Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$200,000 Volkswagen Open de Portugal
June 14 - 18, 2006
(29, Q15) Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia
 
Aleksandrs Samoilovs
Latvia
Photo: FIVB
Personal Info
Birth Date: Apr 6, 1985 (39 yrs old)
Home Town: Riga
Height: 196 cm (6'5")
Weight: 96 kg (211 lb)
Seasons: 22
Tournaments: 209
Career Wins: 15
Career FIVB WT Wins: 13
Career Winnings: US$776,151.48
Ruslans Sorokins
Latvia
Photo: FIVB
Personal Info
Birth Date: Mar 11, 1982 (42 yrs old)
Home Town: Riga
Height: 196 cm (6'5")
Weight: 96 kg (211 lb)
Seasons: 15
Tournaments: 91
Career Best: 2nd (4 times)
Career FIVB WT Best: 2nd (Kristiansand 2009)
Career Winnings: US$160,900.00
Team Career Summary 
TourPlayed12345791317253341Money
FIVB5201005015512923 US$279,900.00
Previous Espinho Results  Neither player has played in this venue before
Recent Results 
TourDateTournamentSeedFinishPointsMoney
FIVB 6/7-11/2006 Italian Open Q33 41st 18 US$0.00
FIVB 5/31-6/4/2006 Croatia Open Q27 41st 18 US$0.00
Portugal Open Matches
DateBracketOpponentScoreTime
Wed, 6/14/2006 Qualifier 2 Hannes Brinkborg / Mattias Magnusson, Sweden (Q18) Won 21-18, 21-10 0:36
Wed, 6/14/2006 Qualifier 3 Kentaro Asahi / Satoshi Watanabe, Japan (Q2) Won 22-20, 21-19 0:37
Thu, 6/15/2006 Winner 1 Julius Brink / Christoph Dieckmann, Germany (4) Lost 20-22, 17-21 0:47
Thu, 6/15/2006 Contender 1 Ahren Cadieux / Conrad Leinemann, Canada (20) Lost 12-21, 13-21 0:33
Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 3-3 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)
DateTourTournamentRoundWinning TeamSeedLosing TeamSeedScoreTime
Trail the series against # 4 Brink/Dieckmann, Germany 0-1
6/15/06FIVBPortugal Open Winner 1 Brink/Dieckmann 4 Samoilovs/Sorokins 29, Q15 22-20, 21-17 0:47
Trail the series against # 20 Cadieux/Leinemann, Canada 0-1
6/15/06FIVBPortugal Open Contender 1 Cadieux/Leinemann 20 Samoilovs/Sorokins 29, Q15 21-12, 21-13 0:33
Trail the series against # 27 Gscheidle/Schnider, Switzerland 0-1
5/31/06FIVBCroatia Open Qualifier 2 Gscheidle/Schnider 26, Q6 Samoilovs/Sorokins Q27 21-16, 20-22, 15-9 0:47
Lead the series against # 30, Q20 Biza/Kubala, Czech Republic 1-0
6/7/06FIVBItalian Open Qualifier 2 Samoilovs/Sorokins Q33 Biza/Kubala Q32 21-19, 23-21 0:41
Lead the series against # Q2 Asahi/Watanabe, Japan 1-0
6/14/06FIVBPortugal Open Qualifier 3 Samoilovs/Sorokins 29, Q15 Asahi/Watanabe Q2 22-20, 21-19 0:37
Lead the series against # Q18 Brinkborg/Magnusson, Sweden 1-0
6/14/06FIVBPortugal Open Qualifier 2 Samoilovs/Sorokins 29, Q15 Brinkborg/Magnusson Q18 21-18, 21-10 0:36