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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 1to1energy Grand Slam
July 7 - 12, 2009

(20, Q4) 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 Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2003	Did not play	Andris Krumins - 33rd
2007	Martins Plavins - 37th	Did not play
2008	Martins Plavins - 17th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/26-7/5/2009	Stavanger World Championships	31	9th	400	US$11,000.00
FIVB	5/26-31/2009	Myslowice Open	25, Q4	13th	180	US$4,250.00
FIVB	5/12-17/2009	Rome Open	21	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	10/6-11/2008	Dubai Open	11	17th	120	US$2,500.00
FIVB	9/2-7/2008	Mallorca Open	12	9th	240	US$5,500.00
FIVB	8/26-31/2008	Kristiansand Open	19	13th	180	US$3,900.00

Gstaad Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/8/2009	Qualifier 1	Daan Spijkers / Niels van de Sande, Netherlands (Q29)	Won 24-22, 21-11	0:41
Wed, 7/8/2009	Qualifier 2	Peter Gartmayer / Alexander Huber, Austria (Q13)	Won 21-19, 21-14	0:35
Thu, 7/9/2009	Pool D	Kristjan Kais / Rivo Vesik, Estonia (13)	Lost 16-21, 16-21	0:39
Thu, 7/9/2009	Pool D	Phil Dalhausser / Todd Rogers, United States (4)	Lost 17-21, 18-21	0:45
Fri, 7/10/2009	Pool D	Jefferson Bellaguarda / Martin Laciga, Switzerland (29)	Lost 15-21, 16-21	0:40

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 %
2008	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$11,900.00	5	6	45.5 %
2009	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	$20,750.00	9	9	50.0 %
Total	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	3	2	$34,650.00	18	19	48.6 %

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
7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	4	$4,250.00	2006	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	$1,000.00
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$1,350.00	2006	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
15	0	0	0	0	2	3	5	2	3	$30,500.00	2007	FIVB
											2007	FIVB C&S	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,300.00
18	0	0	0	0	1	6	3	5	3	$31,400.00	2008	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$5,950.00
											2008	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$0.00
4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	$10,375.00	2009	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	$10,375.00
52	2	0	0	0	6	13	9	12	10	$80,325.00	Total	Total	23	0	3	0	0	0	5	2	4	9	$22,175.00

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%
2008-2009	21	65.6%	7	21.9%	4	12.5%	28-4	87.5%	4	15.4%	1	3.8%	21	80.8%	4-22	15.4%	21-21	50.0%	11-5	68.8%	0	0	32-26	55.2%
Against the Field	44	73.3%	10	16.7%	6	10.0%	54-6	90.0%	7	11.5%	8	13.1%	46	75.4%	7-54	11.5%	88-90	49.4%	34-28	54.8%	1	0	62-59	51.2%

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	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
Samoilovs/Sorokins trail the series against the field 10-12 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 9 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 0-2
7/9/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool D	Dalhausser/Rogers	4	Samoilovs/Sorokins	20, Q4	21-17, 21-18	0:45
7/3/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Winner 2	Dalhausser/Rogers	2	Samoilovs/Sorokins	31	21-11, 21-11	0:34
Trail the series against # 9 Heuscher/Heyer, Switzerland 0-1
5/14/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Winner 1	Heuscher/Heyer	12	Samoilovs/Sorokins	21	21-14, 22-20	0:37
Trail the series against # 12 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-1
6/7/06	FIVB	Italian Open	Qualifier 3	Nummerdor/Schuil	Q65	Samoilovs/Sorokins	Q33	21-12, 19-21, 15-8	0:43
Trail the series against # 13 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 1-2
7/9/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool D	Kais/Vesik	13	Samoilovs/Sorokins	20, Q4	21-16, 21-16	0:39
5/29/09	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 3	Kais/Vesik	17	Samoilovs/Sorokins	25, Q4	21-15, 21-13	0:37
8/29/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 2	Samoilovs/Sorokins	19	Kais/Vesik	4	14-21, 21-19, 20-18	0:53
Lead the series against # 17 Li/Xu, China 1-0
6/28/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool G	Samoilovs/Sorokins	31	Li/Xu	7	26-24, 21-15	0:44
Trail the series against # 22, Q10 Hoyer/Soderberg, Denmark 0-1
8/29/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 3	Hoyer/Soderberg	22, Q2	Samoilovs/Sorokins	19	21-14, 21-14	0:37
Trail the series against # 23 Baracetti/Salema, Argentina 0-1
8/28/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 1	Baracetti/Salema	14	Samoilovs/Sorokins	19	21-18, 21-17	0:44
Lead the series against # 26, Q5 Hernandez/Villafane, Venezuela 1-0
5/29/09	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 2	Samoilovs/Sorokins	25, Q4	Hernandez/Villafane	23, Q5	21-18, 21-18	0:41
Trail the series against # 29 Bellaguarda/Laciga, Switzerland 0-1
7/10/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool D	Bellaguarda/Laciga	29	Samoilovs/Sorokins	20, Q4	21-15, 21-16	0:40
Lead the series against Maciel/Schmidt, Brazil 1-0
7/2/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	31	Maciel/Schmidt	12	21-15, 21-16	0:35
Series tied with # Q1 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 1-1
5/28/09	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	25, Q4	Araujo/Magalhaes	8, Q1	21-17, 21-18	0:46
9/5/08	FIVB	Mallorca Open	Contender 4	Araujo/Magalhaes	10	Samoilovs/Sorokins	12	21-15, 21-14	0:40
Trail the series against # Q7 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 0-1
10/9/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Contender 2	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	21, Q3	Samoilovs/Sorokins	11	16-21, 21-17, 15-10	1:03
Lead the series against # Q11 Cadieux/Reader, Canada 1-0
6/30/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool G	Samoilovs/Sorokins	31	Cadieux/Reader	42	21-23, 21-14, 15-12	0:58
Lead the series against # Q13 Gartmayer/Huber, Austria 1-0
7/8/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Samoilovs/Sorokins	20, Q4	Gartmayer/Huber	Q13	21-19, 21-14	0:35
Trail the series against # Q23 Maia/Rosas, Portugal 0-1
5/14/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Contender 1	Maia/Rosas	28, Q3	Samoilovs/Sorokins	21	17-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:51
Lead the series against # Q27 Ingrosso/Ingrosso, Italy 2-0
5/27/09	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Qualifier 3	Samoilovs/Sorokins	25, Q4	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	Q13	21-16, 21-19	0:40
10/8/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	11	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	22, Q7	21-13, 21-17	0:42
Lead the series against # Q29 Spijkers/van de Sande, Netherlands 1-0
7/8/09	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	20, Q4	Spijkers/van de Sande	Q29	24-22, 21-11	0:41