Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$440,000 Shanghai Grand Slam
April 30 - May 4, 2013
(6) Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Janis Smedins, Latvia
 
Aleksandrs Samoilovs
Latvia
Photo: FIVB
Personal Info
Birth Date: Apr 6, 1985 (39 yrs old)
Home Town: Riga
Height: 196 cm (6'5")
Weight: 96 kg (211 lb)
Seasons: 22
Tournaments: 209
Career Wins: 15
Career FIVB WT Wins: 13
Career Winnings: US$776,151.48
Janis Smedins
Latvia
Photo: FIVB
Personal Info
Birth Date: Jul 31, 1987 (37 yrs old)
Home Town: Kuldiga
Height: 191 cm (6'3")
Weight: 84 kg (185 lb)
Seasons: 22
Tournaments: 170
Career Wins: 14
Career Winnings: US$695,109.35
Team Career Summary 
TourPlayed1234579131719212533Money
FIVB10513586150312162133 US$1,131,175.00
Previous Shanghai Results 
YearPartner - ResultPartner - Result
2007 Martins Plavins - 13th Toms Smedins - 25th
2008 Martins Plavins - 25th Did not play
2010 Ruslans Sorokins - 17th Martins Plavins - 41st
2011 Ruslans Sorokins - 41st Did not play
2012 Ruslans Sorokins - 25th Martins Plavins - 17th
Recent Results 
TourDateTournamentSeedFinishPointsMoney
FIVB 4/23-27/2013 Fuzhou Open 6 17th 200 US$2,300.00
Shanghai Grand Slam Matches
DateBracketOpponentScoreTime
Wed, 5/1/2013 Pool F Josh Binstock / Christian Redmann, Canada (27, Q11) Won 21-19, 21-18 0:36
Wed, 5/1/2013 Pool F Sebastian Chevallier / Mats Kovatsch, Switzerland (22) Won 21-15, 18-21, 20-18 0:47
Thu, 5/2/2013 Pool F Alexandr Dyachenko / Alexey Sidorenko, Kazakhstan (11) Won 15-21, 21-19, 17-15 0:53
Fri, 5/3/2013 Winner 2 Julius Brink / Sebastian Fuchs, Germany (18) Lost 16-21, 21-17, 13-15 0:54
Head to Head Results
Samoilovs/Smedins lead the series against the field 5-3 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)
DateTourTournamentRoundWinning TeamSeedLosing TeamSeedScoreTime
Trail the series against # 3 Schmidt/Solberg, Brazil 0-1
4/26/13FIVBFuzhou Open Winner 1 Schmidt/Solberg 3 Samoilovs/Smedins 6 22-24, 33-31, 15-11 1:03
Trail the series against # 10 Dollinger/Windscheif, Germany 0-1
4/25/13FIVBFuzhou Open Pool F Dollinger/Windscheif 11 Samoilovs/Smedins 6 21-14, 21-13 0:31
Lead the series against # 11 Dyachenko/Sidorenko, Kazakhstan 1-0
5/2/13FIVBShanghai Grand Slam Pool F Samoilovs/Smedins 6 Dyachenko/Sidorenko 11 15-21, 21-19, 17-15 0:53
Trail the series against # 18 Brink/Fuchs, Germany 0-1
5/3/13FIVBShanghai Grand Slam Winner 2 Brink/Fuchs 18 Samoilovs/Smedins 6 21-16, 17-21, 15-13 0:54
Lead the series against # 22 Chevallier/Kovatsch, Switzerland 1-0
5/1/13FIVBShanghai Grand Slam Pool F Samoilovs/Smedins 6 Chevallier/Kovatsch 22 21-15, 18-21, 20-18 0:47
Lead the series against # 27, Q11 Binstock/Redmann, Canada 1-0
5/1/13FIVBShanghai Grand Slam Pool F Samoilovs/Smedins 6 Binstock/Redmann 27, Q11 21-19, 21-18 0:36
Lead the series against # Q3 Barbosa/Moreira, Brazil 1-0
4/24/13FIVBFuzhou Open Pool F Samoilovs/Smedins 6 Barbosa/Moreira 27, Q3 21-18, 21-17 0:34
Lead the series against # Q9 Chen/Li, China 1-0
4/24/13FIVBFuzhou Open Pool F Samoilovs/Smedins 6 Chen/Li 22 21-19, 21-14 0:33