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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Beijing Grand Slam
June 6 - 11, 2011

(14) 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 Beijing Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2008	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 9th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/17-22/2011	Prague Open	8	5th	360	US$9,100.00
FIVB	8/24-29/2010	The Hague Open	7	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	8/17-22/2010	Aland Open	6	5th	360	US$9,100.00
FIVB	8/3-8/2010	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	20, Q7	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/27-8/1/2010	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	18, Q8	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	7/20-25/2010	Marseille Open	8	2nd	540	US$21,000.00
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

Beijing Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/8/2011	Pool C	Jefferson Bellaguarda / Patrick Heuscher, Switzerland (19)	Lost 16-21, 11-21	0:34
Thu, 6/9/2011	Pool C	Josh Binstock / Rich VanHuizen, Canada (30, Q21)	Won 21-11, 21-16	0:35
Thu, 6/9/2011	Pool C	Marcio Araujo / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (3)	Won 21-19, 21-16	0:37
Fri, 6/10/2011	Winner 1	Jake Gibb / Sean Rosenthal, United States (11)	Lost 17-21, 21-18, 18-20	0:57

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	11	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	1	4	$57,500.00	28	17	62.2 %
2011	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$14,200.00	7	4	63.6 %
Total	FIVB	15	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	5	1	4	$80,800.00	39	26	60.0 %

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
11	0	1	0	0	1	2	2	1	4	$28,750.00	2010	FIVB	11	0	1	0	0	1	2	2	1	4	$28,750.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$7,100.00	2011	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$7,100.00
62	2	1	0	0	8	14	13	11	13	$113,150.00	Total	Total	44	0	2	1	1	4	5	7	5	19	$48,125.00

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%
2010-2011	39	76.5%	8	15.7%	4	7.8%	47-4	92.2%	7	17.5%	8	20.0%	25	62.5%	7-33	17.5%	39-25	60.9%	15-12	55.6%	0	0	54-37	59.3%
Against the Field	37	69.8%	7	13.2%	9	17.0%	44-9	83.0%	16	31.4%	8	15.7%	27	52.9%	16-35	31.4%	74-54	57.8%	46-34	57.5%	0	0	60-44	57.7%

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 lead the series against the field 26-17 (Lead 15 Series, Trail 10 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
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 # 3 Araujo/Santos, Brazil 1-2
6/9/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool C	Plavins/Smedins	14	Araujo/Santos	3	21-19, 21-16	0:37
8/20/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 3	Araujo/Santos	3	Plavins/Smedins	6	21-17, 21-16	0:43
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 # 6 Wu/Xu, China 0-3
8/21/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 6	Wu/Xu	4	Plavins/Smedins	6	21-16, 18-21, 15-7	0:48
7/29/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool K	Wu/Xu	2	Plavins/Smedins	18, Q8	21-16, 21-18	0:40
7/25/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Gold Medal	Wu/Xu	2	Plavins/Smedins	8	21-15, 21-19	0:40
Lead the series against # 8 Insfran/Schmidt, Brazil 3-0
8/5/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool M	Plavins/Smedins	20, Q7	Insfran/Schmidt	13	21-18, 17-21, 15-12	1:03
7/23/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 4	Plavins/Smedins	8	Insfran/Schmidt	4	21-19, 21-19	0:50
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 # 10 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 2-0
5/19/11	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 5	Plavins/Smedins	8	Gavira/Herrera	7	21-18, 21-16	0:34
7/23/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 3	Plavins/Smedins	8	Gavira/Herrera	1	19-21, 21-16, 15-11	0:51
Trail the series against # 11 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 0-1
6/10/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Winner 1	Gibb/Rosenthal	11	Plavins/Smedins	14	21-17, 18-21, 20-18	0:57
Trail the series against # 12 Benes/Kubala, Czech Republic 0-1
5/19/11	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 2	Benes/Kubala	9	Plavins/Smedins	8	18-21, 21-15, 15-11	0:48
Trail the series against # 16 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-2
8/27/10	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 2	Nummerdor/Schuil	9	Plavins/Smedins	7	24-22, 21-14	0:30
7/29/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool K	Nummerdor/Schuil	15	Plavins/Smedins	18, Q8	22-20, 21-19	0:37
Series tied with # 18 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 1-1
5/19/11	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 3	Plavins/Smedins	8	Erdmann/Matysik	15	21-19, 18-21, 15-10	0:51
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 # 19 Bellaguarda/Heuscher, Switzerland 0-1
6/8/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool C	Bellaguarda/Heuscher	19	Plavins/Smedins	14	21-16, 21-11	0:34
Trail the series against # 20 Boersma/Spijkers, Netherlands 0-1
8/26/10	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 2	Boersma/Spijkers	10	Plavins/Smedins	7	14-21, 21-13, 16-14	0:52
Lead the series against # 21 Hoyer/Soderberg, Denmark 2-0
8/6/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool M	Plavins/Smedins	20, Q7	Hoyer/Soderberg	29, Q11	21-17, 21-16	0:41
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 # 23 Chevallier/Heyer, Switzerland 0-1
5/19/11	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 6	Chevallier/Heyer	29, Q9	Plavins/Smedins	8	23-21, 19-21, 15-13	0:56
Lead the series against # 24 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 1-0
8/5/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool M	Plavins/Smedins	20, Q7	Fijalek/Prudel	4	21-16, 19-21, 16-14	0:55
Lead the series against # 26, Q10 Jaani/Vesik, Estonia 1-0
7/1/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool P	Plavins/Smedins	26, Q16	Jaani/Vesik	23	21-12, 21-18	0:34
Series tied with # 27, Q14 Brinkborg/Gunnarsson, Sweden 1-1
5/19/11	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 2	Plavins/Smedins	8	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	26, Q10	21-10, 21-16	0:31
5/4/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Qualifier 2	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	Q15	Plavins/Smedins	Q18	21-16, 22-20	0:39
Lead the series against # 29, Q18 Boehm/Kapa, Australia 1-0
7/28/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Plavins/Smedins	18, Q8	Boehm/Kapa	Q25	21-18, 21-18	0:45
Lead the series against # 30, Q21 Binstock/VanHuizen, Canada 1-0
6/9/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool C	Plavins/Smedins	14	Binstock/VanHuizen	30, Q21	21-11, 21-16	0:35
Lead the series against Jennings/Wong, United States 1-0
8/21/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 4	Plavins/Smedins	6	Jennings/Wong	24, Q1	21-19, 21-15	0:41
Trail the series against # 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 # Q4 Dollinger/Windscheif, Germany 1-0
8/21/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 5	Plavins/Smedins	6	Dollinger/Windscheif	20	21-13, 21-16	0:35
Lead the series against # Q5 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 # Q6 Doppler/Mellitzer, Austria 1-0
5/19/11	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 1	Plavins/Smedins	8	Doppler/Mellitzer	25	21-19, 13-21, 15-12	0:53
Lead the series against # Q12 Gabathuler/Schnider, Switzerland 2-0
8/4/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Plavins/Smedins	20, Q7	Gabathuler/Schnider	Q10	21-23, 21-18, 16-14	1:05
7/28/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Plavins/Smedins	18, Q8	Gabathuler/Schnider	Q9	21-17, 21-15	0:35
Series tied with # Q15 Dyachenko/Sidorenko, Kazakhstan 1-1
8/19/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 2	Plavins/Smedins	6	Dyachenko/Sidorenko	22, Q5	15-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:54
7/30/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool K	Dyachenko/Sidorenko	31, Q22	Plavins/Smedins	18, Q8	29-27, 24-22	0:58
Lead the series against # Q20 McHugh/Slack, Australia 2-0
8/26/10	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 1	Plavins/Smedins	7	McHugh/Slack	26, Q4	21-16, 21-15	0:29
8/19/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 1	Plavins/Smedins	6	McHugh/Slack	27, Q9	21-17, 21-15	0:39
Lead the series against # Q23 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 # Q29 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