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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$380,000 Otera Open
August 11 - 16, 2009

(14) Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia

Aleksandrs Samoilovs
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 6, 1985 (41 yrs old)

Home Town:

Riga

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

96 kg (211 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

234

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$861,578.86

Ruslans Sorokins
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 11, 1982 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Riga

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

96 kg (211 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

103

Career Best:

2nd (4 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

2nd (Kristiansand 2009)

Career Winnings:

US$170,032.23

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
CEV	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	US$11,561.20
FIVB	52	0	1	0	0	5	0	15	5	12	9	2	3	US$279,900.00
Overall	57	0	1	0	0	6	0	17	5	14	9	2	3	US$291,461.20

Previous Kristiansand Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2007	Martins Plavins - 13th	Did not play
2008	Ruslans Sorokins - 13th	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/4-9/2009	Stare Jablonki Open	17	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	7/28-8/2/2009	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	26, Q7	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/21-26/2009	Marseille Grand Slam	29	17th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	7/14-19/2009	Moscow Grand Slam	Q3	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	7/7-12/2009	Gstaad Grand Slam	20, Q4	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/26-7/5/2009	Stavanger World Championships	31	9th	400	US$11,000.00
CEV	6/17-21/2009	German Masters	Q30	17th	120	€ 0.00
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

Kristiansand Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/13/2009	Winner 1	Jonathan Erdmann / Kay Matysik, Germany (19)	Won 21-13, 25-23	0:43
Thu, 8/13/2009	Winner 2	Dmitri Barsuk / Igor Kolodinsky, Russia (3)	Lost 21-16, 16-21, 13-15	0:55
Fri, 8/14/2009	Contender 2	Inocencio Lario / Raul Mesa, Spain (13)	Won 21-18, 21-19	0:42
Fri, 8/14/2009	Contender 3	Clemens Doppler / Matthias Mellitzer, Austria (28, Q10)	Won 21-16, 21-15	0:35
Sat, 8/15/2009	Contender 4	Martins Plavins / Toms Smedins, Latvia (24, Q8)	Won 21-14, 21-15	0:39
Sat, 8/15/2009	Contender 5	Tarjei Skarlund / Martin Spinnangr, Norway (9)	Won 21-18, 21-17	0:39
Sat, 8/15/2009	Contender 6	Miguel Maia / Pedro Rosas, Portugal (23, Q14)	Won 21-18, 22-20	0:41
Sun, 8/16/2009	Semi-Finals	Alison Cerutti / Harley Marques, Brazil (1)	Won 21-18, 17-21, 17-15	1:03
Sun, 8/16/2009	Gold Medal	Dmitri Barsuk / Igor Kolodinsky, Russia (3)	Lost 13-21, 16-21	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	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	2	$150,600.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	25	0	1	0	0	2	0	5	5	5	4	3	$111,300.00
Confederation Championship	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	$8,250.00
Total	55	0	1	0	0	6	0	16	5	13	9	5	$288,150.00

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	1	$32,200.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	$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	5	$487,550.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	40	0	0	0	0	3	9	9	7	12	$86,350.00
104	8	1	4	3	11	32	18	15	12	$234,587.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	40	0	1	0	0	2	11	7	6	13	$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	1	$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
14	1	4	0	0	2	5	2	0	0	$50,750.00	Confederation Championship	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	$4,375.00
225	16	12	8	6	28	68	46	23	18	$828,062.50	Total	95	0	4	0	0	6	24	19	15	27	$165,275.00

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	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	2	1	$56,550.00	23	16	59.0 %
2009	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2	1	66.7 %
Total	FIVB	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	2	3	3	3	$70,450.00	32	26	55.2 %
Total	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2	1	66.7 %

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
											2003	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$375.00
											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
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00	2006	CEV
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$650.00	2007	CEV
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
9	0	1	0	0	0	3	2	2	1	$28,275.00	2009	FIVB	9	0	1	0	0	0	3	2	2	1	$28,275.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2009	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
61	2	1	0	0	6	15	14	12	11	$98,875.00	Total	Total	30	0	4	0	0	0	6	6	4	10	$40,450.00

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	27	69.2%	7	17.9%	5	12.8%	34-5	87.2%	3	12.0%	4	16.0%	18	72.0%	3-22	12.0%	54-36	60.0%	20-18	52.6%	0	0	37-27	57.8%

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
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	6	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	6
Total	0	0	17	5	43	38	0	0	30	45	1	0	0	0	0	1	114	110

Head to Head Results
Samoilovs/Sorokins lead the series against the field 16-9 (Lead 12 Series, Trail 3 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Cerutti/Marques, Brazil 1-0
8/16/09	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Semi-Finals	Samoilovs/Sorokins	14	Cerutti/Marques	1	21-18, 17-21, 17-15	1:03
Lead the series against # 2 Insfran/Solberg, Brazil 1-0
7/30/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool G	Samoilovs/Sorokins	26, Q7	Insfran/Solberg	7	21-17, 20-22, 15-13	1:07
Trail the series against # 3 Barsuk/Kolodinsky, Russia 0-2
8/16/09	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Gold Medal	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	3	Samoilovs/Sorokins	14	21-13, 21-16	0:38
8/13/09	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 2	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	3	Samoilovs/Sorokins	14	16-21, 21-16, 15-13	0:55
Series tied with # 4, 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 # 5 Heuscher/Heyer, Switzerland 0-2
8/1/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 2	Heuscher/Heyer	14	Samoilovs/Sorokins	26, Q7	21-16, 21-13	0:42
5/14/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Winner 1	Heuscher/Heyer	12	Samoilovs/Sorokins	21	21-14, 22-20	0:37
Lead the series against # 6 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
Lead the series against # 9 Skarlund/Spinnangr, Norway 1-0
8/15/09	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 5	Samoilovs/Sorokins	14	Skarlund/Spinnangr	9	21-18, 21-17	0:39
Series tied with # 13 Lario/Mesa, Spain 1-1
8/14/09	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 2	Samoilovs/Sorokins	14	Lario/Mesa	13	21-18, 21-19	0:42
8/7/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 2	Lario/Mesa	18	Samoilovs/Sorokins	17	23-21, 21-18	0:45
Lead the series against # 16 Dugrip/Salvetti, France 1-0
7/29/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Samoilovs/Sorokins	26, Q7	Dugrip/Salvetti	Q10	21-16, 15-21, 15-12	0:55
Lead the series against # 17, Q3 Hupfer/Schroffenegger, Austria 1-0
7/30/09	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool G	Samoilovs/Sorokins	26, Q7	Hupfer/Schroffenegger	10	28-26, 21-18	0:53
Lead the series against # 19 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 1-0
8/13/09	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	14	Erdmann/Matysik	19	21-13, 25-23	0:43
Trail the series against # 22 Benes/Kubala, Czechia 0-1
7/15/09	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Benes/Kubala	24, Q14	Samoilovs/Sorokins	Q3	21-18, 26-24	0:44
Lead the series against # 23, Q14 Maia/Rosas, Portugal 2-1
8/15/09	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 6	Samoilovs/Sorokins	14	Maia/Rosas	23, Q14	21-18, 22-20	0:41
7/23/09	FIVB	Marseille Grand Slam	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	29	Maia/Rosas	36, Q19	21-19, 21-18	0:39
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 # 24, Q8 Plavins/Smedins, Latvia 1-0
8/15/09	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 4	Samoilovs/Sorokins	14	Plavins/Smedins	24, Q8	21-14, 21-15	0:39
Series tied with # 25 Hoyer/Soderberg, Denmark 1-1
6/18/09	CEV	German Masters	Qualifier 1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	Q30	Hoyer/Soderberg	Q3	21-17, 15-21, 15-11	0:53
8/29/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 3	Hoyer/Soderberg	22, Q2	Samoilovs/Sorokins	19	21-14, 21-14	0:37
Lead the series against # 26 Grotowski/Weaver, England 1-0
6/18/09	CEV	German Masters	Qualifier 2	Samoilovs/Sorokins	Q30	Grotowski/Weaver	Q14	21-9, 19-21, 17-15	1:01
Lead the series against # 28, Q10 Doppler/Mellitzer, Austria 1-0
8/14/09	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 3	Samoilovs/Sorokins	14	Doppler/Mellitzer	28, Q10	21-16, 21-15	0:35
Lead the series against # 30, Q4 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