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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$600,000 A1 Grand Slam presented by ERGO
July 17 - 22, 2012

(5) Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Ruslans Sorokins, Latvia

Aleksandrs Samoilovs
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Apr 6, 1985 (41 yrs old)

Home Town:

Riga

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

96 kg (211 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

234

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$861,578.86

Ruslans Sorokins
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 11, 1982 (44 yrs old)

Home Town:

Riga

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

96 kg (211 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

103

Career Best:

2nd (4 times)

Career FIVB WT Best:

2nd (Kristiansand 2009)

Career Winnings:

US$170,032.23

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
CEV	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	US$11,561.20
FIVB	52	0	1	0	0	5	0	15	5	12	9	2	3	US$279,900.00
Overall	57	0	1	0	0	6	0	17	5	14	9	2	3	US$291,461.20

Previous Klagenfurt Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2006	Martins Plavins - 41st	Did not play
2007	Martins Plavins - 25th	Did not play
2008	Martins Plavins - 17th	Did not play
2009	Ruslans Sorokins - 9th	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 9th
2010	Ruslans Sorokins - 9th	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 9th
2011	Ruslans Sorokins - 17th	Aleksandrs Samoilovs - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/10-14/2012	Berlin Grand Slam	6	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	7/3-8/2012	Gstaad Grand Slam	4	9th	320	US$8,000.00
FIVB	6/13-17/2012	Grand Slam Rome	11	5th	480	US$13,200.00
FIVB	6/7-12/2012	Moscow Grand Slam	13	5th	480	US$13,200.00
CEV	5/30-6/3/2012	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	8	9th	320	€ 2,500.00
FIVB	5/22-27/2012	Prague Open	13	5th	360	US$9,100.00
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
CEV	8/10-14/2011	CEV European Championship Final	18	17th	160	€ 1,000.00
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

Klagenfurt Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/19/2012	Pool N	Jason Lochhead / Kirk Pitman, New Zealand (28, Q2)	Won 21-15, 30-28	0:47
Thu, 7/19/2012	Pool N	Penggen Wu / Linyin Xu, China (21)	Lost 22-24, 18-21	0:43
Fri, 7/20/2012	Pool N	Jonathan Erdmann / Kay Matysik, Germany (12)	Lost 21-14, 21-23, 10-15	0:58
Fri, 7/20/2012	Winner 1	Daniele Lupo / Paolo Nicolai, Italy (11)	Lost 16-21, 17-21	0:39

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	2	$150,600.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	25	0	1	0	0	2	0	5	5	5	4	3	$111,300.00
Confederation Championship	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	$8,250.00
Total	55	0	1	0	0	6	0	16	5	13	9	5	$288,150.00

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	1	$32,200.00	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	$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	5	$487,550.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	40	0	0	0	0	3	9	9	7	12	$86,350.00
104	8	1	4	3	11	32	18	15	12	$234,587.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	40	0	1	0	0	2	11	7	6	13	$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	1	$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
14	1	4	0	0	2	5	2	0	0	$50,750.00	Confederation Championship	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	$4,375.00
225	16	12	8	6	28	68	46	23	18	$828,062.50	Total	95	0	4	0	0	6	24	19	15	27	$165,275.00

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 %
2009	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2	1	66.7 %
2010	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	4	3	0	$53,300.00	18	23	43.9 %
2010	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,750.00	3	2	60.0 %
2011	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	3	1	2	$58,550.00	21	25	45.7 %
2011	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,000.00	1	3	25.0 %
2012	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	4	0	4	0	1	1	0	$85,300.00	30	21	58.8 %
2012	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,500.00	3	1	75.0 %
Total	FIVB	50	0	1	0	0	5	0	14	5	12	8	5	$276,400.00	105	99	51.5 %
Total	CEV	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	$8,250.00	9	7	56.3 %

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
											2003	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$375.00
											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
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$0.00	2006	CEV
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$650.00	2007	CEV
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2009	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
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
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,375.00	2010	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,375.00
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
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00	2011	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$500.00
10	0	0	0	0	4	4	1	1	0	$42,650.00	2012	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	4	4	1	1	0	$42,650.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00	2012	CEV	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,250.00
99	2	1	0	0	12	30	24	17	13	$205,975.00	Total	Total	68	0	4	0	0	6	21	16	9	12	$147,550.00

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	25	67.6%	7	18.9%	5	13.5%	32-5	86.5%	12	22.6%	8	15.1%	33	62.3%	12-41	22.6%	50-66	43.1%	38-26	59.4%	0	0	44-46	48.9%

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
Confederation Championship	0	0	0	0	6	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	6
Total	0	0	17	5	43	38	0	0	30	45	1	0	0	0	0	1	114	110

Head to Head Results
Samoilovs/Sorokins lead the series against the field 46-45 (Lead 14 Series, Trail 10 Series, 5 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 0-2
6/16/12	FIVB	Grand Slam Rome	Winner 3	Gibb/Rosenthal	5	Samoilovs/Sorokins	11	21-16, 18-21, 16-14	0:54
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 # 2 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 1-9
7/7/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 2	Dalhausser/Rogers	1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	4	21-19, 21-19	0:45
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 # 3 Cunha/Santos, Brazil 0-1
6/11/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 3	Cunha/Santos	3	Samoilovs/Sorokins	13	21-15, 21-15	0:43
Series tied with # 6 Brink/Reckermann, Germany 2-2
6/10/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool M	Samoilovs/Sorokins	13	Brink/Reckermann	4	21-19, 21-19	0:44
8/14/10	CEV	European Championship Final	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	9	Brink/Reckermann	3	21-18, 21-17	0:59
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 # 7 Araujo/Solberg, Brazil 0-1
6/15/12	FIVB	Grand Slam Rome	Pool O	Araujo/Solberg	6	Samoilovs/Sorokins	11	21-19, 21-16	0:38
Trail the series against # 8 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-6
7/13/12	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 2	Nummerdor/Schuil	8	Samoilovs/Sorokins	6	21-16, 21-17	0:38
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
Lead the series against # 10 Doppler/Horst, Austria 1-0
7/5/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool M	Samoilovs/Sorokins	4	Doppler/Horst	29	16-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:48
Trail the series against # 11 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 1-3
7/20/12	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 1	Lupo/Nicolai	11	Samoilovs/Sorokins	5	21-16, 21-17	0:39
7/6/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool M	Lupo/Nicolai	13	Samoilovs/Sorokins	4	21-16, 21-17	0:35
6/10/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	13	Lupo/Nicolai	15	21-15, 16-21, 15-12	0:52
8/5/11	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 1	Lupo/Nicolai	16, Q14	Samoilovs/Sorokins	22	21-18, 21-11	0:29
Lead the series against # 12 Erdmann/Matysik, Germany 3-2
7/20/12	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool N	Erdmann/Matysik	12	Samoilovs/Sorokins	5	14-21, 23-21, 15-10	0:58
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
Series tied with # 13 Fuerbringer/Lucena, United States 2-2
6/11/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Sorokins	13	Fuerbringer/Lucena	7	21-13, 11-21, 15-13	0:50
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 # 14 Boersma/Spijkers, Netherlands 0-1
7/12/12	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool O	Boersma/Spijkers	11	Samoilovs/Sorokins	6	21-18, 21-16	0:38
Series tied with # 15 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 2-2
8/11/11	CEV	CEV European Championship Final	Pool K	Fijalek/Prudel	2	Samoilovs/Sorokins	18	21-17, 21-16	0:34
8/13/10	CEV	European Championship Final	Pool D	Fijalek/Prudel	4	Samoilovs/Sorokins	9	19-21, 23-21, 16-14	1:03
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 # 16 Plavins/Smedins, Latvia 1-1
7/12/12	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	6	Plavins/Smedins	12	14-21, 21-19, 15-12	0:51
6/9/12	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool M	Plavins/Smedins	20	Samoilovs/Sorokins	13	21-15, 21-14	0:34
Lead the series against # 17 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 # 18 Stiekema/Varenhorst, Netherlands 3-0
7/11/12	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool O	Samoilovs/Sorokins	6	Stiekema/Varenhorst	22	17-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:50
6/16/12	FIVB	Grand Slam Rome	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Sorokins	11	Stiekema/Varenhorst	28, Q8	21-17, 21-12	0:38
4/26/12	FIVB	Silesia Open	Contender 1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	18	Stiekema/Varenhorst	31, Q15	26-24, 22-20	0:44
Lead the series against # 19, Q1 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 # 20 Skarlund/Spinnangr, Norway 6-2
6/14/12	FIVB	Grand Slam Rome	Pool O	Samoilovs/Sorokins	11	Skarlund/Spinnangr	22	21-15, 30-28	0:46
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
Trail the series against # 21 Wu/Xu, China 2-3
7/19/12	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool N	Wu/Xu	21	Samoilovs/Sorokins	5	24-22, 21-18	0:43
5/12/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Sorokins	17, Q3	Wu/Xu	10	15-21, 21-14, 20-18	0:56
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 # 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
Trail the series against # 26, Q4 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 0-1
6/1/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Winner 2	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	12	Samoilovs/Sorokins	8	21-19, 21-9	0:33
Lead the series against # 27, Q7 Brinkborg/Gunnarsson, Sweden 3-1
7/5/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool M	Samoilovs/Sorokins	4	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	20, Q3	21-16, 21-16	0:40
6/15/12	FIVB	Grand Slam Rome	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	11	Brinkborg/Gunnarsson	20, Q12	22-20, 21-17	0:33
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 # 28, Q2 Lochhead/Pitman, New Zealand 2-0
7/19/12	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool N	Samoilovs/Sorokins	5	Lochhead/Pitman	28, Q2	21-15, 30-28	0:47
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 # 29, Q12 Eithun/Horrem, Norway 1-0
5/31/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool Q	Samoilovs/Sorokins	8	Eithun/Horrem	9	21-15, 21-15	0:34
Series tied with # 31, Q3 "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
Trail the series against # Q6 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
Lead the series against # Q10 Ingrosso/Ingrosso, Italy 5-0
7/6/12	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	4	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	22, Q5	21-17, 21-17	0:39
5/9/12	FIVB	Beijing Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Samoilovs/Sorokins	17, Q3	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	Q14	17-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:51
7/8/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool P	Samoilovs/Sorokins	26, Q2	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	23, Q10	21-16, 21-17	0:38
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 # Q13 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
Lead the series against # Q15 Dumek/Tichy, Czechia 1-0
6/1/12	CEV	2012 CEV Beach Volleyball European Championship Final	Pool Q	Samoilovs/Sorokins	8	Dumek/Tichy	25	28-26, 17-21, 15-11	1:03
Lead the series against # Q28 Sutter/Sutter, Switzerland 1-0
7/6/11	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Samoilovs/Sorokins	26, Q2	Sutter/Sutter	Q31	21-13, 21-17	0:36