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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$150,000 Antalya Open
October 21 - 25, 2015

(1) 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 Antalya Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	9/22-26/2015	Xiamen Open	1	3rd	400	US$6,000.00
FIVB	9/8-13/2015	Sochi Open	2	1st	500	US$11,000.00
FIVB	9/2-6/2015	Rio Open	3	1st	500	US$11,000.00
FIVB	8/25-30/2015	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	9	5th	480	US$17,000.00
FIVB	8/18-23/2015	Long Beach Grand Slam	6	9th	360	US$11,000.00
FIVB	7/21-26/2015	Yokohama Grand Slam	4	9th	360	US$11,000.00
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

Antalya Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 10/22/2015	Pool A	David Kufa / David Lenc, Czech Republic (32, Q30)	Won 21-15, 21-23, 15-8	0:46
Thu, 10/22/2015	Pool A	Kristoffer Abell / Peter Kildegaard, Denmark (17)	Won 21-15, 21-16	0:32
Fri, 10/23/2015	Pool A	Maciej Kosiak / Maciej Rudol, Poland (16)	Won 21-14, 21-15	0:32
Sat, 10/24/2015	Winner 2	Esteban Grimalt / Marco Grimalt, Chile (5)	Lost 17-21, 17-21	0:37

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	9	2	1	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	$123,000.00	40	14	74.1 %
2016	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$2,000.00	3	1	75.0 %
Total	FIVB	35	6	5	2	2	8	0	10	0	1	1	0	$555,800.00	154	49	75.9 %

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
10	2	1	1	0	1	4	1	0	0	$65,000.00	2015	FIVB	9	2	1	1	0	1	4	0	0	0	$61,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,000.00	2016	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$1,000.00
131	8	6	2	2	19	39	23	19	13	$484,950.00	Total	Total	97	7	7	4	4	12	24	13	7	19	$406,775.00

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%
2015-2016	69	71.1%	13	13.4%	15	15.5%	82-15	84.5%	17	43.6%	8	20.5%	14	35.9%	17-22	43.6%	69-14	83.1%	30-23	56.6%	2	0	101-37	73.2%
Against the Field	45	73.8%	9	14.8%	7	11.5%	54-7	88.5%	7	33.3%	2	9.5%	12	57.1%	7-14	33.3%	90-20	81.8%	32-18	64.0%	2	0	63-19	76.8%

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 29-5 (Lead 15 Series, Trail 0 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 3 Bockermann/Fluggen, Germany 2-2
9/26/15	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Semi-Finals	Bockermann/Fluggen	7	Samoilovs/Smedins	1	16-21, 22-20, 15-11	0:53
9/6/15	FIVB	Rio Open	Gold Medal	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Bockermann/Fluggen	10	21-15, 25-23	0:44
9/4/15	FIVB	Rio Open	Pool C	Bockermann/Fluggen	10	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	13-21, 31-29, 15-13	0:53
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 # 4 Ontiveros/Virgen, Mexico 3-0
9/5/15	FIVB	Rio Open	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Ontiveros/Virgen	7	21-17, 21-16	0:37
5/29/15	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	Ontiveros/Virgen	24, Q8	24-22, 18-21, 15-10	0:55
7/24/13	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Pool C	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Ontiveros/Virgen	19	21-15, 18-21, 15-10	0:51
Series tied with # 5 Grimalt/Grimalt, Chile 1-1
10/24/15	FIVB	Antalya Open	Winner 2	Grimalt/Grimalt	5	Samoilovs/Smedins	1	21-17, 21-17	0:37
7/18/14	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Winner 2	Samoilovs/Smedins	4	Grimalt/Grimalt	28, Q11	22-20, 21-19	0:39
Lead the series against # 6 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 # 7 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 # 8 Giginoglu/Gogtepe, Türkiye 2-0
8/20/15	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Pool F	Samoilovs/Smedins	6	Giginoglu/Gogtepe	22	21-17, 21-12	0:35
7/9/15	FIVB	Gstaad Major Series	Pool E	Samoilovs/Smedins	5	Giginoglu/Gogtepe	21	21-15, 21-11	0:29
Lead the series against # 9 Plavins/Regza, Latvia 1-0
9/26/15	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Bronze Medal	Samoilovs/Smedins	1	Plavins/Regza	9	21-17, 21-13	0:34
Lead the series against # 11 Stoyanovskiy/Yarzutkin, Russia 1-0
9/10/15	FIVB	Sochi Open	Pool B	Samoilovs/Smedins	2	Stoyanovskiy/Yarzutkin	18	21-15, 29-27	0:40
Lead the series against # 13 Garcia/Marco, Spain 5-0
9/25/15	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Winner 3	Samoilovs/Smedins	1	Garcia/Marco	14	21-8, 21-17	0:34
8/19/15	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Pool F	Samoilovs/Smedins	6	Garcia/Marco	27, Q5	21-17, 21-14	0:37
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 # 16 Kosiak/Rudol, Poland 1-0
10/23/15	FIVB	Antalya Open	Pool A	Samoilovs/Smedins	1	Kosiak/Rudol	16	21-14, 21-15	0:32
Lead the series against # 17 Abell/Kildegaard, Denmark 1-0
10/22/15	FIVB	Antalya Open	Pool A	Samoilovs/Smedins	1	Abell/Kildegaard	17	21-15, 21-16	0:32
Lead the series against # 20, Q2 Dressler/Kunert, Austria 1-0
9/5/15	FIVB	Rio Open	Winner 1	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Dressler/Kunert	13, Q4	21-16, 21-12	0:32
Lead the series against # 21 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 # 22 Gregory/Sheaf, England 1-0
9/10/15	FIVB	Sochi Open	Pool B	Samoilovs/Smedins	2	Gregory/Sheaf	15	21-8, 21-14	0:33
Lead the series against # 32, Q30 Kufa/Lenc, Czech Republic 1-0
10/22/15	FIVB	Antalya Open	Pool A	Samoilovs/Smedins	1	Kufa/Lenc	32, Q30	21-15, 21-23, 15-8	0:46
Lead the series against # Q7 Dumek/Kufa, Czech Republic 1-0
7/16/14	FIVB	The Hague Grand Slam	Pool D	Samoilovs/Smedins	4	Dumek/Kufa	29, Q12	21-17, 21-10	0:33
Lead the series against # Q11 Bao/Ha, China 1-0
4/30/14	FIVB	Shanghai Grand Slam	Pool C	Samoilovs/Smedins	3	Bao/Ha	30	21-14, 21-14	0:35
Lead the series against # Q17 Babich/Gordieiev, Ukraine 1-0
9/9/15	FIVB	Sochi Open	Pool B	Samoilovs/Smedins	2	Babich/Gordieiev	31, Q9	21-14, 21-14	0:36