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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$190,000 Patria Direct Open
June 15 - 21, 2010

(Q17) Martins Plavins/Janis Smedins, 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

Janis Smedins
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 31, 1987 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kuldiga

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

84 kg (185 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

170

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$695,109.35

Awards

Best Defensive Player 2012

Awards

Best Hitter 2013, 2014
Best Offensive Player 2013, 2016
Best Setter 2013, 2018
Sportsperson 2013
Team of the Year 2013 (with Aleksandrs Samoilovs), 2014 (with Aleksandrs Samoilovs)
Tour Champion 2013 (with Aleksandrs Samoilovs), 2014 (with Aleksandrs Samoilovs)

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	33	1	1	1	1	2	0	9	2	10	2	1	3	US$242,300.00

Previous Prague Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2008	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 33rd	Toms Smedins - 41st

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/25-30/2010	Myslowice Open	Q16	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	5/18-23/2010	Rome Grand Slam	Q21	41st	24	US$0.00
FIVB	5/3-8/2010	Shanghai Open	Q18	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	7/21-26/2009	Marseille Grand Slam	34, Q14	17th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/14-19/2009	Moscow Grand Slam	31, Q21	17th	160	US$5,100.00

Prague Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/16/2010	Qualifier 1	Georgios Kotsilianos / Emmanouil Xenakis, Greece (Q48)	Won 21-14, 21-10	0:30
Wed, 6/16/2010	Qualifier 2	Peng Gao / Jian Li, China (Q16)	Lost 13-21, 13-21	0:32

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	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$28,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	9	1	0	$155,800.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	11	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	2	1	1	0	$58,500.00
Total	33	1	1	1	1	2	0	9	2	10	2	0	$242,300.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Martins Plavins												Janis Smedins
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	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
8	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	0	0	$36,900.00	World Championships	5	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	$32,000.00
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	66	5	5	4	2	8	21	17	2	0	$465,900.00
83	2	2	2	2	9	25	15	14	0	$156,100.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	79	8	1	4	3	8	19	9	6	0	$173,087.50
11	2	1	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	$10,550.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	$8,100.00
3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$1,800.00	Challenger	6	0	1	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	$4,725.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	Satellite
2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00
195	7	3	6	6	20	54	43	27	0	$449,850.00	Total	170	14	7	10	8	19	48	32	9	0	$695,062.50

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
2009	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$9,100.00	4	5	44.4 %
2010	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	3	4	42.9 %
Total	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	$9,100.00	7	9	43.8 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Martins Plavins													Janis Smedins
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	1	0	0	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	0	1	$0.00
2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,450.00	2005	FIVB C&S
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2005	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	$3,250.00	2006	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	$1,000.00
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$1,350.00	2006	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,225.00
											2006	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
15	0	0	0	0	2	3	5	2	3	$30,500.00	2007	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	$2,000.00
											2007	FIVB C&S	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$3,500.00
17	0	0	0	0	1	5	2	6	3	$29,100.00	2008	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00
											2008	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	1	$10,650.00	2009	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$4,550.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00	2010	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00
53	2	0	0	0	6	12	10	10	13	$77,300.00	Total	Total	35	0	1	1	1	2	3	4	4	19	$12,275.00

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	62	75.6%	10	12.2%	10	12.2%	72-10	87.8%	16	23.9%	11	16.4%	40	59.7%	16-51	23.9%	62-40	60.8%	26-21	55.3%	0	0	88-61	59.1%
2009-2010	26	86.7%	2	6.7%	2	6.7%	28-2	93.3%	4	16.7%	2	8.3%	18	75.0%	4-20	16.7%	26-18	59.1%	6-4	60.0%	0	0	32-22	59.3%
Against the Field	40	72.7%	6	10.9%	9	16.4%	46-9	83.6%	10	22.2%	6	13.3%	29	64.4%	10-35	22.2%	80-58	58.0%	32-30	51.6%	0	0	56-44	56.0%

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	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	6	1
World Championships	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	6	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	10	2	33	21	0	0	6	17	1	0	0	0	1	0	51	40
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	10	7	1	0	0	0	0	1	25	18
Total	0	0	13	5	39	21	0	0	21	24	2	2	1	1	1	1	88	61

Head to Head Results
Plavins/Smedins trail the series against the field 5-6 (Lead 4 Series, Trail 6 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 15 Gosch/Horst, Austria 0-1
7/16/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool B	Gosch/Horst	15	Plavins/Smedins	31, Q21	21-18, 21-13	0:41
Trail the series against # 18, Q2 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 0-1
5/26/10	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Qualifier 3	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	21, Q1	Plavins/Smedins	Q16	21-18, 23-21	0:46
Lead the series against # Q8 Hoyer/Soderberg, Denmark 1-0
7/17/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool B	Plavins/Smedins	31, Q21	Hoyer/Soderberg	18	25-23, 21-18	0:49
Trail the series against # Q9 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 0-1
5/18/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Erdmann/Matysik	29, Q12	Plavins/Smedins	Q21	22-20, 12-21, 15-13	1:02
Trail the series against # Q14 Brinkborg/Gunnarsson, Sweden 0-1
5/4/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Qualifier 2	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	Q15	Plavins/Smedins	Q18	21-16, 22-20	0:39
Trail the series against # Q15 Maia/Rosas, Portugal 0-1
7/21/09	FIVB	Marseille Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Maia/Rosas	36, Q19	Plavins/Smedins	34, Q14	13-21, 21-16, 15-11	1:01
Trail the series against # Q16 Gao/Li, China 0-1
6/16/10	FIVB	Prague Open	Qualifier 2	Gao/Li	Q16	Plavins/Smedins	Q17	21-13, 21-13	0:32
Lead the series against # Q19 Hernandez/Villafane, Venezuela 2-0
5/26/10	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Qualifier 2	Plavins/Smedins	Q16	Hernandez/Villafane	Q17	21-15, 26-24	0:47
7/23/09	FIVB	Marseille Grand Slam	Winner 1	Plavins/Smedins	34, Q14	Hernandez/Villafane	31, Q3	12-21, 21-18, 16-14	0:52
Lead the series against # Q46 Gooding/Lord, England 1-0
5/26/10	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Qualifier 1	Plavins/Smedins	Q16	Gooding/Lord	Q49	21-17, 21-10	0:34
Lead the series against # Q48 Kotsilianos/Xenakis, Greece 1-0
6/16/10	FIVB	Prague Open	Qualifier 1	Plavins/Smedins	Q17	Kotsilianos/Xenakis	Q48	21-14, 21-10	0:30