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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 1 to 1 energy Grand Slam 2010
July 6 - 11, 2010

(22, Q10) 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:

196

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$454,443.30

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 Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2007	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 37th	Did not play
2008	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 17th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/29-7/4/2010	Stavanger Grand Slam	26, Q16	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/15-21/2010	Prague Open	Q17	41st	18	US$0.00
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

Gstaad Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/7/2010	Qualifier 1	Alexey Pastukhov / Konstantin Semenov, Russia (Q23)	Won 21-18, 21-18	0:36
Wed, 7/7/2010	Qualifier 2	Fabien Dugrip / Yannick Salvetti, France (Q7)	Won 21-17, 21-19	0:37
Thu, 7/8/2010	Pool O	Christian Redmann / Rich VanHuizen, Canada (27)	Won 21-18, 21-11	0:35
Fri, 7/9/2010	Pool O	Marcio Araujo / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (11, Q1)	Lost 28-30, 18-21	0:54
Fri, 7/9/2010	Pool O	Thiago Barbosa / Pedro Cunha, Brazil (6)	Lost 23-25, 16-21	0:46
Fri, 7/9/2010	Winner 1	Casey Jennings / Brad Keenan, United States (15)	Lost 19-21, 18-21	0:48

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
81	1	0	1	2	5	21	22	13	0	$229,500.00	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
196	7	3	6	6	20	54	43	27	0	$453,600.00	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	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	4	$13,100.00	11	8	57.9 %
Total	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	4	$22,200.00	15	13	53.6 %

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
6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	$6,550.00	2010	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	$6,550.00
55	2	0	0	0	6	13	11	10	13	$83,850.00	Total	Total	37	0	1	1	1	2	4	5	4	19	$18,825.00

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	39	73.6%	6	11.3%	8	15.1%	45-8	84.9%	10	25.6%	5	12.8%	24	61.5%	10-29	25.6%	78-48	61.9%	32-26	55.2%	0	0	55-37	59.8%

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
Series tied against the field 9-9 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 9 Series, 0 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
7/3/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 2	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Plavins/Smedins	26, Q16	21-19, 21-18	0:41
Trail the series against # 6 Barbosa/Cunha, Brazil 0-1
7/9/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool O	Barbosa/Cunha	6	Plavins/Smedins	22, Q10	25-23, 21-16	0:46
Trail the series against # 11, Q1 Araujo/Santos, Brazil 0-1
7/9/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool O	Araujo/Santos	11, Q1	Plavins/Smedins	22, Q10	30-28, 21-18	0:54
Trail the series against # 15 Jennings/Keenan, United States 0-1
7/9/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 1	Jennings/Keenan	15	Plavins/Smedins	22, Q10	21-19, 21-18	0:48
Trail the series against # 18 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 # 23 "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
Trail the series against # 26 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
Lead the series against # 27 Redmann/VanHuizen, Canada 1-0
7/8/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool O	Plavins/Smedins	22, Q10	Redmann/VanHuizen	27	21-18, 21-11	0:35
Lead the series against # 28, Q2 Ces/Ces, France 1-0
6/30/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Plavins/Smedins	26, Q16	Ces/Ces	Q1	23-21, 21-17	0:46
Lead the series against Insfran/Schmidt, Brazil 1-0
7/1/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool P	Plavins/Smedins	26, Q16	Insfran/Schmidt	7	21-13, 21-17	0:40
Lead the series against # Q7 Dugrip/Salvetti, France 1-0
7/7/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Plavins/Smedins	22, Q10	Dugrip/Salvetti	Q7	21-17, 21-19	0:37
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 # Q12 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 # Q13 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
Lead the series against # Q15 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 # Q20 Boersma/Brouwer, Netherlands 1-0
6/30/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Plavins/Smedins	26, Q16	Boersma/Brouwer	Q17	24-22, 21-16	0:40
Lead the series against # Q23 Pastukhov/Semenov, Russia 1-0
7/7/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Plavins/Smedins	22, Q10	Pastukhov/Semenov	Q23	21-18, 21-18	0:36