Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 ConocoPhillips Grand Slam Stavanger 2011
June 28 - July 3, 2011
(11) 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: 21
Tournaments: 184
Career Wins: 6
Career FIVB WT Wins: 4
Career Winnings: US$412,724.80
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: 170
Career Wins: 14
Career Winnings: US$695,109.35
Team Career Summary 
TourPlayed12345791317253341Money
FIVB331111209210213 US$242,300.00
Previous Stavanger Results 
YearPartner - ResultPartner - Result
2007 Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 17th Did not play
2008 Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 33rd Did not play
2009 Lauris Iecelnieks - 37th Did not play
2010 Janis Smedins - 9th Martins Plavins - 9th
Recent Results 
TourDateTournamentSeedFinishPointsMoney
FIVB 6/13-19/2011 Rome World Championships 15 4th 700 US$28,000.00
FIVB 6/6-11/2011 Beijing Grand Slam 14 17th 160 US$5,100.00
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
Stavanger Grand Slam Matches
DateBracketOpponentScoreTime
Thu, 6/30/2011 Pool O Emiel Boersma / Daan Spijkers, Netherlands (22) Won 14-21, 21-12, 15-4 0:39
Thu, 6/30/2011 Pool O Hannes Brinkborg / Stefan Gunnarsson, Sweden (27) Won 21-14, 21-13 0:29
Fri, 7/1/2011 Pool O Adrian Gavira / Pablo Herrera, Spain (6) Lost 17-21, 16-21 0:34
Sat, 7/2/2011 Winner 1 Oivind Hordvik / Iver Horrem, Norway (32) Won 21-18, 21-14 0:38
Sat, 7/2/2011 Winner 2 Grzegorz Fijalek / Mariusz Prudel, Poland (13) Lost 21-17, 18-21, 15-17 0:53
Head to Head Results
Plavins/Smedins lead the series against the field 32-22 (Lead 17 Series, Trail 10 Series, 4 Series Tied)
DateTourTournamentRoundWinning TeamSeedLosing TeamSeedScoreTime
Trail the series against # 2 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 0-1
7/3/10FIVBStavanger 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 1-3
6/18/11FIVBRome World Championships Semi-Finals Araujo/Santos 3 Plavins/Smedins 15 22-20, 21-16 0:40
6/9/11FIVBBeijing Grand Slam Pool C Plavins/Smedins 14 Araujo/Santos 3 21-19, 21-16 0:37
8/20/10FIVBAland Open Winner 3 Araujo/Santos 3 Plavins/Smedins 6 21-17, 21-16 0:43
7/9/10FIVBGstaad Grand Slam Pool O Araujo/Santos 11, Q1 Plavins/Smedins 22, Q10 30-28, 21-18 0:54
Trail the series against # 4 Brink/Reckermann, Germany 0-1
6/19/11FIVBRome World Championships Bronze Medal Brink/Reckermann 4 Plavins/Smedins 15 22-20, 18-21, 15-11 0:59
Lead the series against # 6 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 2-1
7/1/11FIVBStavanger Grand Slam Pool O Gavira/Herrera 6 Plavins/Smedins 11 21-17, 21-16 0:34
5/19/11FIVBPrague Open Contender 5 Plavins/Smedins 8 Gavira/Herrera 7 21-18, 21-16 0:34
7/23/10FIVBMarseille Open Winner 3 Plavins/Smedins 8 Gavira/Herrera 1 19-21, 21-16, 15-11 0:51
Lead the series against # 7 Insfran/Schmidt, Brazil 3-0
8/5/10FIVBStare Jablonki Grand Slam Pool M Plavins/Smedins 20, Q7 Insfran/Schmidt 13 21-18, 17-21, 15-12 1:03
7/23/10FIVBMarseille Open Winner 4 Plavins/Smedins 8 Insfran/Schmidt 4 21-19, 21-19 0:50
7/1/10FIVBStavanger Grand Slam Pool P Plavins/Smedins 26, Q16 Insfran/Schmidt 7 21-13, 21-17 0:40
Trail the series against # 8 Wu/Xu, China 0-3
8/21/10FIVBAland Open Contender 6 Wu/Xu 4 Plavins/Smedins 6 21-16, 18-21, 15-7 0:48
7/29/10FIVBKlagenfurt Grand Slam Pool K Wu/Xu 2 Plavins/Smedins 18, Q8 21-16, 21-18 0:40
7/25/10FIVBMarseille Open Gold Medal Wu/Xu 2 Plavins/Smedins 8 21-15, 21-19 0:40
Lead the series against # 12 Hoyer/Soderberg, Denmark 3-0
6/18/11FIVBRome World Championships Winner 3 Plavins/Smedins 15 Hoyer/Soderberg 23 21-19, 21-17 0:40
8/6/10FIVBStare Jablonki Grand Slam Pool M Plavins/Smedins 20, Q7 Hoyer/Soderberg 29, Q11 21-17, 21-16 0:41
7/17/09FIVBMoscow Grand Slam Pool B Plavins/Smedins 31, Q21 Hoyer/Soderberg 18 25-23, 21-18 0:49
Series tied with # 13 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 1-1
7/2/11FIVBStavanger Grand Slam Winner 2 Fijalek/Prudel 13 Plavins/Smedins 11 17-21, 21-18, 17-15 0:53
8/5/10FIVBStare Jablonki Grand Slam Pool M Plavins/Smedins 20, Q7 Fijalek/Prudel 4 21-16, 19-21, 16-14 0:55
Trail the series against # 15 Bellaguarda/Heuscher, Switzerland 0-1
6/8/11FIVBBeijing Grand Slam Pool C Bellaguarda/Heuscher 19 Plavins/Smedins 14 21-16, 21-11 0:34
Trail the series against # 18 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-2
8/27/10FIVBThe Hague Open Contender 2 Nummerdor/Schuil 9 Plavins/Smedins 7 24-22, 21-14 0:30
7/29/10FIVBKlagenfurt Grand Slam Pool K Nummerdor/Schuil 15 Plavins/Smedins 18, Q8 22-20, 21-19 0:37
Series tied with # 19 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 1-1
6/16/11FIVBRome World Championships Pool J Plavins/Smedins 15 Gibb/Rosenthal 10 21-15, 21-19 0:33
6/10/11FIVBBeijing Grand Slam Winner 1 Gibb/Rosenthal 11 Plavins/Smedins 14 21-17, 18-21, 20-18 0:57
Trail the series against # 20 Benes/Kubala, Czech Republic 0-1
5/19/11FIVBPrague Open Winner 2 Benes/Kubala 9 Plavins/Smedins 8 18-21, 21-15, 15-11 0:48
Series tied with # 22 Boersma/Spijkers, Netherlands 1-1
6/30/11FIVBStavanger Grand Slam Pool O Plavins/Smedins 11 Boersma/Spijkers 22 14-21, 21-12, 15-4 0:39
8/26/10FIVBThe Hague Open Winner 2 Boersma/Spijkers 10 Plavins/Smedins 7 14-21, 21-13, 16-14 0:52
Trail the series against # 24 Chevallier/Heyer, Switzerland 0-1
5/19/11FIVBPrague Open Contender 6 Chevallier/Heyer 29, Q9 Plavins/Smedins 8 23-21, 19-21, 15-13 0:56
Lead the series against # 27 Brinkborg/Gunnarsson, Sweden 2-1
6/30/11FIVBStavanger Grand Slam Pool O Plavins/Smedins 11 Brinkborg/Gunnarsson 27 21-14, 21-13 0:29
5/19/11FIVBPrague Open Contender 2 Plavins/Smedins 8 Brinkborg/Gunnarsson 26, Q10 21-10, 21-16 0:31
5/4/10FIVBShanghai Open Qualifier 2 Brinkborg/Gunnarsson Q15 Plavins/Smedins Q18 21-16, 22-20 0:39
Lead the series against # 28, Q18 Boehm/Kapa, Australia 1-0
7/28/10FIVBKlagenfurt Grand Slam Qualifier 1 Plavins/Smedins 18, Q8 Boehm/Kapa Q25 21-18, 21-18 0:45
Lead the series against # 29, Q26 Dugrip/Salvetti, France 1-0
7/7/10FIVBGstaad Grand Slam Qualifier 2 Plavins/Smedins 22, Q10 Dugrip/Salvetti Q7 21-17, 21-19 0:37
Lead the series against # 32 Hordvik/Horrem, Norway 1-0
7/2/11FIVBStavanger Grand Slam Winner 1 Plavins/Smedins 11 Hordvik/Horrem 32 21-18, 21-14 0:38
Lead the series against Barbosa/Marques, Brazil 1-0
6/17/11FIVBRome World Championships Winner 1 Plavins/Smedins 15 Barbosa/Marques 18 21-15, 21-12 0:36
Lead the series against # Q2 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 2-1
6/17/11FIVBRome World Championships Winner 2 Plavins/Smedins 15 Erdmann/Matysik 20 21-17, 16-21, 19-17 0:58
5/19/11FIVBPrague Open Contender 3 Plavins/Smedins 8 Erdmann/Matysik 15 21-19, 18-21, 15-10 0:51
5/18/10FIVBRome Grand Slam Qualifier 1 Erdmann/Matysik 29, Q12 Plavins/Smedins Q21 22-20, 12-21, 15-13 1:02
Lead the series against # Q3 Doppler/Mellitzer, Austria 1-0
5/19/11FIVBPrague Open Winner 1 Plavins/Smedins 8 Doppler/Mellitzer 25 21-19, 13-21, 15-12 0:53
Trail the series against # Q4 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 0-1
5/26/10FIVBMyslowice Open Qualifier 3 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro 21, Q1 Plavins/Smedins Q16 21-18, 23-21 0:46
Lead the series against # Q6 Ces/Ces, France 1-0
6/30/10FIVBStavanger Grand Slam Qualifier 2 Plavins/Smedins 26, Q16 Ces/Ces Q1 23-21, 21-17 0:46
Lead the series against # Q7 Dollinger/Windscheif, Germany 1-0
8/21/10FIVBAland Open Contender 5 Plavins/Smedins 6 Dollinger/Windscheif 20 21-13, 21-16 0:35
Lead the series against # Q9 Jaani/Vesik, Estonia 2-0
6/15/11FIVBRome World Championships Pool J Plavins/Smedins 15 Jaani/Vesik 34 21-16, 21-15 0:38
7/1/10FIVBStavanger Grand Slam Pool P Plavins/Smedins 26, Q16 Jaani/Vesik 23 21-12, 21-18 0:34
Lead the series against # Q11 Gabathuler/Schnider, Switzerland 2-0
8/4/10FIVBStare Jablonki Grand Slam Qualifier 2 Plavins/Smedins 20, Q7 Gabathuler/Schnider Q10 21-23, 21-18, 16-14 1:05
7/28/10FIVBKlagenfurt Grand Slam Qualifier 2 Plavins/Smedins 18, Q8 Gabathuler/Schnider Q9 21-17, 21-15 0:35
Lead the series against # Q13 Bogatov/Prokopiev, Russia 1-0
6/13/11FIVBRome World Championships Pool J Plavins/Smedins 15 Bogatov/Prokopiev 39 21-18, 21-16 0:40
Series tied with # Q19 Dyachenko/Sidorenko, Kazakhstan 1-1
8/19/10FIVBAland Open Winner 2 Plavins/Smedins 6 Dyachenko/Sidorenko 22, Q5 15-21, 21-16, 15-10 0:54
7/30/10FIVBKlagenfurt Grand Slam Pool K Dyachenko/Sidorenko 31, Q22 Plavins/Smedins 18, Q8 29-27, 24-22 0:58
Lead the series against # Q23 Binstock/VanHuizen, Canada 1-0
6/9/11FIVBBeijing Grand Slam Pool C Plavins/Smedins 14 Binstock/VanHuizen 30, Q21 21-11, 21-16 0:35
Lead the series against # Q25 McHugh/Slack, Australia 2-0
8/26/10FIVBThe Hague Open Winner 1 Plavins/Smedins 7 McHugh/Slack 26, Q4 21-16, 21-15 0:29
8/19/10FIVBAland Open Winner 1 Plavins/Smedins 6 McHugh/Slack 27, Q9 21-17, 21-15 0:39
Trail the series against # Q30 Maia/Rosas, Portugal 0-1
7/21/09FIVBMarseille Grand Slam Qualifier 1 Maia/Rosas 36, Q19 Plavins/Smedins 34, Q14 13-21, 21-16, 15-11 1:01