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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Smart Grand Slam
July 10 - 15, 2007

(22) 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 Berlin Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/27-7/1/2007	Stavanger Grand Slam	23, Q5	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/20-24/2007	Paris Grand Slam	22, Q9	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2007	Espinho Open	21	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/5-10/2007	Zagreb Open	Q6	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	5/23-27/2007	Italian Open	24	5th	360	US$10,000.00
FIVB	5/1-5/2007	Shanghai Open	27, Q8	13th	180	US$4,500.00
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

Berlin Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/12/2007	Pool F	Harley Marques / Pedro Solberg, Brazil (11, Q1)	Lost 25-23, 18-21, 17-19	1:03
Fri, 7/13/2007	Pool F	Dmitri Barsuk / Igor Kolodinsky, Russia (6)	Lost 15-21, 26-24, 14-16	0:58
Fri, 7/13/2007	Pool F	Martin Laciga / Paul Laciga, Switzerland (27)	Won 21-18, 22-20	0:42
Sat, 7/14/2007	Winner 1	Kay Matysik / Stefan Uhmann, Germany (32, Q25)	Lost 15-21, 21-14, 11-15	0:57

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	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	$6,500.00	4	6	40.0 %
2006	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	$2,700.00	8	4	66.7 %
2007	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	0	1	$32,800.00	16	16	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	2	3	$41,300.00	24	24	50.0 %
Total	FIVB C&S	4	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	$5,600.00	17	6	73.9 %
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
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	$3,250.00	2006	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	4	$4,250.00
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$1,350.00	2006	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$1,350.00
7	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0	1	$16,400.00	2007	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0	1	$16,400.00
19	2	0	0	0	4	4	4	2	3	$23,450.00	Total	Total	22	2	0	0	0	4	3	5	3	5	$24,450.00

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%
2006-2007	26	70.3%	3	8.1%	8	21.6%	29-8	78.4%	2	6.1%	9	27.3%	22	66.7%	2-31	6.1%	26-22	54.2%	5-17	22.7%	0	0	31-39	44.3%
Against the Field	26	63.4%	6	14.6%	9	22.0%	32-9	78.0%	1	2.0%	11	22.4%	37	75.5%	1-48	2.0%	52-74	41.3%	14-40	25.9%	0	0	33-57	36.7%

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 12-19 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 12 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Rego/Santos, Brazil 1-0
5/25/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 3	Plavins/Samoilovs	24	Rego/Santos	1	21-14, 21-17	0:36
Trail the series against # 3 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 0-2
5/26/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 6	Araujo/Magalhaes	3	Plavins/Samoilovs	24	21-17, 21-13	0:44
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 Heuscher/Heyer, Switzerland 0-2
6/30/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 1	Heuscher/Heyer	4	Plavins/Samoilovs	23, Q5	21-14, 22-20	0:40
6/21/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool F	Heuscher/Heyer	11	Plavins/Samoilovs	22, Q9	21-11, 21-17	0:36
Trail the series against # 6 Barsuk/Kolodinsky, Russia 0-4
7/13/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool F	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	6	Plavins/Samoilovs	22	21-15, 24-26, 16-14	0:58
6/28/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool G	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	7	Plavins/Samoilovs	23, Q5	21-18, 14-21, 15-11	0:52
6/14/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Winner 2	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	5	Plavins/Samoilovs	21	26-24, 21-12	0:42
5/25/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 4	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	12	Plavins/Samoilovs	24	21-16, 21-14	0:39
Trail the series against # 9 Brink/Dieckmann, Germany 0-1
6/21/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool F	Brink/Dieckmann	6	Plavins/Samoilovs	22, Q9	21-19, 21-16	0:51
Lead the series against # 10 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 # 11, Q1 Marques/Solberg, Brazil 0-1
7/12/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool F	Marques/Solberg	11, Q1	Plavins/Samoilovs	22	23-25, 21-18, 19-17	1:03
Trail the series against # 12 Wu/Xu, China 0-1
6/22/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 1	Wu/Xu	8	Plavins/Samoilovs	22, Q9	33-31, 21-17	0:53
Lead the series against # 13 Schacht/Slack, Australia 1-0
6/14/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Winner 1	Plavins/Samoilovs	21	Schacht/Slack	12	21-14, 21-16	0:43
Trail the series against # 16 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 # 19 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 "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
Trail the series against # 23 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 0-2
6/15/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Contender 2	Kjemperud/Skarlund	11	Plavins/Samoilovs	21	21-13, 21-19	0:33
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 # 24 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 1-0
6/20/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Plavins/Samoilovs	22, Q9	Klemperer/Koreng	Q8	21-18, 23-21	0:49
Series tied with # 25, Q4 Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 1-1
6/28/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool G	Horrem/Maaseide	10	Plavins/Samoilovs	23, Q5	21-19, 23-25, 15-13	1:04
6/22/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Pool F	Plavins/Samoilovs	22, Q9	Horrem/Maaseide	27	21-17, 21-17	0:43
Lead the series against # 27 Laciga/Laciga, Switzerland 1-0
7/13/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool F	Plavins/Samoilovs	22	Laciga/Laciga	27	21-18, 22-20	0:42
Lead the series against # 28 Deulofeu/Salvetti, France 2-0
6/29/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool G	Plavins/Samoilovs	23, Q5	Deulofeu/Salvetti	26	21-15, 22-20	0:45
5/27/06	FIVB C&S	Czech Republic Challenger	Contender 3	Plavins/Samoilovs	15, Q4	Deulofeu/Salvetti	4	21-17, 21-19	0:41
Trail the series against # 32, Q25 Matysik/Uhmann, Germany 0-1
7/14/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 1	Matysik/Uhmann	32, Q25	Plavins/Samoilovs	22	21-15, 14-21, 15-11	0:57
Lead the series against de Paula/Insfran, Brazil 1-0
6/27/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Plavins/Samoilovs	23, Q5	Insfran/de Paula	Q12	21-18, 16-21, 15-10	0:54
Trail the series against # Q3 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 # Q8 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
Trail the series against # Q20 Berg/Brinkborg, Sweden 0-1
9/3/06	FIVB C&S	Cagliari Challenger	Contender 4	Berg/Brinkborg	5	Plavins/Samoilovs	8	22-20, 20-22, 15-12	0:58
Lead the series against # Q23 Miramontes/Virgen, Mexico 1-0
5/24/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 2	Plavins/Samoilovs	24	Miramontes/Virgen	25, Q27	21-16, 18-21, 15-6	0:46