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US$175,000 Italian Open presented by Abruzzo
May 13 - 18, 2008

(27) 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 Roseto degli Abruzzi Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2006	Did not play	Ruslans Sorokins - 41st
2007	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 5th	Martins Plavins - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/6-11/2008	Prague Open	Q3	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	4/28-5/3/2008	China Shanghai Open	14	25th	60	US$1,800.00
FIVB	3/25-30/2008	Adelaide Australia Open	21, Q2	25th	60	US$1,800.00
FIVB	9/26-30/2007	Brazil Open	20	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	9/5-9/2007	Stare Jablonki Open	23, Q1	7th	300	US$8,000.00
FIVB	8/29-9/2/2007	St. Petersburg Open	Q2	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	8/15-19/2007	Aland Open	26	13th	180	US$4,500.00
FIVB	8/8-12/2007	Kristiansand Open	26	13th	150	US$3,800.00
FIVB	8/1-5/2007	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	28, Q4	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	7/24-29/2007	Gstaad World Championships	34	37th	40	US$3,400.00
FIVB	7/18-22/2007	Marseille Open	15	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/10-15/2007	Berlin Grand Slam	22	17th	160	US$5,100.00
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

Italian Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/15/2008	Winner 1	Marcio Araujo / Fabio Luiz Magalhaes, Brazil (6)	Lost 21-23, 19-21	0:49
Thu, 5/15/2008	Contender 1	Iver Horrem / Bjorn Maaseide, Norway (22)	Lost 21-23, 21-13, 13-15	1:03

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	15	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	5	2	3	$61,000.00	27	33	45.0 %
2008	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	$5,400.00	3	7	30.0 %
Total	FIVB	24	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	5	7	6	$74,900.00	38	48	44.2 %
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
15	0	0	0	0	2	3	5	2	3	$30,500.00	2007	FIVB	15	0	0	0	0	2	3	5	2	3	$30,500.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	$2,700.00	2008	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	$2,700.00
31	2	0	0	0	5	6	5	7	6	$40,250.00	Total	Total	34	2	0	0	0	5	5	6	8	8	$41,250.00

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%
2007-2008	44	69.8%	8	12.7%	11	17.5%	52-11	82.5%	2	3.6%	14	25.0%	40	71.4%	2-54	3.6%	44-40	52.4%	10-25	28.6%	0	0	54-65	45.4%
Against the Field	24	61.5%	6	15.4%	9	23.1%	30-9	76.9%	2	4.5%	8	18.2%	34	77.3%	2-42	4.5%	48-68	41.4%	16-34	32.0%	0	0	32-51	38.6%

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 15-33 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 14 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 0-1
9/27/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 2	Dalhausser/Rogers	4	Plavins/Samoilovs	20	21-8, 21-14	0:32
Lead the series against # 2 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 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 # 4 Wu/Xu, China 0-3
8/17/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 3	Wu/Xu	1	Plavins/Samoilovs	26	23-25, 21-15, 15-13	0:57
8/2/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool E	Wu/Xu	5	Plavins/Samoilovs	28, Q4	21-11, 21-14	0:35
6/22/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Winner 1	Wu/Xu	8	Plavins/Samoilovs	22, Q9	33-31, 21-17	0:53
Trail the series against # 6 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 0-4
5/15/08	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 1	Araujo/Magalhaes	6	Plavins/Samoilovs	27	23-21, 21-19	0:49
9/7/07	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 3	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	Plavins/Samoilovs	23, Q1	21-16, 21-19	0:41
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 # 8 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 # 11 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
Series tied with # 12 Doppler/Gartmayer, Austria 1-1
9/8/07	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 5	Doppler/Gartmayer	6	Plavins/Samoilovs	23, Q1	21-19, 21-15	0:40
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 # 16 Heuscher/Heyer, Switzerland 1-3
3/27/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Winner 1	Heuscher/Heyer	12	Plavins/Samoilovs	21, Q2	21-19, 23-25, 15-10	0:56
9/6/07	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 2	Plavins/Samoilovs	23, Q1	Heuscher/Heyer	7	21-16, 21-15	0:35
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
Lead the series against # 18 Herrera/Mesa, Spain 1-0
9/27/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Winner 1	Plavins/Samoilovs	20	Herrera/Mesa	13	21-19, 21-19	0:43
Trail the series against # 19 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
Trail the series against # 22 Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 1-4
5/15/08	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 1	Horrem/Maaseide	22	Plavins/Samoilovs	27	23-21, 13-21, 15-13	1:03
8/9/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 2	Horrem/Maaseide	10	Plavins/Samoilovs	26	21-17, 21-17	0:42
7/26/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool W	Horrem/Maaseide	39	Plavins/Samoilovs	34	19-21, 21-17, 15-13	1:00
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 # 23 Deulofeu/Salvetti, France 4-0
9/7/07	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 4	Plavins/Samoilovs	23, Q1	Deulofeu/Salvetti	12	21-18, 21-18	0:40
8/17/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 2	Plavins/Samoilovs	26	Deulofeu/Salvetti	24, Q3	21-17, 24-22	0:44
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 # 24, Q2 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 0-2
8/3/07	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool E	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	21	Plavins/Samoilovs	28, Q4	21-17, 18-21, 15-9	0:56
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 # 25, Q8 Dugrip/Gagliano, France 0-1
4/30/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Dugrip/Gagliano	19	Plavins/Samoilovs	14	21-14, 21-16	0:33
Series tied with # 26 Li/Zhou, China 1-1
8/10/07	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 3	Li/Zhou	15	Plavins/Samoilovs	26	21-17, 21-19	0:41
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 # Q6 Asahi/Shiratori, Japan 0-1
7/19/07	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 1	Asahi/Shiratori	18	Plavins/Samoilovs	15	17-21, 26-24, 15-8	1:00
Trail the series against # Q9 Berg/Brinkborg, Sweden 0-2
9/28/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 2	Berg/Brinkborg	19	Plavins/Samoilovs	20	21-17, 21-17	0:40
9/3/06	FIVB C&S	Cagliari Challenger	Contender 4	Berg/Brinkborg	5	Plavins/Samoilovs	8	22-20, 20-22, 15-12	0:58
Trail the series against # Q19 Alvarez/Ramirez Bernal, Cuba 0-1
4/30/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Contender 1	Alvarez/Ramirez Bernal	30, Q10	Plavins/Samoilovs	14	21-17, 14-21, 29-27	1:11
Lead the series against # Q20 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
Series tied with # Q22 Dyachenko/Kulinich, Kazakhstan 1-1
8/29/07	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Qualifier 2	Dyachenko/Kulinich	32, Q34	Plavins/Samoilovs	Q2	17-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:51
7/20/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Qualifier 2	Plavins/Samoilovs	30, Q52	Dyachenko/Kulinich	Q20	21-15, 25-23	0:43
Lead the series against # Q29 Gavira/Lario, Spain 1-0
3/26/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Qualifier 3	Plavins/Samoilovs	21, Q2	Gavira/Lario	Q18	21-17, 21-15	0:40
Lead the series against # Q33 Boehm/McHugh, Australia 1-0
5/7/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Qualifier 2	Plavins/Samoilovs	Q3	Boehm/McHugh	Q30	21-14, 21-16	0:33
Lead the series against # Q54 Knapek/Mourtzios, Greece 1-0
5/25/06	FIVB C&S	Czech Republic Challenger	Qualifier 2	Plavins/Samoilovs	15, Q4	Knapek/Mourtzios	Q13	21-17, 21-13	0:34