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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 Mazury Orlen Grand Slam
August 3 - 8, 2010

(14) 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 Stare Jablonki Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2004	Did not play	Andris Krumins - 57th
2005	Martins Plavins - 25th	Andris Krumins - 41st
2007	Martins Plavins - 7th	Did not play
2008	Martins Plavins - 33rd	Did not play
2009	Ruslans Sorokins - 17th	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/27-8/1/2010	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	23	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/20-25/2010	Marseille Open	5	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	7/6-11/2010	Gstaad Grand Slam	19	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/29-7/4/2010	Stavanger Grand Slam	25	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/15-21/2010	Prague Open	23, Q3	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	6/9-14/2010	Moscow Grand Slam	25	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	5/25-30/2010	Myslowice Open	18	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	5/18-23/2010	Rome Grand Slam	22	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	5/3-8/2010	Shanghai Open	16	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	8/25-30/2009	The Hague Open	12	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/18-23/2009	Aland Open	17	17th	120	US$2,800.00
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

Stare Jablonki Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/5/2010	Pool L	David Klemperer / Eric Koreng, Germany (19)	Lost 20-22, 17-21	0:39
Thu, 8/5/2010	Pool L	Clemens Doppler / Matthias Mellitzer, Austria (30, Q8)	Won 21-15, 18-21, 15-12	1:01
Fri, 8/6/2010	Pool L	Alison Cerutti / Emanuel Rego, Brazil (3)	Lost 17-21, 17-21	0:41
Sat, 8/7/2010	Winner 1	Petr Benes / Premysl Kubala, Czech Republic (23)	Lost 16-21, 21-17, 10-15	0:56

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	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	2	1	$65,350.00	27	20	57.4 %
2010	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	4	2	0	$51,300.00	18	21	46.2 %
Total	FIVB	27	0	1	0	0	0	0	8	2	8	5	3	$130,550.00	54	51	51.4 %

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
11	0	1	0	0	0	4	3	2	1	$32,675.00	2009	FIVB	11	0	1	0	0	0	4	3	2	1	$32,675.00
10	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	2	0	$25,650.00	2010	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	2	0	$25,650.00
69	2	1	0	0	6	19	16	14	11	$128,275.00	Total	Total	40	0	4	0	0	0	11	9	6	10	$70,125.00

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%
2009-2010	31	67.4%	9	19.6%	6	13.0%	40-6	87.0%	5	11.9%	8	19.0%	29	69.0%	5-37	11.9%	31-29	51.7%	14-14	50.0%	0	0	45-43	51.1%
Against the Field	29	64.4%	9	20.0%	7	15.6%	38-7	84.4%	9	13.6%	10	15.2%	47	71.2%	9-57	13.6%	58-92	38.7%	36-34	51.4%	1	0	48-63	43.2%

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 22-28 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 13 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 0-4
5/5/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 2	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	16	21-15, 21-14	0:40
7/24/09	FIVB	Marseille Grand Slam	Winner 2	Dalhausser/Rogers	4	Samoilovs/Sorokins	29	21-15, 21-19	0:44
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 # 2 Brink/Reckermann, Germany 0-2
5/27/10	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 2	Brink/Reckermann	2	Samoilovs/Sorokins	18	21-18, 22-20	0:54
8/6/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 2	Brink/Reckermann	1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	17	21-15, 21-15	0:43
Trail the series against # 3 Cerutti/Rego, Brazil 0-1
8/6/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool L	Cerutti/Rego	3	Samoilovs/Sorokins	14	21-17, 21-17	0:41
Lead the series against # 4 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 2-0
7/1/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool Q	Samoilovs/Sorokins	25	Fijalek/Prudel	8	21-15, 21-13	0:34
5/5/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	16	Fijalek/Prudel	17	16-21, 21-12, 15-11	0:50
Series tied with # 5 Araujo/Santos, Brazil 1-1
7/29/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool P	Samoilovs/Sorokins	23	Araujo/Santos	7	19-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:59
6/10/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool Q	Araujo/Santos	8, Q1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	25	21-19, 21-12	0:41
Series tied with # 8 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 1-1
7/31/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 2	Gavira/Herrera	5	Samoilovs/Sorokins	23	21-17, 21-15	0:39
7/8/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool L	Samoilovs/Sorokins	19	Gavira/Herrera	3	23-21, 17-21, 18-16	0:58
Series tied with # 9 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 1-1
8/28/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 2	Samoilovs/Sorokins	12	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	27	21-19, 17-21, 15-9	0:52
10/9/08	FIVB	Dubai Open	Contender 2	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	21, Q3	Samoilovs/Sorokins	11	16-21, 21-17, 15-10	1:03
Trail the series against # 10 Barbosa/Cunha, Brazil 0-3
7/10/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 2	Barbosa/Cunha	6	Samoilovs/Sorokins	19	21-15, 21-18	0:42
6/18/10	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 4	Barbosa/Cunha	13	Samoilovs/Sorokins	23, Q3	21-17, 21-16	0:41
5/21/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Winner 1	Barbosa/Cunha	17, Q9	Samoilovs/Sorokins	22	21-13, 17-21, 15-10	0:50
Trail the series against # 11 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
Trail the series against # 12 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-3
6/17/10	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 2	Nummerdor/Schuil	7	Samoilovs/Sorokins	23, Q3	21-17, 11-21, 15-12	0:51
5/20/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool O	Nummerdor/Schuil	6	Samoilovs/Sorokins	22	21-15, 21-17	0:36
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 # 17, Q2 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 # 19 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 0-1
8/5/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool L	Klemperer/Koreng	19	Samoilovs/Sorokins	14	22-20, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # 21 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 2-0
7/30/10	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool P	Samoilovs/Sorokins	23	Erdmann/Matysik	26	21-13, 21-16	0:48
8/13/09	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	14	Erdmann/Matysik	19	21-13, 25-23	0:43
Lead the series against # 22 Bogatov/Prokopiev, Russia 1-0
6/18/10	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 3	Samoilovs/Sorokins	23, Q3	Bogatov/Prokopiev	16	22-20, 21-15	0:40
Trail the series against # 23 Benes/Kubala, Czech Republic 1-2
8/7/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Winner 1	Benes/Kubala	23	Samoilovs/Sorokins	14	21-16, 17-21, 15-10	0:56
6/18/10	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 2	Samoilovs/Sorokins	23, Q3	Benes/Kubala	9	21-16, 21-18	0:39
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 # 24 Skarlund/Spinnangr, Norway 3-1
7/1/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool Q	Samoilovs/Sorokins	25	Skarlund/Spinnangr	9	21-14, 24-22	0:44
5/27/10	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	18	Skarlund/Spinnangr	15	21-15, 18-21, 15-8	0:49
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 # 25 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 1-0
8/27/09	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	12	Lochhead/Pitman	21	21-19, 17-21, 18-16	0:53
Trail the series against # 27 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 0-1
6/11/10	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool Q	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	24, Q3	Samoilovs/Sorokins	25	21-18, 21-23, 15-7	1:00
Lead the series against # 28, Q5 Lario/Mesa, Spain 3-1
7/9/10	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool L	Samoilovs/Sorokins	19	Lario/Mesa	30, Q6	21-16, 21-18	0:45
5/21/10	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool O	Samoilovs/Sorokins	22	Lario/Mesa	27, Q3	21-17, 24-22	0:48
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
Trail the series against # 29, Q11 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
Lead the series against # 30, Q8 Doppler/Mellitzer, Austria 2-0
8/5/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool L	Samoilovs/Sorokins	14	Doppler/Mellitzer	30, Q8	21-15, 18-21, 15-12	1:01
8/14/09	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 3	Samoilovs/Sorokins	14	Doppler/Mellitzer	28, Q10	21-16, 21-15	0:35
Trail the series against # 31, Q4 Ces/Ces, France 0-1
5/6/10	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 2	Ces/Ces	18	Samoilovs/Sorokins	16	21-14, 7-21, 15-8	0:51
Lead the series against # Q12 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 # Q13 Redmann/VanHuizen, Canada 1-0
8/6/09	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	17	Redmann/VanHuizen	16	21-16, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # Q14 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
Trail the series against # Q16 Pastukhov/Semenov, Russia 0-1
7/22/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 1	Pastukhov/Semenov	28	Samoilovs/Sorokins	5	20-22, 21-15, 15-13	0:58