CEV Challenger & Satellite
€ 40,000 CEV Challenger Varna
July 14 - 18, 2010
(2) Martins Plavins/Janis Smedins, 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: 22
Tournaments: 215
Career Wins: 11
Career CEV C&S Wins: 1 (Antalya 2014)
Career Winnings: US$460,790.64
Janis Smedins
Latvia
Photo: FIVB
Personal Info
Birth Date: Jul 31, 1987 (37 yrs old)
Home Town: Kuldiga
Height: 191 cm (6'3")
Weight: 84 kg (185 lb)
Seasons: 22
Tournaments: 199
Career Wins: 18
Career CEV C&S Wins: 1 (Jurmala 2014)
Career Winnings: US$787,055.81
Team Career Summary 
TourPlayed12345791317253341Money
CEV3001010100000 US$21,626.35
CEV C&S1000100000000 US$2,332.26
FIVB331111209210213 US$242,300.00
Overall3711223010210213 US$266,258.61
Previous Varna Results  Neither player has played in this venue before
Recent Results 
TourDateTournamentSeedFinishPointsMoney
FIVB 7/6-11/2010 Gstaad Grand Slam 22, Q10 17th 160 US$5,100.00
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
CEV Challenger Varna Matches
DateBracketOpponentScoreTime
Fri, 7/16/2010 Winner 1 Nikolay Kolev / Andrey Nikolov, Bulgaria (15) Won 21-17, 21-13 0:35
Fri, 7/16/2010 Winner 2 Sergiy Popov / Valeriy Samoday, Ukraine (7, Q1) Won 21-7, 21-17 0:34
Sat, 7/17/2010 Winner 3 Mykola Babich / Oleksandr Ioisher, Ukraine (3) Won 21-13, 21-15 0:47
Sun, 7/18/2010 Semi-Finals Konstantin Mitev / Neven Neshev, Bulgaria (16) Lost 21-16, 17-21, 8-15 0:56
Sun, 7/18/2010 Bronze Medal Jan Dumek / Martin Tichy, Czech Republic (13, Q7) Lost 16-21, 16-21 0:41
Head to Head Results
Plavins/Smedins lead the series against the field 3-2 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 2 Series, 0 Series Tied)
DateTourTournamentRoundWinning TeamSeedLosing TeamSeedScoreTime
Lead the series against # 3 Babich/Ioisher, Ukraine 1-0
7/17/10CEV C&SCEV Challenger Varna Winner 3 Plavins/Smedins 2 Babich/Ioisher 3 21-13, 21-15 0:47
Lead the series against # 7, Q1 Popov/Samoday, Ukraine 1-0
7/16/10CEV C&SCEV Challenger Varna Winner 2 Plavins/Smedins 2 Popov/Samoday 7, Q1 21-7, 21-17 0:34
Trail the series against # 13, Q7 Dumek/Tichy, Czech Republic 0-1
7/18/10CEV C&SCEV Challenger Varna Bronze Medal Dumek/Tichy 13, Q7 Plavins/Smedins 2 21-16, 21-16 0:41
Lead the series against # 15 Kolev/Nikolov, Bulgaria 1-0
7/16/10CEV C&SCEV Challenger Varna Winner 1 Plavins/Smedins 2 Kolev/Nikolov 15 21-17, 21-13 0:35
Trail the series against # 16 Mitev/Neshev, Bulgaria 0-1
7/18/10CEV C&SCEV Challenger Varna Semi-Finals Mitev/Neshev 16 Plavins/Smedins 2 16-21, 21-17, 15-8 0:56