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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$440,000 Moscow Grand Slam
August 21 - 25, 2013

(3) 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:

Tournaments:

209

Career Wins:

Career FIVB WT Wins:

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:

Tournaments:

170

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$695,109.35

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 Moscow Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2008	Martins Plavins - 9th	Did not play
2009	Ruslans Sorokins - 33rd	Martins Plavins - 17th
2010	Ruslans Sorokins - 25th	Did not play
2011	Ruslans Sorokins - 33rd	Martins Plavins - 17th
2012	Ruslans Sorokins - 5th	Martins Plavins - 9th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/6-10/2013	Berlin Grand Slam	3	9th	400	US$5,500.00
FIVB	7/22-27/2013	Long Beach Grand Slam	3	5th	480	US$10,000.00
FIVB	7/10-14/2013	Gstaad Grand Slam	3	5th	480	US$10,000.00
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

Moscow Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/22/2013	Pool C	Maksim Hudyakov / Evgeniy Romashkin, Russia (30, Q18)	Won 21-11, 17-21, 15-8	0:45
Fri, 8/23/2013	Pool C	Alexander Horst / Lorenz Petutschnig, Austria (19)	Lost 17-21, 21-12, 17-19	0:50
Fri, 8/23/2013	Pool C	Ben Saxton / Chaim Schalk, Canada (14)	Won 21-19, 24-22	0:40
Sat, 8/24/2013	Winner 2	Maverick Hatch / Christian Redmann, Canada (26, Q7)	Won 21-18, 21-16	0:34
Sat, 8/24/2013	Winner 3	Lars Fluggen / Alexander Walkenhorst, Germany (22)	Won 28-26, 27-25	0:49
Sun, 8/25/2013	Semi-Finals	Alvaro Filho / Ricardo Santos, Brazil (4)	Won 21-14, 21-19	0:40
Sun, 8/25/2013	Gold Medal	Evandro Goncalves / Emanuel Rego, Brazil (9)	Won 21-17, 21-16	0:35

Head to Head Results
Samoilovs/Smedins lead the series against the field 27-7 (Lead 17 Series, Trail 3 Series, 1 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
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
Lead the series against # 4 Filho/Santos, Brazil 2-0
8/25/13	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Filho/Santos	4	21-14, 21-19	0:40
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 # 5 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 1-0
7/25/13	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Pool C	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Gavira/Herrera	14	21-19, 26-24	0:45
Lead the series against # 9 Goncalves/Rego, Brazil 1-0
8/25/13	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Goncalves/Rego	9	21-17, 21-16	0:35
Series tied with # 10 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 1-1
7/26/13	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Winner 3	Lupo/Nicolai	6	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	21-17, 19-21, 16-14	0:50
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 # 11 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 # 12 Kapa/McHugh, Australia 1-0
8/8/13	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool C	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Kapa/McHugh	14	21-15, 21-18	0:35
Lead the series against # 13 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 # 14 Saxton/Schalk, Canada 2-1
8/23/13	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool C	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Saxton/Schalk	14	21-19, 24-22	0:40
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 # 15 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 # 16 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 # 19 Horst/Petutschnig, Austria 0-1
8/23/13	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool C	Horst/Petutschnig	19	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	21-17, 12-21, 19-17	0:50
Lead the series against # 20 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
Lead the series against # 21 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 # 22 Fluggen/Walkenhorst, Germany 1-0
8/24/13	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 3	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Fluggen/Walkenhorst	22	28-26, 27-25	0:49
Lead the series against # 26, Q7 Hatch/Redmann, Canada 1-0
8/24/13	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Hatch/Redmann	26, Q7	21-18, 21-16	0:34
Trail the series against # 27, Q8 Ranghieri/Tomatis, Italy 0-1
8/9/13	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 2	Ranghieri/Tomatis	31, Q22	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	15-21, 27-25, 15-13	0:58
Lead the series against # 30, Q18 Hudyakov/Romashkin, Russia 1-0
8/22/13	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool C	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Hudyakov/Romashkin	30, Q18	21-11, 17-21, 15-8	0:45
Lead the series against # Q1 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 # Q2 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 # Q4 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