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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$800,000 Yokohama Grand Slam
July 21 - 26, 2015

(4) 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 Yokohama Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/7-12/2015	Gstaad Major Series	5	2nd	720	US$43,000.00
FIVB	5/25-31/2015	Moscow Grand Slam	5	9th	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	5/12-17/2015	Lucerne Open	2	9th	240	US$2,000.00
FIVB	9/23-28/2014	São Paulo Grand Slam	4	5th	480	US$17,000.00
FIVB	8/20-24/2014	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	5	2nd	720	US$43,000.00
FIVB	7/30-8/3/2014	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	4	4th	560	US$24,000.00
FIVB	7/22-27/2014	ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball	5	5th	480	US$21,000.00

Yokohama Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 7/22/2015	Pool D	Jean-Baptiste Daguerre / Yannick Salvetti, France (29, Q10)	Won 21-18, 21-17	0:41
Wed, 7/22/2015	Pool D	Michal Kadziola / Jakub Szalankiewicz, Poland (20, Q2)	Won 21-14, 21-10	0:29
Thu, 7/23/2015	Pool D	Theo Brunner / Nick Lucena, United States (13, Q1)	Lost 19-21, 21-12, 10-15	0:43
Fri, 7/24/2015	Winner 1	Alexander Walkenhorst / Stefan Windscheif, Germany (14)	Won 24-26, 21-13, 16-14	0:57
Fri, 7/24/2015	Winner 2	Clemens Doppler / Alexander Horst, Austria (9)	Lost 17-21, 21-17, 11-15	0:50

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	13	3	2	1	0	2	0	4	0	1	0	0	$197,300.00	61	14	81.3 %
2014	FIVB	12	1	2	0	2	5	0	1	0	0	1	0	$233,500.00	50	20	71.4 %
2015	FIVB	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	$67,000.00	14	9	60.9 %
Total	FIVB	29	4	5	1	2	7	0	8	0	1	1	0	$497,800.00	125	43	74.4 %

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
13	3	2	1	0	2	4	1	0	0	$98,650.00	2013	FIVB	13	3	2	1	0	2	4	1	0	0	$98,650.00
13	1	2	0	2	5	1	1	1	0	$117,350.00	2014	FIVB	12	1	2	0	2	5	1	0	1	0	$116,750.00
5	0	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	$37,000.00	2015	FIVB	4	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$33,500.00
125	6	6	1	2	18	37	23	19	13	$455,950.00	Total	Total	91	5	7	3	4	11	22	13	7	19	$377,775.00

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%
2014-2015	71	75.5%	8	8.5%	15	16.0%	79-15	84.0%	10	35.7%	9	32.1%	9	32.1%	10-18	35.7%	71-9	88.8%	18-24	42.9%	1	1	90-34	72.6%
Against the Field	87	73.7%	11	9.3%	20	16.9%	98-20	83.1%	20	29.4%	13	19.1%	35	51.5%	20-48	29.4%	174-64	73.1%	62-66	48.4%	2	1	120-66	64.5%

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 61-24 (Lead 21 Series, Trail 5 Series, 4 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Nummerdor/Varenhorst, Netherlands 1-0
9/25/14	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Pool D	Samoilovs/Smedins	4	Nummerdor/Varenhorst	13	21-19, 21-18	0:34
Trail the series against # 3 Cerutti/Schmidt, Brazil 2-3
7/12/15	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Gold Medal	Cerutti/Schmidt	3	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	21-16, 13-21, 15-10	0:44
9/26/14	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Smedins	4	Cerutti/Schmidt	1	21-17, 21-19	0:38
8/3/14	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Cerutti/Schmidt	3	Samoilovs/Smedins	4	21-14, 21-17	0:35
7/25/14	FIVB	ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	Cerutti/Schmidt	3	21-9, 21-19	0:35
4/26/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Semi-Finals	Cerutti/Schmidt	6	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	13-21, 23-21, 15-7	0:53
Lead the series against # 5 Brouwer/Meeuwsen, Netherlands 1-0
7/12/15	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Semi-Finals	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	Brouwer/Meeuwsen	7	19-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:52
Series tied with # 6 Gibb/Patterson, United States 3-3
8/22/14	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool E	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	Gibb/Patterson	12, Q1	21-15, 21-17	0:33
8/2/14	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Smedins	4	Gibb/Patterson	16	21-19, 21-15	0:40
7/24/14	FIVB	ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball	Pool E	Gibb/Patterson	12	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	18-21, 21-16, 15-12	0:54
7/17/14	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool D	Gibb/Patterson	13	Samoilovs/Smedins	4	14-21, 22-20, 15-12	0:54
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
Trail the series against # 7 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-1
5/29/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 2	Rego/Santos	4	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	21-17, 26-24	0:45
Lead the series against # 9 Doppler/Horst, Austria 6-2
7/24/15	FIVB	Yokohama Grand Slam	Winner 2	Doppler/Horst	9	Samoilovs/Smedins	4	21-17, 17-21, 15-11	0:50
7/11/15	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	Doppler/Horst	9	21-17, 28-26	0:45
9/26/14	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Smedins	4	Doppler/Horst	10	21-17, 19-21, 15-9	0:44
8/24/14	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	Doppler/Horst	17	22-20, 21-17	0:38
7/17/14	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool D	Samoilovs/Smedins	4	Doppler/Horst	20	21-18, 21-16	0:36
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
Trail the series against # 10 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 1-4
7/10/15	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Pool E	Lupo/Nicolai	12	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	18-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:56
5/3/14	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Gold Medal	Lupo/Nicolai	7	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	24-26, 21-18, 15-12	0:56
10/25/13	FIVB	Xiamen Grand Slam	Winner 2	Lupo/Nicolai	11	Samoilovs/Smedins	4	24-22, 25-23	0:45
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 Bourne/Hyden, United States 2-0
7/11/15	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Winner 3	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	Bourne/Hyden	13	24-22, 21-16	0:37
8/1/14	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool D	Samoilovs/Smedins	4	Bourne/Hyden	13	21-18, 21-17	0:39
Lead the series against # 12 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 3-2
5/28/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool E	Gavira/Herrera	12	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	21-16, 21-17	0:37
6/28/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 2	Gavira/Herrera	12	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	21-18, 20-22, 20-18	0:56
4/25/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	Gavira/Herrera	3	23-25, 21-17, 16-14	0:55
10/12/13	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Gavira/Herrera	5	21-14, 21-12	0:29
7/25/13	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Pool C	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Gavira/Herrera	14	21-19, 26-24	0:45
Trail the series against # 13, Q1 Brunner/Lucena, United States 0-1
7/23/15	FIVB	Yokohama Grand Slam	Pool D	Brunner/Lucena	13, Q1	Samoilovs/Smedins	4	21-19, 12-21, 15-10	0:43
Lead the series against # 14 Walkenhorst/Windscheif, Germany 3-0
7/24/15	FIVB	Yokohama Grand Slam	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Smedins	4	Walkenhorst/Windscheif	14	24-26, 21-13, 16-14	0:57
6/27/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool C	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Walkenhorst/Windscheif	19, Q2	19-21, 22-20, 15-9	0:52
6/14/14	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Smedins	2	Walkenhorst/Windscheif	21	21-17, 21-15	0:35
Lead the series against # 15 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 3-0
8/23/14	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	Fijalek/Prudel	1	18-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:57
10/11/13	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Fijalek/Prudel	10	21-17, 20-22, 15-12	0:57
6/13/13	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool G	Samoilovs/Smedins	10	Fijalek/Prudel	7	21-15, 21-14	0:33
Series tied with # 16 Saxton/Schalk, Canada 2-2
7/10/14	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool E	Saxton/Schalk	21	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	24-22, 18-21, 16-14	0:57
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 # 17 Kapa/McHugh, Australia 5-1
8/3/14	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Kapa/McHugh	21	Samoilovs/Smedins	4	24-22, 21-17	0:42
7/24/14	FIVB	ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball	Pool E	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	Kapa/McHugh	21	21-16, 21-13	0:34
6/20/14	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool C	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Kapa/McHugh	14	By Forfeit
6/13/14	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool B	Samoilovs/Smedins	2	Kapa/McHugh	15	21-10, 22-20	0:36
5/2/14	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Kapa/McHugh	18	21-15, 16-21, 16-14	0:54
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 # 18 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 4-1
9/26/14	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Winner 3	Kantor/Losiak	16	Samoilovs/Smedins	4	21-18, 20-22, 15-13	1:15
8/21/14	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Pool E	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	Kantor/Losiak	21	21-14, 21-14	0:32
6/28/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Kantor/Losiak	25	21-12, 21-15	0:28
10/11/13	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Winner 3	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Kantor/Losiak	19	21-16, 21-16	0:34
10/10/13	FIVB	São Paulo Grand Slam	Pool C	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Kantor/Losiak	19	21-18, 21-13	0:33
Series tied with # 19 Krasilnikov/Semenov, Russia 2-2
5/16/15	FIVB	Lucerne Open	Winner 2	Krasilnikov/Semenov	3	Samoilovs/Smedins	2	21-23, 21-19, 15-11	0:50
8/2/14	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 3	Samoilovs/Smedins	4	Krasilnikov/Semenov	11	21-16, 21-18	0:33
6/14/14	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 3	Krasilnikov/Semenov	9	Samoilovs/Smedins	2	21-18, 21-15	0:37
5/1/14	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool C	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Krasilnikov/Semenov	14	21-11, 21-18	0:32
Lead the series against # 20, Q2 Kadziola/Szalankiewicz, Poland 5-0
7/22/15	FIVB	Yokohama Grand Slam	Pool D	Samoilovs/Smedins	4	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	20, Q2	21-14, 21-10	0:29
8/23/14	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Grand Slam	Winner 3	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	13	21-14, 21-19	0:38
6/19/14	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool C	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	19	21-17, 21-19	0:35
6/13/14	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool B	Samoilovs/Smedins	2	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	18	21-19, 21-19	0:38
5/2/14	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Winner 3	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Kadziola/Szalankiewicz	16	21-18, 21-18	0:34
Lead the series against # 21 Ingrosso/Ingrosso, Italy 2-0
5/10/14	FIVB	Puerto Vallarta Open	Gold Medal	Samoilovs/Smedins	2	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	14	21-19, 21-15	0:44
12/14/13	FIVB	Durban Open	Winner 3	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Ingrosso/Ingrosso	13	15-21, 21-18, 15-6	1:06
Trail the series against # 23 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 # 24 Giginoglu/Gogtepe, Türkiye 1-0
7/9/15	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Pool E	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	Giginoglu/Gogtepe	21	21-15, 21-11	0:29
Series tied with # 25 Henriquez/Villafane, Venezuela 1-1
7/11/15	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	Henriquez/Villafane	27, Q6	21-16, 21-19	0:38
5/14/15	FIVB	Lucerne Open	Pool B	Henriquez/Villafane	18	Samoilovs/Smedins	2	15-21, 21-17, 15-13	0:48
Lead the series against # 26, Q5 Garcia/Marco, Spain 3-0
6/19/14	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool C	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Garcia/Marco	30, Q12	21-19, 21-12	0:32
5/8/14	FIVB	Puerto Vallarta Open	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Smedins	2	Garcia/Marco	10	21-19, 21-18	0:44
4/23/14	FIVB	Fuzhou Open	Pool E	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	Garcia/Marco	21	21-14, 21-17	0:35
Lead the series against # 27, Q6 Bockermann/Fluggen, Germany 1-0
7/9/15	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Pool E	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	Bockermann/Fluggen	28, Q7	21-17, 19-21, 15-9	0:45
Lead the series against # 28, Q8 Barsuk/Koshkarev, Russia 1-0
5/27/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool E	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	Barsuk/Koshkarev	28	21-17, 21-19	0:36
Lead the series against # 29, Q10 Daguerre/Salvetti, France 1-0
7/22/15	FIVB	Yokohama Grand Slam	Pool D	Samoilovs/Smedins	4	Daguerre/Salvetti	29, Q10	21-18, 21-17	0:41
Lead the series against # Q4 Gabathuler/Gerson, Switzerland 3-0
5/28/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool E	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	Gabathuler/Gerson	21	19-21, 21-14, 15-12	0:47
7/31/14	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Pool D	Samoilovs/Smedins	4	Gabathuler/Gerson	20, Q3	21-14, 21-16	0:32
6/21/14	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Gabathuler/Gerson	32, Q15	21-15, 21-10	0:30
Lead the series against # Q7 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 # Q11 Kissling/Kovatsch, Switzerland 1-0
12/12/13	FIVB	Durban Open	Pool C	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Kissling/Kovatsch	19, Q3	21-15, 21-16	0:34
Lead the series against # Q12 Dollinger/Wickler, Germany 1-0
6/26/14	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool C	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Dollinger/Wickler	30	21-14, 21-13	0:31
Lead the series against # Q14 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