2015	Hermans Egleskalns - 33rd	Did not play
2016	Haralds Regza - 17th	Rihards Finsters - 33rd
2017	Haralds Regza - 25th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/3-8/2018	Espinho Four Star	10	5th	480	US$6,000.00
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2018	Poland Four Star	11	25th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2018	Ostrava Four Star	13	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	5/1-6/2018	Huntington Beach Four Star	11	7th	440	US$5,000.00
FIVB	4/18-22/2018	Xiamen Four Star	6	17th	320	US$3,000.00
FIVB	3/6-10/2018	Doha Four Star	6	9th	400	US$4,000.00
FIVB	2/27-3/4/2018	Fort Lauderdale Major	8	9th	600	US$8,000.00
FIVB	2/20-24/2018	Kish Island Three Star	2	2nd	540	US$11,000.00
FIVB	1/3-7/2018	The Hague Four Star	17	1st	800	US$20,000.00

Gstaad Major Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/11/2018	Pool B	Anders Mol / Christian Sorum, Norway (15)	Lost 17-21, 21-17, 13-15	0:46
Thu, 7/12/2018	Pool B	Alison Cerutti / Andre Loyola, Brazil (2)	Won 21-15, 25-27, 15-12	0:50
Thu, 7/12/2018	Winner 1	Ahmed Tijan / Cherif Younousse, Qatar (23, Q5)	Won 21-17, 19-21, 15-11	0:52
Fri, 7/13/2018	Winner 2	Piotr Kantor / Bartosz Losiak, Poland (3)	Won 21-19, 21-18	0:33
Fri, 7/13/2018	Winner 3	Taylor Crabb / Jake Gibb, United States (21)	Lost 17-21, 21-19, 13-15	0:46

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$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$11,000.00
World Tour Finals	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$35,500.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	$42,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	20	1	0	1	0	3	1	6	0	5	3	0	$98,000.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$13,000.00
Total	32	1	1	1	1	5	1	13	0	6	3	0	$199,500.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Martins Plavins												Edgars Tocs
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	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
8	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	0	0	$36,900.00	World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$9,000.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$17,750.00	World Tour Finals	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$17,750.00
80	1	0	1	2	5	21	22	13	0	$225,750.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	13	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	3	0	$27,000.00
83	2	2	2	2	9	25	15	14	0	$156,100.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	44	1	0	1	0	4	7	9	13	0	$53,400.00
11	2	1	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	$10,550.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	11	0	1	2	0	4	2	2	0	0	$9,150.00
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
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	74	1	1	3	1	10	15	14	16	0	$116,300.00

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
2018	FIVB	10	1	1	0	0	2	1	3	0	1	1	0	$75,000.00	28	15	65.1 %
Total	FIVB	10	1	1	0	0	2	1	3	0	1	1	0	$75,000.00	28	15	65.1 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Martins Plavins													Edgars Tocs
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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
9	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	$18,850.00	2013	FIVB
10	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	5	$19,000.00	2014	FIVB
11	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	5	$14,850.00	2015	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
17	0	0	1	0	0	9	4	1	2	$35,700.00	2016	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	6	3	$9,400.00
7	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	2	1	$13,250.00	2017	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	$5,000.00
10	1	1	0	0	3	3	1	1	0	$37,500.00	2018	FIVB	10	1	1	0	0	3	3	1	1	0	$37,500.00
145	5	3	2	3	11	40	30	23	28	$334,800.00	Total	Total	29	1	1	0	0	3	4	6	7	7	$51,900.00

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	45	78.9%	6	10.5%	6	10.5%	51-6	89.5%	14	20.9%	14	20.9%	39	58.2%	14-53	20.9%	45-39	53.6%	20-20	50.0%	5	0	70-59	54.3%
2017-2018	21	75.0%	4	14.3%	3	10.7%	25-3	89.3%	6	25.0%	9	37.5%	9	37.5%	6-18	25.0%	21-9	70.0%	10-12	45.5%	2	0	33-21	61.1%
Against the Field	26	78.8%	4	12.1%	3	9.1%	30-3	90.9%	7	14.9%	9	19.1%	31	66.0%	7-40	14.9%	52-52	50.0%	22-24	47.8%	5	0	42-38	52.5%

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
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	4	3
World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
World Tour Finals	0	0	0	0	4	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	8
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	0	6	4	0	0	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	9
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	20	18	0	0	15	15	1	1	1	0	1	0	41	35
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	7	2
Total	0	0	1	0	38	30	0	0	24	24	2	2	1	1	1	1	70	59

Head to Head Results
Plavins/Tocs lead the series against the field 21-12 (Lead 14 Series, Trail 6 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 2 Cerutti/Loyola, Brazil 1-0
7/12/18	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Pool B	Plavins/Tocs	18	Cerutti/Loyola	2	21-15, 25-27, 15-12	0:50
Series tied with # 3 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 2-2
7/13/18	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Winner 2	Plavins/Tocs	18	Kantor/Losiak	3	21-19, 21-18	0:33
3/8/18	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Winner 2	Kantor/Losiak	2	Plavins/Tocs	6	21-18, 21-17	0:34
3/2/18	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major	Winner 2	Kantor/Losiak	3	Plavins/Tocs	8	21-16, 21-16	0:29
1/7/18	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Gold Medal	Plavins/Tocs	17	Kantor/Losiak	2	21-14, 21-12	0:32
Series tied with # 4 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 1-1
5/5/18	FIVB	Huntington Beach Four Star	Contender 6	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	7	Plavins/Tocs	11	21-18, 21-19	0:37
1/5/18	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Pool A	Plavins/Tocs	17	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	1	21-18, 21-18	0:37
Lead the series against # 5 Dalhausser/Lucena, United States 1-0
5/5/18	FIVB	Huntington Beach Four Star	Contender 5	Plavins/Tocs	11	Dalhausser/Lucena	1	21-19, 21-18	0:38
Trail the series against # 6 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 0-2
6/29/18	FIVB	Poland Four Star	Pool F	Gavira/Herrera	6	Plavins/Tocs	11	21-14, 18-21, 15-13	0:42
4/20/18	FIVB	Xiamen Four Star	Pool F	Gavira/Herrera	11	Plavins/Tocs	6	21-19, 15-21, 15-11	0:44
Lead the series against # 7 Doppler/Horst, Austria 1-0
5/4/18	FIVB	Huntington Beach Four Star	Contender 4	Plavins/Tocs	11	Doppler/Horst	3	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # 10 Krasilnikov/Liamin, Russia 1-0
5/4/18	FIVB	Huntington Beach Four Star	Contender 3	Plavins/Tocs	11	Krasilnikov/Liamin	5	21-19, 10-21, 15-13	0:49
Trail the series against # 11 Samoilovs/Smedins, Latvia 0-1
7/7/18	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Winner 3	Samoilovs/Smedins	4	Plavins/Tocs	10	21-18, 21-14	0:37
Lead the series against # 14 Brunner/Hyden, United States 1-0
7/6/18	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Pool G	Plavins/Tocs	10	Brunner/Hyden	7	21-19, 21-15	0:31
Trail the series against # 15 Mol/Sorum, Norway 0-1
7/11/18	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Pool B	Mol/Sorum	15	Plavins/Tocs	18	21-17, 17-21, 15-13	0:46
Lead the series against # 19 Bouter/Varenhorst, Netherlands 2-0
2/28/18	FIVB	Fort Lauderdale Major	Pool H	Plavins/Tocs	8	Bouter/Varenhorst	25, Q6	21-19, 21-18	0:36
1/7/18	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Semi-Finals	Plavins/Tocs	17	Bouter/Varenhorst	23	19-21, 21-19, 15-11	0:52
Lead the series against # 20 Pedlow/Schachter, Canada 1-0
3/7/18	FIVB	Doha Four Star	Pool F	Plavins/Tocs	6	Pedlow/Schachter	11	23-21, 21-17	0:37
Trail the series against # 21 Crabb/Gibb, United States 0-1
7/13/18	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Winner 3	Crabb/Gibb	21	Plavins/Tocs	18	21-17, 19-21, 15-13	0:46
Trail the series against # 22, Q4 Caminati/Rossi, Italy 0-1
5/4/18	FIVB	Huntington Beach Four Star	Winner 3	Caminati/Rossi	27	Plavins/Tocs	11	21-15, 21-15	0:33
Series tied with # 23, Q5 Tijan/Younousse, Qatar 1-1
7/12/18	FIVB	Gstaad Major	Winner 1	Plavins/Tocs	18	Tijan/Younousse	23, Q5	21-17, 19-21, 15-11	0:52
6/28/18	FIVB	Poland Four Star	Pool F	Tijan/Younousse	22	Plavins/Tocs	11	24-22, 24-22	0:42
Lead the series against # 24, Q8 Barbosa/Wanderley, Brazil 1-0
6/22/18	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Winner 1	Plavins/Tocs	13	Barbosa/Wanderley	26, Q10	21-16, 21-12	0:31
Series tied with # Q1 Prudel/Szalankiewicz, Poland 1-1
5/3/18	FIVB	Huntington Beach Four Star	Winner 2	Plavins/Tocs	11	Prudel/Szalankiewicz	22	7-6 Retired	0:13
2/24/18	FIVB	Kish Island Three Star	Gold Medal	Prudel/Szalankiewicz	4	Plavins/Tocs	2	21-18, 24-22	0:35
Lead the series against # Q2 O'Gorman/Saxton, Canada 1-0
1/6/18	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Winner 3	Plavins/Tocs	17	O'Gorman/Saxton	11	21-15, 22-20	0:33
Trail the series against # Q6 Ontiveros/Virgen, Mexico 0-1
6/21/18	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Pool D	Ontiveros/Virgen	20	Plavins/Tocs	13	13-21, 21-18, 15-9	0:52
Lead the series against # Q9 Kazdailis/Rumsevicius, Lithuania 2-0
7/6/18	FIVB	Espinho Four Star	Pool G	Plavins/Tocs	10	Kazdailis/Rumsevicius	23	21-18, 21-19	0:33
2/23/18	FIVB	Kish Island Three Star	Winner 3	Plavins/Tocs	2	Kazdailis/Rumsevicius	26, Q13	21-11, 21-16	0:29
Lead the series against # Q11 Aye/Krou, France 1-0
1/4/18	FIVB	The Hague Four Star	Pool A	Plavins/Tocs	17	Aye/Krou	16	21-13, 21-13	0:30
Lead the series against # Q13 Gauthier-Rat/Thiercy, France 1-0
2/23/18	FIVB	Kish Island Three Star	Winner 2	Plavins/Tocs	2	Gauthier-Rat/Thiercy	11	21-16, 21-14	0:39
Lead the series against # Q18 Berntsen/Mol, Norway 1-0
2/21/18	FIVB	Kish Island Three Star	Pool B	Plavins/Tocs	2	Berntsen/Mol	18	21-18, 21-13	0:30
Lead the series against # Q21 Ermacora/Pristauz, Austria 1-0
6/22/18	FIVB	Ostrava Four Star	Pool D	Plavins/Tocs	13	Ermacora/Pristauz	29, Q16	23-21, 21-11	0:34