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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$350,000 GE Money Bank Mazury Open
June 3 - 8, 2008

(Q3) 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 Stare Jablonki Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 25th	Martins Plavins - 25th
2007	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 7th	Martins Plavins - 7th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/27-6/1/2008	Barcelona Open	28, Q1	5th	360	US$8,500.00
FIVB	5/20-25/2008	Zagreb Open	29, Q2	25th	60	US$1,800.00
FIVB	5/13-18/2008	Italian Open	27	25th	60	US$1,800.00
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

Stare Jablonki Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/4/2008	Qualifier 2	Grzegorz Klimek / Dominik Witczak, Poland (Q35)	Won 21-15, 21-14	0:37
Wed, 6/4/2008	Qualifier 3	Petr Benes / Martin Tichy, Czech Republic (27, Q14)	Lost 19-21, 20-22	0:40

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	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	2	$15,700.00	11	13	45.8 %
Total	FIVB	27	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	4	5	8	7	$85,200.00	46	54	46.0 %
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
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
7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	2	$7,850.00	2008	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	2	$7,850.00
34	2	0	0	0	6	6	5	8	7	$45,400.00	Total	Total	37	2	0	0	0	6	5	6	9	9	$46,400.00

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	19	65.5%	4	13.8%	6	20.7%	23-6	79.3%	1	5.9%	2	11.8%	14	82.4%	1-16	5.9%	38-28	57.6%	10-16	38.5%	0	0	24-22	52.2%

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 lead the series against the field 18-16 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 10 Series, 0 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
Lead the series against # 2 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
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 Reckermann/Urbatzka, Germany 1-2
3/27/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Contender 1	Reckermann/Urbatzka	5	Plavins/Samoilovs	21, Q2	21-13, 21-19	0:38
7/24/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool W	Reckermann/Urbatzka	15	Plavins/Samoilovs	34	18-21, 21-13, 15-13	0:52
5/3/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 2	Plavins/Samoilovs	27, Q8	Reckermann/Urbatzka	12	21-18, 21-15	0:40
Lead the series against # 5 Schacht/Slack, Australia 2-0
5/29/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Winner 1	Plavins/Samoilovs	28, Q1	Schacht/Slack	5	26-24, 21-11	0:47
6/14/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Winner 1	Plavins/Samoilovs	21	Schacht/Slack	12	21-14, 21-16	0:43
Trail the series against # 12 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 1-2
5/31/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Contender 5	Plavins/Samoilovs	28, Q1	Kjemperud/Skarlund	14	21-16, 21-17	0:39
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 # 15 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 1-2
5/30/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Contender 4	Plavins/Samoilovs	28, Q1	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	17	21-11, 21-17	0:54
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 # 16 Berg/Brinkborg, Sweden 1-3
5/29/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Winner 2	Plavins/Samoilovs	28, Q1	Berg/Brinkborg	12	21-11, 21-15	0:44
5/22/08	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Contender 1	Berg/Brinkborg	20	Plavins/Samoilovs	29, Q2	21-13, 21-15	0:32
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
Lead the series against # 20, Q11 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
Trail the series against # 22 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
Trail the series against # 23, Q2 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 # 24 Matysik/Uhmann, Germany 0-2
5/7/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Qualifier 3	Matysik/Uhmann	28, Q14	Plavins/Samoilovs	Q3	21-18, 21-18	0:46
7/14/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 1	Matysik/Uhmann	32, Q25	Plavins/Samoilovs	22	21-15, 14-21, 15-11	0:57
Trail the series against # 27, Q14 Benes/Tichy, Czech Republic 0-1
6/4/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Qualifier 3	Benes/Tichy	27, Q14	Plavins/Samoilovs	Q3	21-19, 22-20	0:40
Lead the series against # 29 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
Lead the series against # 31, Q10 Miramontes/Virgen, Mexico 2-0
5/21/08	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Qualifier 3	Plavins/Samoilovs	29, Q2	Miramontes/Virgen	Q15	21-11, 10-21, 15-13	0:50
5/24/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 2	Plavins/Samoilovs	24	Miramontes/Virgen	25, Q27	21-16, 18-21, 15-6	0:46
Trail the series against Maciel/Schmidt, Brazil 0-1
5/28/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Qualifier 3	Maciel/Schmidt	31, Q16	Plavins/Samoilovs	28, Q1	21-18, 24-22	0:44
Lead the series against # Q30 Klyamar/Kutsmus, Ukraine 1-0
5/21/08	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Qualifier 2	Plavins/Samoilovs	29, Q2	Klyamar/Kutsmus	Q34	21-14, 21-14	0:34
Lead the series against # Q35 Klimek/Witczak, Poland 2-0
6/4/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Qualifier 2	Plavins/Samoilovs	Q3	Klimek/Witczak	Q35	21-15, 21-14	0:37
7/29/05	FIVB C&S	Ukraine Challenger	Winner 1	Plavins/Samoilovs	15, Q2	Klimek/Witczak	18	21-18, 21-13	0:33