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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$190,000 Prague Open
May 17 - 22, 2011

(20) 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 Prague Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2008	Martins Plavins - 33rd	Did not play
2010	Ruslans Sorokins - 9th	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/2-7/2011	Shanghai Open	Q1	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	8/17-22/2010	Aland Open	11	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	8/3-8/2010	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	14	17th	160	US$5,100.00
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

Prague Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/19/2011	Winner 1	Reinder Nummerdor / Richard Schuil, Netherlands (13)	Lost 18-21, 18-21	0:39
Thu, 5/19/2011	Contender 1	Matt Fuerbringer / Nick Lucena, United States (4)	Won 13-21, 21-14, 15-11	0:46
Thu, 5/19/2011	Contender 2	Tarjei Skarlund / Martin Spinnangr, Norway (14)	Won 21-18, 13-21, 15-12	0:51
Thu, 5/19/2011	Contender 3	Serguei Prokopiev / Konstantin Semenov, Russia (21, Q4)	Lost 21-18, 18-21, 13-15	0:52

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	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	4	3	0	$53,300.00	18	23	43.9 %
2011	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$4,250.00	2	3	40.0 %
Total	FIVB	30	0	1	0	0	0	0	8	3	8	6	4	$136,800.00	56	56	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
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
11	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	3	0	$26,650.00	2010	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	3	0	$26,650.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$2,125.00	2011	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$2,125.00
72	2	1	0	0	6	20	16	15	12	$131,400.00	Total	Total	43	0	4	0	0	0	12	9	7	11	$73,250.00

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%
2010-2011	23	63.9%	7	19.4%	6	16.7%	30-6	83.3%	8	16.0%	13	26.0%	29	58.0%	8-42	16.0%	23-29	44.2%	15-19	44.1%	1	0	39-48	44.8%
Against the Field	36	69.2%	10	19.2%	6	11.5%	46-6	88.5%	13	19.7%	10	15.2%	43	65.2%	13-53	19.7%	72-84	46.2%	46-32	59.0%	1	0	60-58	50.8%

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
Samoilovs/Sorokins lead the series against the field 23-22 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 9 Series, 4 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 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
Series tied with # 3 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 # 4 Fuerbringer/Lucena, United States 1-1
5/19/11	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	20	Fuerbringer/Lucena	4	13-21, 21-14, 15-11	0:46
7/3/10	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 2	Fuerbringer/Lucena	16, Q3	Samoilovs/Sorokins	25	16-21, 21-15, 15-11	0:58
Series tied with # 7 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
Trail the series against # 9 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 # 11 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
Trail the series against # 13 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-4
5/19/11	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 1	Nummerdor/Schuil	13	Samoilovs/Sorokins	20	21-18, 21-18	0:39
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
Lead the series against # 14 Skarlund/Spinnangr, Norway 4-1
5/19/11	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 2	Samoilovs/Sorokins	20	Skarlund/Spinnangr	14	21-18, 13-21, 15-12	0:51
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 # 15 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
Trail the series against # 16 "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
Trail the series against # 17 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 # 18, Q5 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 # 19 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 # 21, Q4 Prokopiev/Semenov, Russia 0-1
5/19/11	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 3	Prokopiev/Semenov	21, Q4	Samoilovs/Sorokins	20	18-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:52
Trail the series against # 23, Q2 Dollinger/Windscheif, Germany 0-1
7/22/10	FIVB	Marseille Open	Contender 1	Dollinger/Windscheif	21	Samoilovs/Sorokins	5	21-14, 17-21, 18-16	1:06
Lead the series against # 25 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
Series tied with # Q8 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
Lead the series against # Q22 Hernandez/Villafane, Venezuela 2-0
6/16/10	FIVB	Prague Open	Qualifier 3	Samoilovs/Sorokins	23, Q3	Hernandez/Villafane	Q19	21-15, 21-17	0:33
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 # Q32 Garcia-Thompson/Grotowski, England 0-1
5/3/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Qualifier 2	Garcia-Thompson/Grotowski	31, Q32	Samoilovs/Sorokins	Q1	21-19, 21-17	0:44
Lead the series against # Q54 Hromadko/Salava, Czech Republic 1-0
6/16/10	FIVB	Prague Open	Qualifier 1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	23, Q3	Hromadko/Salava	Q62	22-20, 21-16	0:35