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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$190,000 Silesia Open
April 24 - 29, 2012

(18) 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 Myslowice Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2009	Ruslans Sorokins - 13th	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 13th
2010	Ruslans Sorokins - 17th	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	4/17-22/2012	Brasília Open	12	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	8/23-28/2011	The Hague Open	11	13th	180	US$4,250.00
FIVB	8/16-21/2011	Åland Open	17	13th	180	US$4,250.00
FIVB	8/2-7/2011	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	22	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	7/26-31/2011	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	15	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	7/19-24/2011	Québec Open	6	5th	360	US$9,100.00
FIVB	7/12-17/2011	Moscow Grand Slam	Q1	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	7/5-10/2011	Gstaad Grand Slam	26, Q2	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/3/2011	Stavanger Grand Slam	25	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/13-19/2011	Rome World Championships	38	17th	200	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/6-11/2011	Beijing Grand Slam	28	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	5/17-22/2011	Prague Open	20	13th	180	US$4,250.00
FIVB	5/2-7/2011	Shanghai Open	Q1	41st	18	US$0.00

Silesia Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 4/26/2012	Winner 1	Penggen Wu / Linyin Xu, China (15)	Lost 17-21, 21-19, 9-15	0:49
Thu, 4/26/2012	Contender 1	Jon Stiekema / Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands (31, Q15)	Won 26-24, 22-20	0:44
Fri, 4/27/2012	Contender 2	Sebastian Chevallier / Sascha Heyer, Switzerland (17)	Won 21-17, 21-17	0:40
Fri, 4/27/2012	Contender 3	Alexandr Dyachenko / Alexey Sidorenko, Kazakhstan (25)	Won 21-19, 21-19	0:37
Fri, 4/27/2012	Contender 4	Adrian Gavira / Pablo Herrera, Spain (3)	Lost 16-21, 19-21	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	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	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	3	1	2	$58,550.00	21	25	45.7 %
2012	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$12,000.00	6	4	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	42	0	1	0	0	1	0	12	5	11	7	5	$203,100.00	81	82	49.7 %

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
											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
12	0	0	0	0	1	5	3	1	2	$29,275.00	2011	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	1	5	3	1	2	$29,275.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$6,000.00	2012	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$6,000.00
84	2	1	0	0	7	26	19	16	13	$164,550.00	Total	Total	55	0	4	0	0	1	18	12	8	12	$106,400.00

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%
2011-2012	31	75.6%	6	14.6%	4	9.8%	37-4	90.2%	15	24.2%	8	12.9%	39	62.9%	15-47	24.2%	31-39	44.3%	21-12	63.6%	1	0	53-51	51.0%
Against the Field	19	57.6%	10	30.3%	4	12.1%	29-4	87.9%	11	22.0%	10	20.0%	29	58.0%	11-39	22.0%	38-56	40.4%	42-28	60.0%	1	0	41-42	49.4%

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 25-27 (Lead 7 Series, Trail 8 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Fuerbringer/Lucena, United States 1-2
7/22/11	FIVB	Québec Open	Winner 4	Fuerbringer/Lucena	7	Samoilovs/Sorokins	6	21-19, 21-15	0:37
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
Trail the series against # 3 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 2-3
4/27/12	FIVB	Silesia Open	Contender 4	Gavira/Herrera	3	Samoilovs/Sorokins	18	21-16, 21-19	0:37
4/19/12	FIVB	Brasília Open	Winner 2	Gavira/Herrera	5	Samoilovs/Sorokins	12	21-14, 21-12	0:32
7/8/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	26, Q2	Gavira/Herrera	6	By Forfeit
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 # 7 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-5
6/10/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Winner 2	Nummerdor/Schuil	16	Samoilovs/Sorokins	28	21-15, 21-16	0:36
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
Trail the series against # 8 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 1-2
7/7/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool P	Klemperer/Koreng	7	Samoilovs/Sorokins	26, Q2	21-16, 17-21, 15-11	0:50
6/8/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool E	Samoilovs/Sorokins	28	Klemperer/Koreng	5	24-22, 21-14	0:44
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 # 10 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 3-1
8/26/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Contender 2	Samoilovs/Sorokins	11	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	28, Q14	21-18, 21-15	0:34
7/21/11	FIVB	Québec Open	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Sorokins	6	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	22	21-18, 14-21, 15-11	0:54
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 # 12 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 0-1
8/5/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 1	Lupo/Nicolai	16, Q14	Samoilovs/Sorokins	22	21-18, 21-11	0:29
Trail the series against # 15 Wu/Xu, China 1-2
4/26/12	FIVB	Silesia Open	Winner 1	Wu/Xu	15	Samoilovs/Sorokins	18	21-17, 19-21, 15-9	0:49
8/4/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool O	Samoilovs/Sorokins	22	Wu/Xu	6	21-18, 24-26, 15-12	0:56
6/30/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool Q	Wu/Xu	8	Samoilovs/Sorokins	25	21-9, 20-22, 15-11	0:42
Lead the series against # 16 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
Lead the series against # 17 Chevallier/Heyer, Switzerland 2-1
4/27/12	FIVB	Silesia Open	Contender 2	Samoilovs/Sorokins	18	Chevallier/Heyer	17	21-17, 21-17	0:40
7/7/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool P	Chevallier/Heyer	10	Samoilovs/Sorokins	26, Q2	21-16, 19-21, 15-11	0:50
7/1/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool Q	Samoilovs/Sorokins	25	Chevallier/Heyer	24	18-21, 21-19, 15-10	0:47
Lead the series against # 19 Skarlund/Spinnangr, Norway 5-2
8/18/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Winner 1	Skarlund/Spinnangr	16	Samoilovs/Sorokins	17	21-18, 21-15	0:38
6/30/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool Q	Samoilovs/Sorokins	25	Skarlund/Spinnangr	9	14-21, 21-15, 15-12	0:50
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
Series tied with # 20 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 2-2
4/20/12	FIVB	Brasília Open	Contender 2	Samoilovs/Sorokins	12	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	11	21-19, 23-21	0:40
8/5/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool O	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	27, Q1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	22	18-21, 21-15, 15-8	0:53
7/22/11	FIVB	Québec Open	Winner 3	Samoilovs/Sorokins	6	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	14	21-15, 21-10	0:34
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
Series tied with # 23, Q3 Brinkborg/Gunnarsson, Sweden 1-1
8/19/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Contender 3	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	9	Samoilovs/Sorokins	17	21-18, 21-11	0:36
6/15/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool K	Samoilovs/Sorokins	38	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	35	21-16, 23-21	0:40
Trail the series against # 24, Q5 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
Series tied with # 25 Dyachenko/Sidorenko, Kazakhstan 1-1
4/27/12	FIVB	Silesia Open	Contender 3	Samoilovs/Sorokins	18	Dyachenko/Sidorenko	25	21-19, 21-19	0:37
8/19/10	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 1	Dyachenko/Sidorenko	22, Q5	Samoilovs/Sorokins	11	18-21, 21-15, 15-13	0:59
Lead the series against # 31, Q15 Stiekema/Varenhorst, Netherlands 1-0
4/26/12	FIVB	Silesia Open	Contender 1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	18	Stiekema/Varenhorst	31, Q15	26-24, 22-20	0:44
Series tied with # Q1 Hoyer/Soderberg, Denmark 1-1
6/9/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool E	Samoilovs/Sorokins	28	Hoyer/Soderberg	21	18-21, 21-17, 15-10	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 # Q2 Dollinger/Windscheif, Germany 2-1
4/20/12	FIVB	Brasília Open	Contender 3	Samoilovs/Sorokins	12	Dollinger/Windscheif	13	20-22, 21-18, 15-11	0:50
8/19/11	FIVB	Åland Open	Contender 2	Samoilovs/Sorokins	17	Dollinger/Windscheif	18	21-18, 19-21, 15-10	0:56
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 # Q16 Bockermann/Urbatzka, Germany 1-0
7/28/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool K	Samoilovs/Sorokins	15	Bockermann/Urbatzka	31, Q25	21-17, 23-21	0:39
Trail the series against # Q25 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