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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$380,000 PAF Open
August 18 - 23, 2009

(17) 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 Åland Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2007	Martins Plavins - 13th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/11-16/2009	Kristiansand Open	14	2nd	540	US$21,000.00
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
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

Aland Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/20/2009	Winner 1	Florian Gosch / Alexander Horst, Austria (16)	Lost 16-21, 7-21	0:42
Thu, 8/20/2009	Contender 1	Anssi Hakala / Lauri Hakala, Finland (32)	Won 21-14, 21-8	0:34
Fri, 8/21/2009	Contender 2	Tarjei Skarlund / Martin Spinnangr, Norway (18, Q6)	Lost 17-21, 16-21	0:37

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	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	2	1	$59,350.00	24	18	57.1 %
Total	FIVB	16	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	2	4	3	3	$73,250.00	33	28	54.1 %

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
10	0	1	0	0	0	3	3	2	1	$29,675.00	2009	FIVB	10	0	1	0	0	0	3	3	2	1	$29,675.00
58	2	1	0	0	6	14	12	12	11	$99,625.00	Total	Total	29	0	4	0	0	0	6	5	4	10	$41,475.00

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	31	66.0%	10	21.3%	6	12.8%	41-6	87.2%	6	15.4%	6	15.4%	27	69.2%	6-33	15.4%	62-52	54.4%	32-24	57.1%	1	0	48-38	55.8%

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
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 13-13 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 7 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Brink/Reckermann, Germany 0-1
8/6/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 2	Brink/Reckermann	1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	17	21-15, 21-15	0:43
Lead the series against # 3 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
Trail the series against # 5 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
Trail the series against # 7 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
Trail the series against # 10 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
Lead the series against # 11 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
Trail the series against # 12 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
Series tied with # 13 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 # 16 Gosch/Horst, Austria 0-1
8/20/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 1	Gosch/Horst	16	Samoilovs/Sorokins	17	21-16, 21-7	0:42
Series tied with # 18, Q6 Skarlund/Spinnangr, Norway 1-1
8/21/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 2	Skarlund/Spinnangr	18, Q6	Samoilovs/Sorokins	17	21-17, 21-16	0:37
8/15/09	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 5	Samoilovs/Sorokins	14	Skarlund/Spinnangr	9	21-18, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # 19 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
Series tied with # 20 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 # 26 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 # 29, Q4 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 # 32 Hakala/Hakala, Finland 1-0
8/20/09	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	17	Hakala/Hakala	32	21-14, 21-8	0:34
Lead the series against # Q5 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 # Q11 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 # Q13 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