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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 (40 yrs old)

Home Town:

Riga

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

96 kg (211 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

211

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$777,745.86

Ruslans Sorokins
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 11, 1982 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Riga

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

96 kg (211 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

2nd (4 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

2nd (Kristiansand 2009)

Career Winnings:

US$160,900.00

Awards

Team of the Year 2013 (with Janis Smedins), 2014 (with Janis Smedins)
Tour Champion 2013 (with Janis Smedins), 2014 (with Janis Smedins)
Sportsperson 2018

Awards

Top Rookie 2009

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	52	0	1	0	0	5	0	15	5	12	9	2	3	US$279,900.00

Previous Espinho Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
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

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	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$18,000.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	24	0	0	0	0	3	0	8	0	6	5	0	$150,600.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	25	0	1	0	0	2	0	5	5	5	4	0	$111,300.00
Total	52	0	1	0	0	5	0	15	5	12	9	0	$279,900.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Aleksandrs Samoilovs												Ruslans Sorokins
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	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	0	$32,200.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$10,700.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$11,250.00	World Tour Finals
81	4	5	4	2	11	23	19	8	0	$487,550.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	40	0	0	0	0	3	9	9	7	0	$86,350.00
104	8	1	4	3	11	32	18	15	0	$234,587.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	40	0	1	0	0	2	11	7	6	0	$59,000.00
5	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$8,925.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$1,800.00	Challenger	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$4,100.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	Satellite	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$750.00
3	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
211	15	8	8	6	26	63	44	23	0	$777,312.50	Total	91	0	4	0	0	5	23	18	14	0	$160,900.00

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
2006	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$2,000.00	4	4	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$2,000.00	4	4	50.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Aleksandrs Samoilovs													Ruslans Sorokins
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2002	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2003	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2003	FIVB Age Group WC
											2004	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2004	FIVB Age Group WC
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00	2005	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,450.00	2005	FIVB C&S	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,550.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2005	FIVB Age Group WC
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,000.00	2006	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	$1,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$750.00	2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
10	2	0	0	0	2	1	1	2	2	$4,200.00	Total	Total	12	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	7	$3,550.00

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	68	70.8%	16	16.7%	12	12.5%	84-12	87.5%	22	19.3%	18	15.8%	74	64.9%	22-92	19.3%	68-74	47.9%	38-30	55.9%	1	0	107-104	50.7%
2005-2006	4	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	2	50.0%	2	50.0%	0-4	0.0%	4-2	66.7%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	4-4	50.0%
Against the Field	8	66.7%	3	25.0%	1	8.3%	11-1	91.7%	3	20.0%	4	26.7%	8	53.3%	3-12	20.0%	16-16	50.0%	12-10	54.5%	0	0	14-13	51.9%

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	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
World Championships	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	8	2	32	31	0	0	10	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	50	50
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	9	3	0	0	0	0	18	22	1	0	0	0	0	1	51	47
Total	0	0	17	5	37	35	0	0	29	42	1	0	0	0	0	1	107	104

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 3-3 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 Brink/Dieckmann, Germany 0-1
6/15/06	FIVB	Portugal 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
6/15/06	FIVB	Portugal 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
5/31/06	FIVB	Croatia 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
6/7/06	FIVB	Italian 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
6/14/06	FIVB	Portugal 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
6/14/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 2	Samoilovs/Sorokins	29, Q15	Brinkborg/Magnusson	Q18	21-18, 21-10	0:36