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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 St. Petersburg Open
July 19 - 23, 2006

(28, Q7) Martins Plavins/Aleksandrs Samoilovs, 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 Samoilovs
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 6, 1985 (40 yrs old)

Home Town:

Riga

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

96 kg (211 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

211

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$777,745.86

Awards

Best Defensive Player 2012

Awards

Team of the Year 2013 (with Janis Smedins), 2014 (with Janis Smedins)
Tour Champion 2013 (with Janis Smedins), 2014 (with Janis Smedins)
Sportsperson 2018

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	37	41	Money
FIVB	36	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	4	8	9	4	1	3	US$127,400.00
FIVB Age Group WC	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	4	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$5,600.00
Overall	42	2	0	0	0	4	2	5	4	8	9	4	1	3	US$133,000.00

Previous St. Petersburg Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/12-16/2006	Canada Open	31	13th	180	US$4,500.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2006	France Open	Q17	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	5/25-28/2006	Czech Republic Challenger	15, Q4	5th	48	US$1,500.00
FIVB Age Group WC	9/7-11/2005	Under 21 World Championships	9	1st	0	US$0.00
FIVB C&S	7/27-31/2005	Ukraine Challenger	15, Q2	9th	24	US$900.00
FIVB	7/20-24/2005	Poland Open	30, Q52	25th	40	US$2,000.00

St. Petersburg Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/19/2006	Qualifier 2	Stanislav Eremin / Vyacheslav Makhortov, Russia (Q26)	Won 21-14, 21-18	0:36
Wed, 7/19/2006	Qualifier 3	Jian Li / Shun Zhou, China (Q10)	Won 23-21, 21-17	0:37
Thu, 7/20/2006	Winner 1	Benjamin Insfran / Harley Marques, Brazil (5, Q1)	Lost 23-21, 17-21, 10-15	0:56
Thu, 7/20/2006	Contender 1	Javier Bosma / Inocencio Lario, Spain (21)	Lost 18-21, 17-21	0:44

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	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$10,400.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	5	2	0	$48,500.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	22	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	4	2	7	0	$68,500.00
Challenger	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	$3,600.00
Satellite	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00
U21 World Championships	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Total	42	2	0	0	0	4	2	5	4	8	9	0	$133,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Martins Plavins												Aleksandrs Samoilovs
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	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$0.00
8	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	0	0	$36,900.00	World Championships	8	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	0	$32,200.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$17,750.00	World Tour Finals	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$11,250.00
80	1	0	1	2	5	21	22	13	0	$225,750.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	81	4	5	4	2	11	23	19	8	0	$487,550.00
83	2	2	2	2	9	25	15	14	0	$156,100.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	104	8	1	4	3	11	32	18	15	0	$234,587.50
11	2	1	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	$10,550.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	5	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$8,925.00
3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$1,800.00	Challenger	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$1,800.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	Satellite	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00
2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00
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	211	15	8	8	6	26	63	44	23	0	$777,312.50

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
2004	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	4	1	80.0 %
2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,000.00	4	2	66.7 %
2005	FIVB C&S	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,900.00	9	2	81.8 %
2005	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	7	0	100.0 %
2006	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	$6,500.00	4	5	44.4 %
2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00	6	2	75.0 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	$8,500.00	8	7	53.3 %
Total	FIVB C&S	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$4,400.00	15	4	78.9 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	11	1	91.7 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Martins Plavins													Aleksandrs Samoilovs
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
											2003	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2004	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00	2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00
2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,450.00	2005	FIVB C&S	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,450.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2005	FIVB Age Group WC	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	$3,250.00	2006	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	$4,250.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00	2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00
10	2	0	0	0	2	3	0	2	1	$6,450.00	Total	Total	13	2	0	0	0	2	2	1	3	3	$7,450.00

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	53	70.7%	8	10.7%	14	18.7%	61-14	81.3%	4	6.3%	14	21.9%	46	71.9%	4-60	6.3%	53-46	53.5%	12-28	30.0%	0	0	65-74	46.8%
2005-2006	7	77.8%	0	0.0%	2	22.2%	7-2	77.8%	1	14.3%	0	0.0%	6	85.7%	1-6	14.3%	7-6	53.8%	1-2	33.3%	0	0	8-8	50.0%
Against the Field	11	68.8%	2	12.5%	3	18.8%	13-3	81.3%	0	0.0%	3	13.0%	20	87.0%	0-23	0.0%	22-40	35.5%	4-12	25.0%	0	0	13-26	33.3%

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	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
World Championships	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	10	2	8	19	0	0	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	28
Challenge/Four Star/Open	1	0	17	6	0	0	0	0	12	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	40	40
Challenger	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	6
Satellite	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
U21 World Championships	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	11	1
Total	1	0	32	8	19	23	0	0	25	30	1	0	0	0	2	0	93	81

Head to Head Results
Plavins/Samoilovs trail the series against the field 3-5 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 5 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 0-1
7/13/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 1	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	Plavins/Samoilovs	31	21-15, 21-18	0:36
Trail the series against # 5, Q1 Insfran/Marques, Brazil 0-1
7/20/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 1	Insfran/Marques	5, Q1	Plavins/Samoilovs	28, Q7	21-23, 21-17, 15-10	0:56
Trail the series against # 11 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 0-1
7/21/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Contender 1	Kjemperud/Skarlund	19	Plavins/Samoilovs	30, Q52	21-16, 21-18	0:34
Trail the series against # 21 Bosma/Lario, Spain 0-1
7/20/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Contender 1	Bosma/Lario	21	Plavins/Samoilovs	28, Q7	21-18, 21-17	0:44
Lead the series against # 25, Q6 Vorobyev/Zabuslayev, Kazakhstan 1-0
7/29/05	FIVB C&S	Ukraine Challenger	Winner 2	Plavins/Samoilovs	15, Q2	Vorobyev/Zabuslayev	2	21-19, 21-11	0:32
Trail the series against # 29, Q9 Dahl/Gunnarsson, Sweden 0-1
5/27/06	FIVB C&S	Czech Republic Challenger	Contender 5	Dahl/Gunnarsson	24, Q32	Plavins/Samoilovs	15, Q4	By Forfeit
Lead the series against # Q10 Li/Zhou, China 1-0
7/19/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Qualifier 3	Plavins/Samoilovs	28, Q7	Li/Zhou	Q10	23-21, 21-17	0:37
Lead the series against # Q26 Eremin/Makhortov, Russia 1-0
7/19/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Qualifier 2	Plavins/Samoilovs	28, Q7	Eremin/Makhortov	Q26	21-14, 21-18	0:36