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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$440,000 Gstaad Grand Slam
July 10 - 14, 2013

(3) Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Janis Smedins, 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

Janis Smedins
Latvia

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jul 31, 1987 (38 yrs old)

Home Town:

Kuldiga

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

84 kg (185 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

170

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$695,109.35

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

Best Hitter 2013, 2014
Best Offensive Player 2013, 2016
Best Setter 2013, 2018
Sportsperson 2013
Team of the Year 2013 (with Aleksandrs Samoilovs), 2014 (with Aleksandrs Samoilovs)
Tour Champion 2013 (with Aleksandrs Samoilovs), 2014 (with Aleksandrs Samoilovs)

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	19	21	25	33	Money
FIVB	105	13	5	8	6	15	0	31	2	16	2	1	3	3	US$1,131,175.00

Previous Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2007	Martins Plavins - 37th	Did not play
2008	Martins Plavins - 17th	Did not play
2009	Ruslans Sorokins - 25th	Did not play
2010	Ruslans Sorokins - 9th	Martins Plavins - 17th
2011	Ruslans Sorokins - 9th	Martins Plavins - 17th
2012	Ruslans Sorokins - 9th	Did not play

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/2-7/2013	Stare Jablonki World Championships	6	9th	500	US$11,000.00
FIVB	6/18-23/2013	Rome Grand Slam	6	2nd	720	US$22,000.00
FIVB	6/11-16/2013	The Hague Grand Slam	10	2nd	720	US$22,000.00
FIVB	5/22-26/2013	Corrientes Grand Slam	9	1st	800	US$33,000.00
FIVB	4/30-5/4/2013	Shanghai Grand Slam	6	9th	400	US$5,500.00
FIVB	4/23-27/2013	Fuzhou Open	6	17th	200	US$2,300.00

Gstaad Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 7/11/2013	Pool C	Julian Azaad / Ian Mehamed, Argentina (30)	Won 21-12, 21-17	0:34
Thu, 7/11/2013	Pool C	Daan Spijkers / Christiaan Varenhorst, Netherlands (19, Q2)	Won 21-15, 21-17	0:35
Fri, 7/12/2013	Pool C	Reinder Nummerdor / Richard Schuil, Netherlands (14)	Won 21-18, 21-16	0:37
Sat, 7/13/2013	Winner 2	Alexander Huber / Robin Seidl, Austria (17)	Won 22-20, 21-12	0:37
Sat, 7/13/2013	Winner 3	Jake Gibb / Casey Patterson, United States (6)	Lost 15-21, 16-21	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	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	$36,000.00
World Tour Finals	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	$22,500.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	46	4	5	4	2	8	0	11	2	8	1	0	$776,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	48	8	0	4	3	6	0	16	0	7	2	0	$280,675.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$16,000.00
Total	105	13	5	8	6	15	0	31	2	19	3	0	$1,131,175.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Aleksandrs Samoilovs												Janis Smedins
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	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	0	$32,200.00	World Championships	5	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	$32,000.00
3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$11,250.00	World Tour Finals	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$11,250.00
81	4	5	4	2	11	23	19	8	0	$487,550.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	66	5	5	4	2	8	21	17	2	0	$465,900.00
104	8	1	4	3	11	32	18	15	0	$234,587.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	79	8	1	4	3	8	19	9	6	0	$173,087.50
5	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$8,925.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	4	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	$8,100.00
3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$1,800.00	Challenger	6	0	1	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	$4,725.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,000.00	Satellite
3	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
											U18/19 World Championships	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	$0.00
211	15	8	8	6	26	63	44	23	0	$777,312.50	Total	170	14	7	10	8	19	48	32	9	0	$695,062.50

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
2013	FIVB	7	1	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	$105,800.00	32	8	80.0 %
Total	FIVB	7	1	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	$105,800.00	32	8	80.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Aleksandrs Samoilovs													Janis Smedins
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	2003	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2004	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,000.00	2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,450.00	2005	FIVB C&S
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2005	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$0.00
7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	4	$4,250.00	2006	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	$1,000.00
2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$1,350.00	2006	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,225.00
											2006	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
15	0	0	0	0	2	3	5	2	3	$30,500.00	2007	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	$2,000.00
											2007	FIVB C&S	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$3,500.00
18	0	0	0	0	1	6	3	5	3	$31,400.00	2008	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	$0.00
											2008	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
11	0	1	0	0	0	4	3	2	1	$32,675.00	2009	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	$4,550.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	3	0	$26,650.00	2010	FIVB	11	0	1	0	0	1	2	2	1	4	$28,750.00
12	0	0	0	0	1	5	3	1	2	$29,275.00	2011	FIVB	10	0	0	0	1	1	3	4	1	0	$39,875.00
12	0	0	0	0	4	5	1	2	0	$44,400.00	2012	FIVB	10	1	0	1	0	0	6	2	0	0	$47,975.00
7	1	2	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	$52,900.00	2013	FIVB	7	1	2	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	$52,900.00
101	3	3	0	0	12	31	21	18	13	$255,850.00	Total	Total	69	2	4	2	2	5	16	13	6	19	$181,775.00

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	234	70.9%	47	14.2%	49	14.8%	281-49	85.2%	53	31.4%	31	18.3%	85	50.3%	53-116	31.4%	234-85	73.4%	100-80	55.6%	3	2	337-167	66.9%
2012-2013	44	84.6%	6	11.5%	2	3.8%	50-2	96.2%	11	47.8%	5	21.7%	7	30.4%	11-12	47.8%	44-7	86.3%	17-7	70.8%	0	0	61-14	81.3%
Against the Field	65	73.9%	10	11.4%	13	14.8%	75-13	85.2%	26	40.6%	10	15.6%	28	43.8%	26-38	40.6%	130-52	71.4%	72-46	61.0%	0	2	101-51	66.4%

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	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
World Championships	0	0	0	0	9	3	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	7
World Tour Finals	0	0	1	0	3	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	7
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	4	3	88	36	0	0	54	25	9	6	4	2	4	5	163	77
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	3	3	72	29	0	0	51	28	8	7	4	3	8	0	146	70
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	5	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	12	4
Total	0	0	8	6	178	76	0	0	112	60	18	14	8	6	13	5	337	167

Head to Head Results
Samoilovs/Smedins lead the series against the field 28-7 (Lead 17 Series, Trail 2 Series, 2 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Gabathuler/Weingart, Switzerland 3-0
6/20/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool F	Samoilovs/Smedins	6	Gabathuler/Weingart	22, Q3	21-15, 21-10	0:33
6/13/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool G	Samoilovs/Smedins	10	Gabathuler/Weingart	26	21-18, 21-14	0:37
5/23/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Pool H	Samoilovs/Smedins	9	Gabathuler/Weingart	25, Q7	21-16, 21-17	0:44
Trail the series against # 2 Schmidt/Solberg, Brazil 1-2
6/16/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Schmidt/Solberg	4	Samoilovs/Smedins	10	21-19, 21-12	0:41
5/26/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Samoilovs/Smedins	9	Schmidt/Solberg	4	14-21, 21-17, 15-11	0:51
4/26/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 1	Schmidt/Solberg	3	Samoilovs/Smedins	6	22-24, 33-31, 15-11	1:03
Trail the series against # 4 Dalhausser/Rosenthal, United States 0-1
6/23/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Dalhausser/Rosenthal	3	Samoilovs/Smedins	6	21-19, 21-18	0:44
Lead the series against # 5 Cerutti/Rego, Brazil 1-0
6/23/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Samoilovs/Smedins	6	Cerutti/Rego	7	21-10, 21-14	0:31
Series tied with # 6 Gibb/Patterson, United States 1-1
7/13/13	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 3	Gibb/Patterson	6	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	21-15, 21-16	0:34
5/26/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Samoilovs/Smedins	9	Gibb/Patterson	7	21-16, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # 7 Filho/Santos, Brazil 1-0
6/22/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Winner 3	Samoilovs/Smedins	6	Filho/Santos	9	19-21, 22-20, 15-10	0:57
Lead the series against # 8 Chevallier/Kovatsch, Switzerland 1-0
5/1/13	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool F	Samoilovs/Smedins	6	Chevallier/Kovatsch	22	21-15, 18-21, 20-18	0:47
Lead the series against # 10 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 1-0
6/13/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool G	Samoilovs/Smedins	10	Fijalek/Prudel	7	21-15, 21-14	0:33
Lead the series against # 12 Doppler/Horst, Austria 2-1
6/21/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool F	Doppler/Horst	11	Samoilovs/Smedins	6	21-18, 21-18	0:38
6/15/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Winner 3	Samoilovs/Smedins	10	Doppler/Horst	18	21-19, 21-17	0:38
5/25/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Smedins	9	Doppler/Horst	16, Q1	21-18, 29-27	0:47
Lead the series against # 13 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 1-0
6/22/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Smedins	6	Lupo/Nicolai	1	21-19, 22-20	0:38
Lead the series against # 14 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 1-0
7/12/13	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool C	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Nummerdor/Schuil	14	21-18, 21-16	0:37
Lead the series against # 15, Q1 Felipe/Goncalves, Brazil 1-0
6/12/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool G	Samoilovs/Smedins	10	Felipe/Goncalves	23, Q2	21-19, 22-20	0:38
Lead the series against # 16 Dollinger/Windscheif, Germany 4-1
7/5/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Smedins	6	Dollinger/Windscheif	11	22-20, 27-25	0:46
6/21/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Smedins	6	Dollinger/Windscheif	13	18-21, 21-17, 15-10	0:50
6/14/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Smedins	10	Dollinger/Windscheif	13	21-19, 19-21, 15-12	0:57
5/25/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Winner 3	Samoilovs/Smedins	9	Dollinger/Windscheif	13	21-9, 21-13	0:31
4/25/13	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool F	Dollinger/Windscheif	11	Samoilovs/Smedins	6	21-14, 21-13	0:31
Lead the series against # 17 Huber/Seidl, Austria 2-0
7/13/13	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Huber/Seidl	17	22-20, 21-12	0:37
6/15/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Samoilovs/Smedins	10	Huber/Seidl	22, Q1	21-12, 21-14	0:31
Lead the series against # 18 Dyachenko/Sidorenko, Kazakhstan 1-0
5/2/13	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool F	Samoilovs/Smedins	6	Dyachenko/Sidorenko	11	15-21, 21-19, 17-15	0:53
Lead the series against # 19, Q2 Spijkers/Varenhorst, Netherlands 2-0
7/11/13	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool C	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Spijkers/Varenhorst	19, Q2	21-15, 21-17	0:35
7/4/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Pool F	Samoilovs/Smedins	6	Spijkers/Varenhorst	19	21-16, 21-18	0:36
Series tied with # 23, Q3 Saxton/Schalk, Canada 1-1
7/6/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Winner 2	Saxton/Schalk	40	Samoilovs/Smedins	6	21-15, 21-18	0:34
6/19/13	FIVB	Rome Grand Slam	Pool F	Samoilovs/Smedins	6	Saxton/Schalk	27, Q9	21-11, 21-13	0:31
Lead the series against # 26, Q5 Smedins/Sorokins, Latvia 1-0
7/2/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Pool F	Samoilovs/Smedins	6	Smedins/Sorokins	30	18-21, 21-17, 15-12	0:48
Lead the series against # 30 Azaad/Mehamed, Argentina 1-0
7/11/13	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool C	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Azaad/Mehamed	30	21-12, 21-17	0:34
Lead the series against # 32, Q13 Mullner/Wutzl, Austria 1-0
7/3/13	FIVB	Stare Jablonki World Championships	Pool F	Samoilovs/Smedins	6	Mullner/Wutzl	43	21-23, 22-20, 21-19	1:04
Lead the series against # Q9 Eithun/Horrem, Norway 1-0
5/23/13	FIVB	Corrientes Grand Slam	Pool H	Samoilovs/Smedins	9	Eithun/Horrem	24	21-15, 21-15	0:34