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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 China Shanghai Jinshan Open
May 1 - 5, 2007

(27, Q8) Martins Plavins/Aleksandrs Samoilovs, Latvia

Martins Plavins
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 8, 1985 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Riga

Height:

190 cm (6'3")

Weight:

87 kg (191 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

184

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$412,724.80

Aleksandrs Samoilovs
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 6, 1985 (39 yrs old)

Home Town:

Riga

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

96 kg (211 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

209

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$776,151.48

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 Shanghai Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB C&S	9/1-3/2006	Cagliari Challenger	8	7th	40	US$1,200.00
FIVB	8/2-6/2006	Austria Grand Slam	Q25	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	7/19-23/2006	St. Petersburg Open	28, Q7	25th	60	US$2,000.00
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

Shanghai Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Tue, 5/1/2007	Qualifier 2	Peng Gao / Qiang Xu, China (Q25)	Won 21-14, 21-10	0:31
Tue, 5/1/2007	Qualifier 3	Richard Muller / Simon Nausch, Austria (Q24)	Won 21-16, 21-13	0:38
Wed, 5/2/2007	Winner 1	Mariano Baracetti / Martin Conde, Argentina (6)	Lost 23-25, 27-29	0:53
Wed, 5/2/2007	Contender 1	Inocencio Lario / Alex Ortiz, Spain (22)	Won 21-14, 21-18	0:39
Thu, 5/3/2007	Contender 2	Jonas Reckermann / Mischa Urbatzka, Germany (12)	Won 21-18, 21-15	0:40
Thu, 5/3/2007	Contender 3	Conrad Leinemann / Rich VanHuizen, Canada (20)	Lost 18-21, 18-21	0:40

Head to Head Results
Plavins/Samoilovs lead the series against the field 6-5 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 5 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 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 # 6 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 0-1
5/2/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Baracetti/Conde	6	Plavins/Samoilovs	27, Q8	25-23, 29-27	0:53
Lead the series against # 9 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 # 12 Reckermann/Urbatzka, Germany 1-0
5/3/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 2	Plavins/Samoilovs	27, Q8	Reckermann/Urbatzka	12	21-18, 21-15	0:40
Trail the series against # 14 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
Lead the series against # 18 Doppler/Gartmayer, Austria 1-0
7/14/06	FIVB	Canada Open	Contender 2	Plavins/Samoilovs	31	Doppler/Gartmayer	16	9-21, 28-26, 18-16	0:58
Trail the series against # 20 Leinemann/VanHuizen, Canada 0-1
5/3/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 3	Leinemann/VanHuizen	20	Plavins/Samoilovs	27, Q8	21-18, 21-18	0:40
Lead the series against # 22 Lario/Ortiz, Spain 1-0
5/2/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 1	Plavins/Samoilovs	27, Q8	Lario/Ortiz	22	21-14, 21-18	0:39
Trail the series against # Q1 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 0-1
8/2/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	Q8	Plavins/Samoilovs	Q25	21-13, 21-16	0:42
Lead the series against # Q24 Muller/Nausch, Austria 1-0
5/1/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Qualifier 3	Plavins/Samoilovs	27, Q8	Muller/Nausch	Q24	21-16, 21-13	0:38
Lead the series against # Q25 Gao/Xu, China 1-0
5/1/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Qualifier 2	Plavins/Samoilovs	27, Q8	Gao/Xu	Q25	21-14, 21-10	0:31