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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$190,000 Patria Direct Prague Open
May 22 - 27, 2012

(13) 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
2011	Ruslans Sorokins - 13th	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 13th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/8-13/2012	Beijing Grand Slam	17, Q3	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	5/1-6/2012	Shanghai Grand Slam	17	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	4/24-29/2012	Silesia Open	18	9th	240	US$6,000.00
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

Prague Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 5/24/2012	Winner 1	David Klemperer / Eric Koreng, Germany (20)	Won 15-21, 21-13, 15-12	0:51
Thu, 5/24/2012	Winner 2	Adrian Gavira / Pablo Herrera, Spain (4)	Won 21-15, 21-18	0:33
Fri, 5/25/2012	Winner 3	Alexandr Dyachenko / Alexey Sidorenko, Kazakhstan (21)	Won 19-21, 27-25, 15-11	1:01
Fri, 5/25/2012	Winner 4	Phil Dalhausser / Todd Rogers, United States (1)	Lost 20-22, 17-21	0:42
Sat, 5/26/2012	Contender 6	Alison Cerutti / Emanuel Rego, Brazil (5)	Lost 13-21, 13-21	0:34

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	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	$37,800.00	15	10	60.0 %
Total	FIVB	45	0	1	0	0	3	0	12	5	11	8	5	$228,900.00	90	88	50.6 %

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
5	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	$18,900.00	2012	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	$18,900.00
87	2	1	0	0	9	26	19	17	13	$177,450.00	Total	Total	58	0	4	0	0	3	18	12	9	12	$119,300.00

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	29	69.0%	7	16.7%	6	14.3%	36-6	85.7%	8	13.3%	9	15.0%	43	71.7%	8-52	13.3%	58-84	40.8%	30-30	50.0%	1	0	45-57	44.1%

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 36-45 (Lead 10 Series, Trail 7 Series, 5 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 1-8
5/25/12	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 4	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	13	22-20, 21-17	0:42
5/10/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool J	Samoilovs/Sorokins	17, Q3	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	21-14, 21-17	0:37
5/3/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool J	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	17	21-12, 21-12	0:36
7/29/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool K	Dalhausser/Rogers	2	Samoilovs/Sorokins	15	21-17, 21-13	0:39
7/2/11	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 1	Dalhausser/Rogers	2	Samoilovs/Sorokins	25	21-12, 21-9	0:34
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 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 # 3 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
Series tied with # 4 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 3-3
5/24/12	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Sorokins	13	Gavira/Herrera	4	21-15, 21-18	0:33
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 # 5 Cerutti/Rego, Brazil 0-4
5/26/12	FIVB	Prague Open	Contender 6	Cerutti/Rego	5	Samoilovs/Sorokins	13	21-13, 21-13	0:34
4/20/12	FIVB	Brasília Open	Contender 4	Cerutti/Rego	2	Samoilovs/Sorokins	12	18-21, 21-17, 16-14	0:52
7/9/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 2	Cerutti/Rego	1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	26, Q2	21-17, 21-12	0:33
8/6/10	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool L	Cerutti/Rego	3	Samoilovs/Sorokins	14	21-17, 21-17	0:41
Trail the series against # 7 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 0-1
5/12/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Winner 3	Gibb/Rosenthal	11	Samoilovs/Sorokins	17, Q3	21-10, 23-21	0:35
Trail the series against # 9 Benes/Kubala, Czech Republic 1-6
8/25/11	FIVB	The Hague Open	Winner 2	Benes/Kubala	6	Samoilovs/Sorokins	11	21-19, 21-12	0:32
7/28/11	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool K	Benes/Kubala	18	Samoilovs/Sorokins	15	21-17, 21-12	0:32
6/14/11	FIVB	Rome World Championships	Pool K	Benes/Kubala	11	Samoilovs/Sorokins	38	21-19, 21-16	0:41
6/9/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool E	Benes/Kubala	12	Samoilovs/Sorokins	28	21-18, 21-18	0:42
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 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 3-1
8/4/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool O	Erdmann/Matysik	11	Samoilovs/Sorokins	22	21-14, 21-11	0:34
6/10/11	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	28	Erdmann/Matysik	18	21-16, 21-18	0:40
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 # 15 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
Trail the series against # 16 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 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 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 3-3
5/24/12	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	13	Klemperer/Koreng	20	15-21, 21-13, 15-12	0:51
5/10/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Pool J	Klemperer/Koreng	16, Q2	Samoilovs/Sorokins	17, Q3	21-16, 21-17	0:38
5/3/12	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool J	Samoilovs/Sorokins	17	Klemperer/Koreng	16	26-24, 21-19	0:45
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 # 21 Dyachenko/Sidorenko, Kazakhstan 2-1
5/25/12	FIVB	Prague Open	Winner 3	Samoilovs/Sorokins	13	Dyachenko/Sidorenko	21	19-21, 27-25, 15-11	1:01
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 # 23 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 # 25, Q5 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
Lead the series against # 26, Q10 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
Lead the series against # 30, Q9 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 "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 # 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
Lead the series against # Q7 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
Lead the series against # Q18 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
Series tied with # Q26 Garcia-Thompson/Grotowski, England 1-1
5/9/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	17, Q3	Garcia-Thompson/Grotowski	Q30	21-15, 23-21	0:40
5/3/11	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Qualifier 2	Garcia-Thompson/Grotowski	31, Q32	Samoilovs/Sorokins	Q1	21-19, 21-17	0:44