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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$190,000 Patria Direct Prague Open
May 22 - 27, 2012

(17) 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
2010	Janis Smedins - 41st	Martins Plavins - 41st
2011	Janis Smedins - 5th	Martins Plavins - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/8-13/2012	Beijing Grand Slam	20	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	5/1-6/2012	Shanghai Grand Slam	20	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	4/24-29/2012	Silesia Open	21	13th	180	US$4,250.00
FIVB	8/23-28/2011	The Hague Open	16	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/16-21/2011	Åland Open	19	13th	180	US$4,250.00
FIVB	8/2-7/2011	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	20	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/26-31/2011	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	20	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	7/12-17/2011	Moscow Grand Slam	13	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	7/5-10/2011	Gstaad Grand Slam	13	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/28-7/3/2011	Stavanger Grand Slam	11	9th	320	US$8,000.00
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

Prague Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/24/2012	Winner 1	Andy Ces / Kevin Ces, France (16)	Won 21-14, 21-15	0:34
Thu, 5/24/2012	Winner 2	Phil Dalhausser / Todd Rogers, United States (1)	Lost 14-21, 10-21	0:32
Fri, 5/25/2012	Contender 2	Tarjei Skarlund / Martin Spinnangr, Norway (18)	Won 21-18, 34-32	0:49
Fri, 5/25/2012	Contender 3	Michal Kadziola / Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland (25, Q5)	Won 19-21, 21-19, 15-9	0:52
Fri, 5/25/2012	Contender 4	Jon Stiekema / Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands (30, Q9)	Lost 16-21, 19-21	0:38

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	10	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	4	1	0	$79,750.00	26	20	56.5 %
2012	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	$23,350.00	8	9	47.1 %
Total	FIVB	27	0	1	0	1	2	0	6	2	9	2	4	$169,700.00	66	51	56.4 %

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
10	0	0	0	1	1	3	4	1	0	$39,875.00	2011	FIVB	10	0	0	0	1	1	3	4	1	0	$39,875.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	$11,675.00	2012	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	$11,675.00
74	2	1	0	1	8	20	17	12	13	$157,600.00	Total	Total	56	0	2	1	2	4	11	11	6	19	$92,575.00

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%
2011-2012	36	69.2%	8	15.4%	8	15.4%	44-8	84.6%	12	27.9%	9	20.9%	22	51.2%	12-31	27.9%	36-22	62.1%	20-17	54.1%	0	0	56-39	58.9%
Against the Field	22	66.7%	5	15.2%	6	18.2%	27-6	81.8%	12	30.8%	9	23.1%	18	46.2%	12-27	30.8%	44-36	55.0%	34-30	53.1%	0	0	39-33	54.2%

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 25-28 (Lead 9 Series, Trail 10 Series, 5 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 0-4
5/24/12	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 2	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Plavins/Smedins	17	21-14, 21-10	0:32
7/15/11	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool M	Dalhausser/Rogers	4	Plavins/Smedins	13	21-19, 21-17	0:39
7/8/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool M	Dalhausser/Rogers	4	Plavins/Smedins	13	21-12, 21-18	0:37
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 # 2 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-3
8/18/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Winner 1	Nummerdor/Schuil	14	Plavins/Smedins	19	21-13, 21-9	0:30
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
Lead the series against # 4 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 3-1
5/10/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool M	Plavins/Smedins	20	Gavira/Herrera	4	23-21, 21-15	0:38
7/1/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool O	Gavira/Herrera	6	Plavins/Smedins	11	21-17, 21-16	0:34
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
Series tied with # 7 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 1-1
6/16/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool J	Plavins/Smedins	15	Gibb/Rosenthal	10	21-15, 21-19	0:33
6/10/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Winner 1	Gibb/Rosenthal	11	Plavins/Smedins	14	21-17, 18-21, 20-18	0:57
Lead the series against # 8 Cunha/Santos, Brazil 2-1
5/3/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool M	Cunha/Santos	4	Plavins/Smedins	20	21-15, 19-21, 15-11	0:53
8/19/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Contender 2	Plavins/Smedins	19	Cunha/Santos	4	21-14, 21-18	0:37
8/4/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool M	Plavins/Smedins	20	Cunha/Santos	4	21-16, 20-22, 15-13	0:55
Trail the series against # 9 Benes/Kubala, Czech Republic 1-2
5/10/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool M	Plavins/Smedins	20	Benes/Kubala	13	21-13, 27-29, 15-9	0:57
5/3/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool M	Benes/Kubala	13	Plavins/Smedins	20	27-25, 21-19	0:50
5/19/11	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 2	Benes/Kubala	9	Plavins/Smedins	8	18-21, 21-15, 15-11	0:48
Lead the series against # 11 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 3-1
7/28/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool M	Plavins/Smedins	20	Erdmann/Matysik	13	18-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:53
6/17/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Winner 2	Plavins/Smedins	15	Erdmann/Matysik	20	21-17, 16-21, 19-17	0:58
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
Lead the series against # 14 Boersma/Spijkers, Netherlands 2-1
8/5/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool M	Plavins/Smedins	20	Boersma/Spijkers	29, Q3	21-19, 23-25, 15-13	1:00
6/30/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool O	Plavins/Smedins	11	Boersma/Spijkers	22	14-21, 21-12, 15-4	0:39
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 # 15 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 # 16 Ces/Ces, France 2-0
5/24/12	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 1	Plavins/Smedins	17	Ces/Ces	16	21-14, 21-15	0:34
6/30/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Plavins/Smedins	26, Q16	Ces/Ces	Q1	23-21, 21-17	0:46
Trail the series against # 18 Skarlund/Spinnangr, Norway 1-2
5/25/12	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 2	Plavins/Smedins	17	Skarlund/Spinnangr	18	21-18, 34-32	0:49
8/25/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 1	Skarlund/Spinnangr	17	Plavins/Smedins	16	21-12, 18-21, 15-12	0:48
8/6/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 2	Skarlund/Spinnangr	21	Plavins/Smedins	20	21-15, 15-21, 15-13	0:49
Trail the series against # 20 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 0-2
5/4/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Winner 1	Klemperer/Koreng	16	Plavins/Smedins	20	15-21, 21-19, 15-6	0:50
8/19/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Contender 3	Klemperer/Koreng	12	Plavins/Smedins	19	24-22, 21-19	0:41
Series tied with # 21 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
Series tied with # 22 Koshkarev/Semenov, Russia 1-1
8/4/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool M	Plavins/Smedins	20	Koshkarev/Semenov	13	21-17, 21-17	0:37
7/8/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 1	Koshkarev/Semenov	14	Plavins/Smedins	13	21-18, 19-21, 15-12	0:45
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
Trail the series against # 24, Q16 Binstock/Reader, Canada 0-1
4/27/12	FIVB	Silesia Open	Contender 3	Binstock/Reader	30, Q22	Plavins/Smedins	21	22-20, 15-21, 15-12	0:53
Lead the series against # 25, Q5 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 1-0
5/25/12	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 3	Plavins/Smedins	17	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	25, Q5	19-21, 21-19, 15-9	0:52
Series tied with # 26, Q10 Bogatov/Prokopiev, Russia 1-1
7/7/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool M	Bogatov/Prokopiev	29, Q8	Plavins/Smedins	13	21-16, 21-19	0:34
6/13/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool J	Plavins/Smedins	15	Bogatov/Prokopiev	39	21-18, 21-16	0:40
Trail the series against # 30, Q9 Stiekema/Varenhorst, Netherlands 0-1
5/25/12	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 4	Stiekema/Varenhorst	30, Q9	Plavins/Smedins	17	21-16, 21-19	0:38
Trail the series against # Q1 "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 # Q3 Brinkborg/Gunnarsson, Sweden 2-1
6/30/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool O	Plavins/Smedins	11	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	27	21-14, 21-13	0:29
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
Series tied with # Q8 Boehm/Kapa, Australia 1-1
5/11/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool M	Boehm/Kapa	29, Q20	Plavins/Smedins	20	16-21, 23-21, 18-16	0:54
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 # Q11 Jaani/Vesik, Estonia 2-0
6/15/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool J	Plavins/Smedins	15	Jaani/Vesik	34	21-16, 21-15	0:38
7/1/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool P	Plavins/Smedins	26, Q16	Jaani/Vesik	23	21-12, 21-18	0:34
Trail the series against # Q29 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 0-1
8/25/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 1	Kantor/Losiak	32	Plavins/Smedins	16	21-19, 21-17	0:30