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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 (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 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

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