Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$380,000 Otera Open
August 11 - 16, 2009
(24, Q8) Martins Plavins/Toms 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
Toms Smedins
Latvia
Photo: FIVB
Personal Info
Birth Date: Apr 25, 1986 (38 yrs old)
Home Town: Kuldiga
Height: 190 cm (6'3")
Weight: 83 kg (183 lb)
Seasons: 18
Tournaments: 73
Career Best: 2nd (2 times)
Career FIVB WT Best: 2nd (Göteborg 2019)
Career Winnings: US$33,414.46
Team Career Summary 
TourPlayed1234579131725Money
FIVB40000002011 US$16,100.00
Previous Kristiansand Results 
YearPartner - ResultPartner - Result
2007 Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 13th Janis Smedins - 33rd
2008 Toms Smedins - 9th Martins Plavins - 9th
Recent Results 
TourDateTournamentSeedFinishPointsMoney
FIVB 8/4-9/2009 Stare Jablonki Open 26, Q13 17th 120 US$2,800.00
FIVB 9/2-7/2008 Mallorca Open 15 25th 60 US$1,800.00
FIVB 8/26-31/2008 Kristiansand Open 18 9th 240 US$5,500.00
Kristiansand Open Matches
DateBracketOpponentScoreTime
Wed, 8/12/2009 Qualifier 1 Bjorn Huitfeldt / Petter Jonsson, Sweden (Q25) Won 21-13, 21-18 0:36
Wed, 8/12/2009 Qualifier 2 Yury Bogatov / Serguei Prokopiev, Russia (Q9) Won 17-21, 21-18, 17-15 0:52
Thu, 8/13/2009 Winner 1 Tarjei Skarlund / Martin Spinnangr, Norway (9) Won 21-15, 25-23 0:48
Thu, 8/13/2009 Winner 2 Renato "Geor" Gomes / Gia Terceiro, Georgia (8) Won 23-21, 16-21, 18-16 0:56
Fri, 8/14/2009 Winner 3 Alison Cerutti / Harley Marques, Brazil (1) Lost 20-22, 9-21 0:34
Sat, 8/15/2009 Contender 4 Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia (14) Lost 14-21, 15-21 0:39
Head to Head Results
Plavins/Smedins lead the series against the field 5-3 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)
DateTourTournamentRoundWinning TeamSeedLosing TeamSeedScoreTime
Trail the series against # 1 Cerutti/Marques, Brazil 0-1
8/14/09FIVBKristiansand Open Winner 3 Cerutti/Marques 1 Plavins/Smedins 24, Q8 22-20, 21-9 0:34
Lead the series against # 8 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 1-0
8/13/09FIVBKristiansand Open Winner 2 Plavins/Smedins 24, Q8 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro 8 23-21, 16-21, 18-16 0:56
Lead the series against # 9 Skarlund/Spinnangr, Norway 1-0
8/13/09FIVBKristiansand Open Winner 1 Plavins/Smedins 24, Q8 Skarlund/Spinnangr 9 21-15, 25-23 0:48
Trail the series against # 14 Samoilovs/Sorokins, Latvia 0-1
8/15/09FIVBKristiansand Open Contender 4 Samoilovs/Sorokins 14 Plavins/Smedins 24, Q8 21-14, 21-15 0:39
Lead the series against # 16 Dugrip/Salvetti, France 1-0
8/5/09FIVBStare Jablonki Open Qualifier 3 Plavins/Smedins 26, Q13 Dugrip/Salvetti 19, Q4 17-21, 21-19, 15-9 0:48
Trail the series against # 25 Hoyer/Soderberg, Denmark 0-1
8/30/08FIVBKristiansand Open Contender 4 Hoyer/Soderberg 22, Q2 Plavins/Smedins 18 21-19, 21-14 0:37
Lead the series against # Q9 Bogatov/Prokopiev, Russia 1-0
8/12/09FIVBKristiansand Open Qualifier 2 Plavins/Smedins 24, Q8 Bogatov/Prokopiev Q9 17-21, 21-18, 17-15 0:52
Lead the series against # Q25 Huitfeldt/Jonsson, Sweden 1-0
8/12/09FIVBKristiansand Open Qualifier 1 Plavins/Smedins 24, Q8 Huitfeldt/Jonsson Q25 21-13, 21-18 0:36